The Pat McAfee Show Live | Wednesday June 18th 2025

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[Applause]. [Music]. Hello beautiful people and welcome to. our humble abode. The Thunderdome on. this backto back Stanley Cup Chomps June. 18th 2025. This program begins now. Sports are happening in a champion has. been recrowned. Ladies and gentlemen, last night the Florida Panthers. completed the journey of a back-to- back. Stanley Cup championship run.

for the 13th time and have become the. eighth franchise to accomplish such a. feat. Congratulations to all the Florida. Panthers fans and the Florida Panther. Okay, Darius J. Bull's pouring a beer. and the baby Lordo here. It's. celebratory. of back to back. Obviously, that would. not be a celebratory beer. Of course, not Darius J. Butler here. nine-year NFL. vet, lifelong Florida Panther fan. And. if you go back 5, 10 years from now, Florida Panthers were absolute [ __ ].

Nobody talked about that. Over the last. few years, though, they have become a. dynasty through and through. Two Stanley. Cup championships, three straight finals. in a team that is locked and loaded to. represent hockey, how hockey is supposed. to be played every single night that. they step onto the ice. So many stars, so many studs, and a guy in the net that. you never put a question mark next to. Congratulations to the Florida Panthers. becoming an official dynasty down there. in the elbow room has been popping off.

just like Darius J. But Buckler has been. all morning walking around with this. particular tarp. Hey, great great time. to have one. You mentioned five, six. years ago. That is not water or pop. That is beer. That is that is gold. So, so apple juice maybe. Um, but yeah, you. mentioned five, six years ago. I. remember growing up been in elementary. school, middle school, and you get like. the honor roll, you get a little, you. know, coupons, get two, four tickets to. the Panthers game, you know, get some of. Publix, get a pub sub, maybe get a. couple Panthers tickets on the way out. So, Barry Zto and the boys have built.

down there backtoback champions, you. know, been in the Stanley Cup final. three times in a row. I mean, unbelievable. Uh, shout out to the last. everybody that Who's that? Uh, Scary. Barry. Scary guy that runs the facility. I'm sorry. Bill Zoto. Bill. No. Barry. God damn it. Everybody down in the elbow room. celebrating. It's for you. For all the. last down in South Florida. Here we go. Yeah. To the head we go. Congrats to the. Panthers and full beer in that thing.

That would be much. Maybe about to work. You're there in spirit. That's what it's. all about. You're there in mindset. I'm. going to beat you. You're there in. sobriety. Mhm. Yeah. Stanley Cup is. going to be taken into the ocean and. Stanley Cup is going to be taken onto a. beach and the Stanley Cup is going to be. dumping beers off the top of the elbow. room for the next foreseeable months. Uh, as you look at the summer, we. currently have a live shot from the. patio cam down there at the elbow room. Obviously, the place is packed out. outside. It spills into the streets. Everybody down there is having a blast. enjoying being the state of hockey. Back-to-back Stanley Cup championships.

is obviously incredibly difficult to do. A lot of people say you got to get lucky. with injuries, but then we learn. afterwards that their stud Matthew. Kachchuck, the man who represents what. American hockey is all about. Hell yeah. Dog. Dog guy who's been good to our. program, has come on our show and. chitchated about the culture down there. Had a chance to get interviewed after. winning his second straight Stanley Cup. And this is what he had to talk about as. an update on how his life has been since. the uh four nations. Basically, I uh I.

tore my adductor off the bone and then. had some hernia thing and all on the. same side and wanted to throw in the. towel um. a bunch of times. I'm sure I I I got to. thank a lot of people, I mean, for. getting me healthy enough. I'm sure I. wasn't the easiest to deal with. I mean, my fianceé did a great job at the house. uh on days where I probably wasn't the. uh in the best mood coming to the rank. the trainers maybe when I wasn't in the. best mood when I was in pain. I I just.

owe them so much to doctors and uh I. really didn't think I'd be playing and. uh or at least playing to my. capabilities. So, the the longer the. playoffs went, the better I felt. And uh. I owe that to the guys for giving me. some wiggle room to feel good. Yeah, just got a skate. Don't worry about the. adductor that is ripped off the bone and. then hernia on the same side. And then. you think about that compounding on top. of all the physical other physical. ailments I assume happening through a. hockey season. You earned the right to. have that particular moment in the.

middle of the change room as the entire. place is going upside down to pink. [Music]. What a banger. Absolutely. Daughter. McKenzie loves that song by the way. I. would like to thank Miss Ran. Mhm. for. that song because uh that was the first. one me and my daughter really started. dancing to and now she has the rhythm of. the beat every single day of her life. Uh but they were celebrating with that. afterwards having the time of their. lives because this is so much hard work. the hockey life. Okay. Obviously they.

play a [ __ ] ton of games. Let's go to. Nikki skates in the back. How many games. in a regular season is 82. Then you play all the playoffs. Best of. seven serieses. Then you obviously have. preseason everything like that. So you. got like you know 95 100 games. Okay. And hockey is brutal. The ground does. not give at all. You know, like people. talk about the surface of turf uh being. hard. The old astro turf is hard. Uh. obviously uh grass can be hard, but at. least there's a little bit of give. Even. if it's on top of concrete, you you put.

it there. Ice is just concrete. Okay, that is hard. That is what that is. The. amount of falls. The pads they have on. they have pads on, but it's if it's what. kickers pads used to be like when. they're walking out there, just not real. pads. And then obviously they're playing. with a puck that's getting shot, you. know, 100 miles an hour and they're. putting their face in front of it. So. the amount of beating that these hockey. players take throughout a season just. playing hockey, let alone if there's. something a little extraordinary like a. big time shot, maybe a cross check to. the teeth, maybe to the back, something. like that. You just get your ass beat.

for 82 games during the regular season, then oh yeah, now it's the most. important time of year. So, for a team. to be able to do that all season, then. to be able to climb the mountain of the. best uh seven series in the some would. say the most intense playoffs because of. how fast it's going, how much is at. stake, how much could change, and how. these barns get these barns are. outrageous. You think back to some of. these teams that were involved. Carolina. Hurricanes in the Kia, I mean, that was. a hell of a run during this entire. playoff run. There was none of the big. six, the original six teams that were in.

the playoffs this year. So, everybody. wondered how it was going to go. Well, the hockey was fantastic. The Stars. showed up in a big way. Conor McDavid. was all the way to the finals yet again. They lose yet again. Now people are. saying McDavid needs to get the hell out. of here. He's gone. Maybe. So many. different storylines developed and then. one came to a beautiful maybe beginning. This dynasty in Florida is seemingly. going to be impossible to stop. They. have a lot of free agents. Yes, they do. And we have some good news. We'll be. talking to general manager of the. Florida Panthers, Bill Zitto, in about.

an hour or so. And I cannot wait to ask. him a lot of questions about what he. does going forward. Hey, let's live in a. moment. Bill, okay, this guy used to be. an agent, okay? Obviously, used to be a. coach for hockey. He loves the sport of. hockey. Now he's general manager of a. dynasty in the middle of it. And you got. some big names that are up there. I. think three of the top five pending free. agents in the NHL are all Florida. Panthers players. This group is very, very good together. Going to have to. lose some people. Obviously, not going. to be able to pay everybody. How do they. keep this going? Who knows? We shall. see. What's that, D? Maybe Bill can.

