The Pat McAfee Show Live | Tuesday July 1st 2025

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Jeez already. Holy hell. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, it's July 1st. Welcome to song. Hell. yeah. Uh, rabbit rabbit to all of you. Obviously, we are celebrating the hell. out of a uh another day on this earth, another day alive, another day closer to. football season, and another day of. fantastic weather outside for us here in. the Midwest. We hope the same for you. Let's enjoy the hell out of this. glorious Tuesday. We got a lot of people. stopping by. Okay, the commissioner of. the NHL will be joining us in about 15. minutes, Gary Bman. We appreciate the.

hell out of you. Take care. A lot to. talk about in the NHL. Obviously, they. just had their draft. I believe they. have a CBA deal being done or finish uh. negotiation a year early. So, normally. these types of things are very. contentious, especially in the hockey. world. They've had work stoppages, a few. different ones that have kind of almost. tanked the sport and the league as a. whole. They've bounced back in an a. massive way. Obviously, high ratings. There's a lot of talk and conversation. about the NHL and the great sport of. hockey. And now they're talking about. maybe expansion things and they get a.

deal done ahead of time whenever. normally it's a lot of this feels like. hockeyy's on the rise. We talked to Ryan. Smith, new owner of the Utah Mammoth, new franchise out there in Utah. And uh. he says from what they're talking about. behind the scenes at the NHL, everything's on the up into the right. angle. So, it's like I can't wait to. talk to Gary Bman about how he feels. about the world. Quinton Richardson will. join us in about 39 minutes or so. He uh. 13-year NBA vet. There's a lot of things. happening around the NBA. Yeah. Sean.

Troy, you say it's going to be the most. craziest offseason ever. might be right. Sean Trani has been. batting uh pretty good here thus far in. most of the news or the stories that we. should follow looking ahead during the. playoff run. What he was telling us and. forecasting the future would look like. Well, now there's an NBA player making. $71.25. million a year. Congratulations to NBA. champion, NBA MVP, Finals MVP, and now. the new highest paid player in the. history of sport, 71.25 million a year.

in salary. Congratulations to SGAA. Yeah, that's unbelievable. He's not the. only one that got paid. Now granted, he. got paid the the biggest. Let's not. let's not uh get it twisted. Also, on a. contract year, on a potential, you know, extension year, for him to go out and. play the way he did, MVP like, and then. win through it all, uh he had to be. seeing dollar signs all season long. The. fact that he remained locked in on the. most important year of his own personal.

life, which also became the most. important year of his professional life, we should be celebrating the hell out of. 71.25. million a year. You've earned it, bud. Congratulations. And if that's what. they're paying, good for the NBA as. well. Nine-year NFL vet, Darius J. Butler is here. We have some. quarterbacks kind of touching 60. obviously in the NFL. One one. Yeah. But. I think there's going to be I think. that's going to be the next kind of. number that we get to. 7125.

in the NBA. Uh first of all, obviously. McKenzie's going to have a good jumper. If uh wife and I ever have a boy, we're. going to make sure and we got that ball. on a string. You know, it feels like. they're paying pretty good over there in. the NBA. Yes, they are. And and. deservedly so. He he moves the needle. He had a a dominant season. And it's a. lot of times we get up here, we see. deals kind of come across X, we're like, who is this guy? How is he getting 18, 20, 25 million a year? This guy getting. 70 plus a year. He deserves it. He is. fantastic. Had an unbelievable year.

Finals MVP. Won the MVP and then winning. the finals obviously all together. So, got a shoe deal. I would be interested. to see if he does more off the court. Uh. maybe not with making all this money, man. But he's a superstar. And there'll. be more deals like this uh right down. the line and some other players in line. to make north of 70 plus million dollars. a year. Who's that? What are you talking. about? What are you? Deon Booker over. there in Phoenix. He'll be eligible, I. believe, in July 6th for a 2-year, $150. million ex. That's 75 million a year.

Congrats to him. Uh he's obviously. earned it as well. And there's been a. lot of NBA deals that have taken place. over the last 12 hours. Connor, we'll. break them down here in a matter of. moments. The toxic table is uh Boston. Connor and uh Tai Senior today. Tai, uh. a lot of money given out to SGA. You got. to love that. Yeah, absolutely crazy. I. mean, [ __ ] you look at these numbers. You know what? But it's a guy like Dale. Senior, if I may. I mean, if he was. racing in this time in NASCAR, we need. NASCAR purses to get, you know, somewhere in the same stratosphere as.

these NBA guys. It's crazy. You look. around all the other leagues. I mean, NFL, sure, but we're looking at big. deals in the NHL, in the MLB. I mean, $71 million a year. Are you kidding me? It just, it's crazy. But I love it. That's America, baby. That's that's. capitalism. That's what it's all about. Ty, uh, I don't think I think a lot of. people watching will say, "You seem to. look and sound a little bit different. today." Is Do you agree with that or No. Uh, well, I tell you what, what you guys. see on your, uh, on your televisions. every day. Sure. That's that's a version. of me. I'm wearing something very.

similar to this every night when I go. home, when I put my head on my pillow. And um, it's Fourth of July this week, right? Is it not? Are we not celebrating. America this week? We will be at the end. of the URA is right, obviously. Now. listen, I try to, you know, praise Dale. and raise a little hell every day of the. week, but on this week, Fourth of July, I I just decided, hey, today's the day, you know what? I'm going to let. everybody kind of inside my world and. I'm going to pay homage to the greatest. American icon of all time, my goat of. all goats, Dale Senior. I just I don't. think people are doing it enough. I.

think we're kind of getting to that. point where everyone wants to talk about. the Loganos of the world and guys like. that. Joey Logano ain't got [ __ ] on Dale. Senior, okay? And then that's all due. respect to Joey Logano, but I just, you. know, I got my, you know, e official uh. Dale Senior, you know, fire retardant. jacket here. And I'm, you may see me. combust into flames today cuz I look so. goddamn good. Uh, but that's why I had. to wear it. You know, you're going to. sweat through it. You're going to you're. going to sacrifice a little bit for a. guy like Dale Senior on a day like this. So, when you go home at night, you're. wearing that jacket you told me every.

night. Do you talk like this as well. whenever you go home or? Uh, honestly, I. don't even now I don't even recognize. when I'm doing it. Do you guys like I. I'll watch the tape back obviously after. the show today and and maybe I do sound. You didn't hear it there? No, I sound. like thing. Yeah. Oh yeah. Two different. He has two different. He has two. different dialects. That's a pretty. interesting. So I don't I don't I mean I. to me I sound the exact same I do every. day. Now you guys are telling me I might. sound I don't know a little more. southern fried. Maybe that's a thing. I. don't know. Maybe I've been reading too.

many McGee articles. Maybe I've been. watching too much reading the articles. Well, yeah, cuz you got to, you know, you got to say it out loud in your head. and whatnot. Maybe I've been watching. uh, you know, too much Marty McGee on. the Southeast with Parker Mcllum. Exactly. Parker Mcllum was on there. I've been listening to a lot of country. Listen, it's summer. It's summer time. The weather's hot. So, you know, it does. crazy things to people. Again, I mean, this is this is my true self. And if you. don't like it, you can go [ __ ] yourself, okay? Cuz I love it. I love it. I love. Dale Senior. I love this jacket. I mean,

it's the intimidating. Can you explain. what the hell was going how why are we. doing this? Like I said, it's Fourth of. July this week, brother. I mean, what do. you mean? He's an American guy. Wait a. minute. Let's go to one half of the. hammer cowboys. He became a cowboy. You. have somehow become whatever. I listen. I think he drove in here in his Chevy. Monte Carlo serviced by GM uh BF. Goodrich earlier with his gasoline and. his Goodyear tires. I think you I think. you look incredible, my friend. Okay.

All right. You two battle. He's got a. South African accent. You got a southern. accent. I'm excited. No, what happened. is we got together last night. We. watched we watched the uh Nhard uh doc. on Amazon that just came out recently. It was awesome to die for. It is. unbelievable. It's probably the best. piece of content I've ever watched in my. life. And I knew that going in, but I. was just like, you know what? Let's just. make sure. Let's just kind of take the. temperature. And it's on Amazon, right? Yeah. Four-part series. It is. unbelievable that all all the stuff you. thought you knew about Senior. I mean, it it doesn't even scratch the surface.

of what was beneath that man. what was. beneath the hood. If you did you learn. anything about Dale? You know what? Once. I I saw I saw it, I didn't watch it yet, but uh I wasn't a fan of motorsports. till recently. Um obviously saw Dale. know of him, American icon, as you said, you know, born in the 50s, born in the. South. So immediately I go I got I got. to do some research. I got to do my own. research. Went to Chad GPT. Typed in. some questions, some words, you know, some hot uh button topics maybe. And uh. he came back clean. So, hey, Dale's good.

with me. Raise hell. Praise Dale. Uh, he. is Black Knight. Had some friends uh. growing up, you know. That was one of my. nicknames. Black Knight. Don't Don't. ever call me that again. It's only one. Black Knight, and that's Dell. So, uh, yeah. I can't I can't wait to watch him. His son, his son's a good man, too, man. His son's a great. GBT. Oh, yeah. Chat GBT. I didn't really. Google anymore. Chat GBT. And, uh, they. get And look, once again, born in the. south 50s. Just have to see. Are you. sure? Can you do a little more digging?

Clean. We're good. We're clean. Okay, that's good news. Seems like that. Look, I don't need anybody else doing any more. research for me. My research is done. D's good with me. Catch GPT looked into. it. That's a wild time we're in. He's. having actual conversations with Chat. GPT. Oh, yeah. And Ty is walking in here. as uh uh impersonating Dale Nhard. Here. is a picture of Dale Nhard uh senior. obviously. And then Ty. You sure? Ty, if. we could get Ty next. Can we uh can we. get a tie next to What an honor this is.

for you right now. Unbelievable. Best. day of my life. Best day of my gum life. I like that. I like what you're doing. I. like I'm There we go. I mean, who's who. in America? It's like a mirror. Does this feel good for you? Even to. Jackie. This is This is awesome. This is. I'm not kidding. This is the best day of. my life. All right, we'll move on. We. appreciate you doing that. And uh shout. out to Amazon for the four-part.

documentary because Ty did walk just. like whenever Tone went into his COVID. cave and came out uh like one of the. best gumblers on earth because all he. did was go through and then he became a. cowboy because he watched uh old buddy. out Yellowstone out there in uh Montana. So he just started wearing a cowboy hat. He became a cowboy through co we called. him the co cowboy. Now he's a hammer. cowboy alongside Bubba Gumpino in the. back. You have kind of transformed Dale. Nhard from watching one documentary and. uh I can respect that and I appreciate. your love for him. Now sitting next to.

you at Boston Connor, we were talking. about it before Dale Nhard got into his. pitch about NASCAR pools and prizes. needing to get to the stratosphere of. the NBA. There's a lot that has happened. since the NBA free agency has kind of. kicked tipped off. We'll say yesterday. SGA 71.25 million is absurd. But that's. uh he's not the only guy that got a [ __ ]. ton of money. Con man. Yeah. Jiren. Jackson Jr. also signs a 5-year, $240. million max extension. Uh if you. remember, the Grizzlies traded Desmond. Bane to Orlando. He gets a big deal.

there. So, they have a little bit more. money. Give it to him. I believe he won. defensive player of the year uh either. last year or the year before. The. Grizzlies kind of one of those weird. teams that fired their coach a year or a. week before the playoffs started. Kind. of a uh odd situation there. But Jiren. Jackson Jr. unbelievable. Another guy. that's signed, not as big of a money. deal, but a big free agent everyone was. kind of looking at, Brook Lopez. He is. going to LA, but he is not going to the. Lakers. He's going to the Clips. Kind of. a massive signing for them. They.

Everybody thought Lakers because center. Yeah, that that that's kind of their. number one uh priority right now. People. are now looking at DeAndre Aton. Really. good highlight there of him blocking. Pascal Seakum. That was weird. Uh but. Brook Lopez going to the Clippers match. That was the last series he played in. They also extended James Harden uh 2. years $82 million. I think I think the. Clippers. So Brook Lopez and James. Harden going to be a dynamic duo. Yeah, tough situation there uh to start, but. we pick what highlights are going to be.

shown. We don't need Pascal Seakam. getting his [ __ ] sent boom to the. goddamn Raptors as the first one for. Brook Lopez. Listen, this is. chronological order. I wanted to show. the most recent things that he's done. and the last series they played was. against the Pacers. I appreciate you. guys. I appreciate the video. department. keeping it honest every I do appreciate. objective I like to Tony's point it was. in the playoffs Brook Lopez very good in. the playoffs Clippers need someone very. good in the playoffs they haven't been. good in the playoffs as of recently uh.

staying with the Bucks Damen Lillard. towards Achilles in the playoffs and. then got released kind of absurd no one. really saw this coming this is the first. you could say uh most craziest offseason. move arguably just because no one really. saw Kevin Durant to Houston. KD. Yeah. But no one saw this one coming. K K K K. K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K. K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K D was. always getting moved. Uh Giannis, you. know, kind of up in the air. This comes. out of nowhere. Giannis then tweets. allegedly not very happy. He's not sure. No, Jiannis didn't tweet that. Somebody.

reported that, right? He reported but. Giannis actually put out a tweet that. had the 100 emoji and then the caption. on the photo said, uh, "I'm not sure. what the hell is happening right now.". And it was him celebrating in the locker. room post championship. I think we could. pull that up. But also with the Bucks. have to talk about it. Unfortunately for. the Indiana Pacers, uh Miles Turner. said, "So long Indiana, I'm not sticking. around without Tyrese Hallebertton. playing next year." He signed a 4-year.

$107. million deal with the Bucks. Immediately. after this was reported was when the. Lillard release was reported as well. So. the Bucks making moves trying to keep. Giannis happy. No one's really sure if. he is happy or not, but at least they're. trying. Feels like a lot of times teams. won't even do anything to help their. stars. And now with those, it kind of. stinks for Indie with with Turner. leaving and kind of just looking ahead. uh DeAndre A into the Lakers is kind of. the next possible big move we could see.

because the Lakers still need a big man, especially if they want to keep LeBron. happy. That's interesting. Thank you for. breaking it all down. uh the Miles. Turner stuff to uh Milwaukee. I think. the assumption was that he was going to. stay with the Pacers basically. throughout all of the playoff series. Yeah. Then game seven of the finals, Tyrese Hallebertton gets hurt and he's. going to miss an entire season. I think. that changes, but that this is not from. any information. I'm just saying from. all sources, Miles Turner and the Pacers. were going to get a deal done. And then.

once season's over, I wonder if there. was like a reook at like what does next. year look like? What does the future. look like? What's right for Miles? What's right for the So, him getting. paid. I'm happy as hell for Miles. Turner. Obviously, he's done a lot for. the city of Indianapolis, the state of. Indiana, the franchise, the Pacers as a. whole. 10 years, 11 years here. I mean, Miles was great for the city, and. obviously got a chance to experience an. NBA Finals run. him getting paid with. Milwaukee, I'm happy for, but I think. all indications were that he was staying. with the uh with the Pacers and then.

obviously tragedy strikes for our star. player and then all of a sudden what. does the future look like now for the. Pacers? I think that's potentially how. that uh kind of unfolds there. Yeah, for. sure. Especially because it's four. years, $107 million. Like we we talked. throughout the playoffs how incredible. it was that the Pacers were even where. they were because of how far underneath. the cap they were. So, it's not as if a. 4-year $17 million deal is going to. break the bank for any NBA team right. now really, especially with the cap.

going up. So, it a thousand% had to be, hey, Tyrese isn't here next year. Next. year is going to look much different in. Indiana. Do you stay there? Milwaukee is. just interesting because with the whole. Giannis question mark, it's like, well, there's a question mark in Indie, but if. you're going to Milwaukee, there's kind. of a question mark there, right, with. their superstar. So, you're taking a. little bit of a risk. But I mean, [ __ ]. $107 million. It's awesome. Yeah. I. wonder how many teams are offering him. $107 million. I wonder what it all look. like for Miles. All I know is when Miles. is on the defensive end, he's great.

Yeah. He's unbelievable. He's a tall guy. who actually plays defense and he's been. in the Carile offense, so he's had to. run, you know, like Miles has had to run. in this entire thing. And he can and I. don't want to say this in a negative way. because a lot of people saw him in the. finals, not really do it, but Miles can. knock down threes. Like he can very much. do that. like that is something he is. good at. And the pick and roll with. Tyrese throughout a lot of hises was. kind of like his play. So, I mean, Miles. is still a very good player. Kind of a. younger version almost of Lopez. You. know, he he's going to be a force on the.

defensive end in the paint and then he. can stretch the floor u with his. shooting ability. Now, a lot of fans. would have liked him, you know, get get. to the basket more, you know, be a. little more important, especially if the. three's not falling with that frame if. if it's if those shots are not falling. But yeah, as you mentioned with that. Tyrese injury now, that definitely. changes the plan. So, the Pats got to do. what's best for them. I think they uh. got their first round pick back as well, right? Or a first round pick. Okay. Which could potentially, hopefully not. with Tricky Ricky, they can figure it. out. But, um could potentially be a. lottery pick uh going forward. Just have.

to change plans completely for the. future whenever you lose your your. supermax. Uh also star player in the. last game of the season. Okay, we'll. continue to talk about the NBA. Quinton. Richardson will join us in about 30. minutes or so to chitchat about what's. going on around the association. joining. us now, ladies and gentlemen, is one of. the commissioners of one of the biggest. leagues on Earth. He's been a. commissioner for a long time now. Has. seen a lot of things, but I don't know. if he could have projected how popular. the league is and how popular the sport. is or the fact that he could potentially.

get a CBA negotiation done a year early. Ladies and gentlemen, the commissioner. of the NHL, Gary Bman. How you doing, boss? I'm doing great. And it's always great to be with you. because I love the fact that you're such. a fan. Yes. Uh lucky to grow up in. Pittsburgh. Obviously had a lot of great. times. Hockey was good to my family, my. community, and uh the sport is obviously. spectacular. Let's talk about the state. of the sport. It feels like, and I I. mean we can dive right into the Four.

