The Pat McAfee Show Live | Wednesday April 15th 2026

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[music]. [music]. >> Ladies and gentlemen, a person that you call a hero, a person.

that you all have deemed a champion, a. person whose. self-proclaimed name is the American. Nightmare is just that. He's a criminal. Last night, obviously, something devastated happened. to our entire ThunderDome. I get a text around 6:55, 7:00 p.m.-ish. from Deonna, graphics.

designer here in the ThunderDome, and he. says, "Boss, something just happened. Can we talk?". Never want to get that text. No. I tell him, "Let's talk, Deonna.". He lays out a series of events that took. place that honestly I I could have never. believed if we didn't have. our security cameras running at all. times here in the ThunderDome cuz. obviously a lot of important things. happen here. We have no idea what's. going to take place, so we have.

closed-circuit television all around. here with all these cameras. So, we're. able to see anything that happens here. whenever it happens here. So, yesterday, when Deonna. was mopping this floor after a great. afternoon of of ThunderBall, which is a. Wiffle Ball game that is played here in. the Thunderdome and it was D Bones day. that rotates each time. He seemingly JUST LET AN IN HERE. TO RUIN OUR SET. RUN THE FOOTAGE, FOXY. SO THIS is from our security cameras. D.

Bone down here mopping the Thunderdome. floor. >> D Bone. Good mop. Hears something to his right. Okay, is what he says. Pounding on the. door is what he says. He goes, "Oh, this is weird. Let me go. see what's going on out here." Couple. moments later he comes back. That would end up being Cody Rhodes. When you first see the footage you'd. have no IDEA THAT THAT THAT IS CODY. RHODES. D BONE JUST WALKED HIS ASS IN. HERE, GETS BACK TO MOPPING. CODY WALKS RIGHT UP ONTO THE STAGE,

OKAY? A full day of media in New York and I. would learn later that he posted on his. story, "I'm going New York then question. mark then Vegas." Well, WE FOUND OUT. TAKES MY BAT. WHAT THE. JEEZ. BUST A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME. COLLECTIBLE. OKAY, come on. Hits my mic, knocks a. chair down, AND THEN TAKES RANDY ORTON'S. TITLE OUT HERE. YEAH, YOU'RE TALKING.

MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEN ON. HIS WAY OUT D Bone doing NOTHING YET. AGAIN. SPIKES OUR COMPUTER. THIS IS MY OLD. COMPUTER. THEN WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT? THEN WHAT WAS THAT? CAHOOTS? YEAH, IS THIS GUY IN ON IT? So. then Cody just walks his ass out of. here, no problem. THEN HE GOES ON. Instagram and posts a video of him. walking OUT THERE PLAYING MY. SONG WHILE HE WALKS ONTO A plane and. leaves. You know who knew that that all. had happened? There's only one other. person.

The Bone. Mhm. How did we let a rat IN. THE BUILDING WALK UP TO THIS STAGE AND. BUST EVERYTHING OUT? I HAVE NO IDEA. GENUINELY. The Bone hasn't been fired. strictly because we want to have this. moment right now. Foxy, please cut to. the camera that we put in to stare at. Bone. Bone, find a microphone over. there, please. Thank you. Bone. Uh. hello. What's up, boys? Oh. Oh, okay. Okay. WE'RE NOT YOUR BOYS. YEAH, we're not.

your So, just real quick, you told me. last night, but I do believe an. explanation should be given to the world. who might wonder, "Uh this is wrestling. This ain't No, we walked in this SHIT'S. BROKE. >> THIS IS a multi-million dollar. once-in-a-lifetime. This is millions and. millions of dollars, okay? LET ALONE THE. BAT. SIGN BAT. >> YEAH, EXACTLY. SIGN BAT. BUSTED IN THIS ENTIRE THING. COMPUTER that's been with us since day. one broken in half over here with things. everywhere. >> Jimmer. memoriam right there. Falls off. THAT.

RAMP TRUCK FALLS OFF. Jesus Christ. stayed though. Don't worry. He always. will. He knew. YEAH. NOW, THE BONE, HOW. THE HELL DO YOU JUST WALK CODY RHODES IN. THE MIDDLE of this thing and let him do. all that without stopping him, saying. anything, or trying to fight him for. What happened? I thought we had a good. culture here. Listen, boys. As you could. see on the footage, I'm mopping. I'm. minding my business, and I see Cody. Rhodes at the door. It's. thunderstorming, and as a wrestling fan, and I was a fan of Cody. Big fan of.

Cody. We've had good interactions. What's he doing here? I go to the door. He says, "Hey, I told Pat I was going to. swing by.". Perfect. I didn't know if it's real or. unreal. How was I supposed to know? I mean, COME ON, BOYS. COME ON, BOYS. NOT ONLY SHOULD HE BE FIRED, GUESS WHAT,

MR. Cody Rhodes? I have something to tell you, pal. >> Ooh. We looked it up. Now, breaking and. entering is not possible cuz. >> Yeah, over there let him, you. know, walk in scot-free. >> The bone Arnold. >> There's some real charges here we could. cook up for Cody Rhodes, okay? Criminal. mischief, that's a level six felony. >> Yeah, no big deal. That's over $50,000. in damage. Uh, yeah, that photo. >> Mhm. A lot. >> At least. >> Signed Babe Ruth bat.

>> That, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Mhm. A Bambino bat. You know, bat. >> Yeah, you kidding me? >> Laptop. That was state of the art at the time we. got that, 10 years ago. >> Yeah, yeah. It's a relic. That thing. that thing certainly worth something. Aggravated criminal damage to property, all this. All this. I got glass all over the place. down here. Felony menacing, certainly. A place of. worship. Oh, people are wondering how. that's the case. This used to be a. church. And Jesus is still here, I.

think. >> Yeah. Boom, right there. >> Always. >> He saw the whole thing. The whole, always. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> In all ways. >> Omnipresent. Cuz realize, realize. >> Mhm. Realize. Brandishing weapon, boom. Bambino bat, could've killed somebody, seen it. before. Burglary, he walked out of here. with Randy's title. >> Yeah, yeah. And vandalism, cuz all this. >> Every. >> We don't know if every charge would. stick. Okay, but we do know that's a. wide enough net to get something. >> Is menacing Does that include your.

emotional that toll that it's going to. take on you that you know that someone. broke in here and and did this all to. your stuff? >> Yeah, and the fact that he somehow. weaponized and brainwashed one of our. friends into terrorizing our stuff. >> might be criminal, but But we would like. to let him know we will not be pressing. charges. We do not appreciate this one. bit. There will be a new photo up here. quickly, Cody, because the show does not. end because you somehow in cahoots with. one of our guys gets into our building. and then does damage to it, okay? Cody,

the only justice that'll. be proper for you. is when Randy Orton. kicks the living out of you on. Saturday night. And not only wins his. 15th World Championship, saves the business in doing so from this. That's I mean just classic stuff. >> a righty who's swinging lefty, doesn't. he? >> Yeah, he does. >> That he kind of look like a righty swing. but good swings, okay. Way to go. Way to. get in here. You are smart and you do.

recognize me. If it was anybody else. mopping up what happens Cody, you'd open. that door bang bang. >> Boom. Right in the kisser. >> Bat to his head. All right, let's move on to other. sports. Foxy, roll that thing. The following program is a collection of. stooges talking about happenings in the. sports world. It is meant to be comedic. and informative. The opinions expressed. on this show do not necessarily reflect. the beliefs of their peers, their boss, or ESPN. There might be some cuss words.

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SPORTS. DAMN IT. TELL A FRIEND, TELL A FRIEND. something nice could change their life. Hello beautiful people. What is it? SPORTS GO ON OUR LIVES. >> SPORTS NO. SPORTS. ARE HAPPENING. Bailey's on the. ones and twos in the back. Had a muted. mic at the beginning of the thing. It is.

kind of his routine. Gets it out of the. way, then he dials in. Our friend Nicky Skates, Nick Baratto. Lot going on. Hey, pulling for you, Nick. Love you, baby. Love you, baby, Nick. All good. All good. Toxic Tables. here at Boston Connor and Nat Ty. Schmidt, one half of the hammer. Cowboys AP, Tony's here, 9-year NFL vet. Darius J. Butler is here. D-Butt, I. think it's a special day. Okay? Cuz today we celebrate something. that if it didn't happen, you and me. would never have been teammates. You and me would have never been. friends. You and me would have never had.

the opportunity to experience. the greatest place of culture and. community that there is, which is a. professional sports or a for us a. football locker room. You know, in 1947. it was a big, big time. Jackie Robinson. broke the color barrier, played in MLB, became the Rookie of the Year, would go. on to become a six-time All-Star, an. MVP, and a World Series Champion. And in. doing so, doing what sports does, bring people together. Mhm. Hell yeah. MLB celebrates Jackie Robinson every.

single year on this particular day. I. think that's awesome to do. I think it's. a nice reminder that sports had a huge. part of bringing our world together. And. I think that's the same message, you. know, that we try to preach as well. Because when you're in a locker room, and when you all have one goal, and when. you're all trying to do the same exact. stuff in the same exact way, and you're. all buying in, it's just like who cares. about anything? We're just kind of in. this as a as a group trying to conquer. And it's like I think society can do. that. Mhm. And I think it's cool that. Jackie Robinson is celebrated every. single year. And I think it's a good.

move by MLB. And I would like your. opinion on getting to meet people that. you would probably never meet before. because of football locker rooms, and. inevitably because of Jackie Robinson in. 1947. >> Yeah, I mean, sports is incredible. Obviously moving away from home, South. Florida, going all the way up to. Connecticut, experiencing the campus, experiencing Connecticut, experiencing. in team. But I can't imagine what Jackie Robinson. the he had to deal with obviously. off of the diamond, you know, not only. him but his family, his people around. them uh just to kind of chase his dream.

and play the sport he loved. He was a an. incredible athlete in multiple sports, but he did his thing uh in the MLB and. opened the doors to so many. I love how. the MLB celebrates him, you know, year. in and year out, how they champion him, how everybody puts on the 42 um around. the league. It's incredible. He's an. incredible man and uh laid the path as a. true true trailblazer in sports. Yeah, absolutely. And the ability to be able. to take it on the shins. and mental not just on the shins, obviously. You know what I'm talking. about. Like just to actually. have to handle people being very.

anti-you in a lot of situations. To have. the mental fortitude he's also thinking. about future generations whenever he's. doing all that. He understands in the. moment like, "Hey, if not me, then who. in this entire thing?" And I think. that's why it's so damn perfect. And. obviously, incredible baseball player. Yeah. Absolutely incredible baseball. player, Ty. Yeah, and also like. obviously dealing with the stuff off the. field, but like it's widely known that. like a. large percentage of his teammates hated. him, too. You know, like there were. maybe one or two guys who. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. It was kind of,

you know, like a a modern not not a. modern-day, but like it was a Remember. the Titans situation. And obviously, once you see the guy play and it's like, "Oh, this guy can help us win a World. Series. He's one of the best players in. baseball already." Maybe that dissipates. a little bit, but like it wasn't like he. was, you know, living this life on the. field of, "Oh, this guy's unbelievable. Everybody loves him." And then he goes. you know, to get something to eat and he. has to deal with all that stuff. It's. like fans hated him. They gave him. His teammates did. Like it it took a. long time of him being very good and. very consistent for people to finally.

kind of realize like, "Okay, you know, like this is This guy's been. through enough." What a good thing for. the sport, man. 1947, too. Like it's not. that long ago. Yeah, that's my. grandparents, you know, around. My. parents obviously born in the '60s, so. like it's not that long ago, but we have. come a long, long way. So, uh and once. again, sports is usually on the front. forefront of that. You know, it's a. meritocracy. It's about what you can do. on the field. You've seen it changing. Even in the sport we cover the most, the. NFL, with quarterbacks and how uh. different the quarterbacks look now in.

the NFL as opposed to, you know, 30 or. 40 years ago. Now, people it comes down. to opportunities being available to say, "Hey, yeah, you can play this position. or you can be a head coach. You can be a. GM." So, uh it's bigger than what he did. on the baseball diamond. He knows that, obviously. He, you know, him and his. family, but it's just an incredible, incredible journey for Jackie. HEAD, BABY JACKIE. >> [applause]. >> THERE WERE. THERE WAS, I'm sorry, a white. on the.

everything all DBT. That's right. That was big day. >> Yeah, huge. That was That was a big day. That was a big Shoutout Coop. Shoutout. Coop. Shoutout. Shoutout Coop. Now, on. that note, nowhere near I'm not talk. trying to compare, but it's like those. relationships are the most hilarious and. best in the in the football locker room. And it's like outside of a locker room, if any of the I think even I make a lot. of jokes about the whites, you know, like, "Hey, cuz whenever you're. talking in a locker room, it's like.

there is an easy icebreaker. Like, hey, I know the whites are big time this, you. know, whenever you're dealing with. whoever from wherever." Cuz sometimes. the only white folks that some people. see are either uh cops, football. coaches, or their teammates in their. locker room. And I always felt obligated. to represent for a Pittsburgh white. Like, "Hey, just want to let you know. how we kind of operate." And those. relationships are just like forever, you. know? It It is like Sports are the. greatest. Sports are the greatest. >> Flip side, too. Sometimes, the only.

black dudes people see are teammates. You know, so you know, you get to. college because, you know, I'm from a. place where it's it's a melting pot. It's people from all over the world uh. down in South Florida, but a lot of. America is kind of is still not not. segregated, but you grow up, you. go to pretty much an all white school or. an all black school or an all, you know, Hispanic school, wherever you from. So, to have that type of diversity in the. locker room where it's like, "Look, don't care where you from, don't care. about your parents.". Speaking of locker rooms, white boy. Wednesdays, yeah, you'll have the the.

off the court on Wednesdays, [laughter]. but when it's Saturday or Sunday or. whenever we have that common goal, we go. out there and get it done. And that's. why you see, I think people in sports go. out and have a a ton of success even. like, you know, the regular business. world because you are used to dealing. with so many different people. You're. used to dealing with adversity. You're. used to even, you know, you can. empathize with another person that maybe. hasn't walked the same walk that you. have. So, you know, locker room sports. is incredible, man. Brings a lot. >> Yeah, I think the mission of what. everybody's trying to accomplish is. obviously brings people together. And.

you know, you start having a couple. drinks, you know, smoke a little bit, whatever. Hey. >> Yeah. Whatever your thing is. Start. learning about each other. Start. talking each other. I mean, then it then. it just becomes, you know, that's why. they remember the Titans movie. Like, I I think you'll find a lot of football. players really enjoy Remember the Titans. just because like, obviously at the. beginning it's nowhere near what it is. now in football locker rooms, but. towards the end the relationship is very. much like that like that was it was a. special showcase, I think, of what is. possible in a football locker room. And.

yeah, it's cool that the MLB has a day. where we can have these types of. conversations. Almost like, "Hey, remember, let's talk about the greatness. that sports has and what Jackie Robinson. did in 1947.". >> Yeah, and you always talk about it, too, when it comes to not just football, but. NBA, NHL. Like, the closest teams are. the ones that go on to win it all. Like, it's not just like a "Hey, off the field. we should be friends." It's like, "Hey, if we are, we're going to be a much. better team, you know, when we go out. there on Sunday or Saturday or whenever. the hell it is." Like, I'm I'm assuming. the MLB is no different, too, just cuz.

162 games, all you do is spend time with. each other. Like, that is the most. important time. Yeah. Sports are the. greatest. Joining us now, ladies and. gentlemen, is a man who obviously had a. phenomenal. NBA career. Let me read through these. entire things, okay? First rounder out. of Georgia Tech, go Jackets. Uh-huh. Down in Augusta, saw some go Jackets. >> I bet. >> Yeah, it's awesome. Georgia Tech fan. Nowhere near as many go dogs as go go go. go dogs fans. But a lot of Georgia Tech. people. 10 years in the NBA, Knicks, Cavs, won a championship there, Kings, Rockets, Nets. Uh and then also, guy's.

got hips. Mhm. Oh, yeah. One season 30 of Dancing with the Stars. Ladies and gentlemen, Iman Shumpert. Hey, Iman, I don't know if you got the. chance to catch the tail. >> It's Iman, Pat. It's Iman, Pat. Come on, man. Don't do me Iman like that. That's. up. Take him off. Take him off. Take. Take [laughter] him off. Take off THE THING UP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, joining us now is. a man who is not only an NBA champion, but whenever you see him on TV and you.

hear him speak, you think to yourself, "Wow, this guy is a TV superstar, icon, basketball legend, Iman Shumpert.". What's going on, Big Tone? That's up. >> What's going on, man? >> Shump is the only thing. And then, for. the official introduction, I would like. to let you know, there was a. conversation happening towards the end. of the last conversation about is this I. or E here as I'm about to dive into. this. >> [laughter]. >> That's on me and also I think Google, but nonetheless, uh did you hear the. tail end of our conversation there about.

Jackie Robinson? >> I did. I did get there. Hey, whites are. coming into the NBA in a big way. How. how how do we. >> [laughter]. >> How do we feel about the culture of the. NBA and basketball? For us, football. locker room is obviously very, very. tight. For you guys, is it the same way? And I assume you can tell whenever. you're watching teams if they're a tight. group or not? Yeah, I think it's been something that. we've actually gotten to touch on a lot. when we were discussing the playoffs. The locker room camaraderie has a big. big big piece of the puzzle when we. start talking about a team that we look. at as a championship locker room. If you.

have a locker room where you see those. bonds happening, you see guys corralling. each other on the sidelines, you see. them reacting uh to another person's. success that's on the floor because they. might not be getting the minutes. When. you see all these things happening, you. could point to that team and say, "Hey, they're going to be all right." cuz you. know when you making one of those runs. to try and get uh any type of jewelry, when you're making those runs, something. bad is going to happen along the way and. you have to be able to hold on to your. guys in your locker room. So, it's I. think it's been great uh that you guys. are discussing this. Uh the things that.