figure it out. But um I mean the boys. that the the squad is stacked and uh. everything that you seen after it just. shows you who they are as a team. Real. family like and I love like every team. kind of does their own thing when they. win the Stanley Cup. Obviously it starts. off with the captain getting out there. But them passing that thing off to all. of the first time winners of of a cup. regardless of what role they played on. the team, how much time they played. Some guys didn't even play for them to. get it. And obviously it gets to Marshia. who's won one before and then it goes. around was just unbelievable moment and.

that whole squad is stack. Hopefully. hopefully ZTO can bring the guys back. but it's tough. You know how it is. A. lot of money. I don't know how he'll be. able to pull it off especially in the. NHL but maybe they will because they. understand what they're in the middle of. which is uh chasing alltime greatness. when it comes to conversation. Let's go. to the talks table obviously at Tai. Schmidt at Boston Connor. Marshy goes. down to Florida. Fits in perfectly for. them especially as Kachchuck is out. Marshy was able to fill a role. Then. they finally are all able to get back on. the ice and it's magic immediately. Culture fit the way he plays. He's not. scared to be a menace. And it's a team. full of menaces that play hockey in a.

tough menacing fashion, but they're also. wildly skilled. He got a chance to play. on the third line against maybe lesser. opponents than he had when he was at the. Boston Bruins. Wins a cup immediately. His second ever Stanley Cup. You know, maybe this is just the beginning of his. Florida Panther run. Is he going to be. remembered forever as a Florida Panther. because of how great he played in this. particular postseason? What a time for. Marian to get traded to a team that's in. the middle of a dynasty. Yeah, it's. awesome. You know, when the Panthers. first won the cup, those first few. moments, you're pissed off. Okay. As a. Bruins fan, not only just cuz hockeyy's.

done, but just the thought of Brad to. what you just said, hey, people might. only remember remember him as a Panther. I don't think that'll happen cuz it has. occurred in the past where legendary. Bruins have left. Ray Bourke wins the. Stanley Cup. He actually brought it back. to Boston. But I was so pumped for. Marshy immediately. You know, you're. kind of cursing the television dropping. names that probably don't need to be. named that have nothing to do with. hockey. You know, I was still mad at. some Knicks fans. I called them all. pissed off. I I'm pretty sure I said.

some bad things about John Melanchamp. again last night. We don't need to do. that. No. No. Exactly. You don't cuz. then you remember like, "Oh, it's so. nice that Brad Marshian's able to do. this." And he's one of those free. agents. I think he does end up staying. There there was a tweet about just the. team in general about how close they. were, how you know on the road sometimes. people get dinner at different points, but usually it was the entire team. Usually it was Bill Zitto picking up the. tab for the entire thing. I think. something like that. Yeah, Ecklad who's.

another free agent, one of those top. guys, is the one that kind of talked. about that entire thing. But it does. make sense for everyone to say, you. know, Florida being the no state income. tax. You talk about that with football. be how important that is. I'm sure with. hockey it's just the same. And then you. think about, you know, the scene that. they have right now in South Florida. That is the coolest place to win. anything, whether that be, you know, a. Stanley Cup or Marie with the Cup right. now at Elbow Room. Live shot down there. from Elbow Room. Yeah, that it's.

unbelievable. And I don't know if you. guys saw Marshy's family kind of to do. the Players Tribune thing and they, you. know, were leaving voicemails for Brad. or I don't know how they do that. if. they send him to the players tribute and. then they put together a video. Like. just being pumped for Brad, especially. after the disappointment the Bruins have. had the last few years and how big of a. part of the Bruins he will always be. having him, you know, lifting the cup. How sweet that is. It is. It's awesome. It stinks if you're not a Panthers fan, but it's cool. Early reports are that. there's already been a couple dings to.

Lordo in the overnight celebrations. Uh. there are some shots at 1:30 a.m. of. Reinhardt, I believe. Uh Barky, sorry. Barov captain goes onto the ice and uh. lifts up the cup alongside the arena. employees. There's been a lot of. celebrating obviously we just saw Marshy. out there at uh yeah 135 Barov brought. Stanley Cup back out to the ice and they. celebrating with you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Who knows how the suite is but that's an. entire building operation. I think last. time we talked about uh to people in the.

Florida Panthers organization after they. won a Stanley Cup. They're talking about. how the entire building counts and it's. like when you're talking about culture. they got it. You know, you talk about. going out to dinner and 99% of the time. Bill Zto picked up uh the check. We need. to check what that does with a salary. cap. The Pittsburgh Penguins fans have. some questions. But with that being. said, your GM is paying for your guys'. meals as you're all eating out together. at this professional level. It's like. that's what you're looking. You're. trying to bottle that as much as you. can. And whenever it's a lot of the like. I saw a Dairy Queen trip too, I believe.

was reported about how they uh on the. road they all went to Dairy Queen. together, then they uh lost or. something. They were like, "You know. what? we need to maybe do this at home. as well. So, they all went to Dairy. Queen. It's like they all live in the. same area of town. They all do the same. thing. They're all enjoying warm weather. and being on the beach like 35 minutes. away from here as Foxy's uh computer. rings, I do believe. And uh. Yep. Yep. Yep. That is what it was. They're living like a a great community. life down there. Now, business is going. to get in the way cuz you win a Stanley.

Cup, you're a part of the dynasty, everybody wants your [ __ ] you know? Like there's going to be some people. that going to offer a lot of money, I. assume, to some of these guys because. they're going to want whatever that is. in their building. Will they be able to. sell the future down there in Florida? I. have no idea. But I do know Sam. Bennett's back. Yeah. And this guy won. the con Mike. He was the favorite. through this entire thing. He's free. He's one of the free agents. Oh [ __ ] CH. eight more years. Oh [ __ ] No way. they're going to let him go. So the. future's going to be good. The future's.

going to be good. Sam Bennett's gone. Marshy potentially leaving their same. act going Marshy ain't going nowhere. just I'm telling you though this is a. lot of work for Bill Z to have to do. this offse and it sucks that we're. looking ahead already because of how. great they were but it's like Sam. Bennett with 15 goals in the postseason. they said he was the odds on favorite to. win the K smite Brad Marshon made a run. at it they're late because of how great. he was and obviously the whole team is. incredible but it's like what a what a. run by a group coach Mo afterwards was. asked uh you have been on the record of.

saying this the most talented team and. your favorite team you've ever been. around and it looked like he didn't want. to say his favorite team because. obviously all your former players are. listening and he said that but he said. this is by far the most talented team. and the tightest team that I've ever. had. What a beautiful thing especially. when you're already been to the top of. the mountain. You have that type of. culture in place. It's uh that's going. to be tough to to emulate if you're. anybody else in the league right now. You got to be hoping that Bill Zo can't. get the deal deals done with these guys. and if he is able to it's like how long. can this go? It feels like they're very. very very very ready for the run. It it.