Nations right now, but at that Four. Nations moment, it feels like that was a. real like kickstarter to hockey becoming. a huge part of Americana thinking and. buying into the fact about how great the. sport is. Do you agree with that notion? And do you feel like the sport in the. league is more prominent now than maybe. ever in the United States of America? I. I think over the last three decades. we've seen an upward trajectory pretty. consistently. Uh but every now and then.

there's been an extra boost. Uh and. whether it was outdoor games or or going. to the Olympics, which we used to do. 1015 years ago and we're going back to. what worked so well on four nations was. the pent-up demand for international. best on best competition. Uh we think we. do that as well, if not better than. anybody. And it was something that was. really important to our players, which. is why when when you saw the event, you.

could see that they were all in, which. is why I guess it drew such positive. comparison to All-Star games in in some. of the other sports. At the end of the. day, this meant a lot to the players to. represent to their countries, and they. showed it in in the way the competition. played out. and they showed it even. after Four Nations was over based on the. number of players that came back to. their NHL teams injured. I know that you. don't love uh the stage fighting I. believe is what the NHL would like to.

get rid of. Uh the booing of a national. anthem leading immediately to a fight I. think was great for all parties. I I. think it was great for all parties. But. you mentioned there Kachchuck got hurt. leaving there. Kachchuck was like. Captain America in there. Now obviously. he's on the Stanley Cup champions. He's. one of the leaders of the Stanley Cup. champs and he would get back for the. playoffs and obviously another Stanley. Cup run, but they were leaving it all. out there for this thing for their. country. And I think people learned. about like the players that are that. make up the NHL and how great your sport. is. Our players are great and whether.

it's just playing hockey for the love of. the game or trying to win the most. iconic trophy and the hardest. championship to win in the Stanley Cup. or representing their countries. uh they. don't do anything half or 3/4 ways. They. do it at 110%. Uh and you know the good news was with. the booing of the anthems and the issues. between the US and Canada at the time we. got through that. Uh by the time we got. to the playoffs there were no booing of. anthems whether in the US or Canada and.

people were just focused on the hockey. and the players were focused on winning. And you know, I don't know for a fact, but I wouldn't be surprised if Kachchuck. were still injured by the time he came. back to play in the playoffs. Although, as you know, our players, you know, they. they play injured all the time and. particularly in the playoffs. And that's. what makes our game so great, the. commitment that our players have to. their teams, to their fans, and to. winning. Yeah. The culture of the league.

is uh ultimately shown by its players, I. believe. and your players are all dogs. And you talk about playing hurt, we'll. get reports after a team exits the. playoffs and it'll be like, "This guy. had a fractured sternum, uh, also had a. broken foot. They were literally just. propping his ass up on skates and. pushing them onto the ice." It's like, you don't hear like that anymore about. any other sport other than hockey. I. don't think you ever heard that in any. other sport. Although, I assume when you. referred to dogs, that was a good thing. Yes. Yes. Dogs are good, Gary. Dogs are.

good. D A WGS. Just want to make sure. Yeah. Yeah. D A WGS now D O GS D O GS do. good. I got a couple of those. Chuck, Valerie, they're good dogs and all that. Um, let's talk about you talked about. Kachchuck and uh you talked about Lord. Stanley Cup obviously uh and how. remarkable it is. We had a chance to. hang out with it here one day and. obviously the stories of the Stanley Cup. and Darius J. Butler is obviously. reaping the benefit of winning another. one. What is your thought? Congrats to. the Florida Panthers on going back to. back. And now with ZTO signing everybody.

back. It's like we're obviously in the. middle of a dynasty here. We have to. talk about that. Not every league loves. dynasties. I think there's some leagues. that are making rules so that dynasties. don't happen. I think obviously the NFL. had the New England Patriots for a long. time. The Chiefs can still be in the. middle of making one, but it's very. difficult, especially with salary cap. and money and business and how. everything has to go. How does the. league yourself feel about this Florida. Panthers team, especially because how. good they represent hockey, I think, as. a whole.

You know, whether or not dynasties are. good or bad, my view in sports is it is. what it is. And if a team can excel, not. you to do what the Panthers have done. three years in a row in the Stanley Cup. final, winning backto backs, uh they're. looking very strong as we project ahead. for next year, having resigned the three. important three a free pre free agents. Um the stories are what it's all about. It's what takes place on the ice that.

makes it great. And if they can pull off. a three repeat, that'll be remarkable. But we've always prided ourselves, particularly in the last 20 years post. salary cap, that our competitive balance. is extraordinary. Uh the races to get. into the playoffs at the end of the. regular season, we had three teams that. didn't know their playoff status to the. last game of the regular season. Uh and. and I think that's what's compelling and. that's what brings fans to the game. uh.

if in fact uh the Panthers can do it. again, kudos to them and it's a. testament to the players and to what is. being done by management and ownership. to give all the resources and to build a. team that has this chemistry making all. the right decisions. So, you know, we've. had a couple of backtobacks over the. years, but overall, we see lots of. changes. At least five different teams, I think over the last 10, 15 years, with.

one exception, we've had at least five. different teams turn over in the. playoffs every year. Uh, and I think. that's great for fans because we want. our fans to know that no matter who you. root for, your team is a shot of making. the playoffs and then once the playoffs. begin, anything can happen. Yeah. hope. You want your teams to have hope. That. that is legit. And speaking of hope, South Florida has become that. Here's. Darius, obviously lifelong fan. Absolutely. On that note, Gary, uh, Panthers came into existence a couple.

years after you became the commission. Uh, are there any examples? I told the. boys up here like you I I I never would. have thought in a million years, I know. we went in 1996, but I I never would. have thought in a million years that we. would be backtoback champs and have a. dynasty in South Florida. It was almost. like not a joke of a franchise, but you. had the Heat, you had the Dolphins. Is. there any example for you with the. fanfare and the buzz down there compared. to what it's been I guess the last few. decades? Well, a couple of things. One, since Vinnie Viola took over as owner, and you'll always hear me say that it.

all starts with ownership. Uh Vinnie and. his family have been allin. uh whether. it's building a new practice facility. and renovating the war memorial in Fort. Lauderdale, whether it's bringing in. Bill Zitto to put this team together, whether it's everything they do in the. community. Uh the Viola family has been. nothing short of sensational. You see. the same thing in Tampa with Jeff. Vinnick. Uh it's not about state taxes, it's about ownership. And I think and I.

think it does a disservice to the great. work that's being done to think that. that's what makes the difference in the. team. It doesn't. Players have lots of. reasons for picking or not picking teams. to go to. Um, if you look at what Daryl. Kates has done in Edmonton since he's. taken over with the Oilers, but even if. you look at things like the Sammy. Wellies owning the Anaheim Ducks where. they did bring a Stanley Cup champion, when they bought the team, I think there. were five or six high school teams in.

Orange County and now there be between. 50 and 60. ownership, commitment to fans. in the community, giving teams the. resources, whether it's the coaching. staff or the practice facilities or. everything they do around the game. All. of it makes a difference. Uh, and that's. what players look for when they're. deciding when they're free agents where. they want to play. You become an. ambassador of the sport as a whole, let. alone an owner of the league, especially. for that area. South Florida, a lot of.

talent in athletics. I wonder if it'll. translate into hockey someday, maybe. with Kachchuck and the boys with what. they're able to build. Now, that. naturally leads to a question of. something that has been uh kind of. reported about expansion in the NHL. Uh. I heard there's a couple cities, Austin, Houston, Atlanta. What's that fourth. one, Gary? What's the fourth one? Wait, there probably eight cities that, you. know, we've heard from Indianapolis, we've heard from Cincinnati, we hear.

from Quebec City. Uh we the list goes on. and on. Uh we're not focusing on. expanding right now. I'm not going to. issue an edict that says if you want an. expansion team, file your application by. this date. Uh I think the most important. things at 10,000 ft in expansion are. ownership, which we've just talked. about, market, arena, and what does it. do to make the league stronger, improve. our footprint? because we're a little. bit different than the other three major. sports in that of our 32 teams, seven.

are in Canada, which is a good thing. because of how strong the game is in. Canada. We're we're like, if if you want. to draw a comparison, we're like the NFL. is in the US based on how we are in. Canada. Just look at the last national. deal we just did a couple of months ago. with Rogers. Um, if somebody wants No. big deal. No big deal. You just say just. a subtle flex right there. That was a. subtle flex out of you, Gary. Yeah, I. was like, just look at the Rogers deal. What's going on up there? Little flicks. Okay. But if somebody can check those.

four boxes and wants to do a deep dive, then I'll take it to the owners and. we'll consider it. I'm not pressuring. anybody. We're not giving deadlines. If. it's going to be right, it'll be right. And if we wait a while, if ever, to do. any more expansion, that's okay, too, because our 32 teams have never been. healthier, never been better owned, never been more supported by their fans. All right, I'll get to work for. Indianapolis. I assume some others will. as well. Uh, let's talk about the game.

continuing to grow and obviously you're. big in Canada. International growth. obviously always a forefront of. conversation. Go ahead, Connor. Yeah, Gary. Pat mentioned the Four Nations uh. this past season. And as someone from. Boston, I actually was able to go to the. Four Nations final thanks to Pat and. SegeGeek. And for the city one, it was. incredible. And then of course the. product was unbelievable. So, when it. comes to the World Cup of Hockey, uh. when when you're thinking of what cities. to host it, I personally would say. Boston's probably the place you want to.

keep it. Uh the Northeast just makes. more sense, I would say, and you know, real true hockey fans up there. But what. are you looking for exactly with the. World Cup of hockey uh kind of selection. when it comes to the city and what do. you expect for those eight nations kind. of those teams to be like? That's a. great question. Uh Boston and Montreal. were great hosts. Uh the history, the. tradition, the connection to hockey in. those cities is is unbelievably strong.

Uh we just put out uh requests for. proposals uh for cities both in Europe. uh to host a portion of the World Cup. and in North America. And so we'll see. what comes back. But to get everybody up. to speed, we're going to be on a cycle. Next season we're going to the Olympics. in Milan. Uh two years later we'll do a. World Cup. Two years after that we'll go. back to the Olympics and then two years. after that a World Cup. So we with the.

players association who we do this with. are committed to getting a regular. schedule of best on best for our. players. It's great for the game. It's. great for our fans and most importantly. our players really want it. You just. said you and the players association. I. mentioned it in the introduction, but we. haven't really got a chance to chat. about it. A year early. Now, granted, it. hasn't been voted on. I don't think it's. officialized, but there's been a lot of. reports that basically, hey, we got a. deal. I think on NHL.com, it says we've.

agreed to terms or something like that. So, we don't know exactly where it is in. the process. We do know it is about a. year ahead of schedule. That never. happens. Never. Not never happens. And. and in hockey, you guys have had work. stoppages before because of labor. disagreements. Now games at a strong. level, league's at a strong level, and. it feels like your guys' partnership is. at a strong level with the players as. well. That you're absolutely right. So. let let's take it at a couple of points. One, uh we have an agreement in. principle subject to ratification both.

by the players and by the teams. Uh and. that process is is ongoing. Uh we've had. an interesting h history of labor. relations including as I think everybody. knows 20 years ago we had to lose an. entire season to get the system that we. have in place which is the the salary. cap with revenue sharing. Uh we have a. new executive director. I think he's. been in between two and three years. Marty Walsh, former mayor of Boston,

huge fan of the game. uh former. secretary of labor uh in the United. States. Uh and and he's run unions. before he had his political career and. we have a terrific relationship. He is. very collaborative, very professional. Uh we we don't necessarily agree on. everything, but we know how to deal with. the process. Uh, and Marty is of the. belief that it's great for everybody, including the players, if we're all on.

the same side, and we're working to grow. the game. And with a year left in our. collective bargaining, uh, we managed to. work collaboratively together, uh, to. have a good collective bargaining. process, which started around the end of. February, the beginning of March. Uh, and I think we made a deal that that is. good for the players moving forward. Make some adjustments for the teams. that's good moving forward. And I think. it says a lot about the state of the. game and the growth that we can have.

with this terrific foundation and. predictability because nobody now has to. worry about what happens in collective. bargaining over the last year of the of. the current agreement which happens in. most sports. and you start it's a. distraction and I think together we. managed to go through a really good. process. Yeah. Especially with your. advertising partners too not having a. threat of potentially losing a season. with negotiations like hey everything's. kumbaya with players and us how kumbaya. we get a deal done which is worth. hundreds of millions if not billions of.

dollars uh a year early. That's insane. to think about. It's very abnormal. though. Right. This is Did it surprise. you whenever it was like man this feels. like an actual partnership here? Let me. explain my story. Uh my stance on this, Gary, just so I can explain it to you. When I got drafted to the NFL, they sent. you to a rookie symposium, okay? Like a. week later, rookie symposium my year. just so happened to be Demora Smith's. first time speaking to like a group of. players. And what he said is, "We're. about to get into CBA negotiations. There's going to be a lockout or.

whatever. And we need to fight them. We. need to fight them on everything." And. my first thought as a person that is. interested in business, it's like, man, just fighting your business partner. doesn't feel like the right play. Lo and. behold, a lot of disagreements, blah. blah blah blah blah. Then we move. forward. I I I wasn't as naive. I was. naive at the time. I learned like, oh, there's fights in every one of these. That's like 32 lawyers taking on the. player lawyer and they're fighting for. every inch. We can drop a THC testing. level 0.05%. What do we have to give up? Well, 45 days of work on the other. It's. like everything is just like tooth and.

nail. I don't think that makes sense. personally from a business perspective. So, whenever this starts happening with. the players, are you surprised and. excited? I assume at the same time. Well, listen, we we've had our battles. People credit me, I use that word in. quotes, with three lockouts. Uh if you. don't have a partner who gets the big. picture and is willing to engage, uh. you're going to have disharmony on the. collective bargaining front. Fortunately, Marty Walsh and we've. developed a great relationship. And as I.

said, while we don't agree on. everything, we know how to deal with. that. uh he gets the big picture which. says you need a healthy business for it. to bet benefit everyone particularly. including his members in his union. namely the players and so first of all. nobody would ever accuse you of being. naive but more importantly you've got. the big picture and that's how we've. managed to come together uh and and in. that regard Marty and I are on the same.

page in terms of what we need to do is. do the things that will help grow the. game at all levels for the benefit of. everybody, not just the players of the. league, but for our fans as well. Yeah. But it's whatever the league knows like, hey, we can build. We got to work still. Like that's a good thing. Like I think. some leagues get to a point where they. think they're big and they don't do all. the other stuff and then all of a sudden. people start talking bad about your. league. It's like I appreciate the fact. that you guys acknowledge it. I love. that the players are on board. the. Olympics is a good idea because that's. gonna be some hockey that some people.

have never seen the sport before and if. they're watching like the best of the. best play. It's like yes, this is a. sport I love, you know? And by the way, you're 100% right and I agree with you, but stopping in the middle of the season. for two weeks is a bit of a disruption. and and it's hard to deal with and and. but on balance, it's something we think. is important to work our way through. Uh. the deal terms have a I they're either. being finalized with the double IHF, the.

International Ice Hockey Federation, uh. and the International Olympic Committee. either today or tomorrow. And in fact, Deputy Commissioner Bill Dailyaly is in. Zurich today to deal with that very. issue. So we know it's important. We. know it's not without its difficulties, but on balance, it's important. And. that's why we manage the complexity of. it all. That was awesome. I just heard. what the owner said. Yeah. Yeah. Olympics. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Fun. We might lose a 30 $40 million. player and we got to stop our league.

Okay. Like that is a that is hilarious. Okay. We got another rule that we think. should be uh put in place. Uh tone one. half of the hammer Cowboys from. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Yeah, Gary, there was some unfortunate untrue rumors. last week that Sydney Crosby was going. to be traded from the Pittsburgh. Penguins. Now they were untrue. Um, but. just so we don't have it again in the. future, can you make a rule uh in the. NHL that Sid is not allowed to be traded. from the Pittsburgh Penguins, please? But in all, Go ahead. Sorry. Sid Sid has.

been unbelievable for the game on and. off the ice. He's been unbelievable for. Pittsburgh. My guess is if he ever. moved, and I have no reason to believe. he would, uh, it would only be because. he wants to go to a situation to finish. out his career. I'd be surprised if he. ever moved and I know how important he. is to Pittsburgh and I know how. important Pittsburgh is to him. So, you. know, in this era of social media where. anybody can put out anything, you really.

have to verify before you get all wound. up about something. Uh yeah, I'm telling. you, yeah, you're not just in this. situation, that's that's every single. day out there on the internet. There. there's a lot happening that you got to. kind of keep your eyes peeled for. And. obviously you two have celebrated a. couple different times about what? Yeah, he looked good. Look at you. Are you. natural? He's much younger then. Hey. Gary, we will say this. Uh we've been. noticing I don't know if you've been. noticing. Uh feels like round of. applause. Now at the draft, you're going. to get your ass booed. I think that's. just normal. But I think people Hockey.

World's Huh? Don't you think? I think. Hockey World's like, "Hey, Gary, you're. doing it." Actually, I get booed. No, actually um it's a sign of affection. Definitely. If if they ignored me, I'd. be concerned. If I'm getting booed, it. means they're paying attention. Commissioners have to make tough. decisions against fan bases and teams. So, you're obviously putting that uh. spot, especially with work stoppages. But, I would like to let you know from. us reading the tea leaves from outside. looking in. It's like Gary Bman, to use. a wrestling term, kind of a baby face.

right now in the hockey world. I think. you're uh you've done great things for. the league and sport. I think people see. that, Gary. You know, thank you for. saying that. And by the way, getting. booed at the draft in LA Friday night. was worth it to see moments like Matthew. Schaefer coming up and the emotion of. him being drafted and we talked about. that when he came up to see the ovation. that Meredith Gau Gdro got when she came. to make the Columbus pick to see Charles. Barkley and Adam Sandler participate, you know, on behalf of Philly and.

Boston. There was some really great. moments. Yeah. Okay. We switched from a. centralized draft to decentralized. Steve Mayor tried some things to make us. look a little bit different than what. other leagues do. But you know what? Unless you try some things and even. stumble a little, you don't get to a. great place. So on balance, we we had a. a very impactful and meaningful draft. We watched we thought there was a lot of. clips too that came from it, which is. obviously very important for the modern. era of media. And uh I'd like to say as.

somebody that talks into a microphone on. a regular basis, you hosting that thing, not bad. You were walking people to. things. You were tying. I mean, you were. hosting out there, Gary. Welcome to the. show. Welcome to the league. How we. doing? Let's send over here. I thought. you did a great job. Thank you. It I. actually had fun. Um, you know, I didn't. sit down for 5 hours and so when I. finally sat down, I couldn't get up. But, uh, you know, at my advancing age, you got to be a little careful. No, seriously. Uh, we had a good time. I. think the people in LA who attended the.

draft had a good time. and we actually. sent out a survey to see if our clubs. were happy with the with the. decentralized draft or they want to go. back. My guess is on balance we're going. to keep doing what we did. Uh and it was. a lot of fun. All right. Well, we. appreciate it. Congrats on another. successful NHL season. Uh can't wait to. see what's in store and congrats to. whatever expansion city puts together. the proper pitch deck and says this is a. city that should have an NHL team. because if the NHL comes to your town, there's a lot of greatness coming.

alongside of it. I was fortunate to grow. up in Pittsburgh. I love watching the. league. Thank you for taking time for us. to have a conversation. Always great to. be with you and thanks for all you do to. cover all sports, but especially ours. I'll tell you what, I wish I could. skate. I can't skate. I saw Patty. Maroon. Never too Never too late to. learn. I don't know. I think it is. All. right, ladies and gentlemen, commissioner of the NHL, Gary Bman. Thank. [Music]. Yeah, the Olympics is fun. Okay, it's. fun. I could lose my most expensive guy,

my entire roster that I paid. And also, it's two weeks in the middle of the. season. What are we even? Yeah, Olympics. is fun. Okay, we're the idiots. We're. the main ones. Okay, we got a league to. run here. We got a business we're doing. Yeah, Kachchuck came back. It It was. awesome. Charlie Makavoy out for the. year after after four nations. It damn. near blew up the uh Bruins. If there's. an expansion team in Quebec City, I'm. out. What? I'm out. There's already been. a team in Quebec. Exactly. The Geeks, Eric Lindro, legend tried and failed.