Jackie Robinson did. When I look at it, I think too of Remember the Titans, one. of my favorite movies. When they talk. about those special relationships, those. special moments, I think a lot of the. times people don't get to get that. camaraderie unless they play a sport and. that's what the game does. It breaks. that barrier. Whatever we didn't have uh. the common ground to discuss, as long as. we all play basketball, we get it. As. long as we all play football, we get it. So, uh we love sports and we love what. it does to a locker room. We're. incredibly lucky to be a part of it. We're thankful that you're a part of. more of the televised part of this.

entire thing, giving your opinions. We've enjoyed you a lot this season. Congrats on everything and as we push. >> you. As we push more into the playoffs, let's talk about the play-ins last. night. Charlotte team, is this one of. the teams that you're talking about? Feels like they're a tight bunch. Feels. like that is a tight bunch. >> I like that team. I like that team a. lot. It it it actually sucks that we've. had to harp on uh the thing that. happened with tripping Bam because if. you watch that game start to finish, you. want entertainment for just being a. playoff I mean a play-in game to get to. the playoffs, this is true.

entertainment. We always had that little. gap in between the regular season going. into the playoffs where we don't really. have anything to talk about, nothing to. get excited about. I think this play-in. tournament really added something to the. NBA and it was special to see. I thought. Davion Mitchell had a really good game. I thought uh uh Andrew Wiggins had a. really good game. Uh these things should. be talked about and we didn't get a. chance to because of one play, but that. was a very, very entertaining game last. night. >> Yeah, I loved it. I you know, I I saw. all of that game except for about like. 24 seconds in the final minute of.

overtime. I think we're all [laughter] I think. we're all kind of there in the same. spot. That was crazy. Insane. No, it. can't happen. Insane. Yeah, that was. crazy. >> Insane, but I think they had a they had. a they had moments. down the stretch that I thought the Heat. might have some things going for them. What was cool to see was we talk about a. a underdeveloped or uh. uh under like the the the the maturity. level of the backcourt of the Hornets. and we talk about how they need to grow.

And it was really cool to see Con. Canipple have a terrible shooting. performance and lose no confidence when. checking his next shot. He stayed. aggressive, he stayed with it. They. didn't call his number down the stretch. Nobody's going to talk about it. He. didn't mind it at all. He sat on that. sideline, he was encouraging his. teammates, he was there. Kobe White. stepped right up and acted like he was. back in UNC. He's hitting threes, everybody's going crazy. When I saw that. team at the end, I was like, "Wow, this. is the first step of growth." Cuz our. knock on the Hornets has been they are.

immature. They will play flagrant. They. don't understand the moment. They. understood moments last night. And I. thought that was good for them. I don't. know how much good it does cuz whatever. you're playing into, y'all are playing. into some deep waters dealing with. Detroit. But. whatever they did, I think it was great. for their ball club. Yeah, I the Detroit. fans, anytime I put a tweet out about. the Hornets, they are in there. immediately. And then obviously I am. learning cuz I've not paid close enough. attention to it that I guess Hornets and.

Detroit are what we want. We we would. all like to see those two play against. each other. I also appreciate the fact. that Charlotte for not having a team for. a long time that's been relevant, that. place was awesome. Showed up. That that. that. The Baby's down there with the. babysitters. I don't know if you saw the. video. He was recently [laughter] there. He's down there having He's in it. He's. filming with a mic. He is streaming live. down in. By the way, the baby had to see you. back. By the way, good good to see you. all the way back in this entire thing. But he's he's literally getting boards.

He's down there getting boards for them. And the entire city is seemingly showing. up for them. Good. Congrats. Panthers. getting better. Oh, yeah. Hornets have a. team. Hurricanes. Okay. Carolina. Hurricanes. Kind of go It's like North. Carolina's whole, but definitely. Charlotte here is is having a little bit. of a come up. They're a great sports. town. I'm excited to watch if they can. continue to go. Okay, let's move to the. other game that happened last night in. the West. Yes. I learned of a guy. Go. ahead, Con man. >> Yeah, Sham. Deni Avdija Avdija kind of. gets pronounced in multiple ways. He is. unbelievable. He drops 41. He's one of.

these European guys that's basically. been a pro since he was 15 years old. Can you tell us about this Portland. team? About Deni in particular? It felt. like he was a bust for Washington or. maybe he just didn't come along quickly. enough in Washington. Then he goes to. Portland and makes himself an absolute. superstar. Does this Portland team kind. of got the grit they need? We all. remember how the Portland season kind of. started a little shaky when it came to. off the off the court stuff. But what. about this team makes you think that.

they can make a run? Well, it was very interesting last. night. We kind of underestimated. Well, at least I did. I ain't I going to say. we. I underestimated what Jrue Holiday. means to a ball club. What Jrue Holiday. was able to silently do every time they. needed a bucket, every time they needed. a decision to be made. He kind of did it. for them. And I forgot him and Khris. Middleton were the guys filling in the. blanks when Milwaukee made that run. So, I saw last night, I saw him step up and.

get activated again. And Avdija take. over. We thought Avdija was one of those. guys that can go for 20 to 35 any night. But for him to put his head down, to be. getting in ISO situations and waving the. ball screen off, to see him do all of. this, I really don't even understand if. he has a ceiling anymore. I I saw it. I. was saying, "Maybe he's not as athletic. Maybe he's not this. Maybe he's not. that." The guy can play basketball. He. understands if he's not as athletic, he. can take that little step across your.

body to make you unathletic for just a. second. All he needs is just a second. He's got a good touch on the ball, a. variety of finishes under the rim. Seeing him roll like that and say. it would seem like a statement game to. say, "I am the man." Not not can be. I. am the man. And when you have a game. like that, I think that it's big for. your teammates to see it, but for the. rest of the league as well. >> He's a smaller, faster Joker. That's. what I saw. >> [laughter]. >> That's what I saw. I mean, the the one he made to win it down the. stretch or whatever, he had that thing.

in the sky and then he put it straight. up in the air. Had no spin. It was like. a trick shot that like some uncle would. do at a cookout or whatever. Like, "Hey, look at me." And then put it straight up. in the air. There's no spin on that. ball. And then he And he wanted that. foul, too. He wanted it. >> I mean, he did bang, [laughter] bang, boom. And then no spin. Just like he. goes, "Let me do it." He's outrageously. good. Everything he was doing was. special. He It was like So, this guy's. been playing all year, huh? This guy's. been This guy's been. >> He's been But, the thing is he's been. putting together quite the campaign all. season. We It's not like he's come out.

of nowhere or anything like that. I. think that he's one of He's one of those. guys that we we don't. we don't lean on the NBA enough for. their player development. Sometimes guys. come to a team and they're in a. situation or a role where they can't do. much. They have to leave that role. They. have to get into a new environment for. them to blossom, for them to become. whatever they're going to become. I. think he was one of those guys that was. trapped in the situation. Him being a. professional since he was 15 years old. adds to the fact that he's going to say,

"Hey, whatever the team needs, this is. my job. My job on this team is this." He. just never lost focus and never lost. confidence in himself. And I think that. if you're a young player out there. watching, he is one of those guys that. you should put a star next to his name. and say, "Let me watch and let me go. back and watch some of his career as it. unfolded to see where he got to this. point." Cuz this is nothing but work and. keeping your confidence the whole time. They they talk about when your name's. called, be ready. He was ready. Yeah, Prime showed a graphic, somehow.

popped it up, but Denny, I believe, was. the second leading scorer in the NBA. from like March 28th to the close of the. season, too. So, he really did come on. and play his best ball now. Yeah, I. think with him last night the way he was. playing, I didn't make it for the whole. game. I apologize. I was late. I was. late. You good. That's on me. Late game. And also, not knowing that guy existed. till last night, that one's on me. That. one's [laughter] 100% on me, but that. was a nice little surprise. Oh, yeah. That was a really good little surprise. LaMelo, the way LaMelo is playing right. now, obviously we were keeping up with.

Con Canippo Rookie of the Year stuff. with how many threes he was making. I. don't think I was LaMelo is doing. exactly what he was doing in like high. school when we were watching. He's doing. that in the NBA now. Oh, yeah. Like he. he's just doing the same exact. They're going to pick and roll him past. it to the left and feed it and then come. back and go, "We're going right back to. the same shit." I swear I saw him doing. this in high school what he was doing. Everything and then him hitting that. game winner after the giveaway, the. turnover, when Tyler Herro said, "Actually, I'm going to go ahead and. mess this entire thing up." and hits a. crazy three, then he presses. So, like I I think. Yeah, this is crazy out of Tyler Herro.

Once Is that right? Hero? Herro? Is it. like gyro? I don't know. >> Herro. Herro. Okay, he he was, too. And. then he presses up, bang, bang. And then. it kind of Yeah, they ran a little It. looked like they watched the Connecticut. game and they wanted to do the same. thing. That's all I could think. Like. they saw the Connecticut game. This is. the same This is the same thing about to. happen, but I didn't see the foul right. here in the corner. Didn't see the foul. in the corner. I I I I didn't see that. I don't I don't know why they called. that, but it happened. It was a very. exciting play. This was a a jaw-dropper. today. Okay, so the foul was not right.

is what you're saying. That should have. just been a miss shot. I I did not Yeah, I don't think that was a foul at all. Okay, can you talk about the Was that Is. that called a trap you guys run there. where Tyler Herro moves up off his guy? What is that that that they ran. basically to confuse LaMelo and have him. get no options? Cuz he Uh not really. It's just Yeah, yeah. They're just. sending a double team and then it. becomes a 2-2-1. So, if you see right. there, they got the two guys up there. Your next two guys in the next in the. next line would now become your rovers. They're looking to intercept the pass,

but they know they're playing three. within two. Uh they're trying to play. that and usually to run a press breaker, you should have somebody sprint up. Somebody from the Hornets should have. sprinted up from behind and got to that. middle area to give him an outlet, but. that's part of playoff experience, part. of game experience. It's loud in there. A lot's going on. Everybody just sort of. forgot. You only get 8 seconds to get. that thing across. Once the shot clock. turns off, you got to kind of have that. in your head. Okay, so thank you for all. that information for those of us that. maybe didn't play organized basketball.

So, his only right answer is the back. corner there, right? That's his only. right answer at this point? Yeah, I wouldn't even make that. That's. a dangerous pass. They're baiting him. for that back corner. What they need is. the back corner to sprint all the way up. and make himself available. >> Okay, so he just needs to provide an. option up here. Without a doubt. They. just didn't see it in time and left him. to try make the pass, which he usually. does cuz it's LaMelo Ball. Probably put. a little too much confidence in him. Somebody should have been there for him. But then him answering immediately with. that layup. And what a moment for him. I.

mean, that had to be. >> And he was telling people he is who they. say he is. Yeah, he was had a lot of. that. >> Dunk on the mascot? And then the block. Yeah. Yeah. Blocked him. Great He's a. great star. >> thing. THIS GUY'S BEEN A STAR. >> Miles Bridges. Miles Bridges isn't going to get a lot. of credit, but down the stretch he hit. big shots, timely shots, uh big rebounds. He played really well. down the stretch as well as yeah, that. nice finish he had and then the last. block uh to make sure he gets back. after, you know, quite the exciting.

thing that happens on the other end to. get back and make sure to get that. block. Yeah, really proud of the way he. played and the and the rest of the. the Charlotte Hornets. Again, I. understand what happened with Bam is. very unfortunate. You never want to see. that. But, there was a lot of good basketball. to see last night. >> Okay, I did want to get back to that. So, I'm thankful you brought it up. again. So, this is the second time he's done it. to Bam, right? The internet tells me. that they ran a highlight from 2024. Is. this like his move? Was he trying to. slow him down? Is there something. between LaMelo and Bam? Like, what that.

cuz that's tailbone problem right there, right? I mean, that is a big man who. falls a long way right on his bone. And. then, allegedly, you know, though, here. it is from 2024. It happened again when. he tried to trip him up. Is that like a. move a lot of guys try to slow people. down when they can't get back? Or like, why do you think this is happening the. way it is? >> Yeah, I think that is exactly what happened. the first time. I think the first time. you saw more I didn't get the call, I. fell, and then I'm really trying to stop. the play because I can't get back now. I. tried to sell the call and beg for a. call, didn't get one. Now, I kind of.

want the whistle to blow so we can argue. a little bit. You see that a lot with. guys, right? This second time, I really think he. initially wanted to get his hand out of. the way and saw, "Hey, maybe I can make. him step out of bounds or move." Like, I. know he wasn't thinking, "Let me trip. him to hurt him or harm him." because. nobody wants to sit out and take that. five. I don't think LaMelo would have a. problem with Bam. It's not even a good. physical match-up for him to be trying. to pick at Bam. So, I I look at it and I.

see. you saw an advantage. Look, he's out, he's out, I'm out, my hand's on him, whatever. Then, you try to move your. hand so you don't get stepped on. That's. what I initially saw when I saw it. If. it was malicious, LaMelo, you know. better. But, [laughter]. It was malicious. He should. have been He should have been kicked out. of the game. Should have been a foul, but that's not the reason why we lost. But, our best guy didn't play since the. second quarter. So, I don't know. That's. certainly something. That was crazy, especially because it is LaMelo. And. then LaMelo hits the game winner, and.

we've all known LaMelo for so long. So, it's like another added piece of his. character, almost, you know? Like we've. seen him grow up on the internet, and. now he's leading a franchise in. Charlotte, North Carolina to potentially. a playoff run. What is the reality of. them? What is the reality of them? I. know Detroit, everybody loves. How could. you not? >> Oh, yeah. Those guys Those guys that are. waiting for them, there's no reality. I. I mean, I Bravo. They've played a hell. of a season. [laughter]. If they If they roll they they win the. next game, and they roll into to that,

and they play Detroit, I Bravo. You. know, Kon Knepel, you did great. Brandon. Miller coming along. I love it. Go home. >> [laughter]. >> The way they match up, the way they And. I love Of course. Charlotte's team. >> Mhm. I've been telling people all the. time, if LaMelo gets better with his. decision-making, his gifts, what makes. him any different from a SGA besides. SGA's head just being on straight and on. the narrow to say, "Hey, I'm not going. to leave any room for error. I'm going.

to make every decision this way." LaMelo. just plays a little bit more free flow, but I feel like he's has the same gifts. Uh. when I look at Um Sorry, I just lost my. train of thought. >> Hard to listen to you comparing to. Detroit. LaMelo he They're going to lose. They're going to lose because. Detroit plays defense. LaMelo and uh. Charlotte, they play a free flow, fast. pace. We can throw this freelance pass. We can throw this skip pass. We can put. pressure on you this way. We can put.

pressure on you that way. Detroit will. muck up a game and say, "Hey, you're. going to use the whole shot clock. We're. going to go downhill, and there will be. no three-point attempts." They defend. the three-point line as well as shoot. threes. They control pace, and they. control decisions. If Detroit gets them. into a game where decisions have to be. key, or else it opens up, Charlotte cannot match up with Detroit. in that way. I just I can't see it in my. wildest dream. >> Okay, I love it. I cannot wait to watch. this Detroit team play. Obviously, I. have been all season cuz these guys are.

so good. So good at basketball. And. that's how it's always been up. [clears throat] there, right? You guys. have all We've been the one seed for the. entire season long. This is the perfect. match up for us because they hate each. other's guts. So there'll be no sleeping. by the one verse the eight seed thing. going on. They'll be ready. The crowd. will be ready. The Pistons fans have. been waiting for this for so long. >> Congrats to you guys. You paid a. 21-year-old tiger baseball player. Detroit's really doing it. Okay, so you. like the Pistons obviously clearly. How. could you not want to? >> I do. Uh let's go let's stay in the.

East. Go ahead, D Book. Yeah, Pistons up. top of the one seed something and the. Celtics are the betting favorites to. come out of the East. But after that, I'm actually about two of your former. squads, the Cavs and the Knicks. Knicks. got a ton of expectations. Every day I. see, "Hey, if they lose in the first. round, wholesale changes." Cleveland, James Harden got the most wins ever in. the playoff without winning a title. He's paired up with D Mitch over there. Which one of those teams do you think. are primed to make a longer run in the. playoffs this year? Well, I think it's the New York Knicks. The New York Knicks were put together.

for this reason. I don't see why else you bring along a. Michael Bridges. I don't see why else. you bring along a Karl Anthony Towns. Like this is what it was for. Down goes. Jason Tatum and everybody sort of. changes the odds, but as far as I'm. concerned, when I watched last year, they had Jason Tatum. They were the. favorite already. And the Knicks were. going to beat them before Jason Tatum. went down. So in my mind, when I look at. it, the Knicks are the only team with. something to lose in this. Everybody. else is sort of playing with the element.

of surprise. It's not a surprise to. everybody that's been watching all. season, but when we talked about before. the season, we talked about the teams. being up top. Nobody had Detroit on. their mind to be the number one seed. What they're doing right now is great. Uh. Cade Cunningham had to sit down for a. little bit. He'll be coming back, but. there are excuses on paper for it seems. like every other team. There is no room. for error. There is no excuse for the. Knicks. The Knicks have to come with it. Good luck to the Knicks, man. Last year.

they were so. >> They do. They were so and the Pacers. just so happen to be like Yeah. the. hottest team. >> They do. Yeah. Yeah. And I like and I like I like Boston a. lot. I like everything that they have. going on. I just I don't see them as the. favorite um, because of what I know the. Knicks were brought together to do. Uh, if if Boston was coming into this with a. healthy Jason Tatum all year, I would. have a different thing on my mind. I.

still haven't seen the explosion out of. that leg. Knowing that the Knicks. already had y'all on the ropes, I'm. excited to see the match up if they do. run into each other. >> I love that. Boston Carter cannot wait. to respond to that. I would Oh, yeah. That's the East. You can finish it up. and then head to the West. I I believe. Jason Tatum played like 15 games just. more double doubles than your guy SGA. does all season. SO, I MEAN. MAYBE HE'S NOT THROWING DOWN DUNKS and. having an explosion, but he's still. playing unbelievable basketball. I mean. Unbelievable. all wheels ahead.