does look like because I mean you look. at Marshy's 30 going to be 38. Like does. he really want to go to a new team, a. different team, a worse team and try to. win there or would he rather just, you. know, take whatever deal the Panthers. can give him and try to go on a run to. end his career and potentially get in. the NHL Hall of Fame. Um and then yeah, I mean Sam Bennett's the one he's 28. years old. U he's the one who's going to. get, you know, the biggest price tag, but if like when you we talk about this. all the time in in the NFL, Florida, that state tax is a real thing. Like. there's there's gonna be a lot of teams.

that can't compete with that in that. situation. So there's a chance these all. these boys stay together. It's a. lifestyle, too. Drop golf carts to the. beach. Yeah. Go golf. You know, do you. think I mean, look, this is tampering. No, no, no. I mean, everything they're. saying is is is basically recruiting as. well, the pitchers. I mean, it's just. part of it. It's it's real. You're just. telling the story. But you talk about. the the the talent and like the culture, how much they love each other is one. thing. Obviously, you need the talent um. as well. But you mentioned uh Sam. Bennett kind of been the odds one. favorite like it was like four guys that.

could have realistically you know won. it. Obviously Marshy uh Bobby in net. he's been all all world pretty much the. whole run throughout should Rhino. obviously he wasn't going to win it but. Rhyno had four goals last night in the. closing game like so you talk about. depth Seth Jones coming over from. Chicago fitting right in I mean this is. unbelievable what these guys done from. the from the uh ownership obviously it. starts with ownership GM head coach and. then the whole the whole squad man I. thought about Rhyno with that hat-tick. last night people at the Stanley Cup. final like I this is a good hat. Yeah,

sure. But but but got a got a new 2025. Stanley Cup champions around the corner. Yeah, you're right. Right. Hey, replace. Throw that thing out there. What a. moment in the Stanley Cup final clincher. having a hat-tick that is uh the way. they've been celebrating. I mean, there's more videos coming out of the. elbow room. Obviously, the dumping beer. I mean, the South Florida as a. Pittsburgh person, Pittsburgh Penguins. person, when South Florida wins a title, it's very easy to just say they're. hockey, they're not it's too too warm.

down. You guys don't even got ice. Don't. want to hear don't want to hear it. You. know, it's hard not to just say that. Then you watch the way they acted. Then. you watch the way the team plays. Then. you watch how the fans react to how the. team plays, which is a hard-nosed style. It's like the team and the fans go hand. in hand. like the fans love that that's. how they play and it's like they got. some dogs down there and I think their. fan base obviously only going to. continue to grow if you continue to win. Now speaking of continuing to win, we. need the Pacers to do that because the. NHL is over now.

It's a good run. It's a sports good run, Oilers. Maybe next year, Connor. Well, maybe he goes to another team. Uh, yeah. The Bru I thought, see, I thought he was. talking about me and the Bruins. And now. you're talking about McDavid going to. the Bruins. No, he was talking about. McDavid. Sid. He needs Sid to teach him. how to win. Oh, Connor McDavid. Yeah. Yeah. He's thinking about coming to. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I know. He's. very close with Stoner as well. You. think he's going to Las Vegas? He might.

He needs someone of his peers. Stoner is. great, but he's not. People in Edmonton. right now are like, "Boys, please. We. saw this with Wayne, okay? We don't need. this together." Oh, I mean, yeah, you. could finish the Gretzky uh story. To be. honest, I wouldn't mind him at the Utah. Hockey Club. Oh, the Mammoth. Excuse me. The mammoth and and. brand. mammoth. Tusk tusk. I wouldn't mind him. there either. I think that would be kind. of cool. Hockey Town would love him.

What? You guys bought a team still. That's great. Yeah, you know, one of the. most historic teams in the whole league. We could really use a Conor McDavid. Who. owned that team for a long time? You. know, uh, Mr. Pizza Pizza himself owned. it when the team was very, very good. Father Illich, we love him. Rest in. peace. Uh, ever since he has passed. away. Hasn't been quite the same in. Hockey Town. That's why we need a Conor. McDavid. Yeah, I think you know the Red. Wings are certainly one of those teams. that's been playing hockey a long time. Virgin 6, thank you for your service to. hockey, Detroit. Thank you. But I mean,

it's very nice. say hockey town. I mean, you go back that live shot of Elbow. Room. That's the hockey beat you guys. That is if you pan a little more to the. east, you will see the Atlantic Ocean. But that that's why this one's so much. cooler, man. Like you just mentioned it. about the fans. Like last year, there. was probably so many people who were. like fans of the Panthers who probably. hopped on the bandwagon towards the end. in the playoffs. Like that that that's. what happens when you, you know, a team. is in your city and you're not really a. fan of them. this year probably all.

those people followed the team the. entire year. The the amount of new uh. Panthers fans that are like newly die. hard good for hockey. Yeah. Great for. hockey and not like new bandwagon fans. like new genuine Florida Panthers fans. being there like it just it is sweet. that they went back. I don't know if. anybody's drinking out there. That look. like more of like a bal. pour a beer. Yeah, that's like get a. couple in there. I guess there's a. couple people just ah boom. Yeah, I.

guess you get a couple drops. Might be. one guy with a huge out there. You know. who's that guy that DJ that throws the. cakes? Steve. Yeah, Steve A. Unbelievable. Yeah, he's a gun cakes. Cakes. Oh, you never seen this [ __ ]. Have you ever seen this guy? No. I mean, I know who I know. She cake or whatever. I think is what it's called. It's this. [ __ ] huge thing of cake and there's. like a a. like a I don't know what's that thing. you put down to like bake so it doesn't. get stuck like a baking sheet underneath. and this guy will no handle I don't.

think no handle just takes this thing. and then he and we're talking like dude. like that wall yeah like 15 what yeah he. has a miss 15 yards like I'm thinking. first down shooting a basketball right. to my bum bang Bang. Right here. Boom. I. don't know if he's still doing it. I I'm. pretty sure he did. Actually, funny. enough, I think like last month I saw I. saw one of him doing it at a festival. You've never seen this? It's over. I. know who I know is. I never seen this. gimmick. It's a great gimmick. He was.

just busting out these [ __ ] she. cakes, too. I mean, now who wants. someone on someone's shoulders? Boom. Duck on her with the sheake. It'll. be in my go now. Anyways, NHL. Yeah. Here he is. Hold on. No handles. Okay. You want it? Yep. You asked for it. Let. me get you. Oh [ __ ] Look at that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Skill. This was the. video that I was actually referring to. Good find in the back. Zto. Yeah. That's. And you can get it. Wow.

Pretty square shot, too. That wasn't. like a glance between the arms. Yeah. That's incredible. It's impressive. And. we'll see if he gets down to elbow room. Maybe toss some sheet cakes as the boys. continue to toss beer from the Stanley. Cup to the wild Panther Nation that is. now celebrating being backto-back. Stanley Cup champs. But once again, a. reminder, cold one, ice cold like the. ice they were skating upon in the beers. that they are drinking currently. Uh the. NHL is over. Yeah. God damn. Now all. eyes are on tomorrow night. Mhm. Here in.