Okay, it's time to bring a team here. Indianapolis is in the center of the. country. They just put on a show for the. NBA finals. You see how rompous of an. atmosphere that is. And I don't know, can they play hockey in Gambridge? I saw. some people saying they can't. What? Yes, they can. Yes, they can. They have. to be able to. They had hockey games. there before. They put They put hockey. at Bley's in the in the freaking. jumbotron. Wasn't even centered on the. ice. Okay. So, you can put hockey. anywhere. Don't tell me about that. What's the name? What would be the uh. mascot? I don't know. I' I've gone.

through a couple different thoughts of. what an NHL team could look like here. Gone through many different iterations. I don't know if today's the day to I. mean I mean and today it could be the. Indianapolis Dales. Put that face. What did you think about. Commissioner Bmanators? Intimidator. No, that's what I was going. to say. If we're going to do a team, Listen, we've seen uh the the success of. the Hurricanes down in Carolina. Okay. Why not go over to Canapapolis, North. Carolina? Birthplace of Dale Nhard. Senior. Are you kidding me? The That's why you.

want a hockey team. Canopapolis. God. damn right. Can Carol North Canapapolis, North Carolina. The the North Carolina. Intimidators. I love it personally. What? It just be sunglasses on hockey. skates. Yeah, I think Well, or a helmet. You know, you got the you got the hockey. bucket with the Yeah, the Intimidator. shades on. Stash skates stick. Yeah, black and red. I mean, you know, sorry. Sorry, Hurricanes. cuz I know you. already got that color scheme, that. paint scheme, if you will. What What. city is this again? Canapapolis, North. Carolina. A lot of great things uh in.

Canapapolis. Well, the greatest thing, the Intimidator was born there. Now, he. he obviously moved around a bit. He, you. know, spent his time in the Carolinas. Uh I thought, you know, Commissioner. Bman was pretty good. I did want to let. him know though that I don't think it's. fair that as a uh you know, Vegas Golden. Knights super fan, I should be I should. be jacked up. I should be pumped up. They just landed Mitch Mner, who's argu. arguably the crown jewel of free period. Well, that's what everybody's saying. Instead of being jacked up, I'm I'm. [ __ ] redassed because now they're.

talking about collusion and allegations. of tampering. What? It's like, hey, listen, just cuz Bill Foley is willing. to spend a little bit more money than. some of these cheap skates maybe up in. Toronto. I mean, it really does. It kind. of reminds me, you know, back in the. early 80s when, hey, listen, Children's. Racing, they decided to spend a little. bit more money to get Dale Senior in. there. Okay, there sure there are a. couple other teams who, you know, maybe. could have gotten him in. Was there. collusion there? Was there a little bit. of tampering there? Maybe. I don't think. we should be penalizing these team.

owners who are willing to spend a little. bit more cash in order to, you know, chase a a title. I just I think it's it, like I said, it's got me red. Were you. you were going to try to get to the. bottom of it there with the commission? Yeah. I just want to say, hey, listen, G, maybe nut up and just say, you know. what, Bill, you're good. You spend a. little bit more money. If if Toronto. wanted him and and you know what I'm. seeing today, you know, they're whining. cuz he's leaving. But then on the flip. side, oh, you're going to love this guy. He's a choker in the playoffs. He sucks. He's never won anything. That's the guy.

Vegas likes. Exactly. Exactly. Bring all. the misfits down to Vegas. And guess. what? Bill Foley will pay a little bit. more for him. No taxes either. That's right. It is. Vegas. I love Gary Bman saying, "I'm. about sick of people talking about state. income tax being the reason why people. are doing things." Now, is it helping? Maybe, but there's a lot of talent. happening. A lot of the Florida Panthers. players taking a little bit less money. than they probably could uh elsewhere to. stay down in Florida. And you got to. think, it's not just the tax. It's also. probably the opportunity to ride around. golf carts. Everybody's different. We.

all get along. Lifestyle is pretty cool. They're actually on vacation all day. every day whenever they want to be and. then they go to work and work their. asses off and then they hop in a pool. and have a strawberry margarita with the. boys. Don't sound too bad. Panina. colada. The South Florida thing is. really interesting. Really, really? Why. isn't your football team better? Well, there's a lot of distractions I think. for the football team. A little. different. Certainly. Daytona's close. What's a little different? Well, well, you know what? Speaking of somebody that. was in Vegas, we got a tight end. We. were in the tight end market. We got. Darren Waller, a member of Miami.

Dolphins. Uh-huh. Ben got better today. Congratulations. Hit that [ __ ]. Congratulations to the Dolphins bringing. in a player as opposed to sending. players away from their team. Uh John. Smith ends up with the Pittsburgh. Steelers yesterday in a trade that. involved Jaylen Ramsay, Minka. Fitzpatrick, a fifth and a seventh. round, I believe, swapped. And now. Darren Waller back playing football for. the Miami Dolphins. I'll tell you what, the guy's mind as a lyricist phenomenal. When you talk about athlete, musician, rappers, yeah, uh he's good. He's very.

good. And on a football field when he. was at Vegas and I believe before that, but Gruden pulled him up off of the. Baltimore Ravens practice squad. Uh John. Gruden whenever the Raiders were taking. on the Baltimore Ravens, saw Darren. Waller doing a workout pregame because. he was on the practice squad and he. said, "What is that? I would like that.". Darren Waller then become Pro Bowler. AllPro with the Raiders. Obviously. immensely athletic, incredibly talented. We've seen his life off the field a lot. We've seen we know a lot about Darren. Waller, but if he can get if McDaniel.

can get the most out of Darren Waller, I. think that type of offense suits well. for Darren. Yeah, personally. Hell yeah. Now, now is he is he all the way back to. being a guy? We shall see. Uh Gumpy, how. do you feel about Darren Waller coming. into town? I mean, you trade a Pro Bowl. tight end. What do you do? You get. another Pro Bowl tight end. You know, he doesn't period. So, Gumpy just What. do you want? What do you want me to do? You know, people are saying never seen a. team with so much uncertainty going into. a season. We haven't won a playoff game. in 24 years. Has there ever been any.

certainty? Maybe uncertainty is not a. bad thing, right? Yeah, maybe. Who. knows? We don't know. That's where we. are. We got a tight end. We needed a. tight end. That's where we're at. All. right. Uh let's pivot away from the NFL. Congrats to Darren. We're happy you're. back in the league. We hope you're. happy, brother. Whatever the case, legit. Hope you're happy. Enjoy your. life. He's an incredible football player. if he's playing good football. that. offense with all the motions and [ __ ]. with how fast he can run, that feels. like a good spot to land in and uh we'll. see if they can connect. Let's pivot to. the NBA. A lot of money being given out. We've talked about this a lot, but it.

needs to be reiterated. The National Basketball Association has. a team in it that has given one player. $71.25. million a year. A year. in the world that we're in right now. Joining us is a 13-year NBA vet, friend. of the program. Ladies and gentlemen, Quinton Richardson, two, obviously co-host of the. Knuckleheads podcast. Uh, please shout. out D. Miles for us. Um, whenever you. see 71.25 million, you just do this to.

uh SGA. You congratulate him. How do. basketball players view this type of. breakthrough type contract happening? Absolutely, man. I mean, all of us are. saluting this. This is a this is a. monumental deal. The biggest deal in the. history so far. And um the other part of. it is that as I understand he doesn't. even have an agent. So he he he gone. ahead and paid a couple lawyers, do you. know a little helping with some. contracts and he he bring that all to. the fam. That's that's pretty dope right. there. SGA, I love that for SGA on a.

contract year to play the way he did and. for his team to play the way they did. Congrats to him on getting the bag. Okay, let's talk about a couple of the. other stories around free agency that. has really caught your eyes. What are. some teams we should be looking at or. situations that maybe we should spend a. little time learning about? Man, H-Town, Houston went crazy yesterday. you know, I mean, obviously it started with with. getting KD and uh you know, they signed. Steven Adams a little earlier uh in the. uh in the offseason, but uh yeah, the. moves they were able to make and and to. get KD without having to give up some of.

their uh you know, they bigger pieces. like Shane Goon and then they go get. Clint Capella and S Van Vleet back and. um then they steal Dorian Finny Smith. from from the Lakers. Like that was a. shocking move to me. I didn't I didn't. foresee them being in the position to do. that. So, I think they they've gone all. in this year and trying to position. themselves to, you know, compete with. OKC for the Western to try and get a. chip. Most craziest offseason ever. Uh, has Kevin Durant moving from Phoenix to. Houston and then Houston continuing to.

make plays. They were the number two. team in the West, I believe this past. season. Also very young. Uh, and they. resigned Eay to a massive deal down. there. Looks like the Houston Rockets. are ready to cook down Houston lands. Congratulations to them. You just. mentioned Finny or Dorian Finny coming. from the Lakers. Let's talk about the. Lakers a little bit. Ty Schmidt, uh, Tai. Senior has a question for you. Yeah, Q. Rich, just curious. I know the Lakers. were pretty keen on bringing in Brook. Lopez. He was kind of like the maybe, I. don't know, the centerpiece, uh, you. know, of of their off seasonason. Now.

we're hearing Eighton maybe. Obviously, he's from the LA area, went to Stanford, leaves, and he's coming back home. How. much of a needle mover is he for the. Clippers? And do you think they did this. kind of solely to maybe get one over on. the Lakers? And also, how much does this. remind you of maybe like uh Dale Senior. leaving Bud Moore engineering and going. back to Children's Racing uh like he did. in the late '90s? It it does not remind me anything about. Dale Senior and and because I'm not into. the NASCAR racing, but I do know who.

Dale Nhard is, but I have no. recollection of the of the of the moves. you talking about back and forth. So, I. don't know about that. But, uh, on the. basketball front, I I I don't I think I. think the Clippers did that because it's. it's a great move. They got Brook Lopez. as a backup. He's not He you know what. I'm saying? He's not He's not going to. be coming there to uh he's going to be. backing up Zubach. So, I think he. realizes that, you know, possibly he. wanted to be back home. And I think it's. a bad look for the Lakers that, you. know, Brook Lopez chose a backup role to.

Zubac over a situation where he could. possibly have been the starter for the. Lakers. And I think that says something. Let's stay with the Lakers. Debut has a. question for you. Yeah. I want to know. number one, what does that say about the. Lakers and their future? How they're. going moving forward? And then obviously. the biggest uh piece over there as far. as name brand, LeBron, what what do you. see LeBron's future? Do you think it's. kind of much to do about nothing he'll. be a Laker when this season comes or do. you think it's actually a possibility. that he moves on? I think LeBron is a. Laker. I think he wouldn't have opted in.

if he didn't want to be a Laker. I. think, you know what I'm saying, he had. all of the power to opt out and then to. be a free agent and to go where he. wanted to go. So, I think I think he'll. be a Laker. But as far as uh what it. says about Brook Lopez making that. decision and Dorian Finny Smith leaving, I think it says that there's uncertainty. about what's going to happen as far as. Luca and what's happening and just the. the look and feel of the team because. Zoran Finny Smith is a guy who was there. for half a season. So, if he's liked. what he saw or unless the contract. wasn't going to be matched or something.

like that, I wouldn't see him move and. leaving there. But with him making that. move and just being there, I think it. speaks to the uncertainty of the guys. around the league and the guys around. that team knowing what's actually going. to happen there, whether it's with. LeBron, Luca, or whatever. I wonder how. this team looks this year going in. You. know, Rich Paul's quote to Sham. Shirania, very interesting. Hey, we're. just monitoring this thing. He only has. a few years left. We'll see. A couple. years left. We'd like it be for. championships. With Luca, I. automatically assume you'd at least have. a chance at a championship each year. I. guess we'll have to monitor the.

situation in Los Angeles. From LA to the. East Coast, let's go to New York. Uh. Connor. Yeah, Q. Rich. New York Knicks. still looking for a coach. Mike Brown's. getting a second interview. And then the. reports were that they reached out to. Dawn Staley uh about their head coaching. position. A lot of jokes were flying, but uh it feels as though the NBA is. nearing their first ever, uh female head. coach. How do you think that would work? Obviously, we you know, Becky Hammond's. in the Spurs. I know those the Pacers. have an assistant coach. Uh but how do.

you think a head coach that is a woman. will work in the NBA? And do you think. we're kind of probably what a few years. out from that or do you think that could. be any time now? Yeah, I don't know how. far we are out from that, but I I I. think it could work. Uh, like I like I. said, I I played for coach Nancy. Lieberman in the big three. And um, my. my my from being a player, being in. locker rooms, I know that players. respect the uh, the coaches that put in. the work, the coaches that are prepared, the coaches that are doing what they. need to do to have us as prepared as we.

are. And we as players, we know that we. know the difference. You can't really. you can't cheat it. We see the. difference in in the in the game plan. and the things that go into it. So, I. mean, my experience with Nancy. Lieberman, man, and I had all pros on my. team, Big Baby Davis, Cino Mobly, Cory. Mcetti, we were all in former NBA. players, and we all felt the same exact. way about her. She was she was as. prepared and as intense and as about. winning as any coach we had ever played. for. We would have a game on a Saturday. or Sunday, and before we even get on the.

plane to go out of town, she's texting. us the the game plan for next week and. talking about different things. And the. big three was big difference from the. NBA. we weren't with each other as much. So, she had to do a lot of that remote. away from us and she would call and. FaceTime. And to me, if you're going to. put put in the work to be able to do it, I think the guys will give respect. I. mean, come on, man. At the end of the. day, I don't care who you are. You had a. mother, you got a sister, you got, you. know, grandmothers and stuff like that. So, we as men supposed to respect women. And I don't think it would be that big a. deal. I think you've seen females and.

women start to integrate into the. different sports. It's a lot of. assistance across all of the different. sports and doing different things and. and earning great respect and I think. it's just a matter of time before it. happens. Watching Coach Jenny with the. Pacers was awesome this playoff run cuz. I was sitting in that seat that was like. on the bench. She was [ __ ] getting. after I I mean it was they do I mean. people think that they don't they they. are as intense and as dialed in like. Nancy was like that was the first. message to us like hey this we not here. to play we we coming to win. We want to.

win this whole thing. like that was the. first and the continuing message. throughout. So I think that you know. they people don't understand that that. that that these women once they get into. these athletic situations they they they. they become dogs and and and all those. things that we do. They get into it and. they get wrapped up into it and they all. in. And the boys responded too. I was. watching that too cuz obviously you got. to watch how the boys respond to. everything that's going on. Not just. Jenny but Rick Carile, all the. assistants and it's like the boys are. bought in. Obviously excited to see. that. Now we only have about a minute.

before a hard out. Damen Lillard gets uh. waved. He's gonna make 22 million for. the next five years allegedly via. reports. Um obviously Miles ends up. Yeah, God bless him for that for sure. He's coming off an Achilles. He's going. to miss next year. What is our immediate. thought? What should our immediate. thought here be in uh 30 seconds or. less? I'm excited for him, man. I mean, not the best situation, but he's still. going to get his big time money while he. gets to sit down in rehab, but he gets. to look at the landscape after this. year. He'll be a complete free agent. He. doesn't have to talk. He He gets to go. and choose where he wants to go. So he.

gets to sit back, get healthy, and and. see what what the landscape looks like. and where he fits in best. He's got that. Benia deal, too, coming. Congrats to. Bobby Bonia, by the way. Another payment. on a million dollars until. what a plan. What a deal. Hey, that is. the biggest that's the he he the goat. right there for that. Yeah, unless you. can get 71.25 million a year, you go. ahead and get the Ben one, ladies and. gentlemen, Quinn Richard say thank you, buddy. Thank you, Q. Uh, okay. Hour two.

on the other side. We'll have an. exclusive with Glenn Powell. Hey, Glenn. Powell, obviously massive Texas Longhorn. fan. Also, Running Man movie trailer. dropped today. He's in it. We talked to. him last week. It's going to be awesome. And Ilia Tapora, the current undisputed, undefeated lightweight champion of the. world. We'll see you on the other side. Be a friend. The college football playoff is. obviously in the middle of a transition.

era, but we go back in time into a movie. like setting to battle in the Big 10 to. see who gets to move on and who goes. home. Our UFO just flew over top these. two smoke bomber and in the national. anthem and on a day in the United States. of America where a heinous act has. happened. It's a nice reminder that. we'll get your ass. You might take a. shot, but you're never going to win. Second and 10 for Will Howard. Same.

exact play action. Drops it off to. Jeremiah Smith. Was it a monster. Jeremiah Smith first touches a. time shot? See the split safety is right here. So. Will Howard knows his room. Looks steps. up in the pocket. Great throw. Takes a. shot and what happens? Jeremiah Smith. comes up with the ball. Hand off to the. left. Jordan James.

Howard time. Oh no, Jeremiah Smith's. wide ass open. Ohio State is kicking the living shite. out of the Oregon Ducks. If Jeremiah. Smith is on your team, I think you can. win every game. Tavon Henderson. He's at the start. The 20, the 10. Touchdown. They can run it. They can spin it. They.

can kick it. This Buckeye's team is. playing football on a level nobody else. in the country is playing right now. Yeah, there's a little snap. Rolls left, throws bounce to the right. Jeremiah. So, that's another first down. Thus far, this game has been absolutely. shed. Step him. Step him. Oh my god. Oh wow. Wow.

That is so beautiful. You got Matt Hardy. on the left there. AJ. I see the 47. Unfortunately, my youngest. son puked all over himself, went to the. hospital, so my whole family's not here. anymore to hear that. But I'm getting. some updates every once in a while. He. seems to be doing not much better. He puked over the whole section. Jeez. Instant urgent care. Instant hospital. Oh no. What type of sh was he eating? Is. someone making salmon down here? We came.