It's different when you can put a whole. game plan together for somebody though. It's it's easy to knock somebody off on. Tuesday. I can catch you on Thursday. I. can catch you on a Saturday when y'all. went out the night before. You can do. all of that during the season. Y'all. know how that is. When the playoffs. starts, everything changes. You get a. big packet. You get a binder. You get. film out the air. I don't know where. they get all this film from. You get. loads and loads of plays and seeing. actions over and over to the point where.

we get out there, we don't have to yell. out what plays they're running. We don't. have to think about it. We've been. trained to do this. We have been. running, drilling over and over. You. can't surprise anybody in the playoffs. And when that happens, sometimes those. athletic gifts have to take over. That's. the only question mark that I have by. them right now. If they choose to keep. leaning on Jaylen Brown, he's shown and. proved that he can do it all season. I. would like to see how it looks in the. playoffs. >> Didn't they have an an exciting light. five that they ran with? Uh yeah, let's. say. >> five. They had a They had a They had a.

white five, I think at one point. >> Yeah, Shauvin. They were bopping the. wood. Damon. These guys were bopping the. wood. They got a European just like. Danny, you know, he had a good one. Gonzalez and the secret weapon. >> Yeah, that's classic white five. Yeah, yeah, they did. They had it. Yeah, they. had it. Mazzulla was like, "You want. send them out there. You know what we're. going to get here." They dominated. And. they did. They did all that. >> I loved it. Okay, so you just broke down. a lot of things that happened in the. playoffs. If everybody did that, I. [clears throat] wonder how everybody. isn't champion, but there's obviously. one man who has been at the top the top.

and in the playoffs. since the beginning of ball seemingly of. my life. Go ahead, Con. Yeah, Sean felt. like the Lakers might roll into the. playoffs, you know, feeling good and. then Reeves and Luka go down. From your. experience with LeBron, right now, is he. just basically locking in, remembering. every play in the history of basketball, so he knows what the other team's doing? What do you expect LeBron to do over. these next couple weeks? People are. already kind of pontificating that the. NBA has made the schedule for the Lakers. Rockets series a little bit longer, maybe give Luka some time to come back,

but do you think LeBron will even need. it? And do you see him just taking over? Um he's going to take over, of course. There's He has no choice. You know what. I mean? And you only take over He only. has to take over in the respects of I'm. going to lead us this way. This is what. we're doing now. This is what we need to. do. Uh uh this is the score we need to stay. within until the end, and I can make. sure I can get us over that finish line. What he's going to do out there is have. a feel out game where yeah, he's going.

to come out try and score it and do as. much as he can to be aggressive and send. a message, but he's also going to have. to do the Andy from Toy Story. Put Put. Andy under everybody's foot and know how. to play with your toys. You got to know. [laughter] where Marcus Smart wants to. be. I don't know how we get Deandre. Ayton excited, but D.A. it's time to get. excited. It's time to start dunking and. celebrating and and yelling and where's. the emotion? He's going to need that. from out of all his guys and people. underestimate LeBron's willingness to go.

down the line of anybody that's on his. team and bring out the best in them. Now, I'm not sitting up here saying. LeBron's about to miraculously go out. here and beat the Houston Rockets by. himself or bring these guys along to do. so. But am I going to say they're going. to compete? Yes, LeBron will not walk. into. any type of competition and say I'm just. going to lay down. So, whatever the. Houston Rockets do, they better do. something to start off the game saying. sending a message to them saying, "Hey,

this is not going to be that. This is. going to be 4-0. Let's get them out of. here. Don't give them any confidence. because LeBron James is one of those. guys. I understand he's 41, but I didn't. think he would be the guy that's healthy. at the end of the year and he's the guy. that's healthy. Whatever he's doing to. take care of his body is unbelievable. and if he's healthy and available, he is. dangerous when he turns his back and. makes decisions down the stretch. >> Yeah, he's 3 years older than me. >> [laughter]. >> And this guy is 41. Hey, listen. I went. to his camp and got discovered. I was.

unranked. Got discovered at his camp. He's still playing and I'm discussing. this with y'all. >> [laughter]. >> I'm saying, like, that's crazy. What are we talking about? This is. ridiculous. Well, and then you know, there's obviously the debate on goats. It's like it's two different leagues and. two different sports, but it feels like. it's been two different sports since the. beginning of LeBron's career versus the. end of his career. You remember when he. was super jacked LeBron then he got. super thin LeBron. Now we got. 41-year-old LeBron who's still playing. massive minutes and doing everything. It's absurd the professional athlete.

that he is, let alone basketball player. at all. I think we heard at a Team USA. practices that he was like literally. talking the entire time, every single. like the entire practice. Is that what. it's like every single day with him? And. is it just expected that that's what it. And how does Luka, you think, fit in. with that? Or Austin or any other stars. fit in with that? Because that's always. the conversation about LeBron, right? That's why the big three thing was the. thing. Couldn't win alone, but then. people don't want to play with him, maybe. It's like what what is like being. a teammate of LeBron? You kind of know. that it's his right? You kind of. have to?

Yeah, I mean, obviously. Uh I mean, no matter where where you see. yourself on. uh the rank list, you're going to be. under LeBron James when joining his. team. The fascinating thing for Luka and. Austin Reaves was how beautiful is it to. start playing during the season and then. get the nod from a LeBron James to say, "Hey, y'all take control. Y'all go. ahead. I'll take the backseat. It's. okay.". Uh having him do that and be selfless in. that moment to try and be uh you know,

relevant again. I can't say to try to be. a contender. They they just need more. over there if they're going to be. contenders. >> Jeez. It's a fun story, >> [laughter]. >> I just didn't want to say the wrong. thing and make people think that. But it. it it has been unbelievable to see him. still doing it because I remember. playing with him and having to deal with. the frustration of it doesn't really. matter where Iman is in his career. because when you're on a team with. LeBron James, you have to win now.

There's pressure on you because there's. pressure on him. He is that and that's. where you start to understand his. greatness in the grand scheme. When. there's people that don't want to play. with him, there's people that don't want. to play with him for a ton of reasons. Sometimes it doesn't make sense within. their career. Sometimes it's it's way. too much pressure. Sometimes it's he's. too ball dominant and I'm also ball. dominant. You know what I mean? There's. there's a ton of different reasons why. you wouldn't want to play. It's not. always a negative thing how people think.

about it. It's always can that situation. make sense right now? Because right now. is. always attached to LeBron James to say. he has to win right now or else we. should fire this coach. The coach is on. the hot seat. The owners have problems. The GMs got problems. Yeah. It's all. type of panic when LeBron James is in. the locker room. It's not his fault. It. is to owed to his greatness. Yeah, it's. just like it's a part of the gift, you. know? It's literally the curse and. fortune of that entire thing. It's like,

"Yeah, bud. We've known you since you're. 15 years old. So, why don't you go win a. title? You're. >> [laughter]. >> Aren't you better? You're still You're. still healthy. You might as well win a. title. >> Hey, remember the Michael Jordan or. LeBron thing? Yeah, my memory serves me. right. Jordan won. So, >> [laughter]. >> why don't you go That's literally what. people think, you know? Cuz you only see. the highlights. >> Well, I mean, that's That's That's. That's That's Michael Jordan won, though. You know? That's not like just. something people say. >> [laughter]. >> Where you Where you Where you from. again, Shump? Chicago.

Yeah, I was supposed to go to school I. was supposed to go to school sad so many. times and Michael Jordan said, "Nope, we're not losing tonight.". >> [laughter]. >> I got nothing bad to say about him. Uh thank you for joining us, man. We. hope you'll do this again. You're the. best. Man, whenever y'all need me, dog. Hey, sorry about the whole Iman thing, you. know? Cuz you can see how I see that I. am a man, you know? And Yeah, sometimes. people want to think I am a man, like, you know what I'm saying? It is what it.

is. >> [laughter]. >> Yeah, I am. All right, Iman, thank you, man. Iman Shumpert. Yeah, yeah, Shump. [applause]. And be a champ. Yeah. Legend. Love Love. him on TV. I do too. Love him on TV. I. also I saw him walking through the. arena, I think, one time whenever we were down there in. Game Bridge. And I appreciated the vibe. that seemingly followed followed. alongside. >> what I love to he still does the old. throwback kind of COVID gimmick. Suit up. top, shorts down bottom if it's wasted. >> you saw him Yeah.

>> [laughter]. >> Finals. I thought it was unbelievable. I. was so happy. >> we were good to each other. Yeah. Yeah. And I saw. >> Yep. And I I smelled the situation and then, you know, I was like, this guy's the. man. Okay, hopefully we'll interact with. him at some point. He's got a program. Can't be pronouncing his name wrong. That can't be. >> How can he know? Yeah, it's one of I'm. sure it's been said a thousand times. A. million times maybe. >> Shump. He said it himself. >> Shump, that's what I always Yeah, exactly. Shump is he's never been a. first name guy. It's always been last. >> Joining us now, a man who we know his. name, senior baseball contributor for.

ESPN, JET PASSAN. >> YEAH. HOW YOU DOING, JET? Shump is like the coolest guy on Earth. Oh my god. Actually, right? You So you. were saying the same thing we were. saying, right? Oh my god. He's majestic. And that and. that that's wild, by the way, that he. went to LeBron's camp and LeBron is. still playing. I I don't You know what? I like I I'm I'm sorry to do this and. like talk about another sport.

The fact that LeBron James is still like. playing, let alone playing at the level. he is right now, is one of the. incredible sports stories of our time. Like this guy. started off in the spotlight at 16 years. old with more hype than any athlete in. American sports history and has not only. lived up to it, but exceeded it. And I. understand Michael Jordan's the best of. all time. LeBron's like 1B. He is.

>> I like that. I like I I we got Jet. Passan's vote here. We just got Jet. Passan's vote. Where are you from. originally? I'm from Cleveland. Okay. Okay. Can we get someone who's not. from one of these cities to weigh in? Well, well he said 1B [laughter] there. though, too. Yeah. I don't know. How old are you Jet? 45 Okay, so I'm 38. So you're a little. bit older as it was happening, but I was. like right behind watching LeBron. You. know, I was like in the age of like 3. years younger, 4 years younger great.

it's like how do you In high school at. the same time he was. >> Yeah, exactly and he came to Pittsburgh. with his high school team and played at. Pennsylvania State All-Stars. Everybody. that's good in his entire state will. play this high school. >> [laughter]. >> And then this guy came in sold out the. arena. It was like $5 $10 tickets at the. beginning and then obviously got to a. point where it was just like standing. room only. And it was like that's before. the internet and before everything. That's just like whenever old-fashioned. dial-up. dial-up internet cut something pops up. Kimbo Slice is knocking somebody out. He's walking right into their place.

He's walking right into their place and. knocking somebody out. Okay, no no. questions asked. And then all of a. sudden you're seeing LeBron James has a. new deal somewhere or LeBron James did. something else or there's a new. highlight that has hit the internet. And. it's like the guy got a Hummer I think. whenever he was like 16 as one of the. first deals. And then he had a Nike. deal. And then now so I saw it all I. think. So I kind of viewed it a little. differently and I wasn't in the. basketball world. It's like I don't know. how he's done it. I have no idea how. he's been able to do it. And obviously. people are going to say he's made. mistakes. It's like yeah, dude. We've.

known this guy since he's 15 years old. literally his every move in a. competitive sport where he is coming. into your town and ruining nights for. your team. So people are going to say a. lot of bad things. He's going to go. through a lot of stuff. He's going to. get a lot of money. We all know his. story didn't come from a lot of money. He's going to put on all his friends. too. I I didn't want to turn this into. an entire hey, LeBron is the man type. but it's like this guy No, but he. is. I don't think he Yeah. >> Like that's the thing. He absolutely is. The fact that you can be in the public. spotlight for a quarter century like.

he's been. I'm not saying like there haven't been. moments where there have been questions, but the questions on LeBron. are such small potatoes. Like avoiding. any sort of like real scandal in that. time, being great, winning. championships, being a good human being. I mean, with your kid? Like, how cool is. that? He he has he has lived an. incredible sporting life. And I think. it's one that because it's still. happening, maybe we don't appreciate it. as much as we ought to, but.

over time we're going to see it, and. it's going to be right up there with. Michael Jordan. One A and one B. >> hate that we just did this for the last. 6 minutes, right? Okay, let's move. along. Move along. NBA playoffs. He is the king. of the NBA playoffs. He's been in them. for 25 years. So, it's a Is there NBA Is. there a baseball version of a of a. LeBron James that have come through the. MLB kind of had these expectations. surpass them? Yeah, Bryce Harper, I think. Like, that. that's the closest one. He was he was on.

the cover of Sports Illustrated at 16. as the chosen one. And, you know, when when you have that. right there, like, that's a lot. And. Bryce Harper's been nothing but awesome. in his time in the big leagues. And in. the same way as LeBron, frankly. I think. he's conducted himself, generally. speaking, in a tremendous manner from. start to finish. Hey, I have a question for you about the. NBA cuz we're on there. Obviously, Jackie Robinson Day. Do we know in the. NBA is that a celebration as well? Uh I. think Like, what year and everything.

that was? >> I know it was around Bill Russell cuz. there's a story about Bob Cousy and when. it came with the Celtics, they had the. first ever player to break the color. barrier in Boston. >> Earl Lloyd became the first black player. to play in an NBA game on October 31st, 1950, says Google, debuting for the Washington. Capitals, known as the Big Cat. He broke. the color barrier in a game against the. Rochester Royals, proceeding fellow. trailblazers Chuck Cooper, first. drafted, and Sweetwater Clifton, first. signed, in the same 1950-1951.

Okay, so, Jackie Robinson in 1947, obviously, kicks a lot of this all off. for us. Me and Deebo actually started. the show talking about how we won't be. frank. No. We would obviously assume. that humans and mankind and our country. would get to this point, okay? But who. knows? It's always going to take a. person of action to go ahead and decide. to dive into something that is going to. be, you know, very difficult, especially. mentally. Jackie Robinson getting. celebrated every single year by MLB, we. think it's very cool cuz it's a good. time to chit-chat about the sports. culture as a whole and how often sports.

kind of lead the way on what the rest of. society should be like. Uh Jackie Robinson once said. a life is worth nothing except for the. impact it's had on others' lives. And I [clears throat] would make the. argument that nobody in the entire world. of sports has had an impact on others'. lives like Jackie Robinson. What. happened in 1947 when you look back. where the country was and where race.

relations were, it's incredible because Branch Rickey, who's the general manager of the. Brooklyn Dodgers, he wanted to break the color barrier, but he didn't want to do it with just. any person. He wanted to do it with. somebody who he knew could take the the. reams of crap that was going to be given. to him. That there were going to be. racist comments, not just from fans, but. from fellow players as well. And there.

was a compact essentially between him. and Jackie Robinson. Branch Rickey said. I need you not to get angry about this. for 3 years. I need you to internalize. it, everything you hear, all the awful. words, all the racism, you just need to. be bigger than that. And and that's an. incredibly difficult thing to ask of. anyone, but I think Jackie Robinson. understood that the impact that he could. have not just on sports, but on society. was so much bigger than whatever he felt.

that he was willing to sacrifice those. emotions and to keep them inside in. order to go out and and help facilitate. this country moving forward in the right. direction. And that's exactly what he. did. The country is a better place. because of Jackie Robinson's place in. it. >> Hell yeah, and I'm happy we remember. that. That's a that's a obviously a huge. part of society and uh. yeah, a life worth living is your impact. on others. I think it's certainly rang. true for Mr. Jackie Robinson. We're.

thankful for that. And sports are the. greatest. MLB also hitting a time now. where I think we're got some. active baseball nights. Hey, I'm. enjoying the hell out of the sport. Can't have a work stoppage. Okay, can't. be I don't like that that's lurking. right now. But where baseball is right. now feels special. Ty, I have the last. question for you here, Jet. >> Yeah, Jet, we're obviously going to have. a couple days where, you know, it's. really cold and and the game's kind of. stink and pitching has by and large. dominated the first, you know, 10. or 12 games of the season, but over the.

last couple days, couple days ago nine. guys uh have multi-homer games. We have. a bunch more the other night. Do you. think now that the weather is getting a. little bit warmer and we know how much. velocity is out there? Like are you. expecting that we're going to see a lot. more of these types of nights over the. next uh few weeks, especially with all. these marquee stars hitting a bunch of. homers as well? Yeah, I mean just last night JJ. Weatherholt, a rookie, had his first. two-homer game. Um the the interesting.

thing that I'm looking forward to. seeing, Ty, is actually how ABS is going. to impact this. The one number that is. up significantly across the sport this. year is walks. And so guys are being. patient. They understand that ABS is. changing the zone. It's changing the. calculus of the plate appearance and how. you go about that. You know what your. strike zone is now. Like you don't have. to guess what the is going to have it. as. You know where to look for a pitch. And.

so, you think that that should have some. sort of an impact. on offense going forward. And. I understand it hasn't taken quite yet, but you're exactly right. Early in the. season, offense tends to be brought down. by the weather. As it gets a little warmer, the ball's. going to fly a little more. And. I think we're going to see it pick up. >> Yeah, and also these pitchers got to. throw it a little tighter. They can't be. throwing it as loose cuz they know that. ABS can just kind of beat them if they. want to. So, maybe there's a couple more. meatballs getting tossed right down. here. >> Yeah, not nibbling as many edges. That's.

right. >> Yeah, you you were nibbling the edges. yesterday in Thunderball, I will say. They tried. Jet, we created a Wiffle. ball. light in Thunderball in here with a. mound, some pickle balls is what we're. pitching. Obviously, a bat and it's four. on four teams of four, one pitcher, three outfielders. Obviously, rules of. Wiffle ball, get the ball back to the. pitcher's mound. D-Bud had a tough go. >> Yeah. D-Bud had a tough go. He's pitcher. for one team, we'll say it was his team. And uh. they got absolutely rocked.