Indianapolis, Indiana as the Indiana. Pacers look to extend the series. They. lose and the Oklahoma City Thunder are. NBA champions. They win and we go to. game seven down there in LA time, Oklahoma City. All eyes are on that man. That is the biggest on the right side of. the graphic. Tyrese Hallebertton. It is. being chatted about that he will be a. game time decision for the Indiana.

Pacers. Obviously, he's the Olympic gold. medalist. Uh uh some people are calling. him the moment, which I don't think is a. nickname that will carry past this. particular playoff run. Although he has. shown up for all of the moments up until. this point, incredibly clutch, even. though he's voted the most overrated. player in the league by people around. the NBA. So this guy, front of the. program, absolute dog, has changed the. way this Pacers team and culture is in. Indianapolis since getting traded here. from Sacramento alongside Pascal Seakum,

who's been traded here from Toronto last. year, fit in perfectly, was an NBA. All-Star, was the Eastern Conference. Finals MVP, is a guy. who would be a star on any team he. played on. We got a great group here, but will Tyrese play or not? M there was. a calf soreness reported. There was an. ankle before that reported. It's been a. few games. It feels like if you've been. watching and now obviously he has not. played his best basketball. I think it.

is potentially difficult as a. basketballer when your ankle and. potential calf and all the other stuff. I don't foot the reporting has all been. like lower leg injury. We all see it. though when he's running. I've sent. messages of well wishes. Have not pride though. Do not want to. get involved. game time decision. If he can walk, he'll play. And that's. why we love you. Oh, yeah. Tyrese. Now, on the other side, there's Oklahoma. State team. Yeah. They seemly are uh. fit, fresh, and uh ready for the.

challenge. Yeah. They're a very good. ball club, aren't they? Yeah. They're. good outfit. Mhm. Yeah. And their fans, I think, if they were to win, would. appreciate the moment. And that parade. Oh, man. Oh, man. Legit. Yeah. Think about the. scenes that are You remember Cleveland? Yeah, when Cleveland had the parade and. it was like the whole state came out. I. was in Indiana. I even thought about. going, "Ah, man. I have to think about. heading over to Cleveland. This looks. like this would be a good time, you. know, for LeBron.". And then they were shutting down flights.

into Cleveland. Do you remember that? They were shutting down transportation. into Cleveland at one point because. there are so many people flocking for. the parade, the first ever Cavs, shutting down transportation in there. So then you think about what Oklahoma. City will do. We've already seen them at. 3:30 a.m. at the FBO's on their flights. back from finals games. I assume that. entire state will show up for this. Oklahoma City Thunder team. What's the. population Oklahoma City? 20,000. Uh, you don't know the. population of the team you're trying to.

take down. That is an issue. That is an. interesting thing. I should know. I. think they got 13 guys on the roster. I. think that's who we're trying to beat. That's who we're trying to talk. No, 15. 15. Big three and a little 12 from Who. said that? You did. Population of Oklahoma City. 72,767. That's of 2023. You never know. A lot of. people updated Indian. Well, Indianapolis. 879,293. [Music].

Tulsa, Oklahoma, 411,894. So that's Tulsa and Oklahoma City. We. know there's other cities out there. Oh. yeah. Still Water. We love those cities. out there. Uh-huh. Boomer Boomer Sooner. Land. Norman. Absolutely. Norman, Oklahoma. That place is awesome. Uhhuh. Uh what's the what's the Oklahoma City? Uh Still Water. Said that one. Water. We. check that one off the list. Uhhuh. Hey, that Oklahoma uh University.

of Oklahoma. That place was awesome. Yeah, that place was beautiful. Great. game, too. Great game. That place was. awesome. They have a stadium for their. uh softball team who I am a big fan of. Yeah. I wanted to showcase a little bit. better. Yeah. And it's as opposed to the. complete opposite in that entire. potential conversation piece. But that. place was wild. Yeah. That that fan and. now with the Oklahoma City, you know, with the team that they have, they're. young, ready to go. So you talk about.

like the Florida Panthers fans enjoying. all year. Oklahoma City all year their. fans have been like, "Hey, we're the. team. Nobody's talking about us. We're. the team." So, the amount that they have. to feel like fulfillment about what. they've been saying about their team, I. assume that parade and that celebration. would be epic out there in Oklahoma. Yeah. And they've already been through. it. Like Kevin Durant, Russell. Westbrook, they go to the finals. They. have like a potential dynasty on their. hands and then those guys, they lose, I. believe, to the Heles and, you know, they end up blowing that team up. eventually and so they never get back to.

the finals. Like, they've been waiting. for this for a long time. The reason, you know, Seattle wants a team so bad. again with the SuperSonics is because. they moved that team to Oklahoma City. because Oklahoma City was such a great. fan base and now, you know, unfortunately it looks like they are. going to get the job done on Thursday. and then think about that parade. possibly on a Sunday or a Saturday. I. mean, it's the summer so it doesn't. matter as much. But still, if no one's. working, I assume they call off work in. the state of Oklahoma no matter what.

Yeah. assume the governor will come out. and say that it's deemed a holiday or. something like that. Like that's what it. means to I I don't think that gets. talked about enough. You know, I don't. think it gets talked about enough like. how much these teams do for these. cities. You know, it always comes up. whenever there's a new stadium or a new. arena that needs to be built and there's. potential tax dollars going in. Once. again, not a fan of that. If I was a. billionaire, I would want to own my. building. I wouldn't want the state to. own the building. But there is a uh. business method that uh owners use that. have state funds get used during taxes.

and everything like that. So it's always. a debate on whether or not the state. should send money to a new stadium or. not. That is kind of the reason why. teams leave. Usually that is the big. talking point. So I feel like you should. always own it. But whenever you like. when you get a team that is representing. of the entire city, there's nothing that. can bring or cultivate people more. Like. these Indiana Pacers games, the people. that are showing up at those games, the.

people that are outside of those games, everybody in our city, like everybody in. our city, like surrounding areas, everybody in the state, even parts of. Ohio and Illinois is just like it. rallies everybody. the amount of. business obviously downtown the amount. of money and revenue that takes place. obviously immense but just a sense of. like pride that these smaller not that. New York doesn't I'm not saying that cuz. I was in New York whenever everybody was. in the streets you feel it but out here. it is like it feels like it it's an. entire state verse everybody like. whenever Canada had Toronto on their run.

they were like it was the entire country. of Canada was representing for Toronto. that's how it is and I feel like. Oklahoma's the same way it's that entire. area pulling for them and uh Indiana's. the same. I hope Tyrese plays and I hope this. thing goes seven. But if Oklahoma City. wins this, which there is a chance I I. don't want to I you know there is a. chance that Oklahoma City wins. Yeah. Yeah. The whole thing. There's a chance. I've come to the realization that there. is a chance. What do books that the. Oklahoma Yeah. And it's changed. It's.