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sports are happening all the time you. just kind of have to look for it like. for instance tonight there will be a. baseball game on somewhere if you want. to find it hopefully the Savannah. Bananas will have a game soon as well. the WNBA is happening obviously great. competition every single evening and. mostly storylines in abundance from all. of the sports. For instance, in the NHL, we just talked to the commissioner Gary. Bman. He said that a new CBA is about to. be reached uh between the NHL and the. NHLPA a year early. Congratulations. Things are going swimmingly in the NHL.

with ratings going up and to the right. in a potential dynasty down in South. Florida brewing in maybe an expansion. team. In the NFL, well, there's massive. trades taking place in middle of. nowhere, out of the middle of nowhere. We got two stars traveling from Miami up. to Pittsburgh. One star traveling from. Pittsburgh down to Miami. We still got. some contracts looming. New storylines. developing. TJ Watts deal now is going. to be talked about. Trey Hendrickson, Shamar Stewart, there's some free. agents. I mean, NFL is always going to. deliver storylines. In drama in in the.

NBA, they're handing out so much money. to so many dudes. Congratulations to all. the NBA players that signed new deals or. uh extensions. Even the guys that are. signing like $6.5 billion a year deals. Congratulations. Yeah, great money. That. is gamechanging money. And you talk. about 71.25 million a year going to SGA. He's living in Oklahoma. Think about. that. Could you imagine how many. barnaminiums he could have out there? That's now you don't want that in. Oklahoma. I don't think you want to have.

barnaminiums out there in Oklahoma. I. think you want to have a good base from. what I've heard out there. But $71.25. million a year in Oklahoma. I but you've. earned it. No agent. You've earned it. Probably their first title. No. Nine-year NFL vet. Darius J. Butler. makes a great point. SGA has obviously. helped out the city of Oklahoma City, and I assume they feel the same way. towards him. Well earned. Congrats. He's. not the only guy that got paid, but. certainly more than anybody I've ever. seen in my life. I don't know what Lou. Messi's entire deal is with the MLS cuz.

I think they had a revenue share with. Apple and downloads and everything. So, who knows what that is. I know Saudi. Arabia has been paying some soccer. players like $250 million, $300 million. a year, $450 million a year allegedly. I. don't know what's being actually. reported and what is actual uh reality. of this entire thing, but 71.25 million. a year for one of our main leagues is. outrageous and congrats to him. The. money's only going up because sports are. the greatest thing on earth. Let's go to. the toxic table at Boss Connor and at.

Tai Senior. Good first hour, Ty. Thank. you very much. Yeah, I mean great day to. be alive. [ __ ] You know, you looking at. all these NBA. It's a great day to be. alive. I know the sun's still shining. when I close my eyes. It's a hard time. in the neighborhood. We might get a. strike cuz that sounds exactly like. Travis Trick. Didn't hear singing. I'm. not not familiar with that one. You're. not Travis Trick guy. I'm not. It's a. great day to be alive. I look up I look.

up the song. I'll do my research. Should. I get back to How about the devil taking. out Johnny? Hey, I did my research on. that, but the devil never had a chance. Johnny's Johnny's fiddle boy is just so. damn good. The devil had no shot, but he. was in a bind. He was way behind. He was. looking for a soul to steal. What was. the name of the band again? Charlie. Daniel Charlie Daniels B. That's right. Don't need to do too much research. Yeah. Don't Don't go to We don't need to. know. Okay. Just right there. We just. need to enjoy what's going on. Don't. ruin it. It was a great police. I like. that.

banger. Travis. I mean, the devil was looking. for a sold steel and he was in a bind. He was way behind. Make a deal. He is. always looking around. But this. particular time, he went down to Georgia. and then Johnny said, "Get the hell out. of town, buddy." Cuz he. I like that he told him, "Come back. Whenever you're ready, whenever you. think you got another shot, come back.". Yeah. And you know, the devil said, "You. got to give me his do, but Johnny said, I don't. [ __ ] you, SG." And uh he did a. little dance and that that fiddle of. gold was something that he made a lot of. money off of going forward. So Johnny.

really won in the end just like SGA. Now. one half of the hammer Cowboys AP Tony's. here. You look awesome. Thank you. I. appreciate that. Cool shirt. Thank you. Where'd you get that? Did you know we. had that shirt? No. Where did you get I. can't believe we got this in one of. those packages like that came with like. uh sweatpants and stuff one time. I. found this the other day. People send us. stuff and they say, "Hey, if we were to. do your merch, this would be possible.". And we always think, "Yeah, we should do. that." And then the follow-up process is. just so much. That shirt came in one of. those boxes. It's a sick shirt. I found.

it the other day. It's like my second. time wearing it. Um, shout out to. whoever made that. I'd recommend and we. would like to do business. Keep sending. Keep send forgot a sport where the. saltiest of ball is playing. Okay. Uh, the Pittsburgh Pirates have done. something that hasn't been done since. 1925. They've won four straight games by. seven or more runs. You better watch out. for the hottest team in Major League. Baseball cuz guess what? Today they're. going for five. And it's Ski Day, brother. So, look out for the Buckos.

They they are on a roll. Shout out to. Between the Nums, Greg Harvey. Uh teams. in Major League Baseball history to win. four straight games by seven plus runs, as Tone was alluding to, while allowing. two or fewer runs. So, they the bats are. working and the pitching's working. That's what that stat is. Basically, at. the most efficient level, Pirates, Pirates, and the White Stockings. And. everybody knows that White Stockings. team, they had bigger bats back then. They were using bigger bats. That's what. people wondered. But you could get away. with it. And the White Stockings did. that. They were hitting the [ __ ] out of. it. And their pitchers, they were.

juicing before anybody else even knew. what city. I don't know. That's not been. proven, but there's a chance that the. White Stockings were juicing. They did. have bigger bats. It was 1882. Couldn't. keep track of it. What I'm saying is. what the Pirates playing like right now. is out of this world. Okay? And people. need to remember that at one point this. particular program was calling the owner. of Pittsburgh Pirates the worst owner in. history sports. There was people coming. on this show saying the owner's wasting. Paul Ski and his pitching staff. That's. actually pretty good cuz they didn't. bring anybody in that has any bats. Well, now the bats have come alive. I.

wonder if ownership has come out and. said, "I had belief in our team. You did. not have belief in our team." Now, he. could certainly spend a little bit more. money to make this team better. I agree. with that. He is still an ass owner. I. think we would all agree with that. But. that being said, there is some. vindication for him, I assume, saying we. do have the bats and we're doing it. right now. We we beat the [ __ ] out of. the Mets. You think that owner is looking at what. Cohen's doing at the Mets, thinking to. himself at, "Oh, I need to be doing that. after what it seemed." No way. No way. I.

think it's a major league situation, though, where they hate the owner and. they've got a uh, you know, a cardboard. cut out of him in the uh, in the locker. room and every time they get a win, they're just ripping off of a piece of. clothing until Bob Nutton sitting there. in a G-Stick at the end of the season. We got the pennant. I see the Reds there. in fourth in the NL Central. Joining us. now is a man who's a college football. national champion, a Super Bowl. champion. Oh, you guys are playing below. the Reds. Uh, well, we're climbing. Uh, only 11 games out of the wild card. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawer,

I don't know if you saw where the Buckos. were right there below Cincinnati Reds. Don't know how that's possible cuz I saw. Kirk Herbstreet put out his annual tweet. about I can't do with this Red. I'll. still watch, but I can't do it. Saying. they're playing bad ball. Lo and behold, uh, they're eight games ahead of the. parts. So I maybe Barts are above 500. since Don Kelly took over. It's really. just that matters. It does. I would just. I would just let Hey, if they win the. next 14, Tone, then you guys can get to.

500 and then you reset and then it's. another new season then, right? Is that. what you're saying? Well, baseball every. season is a month, you know, every. season. Well, they've had a great June. Oh, they've had a good July. Well, this. thing doesn't end till goddamn October. So, we hope we can continue this thing. There's a lot. So, you can't be doing. that. No. Can't bob the ball, but I. caught it. Does that count? Oh, yeah. As. long as I keep it off the ground. Yeah, correct. Ball comes flying. Boom. I'll. bobble it. Boom. This hand. Savannah bananas. Boom. Bang. Yeah, that's an out. Yep. Happened in a game. where it went hit the guy's glove in.

right field. Center fielder's running. over. Goes from the right fielder's. glove out. Center fielder catches it. See you later. Tag team back again. That's what they're saying out there. It. It was a That was like last week or. something. It was incredible. Okay, sweet. Baseball's happening. AJ, obviously we're all watching every. single evening. There is uh a little bit. of positive momentum. I will say we'll certainly circle back. to it. Put a pin in it. Uh all the high. corporate terms whenever a bunch of. suits are involved from, you know, sure,

we all got ways to say things without. saying things. That's kind of their. world. Zoom call. Drop some of those. New Zoom call. We can reuse first Zoom. call [ __ ] because this is a new. audience. We'll circle back. Put a pin. in it from a high level. That seems like. a good idea. We got good momentum on. this side. You know, bang, we jump into. a news room. We were just talking about. the good momentum we had in this thing. You know, that's day bang. anywhere. In one of those momentum came, there's a chance we're going to the home. run derby.

Oh [ __ ] Pretty pumped up about that. Can you imagine? Big Dumper hits 65 home. runs in round one. On that note, Big. Dumper last night hits a dinger. obviously. And uh I wonder and granted. he's so locked in and focused on. everything. This is one of those where. he hit it probably thought it was out. Could you imagine if that ends up short. same day where I bring up like, "Hey, if. you thought you hit one and then that. thing goes short, I immediately think, oh no, we're bad luck." This is just. like when LeBron came on and did the. little conversation and he had two. points in the first half and they're. like, "This is the worst game that he's.

ever played." It's like, "Oh no." Then. he gets a game winner. Sucks for the. Pacers. Great for the program that we're. not the jinx. Cal hitting a bomb with. the big dump. uh chance obviously. happening at the same time. Feels like. we didn't jinx the big dumper. No. And. that's great news. That that just takes. us off uh of of any of those types of. things and we move forward. Is actually. the opposite of uh jinxing the big. dumper cuz he had not hit a homer in. about six games in a row and he comes on. the show, hits a homer, you know, and.

everyone's talking about, hey, his. name's being mentioned with, you know, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Ken Griffy Jr., you know, of that ilk. So, uh, yeah, I. I'd say Dumper's doing just fine. Well, yeah. I mean, different sport, but you. could obviously throw in senior in there. as well. I mean, I' I' I'd love to see. Dumper behind the wheel of of a NASCAR. I'd love to see senior in the box. Yeah, me too. He's probably taking him one off. the head, right? He He's certainly. crowded the plate. Oh, yeah. Junior's on. top of the PL. Senior, you're right. My. mistake.

You know, it runs in the blood, but. yeah, senior's on top of the plate. And. you know what he's doing? He's almost. baiting the pitcher. Hey, hit me and. then guess what I'm going to do? I'm. going to charge the mount and I'm going. to beat your [ __ ] ass. AJ, I think. that's where you were headed there. And. obviously, you made a massive shot for. Dale Earner when we were at JMU. Uh, one. of the greatest moments in this show's. history. We had a moment of silence 43. Then we came back, AJ shot a three, made. it. Place goes crazy. I mean, it was a. wonderful thing. Have you been. witnessing Tai Senior here today? Did. not expect this. Did not know this. Kind.

of a nice little treat for a Tuesday, I. will say. AJ, yeah, an absolute treat. See, and every time he pops back up, especially on the one shot when you see. Tai Senior just I don't I mean I feel. like I'm watching Dale Senior. I feel. like I This is Dale Senior reincarnated. So, I'm guessing Dale Junior and the. rest of the fam are really enjoying it. today. Yeah. And uh this is not real. I. I saw that at the break and I almost. said, "Hey, listen Debbone. Just cuz. you're a fat sack of lard doesn't mean. you got to get I said the same thing. back here, Ty Sior. Thank you very much, Gumps. You don't have to give me eight.

necks." Okay. He said, "Well, guess. what? That was Croc. I mean, you know what? I I don't give a. I don't give a [ __ ] about me, okay? That. is a disservice to Senior, okay? Cuz if. you put some fat schlub with eight necks. right next to Senior, what do you think. he's going to think when he's looking. at? So, maybe we could take another one. where I could actually lift my dagum. head up and I and I don't have a bunch. of [ __ ] necks and I'm sick and tired. of. [ __ ] Senior's 8t tall, too. Yeah. Well, did I see NASCAR tweeted this out,

too? I think I did. I think they might. have picture, but I know NASCAR did. Uh, sorry. Let me assume the position again. Uh, oh, I see it. Yeah, just poke your. poke your tin for a little bit or. something. Uhoh, man. There it is. You got something else. coming today, Bone. I'll tell you that. He's been fired up all day. And And you. know what? I haven't said a thing. because usually, you know, I'll rough.

his feathers a bit. I'll go in there and. say, "Jesus, Bones, the eighth bag of. chips you've had today. It's 10:15. Slow. down bit." I haven't said any of that. stuff lately cuz I've been, you know, he's a good kid. He's a good boy. And I. just been trying not to ruffle his. feathers. Boy, I tell you what, I'm. going to be counting his calories the. rest of the week. Someone better. Yeah. Oh, he actually. just he just texted and said, "Long time. coming, brother.". Touche. Fair amount of jokes. All right. Um, that's amazing. That's cuz a four-part. documentary on Amazon. That's why we got.

this today. I need to watch that. Yeah, you do. Uh, thank you for your service. to sports, Dale Nhard Senior. Hell yeah. I think it's I have not seen the. documentary, but I feel like I've. learned about it enough and the person. has completely transformed who he is. into it. Uh, job well done honoring a. great American icon here on Fourth of. July week, obviously. Uh, let's hit some. No, we should do this. Uh, yeah. AJ, do. you have a thought on 71.2? 25 million.

bucks a year for SGA. Yeah. When is the. first 100 million a year guy going to uh. break into the league is my question. after that. Will it be NBA first or will. the NFL sign a new CBA? NBA possibly. quarterback, but yeah, probably NBA. And. the crazy thing is NBA guaranteed. You. know, we see Dame Liard waved. Oh, still. getting your cash. 22 million for the. next five years for him. Um the Bobby. Benia deal obviously everybody talks. about this day of the year cuz it's like. 1.3 million or something until 2035. Beautifully executed. Good for him uh to.

pull that off. He you mentioned a $75. million a year deal that's around the. corner, I guess. Who's that? Yeah, Devin. Booker. So the the highest paid player. will almost always be from a player that. was drafted by that team. They're always. they able to get a little bit more. But. Devin Booker, he'll be eligible, I. believe, um, July 6th to get that 2year, $150 million extension. I think it'll be. 72 in the first year and 78 the second. year. Okay. So, that's roughly 75. million a year. So, they're already at. 75 million a year. Right now,

quarterbacks are at 60 million a year, right? That's where the top quarterback. is. So, will the new CBA for the NFL get. to a point where quarterbacks are in. tears for the super max? Like, quarterbacks are taken out. They're kind. of over here. Then the rest of the team. has their own ship because the way the. NBA works, you draft a person, you can. put the super max on them without them. ever hitting the market, right? Yeah. When they make especially they make is. it all all NBA teams and different. things like that? Escalators. Yeah. Yeah. So, we would assume that the NFL. could potentially roll out a quarterback.

tiering system that you could put onto a. quarterback if they're going to become a. free agent without having to give them. 35% of the salary cap or whatever it is. now and everything else having to. happen. I think everybody's kind of on. board with the quarterback matters. Quarterback needs to get paid the most, but also their contracts are clearly a. direct. uh impactor of the rest of the roster. We all understand that. So, I wonder if. there will be a conversation about that. in the NFL and would that lead to bigger. deals for quarterbacks or would that I.

wonder, you know? Yeah. Will they put a. cap? I mean, I don't know. Is there a. way they could cap the the total that a. quarterback could average? I don't know. I don't know what they're playing it, but yeah, you got to pay them. You got. to have them. that it's a great problem. to have for NFL teams. Yeah, because I. think they could probably have like a. super max tier because they're already. tender guys like first round tender, second round tender. You could probably. have like a super max type thing for a. quarterback, a second max if it's a. second level and then you just have to. decide that. And then I guess they could. probably go to the market and say, "Hey, we're getting a second offer. Will you. give us a super offer?" Like that would.

be a way to get them away from the. salary cap. But they had that in the. past. It was called the quarterback's. club. It was like Jim Kelly, John Elway, I think Marino was a part of it. Eggman. Favre. They were doing their own. licensing deals. They had their own. everything. People were not about that. I think there was a lot of people that. were upset about them kind of going to. business for themsel. But now we're at. the point where it's like, hey, they. kind of are though. They're their own. separate thing. And not in a bad way, in. a good way. Like, but yeah, when they're. that elite and there's a handful of them. on the planet that can do that job, like.

it's true. Like they should probably be. in their own category. Yeah. like the. basketball supermax thing. I think that. I think that makes it easier for teams. and for players like, hey, you're here. We value you. This is what the contract. is. It's a super max. We're giving you. as much as we can possibly give you. This is how it works. So, there isn't. any beef or tension there. Now, if you. were to give the second max, then there. would be and then you could see it. But. the NFL needs their form of that for the. quarterbacks, I think, personally. Yeah. And the NBA, I think, in two years is.

going up a decent amount. I think 2026. the salary cap goes to like 180 or. something. So you but by by the time. like Cooper Flag is getting his super. max, you would think that uh if he does. hit those escalators that he might be. 100 million a year. You wonder with the. NFL too, you know, we talk about the. quarterback contracts and like the. Steelers situation for instance where. they're not paying a quarterback. quarterback money, but now they have to. think about paying, you know, a pass. rusher quarterback money. And then you. think about like the the Bengals with.