>> Nick Moroldo right here, first inning. That's Nick Moroldo. He hit a three-run. home run off of Darius. He got sent to. the dugout. Nick would finish the game. four for four. >> [laughter]. >> with four home runs, including one grand. slam. Uh when you talk big bats, you. certainly talk Nick. And then pitching, Ty threw a complete game. Uh Ty, this thing was up to 74, 75 mph. >> I was just going to say, is that Ty up. on the hill there? >> Yeah, yeah, yep. IT WAS AT THE WOW.

>> THE BUMP WAS AT 38. >> I'M ACTUALLY 38 ft is where the bump. was. And Ty threw a complete game, and. I'll tell you what, BRUCE WON DON. EVERYBODY won Don. Big hacks, big. swings, great pitches, big fun. That's. Thunderball baseball. Ty, you were. phenomenal yesterday, pal. >> Well, you know, hey, I tried. It was it. was nice, you know, kind of loosening. the wing up, but I I I'm I'm pretty sore. today. I threw about 60, 70 pitches. I. was not expecting to do that when I came. in yesterday, but you know, when when. you see that whiffle ball dancing out.

there and you know, you get the velo up. a little bit, yeah, it felt pretty damn. good to be back on the bump. >> Yeah, you were lining them up, knocking. them down. I mean, it was yesterday was. awesome. Me and Connor were running full. commentary on this thing. Look for. probably a live stream of thunder ball. within the next 2, 3 weeks if I had to. guess. We're making graphics right now. currently, so we know so Connor and I. can know everybody in there can know. what what's the count? How many outs do. we have? That's that's tough. The no. score bug thing very tough for all. parties if you're not really keeping. track of it. But I'll tell you, when. Talk came in, Talk went immediately from.

editing TikToks straight to the mound. because he was called in for the bullpen. after Bruce Brown quit the team. Yep. >> Bruce Brown quit thunder ball yesterday. after his second, third straight. consecutive strikeout and then he. couldn't throw a strike. He quit. Talk. takes his place, finishes an inning, then he goes up to bat, gets a hit, then. he goes and pitches the next inning, gives up four home runs. So, Talk had a. quick run. It was a tough day of thunder. ball, but we'll have to get you in here, Jet, to bring your own team. I have a team ready to go. In fact, you.

guys you guys had had Jomboy on a little. while ago, I think. They have a whole. warehouse where they do games like this. It's like a blitz ball game and I. brought my son, his best friend, a. cousin of mine, and his friend, and we. went in there and whipped their asses. So, we are ready to take you GUYS ON. >> I DON'T THINK YOUR BOYS ARE TOUCHING. Cash Money [laughter] Ty at all. Yeah, I I I think I think they will. light Ty up. In fact, in fact, I.

guarantee that they will absolutely. crush him. With us commentating as well? How's the mental toughness of the boys? Cuz they got to deal with Ty's mouth, too, not just the pitches and three guys. in the outfield, all big mouths, all big. mouths. >> Everything people. >> Yeah, Ty's mouth is like his arm. It's. just kind of mediocre, YOU KNOW. OH, YEAH, RIGHT. NO. ALL RIGHT. HEY, YOU. KNOW, you can say what you want, but you. know what? When you get in the batter's. box, Jeff, and I embarrass you, you know, then then you'll be saying.

>> Oh, I'm not getting in the batter's box. I'm bringing in my ringers. ARE YOU. KIDDING? YOU GOT TO PLAY, YOU COWARD. OH, DO I HAVE TO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING. TO BE ON commentary with you. Oh, you. want to you would like to Yeah, I. thought that would make sense. >> I like it. Okay. All right. All right. All right. Yeah, you're you're you're. the you're the skipper of your team, you're saying. Yeah, absolutely. I Listen, I'm a talent. evaluator. I find talent, I bring them. in places, and we go and wreck shop. Okay, well, well, don't wreck shop cuz Cody already. did that yesterday with the help of the. Bone. Yeah. Did you Did you see that? Did you see what Cody did?

No, I didn't. Did you get your belt. back? >> on the tape. It. Sorry. >> IT'S MY IT'S RANDY'S TITLE THAT HE TOOK. OUT OF HERE. IT'S THEFT, OKAY? Look at. this. HE WALKED IN LAST NIGHT CUZ THE. BONE. >> [laughter]. >> WHAT'S SO FUNNY? WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING. AT? >> WHAT'S SO FUNNY, JERK? IT'S NOT funny at. all. >> That's a tremendous. >> THAT'S A PRICELESS MAYBE A. MILLION-DOLLAR PHOTO RIGHT THERE. AND HE. JUST BUSTS IT UP CUZ HE throws a little. hissy fit. NOW, HE SHOULDN'T have been. let in here. We should have had to get. him with a breaking and entering, which. I assume he probably would have done. because the Bone mopped the floor last.

night after ThunderBall. Obviously, a. lot of sweat. He hears a banging on the. door, he says. So, he said, "It's Cody. Rhodes." goes, "Oh, WE GOT TO TALK TO. CODY. WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT HE DOES, JEFF. WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT THIS. WHO WORKS HERE, DOES." WALKS. AWAY BEEN. ALL RIGHT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT. IT. WOW. >> I FELT AFRAID UP THERE. THAT'S A THAT'S. A [laughter] FIREABLE OFFENSE. YEP. >> [screaming]. >> YEAH. THE BONE SAID THAT CODY SAID, "HEY, Pat said I was supposed to come. pick up the title." And Bone goes, "I. don't know what was real or unreal. I. didn't know." And then it's like, "Well,

Bone, how about when he PICKS UP THE. SIGN, BABE RUTH BAT, and then. starts busting through the desk? Maybe. you go stop him." He just just froze. OFF. I MEAN, BETWEEN between this and Bone's. relay earlier this uh like yeah, you. know. Broke the bat. >> I don't know. It's two strikes at least. Uh in baseball, he's got one more and. he's out. Yeah. Photo is going to go up. for charity, too. >> Yeah, it was to save lives. Yeah, exactly. Thanks a lot, Bone. And then. look at this. Yeah, thanks, Bone. SHUT [laughter] UP, BONE. YEAH, WE PUT.

YOUR THUMB DOWN. WE FIST BUMPED AND. SCORED. HEY, BREAK OUR COMPUTER. ALL. RIGHT, JEFF, WE APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. Hope you have a good time. Are you going. out to Mania Saturday night? No, I will not be there, unfortunately, but I will be watching. It's a one. You're supposed to be a WRESTLING MARK. IT'S A ONCE-IN-A-CENTURY. HEY, once-in-an-ever night. Listen, uh. I I understand completely, but you know, when you got a new show, uh like I do. with Sources Tell Jeff Passan now on. YouTube, uh uh. sometimes you got to got to put in the. work, buddy. This guy. I like that. Good.

plug, too. Man, you get it. You got it. >> First episode was fantastic with Scobell. and Skeets. Yeah, fantastic stuff. And. Detroit just paid the guy, so that means. Scobell's got no chance of going back. there. Uh they got to pay Scobell, too, if he. wants to go back there. Uh it's going to. be 400 million plus. It'd be up to 500. million. It'd be a lot of money, Patrick. >> That's Jeff Passan. We're back on the. other side. Be a friend, tell a friend. something nice. It might change your. life. Goodbye. It's electrifying here in Happy Valley.

We're lucky to be here. And uh you know, the way you win this is you have uh be. the first 300 people here and you get a. ticket. And then we randomly select a. ticket, and that person gets an. opportunity to kick a 33-yard field goal. for an undetermined amount of money. This week, we had our man William, right? What's your name? William, yes, sir. You won the raffle, and you said, "I don't want to kick because I suck at. kicking." Is that accurate? More or less. >> [laughter]. >> What is your major here? I'm a finance. major. Okay, so money decision was, "I.

suck at this. Let me try to find. somebody who's good at this." How did. you land on my man here, and uh what are. your hopes in him? Well, I was looking. around, I saw my man, he said he plays. soccer, and I was like, this is my guy. right here. My guy Carson, I have faith. in him, so I know he's going to get it. done. All right, you're Carson, right? You played high school soccer, is that. accurate? I did play high school soccer. Where are you from? I'm from Hanover, Pennsylvania. Okay, you're a. Pennsylvania guy. Have you ever kicked a. ball before? Other than foot- not football, soccer. Okay. Well, ho- hopefully you're.

terrible at this. It's a $100,000. Uh. are you guys splitting that 50/50? Yes, sir. Okay. Uh so, we'll make it. $300,000. $150,000 for both of you. Okay? You only get one kick, though. You've. gamed the ticket game, which I. appreciate respect. It's up to $300,000. 150 for both of you. Only one kick, though, Herbie. We're not doing. anything. I don't care how many Steiners. chant for another kick. >> [cheering]. >> Only one, Herbie. Played high school.

soccer, he's a good player. We've got a. problem here. That's right. It's a. whiteout. It could be a special day. YOU. COULD HELP OUT YOUR GUY, WILLIAM, in. winning $150,000. ONE KICK! $300,000. TO TWO! >> [cheering].

>> YOU DID IT, MAN! >> [cheering]. >> YOU DID IT, MAN! THIS MAN IS GOOD! CARSON! CONGRATULATIONS! You crushed that! William! WAY TO GO, WILLIAM! IT HAS BEEN. AN EXPENSIVE YEAR OUT HERE AT THE FIELD. goal kick. Carson, I'm proud OF YOU, BUDDY. $300,000. 150 TO YOU, 150 TO YOU. GOOD FINANCE decisions were made, AND. THE FIRST TOP SIX WHITEOUT HAS A MAGICAL.

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Sports. are the greatest. We're so. incredibly lucky that we get a chance to. chat about them every single day. Uh Uh the fact that we. are who you spend your afternoons or. mornings or nights with, wherever the. hell you live, we are so eternally. grateful for that. Now, if you're a. wrestling fan though, I want to let you. know and I see you in Vegas, don't talk. to me. Don't look at me. I don't like. you. I hate you. Actually. >> Well said. Sorry. Sorry. There's a title that was sitting here. going to be hopefully back here if Randy.

continues to be as gracious as he is to. me because he is obviously the actual. goat, a man who has the most matches in. the history of Monday Night Raw cuz he's. not just showing up and being seen. No, he's out there crafting, working, burying, dominating. He is the perfect. WWE superstar. And on Saturday night at. WrestleMania in Las Vegas, those fans. have no idea what they're seeing though. They look a gift horse in the mouth. These bums don't even know greatness. whenever it steps foot in front of them. So, if I see you out at WrestleMania,

know that I hate you. And that's fair. >> Pretty simple rule. >> Mhm. You guys are You guys saying mean. stuff to me. >> Uh-huh. A lot. >> I'm the hero in this entire thing. Got. 25% off tickets for 3 days. Did anyone. thank you? Nope. Nope. Not one single. member of Cody Rhodes's family. You mean. the Cody crybabies? Bingo. >> Yeah. Seems like there's a lot of them. A lot of them. >> Cody crybabies out there. >> seems like even people that maybe. weren't Cody crybabies before, they kind. of became crybabies. >> too. Yeah, in the office, obviously,

that's a that just let somebody. in the building and says, "I don't know. what was real. He said that you said it. and then I don't know if it was real.". >> at two bone? Big for nothing. >> Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And now, I will say. this. You're lucky. You're lucky. You broke a picture. that can be replaced. But with that. being said, this was a. once-in-a-lifetime artifact that has. Randy Orton sweat on the inside of it. from the evening in which we announced. together in St. Louis that we're going.

to save the business. That's worth a lot of money. More than. 50,000, definitely. >> Way more doubt. Way more than 50,000. bucks. >> underselling it. You said a million in. the first hour. I think you could argue. that's 500,000 to a billion dollars or. 500 million, excuse me. >> like Pawn Stars guy. Exactly. You don't. know who's going to walk in and want. this thing. >> You know, it could have been could have. been a billion dollar piece of art. You. never know. And this comes in here and. damages it. Oh, what's that? A felony. Okay? You get your title, you also.

multiple. level six felonies. Multiple happen in this entire thing. And you walk out of here with Randy. Orton's title as if like you're supposed. to have it. Possession is 9/10 of the. law, brother. It's been here for a. while. >> Bingo. I think it was a dust up, too. Also, the boys did a full photo shoot. upstairs up there with it. It was It was. kind of making it our own. It was ours, wasn't it? It was? It's cool. Randy Orton's going to handle you. Oh. >> Yeah. Big time. Yeah. Why didn't Bone. finish sleeping? He just What happened?

>> That's a great question, too. He got. tired. Started Started passing out. >> So, when he talked to me, when he called. me, and maybe he did get a little tired, which could have certainly happened, long day yesterday. Whenever he said. something happened, I got you know, the. whole Right. Sad. Sad. >> me the entire thing. I said, "I think. it's a crime Like, I actually think it's. a crime scene. So, why don't you just. get your ass out of there?". >> Yeah. Smart. Okay, so he didn't touch. anything. We made sure Foxy made sure to. get a bunch of B-roll of everything so. that everybody can see. We didn't touch. really the. handle of the bat so that we can make. sure fingerprints definitely him, even.

though our security cameras in that top. corner right there by the by the bison. And then that is just what it what it. is. So, we got it all here. You know, we're not pressing charges. We're not. those types of people. Maybe we'll see. what happens on Saturday night. But, on. that note, Randy will handle this thing. Yeah. Saturday night, WrestleMania available. on. ESPN 2 the first hour, and then on ESPN. Premium Plus Super Duper. That's right. >> Bingo. And you're going to want that. The Super Duper. >> Uh yeah. >> to need that. >> You're going to need Well, you're definitely going to need that.

But, you're going to want that, too, cuz. all the things that are available in. here. >> Try to figure it out today. Definitely. ahead of time. >> Yeah. Let's not run into the old. Well, I MISSED THE WHOLE YEAH. NOW, that might be me as well at my. house. We got to figure that out. Talk. to Tables here at Boston Corner at Ty. Schmit. One after of the hammer, Cowboys AP Tones here. Nine-year NFL vet. Darius J. Butler is here. Yes, sir. D. Butch, you've been a part of some. action, you know, in the wrestling world. down there at NXT. Mhm. So, you kind of. know what it feels like to walk into. enemy territory whenever you you were.

disrespecting what they have going on. Remember we had this in NXT. Mhm. So, you kind of get a feeling of what I'm. walking into at least you say. I'll tell. you what, I got to San Jose. I'm in I'm in my bus, you know, great. title of bus. Yeah. Good bus. I open that door. I see a bunch of people that hate my. guts. I'm like, "Ooh.". I forgot all these people are probably. taking this pretty personally as well. Then all of a sudden it is like, "Hey, this is me versus entire.

>> Uh-huh. for the good of the and they. don't even know that this is for the. good. >> No. of everybody's life over there.". >> Actually, it sucks that you are helping. them. Like, "Hold on now." That's kind of where. it's like, Yeah. Interesting conundrum. Yeah, cuz my. daughter about to be three. I would like. her to be a wrestling fan. So, I would. like there to be a business, you know, that is thriving. To be a fan. of, yeah? To be a fan, yes. Yes. And. it's like Randy Orton can definitely do. that. Bingo. Bingo. The most. dangerous three letters in all of sports.

entertainment. >> Yeah. are. K O. Imagine what he's going to do this. weekend. We've been drawing them up. I've been I've been telling hey, think. about, you know, cuz he has the Seth. Rollins one where it's Yep. And he does. that. There's obviously the top rope. one. D Butch has been drawing them up. all the time. Yeah, you're right. You're. right. Good call. >> Pick that up. You're right. Not all was lost. Yeah. And we will if we have to. Oh, yeah. He. will for sure. Hey, look at this. Difference guy, let. me set the picture FOR YOU.

LIKE, I'M NOT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I. MEAN? ALL RIGHT. It's for the good of all you. You need to remember that. European uppercut, a of those. Yeah, I. mean that was fun to kind of, you know, be Randy Orton here for a second. Get. him in the corner. Let's go ahead and. hit him with a few, Randy. Let's go. ahead and beat you up. Boom, bang. Boom, bang. Let's go ahead and lace them in. All. right. I saw some good side by side. there. >> Yeah, thank you. I was really hot. I think I got, I mean, if I was him, you. know, cuz I'm.