only gotten worse. Yeah. The numbers as. well and the sports books that have been. on, but it's like I've come to the. realization that the Bers might not win. It was a good season. Gotta play the. game. It's not over. Gotta play the. game. You can you can celebrate this. season at least. Like last year, we. talked about how, you know, after the. Eastern Conference Finals, you can't. even talk about it being a good run. This year, you can talk about this. Pacers team as legendary. They fell they. fell short, but still. We got a game to. play that way. I don't like the way you. That's why I haven't even let it creep.

in because the way you guys are acting, I don't need you getting me walked into. Well, who did we pick yesterday in the. hockey game so we could get another. hockey game in game seven? the Oilers. And I'm not doing it again, okay? Because I came in here this morning. Bone, that [ __ ] idiot. He He goes, "Oh, I thought everyone was on the. Oilers. I thought you were on the. Oilers." It's like, "No, I just want the. Oilers to win for another game. I'm not. doing that again." Okay, we all see the. writing on the wall. It's over. [ __ ] I. I like It's not over, man. We got.

another game. Oh, you're not going that far. But these. Pacers have been good to us. Great to. us. If Tyrese isn't somehow miraculously. 90 to 95% come tomorrow. 90 to 95%. Nobody's 90 to 95% at this stage. Exactly. So it would be a miracle. But. that's that's currently what they need. They need that. We can't we can't be. trottting Tyrese out there at 60% and. say, "Hey, go do what you did all. season." When Tee comes in triple. Well, we know Tee is going to be going 125%.

Bingo does. We need Tricky Ricky to pull. a rabbit out of his hat. That's what we. really Yeah. And he does. He has and he. does. Maybe we come out a 13-1. Okay. Tomorrow night. Just trapping trapping. the ball. Trapping. Maybe they come out. and just walk off the court and say, "You know what? No, we're not playing. without our best player." What the And. then nobody will ever know if they would. have won. Bingo. And then what? Oh, it's. not a bad idea. That's at home. That's. going to be a tough move to do at home. Yeah. But everyone will cheer for him. like Yeah. I don't think so either. I.

don't like the way what's happen. I. think it's It was a two-point game, boys. Come on. We can't give up. Thank. you, Foxy. Foxy's on my side. Yeah. Yes, sir. That's why I I didn't Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. More Tony Bradley, please. Wrong. Bingo. Yeah. Let's get. Tony Bradley running the point, maybe. Todd. All right, let's talk about some. uh what? We uh we have breaking news. From the elbow room. Oh, Lordo is. leaving the building. Okay. You know. where it's going now.

Matthew Kachchuck, I believe, has his. golf cart outside of the elbow room to. go back to the lifestyle that the. Florida Panthers players are living. Um, they just roll around from their house. to different places on golf cart, go to. practice, get better, go get in golf. cart, pick up the kids, go go have some. ice cream, go back to the house, maybe. go golf a little bit, get a lift in, and. then just put that on repeat for their. entire lives. That's what life is like. as a Florida Panther. It'd be tough not. to want to be a part of this. I'm saying. if you're coming back or if you're a. free agent, be real. Is that Rhino next.

to him? Who's next to him? It's so Rhino. right there. Sam Reinhardt. Yeah, it's. so hard to tell because some of them. shave their playoff beards. Yeah. And. it's also hard to tell because um I. think it's going to the other. know what these guys look like. Yeah. We. uh we don't really get to do the. FaceTime as much with these Kachchuck. We know Kachchuck sunglasses veteran. play. Been there before. It's his second. Stanley Cup. you know, he he knows like, hey, by the time uh 12:30 comes around. Eastern, my eyes going to be pretty.

bloodshot. Might be tough to keep them. open with where I'm at, but would like. the body to continue to party without. getting judged by how my eyes look. Yeah, I'm tired. I haven't slept. Yeah, I'm pretty drunk. Yeah, been. drinking out of this thing. Yeah, dehydrated, too. Yeah. You think I'm. expected to keep up my hydration levels? Look at these. I can't open my eyes. You. finished 105 game season. Put sunglasses. on. Nobody question this goes. This guy. looks cool. Yeah. Look how cool this guy. looks. He's got it all figured out. They're veterans and celebrating the. Stanley Cup now. And them giving it to. the first time winners first was. awesome. It was awesome. That is a cool.

play. That's like that team in a. nutshell. Cannot wait to talk to Bill. Zto at 1:15 Eastern time uh to chitchat. about how do you create a team like. that? What do you look for? Right. Yeah. And maybe Dubis up there in Pittsburgh. will take will hear or share ideas or. think to himself, man, that's how I feel. about picking a team because it feels. like they got it figured out down there. Yeah. Feels like they got hockey figured. out right now. And I assume they are a. monkey see monkey do league as well. So. people trying to build a tough physical.

skilled team is a good thing for hockey. as a whole too cuz they are fun to. watch. All right, let's pivot away from. the NHL because it's over. Hell of a season, though. Good run. NBA. still got two good games left. Hopefully. two. two. no chance. Two more games left in the. NBA. And then what are all eyes upon? Uh the W. Agreed. Club World Cup. Agreed. The.

opens. Not the Club World Cup. Definitely the W. Especially if Sophie. Cunningham is going to continue to fight. people for messing with Caitlyn Clark. because it feels like Caitlyn Clark is. going to get treated in a certain way in. this league for a long time. She's not a. rookie anymore. Okay, she's already. proved herself. She's one. And then. there were some, you know, ladies last. night that were trying to go a little. physical. And in last year, I think. something we noticed and I think a lot. of people noticed is when Caitlin would. get bullied, nobody would do nothing. That's right. Nobody would do nothing. It was like, hey, they didn't know like, whoa, whoa, I can't believe this is.

happening. I can't believe people were. doing this. Two Caitlin Clark teammates. weren't jumping in there. They bring in. Sophie Cunningham. I had no idea Sophie. Cunningham was a black belt at the age. of six. Yeah. Boom. Wow. JC Shan, that's. cute. You want to poke her in uh in the. eye, then push her into a boom. May. everything. Go ahead. I'll take a take. foul and you'll eat the deck a little. bit here and then uh we'll get I love. it. I like Also, I know people aren't. going to like this. I like the. Connecticut team doing what they did as. well. I don't like the blind side cheap.

shot. I don't like the poke in the eye, but I don't mind the physicality. Yeah. I don't mind a little bit of like uh. competitive how you doing, keep it. moving. Especially at the WNBA with how. much is at stake. You know, right now. they're at a pivotal time. There's CBA. coming up. I think uh I believe there is. a some sort cuz remember they're talking. to hold now. Oh yeah, that's right. Yeah. So there is some sort I believe. there is a CBA coming up. So it's like. there's an opportunity now. What is the. pivotal time? It's like having good. having good basketball good having cheap. shots not good probably but having like.

good competitive fire I think great and. if Caitlyn's going to continue to pull. up from the [ __ ] logo she will and. drop it with no hesitation last night. double team step back sideways. how you doing keep it moving then how. about her to the to the bench afterwards. with a you like that yeah it was a you. like that but that last one right here. this is a. get to it get to it get to it. The punch. is a uh I'm the one. and she punched somebody. No, she.