Jamar Chase paying him like quarterback. money, if you will. Do you think you've. brought up the percentages before about. how a team could uh allocate a. percentage of a salary cap towards a. player? Do you think they'll have to do. that for other positions too because the. money for those other positions is. getting so massive? That's crazy. Maybe. that's just a part of like the max like. you know like maybe they just have a new. tiering system for what contracts are. and those obviously all scale and change. with the league with whatever it is. I. assume it would be a certain percentage. of the salary cap but it just the way.

these quarterback deals I mean. especially if it goes up to 65 70. million. Yeah it will. Yeah. And now in. basketball obviously five guys on the. court. Now I know you need 13 guys 12. guys to win. I know you need that but. I'm saying five for football it's 24. people. 25 people on the field, 11. offense, 11 defense, three specialists, you know, like that is 25 different. people that need to get money, let alone. the other what 28 people on the roster. that need to get paid. So, it's not as.

easy as I don't want to say as easy, but. you get it. Yeah. It's not uh the same. because there's so many more people, but. it's like I do wonder when the tiering. system starts to come to the NFL. Do you. think that they would uh consider like. getting rid of the voided years and. things of that nature because it is such. a weapon for those massive deals? Like. the NHL just did the or not just did but. allegedly in the next CBA the NHL is. doing, you know, you can only do. six-year deals for free agents and. seven-year deals for traded guys when it.

comes to extended contracts. Like, do. you think that could be something that. might help change the the money. allocation at least so you can't just, you know, pay everybody a ton of money. and then, you know, two years into some. of those deals, they're out of them? Well, allegedly hockey is uh trying to. crack down on the teams utilizing. long-term IR where they pay people and. then they don't play, then they're able. to bring them back for the playoffs. because they go against the salary cap. Their new CBA, they're trying to. eliminate the gamesmanship seemingly. from what it seems like. So, let's.

assume that other leagues will do the. same. Like the salary cap gymnastics. that's happening right now and Mike. Greenberg was on Get Up uh dynamite for. 15 seconds, 35 seconds, whatever. He's. like one of the greatest salary cap gym. gymnasts in the history. Him V over in. Kansas City. Uh I think there's. obviously Bean is in the middle of doing. some of it. Mickey Lumis in New Orleans. has been doing salary for a long time. and it's like has it worked out? I don't. know. loves chewing gum into microphones and. we shouldn't judge him for that and only. that. But it's like that's a talent. I.

think I do wonder if the other teams. that don't have that as well will try to. crack down. Who knows? Okay, let's pivot. away from sports for a second and let's. go to a game show. Let's go to a game. show that's about killing somebody. Yep. Whoa. I don't like that. Yes, you do. Squig. Ladies and gentlemen, the official. trailer of a movie that our friend is. starring in has dropped today. Ladies. and gentlemen, The Running Man. Ben Richards, 35, married, one child, in.

medical crisis. We need money for a. doctor now. Ben, watch yourself. Employment status blacklisted, but there's still a way out for you. It's the biggest show in the country. One lust is our birthright. Set it free. Welcome to the running man.

People on these games never come back. I'm not trying to get myself killed, so. kiss my ass twice. Right there is why. you can win this game. Rules are simple. survive 30 days with the entire nation. hunting you down. We'll get your family out of Slumside. for good. I'm going to come back here and burn. this building down. I promise. That's.

the spirit. This is America, godamn it. And we don't. put up with no [ __ ]. [Applause]. [Music]. Hunt. him. [Applause]. Stop filming me.

Have you ever wondered if this game is. rigged? Guess we'll find out. You might be moving up too fast. Hey buddy, you're on free V. Yeah. Yeah. You better run.

I got a grenade. back at you. I'm still here, you [ __ ] eaters. [Music]. Hey, big boys. Are you crazy?

Yeah. Yeah. November 7th, Running Man will debut and. premiere. Speaking of premiering, we. were told we're going to have the. exclusive drop on the trailer that you. just watched right there. They dropped. it at 9:00 a.m. this morning, which is. very nice of them to do that. But we did. have a chance to catch up with that. handsome legend one week ago. Ladies and. gentlemen, a man who's going to be known. as a goat whenever it's all said and. done. You know him from Top Gun. Maverick. You obviously know him from.

Twister. Anyone but you. You name it. when he's on the screen, you can't help. but say, "Damn, that guy's incredibly. handsome." Yeah. Incredibly talented, incredibly jacked, and somehow still. relatable. The star of the running man, ladies and gentlemen, friend of the. program, diehard Texas Longhorn fan, Glenn Pal. Yeah, Glenn. A shout out to the Horns. Appreciate. you. Yeah, maybe next year, brothers. Maybe. Or. game day, man. I'm like, Pat, I thought.

we were friends and you know, I forgive. you, but we'll get you this season. I'm. I'm going to get your horns up this. season. Well, listen, Archie Manning's. under at the hill. I mean, there is a. lot of reasons for me to be a massive uh. Texas Longhorns fan, but also, you know, that's all business. I just think the. football the game the way it's going to. go. Texas not going to be on topic. I'll. be on bond. But a lot of times, hey, I'm. like, "Boys, hook them. Hook them." You. know, uh let's dive into your world. Okay. We just saw that trailer. Um,

you're awesome, dude. It feels like any. role you can play, you know, because. you're this potential heartthrob romcom. character all the time. Legitimately, they you could be casted in that for a. thousand of them forever and make look I. mean, just look how handsome you are. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. And uh. this Well, I don't know if you can you. wake up and see that face. I don't know. how you do it. I I don't know how you. remain as humble as you are. Okay, just. forget about that. Take the compliments. and let's move forward then. Then. obviously Top Gun Maverick is a.

different animal. Then Twister different. animal. Then this it's going to be a. complete different. It's like how much. fun was it to do the running man? And uh. how do you mentally and physically get. ready for all these different types of. roles? If that is a question that. thespians are supposed to be asked. I mean, this is this is this is one that. was really really fun because like you. know when you obviously sign on to. something called the running man, you. got to learn how to be uh a runner, you. know, and running on screen is its own. complexity. You know, you and I are both. friends with the the greatest onscreen.

runner of all time. um who gave me some. pointers, you know, I mean, drive with. the knees, you know, but but you know, one of the things that uh that I really, you know, got to do on this one is. really learned how to be out in front of. an action movie and like be bulletproof. So, getting like in shape and and for. all the the hits, you know, when you see. this movie, I'm taking every hit in the. book. It is it is I went through it on. this one and uh it's awesome. I mean, the movie just kicks ass all the way. through. Yeah, the trailer is insane. We.

were very lucky to see it. uh like a. week or two ago. Then obviously there I. think there was some final changes. before the edit that just ran. It is. electrifying. I I mean I cannot wait to. watch. And this is like the ascent. continues for you uh for you as an. actor, for you as a person. Like how do. you view all these jobs? I think there's. a firefighter movie that just got added. in to the repertoire like like how do. you feel about all these different jobs? Do you feel like you're in the middle of. quite a run right now? This is what. you've dreamt of or do you just view it. like this? Go ahead. You know, it's like.

it's like uh the only, you know, I love. movies so much. I've loved them ever. since I was a kid, you know, growing up. in Austin. It's like I've been doing. this since I was like 10 years old and. it's finally kind of now just getting. traction. And so, yeah, I'm getting to. play all these roles that I've always. wanted to to do. And I'm getting to work. with like dream directors like Edgar, right? You know, Edgar is uh been one of. my favorite directors for a really. really long time, you know, ever since I. saw Shaun of the Dead or like Hot Fuzz. I mean, this guy this guy's one of the. great directors of all time. and this is. like his sweet spot. He is throwing fast.

balls in this movie and just just. crushing it. So, I'm just like I really. I really think this movie is just. designed for the theaters and people are. just going to be uh they're going to. walk out of the theater ready to run. The first iteration of this movie was. done with Arnold Schwarzenegger and uh I. hope my knees get the message that you. just said after watching the movie Ready. to Run cuz my knees say don't run, don't. run every time I start to run. But after. watching you, I assume I'll get back out. there and uh you know, run for my life, which is what you were doing in this. particular movie. Uh Arnold.

Schwarzenegger obviously did the first. iteration of the Stephen King novel uh. novel as the did you talk to him. beforehand? I believe there was like a. blessing from Arnold to you to do the. movie and he actually said back then. with the budget limitations versus. what's possible now technology-wise, he. was like excited to watch you. I don't. he said that publicly. I don't know. privately if there was any convos. And. do you talk to any other action stars. before you do an action movie? Yeah, you know, I think like look with. Arnold, what was really fun is we did. Expendables 3 together when I was, you.

know, mid20s, something like that out in. Bulgaria, which is we shot a little bit. of Running Man back at the scene of the. crime of Expendables, which was kind of. full circle. But yeah, Arnold gave us. this full blessing. And I mean that's. the really fun part about it is he said. look I mean the the original Stephen. King book is awesome but you know he was. like they they kind of took creative. liberties and didn't really stick too. close to the book and he's like you guys. could do this way better than what we. did. So he said that publicly and has. given his full blessing in this movie.

and there's a bunch of Arnold Easter. eggs in in our movie too. So he's given. his his blessing and there's uh yeah if. if if you're a fan of the Arnold you'll. see some of it in our movie. That's. awesome. You're just going to be running. towards a helicopter every time. Okay. I. like that. Topper. Topper. Topper. Topper. Ty has a question for you, Glenn. Glenn, when it comes to a movie. like this, and obviously you've been in. like Top Gun. You've been in some of. those like really topline movies, but. when it comes to doing a remake that a. lot of people love, is there any like. anxiety or um I don't know, like like a.

need to really fulfill what audiences. want? because you know when this comes. out there's going to be obviously people. that love it but if it doesn't go at you. know like like it could I guess people. are going to say oh you know like this. should have never been remade like this. is a pile of [ __ ] I mean and I don't. think that's the case obviously with you. and Edgar right but is there a sense of. like oh man I really need to nail this. so that that whole conversation doesn't. get started yeah at the end of the day I. mean I learned a lot of that when I was. making Top Gun you know you learn that. there's like a reverence when you're.

whenever you're taking sort sort of. something that means a lot to people, you have to figure out a way to improve. upon it, you know, update it to to. modern sensibilities and always try to. try to beat your time, so to speak. And. and uh Edgar is like the perfect. director for this. I really feel like. again, we have we had the best team. around this thing to really make this. thing pop. So, um I mean I I I I'm not. just saying this like we really we. really deliver on this one. So, I'm not. worried about those sort of reactions. I.

feel I feel very confident that. audiences are going to walk away happy, even the loyalists. Glenn, I've only. known you for a few years. Uh, anything. you do. Yeah. Gold. You do well. Yeah. So, we we are a believer that if Glenn. likes the script, it's going to be good. If Glenn's in it, it's going to be good. I think that is a massive compliment uh. to you from all of us that don't know as. much about the movies. But obviously, you talked about uh Top Gun there. Huge. And you talked about running on screen, huge influence in our life. Uh, I.

couldn't even imagine yours. Connor has. a question. Yeah. Hey, man. We talked to. TC the GOAT. Uh, and he kind of dove. into his preparation, his acting process. when getting ready for a role. Was there. anything you picked up from TC, you. know, that you've carried along with you. over these past few years when getting. ready for movies and preparing for. specific roles? You know, I think the thing that I. didn't really anticipate is when you. take a hit on screen, you're actually. absorbing that hit, right? You may not.

actually be getting hit in the face, but. if you're falling over a table, you're. falling over a table. If you're falling. off a rooftop and hitting the side of a. building, that's exactly what's. happening. If if you're jumping off a. bridge and the thing's exploding, like. it's happening. So, so there's there's a. level of of beating that you're taking. in this movie that I think, you know, we. all kind of look at it when you watch a. movie, you're like, "Oh, like, you know, it's the movies." And then when you're. actually doing it, you're like, "This. [ __ ] hurts." And and and so so I think.

the one thing that Cruz really prepared. me for was really just making sure that. I was I I was as bulletproof going into. that fire as possible. And I really. really appreciate it because uh I needed. it. Yeah, I understand. We're going to. the next scene when we're watching a. movie. And yeah, I just went through a. wall. Yeah. Yeah. Well, look at that. The running man goes through a wall. Wow. Let's go to the next scene. I don't. Yeah, I actually went through that wall. right there. Like, let's let's have a. moment for when I hit the wall and then. Yeah, that's what you're saying. Any.

injuries? Any injuries? Well, you look, you you definitely get some uh you know, cuts and nicks along the way, but. nothing we can't handle. Just a little. soreness. I not a little soreness, but. uh I assume that did take a little bit. to get used to. I can't wait to see how. shredded. You remember Oh my god. You. remember him? Uh where were we at? We. were down at the Cotton Bowl, I believe. Uhhuh. Yeah. He had the uh the beater. on. I did my Pat Black tank and we were. all in and we were all in uh flight. service.

Yeah. But you were absolutely so sun. glistening. I mean it was like a. thousand degrees vascularity. So much. vascularity. I mean you were just so. jacked out there. I couldn't even. imagine for running me. Oh god. I. couldn't even He's gonna be just. shredded by Arnold. It's gonna be gross. That's gonna be the little Easter egg. That's one of the Easter eggs. Yeah, the. Easter egg is that you stole Arnold's. Arnold's biceps for this movie. Oh, can't wait to see that. God, somehow. Glenn Pow only gets better. Uh Tone has. a question for you, Glenn. Yeah, Glenn,

first and foremost, if you can feel it, chase it. Hell yeah. Needed that. Holy. [ __ ] moment. That's his Yeah, that's a. big moment for him. That's a big moment. I Oh, boy. You have no idea. I needed. that. I'm I'm going to need five minutes. after this is over, too. See you boys. later. Um, it feels like Maverick made. you want to chase something. I was I was. watching the uh Blue Angels uh doc that. you produced on Amazon, which was. awesome. It feels like you're chasing. that cockpit again. So, that's really.

kind of the big question moving forward. because I know Top Gun 3 rumors are out. there. When are we getting back in the. cockpit? You know, that's up to TC. I mean, um, he probably he probably gave you guys. more information than I have, but we're. we're definitely moving towards uh. another trip to Myiramar pretty soon. So, I'm not I'm not exactly sure where. that'll land me, but it'll uh I'm I'm. very excited to get back in the Jets. All right. So, by the time the movie. comes out, November 7th, I believe, 2025, what will we be saying about the Texas.

Longhorns then? Uh, well, that'll be post OU. That'll be. post Ohio State. Uh we're going to be uh. we're going to be moving. That'll be. around some really really big games. So. uh I'm feeling pretty good, guys. I'm. feeling confident. Just ran into Sarkc. Uh we got a hell of a squad. Our. recruiting keeps getting stronger and. stronger. So as long as I can get Pat's. Longhorns high and strong. Don't you do it. Don't you do it.

Not do Well, hopefully hopefully we. cross paths some long horn games this. fall. That's what I'm hoping. Yeah. Your. life. How are you scheduling long-term. life? We we saw you had eight at the. time of this conversation, you had eight. things in the works. I think you're even. writing a movie uh alongside Jud. I I. think there's you got a lot of things. happening and this is obviously we. talked about at the beginning the dream, but I know all these projects take like. a lot of time and then travel and I. think I think you were living in Europe. for a bit. Who knows? I don't know where. you are now. It's like how do you.

project what the future looks like and. are you just fully committed to the. business? I feel like uh you know. Clooney whenever he was on his run. disappear gone. Leo when he's gone TC. gone just like out of sight out of mind. basically out of life I think because. you're working. Is it becoming like that. for you or are you still trying to. remain a human every once in a while? Oh. man. Well the best part is like I have. my friends I'm in Glasgow, Scotland. I. just had some friends come and visit me. here. You know I'm going back to London. I got a lot of friends shooting in. London. I got my family coming out and.

meeting me there. So even though I can't. be back home in Austin, Texas right now, I can I can have a lot of my friends. here. So it always feels like there's. home around. So I'm not I'm not. isolated. I'm not getting a chance to. like lose my sense of life and. adventure. I I take fun weekend trips. and stuff like that. So we we still have. a good time. Like like we just went to. Bordeaux the other weekend and and. rented some race cars and just hauled. ass through the French countryside. So. I'm still I'm still living life. I'm I'm. still happy. Oh, life's pretty good.

Life's pretty good. Yeah, we rented some. race cars. Went through the board. country. I didn't know that was an. option. Sweet. Happy to hear that. And. my my favorite part is Chad Powers comes. out this fall. And so I get to build my. entire press schedule around Chad. I get. to just live at Texas Longhorn Games as. part of showing introducing the show to. everyone. So I'm like, I'm feeling it. Like I'm Isn't it amazing? Isn't it. amazing that Glenn signs up for a gig. character that they're trying to make.

him look like an [ __ ] Yeah. You. know, big nose with terrible hair. Somehow it's going to be a sex symbol. Oh, yeah. Somehow. I have no idea how. Can't wait to watch. Can't wait to see. you promote that movie. Can't wait to. see how much The Running Man's Beloved, all your other projects are going to be. smash hits. And uh we're incredibly. pumped and happy for you, man. Sports. guy doing great things in the movies. We. appreciate the hell out of you. No, I appreciate you guys. Thank you. guys so much. Obviously, big fan of. everything you guys do and uh yeah, hope. to see you guys a bunch this fall.

Do it. Keep them up, baby. Keep them up. Don't you dare. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, future goat. Uh incredibly handsome, very handsome, charming, and fit. This guy's going to make you go. run after watching his new movie, uh The. Running Man. Ladies and gentlemen, Glen. Pal. Thank you, Shout out to Glenn Pal for joining us. last week. Uh, obviously he pops on a. screen and it's just like, yeah, this. dude's unbelievably attractive. It's.

outrageous. AJ, him, Jesse Palmer, I. forget who else. There's like a couple. dudes that have walked by and you just. go, "Holy [ __ ] this guy's supposed to. be this guy's supposed to be what he. is." And he's so cool, so humble. Him. living in Scotland, going to London, he's fully committed obviously to the. business that he's in. And uh, he's a. rocket ship to the top. Ain't that. right, Ty Senior? Yeah, without a doubt. Uh, you know, if he wants to take that. rocket ship really out of the Milky Way. and into galaxies we've never seen. I've. been saying it for a while now. I think. it's time. Listen, I love Barry Pepper's. rendition of Dale Senior a couple years.

ago. It was actually an ESPN movie. I. think I think Glenn needs to grow the. mustache out. And I think we need a. full-fledged You think he should do like. F1 did uh their movie with Brad Pitt? You think Glenn Pal should do a NASCAR? Oh, yeah. I'm No, I ain't talking. NASCAR. I'm talking Dale Senior biopic. from the time he was a wee little boy in. Canapapolis. Exactly. All the way up to, you know, winning, you know, cup after. cup after cup after cup. Believe he won. seven Winston Cups. No big deal. Um, so.

yeah, I'd like to see that. Maybe his. relationship with Junior, too. I mean, I. just I think it's time we get to that. point. So, I don't know, Glenn, if. you're listening, grow the stash out. And, you know, we know you're a writer. Maybe you pen that yourself. He's a. little busy, obviously, with a lot of. things. And if he was to do another Dale. Earnhard biopic type thing, uh we would. obviously watch we'll watch anything he. does cuz in there I told him you make. good selections seemingly like he makes. good he's a part of good movies. Uh. seems like that is kind of a narrative. that's building about him and the. running man thing looks sweet. That. trailer was outrageous. AJ Josh Brolan.

too is a great character I saw in that. trailer. Yeah. Anything Glenn does right. now it seems to to go to the top. I hope. I just hope Glenn It sounds like he is. enjoying himself. What? riding fancy. cars, driving fast cars through. Bordeaux. Like our that's not real life. Like that's a that's a set of a movie. And and Glenn is living that dayto day. right now. So I hope he's truly enjoying. it cuz he's living in a it's a great. time in his career. That's for sure. Oh. yeah. We went down in South France and. we uh actually raced race cars through. the countryside. What you find that on. Is that on Yelp somehow? How did you.

figure that? Uh movie looks fire. Movie does look. fire. Yeah, it looks Stephen King. It it. made me think about the college football. season there whenever uh us. that was. what a that's soon. Oh yeah, very soon. College football is soon NFL. I mean. it's July right now. It's July. I mean. if you're in the NFL you're thinking. about camp already. Yes. Exact. you're. definitely thinking about like, "All. right, I got to figure out how to hit. the weight that I need to get at if.

you're out of shape." Or you need to or. some people think, "Okay, I need to. sustain where I'm at right now for just. a few more weeks." I mean, we're getting. into it right now. It's July 1st. Yeah, that's unbelievable. August 30th, I. believe, is the first college game day. Is that right? That's Ohio State in. Texas. I wonder if Glenn Pow will be. there for that. The week before that is the the Ireland. game, too. So, we're I mean, you know, we're not too far away. Okay. Friday, July 4th. I mean, of course, July 4th. Happy birthday, America. Happy birthday, America. Happy birthday, Dale Senior.