I'm trying to learn from the greatest. Everybody should be doing that, actually. >> Yes. Jordan Love behind Rodgers. Bingo. Everybody in San Jose should have been. doing that, trying to learn. >> That's right. >> from Randy Orton on what the hell to do. >> Mhm. How the hell to DO IT. THAT'S. BASICALLY WHAT the business should do. What I was doing, you see, and I. definitely thought about this as it was. happening, I was showcasing what. everybody should be doing. When you get. a chance to watch Randy Orton, you're. watching what it's supposed to be. Mhm. This is who you should be trying to be. Take notes. Nobody else. You should be. trying to be Randy. Orton. That's why he does Saturday, wins.

his 15th world title, and saves the. business. >> Yeah, exactly. But you and you already. know. I mean, this you're you're you're. not No one's going to see the light. You. know, you've tried to to help everybody. see the light for the last couple weeks. now. I mean, >> What have they done? Just said rude. things? >> Yeah, just patter. A lot of patter. I'm. seeing a lot of patter, which I thought, you know, going into Mania, we should be. gassed up. >> Yeah. It feels like patter-Mania. I want WrestleMania, not patter-Mania. >> Which is why Randy's going to do what. he's going to do. >> Exactly. Joining us now, ladies and. gentlemen, is a man who is a college. football national champion, Super Bowl.

champion, Ryder Cup winner, and also. Mhm. a man who's been a part of one of. these before. >> There's quality. Ladies and gentlemen, A.J. Hawk. How you doing, A.J.? D-Bone just put in. a tough spot last night. I I would say. he uh. he probably he failed the test, but he. he was in a tough spot. I thought it I. thought it after Cody was in there, you. know, taking those left-handed cuts, and. really messing the offense up, I thought. we'd see D-Bone come flying from behind, you know, cheap shot him or something. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> That that is what we all kind of. expected. Uh. cuz when D-Bone uh the bone explained it.

to me on the phone, he you know, he. undersold it, obviously, cuz he wanted. the conversation to end a little bit. lighter than it could have been, you. know? >> Cody came, I let him in, he took the. title. What? What? What? Who says? He. hid some things. I don't It's hard to. And then I had to go pull the footage. Let me get on the app. Let me look at. the footage. And then all of a sudden. it's like. You walked his ass in here to terrorize. our office. What What What is even the. question here? Did And then you got to. think like, did The Bone and Cody set. this up like long term? Because.

Potentially. Could see that. But The. Bone was told that today is his day. Yeah, yesterday was his day to kind of. mop It kind of alternates. So if. somebody else is working, does it just. so happen to be that day? Or did it just. so happen to be that day? You know what. I mean, H? >> Yeah, we need a lie detector test in. there. You got anyone out there that can. bring one in? Hook them up. Yeah, cuz I. thought it was someone else's day. The. Bone volunteered to mop for that person. yesterday. Okay, so that would be a. different conversation then I would be. privy to. >> I don't know. Let's move along here. Okay, somebody.

who might have a little bit more to say. is uh. a lady who not only is phenomenal in the. WWE, on top of all the stories, a part. of all the stories, and incredible. public speaker, also massive NHL. superstar. Ladies and gentlemen, Jackie Redmond. YEAH, JACKIE. HI. It has been way too long. You got to. get better security over there, Pat. I'm. shocked at the footage I've seen today. >> So outside we have blurry footage, which. by the way, I think it's on auto focus. I don't like that. I don't know It.

wasn't focused on the right thing. There. was a truck parked outside gate. Okay? We got construction going on. He jumps. over gate. Gate's not tall enough. We. need to raise that thing. Cody Rhodes should not be able to jump. over our gate. No way. >> Randy Orton For sure. He can jump over. our gate. >> Cody's not allowed to run Okay, not Cody. Rhodes. So he comes over gate, runs up. to door. I I genuinely wonder what the. plan was if we don't have. the traitor Yeah. Right.

>> The Bone doing that at that time, Jackie. I genuinely don't know. So, we. can't get him on breaking and entering. It could be trespassing cuz he comes. onto our property. I'm looking into all. of it. I won't press charges. Randy. Orton's going to handle him at. WrestleMania. [laughter]. Jackie. Go ahead. Oh, I was just going to say I look. forward to seeing how you handle. business with this because there's a lot. of layers to this now. Thank you, Jackie. Speaking of the business, uh me. and Randy about to save it. How has it. been and how do you feel just a few days. out of WrestleMania? What are you most. excited about especially for the things.

that have been brewing over the last. year? I think brewing is putting it lightly. especially over the last few weeks. And. I I you know, I don't want to make it. all about what's going on with you and. Randy. But one one of the things that I. do love about WWE is when we go from. everything being sort of black and white. to being to being very gray. And right. now, I'm enjoying kind of figuring out. like who's who's team Randy and Pat here. and and who's team Cody Rhodes? Like. where where is everybody? And I think.

that behind the scenes backstage, people. are very divided. And in fact, today you. know, I show I'm in Buffalo. I'm about. to do the Sabres and Stars game tonight. Last game of the season means nothing. So, there're probably going to be a lot. of just shenanigans happening on the. broadcast tonight. But even Eddie. Olczyk, the great Eddie Olczyk is tapped. into what's going on with you and Randy. and Cody. And he told me that if I came. on here and did not tell you that he is. pledging his allegiance to Pat McAfee. and Co. I wouldn't be allowed in the building. tonight. So, I I am here to report that.

Edzo is in fact uh team Randy and Pat. He's for some reason irritated with Cody. Rhodes. I am of course objective. I am a. professional journalist. I don't take. sides. But you do have the great Eddie. Olczyk on your team. Edzo has the right. Yeah. Eddie Olczyk, I appreciate you. I got. one of his boy's sticks hockey stick in. the Thunderdome. I appreciate him doing. that. Uh I'm excited. I'll send some. texts out to Wano. We'd like to hear. Mhm. You know, we'd like to hear.

uh we'd certainly like to hear from. others in that world and we'll certainly. talk about the NHL as we go forward, which you are obviously a pillar of. But, let's chitchat a little bit more. about Mania. Uh, obviously Punk and. Roman main event on Sunday. Oba Brock. It feels like it is stacked and packed. to be a two-night spectacle. How do you. feel? Oh, I I'm so pumped, especially for Oba. Brock. Like this this match is going to. be insane. I cannot believe the energy. in the building when Obafemi shows up.

Like Brock Lesnar is one thing and he's. had that he has had that aura for quite. some time. But, Obafemi is a bonafide. effing superstar. I can't remember if. I'm allowed to swear on your show or. not, so I avoided it there. But, >> Jackie, YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, JACKIE. YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> WON'T LET THEM FIRE ME. YOU WON'T let. you won't Well, I don't know about that. actually. You you should [laughter] do. what you should do what you think you. should do. You should do what you think. you should. You very quickly went from "Oh, you do. whatever you want, Jackie." to "Never. mind." No, it's your world. I I just do. not want to ruin your world. Do you do.

whatever you think you should do. Yeah, yeah. Jeez. Yeah, I'm ex- I'm excited. for Obafemi. I cannot believe like how. quickly this guy has become an absolute. superstar. He is such a force. I can't. wait to see what happens there. I think. it's going to be absolute insanity. So, I'm really looking forward to that. match. Like if I was Obviously, both. main events are are huge draws and CM. Punk and Roman, you know, every time. they get on the mic, it's it's. phenomenal. I'm sure you have your own. thoughts about Punk right now, Pat. >> Uh-huh. Um, but of course, rightfully.

so, rightfully so. Um, but I'm actually I think Brock Oba. is is probably in my top three for the. matches that I'm most looking forward. to. Like if if you're watching and. you're a casual wrestling fan, you don't. know Obafemi, like he is he is a reason. to pay the price of admission at. WrestleMania and if not, at least tune. in on ESPN and and watch this guy in. action because he's a monster. Like he. is he's awesome. >> And he's taking on the beast, you know, so the alpha male of the species taking. on Oba. It is.

going to be spectacular first hour on. ESPN. Now, this will be following. obviously something happening on. Saturday night. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, obviously Jackie, we know Saturday. night we're all we're all circled here. The main event Cody, Randy, everything. that's transpired. Pat will be in tow. I. guess you're you are an objective. journalist. You you've got to play it. right down the middle. But honestly, how. do you see this match going? Is this. going to be a marathon match? Obviously, we think Randy is going to win. We all. believe that. You believe that? And I. guess I don't know. How do you think. like the pacing of it is going to be a.

high energy like high octane match high. flying? Like what's it going to be like? I don't know what to expect in terms of. the pace of the match because there are. so many. um like unmitigated factors. Like I. don't know Pat what your plan is coming. into the weekend, but I do know that you. shocked the world when you showed up on. Friday night SmackDown. Like nobody saw. that coming. Nobody knew that Pat McAfee. would be the guy on the phone with Randy. Orton. So for me, I feel like you guys. you and Randy have been planning things.

for a while. You guys have been talking. I I don't I don't pretend to know the. the content of those conversations for. sure other than what you've told us. But. I think the fact that you were able to. keep that under wraps for as long as you. did means that you guys are able to you. know, put a plan together. And so I am a. little nervous for Cody Rhodes here. because nobody saw you coming. So what. else is there that we might not see. coming? So the intrigue for me is sky. high. But you know, Cody Rhodes Cody.

Rhodes is a well-connected dude as well. So I don't know if anyone else is going. to show up. I don't know what's going to. happen and how far either of you are. willing to go. But it feels like it. feels like you and Randy are dead set on. quote unquote saving the business. I I. don't know if the business needs to be. saved, but you. >> It does. Come on, Jackie. Okay, Jackie. Okay, Jackie. Okay. >> [laughter]. >> Okay, you guys are adamant about your. goal. So, I think whenever people come.

together with a common goal, it's a. dangerous thing. So, I don't know what. how far you're willing to go. How far. are you willing to go, Pat, to get done. what you think needs to be done? Listen, I'm not. >> [laughter]. >> END OF THE EARTH. THAT'S GOOD. HEY, you know what? You're. right. You're trying to save the. business. Exactly. I got kids. I got a. kid. Going to have kids. I want the future of this business to be. strong. >> Thank you. Thank Randy. With on that note, Jackie.

You're talking like I'm pulling strings. here. No, no, no. I'm motivating. The greatest of all time. Okay. So, okay. Plan I mean, plan's an. interesting thing, you know, whenever. you get on the horn with somebody and. you say, "Hey, listen. You're the only one that can do this. You're the guy. He's got kids. The next generation. He's third. generation wrestling or a wrestler star. He's family's business. Which way is this thing going, Randy? Huh? Which way is this going, right or. are we are we going wrong? Okay? Like,

which way? So, I'm just a motivator, you. know? Randy, most matches in the history. of Raw, most matches in the history of. like everything. Guy's been there, done. that, through everything. Youngest ever. champion, phenom, comes from the. business, is made for the business. He'll be the one that'll figure it all. out on how to win 15 in there. Just. know, though, I don't know you saw me. working on my European uppercuts, right? >> Yeah. Boom. And. Boom. Right there. So, you know, I'm in good. shape. So, there's a chance Cody could.

catch some of those, but I'm not getting. my guy disqualified ever. You know I'm. not. No. And I'm not getting booted cuz. I definitely want to be in there in the. middle of that ring doing exactly what. we did in San Jose. So, I'll be smart, obviously, and Randy will do his thing, and uh. if I need a jelly, Shenault came out. No. Go home, Bubba. Yeah, he should not. have came out. >> in your fight, pa. He should not have. came out. That's a bad idea. But, I. appreciate all the angles in which you. spoke of there, Jackie. And you tell. those people backstage that whenever the. the business is better, they'll be gone. So, everything will be everything will.

be good. Yeah, you go ahead and tell. them that. Okay, do I need to tell. myself that? Do I need TO START. WORRYING? >> NO, MISS JACKIE. COME ON. MISS JACKIE. TBD. You never know. [laughter] Yeah, we. don't know what YOU'RE DOING TOMORROW. NIGHT. We don't know what you're doing. tomorrow night. Okay, let's uh. let's talk a little bit about the. hockey. Obviously, NHL playoffs are. electrifying. They are I'm very lucky. that I'm from Pittsburgh that I got a. chance to watch these growing up, obviously, with how great the Penguins. are. I'm from hockey town. Uh so,

obviously, I understand this, but I. think the casual viewers of hockey, people that maybe don't watch as many, they tune into the playoffs and they. think to themselves, "Wow, is this the. fastest, most electrifying, most. physical sport of all time?" I think the. Olympics, having the final that it had. with USA Canada with a lot of America. tuning in, is going to bode well for the. playoffs cuz you're going to see a lot. of similar style of hockey in the. playoffs. How do you feel going in? What. are some of the big story lines? Obviously, Penguins are going to win. again, but what do you think people are. going to fall in love with with this NHL. playoff series is?

The Penguins are in, and how about those. Flyers? Those Flyers are playing pretty. well, boys. I got to say, I know you. don't want to hear that, but I. Just move on. We we covered that series, okay? The Okay. >> I made a deal I made a deal with the. governor of Pennsylvania, Shapiro, uh when the Pens win this again, okay, uh against the Flyers, who haven't won a. cup since 1976. something like that. Nobody alive has. seen them win a Stanley Cup. So, we're. not very much worried about the Flyers,

but it is good for hockey that they're. in there giving it all they can. >> That's right. Yeah, it's good that. they're dancing again, you know? It is. It's good for the game and you know. what? It's you know, you said it best. coming into this. It's like even the. most casual hockey fan. will say like Stanley Cup playoffs are. the best. The first round of the Stanley. Cup playoffs, it's chaos, it's drama, it's physical, it's feisty. Like people. that don't watch hockey all year tune in. to the first round of the Stanley Cup. playoffs because they know it is going. to be electric. And I think that that's.

going to be turned up times 10 this. year, especially in the East because the. East is a bit of a wild card this year. We have a lot of the heavy hitters that. have been in the playoffs for the last. decade that that aren't there, right? Like we got no Panthers. We got no. Leafs. We got no Rangers. So there's a. lot of teams back in the postseason in. the East that haven't been there for a. while and a lot of the big dogs that. actually aren't in the postseason in the. Eastern Conference. So I think that. anything is possible when it comes to.

the East in terms of who is going to. make it to the conference final and. who's going to represent the East in the. final. So for me, that is super exciting. because there's always upsets, but I. think the potential for there to be. Cinderella runs and craziness in the. first round is even higher than usual in. the East. So I'm very excited to see it. Obviously, the Buffalo Sabres are are a. massive story. If you're not paying. attention, they haven't been in the. postseason in a very, very long time. either, but they're in now. They got. Jarmo Kekalainen, the general manager,

who is a straight-up Finnish G Okay. running things. When he took over, he. How's that pronounced? A Finnish G? Is. that like a Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. Is a Finnish G I don't know what that. is. They don't have these. I'm just. saying he's a gangster. He's like a. straight-up G, but he's from Finland. So. I just added the Finnish part. I don't. know how you would say that in Finnish, but he is the man. When he took over. earlier this year as GM, he went in the. room and he went, "None of you guys are.

safe. I don't care who you are. I don't. care how much money you make, like just. know that like. anybody can be traded here, anything can. happen. So, you guys better like get. your together. Um so, Yarmo. Kekalainen is awesome. Lindy Ruff is the. head coach. They're They're doing. amazing things and Tage Thompson, who we. saw at the Olympics with Team USA, is. one of the cornerstones of that. franchise. So, we can see him again. this postseason. So, I think Buffalo's. really excited for that and I think. American hockey fans should be really. excited for that, too. Um so, Buffalo's.

a big story in the East. And then over. in the West, I mean Colorado is the top. dog. Nathan MacKinnon and and the boys. have have been a favorite all year long. They're still like all of the teams are. set, but some of the matchups could. still change tonight. There is a very. very very very small chance that we. could get Nathan MacKinnon versus Connor. McDavid in the first round, which would. be wild. I think the Oilers want none of. that. I think that's a terrible. situation for them. But if it happens, it's a good situation for hockey fans to.

see those two powerhouses. go head-to-head. But a lot has to happen. tonight in order for that to happen. So, probably won't happen, but there's a. small small chance that it could. And. then in the Central, I just feel bad for. the other teams in the Central. Like. Dallas and Minnesota are two of the have. been two of the best teams all year. long. They're going to have to face each. other in the first round. And then the. winner is probably getting Colorado. So, that's a super super tough path. But I love the Dallas Stars. They've. been knocking on the door for a while.

They have some injuries. So, that might. hold them. >> I remember Otter and Madonna down there. The good old days. Yeah, we got the 99 tarps for the. playoffs, too, boys. Look up. >> And Rate, for those that don't know, that's Gumpy. He's from Victoria, Canada, which is north left Canada. He's. a Miami Dolphins fan, a Miami Hurricanes. fan, a Boston Red Sox fan, and a Dallas. Stars fan. So, and Liverpool. Sorry, you. never walk alone over there, pal. So, he. has been riding with Texas hockey for a. while. He likes them a lot, but I think.

you even understand the reality of. Colorado, right? Isn't that kind of how. you've been speaking, Gump? >> Yeah, it's a tough road, but Rattlin'. Ragdolled them last year. He'll probably. do it again. Wild are physical group, though. It's going to be a tough battle. in the first round, boys. >> Okay, let's stay in the West, Jackie. Ty. has a question for you. >> Yeah, Jackie. John John Tortorella takes. over for the Vegas Golden Knights, and a. lot of people, I don't know, maybe. thought it was just kind of like a side. show. Hey, get get through the rest of. the season here. They have not lost. since he took over. Um how much does. this change the outlook for the Golden.