punches herself. Oh jeez. Oh no. She. punches herself and she basically says. like yelling in the face like uh [ __ ]. with me basically. It was awesome. As. soon as I watched it, I I was so. excited. Let them know is my entire. thoughts cuz they were both they were. trying to body her. Oh yeah. They were. trying to body her a bit and she just in. their face answers. Hi. dog. Mhm. Sophie Dunning coming in there. too. She was barking the whole time too. underneath the hoop at that when she was. grabbing the head. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Is. that who is that like who she is? She's.

like an enforcer. Yeah. Yeah. It feels. like she was potentially brought in like. a James Johnson type role for Tyrese. Hallebert. And it's like thank god we I. think this is a good play, not a bad. play. You always you always need need. some uh I don't know if they still call. them. You need some goons on your team. for sure. Especially when you have a. start a star like that. Yeah. when you. have a the golden goose just like MJ was. when you had his teammates who kind of. protect him at times when the dirt bag. uh Detroit Pistons had those MJ rules. So, uh this this is what the Grace is. going to go through. Candace Parker kind. of went through this. She came in the.

league. Uh but yeah, Caitlyn Cart's. going to continue to deal with it and. you know she's a dog. She's she's an. [ __ ] She's a competitor. Uh she's. cutthroat and I love it. And what did. this get him into the Commissioner's. Cup? The final They won the East. Let's. go. Wait, what? They won the East of the. Commissioner Cup. Okay. Yeah, we're. representing on the east Commissioners. Cup and then on the West, we shall see. You know, there's a lot of great teams. up there and uh we'll be excited to see. who we got to take on for the first ever. Commissioner second ever. Uh I I think. it's the second or third. Yeah. Say I.

think Commissioner SC, come on. Let's. go. We want that. Kaitlin Kaitlin's. awesome. And watching her in the games. are electrified. Even if one of the. reasons is because how the other team. acts towards her, that's a part of the. reason to watch and then like watching. her figure it out. last year she's a. rookie and she was being treated like. she like this but the whole season and. her just having to transfer from like. okay Iowa into professional basketball. and then how she navigated it changed. her game and then also.

over she started taking over last yeah. she's the one it's it's a league filled. with a lot of greats I'm not saying that. she's the only talented person in the. WNBA I'm not saying that but she yeah. this is a part of the reason why she is. awesome to watch like she is a needle. mover She's done a lot for Indianapolis. already. We're appreciative. All right, let's move away from the WNBA. Good. call. Uh we won't be focusing on the. MLB. Uh but we will pay attention to MLB. stories. Yeah, I think that's I mean a. lot of baseball left. So, yeah, but. mostly NFL future conversations. Sure.

And golf. Ladies and gentlemen, let's. put those two together. Joining us now, a man who will be a. fairway side reporter. for the travelers. He's inside the. ropes. He's inside the ropes for the We. got a golf insider. I believe uh pundit. analyst insider. uh for golf and then senior NFL insider. at ESPN. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam. Sharp. All right. What are we doing out there? Let me get my let me get my voice ready.

for tomorrow. Let's whisper and see how. it's done. How Rory Maroy and Keegan. Bradley are going to hit them from the. fairway. Are we all ready for tomorrow? I think we are. I think we are. Okay. So, what are you? You're going to have. that little pack on your back that. you're going to have the uh the. connection and the ears. You're going to. have a handheld and you're going to be. following them on the course. Is that. your role tomorrow? That's my role tomorrow. Basically, it's. 18 holes with Rory and Captain Keegan be. walking and honestly look I mean Robert.

Damron is going to provide golf. commentary. All the people back in the. studio. I'm just there to observe, have. a little bit of fun. I love golf. I love. watching these guys in all honesty. On. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I. watch ESPN Plus. I'm like in this golf. pool. I watch my golf or whoever I pick. that week. I watch every shot that he. hits. So, this is just taking me up. close and personal to these guys. And I. had the chance to meet Rory last. October. Jack Terraputo, the producer. for Happy Gilmore, invited me out to New.

Jersey. They were filming for the day. And it was a day where Rory was there, Scotty Sheffller was there, Bryson was. there, Brooks Keeper was there. Got to. hang out with those guys for a morning. It was kind of cool. And uh yeah, now we go out tomorrow to. Cromwell, Connecticut to the Travelers. Championship. And I'm honored to be a. tiny [ __ ] part of the broadcast. Yeah, ESPN Plus obviously has a lot of. different streams to cover uh golf this. year and more specifically the. Travelers, which is a signature event. this year for the PGA. who's got a new.

CEO who we are all pumped up about in. the rollup world. Let's go Brian. Let's. go Brian. Uh how much of this do you. plan on doing in the future? Cuz I. remember whenever Woge retired um there. was a thought that the other insiders. are maybe just pick up basketball and. then you were potentially going to. become a basketball insider alongside of. a football insider. Are you thinking. about becoming a golf insider as well? How much more of this coverage are you. going to do? And uh what are the. opportunities here other than just. tomorrow?

Well, I I mean it's just tomorrow is the. opportunity to be honest. But I I do. think there is an opening in the golf. space. Yes. And I think that in time. that's something that would interest me. Like I love what I do. I'm very happy. doing what I do. I want to keep doing. it. But I've done it for 35 years, too. And you know, if you have grilled. chicken every night, every once in a. while it's nice to have the stir fried. chicken and just mix it up a little bit, right? Yeah. And so try some different.

things. And that's all this is. When. when I did the NBA sidelines, that was. unbelievable. Like I love it. And you. know what it's like in the sports world. Like when you were playing football, Pat, if there are athletes and. entertainers that show up in your. universe, they love to be a part of the. football world and people in the. football world love to be a part of the. athletes and enter or the entertainment. and artist world. So there's a little. bit of overlap there. And I love. stepping into a new venue where I don't. know what the hell I'm doing tomorrow. I'm just there to try to observe, watch,

learn, have a little bit of fun, and. we'll see what happens. I have no idea. All I know is. uh I'm thankful to have the opportunity. and hopefully I don't disrupt Captain. Keegan and Rory and their back swings or. anything like that. Well, Rory needs a. pick me up, so maybe you'll be the one. that does it. And uh get him swivel. Yeah. May Yeah, Rory's been tossing. clubs. Pretty good club tosser, though. If I might add, maybe the best in tour's. history. That that little bounce pass to. himself with the club. I thought he was. going to maybe throw it again. Could you.

imagine he throws it once, not good. enough, throws it again. That would have. been two club throws and one club throw. That would have been a couple a combo. out here. We hope he's in a better mood, better spirits. Hopefully you're able to. do that. Let's talk a little bit about. football, shall we? Big conversation in. Baltimore right now. Go ahead, Dud. Oh, yeah. Lamar Jackson's making a little uh. wave speaking about his former college. teammate, Jire Alexander. Um, we got a. little video right here. Accomplished. cornerback available. Have you gotten a. chance? Go get him, Eric. I love all our. corners, don't get me wrong, but go get.