Uh, but also only 61 days away. So, first game is September 4th. So, you get. to that July 4th. Remember when you're. waking up, hey, we're basically just two. months away, maybe. You know, it carries. through uh the summer. What's that? Well, you got baseball. Sure. You got W, of course, Formula One. The movie, I. guess they're saying, is really good. I. mean, I just mentioned it there. The. movie, I guess, is phenomenal. Very, very, very good. Did you watch the. movie? I did watch it. I did watch it. I. don't want to no spoilers. I like. people, you know, cuz Brad Pit come out.

on top. Did Brad Pit? That'd be a. spoiler. I mean, Sunny Hayes, you know, Sunny brought it. Uh, but uh yeah, great. cast, great picture. Um, once I won't go. too far, I'm hearing Ram Jam of F1. Is. that right? What's that? Uh, that was. the wrestler. Yep. You ever seen the. movie The Wrestler? Mickey Ror. He's ram. jamming around. He was a little bit. older wrestlers. He going around indie. still. Well, yeah. Not sunny. Well, we. know Brad is a is an older gentleman at. this point. So, yeah, older driver. I. think 50 is in the movie, but uh and. then he has a young young teammate with.

uh it, you know, it's a movie. All. right. It's a movie, but uh it's not. real. Okay, we got to suspend belief. there for a little bit or whatever. Someone so cool like Brad Pit wouldn't. race in F1 cuz it's stupid. I heard No, I heard Brad Pitt was actually racing in. F1. Legit. That's what I heard. Movie. magic. No, they're saying for real he was doing. because you don't have to pass anybody, right? Yeah. You think that watch the. movie? Follow that guy. Hey, follow that. guy. Brad, watch the movie. You AJ's. going to be a fan after he watch the.

movie. I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt. I. will absolutely watch it. But is he. eating in the cockpit? Uh, debut has to. No. I will spo I won't spoil that part. No, we don't have eating Brad Pitt. Not. a single scene of him eating. It did in. Tallaladega Nights. What's that? eating. in the in the cockpit. Yeah. I mean, Tallaladega Nights though, you're. talking a little bit different style of. racing. Super realistic, right? Real. racing. Well, that Fig Newton's uh Yeah. Mhm. right on the windshield, but. certainly inconvenient, but I do love me.

some Fig Newton. Of course. I think it's. a little different with F1. I I don't. think it's as uh I wonder if Dale could. have driven F1. What? Come on now. Dale. could drive anything that's got wheels, brother. So, yeah, he'd been just fine. driving F1. Sorry you. Sorry. Apologize. for the disrespect. Thank you. All good. We're supposed to be joined by a champ. here relatively soon. Oh yeah, another. champ. Champ champ. Have some champs on. there. I like that. This guy might be. the best of all time. Is it worse? He's a stud. He might be. the greatest of all time. Here we go.

Still young. We have not been able to connect to him. yet, but we will certainly continue to. try. Oh, good. Ilia Toria will be. joining us as AJ screen just froze a. little bit there. So, we might be having. connection issues all over the place. This guy's undefeated. Has been a. champion at two different weight classes. now. He had to vacate one title and move. on to the next one. Now, he's a. lightweight champion of the UFC. He's. not He wasn't as tall as Charles, obviously. There's been a lot of reach. conversation. He's got thunder and. lightning. He's got thunder and. lightning. And then he moved to Spain, I.

guess, as a as a as a boy. and he goes. from Greco Roman wrestling in Georgia. being like world champion or whatever. Then he goes to Spain, they don't. necessarily have that. So then he just. gets into MMA and becomes a jiu-jitsu. master and everything. This guy has been. this guy's made to fight and he is. electric to watch. In the last 17. months, he slept KO'ed Vulk all the way and now. Olivivera. You're talking about three.

legends of sport and this guy I think. the world is just really getting. introduced to at this point for Dana and. for the UFC. This is a great time for a. new oh my this might be GOAT. conversations guy to show up in the UFC. but I feel like everybody else in the. UFC that's in the goat conversations is. like we don't really want to mess with. this guy. This guy seems to be a little. bit different than everybody else. What. a good thing for the UFC and it's been. an honor to watch this guy fight. We've. gone through his highlights a little bit. more here uh because we heard there was. a chance he would come by the show.

Electrifying fighter, AJ. Absolutely. electrifying. Don't What's awesome about. him like he comes in with like a a. jiu-jitsu background and then all of a. sudden he becomes an unbelievable. striker and he's knocking dudes out. He. obviously submits people too, but he. seems to I think he's finished what all. but two fights. Like he if you want to. see some action, you turn on one of his. fights for sure, man. Yes. And he's. looking to end it, you know, and uh it's. like what's that, Ty? Well, I was just. going to say, I mean, like you mentioned. guys getting slept a lot of times in the. UFC, you know, like a guy will get. clipped and then they'll take a couple. off, you know, and then like they'll.

call the fight and you can tell the. other guy, he's not he's like he's still. there, but he might be a little bit out. of it. Toia, he's he's knocking these. guys in the next week. I mean, he's he's. knocking these folks heads off every. single time. He's he's one impression. son of a [ __ ] He really is. Is he as. impressive as senior? You think so? Well, he's got a he's got a ways to go. to still kind of get to that point, but. he's certainly on that trajectory. All. right. Uh, as we wait or potentially not. have Ilia Tapura, we'd like to say, "Hey, you're a great fighter, brother.". We still like big fan. We don't hate.

you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Would. love to watch you. I guess. it was an they they did like a numbers. check whenever they were asking uh if we. would like him to come on the show. What. are the numbers for your show? Just so. we know in this tournament people still. ask that. What do you say? We haven't. been asked that in a long time. It is. something at the beginning stages of. stuff that is like uh you know like is. this worthy of our clients time, you. know, that type of [ __ ] that's kind of a. part of the digital world and it all we.

haven't been asked that in a long time. And I I enjoyed the trip down memory. lane of when we used to have to like do. that and stuff. So it's nice to know. And also it feels like he's probably. just locked in. Yeah. Guy and his people. just locked in. Hey, you know this guy's. worried about knocking people out. This. guy is worried about becoming the. greatest of all time. He's been. championed two different weight classes. He you don't have time for your dumbass. show. I'm like respect, but that's kind. of like your job to tell them, right? That that's your whole thing. So that's. the uh it was awesome though. Like I. really appreciated that and I I guess we.

kind of made the cut, but maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe maybe that's not the. case. We'll see. I don't I don't know. Guy is box office though. I will say box. office. So I appreciate that. Can't wait. to watch him fight. He will knock your. ass out though. Deal. Mhm. Are you. serious? Have Have you seen You got to. watch the documentary. Have you seen I'm. talking about you, not necessarily uh. senior. Sorry. Tie. Put this on. I. embody scene. Well, have you seen the. newest you and Dale? Debbone did send it to me. And like I. said, me me and Debo, let's just say we. we've put our swords down. I will not be.

counting calories. I will not be looking. at how many bags of chips and how many. Oreo sticks he eats this afternoon. because he's a good boy. He's a good. boy. You guys doing the creamy sticks? is out. Is he in there with his fingies? I am. Bone certainly is. Those making. their way back to the office is. certainly a move. Congrats to them. coming out of the cave like they're. Jesus Christ back into this place. And I. will say there has been one or two. people enjoying it in the entire office. Yeah. Yeah. There's been a lot, but no, no one that wants to say it out loud, but that's okay. You know, once again, I. I can stand on business so I enjoy you.

going into that thing. Oh, I was doing. that this morning. It is you whipping. that together. It's like Oreo. Are they. Oreo stick dunk dunkers? Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. It's awesome. But he. makes an orient. He like, you know, we're doing it and then we're pressing. it together. That thing's oozing out of. It's one. It is like a little project. It's like a little craft. And I'll tell. you, I might have had one. I might have. done one. I might have dabbled in. It's. fine. Anytime I come on too strong about. something, you know, you just kind of no. matter what, I'm going to take some flak.

for it and people are going to That's. not true. People are going to try and. downplay and that's okay. We're on your. side with the mullet, the mustache. I. think a lot of things you've come on. strong for were on your side. Those are. those are those are the leather jacket. were on his side. Those are personal. looks. I mean like my my tastes, the. things that I enjoy. Like it would be. kind of screwed up. It'd be a bad. teammate if you guys were just telling. me like, "Hey, you look stupid or that's. a dumb mustache." Because No, that'd be. a good teammate. Well, you got to be a. good a good teammate would would be.

saying if you look bad, telling you you. look bad. That's fair. But I I guess I'm. more so saying like mole mustache. Those. are undeniable things. Those are. undeniable accessories. Yours certainly. there's some bad ones out. Those little. rat uh skulllets, you know, people that. don't have Oh, is it a mustache? That. thing if it was to be lighter colored, I. think it would look bad. I think you. found your rig up there. That's what. we're saying. Yeah. Yeah. Built built. for it. Some would say I'm just saying. when it comes to my food taste, if I. like something and I'm loud about it, chances are. things are coming back on the other.

side. I mean, if it's fashion, you're. not going to get the credibility or. legitimacy for most things, which I can. accept. Foxy says something though, we're. probably going to buy into it. Have you. seen what Foxy looks like these days? He's been using Kurt Angle's protein. powders. Oh, Foxy put on 20 pounds of. muscle. Yeah, I don't think his body can. do that, but he his body has turned into. muscle. Basically, I am the heaviest. I've ever weighed. And speaking of. Connor's clothing options, I actually. have one rule in this office, and it's. only with me and Connor. Rule number. one, do not criticize anything I ever.

wear ever. That's our rule. But that's. our rule. Yeah, it's just different. styles. Some people want to look like a. Hallmark card and some people just want. to kind of hang out and be a normal. person. Yeah. Well, the thing about Foxy. is he is the mannequin at every store. you walk into. Exactly. That is. literally the way his body is built. Debuts, same way. Debuts can wear Hey, give me what the mannequin He's the. Under Armour mannequin. Yeah, he's the. Under Armour mannequin. Yeah, I'll take. Oh, that looks cool on that person. Thank you for doing the styling for me.

I will take that son of a [ __ ] right. there. Foxy can do that in basically. every single store. D, but I assume you. as well. So when Foxy walks in here, I. just assume that a new New York fashion. thing has dropped on a mannequin. Yeah, Foxy saw it and holy [ __ ] this guy. looks so cool. Always does. Abbercom and. Fitz really became your place there for. a bit. Yeah, that's the go-to right now. It's really great. That Target, you name. it. It's awesome. I would like to point. out one other thing. Conor's wearing. short sleeves, so I think the office is. in a good spot temperature wise. So hot. outside. Wore wore some short sleeves. yesterday. I've learned that uh if I can.

get to 11 uh usually 11 is kind of the. deciding factor where it it either Hey, put a put a jacket on Connor or you know. what let's just Are you okay? You look a. little pissed off. I'm not pissed off. Uh because you know just when talking. about this type of stuff, it is hot as. [ __ ] in this thing and rightfully so cuz. you got to earn it. Fire suit. Yeah, exactly. It's fire retardant. I said you. know there's a chance I might combust. into flames. Um, and I was, you know, taking it to the cup pretty hard with. Dale Senior earlier. Um, and and I.

worked up a pretty good sweat doing. that. It's hot in this thing. It is. I. I, you know, today of all days, I'd say. if you want to drop the temperature. another 10 to 15°, I'd be with it. Okay, I'll think about it. Certainly Connor is. the one in charge. Remember the. thermostat? That is not true. We have. found the proper uh temperature. It is a. uh a consistent hot outside, so I think. that has helped with maybe the inside. But I'll tell you, you walk outside then. walk in here, it does feel cold in here. It's a nice little breeze that you get. as soon as you walk in here. The air.

conditioner is working great. Thank you. to the air conditioning people. Also, thank you to Ohio governor who was not. the one pitching for the banishment of. flags being planted on fields in the. state of Ohio. Some politician in Ohio. certainly was at one point. I think that. kind of got shued away. The Ohio. governor, though, has approved a $600. million operation for a new Cleveland. Brown station. Wow. Congratulations. the. public's coming together with ownership. and uh we're going to make a brand new. Cleveland area. Now, obviously, the. current stadium is historic. It's right.

there on the lake. It's very windy. It's. outside. It's a football town. The dog. pound has been in there representing for. a long, long time during a lot of hard. hard years for the Cleveland Browns. Now, they're looking to innovate and. looking to move forward. AJ, how do. Ohioans feel about this? And how do you. think this will go over in the Cleveland. area? Because I heard there was a lot of. arguments on what this would be. Yeah, I. mean people I think are kind of torn. about this. They love where they're at. on the lake and everything about it. Is. that the airport in the background I see. of this? Is that where this thing is. located? You tell me, AJ. I'm looking I.

feel like there's airplanes and there. are terminals behind it. I don't know. what that might be. But yeah, aren't. isn't every team, every owner is trying. to build their own Patriots Place. Like, hey, let's build it. Let's own the real. estate. Let's own everything around it. and let's just rake in all the money. I. think it is a good thing for everybody, honestly. Yeah, I think it'll become a. good business venture, especially if the. dog pound buys into it. You know, if the. dog pounds like this is cool, like in. Green Bay, the Packers have like a. museum in a Hall of Fame and some other. [ __ ] that you can come and come visit. and make a trip out of it even in the. offseason. If Cleveland does that, which.

we assume they will with stores and. everything else, hotels, places to stay, it's like you can make your Cleveland. Browns football team an actual like. getaway as well, which is what all these. teams are trying to do. Yeah, the number. uh surprised me. I feel like it's much. lower than I would expect for a new and. then it been a it's a dome, right? Not. retractable. Straight dome in Cleveland. It's going to cost way more than that. obviously, right? Yeah. I wonder how. much Hasslam's giving up. I assume. that's the that's the conversation. Yeah. But dome D dome in Cleveland. completely. That's weird. Yeah. Very.

very very weird. But at the same time, I. mean the [ __ ] that they've been doing. ain't been working. So completely. different. I know there are some people. who just love football indoors, football. in a controlled climate. I I'm a fan of, you know, the outdoor weather, the. elements, especially when you're playing. a division like the Browns are. Uh, but. like I mean I like it. Anytime like like. AJ said, anytime you you build a new uh. facility, you're going to bring new. people in. You're going to bring boost. the economy. Hopefully you get major. events coming to Cleveland. So this is. big for Cleveland. I think um yeah, the.

events that can be held there now at the. dome and all the things that can travel. whenever the weather's not great, which. in Cleveland, cities like Cleveland. Real fans definitely hate the dome. Real. fans hate the fact that the roof does. not retract. If Pittsburgh was to put a. dome on there, people would be very. pissed. All these footballers would play. footballers. football weather and then. who knows what the concerts would. become. Who would how would that would. all go? But in Cleveland, I feel like. that was the biggest argument is. football is supposed to be played. outside and then, you know, we'll have. like a Thanksgiving or a November, December game where there's a blizzard.

and everybody's like, "This is football. This is awesome. This is awesome." And. then in some of those cities, they. eliminate the opportunity to have that. And then people got like Buffalo was. having this conversation as well with. everything. It's like what's feasible? What's what makes sense for all year. round? Uh do punters have a vote? Because if they do, they let's put a. roof on this thing. Let's go ahead and. put a roof on everything. Quarterbacks. probably feel the same way. That's a. tough decision to make, especially with. how much money is being spent. As we. have one minute left and Tai Senior.

takes it away. Well, I was just going to. say, you know, you talk about identity. Obviously, people want to be outside. like this. This to me this just kind of. feels like what how would you feel if if. Dale Senior was you know driving the 24. you know Rainbow Sherbet car it just be. weird that's not his identity but. whatever you know cuz Jeff Gordon. respectfully so he's never going to be. on the levels Dale Senior you know that. I know you Jeff Gordon but uh I was just. going to say especially when you're. playing in that division you're going. inside like that that's a massive. advantage to a team that has Lamar. Jackson as their quarterback and Joe. Burrow whereas you know you're playing.

in the elements late in the season you. might mitigate a little bit what those. guys do. Not so much anymore playing. inside of D. That's good call, Senior. Any message for the fans watching on TV. as we head into digital here? Yeah, pretty simple. Uh Fourth of July weekend. uh coming up. Praise Dale. Raise hell, baby. You. really don't need anything else. USA all. the way. God bless America. You nailed it. Thank you. Thank you. Take a flat. How do you think How do you. think the Narnhard family is going to. react to how well you did today? So.

pumped. To be quite fair, I have no. idea. I I'd hope that they would uh they. would The second photo, if we could pull. that up, I think they'd probably be a. little bit more I I think I think you're. right. I think you see the first photo, you're you're thinking, who is this fat. slob? And what's this guy doing dressed. like my papa, you know, or my brother or. you know, whatever the c my husband, my. god, my god. A lot of people are saying. that as well, but I don't know. Uh I. hope that they understand. This comes. from the deepest uh part of my heart and. it's the you know most personal homage I.

could give to the uh Nhard family and. the documentary and the documentary. obviously it was incredible again I. cannot nice reminder I think right don't. you think that's what it was well. because you know like I I I vividly. remember no [ __ ] uh going to school. following when Dale Senior died in the. Daytona 500 like I still remember. everything about that I want to say I. actually wrote a story in my in my like. fifth grade newspaper about that. So, you know, to be able to kind of go back.

and relive that when I'm an adult now, all these years later, like it is cool. because he he was a goddamn American. icon. And I think people have forgotten. that as the years kind of go on and on. and NASCAR's kind of become what it's. become. And I think I I saw a lot of. like the hardcore fans were saying, you. know, like back when when Dale Senior. was running the roost, like that's when. racing was racing and that's when NASCAR. was NASCAR. Now it's a little bit more. commodified and you got the Joey Loganos. bitching about everything. He's gone at. the Loganos. I don't like Joey Loganos.