Knights moving forward in the Stanley. Cup playoffs? Listen, I think it I actually think it's. massive, because Vegas has really been. underwhelming all year long, right? Like. even though they're a playoff team, and. everyone wanted to talk about, "Oh my. god, they fired their coach and they're. in a playoff spot, blah blah blah, blah. blah, blah, blah, whatever." They have. not been performing to their standard. all year long. Like this is supposed to. be a contending Stanley Cup team, and. they didn't really look that way. Like. yeah, they look like a playoff team, but. like 16 teams are playoff teams. They're. not all necessarily bonafide Cup.

contenders. So, for them to get Mitch. Marner to have all this hype, and then. really underperform for most of the year. by their standards, is the reason that. that move happened. And anybody that. follows Vegas knows that they have been. that way since their inception. Like. they are not afraid to fire anybody, they're not afraid to trade anybody. Like they are all about business and. winning. Um so, in terms of the move, though, like Tortorella was kind of the. perfect guy, because his reputation has. always been that he squeezes every ounce. of juice out of his roster until they.

get sick of him. And uh he's new there. right now. So, I'm not surprised that. they got the Torts bump, that they're. playing really well, but I think it's. dangerous for whoever is going to have. to face them in the playoffs, because. they were already a Cup contender. Now. they've had this very, very late season. change. It's obviously working. There's. a renewed energy, whether that's. directly from Torts or just the fact. that it kind of woke the guys up and had. them. start playing with a little more. gumption to me makes them dangerous.

because they already had the roster to. do it. Now they've got someone leading. the charge that's got them fired up. I. don't know what Torts is doing over. there but he is somebody that he even. fires up viewers, right? So if that. guy's coming in your room and and. getting the best out of you and you're. already a contender. I mean this guy got. the best out of the Blue Jackets. John. Tortorella is the one that led the. underdog Blue Jackets to the crap side. Blue Jackets. to a mass member they got swept the. Tampa Bay Lightning when the Lightning.

at the time had put up one of the best. regular seasons in NHL history. They got. swept by the damn Blue Jackets. Tortorella is very good at getting the. most out of his players. And Vegas is. already a contender. They were they're. not an underdog. So like the fact that. they're playing like this to me scary. Yeah. And they have a good path. Yes, they certainly as now I don't know. what's all been punched in and Ty. certainly loves to hear that as a Vegas. Golden Knights fan. Do you remember that. what was the mascot name for the. Columbus Blue Jack Blue Jackie or Blue.

Jacket or something? >> Yeah, Blue Jacket. >> Buzz Buzz or something? Buzz. >> is definitely not what it was. I I think. it might have been. It was Blue Jackie. Yeah, I think it was or maybe I think it. might have been Buzz maybe. Oh, Stinger is the name. Oh, Stinger. Okay. It wasn't Buzz. I knew I'd get there. He. was bopping around at Ohio State game. day first week, you know, hey. and I just always remember the Blue. Jackets being ass. So I immediately go. okay. Hey, what's up? You're ass. I.

know that and then all of a sudden there. was an immediate like. I know we're actually we're actually. good now and they did the entire thing. but I remember Torts everywhere he goes. it's always like a lightning rod, right? Isn't it like he doesn't get along with. the media? He he's he Fire. You say he. gets everything out of them. I I guess. he goes in there and he's pretty. >> Yeah, grade A. >> Yeah, that's what they say. Yeah, he he. is. super accountability driven, I think, right? And he the way he goes about it, he's he doesn't have like feelings, emotions about it. Like, "Hey, this is. how we win. This is what we're going to. do." And he's not scared to be like.

that, either, right? I think that's a. difference of him. Yeah, that you're spot on. And I think. like you talk to guys that have played. for him, both current and former. players, and they all say the same. thing. Like, you know where you stand. And I think as a player, and and Pat, you can speak to this. It's like when. someone is direct and black and white. and is like, "Hey, you're not playing. This is why." Or like, "This is why your. ice time is down. XYZ." They give it to. you straight. John Tortorella is. somebody that and I've talked to guys. that were like, "I don't like him, but I. respect him cuz I knew exactly where I.

stood. I knew why I was in the press. box. I There was no gray area. There was. no question marks about like, "Why isn't. this guy playing me?" Like, I'm not. going to, you know, I talked to a player. about a month ago who told me that like. his coach wasn't even speaking to him. And he wasn't sure what he needed to do. to get him into the lineup, right? And. so sometimes there's murky water there. where like you you know you're not. liking your coach's good graces, but. you're not really sure why or what it is. that you need to do to kind of get your. ice time back or or get back in the. game. And with John Tortorella, I think.

his players, even the ones that maybe. didn't enjoy their time playing for him, understood why he was making the. decisions that he was making and. understood the reasoning behind those. choices and got direct answers from John. Tortorella himself. So, I think there's. a there's a level of respect for the. fact that Torts is going to maybe make. decisions that you don't like, but. you're always going to understand why. he's making those choices. And I think. that that's a sign of a really good. coach. Because at the end of the day, I. think all anybody really wants is.

transparency and kind of a plan of like, "Listen, your ice time's down because of. this. If you can do XYZ, like it will go. back up." And then it's on you to kind. of execute as a player. So, I think for. Torts, yes, he is a he is hard-nosed. He. will tell you like it is. He tells you. straight, no BS. And sometimes you're. going to like it and and sometimes. you're not going to like it, but at. least you know that he's always being. real with you. And so, I think a lot of. players respect that about John. Tortorella. >> Yeah, we we understand that type of.

coaching style well over in the football. world, obviously. There's different ways. to go about doing it, but that has been. a proven way to win in sports since the. beginning of time, basically. It's like, "Hey, if we're all doing everything. right and somebody is not going to take. any or anything less than that, probably going to be good." If I had to. guess the team's GOING. >> COACHES PLAY MIND GAMES, RIGHT? Like. there's coaches out there that like Oh, yeah. aren't super direct. >> And they very rarely win, I think. They. they very rarely win. So, it's like I. appreciate and respect the way Torts. goes about doing his business. I also. appreciate the fact that they're going. to win. And I think that Vegas Golden. Knights uh change room, I think those.

boys are okay with a little bit of. accountability over there. >> Yeah, without a doubt. And I think there. was a clip from right before they. brought in Torts and it was like someone. was, you know, giving everybody, you. know, knucks before they were going back. to the change room. They had just gotten. beat and everyone was basically like, "Fuck this guy." Like no one gave him. anything. And it was just like, "Something's going on in the locker room. there. Something wasn't good." Yeah, it's just something is very weird. And. then Torts comes in and now they're. arguably the hottest team in hockey. I. don't think that's a coincidence. Joy, you slow as can't get on the ice. You, can you receive a pass one time?

You, I don't trust you with anybody's. family. I I mean, there's no way. Weirdo. JUST TORTS COMING IN BEING LIKE, "NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE. You me. >> Get [laughter] the hell out of the way. Can't be on the ice. AJ, we don't trust. you. He can't be on the ice. Can't trust. him with the puck. Can't trust him with. the puck. Can't trust him watching the. kids. Can't trust him watching the. house. Can't trust him on the. ice. There's nothing we can do. By the. way, uh just on that note, um when I. played college football, I I was very. lucky to play for Rich Rodriguez. Rich. Rodriguez is a uh.

I think he and Torts probably pretty. similar, if if I had to guess. There's a. new mic'd out upcoming out of uh Rich. Rodriguez. He has evolved a little bit, but it's still in there. You It's still. in there. At the beginning of the video. he goes, "You guys just line up right. behind the tackle." It's very. simple. Where the tackle line Let the. tackle figure it out, and then you line. up behind the tackle. Then like 35. seconds later in the video he goes, "BEHIND THE TACKLE! BEHIND THE TACKLE!". AND THEN the play happens and he goes. over to the same group he goes, "That's. on me. I thought you knew it went.

center, guard, tackle." He's right It's. like it's still in there. Now, back in. the day it would have been a little bit. more. Okay, it would have been a little. bit more delivery on him, but like the. way they think and the way that they. expect and would like perfection is why. those teams are always good. You know, like those coaches seemingly always. good. Now, if you don't win, players. will revolt. That kind of happened to. the Bill Belichick coaching tree. Guys. would leave the coaching tree, go into a. new place, I'm Bill Belichick, this is.

how it's going to go. You lose, and the. players go, "First of all, you're not. Bill, we suck, and this sucks." That. that is just And you get people out of. there. So, I'd assume a big part of. Tortorella's thing is he has to win, or. I'd assume that gets bad. I'd assume. that's probably why it ends the way it. does in certain places, Jackie. I think just, you know, anytime you're. you're dealing with someone that, um, you know, has a high bar set for you and. isn't afraid to kind of be direct and. tell you how it is and and maybe be, you. know, hard-nosed, as we like to say, um,

in hockey. I mean, that that runs its. course anywhere, right? Like, you just. get more and more comfortable with. someone, and if they're barking at you. all the time, like eventually, you know. what, I'm tired of this guy barking at. me. Like, I don't like it. Finish him. >> you know, you know, it happens. everywhere. So, I think, um, and even, you know, Bruce Cassidy is a fantastic. hockey coach, right? Won a Stanley Cup. with the Vegas Golden Knights. And but. he is somebody that demands a lot of his. players, and I think over time, some. anywhere, no matter who you are or how. good of a coach you are, it's going to.

happen anywhere. So, I think that's just. part of the business. Um, And hopefully, you know, for Torts and and the Knights, they can they can make something magic. happen soon. Um because. you know, Vegas, they'll they'll they'll. they'll fire they'll fire their coaches. in in a month. They'll fire Torts after. 6 weeks on the job and have no issue. with it. So, >> the high expectations, don't you, Ty, as. a Vegas Golden Knights fan? >> Absolutely. They should be winning or. going to the Stanley Cup every single. year. >> And that's what you've done. Everyone. should have those expectations, no?

Yeah, love that. Love that. Love that. Love that. I wish the Leafs were a little bit more. hard-edged. Oh, yeah. That's never going. to happen. Never going to happen. Jackie. Never going TO HAPPEN. THEY. COULD HAVE USED A LITTLE of that. When for the last 100 years, yeah, I'd. say. I wish the Red Wings had that. Run. it back. Can we stop running back the. losing? How about that? How's that for. an idea? >> Okay, I have an idea, too, that needs a. a little bit more information. When was. the last time a Canadian franchise has. won the Stanley Cup? Mhm. Oh, do you.

want to guess? Cuz I I could give you. the answer, but I'd love to hear your. Can you want to take a guess, Pat? It's. been a while, I'll tell you that. When. was when was there the original. >> Who's the cap? Where's the captain on. the Penguins, boys? And where did where. did he grow up? Where's he from? You talking about Nova? Talking about. Sidney Crosby. One of the greatest players of all time. What are you talking about? >> He lifted Lord Stanley for the Penguins, right? Oh, shut up. We're talking about. Canadian franchises. >> I thought we were talking about just. great Canadian players that helped.

>> No, your team. I apologize. What are we talking about the Olympics? Are we talking about Okay, so we need to. get into the Olympics. He's got a silver. medal in his ears. He can't HEAR. ANYTHING. >> [laughter]. >> OH, HE CAN'T BELIEVE. AND MORE ON THE WAY. AND MORE ON THE. WAY. YEAH, only like 40 more to catch. up. Okay. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. The. last Canadian franchise to win the. Stanley Cup was in 1993. 93. The Montreal Canadiens. >> Wow, let me tell you about that. La. habitants. Les habitants. You know, we.

we talk about decisions that have to be. made at the coaching position. And uh. down here in America, we'll bring in the. accountability-driven coach. Mhm. Okay? We'll send him around town. Hey, he got. kicked out of this place. This guy's too. hard-nosed. Some American owner goes, "Yeah, that's our guy. We want that. guy." And then they come in here and. just. hoist Lordeau all the time. Florida! Florida! They don't even have ice. outside. No. They don't even They don't. even. >> Never. Can't have ice outside. Only in. drinks. Texas. You had a winter. >> Well, we did have the Winter Classic in.

Miami this year. That That was outside. Yeah, but they used special stuff for. it. It wasn't natural ice. >> Yeah, they We need to start doing that. more because they win more Stanley Cups. than Canada does. >> Yeah. [clears throat] So, I mean, it's. just something to think about. Okay, let's pivot away from NHL playoffs, which are going to be spectacular, can't. wait to watch. Uh D-Butt has the final. question for you. >> Yeah, championships are nothing down. there. Hockey beats so you know, you. said the East is wide open. You know, you're welcome. Uh but moving away from. [laughter] hockey since I am out in the. Stanley Cup playoffs, uh let's go back. to Mania. We're talking about obviously.

it's upcoming weekend in Vegas, but I. want to go back. What's your favorite. Mania moment? I know mine, 40 Philly, that pop when Taker came out. Like. unbelievable being in that crowd. What's. your favorite Mania moment over the. years? Um that is a really, really good one. because I don't think most people saw. that coming. And so, when you heard like. the dong of it, just like, "What? That. is insane.". Um my first my first or my favorite. Mania is probably my first Mania with. the company, which was in Dallas. Um.

when Stone Cold was in action and I was. standing like 30 ft from Stone Cold. being up on the top rope smashing beers. together. Pat, I think you were lying on. the floor. I can't remember. But that. was my first That was my first Mania. [laughter]. That was my first ever Mania with the. company. So, selfishly, that has to be. my favorite because it was just like. I had a one of those rare moments where. you actually stop in the present moment. and actually have the realization like. how did I actually get here? Like how is.

this my life right now? I felt that in. the moment. And so that only happens. every so often and for me that one was. really really special because you know, 10-year-old Jackie would not believe. that she was going to meet Stone Cold. Steve Austin that day and then watch him. smash beers live from the floor. So. that's my favorite one selfishly. So if. it means anything, you tell 10-year-old. Jackie that old 10-year-old Pat had no. idea [laughter]. that that was going to be happening as.

well. Yeah, it was a special night. obviously. Let's get back to that. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Let's get back. >> I ask a final question? Is that okay? >> Sure. Sure. >> I just Pat, just like if you could snap. your fingers, everything goes exactly. the way that you and Randy want it to. this weekend and into the foreseeable. future. What does WWE look like if Pat and Randy. get their way? Like paint that picture. Jackie, if your 10-year-old Jackie would.

be excited to know about Stone Cold. Steve Austin meeting you and being a fan. of yours and everything and that would. make you excited, you understand that. what wrestling is. Okay? You understand. what it's supposed to be. And at the top. of the card. you know, that is what everybody is. striving to become. Okay, it goes all. the way back. Sam Martino did it for a. long time. Andre did it for a long time. Hulk did it for a long time. Obviously, you get into Stone Cold Rock era of. carrying the company and then you got. Roman Reigns carrying the company. John. Cena carried the company. When the top.

looks how it's supposed to look and acts. how it's supposed to look, everybody. else falls in line, you know? So you. understand what this is, Jackie. You get. done doing an interview with somebody, they stumble all over themselves, their. ass and then you're told to send it back. and you're like, how the hell is that? What [laughter] this is. You say it. I. know you do in your brain as a. professional speaker. So, whenever. [laughter]. the top looks how it's supposed to look, everybody else kind of falls in line. And. Randy Orton's right here. This is. exactly what it's supposed to be, and.

that's all I've been saying is like, "Hey, Randy, you're the only one that. can really make this look how it's. supposed to." Yeah. For future. generations here. And he might be, you know, in his career. pretty deep here. We got a lot of time. to save the business, especially with a. super motivated guy who's 280 lb right. now. >> Oh my god. I will say, I will say I do. think over the last year that not enough. people in wrestling and around wrestling. have been talking about how close Randy. Orton still is to potentially breaking. the all-time world title record. Like,

he is still active. He is still amazing. And I know, you know, we had John Cena's. retirement tour. We had him break. through it. Like, all that stuff is. important, but I feel like Randy did. kind of fall into the shadows a little. bit. Like, hey, this guy is still. wrestling. >> Yeah, Jackie. See? Badass. AND WE'RE NOT. TALKING ABOUT him being so close. Like, he could still break that record. And I. I will say. I I maintain my objectivity and have no. sides here, but I do think that that was.

not getting enough attention or play. over the course of the last year that. Randy is still right there. Yes, you get. it. Thank you. I knew I was speaking for. people with brains. And this will be. good for the future. And Randy knows it. He knows the weight ON HIS BROAD ASS. SHOULDERS. YEAH, he didn't have to lie about his. numbers up there. No, not one bit. And. in between his ears. >> guy. In between his ears and behind that. ridiculously handsome face. massive wrestling brain. >> good-looking. He is good-looking. Did. Cody take it? >> Yeah, Jackie. HE IS THE WWE.

THIS GUY IS 6'5", 275. He walks into a. room and everybody goes, "Holy What is. that thing?" Oh, that's WWE world champ. Of course it is. >> Did Cody change that graphic when he was. he was in here last night? 6'2" 222? Yeah. I don't think so. Yeah, we did. some we did some job. we did some measurements on what Cody. is, especially now being in the ring. with him. Anyways, we appreciate you. Jackie. We'll see you in Mania. It. sounds like you understand it. >> She gets it.

>> Yeah, even though San Jose didn't and I. assume these disgusting pigs that are. going to be in Las Vegas aren't going to. understand it either. You're the best. ladies and gentlemen, that's Jackie. Redmond. >> [cheering]. >> Pigs. Yeah. Uh-huh. I can already sense. it. I can already sense them. Mhm. >> [sighs]. >> We're 3 and 1/2 hour flight away. I can. smell them. >> Yeah, they're massing already and their. [clears throat] stench is just floating. over. Disgusting. Like a like a fog.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Remember wildfires? Covers. the entire country, that's what happens. at Mania. All these people get together. And it's crazy next Monday, Tuesday, look out Ohio. >> Yeah. Pennsylvania. >> Yeah. Mhm. The scent coming from. WrestleMania marks is on your way. Smog, low air quality. The worst. >> Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is. a man who's about to do something. special uh. tonight. There is. Oh, no. They're no we just got a new. There's a sponsor in the front of this. thing. I've never seen this name before.

>> Tonight 7:00 p.m. East I can't go over. >> it. Yeah, you can't do it. Can't do it. Uh ladies and gentlemen, tonight 7:00. p.m. Eastern we have a million dollar. pickleball series of games taking place. that'll be headlined by a two on two by. the who's who in tennis and pickleball. Tonight at 7:00 p.m. is the Ares. pickleball slam four. Joining us now is.

a man who's fallen in love with. pickleball because of the pickleball. slams. I don't think he's ever lost. Ladies and gentlemen, tennis icon, future pickleball icon, Andre Agassi. Yeah, Andre. How you doing, man? Those are very generous words, my. friend, and a lot of assumptions there. Well, I heard you fell in love with. pickleball. The last time we talked to. you, I think was pickleball slam one. >> That part's true. That part's. Yeah, fair enough. That part's true.