him, Eric. Have you gotten a chance to. talk to Jaier about coming here? Yeah, I. hit him up. I hit him up, but you know, you don't know. You never know with. Jaier. That's my boy, man. Obviously, that's a franchise. quarterback speaking there, so that's. going to make ways. But, uh, what is the. market out there for Alexander right. now? Well, I think the thing is is that he's. got interest from other teams like. Carolina is interested in Gier Alexander. and there are other teams that are. offering him I think more money than. Baltimore can. But that relationship.

right there cannot be underestimated. I. think there were college roommates. together, Lamar and Jaire. And we're. talking about Lamar speaking to Jaier, but it's gone both ways. Jaire's also. reached out to Lamar. And I think that. there's a mutual interest on both sides. in somehow having this happen. Now, if. they can get it together, great. If not, then they can't. But definitely the. Ravens are in the conversation, and I. think wherever he goes, the chances are. it's going to be a one-year deal. He. gets to become a free agent after the.

season. I think that's been part of the. goal here, and he can hit the free agent. market with a fresh slate uh after. hopefully having a strong season. But I. think Carolina's in play. I think. Baltimore's in play. I think there are. some other teams in play. And we'll see. ultimately what Jaier wants to do. Love. the Carolina's in play. Love everything. about that. And shout out to the. Panthers fans maybe seeing some happy. times with your team as opposed to. laughingstock which they had been for a. long time. Let's talk about him saying. he wanted to be a free agent after this. year. Basically a pro year. Well, you. would want to win then. You would want.

to win like so you would you would. certainly right cuz prime time games is. probably what you would same. conversation we have with the Panthers. Like you want to obviously you always. want to pluck if you're another team and. pay guys that are coming from winning. organizations. Yeah. know you would. think that the Ravens would have let. alone him being best friends seemingly. with Lamar Jackson and anything we know. about that Baltimore Ravens culture like. Jaier would be great as a Baltimore. Raven coached by Chuck Moano yeah Chuck. Mo's in that building would love Chuck I. mean that would be a great relationship. between the two but why don't hey come.

to Indianapolis I'm here come to. Indianapolis. only thing with Gy's health if he stays. healthy and he he plays how he's always. played in the league he will be one of. the highest paid corners in the league. I think let's talk about the sack king. of the NFL. Go ahead, con man. Chefty. reports about Trey Hendrickson and the. Bengals talking again were reported. Is. that real? Is that kind of BS? Is this. the Bengals front office getting this. out there so that they kind of look like. the good guy here? Uh and do you expect.

this deal to get done for about 30. million? Well, they're talking again, but they're. not any further along. like they're. talking it doesn't mean a whole lot. right now. Uh it'll mean something if. and when they can figure out a way to. get a deal done which they've been. unable to do so far. And you know I. think there's a disagreement over value. And I think most important there's also. a disagreement on length here. A length. of deal. I think that's also an issue. here. Um the Bengals would like a. shorter deal. Hendrickson would like a.

longer deal. And they can't even find. common ground on the length of the deal. right now. Now again, it's June 18th. So. if it's still not solved by July 18th, that's more of an issue. If it's not. solved by August 18th, then that becomes. a real issue. But I think Trey. Hendrickson is absolutely frustrated. right now and disappointed with the way. this whole thing has gone. And we see. some of these other pass rushers getting. paid. Um, and look, it's in the best.

interest of both sides here, the Bengals. and Trey Hendrickson, to get a deal. done. Where are your highest paid guys. right now? The list is going to be. increasing. Micah Parsons is going to. become the highest paid defensive player. in history at some point this summer. He's going to pass up Miles Garrett. And. so, I don't know that that has a. dramatic effect on Trey Hendrickson, but. it could have some type of effect. And. look, Trey Hendrickson the last two. years, more sacks than anybody. Led the. league in sacks last year. A guy you.

want in your locker room. But again, they're talking, but they're not any. closer to a deal today. Okay. So, they're talking, not closer to a deal, but at least there's communication. happening. You know, because for a long. time there hadn't been, which I think. Trey felt kind of disrespected by, if. I'm picking through the way he has. handled this entire situation, even. going to a voluntary day. Hey, how you. guys doing? Yeah. Where's the media? Uh, this is all [ __ ] You know, he. didn't say that exactly, but basically. how he explained it is last year, two.

years ago, I thought this was gonna. happen. Last year, I thought this was. gonna happen. I was told if I do this. again, I've just got the most sacks out. of anybody. Three years feels like the. right one in my normally this would be a. three-year type deal. Are you thinking. that Trey wants longer? Cincinnati. Bengals won less than that. I I think that I think that uh uh the. Bengals would like a low deal, like one. year. Oh, okay. One year. They would. like they would like a trial run here. Uh improve a year for Wow. I think they.

would like to boost what he's gonna make. probably for the final year. Wow. Is. right. Like kind of what they uh Giants. did with Saquon, right when he wanted. that running back deal. Yeah. They like. boosted it for like uh 3,000 or. something. Yeah. 3 million or maybe. Austin Eckler. No, Ekler had the boost, but with Saquon, he had the tag and then. they gave him like a 10.5 million. instead of 800,000. So maybe they're. just trying to give him a boost and hey, you're going to make this. We're trying. to boost it up to this and then you'll. be free. Well, interesting. Was the one. that was like $3,000 more dollars. Yeah. Yeah. Pretty That one was disrespectful.

Yeah, that that one we thought, oh jeez, I don't know if we want that one to make. be made publicly. Okay, so that's Trey. Hendrickson in the AFC North. Let's stay. in the AFC North with a quarterback. tackler. Go ahead, Tone. Yeah, Shifty, you talked about uh Micah being the. highest paid defender of all time, passing Miles Garrett. You did not. mention TJ Watt passing Miles Garrett. What's the latest on that situation? Do. you think he will get more than Miles. Garrett? I don't know he's going to get more than. Miles Garrett. I think TJ Watt's going. to get a nice strong healthy deal. And I. think at some point in time the two. sides will be able to figure out a way.

to get this done. And I can't imagine. that TJ Watt wouldn't be there for the. start of training camp that Pittsburgh. would not get a deal done. We heard Mike. Tomlin last week at mandatory mini camp. saying that both sides working to make. it happen. But TJ was serious here. Like. he's seen all the money that's gone. around and and he wants to make sure. that he gets rewarded in the appropriate. way. And again, I just think that these. two sides will be able to figure out. I. think Miles Garrett is in his own class. Like Micah Parsons is four years.

younger, I believe, than Miles Garrett. and had more quarterback pressures, more. wins against opposing offensive linemen. Miles Garrett is a Hall of Fame uh. defensive end, a Hall of Fame pass. rusher, but Micah Parson's had numbers. that beat his and he's four years. younger. And that's why I think Mike is. going to become the highest paid. defensive player. TJ Watt's going to get. a really, really strong deal, but I. don't know exactly where it's going to. come in. I think I'd be surprised if it.

was higher than Miles Garrett. How come. everybody just assumes that deal is. getting done? You know, that's that's. how it's been. He missed mandatory mini. camp. Everybody's like DJ Watt Steelers. deal. It's the Steelers. Yeah. Thank. you. Just because you think the Steelers. will definitely get it done. They they'll figure out a way. And he's. so important to that team in that city. that it's hard to imagine that they. wouldn't figure out a way to get it. done. But he has to think that they're. not going to get it done, right? That's. why he didn't go to mandatory. Yeah. No, no, no. He said he opted to absorb the $.