He [ __ ] about everything. You know, he acts like he's a tough guy. And then. you get one of these guys. Back in the. day, Dale Senior would have got out of. the car and been like, "All right, punk. I'm going to [ __ ] knock your teeth. out." And then we'll see if you're going. to be bitching and flapping those gums a. bunch. But nobody's really doing that. anymore. You know, like they were that. Rody Kyle Bush. Well, yeah. Yeah, I know. Ky still, but the problem with Ky is the. way his car is running right now. You. can't really be swinging on guys when. you're I got I got a Kyle meal number. eight. Yeah. Yeah. The the chicken. tender combo with the biscuit and the.

mac and cheese and the the green beans. It's delicious. But you can't really be. calling guys out and swinging on guys. when they're when they're getting top. fives and you're finishing, you know, in. the 20s because you're not his fault. Car just ain't built for it, you know. But I think that, like I said, you know, there just ain't a lot of guys like. Senior out there running today. And I. just wish there were. So anyone who is a. big NASCAR fan, if you haven't watched. it, check out the Dale the Senior. documentary. You have to. And it's right. there on Amazon. Exactly. Fourarter.

NASCAR season's happening right now, right? They had a race on Sunday. I. think that was like a very good race. from what I've been told. Cuz anytime a. good race happens in NASCAR, I'll get. the NASCAR Twitter. We'll be like, "Hey, hey, hey, good." I saw that as well. They called it like maybe the greatest. race in NASCAR history is what I saw on. Sunday. Yes, I was getting a lot of. those tweets as well. And I think they. posted a picture from like a movie what. like a finish would look like in a. movie. I think there was potentially a. winner by like this much in NASCAR. Yeah, I didn't see I didn't research it, but I just saw the tweets. I read all.

the tweets and said, "All right, NASCAR. had a weekend." And then I uh that's on. me. I think somebody got traded. Yeah. It's kind of how it works. Jaylen Ramsey. got traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. and then I just got distracted. You know. that is uh that's 100% on me. NASCAR's. in the middle of their season. F1. driving around courses. Yep. Uh. Silverstone British Grand Prix this. weekend. Indie Car. What's going on with. Indie Car? I don't think they do that. anymore. Brad Pitt's a big fan of it. Yeah. No, I thought they they're they're.

still going. Yeah. Brad Pitt was looking. for it a couple weeks ago. Yeah. Brad. Pitt said he started watching F1, I. think, is how he got into it. Then he. started watching Indie Car and he said, "That's I love now." That's right. That's open wheel. That's what he said. Did you hear him say that? Yeah, he. didn't. He was literally just driving a. McLaren last week. Yeah, but Yeah, but. that's for the F1 promoting the movie. He wasn't. Don't be a Mark. You know, I'm a Mark. I am an F1 Mark. I'm getting. He didn't say that. I'm getting into it, too. He did. Once you watch this movie,

you have great respect for it. You'll. see why it's the pinnacle for Brad Pitt. He is the pinnacle. We have some say we. have respect for F1. It's it's I think. it's a spectacle, a festival. You got to. understand it's not about the racing. The reaction stuff that the drivers do. is super impressive. Like they when they. were in Miami, the driver with Tyreek. Hill, they did it and the driver was so. much better reaction time wise. Like I. have respect for the drivers. It's just. considering it racing is hard to. consider because they don't do the the.

passing or like NASCAR like the reason. NASCAR was electric this weekend. The. finish. Yeah. I think it was three wide. I think it was either three wide or four. wide, you know. I get it. There's. actually uh terms like the three wide. We're going full ride around that. That's the conversation about racing. We. don't know enough about racing to do it. Tai, Mike, cuz he's obviously been in. it. Tone's family watched NASCAR, I. believe, growing up races this weekend. So, I did not though. I did not grow up. watching racing or anything like that. I. get out here to Indianapolis though. Lot. of racing, dirt track. We're talking.

NASCAR coming here. Indie Car obviously. has its home here. So, I've got a chance. to be around the race community. Three. wide, four wide. They're like, "Hey, he's not scared to go." Like that is the. part of like racing. Like that is the. taking the shot, doing the thing, setting up a move. Like all those types. of [ __ ] I feel like are what I've. understood racing. Then I watch an F1. race in Monaco and it's literally that's. the parading. I'm like race to watch. All right. All right. But I enjoy and. respect the spectacle like who they get.

to go to the races, how it is covered. I. I appreciate setups. Yeah. Like I the on. location [ __ ] that's going like I. respect the festival that is F1 cuz. everybody's trying to get something like. that. Yeah. Just the on track stuff from. what I have seen thus far is tough for. me to be like. okay you know I mean I don't know how it. is in the other like NASCAR and Indie. but like going into F1 it's only let's. say a handful of cars that have a a real. shot to win it right. So that that's the. thing. So out of those cars, so this.

past week after the first five laps, you. knew it was going to be a battle up. front with the two McLaren races and. both of those drivers are know the top. two drivers for the championship. So one. of those guys would most likely come out. of top max got knocked out on the. opening uh turn actually. Okay, so they. crash. They definitely crash. Are they. uh how just run into each other's back. like this? Real racing, man. Just slip. on like a banana like drive over a. banana. real [ __ ] it ain't it ain't. rubbing and racing somebody hits a blue.

shell up there and cutting his one I. mean you're not getting what you're. getting in NASCAR like let's go back to. ' 86 we got the pass in the grass with. Dale you know someone you know nudes his. back end and he has to he has to go. inside the infield and is he going to. spin out like a lot of these guys in F1. just well I guess my day is done no what. he does is he passes in the grass holds. on to the lead wins the race you're not. getting that kind of stuff in F1 they. were passing the grass for the pass in. the grass for Dale Nhard hard and what. are you guys doing? Is that legal? Yeah. Oh. Oh, see that's racing, brother. And.

it is legal in everywhere but F1. Got. rules and regulations. With that being. said, I watch this F1 movie with an open. mind and I assume Brad Pitt will win me. over. I wanted to rob people whenever he. was in Oceans 11 because how cool he. looked great. Yeah, he can really Sunny. Hayes will get you. Couple superstars in. that cast too. The uh what's the dude. from Dune? Javiarav. Yeah, he's No Country for Old Men. So, do you think like Clooney, Pit, Glenn. Pal walk into a room,

do you think there is like a hierarchy. like we're too attractive type. conversation? Do you think like uh we're. too good to be we're too good-look to be. here? You think? Yeah. Do you think. they're trying to alpha each other too? Like, ah, he is he is do you think they. are? I think they I think they tear. themselves and they're and they're more. so like walking over like, hey, we did. it. Look at us. You know, our mirrors. are better than everybody [ __ ] else. Hey, tier one. Good looking guy. Good to. meet one. Different generations there, too. Yeah. So, you think Brad Pitt and. Glenn Powell are kind of like uh is.

there torch passing happening there? Not. quite yet. A mentor program. It's like a. mentorship. Still spinning. The F1. movie. Yes, he is. So, yeah, he is. The. uh F1 movie was actually the highest. gross, you know, the highest purse of. his career. He got paid more to do the. F1 movie than any other movie he's got. So, he's maybe hitting a prime right. now. bigo kind of into Yeah, it was like 250. 300 million. So, a lot of money. You. said he gets like points, right? You. would assume? I would assume so. But. they also know, you know, a movie like.

F1, the international market is going to. do a lot for that movie. It's going to. make a lot of money overseas as well. So, yeah, let's just say Bill Pitt's. doing just fine. Ladies and gentlemen, massive announcement tonight. It's Commissioner's Cup. Here we go. Is. that tonight? That's tonight. Tonight. That's right. 8:00 PM Prime Video. Commissioner Cup. Uh Kathy Angelbert, the commissioner of the W, called the. Indiana Fever, I believe yesterday or. two days ago to congratulate Caitlyn.

Clark on being named the captain, one of. the captains of the WNBA All-Star game. Uh she was voted ninth at guard by her. peers in the uh WNBA. Number one by the. fans, I believe, number three by uh. media coaches or something like that. So, the players still got a lot of love. for Caitlyn Clark. Obviously, that's a. big top uh talking point on the internet. right now for everybody telling Caitlyn. Clark she needs to leave the W and go. start your own league. Beast tried to do. it with threeon-ree down there. Okay, she got investors, got a lot of money. Maybe that'll be successful. Maybe.

that'll be able to pay. A lot of people. are saying, Caitlyn, you need to get out. of this ungrateful league, okay? And you. need just go start your own [ __ ] because. you are the needle mover. Now, I do not. believe that because I believe that the. Indiana Fever are great for. Indianapolis. But anytime things like. these polls or these votes come out, it. justifies everybody saying they don't. trust or believe in Caitlyn. They don't. like that Caitlyn is the face of the. league, which let's not get it twisted. She certainly is. Now, the OG fans of. the WNBA don't necessarily love that. because it's been 20 plus years of. building up the league and building up.

everything and then all of a sudden. Caitlyn Clark comes in out of Iowa. A. lot of new fans come. A lot of new fans, not necessarily welcomed as quickly as I. think some people would think, but. that's any type of business that. happens. Happened to me, college. football, I go in that world. The old. school college football people hated my. [ __ ] guts. I mean, I'm not saying I'm. Caitlyn Clark, but I'm just saying they. like to take ownership over the thing. that they love. So, any change or. anything new to what they love, they're. obviously going to push against it. So, I think Caitlyn Clark needs a state of. course. I think it's only a matter of.

time before everybody understands. I. think we need her to get healthy. And. just like she told Kathy, we need to get. that dub in the Commissioner's Cup, which is Kathy Angelbert's cup. She is a. commissioner of the WNBA. So, uh, I'm. pumped for the fever. Is Kaylin playing? That's the question. Don't know. Probably not. Being an eight and a half. point dog, you would imagine she's not, right? Minnesota Lyn's current champs. No, Liberty current champs. Yes. Links. are very good. Yeah, they have uh. Collier's the favorite to win MVP. Okay.

Well, good luck to all parties. If. Caitlin plays, obviously that would be. breaking news. One second ago, Caitlyn. is out. Oh, all right. Let's take our. graphic off there. Let's put their. graphic up. Yep, there it is. Okay. What. if they still win? Um, they will. They. got a good team. Kelsey Mitch could go. off again. Commissioner Cup. Kelsey. Mitchell. This does feel like a big. Kelsey Mitchell game. She'll play well. Yeah. I mean, make it to the finals. Pretty pretty awesome. They need it. They're fighting. They're fighting for a.

playoff spot right now. What do you mean. they're fight? It's Indiana Fever. Austin can go off. I think they're in. eighth or ninth. Aaliyah can go. especially if they play. Stephanie will. have team coach Stephanie will have a. team ready to go. They're in eighth or. ninth. How many team How many teams are? Uh I have no idea how many teams there. are, but I know eight make the playoffs. I think I could be wrong about that. 15. now because they added the uh Valkyrie. Listen, I understand the MLS let Lou me. Messi not make the playoffs. Okay, I. understand that. The NBA created these. bubble games. Yeah. The NBA is like,

"You know what? Actually, we can get a. playin game. We can because they're. trying to get there." Zion. They're. trying to It was all for Zion. Yeah. At. the bubble and and then it all just kind. of We playoffs. We need, right? We need. that. Could you imagine Caitlin not. making the playoffs for the WNBA? Remember what happened last year. whenever they got out of the playoffs? That would not be good. look for Kathy Anglebert, the uh. commissioner to be we're gonna have a. super duper play in open uh to get in. the playoffs. Think this a motivator.

being been voted ninth uh cuz like. Tyrese when he got voted overrated got a. little hate for Indiana fire up a little. bit more. I mean she's already fired. competitor but the new shoes eight teams. to make the playoffs so they're right on. that bubble right now. Her shoes sold. out the Kobes less than a minute. Sick. Sick. She is electrifying when she's playing. Oh yeah. Box office. You got to stay get. healthy, man. Need her. Yeah. Need to. stay healthy. Need her. This city of. Indianapolis needs her. Yeah. Every team.

that the Fever play against need her. Ticket prices whenever she's playing. Hello. Ticket prices whenever she's not. playing. Goodbye. They're talking about. expansion, adding teams. I watched Vibe. check uh yesterday with El Duncan. hosting. It's on Disney Plus. I believe. they talked about the expansion teams. They talked about the WNBA all-star. teams. They they had it all kind of like. in there. If the WNBA. with Caitlyn's help, assistance. obviously can actually like go. Why not.

the Indiana Fever being the driver? It. would be dope. All-star games here. I I. know you haven't been in the uh you know. regular folks airport in a while, but. sweet basketball court out there. Really? You hoping? Oh yeah. I mean I if. it was full court same as last year. They don't let you hoop on it, unfortunately. Try to get a couple. couple. There's a plastic shield on the. on the bucket. Oh, so nobody can make. it. You got to try harder. They don't. want anybody getting too cocky in there. No. Smart. Could you imagine somebody. catching fire in the middle of the. airport? Oh, that would cause quite a. scene. Yes, it would. Especially in. airport.

They don't want tearing their Achilles. That's what they don't want. Jump up, fake, and going up for a layup. Well, if. they sue him, they do. One Mike Breen. bang. Saw Senior hit a nasty jab step. before we went live. Here it is. Boom. That guy's up in the air. He's. gone. Sunglasses on. I don't know how. you saw the hoop. The I'd like to go. fast, baby. The audio isn't there. either, but uh when you hear what he was. saying when he gathers, you can hear him.

go senior. Anyways, it was right. buckets. Senior to the club. To the. That talk series really inspired you. It. did. It did. What are you going to do? Going to watch it later. You didn't dump. your pants today. No. You paid your. respects. Mhm. Pretty good day. Pretty. damn good. When did it become the plan, Ty? When did this become the plan to be. Tai Senior? Like what time? When you. didn't feel like changing getting out of. bed this morning. Yeah. I didn't shower.

uh this morning getting out of bed. Um. you know, and I had the sunglasses on. already. obviously the mustache and and. whatnot. Um, so yeah, this is kind of. just like, you know, if I can, you know, bite off Tony earlier to Glenn Pal. Sometimes if you feel it, you just chase. it. And that went really well, too. Did. it. He's in a different, you know, different. mind frame, different movie. They might. have a new one for this upcoming movie. It's something that had to be done, but. boy did he [ __ ] hate that. It feels. like that's an OIO situation for like.

AJ. Yeah, the amount of if you could. feel it to Glenn Pal. I figured he's. probably never heard that before. You. had to do it. I mean, I had the straw. hat on. And I mean, he the the worst. part was that Tony just hit him with a. if you could feel it and all he got in. return was chase it. You chase it, buddy. Yep. I get in a Scottish accent. over here all the time. Yeah. Yeah. I. appreciate you watching Twister, Bub. We. get it. That's That's basically Yeah, that's what he said. What he said. I love Glenn, but I hope I.

never see him again. No, you need to run. that back. We need a better interaction. there. I Yeah, cuz I think we'll we'll. gas it up. We'll make sure you get a. good Exactly. Yeah, that's why I will. walk the other way. You need No, in a. good way. We'll gas it up, not at a bad. way. Find him somewhere where you can. somehow get about six to eight whisies. in him and then you run that back and. he's going to scream chase it at the top. of his lung. That's what I'm saying. It. needs to be a more relaxed atmosphere. Yeah. You know, he's in the middle of. running, man. Running. Tired as [ __ ].

Yeah. He was needs to be hanging off a. ram, you know. Yeah. With your hat on. Yeah. There you go. And then you just so. happen to be on the side of the road. just like you were in the national. championship whenever you wanted or in. the playoffs when you wanted that high. five and they left you hanging. This. time you're just going to poke your head. out. He's going to be hanging off a Ram. truck and you're going to say, "Now's. the time, bud. If you keep failing and. then he's going to give you a big one. and you're going to get that full. moment." Yeah. Maybe for sure the photo. Probably not. your head poking out like. this and him and glass.

What a moment that's gonna be for you. We practiced one time, it didn't go. well. Yeah, I am not doing that again. Shooter shoot. Come on. The second time. it's 100 times better. Yeah. Uh we have. some breaking news. Um. Julie Vanloo. won gold in Euro basket for team Belgium. and then uh she flies back to United. States report to Valkyries. What is this. Gumpy? People are pissed off because she went. and played for Belgium. She's flying. back after they won. Missed the.

celebration. I guess she got released. while she was on the flight back to the. Valkyries. She got released. Okay. Can you elaborate more on who this. person is and what we are uh why we'd be. upset that she played with uh Belgium. She's allegedly very good and she's from. Belgium. Bring her here. She plays for. Golden State Falers. Oh, so she left the middle of the WNBA. season, went over there, played for. Belgium, played one, came back, they cut.

her on the flight. The Valkyries cut. her. Yeah, she's released. Indiana. Fever. That's what I'm saying. Well, do. you want some? You should miss a game. here. Um, there's no more. Does Belgium. have any more games throughout the W? They just won it. It's over. She's a. champion. Okay. So, she she's got no. more Belgium obligations. here. Come on out to Indiana. True. She. a fighter. We could use another fighter, Sophie. Hell yeah. Did you see her? She. won up to 700,000 Instagram followers, they or Tik Tok followers, they said or. after after that one night overnight.

Wow. I don't love that the W's doing. this. They cut uh TJ's sister, Megan. McConnell, after she got hurt. That. doesn't feel right. It's kind of throw. league. It is. Yeah. They're also at a. stage where I think they're they need to. start turning that thing up a little bit. business-wise. I think the time is now. Good luck to them. Indianapolis All-Star. game. Uh Ty will be there. Connor will. be there. Gumpy's going there. Uh we. will have Boots on the ground here in. Indianapolis at the W's All-Star game. We might be out of town as a group. Oh, it's the show somewhere. Yeah. Oh, okay.

We will find that out. If not, we will. have boots on the ground for sure for. the All-Star game. All right, AJ, I hope. you have a phenomenal summer Tuesday. We're going to get out of here. Shout. out to the commissioner stopping by. Shout out to Q Rich stopping by. Thanks. to Glenn Pal. Thought we had the. exclusive on the trailer. Turns out we. did not. It's three hours ahead ahead of. time. Still want to interview Glenn. Still happy with how everything went. Do you guys want the exclusive trailer. and a Glen Pal thing? Oh, I think so.