Saying I'm going to be the future of it. somehow is, you know, I don't know. A. lot of a lot of good players out there. Okay, so how much have you learned about. the pickleball community since. pickleball slam one? Cuz I think you. only played for a couple weeks leading. into that. Then you got obviously go on. TV, you win. It it tennis pickleball. used to have a thing, it felt like, the. last time we talked about it. Now I'm. hearing you have fallen in love with. pickleball. You actually view it as a. beautiful thing post tennis is what it. sounds like, and tonight you get another. chance to do that. Is that all accurate, and why have you fallen in love with. pickleball?

Yeah, it is. The the you know, the. earlier slams of. Well, I mean, I fell in love with. pickleball cuz it's like it's just added. a lot to our lives internally as a. family. I mean, it's it's I mean, we're. actually making friends now. That's hard. to do it at my age. >> [laughter]. >> Me and stuff, but. The truth is there's a low point of. entry. Every Nobody's intimidated to try. it. Everybody gets better quickly at it. It brings community together. There's a. lot lot of gifts to it. It's great. physical outlet, believe it or not, and. then mentally it's also requires a lot. of lock on. And and in this in this slam.

it's different too, cuz we got the. tennis thing with me and James Blake, but we also got the Eugenie Bouchard. Waters and Genie Bouchard who play. professionally. So it's a you know, they. want to promote it Battle of the Sexes, but to me it's a celebration of. pickleball. Breaks down gender barriers, you know, cultural barriers. I mean, just just. love it. We're looking forward to it. >> Yeah, James Blake will take on Eugenie. Waters. I don't know if you know this, Andre Agassi. And then in a two on two. later, you and James Blake will take on. Eugenie and Genie Bouchard. The Eugenie.

is really good at pickleball. She showed. up at Radio Row and we had a little bit. of a. volley a little bit of a pickle here. She is very talented. I don't know how. much film you've watched. I was able to. go a little bit here. We're rallying. Okay, we're on stage. She's going to hit. me with a little topspin number that's. really going to drop quick. I think you. need to be prepared for this late. Seems. to be her strikeout or Poncho maneuver. Right there. That was it right there. That thing said goodbye right after you. know it cleared my desk. She's. unbelievable. She is the phenom, right?

165. uh gold medals. 168 gold medals. 38. triple crowns. 38 triple. crowns in pickleball. She is like the. one. I'm excited she's a part of this, but how much have you interacted with. her and uh what are you expecting. tonight at 7:00? Hey, take it easy. I got to play against. her in a few hours. You're you're. freaking me out here. No, I've I've. played you I played with her. I played. against her. I've appreciated watching. her. I mean it's it's obvious what you.

know what makes her so good, which is. pretty much everything she does. You. know, the question becomes you know, how. does that sort of match up against a few. things that we can do and I think the. jury's a little out on that. I mean the. discrepancy in tennis from male to. female is pretty. relevant from the standpoint of strength. above the shoulders, but in pickle. um the ball never gets up there anyhow, so I think the delta is is a lot. different. I think we have our work cut. out, but we also had the luxury of being. able to watch them a heck of a lot more. than they've watched us. So, we're we're. we're we're looking forward to it in a.

lot of ways, but it'll just be data for. me to to take in and hopefully. inspiration to keep getting better. Excited to watch you try to cook in the. kitchen against the world's greats. Go. ahead, AJ. Yeah, Andre, what's it like playing with. a partner here? Obviously one-on-one we. know you can hustle around do. everything, but when you have a partner, you kind of have to have a strategy on. what's balls to hit what not to hit. I. know the little bit of pickleball I've. played with a partner. Sometimes you get. in arguments with your partner saying, "Hey, that was mine. You shouldn't have. taken that one." All of that. I guess. how do you work through all of that on a. big stage like this?

Yeah. Yeah, fair enough. Well, James and I. have uh rallied to play together, you. know, uh a handful of times leading up. to this. And the good news between our. games is uh they're very defined in what. we do well. I mean, his athleticism is. crazy, his forehand is huge, his quick. hands are as fast-twitched as anybody. I've seen out there, and and and the guy. can still cover a lot of real estate. So, we we kind of have a pretty um. framed-out way that we can sort of work. together. I know exactly what to expect. from him. He knows what to expect from. me. I wouldn't say it's um nuanced in.

its versatility, but it is something. that has to be stopped. So, we're. looking forward to, you know, to to. bring it out there. But, you're right, not knowing your partner is a huge. disadvantage when you're out there in. real time because you're not sure what. you can count on and what you can't. But, with James, it's pretty clear what. you can count on, and um and that that. helps me know uh a lot easier where to. where to be on the court under different. scenarios. Do you have a um Do you have. a rating or a score in the pickleball. world? >> [clears throat].

>> Uh I I I don't kind of officially. because that that just requires. uh my ADD that I think doesn't allow me. to, you know, focus on sort of a. pre-match sort of. >> Yeah, yeah, but uh but no, I I I I enjoy. uh finding games where I'm the worst one. on the court, uh which is getting harder. to do. And uh but at the same time, uh. the levels just keep getting higher and. higher. So, uh that's when you really. improve the most uh in in in pickle. It's like if you're the best one on the. court, like go find another court, you.

know? I I you don't improve that way. When you start seeing new sort of people. that can hide the the paddle face to. last second, it's crazy how uh how one. tool changes a lot of dynamics. So, I'm. getting into the strategy of it a lot. more now, and you know, hopefully have. enough ability to. not bring somebody down who who plays. better than me. >> Okay, so hold on. Did you just give away. a little gimmick that you're going to. debut tonight potentially on Annalee and. Genie? What what are Genie? What is the. hidden You're turning that thing.

backwards and then you're what is the. move that you trick you just found cuz. maybe we add this into our pickle. You guys hear me with trick I have? I. don't I don't have any tricks. The. question is, you know, how late can you. sort of change your mind with your. paddle face, right? It's those are split. seconds, but the distance and proximity. of players on a pickle court is so close. that that you know, that last second. change of of shot is is very important. and you know, and and speeding up in. tennis. We speed up when we see.

opportunity to end points, you know, in. pickle you speed up to set up the end. So you kind of have to unlearn a few. things if you're a tennis player and you. you know, you try to create opportunity. sometimes being a little bit calmer. So. it's it's a challenge, you know, mentally. to for a tennis player to transition a. lot of ways, but in other ways it. translates pretty comfortably. So it's a. give and take. >> I cannot wait to watch 7:00 p.m. the. Pickleball Slam 4 brought to you by. Ares. We'll be live from Hard Rock. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in.

Hollywood, Florida. Love that place. >> Oh, yeah. Gorgeous. >> love that place. I heard you have some. history down there, too, Andre. It's a classic venue. I mean we. I mean I've seen Metallica here playing. this venue to Red Hot Chili Peppers. I. mean forget about it. It's intimate, but. it's but it's. it's electric. It's it's big enough, but. it's not daunting. It's the there's not. a bad seat in the house. It's. it's a great venue to play in. That's.

why we're thrilled to be back. Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Andre. Agassi, James Blake, Annalee Walter, and. Genie Bouchard. Pickleball Slam 4. We. can't wait to watch 7:00 p.m. on ESPN. You're the man, Andre. Thank you, buddy. [applause]. >> Hey, Andre. That's all nice. I missed that there. You, too. We agree, Andre. All you All you do. Anna Leigh Waters is a problem. She's. never like lost, I think. But, Andre.

sounds like he's figured it out. >> Yeah, my money's on Agassi. He's taking on. He's taking on Genie 101. James Blake. takes on Anna Leigh 101. Then, they do. the two on two at the end. I think the. two on two at the end is the one that. decides. It's like a warm-up match and. then they get into it. >> Okay. Sorry, go ahead, AJ. No, I can't wait to watch. I love. Agassi. I read his book back in the day. Beast. Yeah, he's uh he's a weapon. I. can't believe he enjoys coming on our. show. We're very thankful he was back. Pickleball Slam 4 tonight, 7. We'll. watch. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Woo. Nice. Had to get a lot in there. Got it in. Cuz I am intrigued to watch it. Cuz we.

know the the girl. We know Anna Leigh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She's the one. Mhm. Something to think about. Uh I'm not a. big tennis guy above the shoulders. Obviously, that's serving. What else? Or. if they have bad Yeah, bad yes. Mhm. Okay. So, now it even is a play. >> Mostly. Mostly serve. I think thinking. is going to be the kitchen is where. pickleball is You played D-Bos played, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. Oh, no. You know, like it. kind of takes away Pickleball kind of. neutralizes the athleticism and power. and all that. It makes everyone like. more of a level playing field.

>> Yeah. But, on that note, I do think they. do hit. AQ speed balls, I think is what AQ calls. it. Cuz AQ has a score. Yep. He's rated. He goes and graded. There he is. He goes. and plays at country clubs against. people. He has a little tag team, little. dude. Yeah. They do they wake up early. and go do the whole thing. He's in there. in there. And watching him kind of go, "I'll go all score now. I've scored. this. I'm ready to this. This guy's. this." If somebody's really good, he'll. say, "For instance, this guy's this. He's this." But, he said the speed ball. is the game changer. Cuz you got to you. got to hide the speed ball. Speed ball.

is when you just hit it at the person. and all of a sudden they Mhm. You know. what. That's the game. Yeah, that's AQ's game. I don't know if that's everybody's game. AQ has fallen in love with the pound. people with the ball thing. Sure. We had. a good run. Great run. Incredible. Yeah. Now, we got. Thunder. >> I got a better one. I'll tell you what, Thunderball was the. name of the pickleball. >> It was. Uh They kind of just rebranded. Now Thunderball is a Wiffle ball game. AJ, you would love this game. I think. you'd be very good at this. You should. get maybe a Centerville Elks team. together. You, Herbie, Bobby, Ty, I'm.

not technically from Centerville, but. >> Yeah, something to think about. >> to see a Ty Ty versus Herbie. Yeah, Ty. versus Herbie would be incredible here. at Thunderball. I'll tell you Ty threw a. complete game yesterday. 72 73 miles an. hour from 38 feet. Okay, that ball is coming a little bit. quicker. >> impossible. Yeah. He He might. >> Nick Nick really went four for four with. four dongers? >> Yeah, and a grand slam, one of them. being a grand slam. Olivia Olivia had. nine RBIs. I don't know if that'll ever be topped, folks. Ty no. Ty was dealing though. Yes, actually. It.

was It was a great time. And we're, you. know, figuring out the rules as we go. >> Bat off your shoulder, Foxy. I just was. honestly baiting Ty to throw three. strikes in a row, and he did it. >> Yeah, that was incredible. That's why. Talk became your guys' pitcher because. he was the only one on your side that. could throw a a strike. Accurate. Bit of. a quick hook. >> Ty. was a quick hook. On yourself or. >> Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> Bruce really took There it is. Bang. >> Talk's form is off the charts. Hey, Dirty Dirty was good at game though. I.

mean, [laughter] I know we're showing a. strikeout right now. Dirty was great at. game. Hit a home run, in-the-park home. run, and an actual home run. And Talk. had his moment in the sun. But. inevitably, he would get shelled in the next inning, and uh. Talk almost [laughter] got out. Hold on. You go back to Talk running. from third to home. His change of. direction is awesome. Oh my god, he runs. into the wall. He runs into the wall. Here it comes. Let's go. Watch him put. on the brakes here and redirect. >> He's going to round third. He's. currently on second. Let's watch him. Oh.

my god, I got time. I got space. SIDEWAYS, SIDEWAYS. >> [laughter]. >> HE HIT THE BRAKES, TOO. Such an op Yeah, you're right. Op. Up. >> [laughter]. >> Good game, AJ. It's a good game. It. looks awesome. And then the Thunderdome. was sabotaged by a scumbag. >> Scum, disgusting. I don't like that happened at all. By. the way. >> No, it's. There's just glass shreds shards. everywhere. I like how you said he looks like a. righty swinging lefty. That's what you. said. He did, didn't he? I mean, it. looked like it was. >> I'm I'm guessing he is a lefty, right? I.

You tell me after looking at that swing. It looked After you said that, it made. me rethink if he's righty or lefty. It. really did. Well, honestly, I'm going to. say that regardless. >> [laughter]. >> You know, that that was going to be. something I was going to say no matter. what. And walking out with the god damn. computer. We've had that computer for 10. years. >> Yeah, yeah. That computer is the old. faithful computer. >> Yeah. Look at the stack of papers. It's. been there since the first paper put. down there. >> We're lucky he didn't knock those over. Yeah, it did look like he was kind of in. a little bit of a like a blackout like. >> Yeah, anger, rage, temper. If he would.

have If he would have He didn't even. know that I mean. >> No. He probably thought that was a part of. the table. Oh, fingerprints, fingerprints. Oh, jeez. We know who it was. All right, we got him on camera. Hey, watch. yourself, Pat. This guy's got power. I know, he busted a bat off the desk. He's not allowed to touch you though, right? That's the rules. >> Big Gambino. Bingo. >> Bingo. And also, DeVon, you're good at making graphics. Not the best sweeper. Or security. Yeah, well.

Or being a teammate or What was going. through Bones' mind right here when he. SAW. >> OH, SHUT UP. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Put it down. Put it down. >> this say? I I'm sorry. I don't know. Need more ketchup. >> he was in on it. He's in on it. He knew. it was coming. Oh, you. Oh. >> Oh. I'm with you, Edge. It has I mean, it's inside job. And. maybe maybe Bone didn't think the. cameras were on. He thought he had a. Wi-Fi jammer or something. >> in. You think he said go do whatever you. need to do right there? >> Yeah. Yeah, he said I'm going to. sweep this floor. I thought he was just.

stupid, you know, like, "Oh, cuz he said. Well, the thunderstorms were going on. last night. So, he's like, "Oh, man. Got. to let Odi out." Yeah. Exactly. That's. what I think. to get cold or get him. sick. >> Yeah, he's going to be freezing. That's what D-Bone said? Yeah, but. sometimes D-Bone is, you know, he likes. Cody that much. He did at least. I mean, I don't know. I remember. Remember he was all about him when our. Tribal Chief won. Oh, and look who look. And this cute. Oh, Jesus. Theft.

Felonies, multiple. Now, he's flying on some private plane. Look at Look at private plane. Must be. nice. Yeah. We're on Southwest heading. out there. >> Exactly. >> Jeez. >> That's what we do. >> Three connections. Mhm. For the good of. the ozone. >> Great. Unbelievable. That might be bad for. ozone. Three connections. [laughter]. Maybe. Three connections. Well, I'm not. farting out there like dogs. Yeah, there's more people, so Planes are going.

to plane. Yeah, exactly. Mhm. Anyways, there it is right there. I wonder why he grabbed the computer. >> know. I mean, that's just classless. And. he ripped the the cord, by the way, off. the back that connects it to the entire. thing. Got I had to fix the cord, thanks. Didn't even add that. Oh. I. Kind of pat your shoulder like, "Hey, well done.". >> Thanks, friend. Thank you. That's right. here. Just like we talked about. >> on the sh- yep. Thanks, D-Bone. Hey, Bone. Bone. [snorts].

Won't you go ahead and grab your iPad? You know. Yeah. Mhm. Meet coach. upstairs. Get him out of here. >> [laughter]. >> Get him out of here. Don't come near me, please. I That is the last time. >> Stay out there. Stay out there. >> Don't go anywhere. He's going to the. snack drawer. We all know it. Did I walk. past the snack drawer or somehow. >> Oh, HE'S ON HIS WAY OUT. OKAY, GOOD. HE. is much more of a. gentleman than we thought. >> Yeah. Mhm. Resigning before we have to fire him. >> He's probably going to get Cody. That's. phenomenal for this.

>> Nice of them. Thank you, Bone, for doing. that. For taking the. taking the decision out of my hands. Yeah. Yep. Cuz that's that's treason. Oh, yeah. You. kidding me? >> Big time. >> Punishable by death. Highly in some. countries. >> Firing squad. This country. How much. money is this thing worth, Edge, if you. had to guess? Remember Rick from Pawn. Stars. You never know what Show it to. the camera. Uh I would say. 10 to 12 million. There you go. Do you know what that does. whenever you talk about destruction of. property and stuff like that, the value?

Oh, yeah. Starts at 50,000. What did you. say? Uh 10 to 12 million. That's a That's I'm. underselling it, too. It's probably. more. That's what I'm saying. This thing. can get. And I'm not a big I'm a impressed. Chargers guy, but this guy's in jail for. Saturday. What is that? Randy Orton. wins? Yeah. Mhm. Victory. I'm not doing. it. Randy Orton will handle you, Cody. Yeah. Oh, man. Hey, if if the Bone comes. walking out Saturday night, we know this. is a bad deal. If he comes walking out. with Cody. Yeah, we will know it's a bad deal if he.

does that. What's his music? Does he. have music? Does the Bone have music? >> He comes out to WWE. superstar. WWE. that [singing] you want. I thought he. came out to his dad's music. WHAT'S HIS. DAD'S MUSIC? HE ALSO LIKES THE DON. MINOS. HE likes that one, too. Okay. All right, I like that song as well. >> Yeah, I mean, he just said that's his. favorite song right Okay. Uh. we have some people within the business. reacting to the security footage. Dan.

Hazen says this is CGI. This probably. isn't even Cody Rhodes. Could be. anybody. Probably Matt Cardona Hazen. It. wasn't Cardona Hazen, okay? Indie God. didn't come walking in here straight out. of a death match and go woo woo woo woo. with his bat and hit this thing, okay? That was the American nightmare, Mr. Hausen. Now, I think you got to do some. realizing on who these people actually. are. That's right. Good to know. >> I'm not worried about anything. Dan.