Yeah. What an honor. Hol. Holy [ __ ]. When did you find out it was running? At. 9. You saw it pop up or yesterday we. found out it was going to go at 9:00. a.m. So, I immediately think, okay, so. we're dropping this at 8 a.m. Then, you. know, that's my immediate thought just. just as a naturally bingo. like, "All. right, you guys are going to 9:00 am. Sweet." We were told this gonna be. exclusive. We're gonna go at 8 am. Then. we watched it and we thought to. ourselves, "Let's let the running man do. whatever the [ __ ] they want to do.". Feels like they've taken care of our guy. Glenn Pal. And it feels like this movie.

is going to be amazing. Yeah. So, I'm. happy as hell we got a chance to do it. But we It was under the terms of. exclusive trailer with Glenn. Good sell. by them. If they would have just said. Glenn Pal, we would have said, "You got. it." Yeah. Sure. Exclusive trailer. That. trailer was sick. Great. Yeah. Good. cast. Is that We had some of that Tom. Cruz stuff, too, I guess. And Netflix. gave us some exclusive. That's a cool. thing if people just want to give us. exclusive stuff. Had it with quarterback. this week. Yeah, it was like two and a. half, three minutes long. That was. awesome. Lions fans loved it. I was. about to say if I was a Lions fan or a.

golf fan, like that. Yeah, that's a cool. opportunity for us though to get that, you know, like that's a cuz normally if. we would have done that in the past, uh. we would have got strikes and sued by. all these people. Correct. Sued. We. would I would have got sued by these. people. One of the reasons why I wanted. to uh license my show through a network. is because like the amount of like. [ __ ] on the back end. Yeah. Hey, photo which was on somebody else's tweet. was my so you own this this this is. worth this. It's like yes it'd be nice.

to have a little backup you know in this. entire thing. So that's been good. That. type of opportunity is amazing that. we've gotten this to this point where. we're able to just run a [ __ ]. Paramount Movies trailer on our [ __ ]. Tom Cruz's unseen [ __ ] on our show. That's outrageous. Crazy. It's a big. deal. It's a big deal, man. Because. that's like that's those people's lives. Like all of that. That's riding on it. And just to speak from the other side of. it, like I know what it used to be like. if we were to accidentally put some of. this [ __ ] out, what it how much they. value how like the plan and where it. goes, how it goes, when it goes, who is.

allowed to go. It's like I've gotten. some hilarious letters from people. telling me that I need to [ __ ]. immediately take down the picture of the. video that we put up or I'm going to be. sued for yada yada yada. And it's like. holy [ __ ] Did we know that there was. was a So, all right, we're going to. power on. I guess we'll see you in court. and then we get a real one. Shout out to. Brett Favre. Shout out. Shout out Brett. Favre. Hey, we'll never forget that. Nope. How about him coming out Morgan. Wallen? Yeah. Yeah. Amazing. Good pop in.

Wisconsin. Without a doubt. You hear. Brett say, "Boy, quite the homecoming.". Drake was with him in Houston. People. are saying his abs. Yeah. What's going. on with that? I think he just does only. abs. Yeah. But nobody brings that up. What if he is. fully focused on abs? Maybe use that. that gimmick with the uh No. Yeah. 24/7 not doing abs. Yeah. is. because usually you know you got.

shredded ass like you got a chest, shoulders, arms kind of fits like who TP. Rick Flair but uh he's going through. surgery and uh yeah that was that was. very interesting the Drake photo. Yeah. Yeah, he looked the the abs looked very. jacked. Very very very jacked. A lot of people. were saying they were fake. Do do they. have ab Oh yeah. surgeries. Ab etching. They got Is that right? Oh, okay. I I. didn't know. I didn't know that was.

spray tan on, can't they? What' you say? Can't you spray tan them on a little. bit? Shade. I think you could shade it a. little bit. But the these looked I mean, there's like, you know, on the side. there. You got a little Yeah, it could. be. That's real. I think he's just doing. a lot of abs. Everybody needs to just. get off of Drake's abs. Hey, Drake, good. work. It's paid off, brother. It's paid. off. Morgan Wallen's walkouts continue to be. one of the biggest stories of all of. country music. How about his tour? Just. stadium after stadium after stadium. after stadium. That boy's doing this.

kind of what everybody's into right now. Is Whiz Khalifa start his big tour yet? I believe so. Actually, Jelly Roll and. Post Malone are hitting stadiums around. right now. I think Parker Colum's doing. his tour right now. Jelly Roll is in. Ohio. Uh they were I think the play Ohio. stadium. Big deal. He did like Buckeye. Country Superfest. He was the main dude. Yeah, it's a big deal. Yeah. I mean, right now is tour season for all these. guys. Let's support the [ __ ] out of them. and uh get some tickets on Segeek at all. these concerts. Obviously, SeatGeek is. the greatest ticket buying platform on.

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money. No. No, it's not going to the way. it works. But if you're buying tickets. to something awesome, which I think you. should do, give them as a gift. Yeah. Maybe go for yourself. You don't have to. be with anybody. Shout out to Gumpy. Gumpy's been going to these uh super. duper World Cuh Club Cup games all by. himself out there living his life. Use. Cig for the Inter Miami game on. Saturday. probably use it again this. Saturday for PSG and Bayern Munich in. Atlanta. PSG just kind of smacked around. here in Miami, huh? They they got. outclassed out there in Atlanta. Yeah, they are no joke. They won the Champions. League final 5 nothing against Inter.

Milan, so they kind of beat the [ __ ] out. of everybody this year. Uh so PSG is the. one who's going to win the $100 million. uh super duper FIFA club. They're. favored right now, but this game against. Byron could be the game of the. tournament after Al Halal, a team from. Saudi, knocked off Man City. I saw Al. Halal come in and really do it. They. paid a lot of money to a lot of their. players, but Saudi Arabian soccer league. obviously feels legitimized after a big. time win like this. Yes. And allegedly. each player got $5 million for winning. that game. Okay. So, that's just one.

game. And then you look at the teams. that were like Auckland that were in. this tournament. They had uh guys that. were driving dump trucks on Tuesday, coming to Cincinnati on Thursday, playing goalie, giving up 10 goals. So. certainly a variety of teams playing in. this Super Duper Cup, but it's gotten. good as it's gotten later on. Right, Gum? Yeah, we got Real Madrid and. Juventus kicking off at three. That. should be a banger as well. All these. are in America. Yes, sir. Okay, so these. teams are actually coming over here. Full squads cuz normally whenever these. teams go on tour in the United States of.

America, it's the backups. It's maybe. the youthmies, the super fans get a. chance to come take a picture that they. were at one of these games. Oh, Juventus. is playing in Pittsburgh. I'll go check. it out. None of the stars play. Man. City's playing in Phoenix. I'll go check. it out. None of the Stars play. Stars. are actually playing in this it feels. like. Right. Yeah. Because it's too much. money. Team wins $100 million. That buys. you probably three top tier players to. join your team for the start of the. season in Europe. So, we like this. It's. It's been awesome. I know a lot of the. games haven't been filled, but I would. argue anywhere in any country some of.

these teams wouldn't have any fans at. some of these games. All right, cool. Well, we look forward to that. How about. Gold Cup? How about the Gold Cup? America's about to win this entire. thing. Yeah, we got uh Wednesday night, USA and Mexico, both big favorites. So, we're looking at probably, if everything. goes as planned, Sunday night, Mexico, USA, Sunday night in Houston. Who does. the USA have? They have Guatemala. Okay, plus 800 for Guatemala to win. We're. minus 380. We should win that one. But. soccer is an interesting thing. This. could be 000 until the 89th minute and.

then Guatemala steals one. Didn't like. the way we finished the second half. Love the way we finished the game though. uh for the US boys in the last round. against Costa Rica. And then Mexico uh. takes on obviously Honduras. And. Hondures uh not a bad squad. They're. better than Guatemala. Uh they're about. the same. Mexico is still heavy favorite. to to win this thing right now. Mexico, United States would be in Houston. Yeah. Sunday night 7:00. Actually, 25th Gold. Cup in a row USA has made at least the. semi-finals. USA. Congratulations. USA.

Have we won it? Yes. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they win it a lot. Jesus. Yeah. And it's. usually played by our not our top guys. Like normally our top guys take off the. Gold Cup. Like this is kind of something. where you're looking for like the next. batch of maybe US guys. Obviously it was. a big story line this year because we're. preparing for a World Cup. We had a new. coach and Christian Pisic, our guy, uh. either didn't want to play in the. pregame, the warm-up games, but did say. he wanted to play in the Gold Cup to get. with the team. Punch new coach said,

"Don't worry about it. we want full. commitment or no commitment. We're just. going to build this team and get ready. for the World Cup. Now we got this. younger group of guys, younger group of. lads who nobody really knew about at the. beginning of this tournament. And now. they're kind of peacocking a little bit. These dudes got a lot of swagger, got a. lot of moxy. Ponch is also yelling into. the camera. It's like the USA team is. maybe finding what we should be, which. is a fiery, scrappy, gritty, electrifying bunch. Is that not. accurate? Yeah. If they can rally around. and win this, it'd be huge. Cuz there. was a [ __ ] story and I should have. brought this up yesterday about Saturday.

night 8:00. Some guy put out a story. that Pochettino took an interview with. Brenford, an English team. And it was. complete [ __ ] So they asked. Pochettino about it. He said, "I never. took an interview." He turned down an. interview with Tottenham, who he used to. coach. So I think that's why that was. such a massive moment, why he did that. to the camera. And the boys are really. rallying around him right now. I like. them. I've liked them since the. beginning. Like even and we learned of. Christian Pissic's story later on, but.

even the story of him saying we don't. want you then if you don't want to be. here. That was kind of how it was uh. rolled out at the beginning is like. Christian Pisic didn't want to do this. and Ponch said cool I don't want you to. do it. Christian Pissic actually did. want to play but didn't want to do all. the like the training I think cuz he's. just coming out of two leagues leading. up to it. So he wanted a breather I. think which has happened in the past. especially with the Gold Cup. But I love. that Ponch was trying to find his team. and he's had success in the past. It's. like what we've been doing hasn't been. working. If we can add some dogs, maybe. we win this thing. Shout out to soccer. We might have it. We might have the guy.

And then the goalie Freeze. Mhm. Yes. He's always that good. I mean, is he. always been a stud? Because I I watched. the majority of this game and he was. awesome. So, he's six and one now, I. believe, in penalties. Now, that was his. first international penalty, but I guess. in the league that he's in there, he's. done six prior and he was 4- one or 5-1, I forget what it was going into this. night. They made the stat and then he. came out afterwards like penalties are. kind of my thing. You know, it was kind. of this kind of my game. 6'4, has a good. read on people, seemingly a dog, and uh.

I think America has a little bit more. bite on this team than we've had in the. past. We we had too much razledazzle, too much pizzazz. Diego Luna, absolute. dog. He kind of sets the tone in the. middle. All the young lads. What's that? They need to stop conceding. Yeah, they. concede like a [ __ ] sometimes. It's just It's like, dude, hey, no more. conceding. I saw somebody sent a text into the. group saying all they do is concede. Bruce, what did you mean by that. whenever you said USA just conceded all.

the time? So much conceding. Uh, I mean, across the pond, I think it's a pretty. popular soccer term to to concede a. goal, to allow a goal. We're in America. I I would like more United States uh. clean sh meant to give it up. No, I. think just give up a goal is what. conceding is. This game was 2-2 going. into [ __ ] shootout, by the way. Uh. just so we understand that. Now, two. goals is a lot of goals in soccer. Awesome. Yeah. No, it it is we we got a. problem in the back end. I understand. Matt Freeze is a dog in the penalties,

but uh you know, our our defenseman, our. you know, center backs and the like. Uh, we got to short things up. Maybe keep a. clean sheet against uh Guatemala here. I. concede that your conceding comments uh. are potentially accurate. Conceded. again. Conceded again. There goes US. Soccer. They've conceded again. Okay. He's got He's even got a little jingle. about the entire thing. I don't know if. I love that, but he's saying we need. more from the Bowlers on the back end is. what he's saying it sounds like. And. hopefully they get it tightened up as. the Gold Cup semi-finals happen tomorrow.

night. Wednesday night. Yeah. Commissioners Cup tonight. Fun fact. about the Gold Cup. Uh either Mexico or. the US has won every single Gold Cup. since 2002. Suck it. Honduras and. Guatemala and Saudi in it now, too. That's right. What's that AJ? Is is. Ronaldo on? He's not playing for the. Saudi team in this this tournament. He's. not from Portugal. Saudi Arabia, pal. He. plays on a Saudi Saudi team though in a.

Saudi league. I don't know Portugal. You're talking about You're talking. about the FIFA Club. I know there's two. tournaments going on. You started. showing this FIFA thing and I'm thinking. it's the Super Duper World Cup, Gold. Cup. There's an international. I know, but why aren't there guys on both? Aren't there guys in this FIFA Super Cup. that want to play in the other Super. Duper World Cup? I think they are, aren't they? Are they not playing in. both these things? Because normally this. would be an international break. Feels. like it's going on at the same time. Yeah, it was a good question. I don't. think there's any players in the FIFA. Club World Cup in the Gold Club. So, are. we talking about.

asking. I don't like the way you said. that. Weston McKini is playing for. Juventus, not United States in the Gold. Cup right now. Yeah, but Ponch said, "We. don't care. We don't want you. You don't. want to play your It's our B team. anyway." Okay, so let's move to a. different sport about uh cannibalism of. you're talking about soccer right now. with the Super Duper Club Cup and then. the International Conc Gold Cup. What's. going on with lacrosse? You kind of. dropped a little bit of a bomb there. yesterday. You sound like a journalist. you sound like a uh a lacrosse. journalist and you're like from what I'm.

hearing from source says is that the. future of lacrosse is not in a good spot. especially with where PLL is thinking. about moving and where NLLL currently. exists and then you even said there's a. chance that NLL is just Canada and PLL. is the way America operates in. professional levels. Is there a chance. they're going to What did you mean by. that? Is that real or we Yeah, that No, it is. As somebody that just learned. about NLLO, I'm pretty bor I'm pretty. bummed out about that. It is it's. definitely bad news. Um, I think is it. definitely bad news or potential good. news? I think it's definitely bad news. Uh, unless there's some sort of. agreement, which I doubt there will be.

Uh, PLL signing with ESPN definitely. helps PLL. I think if you are a lacrosse. player looking at the future of it, you. probably want to play in the PLL just. because those NLL games aren't really. getting broadcasted that much in. America. That's why it's become kind of. split because the NLLL is is it's TSN um. which is the Canadian kind of network. and then obviously ESPN would be the. United States network. I'm not sure when.

it comes to playing. Dale or the entire senior. Well, he's. bummed out about lacrosse. or he doesn't care. A little bit of both. Got all the above. Yeah. Yeah, at the end of the day, if if. no matter when lacrosse is played, if. it's outside of July and August, people. are going to have a hard time caring. If. the NLL is awesome and it is great in. Canada, but if it's played from, you. know, December to April or May, whenever. it is, no one's going to watch. And same.

with the PLO. The PLL starts too early. They start the week after um when. college lacrosse ends, and that's when. the NHL and NBA finals are kind of. really picking up. So they need to the. PLLO and both cross leagues they need to. form make one and they need to play in. July and August. Yeah. Well, I don't I. think they need they can have a winter. and a summer. I think they can do that. The reality of is we're not we're not. going to watch in the winter. The thing. we watch in we don't even watch the NBA. Yeah. But if NLL if NLLL played on. Tuesdays.

Tuesday. Wednesday I guess it's NBA like in in. the winter NBA I'm pretty sure Wednesday. nights are NBA on ESPN but like it's. it's the NFL season and and the. Wednesday night you know if if it's the. choice during the winter is Wednesday. night NBA with you know Cooper flag or. LeBron and the Lakers and then the. Redwoods verse the Chaos I just don't. think. and I love lacrosse. Pretty easy choice. I love lacrosse. It's It's just the.

reality of the situation is the open. months in sports are July and August. And if you have a professional league. and you want to look at the big three, the big three, they play all of July and. August because they know that's when. it's open. I'll tell you, I love the. NLL, though. Like, I really enjoy the. way their sport is. I enjoy what it is. I just I fear that it's it's play like 3. p.m. or something like a mat or a. daytime game. Yeah, I that's I was. thinking about that as well. No prime. time games, but maybe in the morning.

Maybe do a morning. I'd wake up and. watch. That'd be cool. Yeah. Well, you. wake up 8:00 a.m., you know, games on. Why not? Korean baseball. Get my coffee. No, you wouldn't. I just love how it's. just one of us just sprinkle like you. care about cross. Most of us don't give. a [ __ ] Yeah. Gump soccer. Most of us. don't give I care about F4. I love it. Yeah. I love it. So, it's your turn. Yeah. We all care about [ __ ] NASCAR. Exactly. All right, let's get out of here. I. just, you know, if this goes in, uh,

Heavy Junior will reach out to you. Okay. There's a [ __ ] lot on the line. here. Oh no. Oh [ __ ] Short armed it. Maybe. senior in your dreams tonight. Boom. Nice. Hey. Boom. Great chain nuts. Great. Shout Foxy Fox. Those are nice. Those are awesome. We had them in the. old office. Had to bring them back after. you suggested it. Yeah. It's just so. much better. I think you know the sound. and also it feels like the hoop's. bigger. I mean, you see that? Maybe. this.

Oh, wait a minute. [Music]. Hey. I mean, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Are we back? We were always chain neck, guys. Yeah, you're right. Holy hell. That's pretty far there. Yeah, that's. pretty far there. That felt good coming. out. I hit a drought there for a while, but it feels like with the chain that's. back. Yeah, we're all the way back.

Thank you, Foxy. All right, be a friend. Tell a friend something nice about. change your life. We're in this thing. together. We're back tomorrow. Uh team. on me. Hey, great work in the back. AJ, great work today. Mhm. Thank you. You, too. Mhm. What? Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. You weren't. asking me to expound upon it. Did you. guys see the yin-yang twins? Was that. really? So that was real. Was that the. Sea World? I didn't know. Still got it. I got a question. Tell you there was.

something you might like to hear. Might. have to say. mind if I touch it and see if it's so. Now I'm just saying you say I can. Hey, I'm known to be a real nasty. Did I see. an orca twerking? I don't Did they rent. that out for a concert? Cuz I was. looking there wasn't a lot of kids in. the stands. No. And I saw all to it. though and I saw some real twerking. going on out in the crowd. It felt like. people were really doing I didn't see a. lot of dancing from Ying or Yang. I. think he was kind of more of a. stationary uh performer, but that run.

was awesome. I'm thankful I was alive. during all of that. Hell yeah. Let's have a yingyang twins afternoon. Boom. Into the evening. Bingo. Let's. remember that we're allowed to bring the. juice like little John East side boys. Okay. Let's have a day. We'll see you. tomorrow. Team on me, team on three. 1 2. 3. Goodbye.