Hausen knows what's good for the. business. >> Yeah, he knows. >> Mhm. Dan Hausen knows. I still wouldn't get. very close to him. Sounds like he's. blinded by Cody. Yeah, that's what I'm. saying. This type of thing could. potentially be distracted. I need to stay away from that thing. Yeah. Exactly. Randy, it's okay. Can't. be cursed Perfection cannot be cursed. >> Bingo. But I need to for the go to my. being out there in Vegas, which I would. like to be positive vibes cuz we're. going to say something. Mhm. >> Yeah. Got to have the right mindset for that.

Sure. And also, I'm motivator Randy. Randy. can't see me No. >> cursed. No. No. No. No. That'd be bad. No way. Can't do that. There's no reason. for me to be any part negative towards. Randy. My The only thing I've done is. positive for Randy. Yep. I think. everybody kind of agrees with that. I. think even the wrestling community is. Everything that I have done has been. positive for Randy Orton. Mhm. They love. it. Yeah. Putting him over all the time. I mean, what else can you do? >> [laughter]. >> You know, in the lead up. in the lead up to this. I mean, it's.

What? You heard. Put him over all the time. Yeah. I do put him over all the time. Yeah. Uh-huh. Anytime I went in there, Yeah. spent a BUNCH OF MONEY AROUND HIM. >> [laughter]. >> I DID THAT. >> YEAH. WE did that. We are fans, and we just want to. motivate him. to make the business. better than it's ever been. >> Yeah. Exactly. >> Exactly. All right, AJ, we're going to. get the hell out of here. We got a. Thunderball game to play.

>> [laughter]. >> Okay, we got to clean up some glass. Yeah. And we got a Thunderball game to. play. Pickleball Slam 4 tonight, 7:00 p.m. on E S. P N. NBA last night obviously had an. incredible night of playing games. It. was uh electrifying. Uh obviously, what. LaMelo Ball did to the Miami Heat drove. some conversations today about what's. what's ethical what. what we doing here? >> Yeah. I'll say this. That was an electrifying. play-in game.

>> Yes, it was. Shout out to Charlotte for. providing that atmosphere, environment, and that game. I'm telling you, the baby. was the sixth man on the court for the. Hornets. He was on the court there. He's about to. pick UP LAMELO. GO, LAMELO. HE'S picking. him up down there. Picking him up, sending him out there. That's what you. need. You need the city showing up like. that, obviously, in a big way. And then. Portland's got a guy. Yeah. >> We've been watching him all year. We've. been talking about this guy. >> Trying to tell you. >> All year. He's been a pro for 9 years. now. >> Turbo. We've been talking about him. Avdija Avdija Yep.

Avdija Avdija is a problem, okay? And it. was nice to see you last night, pal, cuz. what he was doing was just spectacular. >> Fiery kid. It was a fun game of. basketball to watch him go for over 40. in a play-in game. And also, potentially. learn about his existence at the same. time. That was fun thing. That was a fun. little play-in game. Now, remember, if. you lose these play-in games, you find. yourself in a position that is like. completely screwed. You're in the middle. of the NBA. You're probably not going to. win the draft lottery. You're not going. to be able to rebuild cuz the amount of.

money you spent. You're kind of in a. purgatory situation. But if you get hot. during the play-in and go on a playoff. run, you can miraculously turn your. franchise into a much better franchise. over the course of what? 2 months, basically. Mhm. Is that Portland? And. then they what? They got Dame time. coming back next year, right? >> Yeah. Mhm. So, Dame time and Avdija on. the same team? Yeah, that could be good. And then obviously, Charlotte gets to. win. Tonight, though, Magic. Sixers. Steph Curry.

taking on the Clippers. Now, Clippers. conversation has been loud off the court. all year. Yes. Kawhi's playing. Kawhi's healthy. Kawhi's playing. >> Very good. >> Best year in a while. >> And what we've been told is all Kawhi. cares about is the playoffs. Yes. Yep. So, let's assume that Kawhi Leonard goes. bananas tonight. And who on the other. side? Oh, Stephen Draymond. Draymond, a. guy who we now know will punch somebody. in the face at a meeting. >> Yes. Okay, off the court.

>> Yeah, on the court he'll do it, off the. court he'll do it. And for that, we have. to. we have to genuinely show respect for a. man always being the same person since. the beginning of time. I think that's. And Steph Curry coming back from injury. lighting up the hoop. Is he going to be. able to lead Golden State from a 10 seed. into maybe an eight seed after a. play-in. And then, you know, the Orlando. Magic. Here we go. They got a lot of. good guys. >> Oh, yeah. They got all the guys. When. they're playing basketball, people go, "Wow, those guys,

they know basketball.". >> Mhm. Paolo's a dog. Paolo Banchero. He's. so good. So, the Orlando Magic. And. then, the Sixers. I mean, Paul George, obviously, over there. We love that. >> Tyrese Maxey, PJ Tucker, really a fun. team to watch, honestly. >> Cuz Maxey can float. >> Yes. Floats. >> Yes, he certainly can. Yeah, all right. So, tonight we got two more incredible. play-in games. Maybe we'll be able to. see the entirety of it. It won't BE. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. OH, DOUBT IT. [laughter].

26. >> ABOUT THAT? HUH? HAVE THEY HAVE they much talked about. why it happened? What it What's going. on? >> They said computer went down or. something like that. >> Hardware in the truck. Yeah, hardware in. the truck so a computer or an input or. something went down. Now, there is a. chance. and I'm not going to say this, but. whenever you're doing a live uh. broadcast, and we have found ourselves. now talking about this multiple days. We're not going to act like we are the. experts on this, but we have certainly. done it in a variety of fashions. Uh. strictly off a generator, off the other. power, bringing in a truck, being in the. back of a truck. We've done a lot of.

We've been a part of a lot of boots on. ground live productions in place. There. is so many things that can go wrong. So. so many things that can go wrong. whenever you're doing live events. That's why the CBS Masters 18th hole. thing, it's like, we have no idea if a. camera just glit like just blip for 30. seconds. Well, why did it do that? No no. clue. Well, it's resetting now. It's. like, well, how long is it reset for? We don't know. It It should be pretty. quick or whatever. It's like, those. types of things happen. They came out. and said something in the truck kind of. crashed. You would obviously hope that.

it isn't like a a timer was set, you. know, not expecting potentially going to. overtime, which we have seen happen. before. I've called a game and they had. the lights on a timer and they didn't. expect the game to go as long as it did. and all the lights turned off cuz it was. on a timer. Then we had to wait. That. was East Carolina. We had to I think it. was East Carolina. I believe it was East. Carolina. We had to wait until the. lights came all the way back. That was. like the old school lights that took. forever, but they had it on a timer and. somebody was like, you can't like that's. something you don't even really think. about. So, there's a thousand things. that could happen. They said they had a.

hardware issue. with this entire thing. Whatever the. case, it's seemingly. can happen, you know, like that is that. especially in overtime, your first run. with the playoffs and it's in the final. minute of playoffs. basketball that matters and it's good. like 24 seconds. One of the biggest. games. Yeah. So, but on that note, a lot can go wrong. So, anytime you see. these things go live, there are people riding the tech in the.

back like a bucking bull. Yeah. You. know, like there there's been. There's been shows that we've been a. part of where the truck has lost all. cameras. They they don't know, but it's. still somehow shooting out. to. live TV. So, it's like, what do you mean. the cameras have the the truck is gone. but we can't see what the feeds are, but. the feeds are going to TV. [laughter]. And it's like, okay, so what are you. going to do? We're going to stay on the. wide shot because we we can't see any of. the other feeds. It's like, well, how. long are we there for? Okay, we're.

resetting. We're resetting and it's like. that just is all happening all the time. for all these games and I think. everybody just assumes it's all figured. out, but it's like you got a lot of. humans in a place, lot of humans in a. lot of tech, lot of set, lot of. happening and obviously we should get. perfection especially whenever you're. spending billions of dollars on. something. You should want perfection as. well, but it's like all with tech, it's. a fickle man. Tech is a really, really fickle thing, I think and we've. seen it now. Masters potentially even. though Jim Nantz said this shouldn't. have been made in real time, potentially.

something else. He didn't really give an. answer and then with Amazon it's like we. lose some valuable time there. It's like. tech has the answers, too. There's. nobody telling the tech what's happened. The tech is telling us what the problem. is from our experience, basically. Yeah, for sure. I Going back to Jim. Nantz, he talked about the ultimate team. player when you talked about like the. broadcast and everything going on. How. he handled it was beautifully. Like gave. a great answer, but also stood up for. all of his people behind the scenes. Yeah, it cuz that can happen and he. knows at any time and it's probably been. so much chaos in his ears before.

HEY, WE'VE LOST FIVE CAMERAS. WE GOT TWO. CAMERAS. LET'S GO BACK TO 18. It's all. we got right now. Nothing's happening at. 18. Yeah, fill Jim, FILL. I GOT TO GO TO. 18. >> [laughter]. >> COMING IN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S those. things happen. Like that's why there's. people in the truck you see sometimes. there's like chaos. They'll only show. you the shots when everybody's like just. kind of. Yeah. Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> Merry Christmas to our families, you. know, but in the corner you'll probably. see somebody sweating. That's the tech. guy and he has had something happen that.

he has no idea why it's happening. He. can guess. There's an in theory sure. this could be the case, but with where. we are in technology now it's like. they're kind of trying they're telling. us. >> Got to figure it out. Dude, I. know. >> damn Bezos, figure it out. Especially. NBA, you got how many different things. you got to have to watch it your NBA. game? Oh, yeah. The Celtics. The Celtics. are on four different platforms to start. the playoffs. That's a completely. different conversation, but if you are. Amazon, thank god it happened yesterday. and not on Saturday or Sunday when it's.

going to be some of these six verse. three. Like if it's a playing, sure and. it does suck it was overtime like it's a. great game. Come on, figure it out. Great game. But like if this was tie. game, LeBron versus KD, 30 seconds left, like just as bad then. >> Now, I would like to say before the NFL. went to Amazon, Amazon was their first. streaming partner. Amazon had to prove. multiple times that they'd be able to. handle Yeah. a game. You know, because. platforms dropping, uh breaking, busting, overloading. I. mean, we've been a part of a couple of.

those just in our Yeah. We take our. podcast to a new platform, all of a. sudden the thing crashes, you know, and. it's like, uh that's a good thing, I. think. But also, hey, how do you let that. happen? And like, we're working on it. right now. We are recoding everything. We'll be back up and running or. whatever. And then that company sells. for like Yeah, well over billions of. dollars. Yeah, and it's like, well, wait, I know. Good for you, man. >> Yeah, man. Good for you. But on that note, the people that get it. in the back end and get into the coding. thing and all that stuff, it's like I.

don't even think they know everything. about everything at this stage. You. know, there was that What was that. documentary that was on Netflix about. what. algos and everything are doing for you. I forget the name. >> that scared everybody away from phones. and kids with phones. Yeah, that one. scared me a bit whenever the Google. person came on and was like, nobody. knows what what why it's happening. Social dilemma was the name of it. Some. guy from Google comes in and goes, nobody knows why the algo's doing what. it's doing right now. We can try to like. kind of We can say, hey, this is. actually a good thing when you do this, but it's like it's going to decide.

whether or not it wants to do it and. whether or not our prompts are the right. prompts or not. It's like. we're kind of just in their world. Now, granted, when they're operating, like right where I am just looking right. now. I mean, we got PTCs, PTs. I mean, we got everything. The amount of wiring. that that goes to every single thing. that has to be perfect and every It's. like uh. it's a crazy thing. Can't have it in. overtime. >> Can't have it in overtime. Cannot. Cannot. And also, if we're going to have. I need something better than elevator. music with technical difficulties. >> Yeah, that would help, too. I need. something I need something better. Like. a. uh hmm Cuz they had to choose what that.

was. Oh, like the YouTube TV the the zen. thing. Give us a zen thing. Yeah, the. zen's the zen's not bad. >> No, it's not bad at all. I'm in the. mountains. Yeah. Yeah, nice garden. Beaver laying on his back at some creek. somewhere. >> And Saturday night. just terrible song. Good luck out there, streamers. We appreciate you investing in sports, though. We like that to continue to. happen. But yeah, that is where the old. legacy brands who've done live events. for a long time kind of have they've. been through the war so many times. But.

even they mess up. >> Yeah, all the time. So it's like there. there is. >> happen more often like From what we know. now. Yeah, from what we know now I I. don't know how it does happen. >> I can't remember that ever happening. with an NFL game on a I'm shocked I'm. shocked a network in maybe in my. lifetime with at least in the last 30. years. I can't ever remember there being. any kind of glitch in an NFL game. And. there's like triple-check, double-check. on everything, too. That's probably how. they got to this point of what they got. Cuz anytime there's a live broadcast, it.

feels like well, this is a bit overkill. This is a bit overkill here. Do you need. all of this? And they're like Yes. You. better have it than not have it, wouldn't you? And it's like I guess so, but even those. go down. >> Yeah. And then transition from one to. the the backup, the transition from the. regular to the backup is its own thing. anyways. Do you even I'm telling you. if we were to write a book about all of. the that has happened whenever we. do the live stuff or what we've seen, these shows should not be up on the air. No. I mean.

Jackson State. is that was that was where Coach Prime. was, right? >> Yeah, Mississippi. We were in a There was no. >> Yeah, you said there was like no. infrastructure for internet. >> No no no we were out there and somehow. they said we're in Montana. It was. negative 13 or whatever. Had to cut the. generator to the heater because we ran. out of power to be able to send the. signal out there. I'm like, are we on. the air right now cuz none of the TVs. are working that we can see. Cameras, yeah, right. Can't see. Who knows if. those were on. And it's like, are we. live on air? They're like, yes,

everything's still going. The heater's. not working, the lights aren't working, that's not working, but we are still. sending the stream. It's like, how? I've. no idea how it works. And uh the techs is the tech that's. doing it is like, We're the captains. now. Yeah. Seriously. We got your back. Until we don't. >> Mhm. And on the flip side of all that, we have streamers walking around the. entire universe and they're perfectly. streaming 4K quality anywhere they want. That makes no sense either. >> Yeah, they got a backpack guy next to. him with a LiveU plugged directly into a.

phone. Mhm. I think they have to go to. places where LiveU is big though. >> Yeah, I don't think those are flawless. >> LiveU is a collection of phone services. made into one particular thing. It's a. It's a device, it's a little block you. can put on your back. We've looked into. it a couple times for our live shows. >> Speed was using touring Africa? I think. all of them. And that That might have been Starlink. though. That might have been. uh Starlink wherever it's at. >> back It was like $30,000 a backpack, right? Well, it's the box that's really. the the box is inside that you're. buying. And then the backpack obviously.

I assume there's some radiation. protection. Oh, I hope. I sure hope. >> there has to be something. But yeah, it's great technology. I love what. they're doing. Those streamers, man. It's crazy. >> That's a full commitment. That's a full. commitment of your life to. entertainment and I respect it. I I do. wonder what long term what happens, you. know? That's a lot of time on air. Mhm. Oh, yeah. A lot of time on air. And just broadcasting where you are. non-stop. There's a lot of wackos out.

there. Yeah, old buddy got punched. yesterday. >> Exactly. >> Yeah. Yeah, that's. And on that note, we're done here. We. gave away two [laughter]. We gave away uh too much on where that. was. Yeah. If you're going to take. somebody's title, I guess you shouldn't. just display it all over the place. Unless you know it's yours anyways. Yeah. Cody, that title can be sitting in your. plane, but you know where it's headed. Randy Orton's shoulder. Yeah. Saturday. night, WrestleMania, we cannot wait to. get out there and change the business,

save the business forever. Stack card, should be a blast. And if I see you in Vegas at one of. these wrestling events, off. Now, they don't like me over here, either. Mhm. So, I'm letting them know. Mutual. Yeah. And don't you be saying go home, Pat, cuz I am home. When I'm in there. That's right. With Randy. You're the guest.

And we're trying to. That's a sweep. Something that dead could never. No. couldn't do. That's right. Ah, on the marquee out there. I don't. know if they're paying me or Randy for. that. >> [laughter]. >> Mhm. Going to have to have a little. conversation about that whole thing. Did we want those wrestling marks to be. able to see that big of us? I don't.

think so. They don't deserve that. No, they do not. Do you think they deserve. that size of Randy Orton in their life, on their eyes? Yeah, right. >> They're going on a chair as well, I assume. >> Better not. I don't want those stupid, stinky butts all over Randy Orton's. face. If those are the seats, you fatsos and. disgusting bums do not sit down. >> Yeah. Do not sit on those. Do not chant go home, Pat. I am home. You sound stupid. And don't look at this. You don't.

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night might your life we're all in this. thing together. We're going to have to. CLEAN THIS UP, CODY. JACK GUY he should sit. As punishment. Bones will probably clean up with his. teeth. Bones should. Bones left the building. So, maybe. that's better for all of us. Good. Is he. Is he still walking? Is he just walking. down the street now? >> though. He's Yeah, he's tired now. >> got a tiny little car out there that we. could literally go flip over with two. hands and he probably hopped in that. little. >> it? He probably hopped in that little. toy car and drove his ass to wherever. that plane was headed for Cody and said, "I did your job, Cody." I didn't even. think about him being in on it. I just.

thought he was stupid. You mentioned AJ that he was in on it. I. didn't even think about it. True treasoning. Yeah. Piece of Be. a friend tell. >> get a lie detector in there, you know. that. Good call. Or that serum that you could. inject him that makes him tell. >> Yep, yeah. Either one works. Either one. All right, I like it. Be a friend tell a. friend something nice it might change. your life. We're all in this thing. together. Team on me. Team on three. ONE, TWO, THREE, TEAM. GOODBYE.