107 plus,000 in fines by not showing up. at mandatory mini camp. That's a big. statement to make. Like $107,000 is a. lot of money. But if you're talking. about 35 plus million a year, what's. $107,000? So he could afford to make a. statement. That was what he opted to do. Tell them that he's not happy. He's so. unhappy that he's willing to stay away. and that'll continue if the deal is not. done in the right way. So when this is. like 38,17,000.

a year, okay, for the next uh three. years or whatever it is, uh we can. obviously laugh about the fine, but. everybody's just saying the deal is. going to get done. The deal is going to. get done. The deal is going to get done. And it seems like with the way TJ's. operating is he doesn't think a deal at. this stage is going to get done. I'm I'm. very intrigued by that. Like I and I. think JJ talked, JJ Watt came on and was. like, I just feel like from my. perspective, whenever you do these deals. earlier, you save yourself grief, you. save anxiety, you save money, you do all. these things. So whenever it continues.

to roll out, it's like Trey's dealing. with it now. Obviously TJ was dealing. with it. Miles Garrett was dealing with. like money can solve it, but it. ultimately Jerry Jones normally has to. deal with this cuz he passes it off. It's like that number just goes up and. up and up and it's like if you're going. to get a deal done inevitably get just. let's let's get a deal with them. Especially with TJ the record of when TJ. plays versus when he doesn't for for the. Steelers I forget the exact number but. it wasn't with Aaron Rogers. Yeah. Like. who wants to hold out longer? Does the. team want to hold out longer or does the. player want to hold out longer? Somebody.

the Cowboys love Jerry Jones likes it. The drama. Yeah. You think that he likes. the drama? Yeah. You know Sheffley just. said Michael Parson will be the highest. paid. like why not just get that done. now before somebody else. I remember. when Jim Ersce said Andrew L's going to. be the highest paid quarterback in the. history brother. Everybody was like just. lost a lot of leverage there. Don't. care. Don't care. We all see it, brother. It's like yes we do. Yes, we. do. All right. Intrigued by it all, especially the decision makers and how. they go about doing things. Last. question for you. Speaking of that,

there's a brand new decision maker in uh. the land of cheese. Go ahead, Ty. Yeah, Chefy. We've heard uh from Packer's new. CEO and team president Ed Poly about. some of his new policies. Uh and he. basically said, "Hey, I'm not ready yet. to give extensions to both Matt Laflur. and Brian Goodakinst." How pivotal is. this season for the Packers? Not just. for the team, you know, to kind of take. that next step, but like I don't want to. say these guys are on the hot seat, but. how pivotal is this season that the. Packers perform well? I thought that was.

a very interesting statement. He said a. couple of interesting things yesterday. He mentioned something about the fact. that the Packers uh aren't exploring. options of moving. And I'm like, the. Green Bay Pack, when did we ever hear. about the Packers moving? So, clearly. there's something going on with the. stadium that the team is not happy with. right now that he's trying to get. rectified and using some leverage. And. he brought up the fact that he's not. ready to extend Russ Ball, Brian. Gutinst, and Matt Laflur. And I think. Gutinston and Laflur have two years left.

on their deal. This is a time that a lot. of teams uh would be doing deals if you. believe in your guy. Right now, Ed. Policy's taking over and I think he's. just taking a wait and see approach. The. coaching market, the GM market is what. it is. It's not like by waiting it's. going to cost them a whole lot more and. each guy will have another year left on. his deal after this year. But I I just. thought it was interesting that he would. even open the door there to start that. conversation because at the end of the. season, everybody's going to go back to.

Ed Policy and say, "Where are we at on. Brian Gutin and Matt Laflur?" And he set. precedent by talking about it now. So. you would expect that he would be once. again willing to talk about it after the. year and we'll get a stance. If he all. of a sudden says after the season, I I'm. not talking about that. Well, that's not. a very good sign for those guys. So, I. think we have an idea of where he's at. right now. Wait and see. Both guys have. done a great job. I would have thought. that they'd be taken care of, but he's.

waiting and seeing on them both. I think. uh if you asked him, he'd say. Ed Poly's policies are stern but fair. Yeah. He's saying I'm going to have to. see it with my own eyes. You know, I got. ideas. He's appointed by a board. Yeah. So then if the board has appointed this. guy uh and he brings up the we're not. thinking about leaving Green Bay that. means there's probably some sort of. something. Could you imagine the Green. Bay Packers leaving Green Bay? That'll.

never happen. We can just end. Tai's an. owner of the Green Bay Packers. We can. end that right. Ed Policy was also the. guy who basically started like the Title. Town expansion. So like he he knows. what's going on around there. He's going. to make sure that that Ed Policy's. policies are good. Yeah. Bingo. He was. also general counsel. Like Ed policyy's. a bit of a big swinging dick. So, he. just needs to kind of get into his own. here. And he will. I like it. I kind of. like it. Put their feet to a fi to the. fire a little bit. I'm tired of hearing, hey, this is the youngest team like. Packers are coming on. They might. challenge to win a Super Bowl this year.

and then you get, you know, a first. round playoff exit. I like it. Hey, let's go. Let's go. Let's have a deep. playoff run and then we'll talk. Great. first round of the draft. Great host of. the draft. Anything uh else we should be. chitchatting about either golf or. football with you as we come up on a. hard out? Uh no, but we wish good luck to your. Pacers here tomorrow night. That's a big. game for your team here and we'll see. whether Tyrese can go. That's a big. deal. Certainly sound like he was going. to go and now they're listing him as. questionable. Uh I'd be surprised if he.

didn't play. Boom. Love that. Ladies and. gentlemen, senior golf. and NFL insider at ESPN and Adam Sher. Thank you, buddy. The band man. The band. man. Yeah. Brad Marawn. Uh, looks. awesome on top of a car down in Florida. right now. Uh, cigar in hand, coffee in. hand. Saw that. Uh, Surf Side. Spiked. coffee or iced tea. Spiked iced tea. I. iced tea. Elbow beer. He ain't leaving.

What? He ain't going. I saw a video of. Sam Bennett just like just taking in. everything and speaking to the crowd. He. ain't going anywhere either. Um, ladies. and gentlemen, as we get out of here, we. head to ESPN 2. The College World Series. continues on the other side of this. break. Ty, who's playing, and what do we. need to know? We got Louisville and. Coastal Carolina next. Coastal Carolina. is undefeated. If they win, they will. move on to the championship series. If. Louisville wins, then there'll be like a. little bit of a mixup. Basically, right.

now, we have two teams who have not. lost, two teams that have one loss. We're If you lose two games, you're. eliminated. So, we're just trying to get. to the championship series here, which. will be a best two out of three. Should. be a great game. The game starts at 2:00. Oh, [ __ ] Well, okay. Hey, so we got an hour here to. kind of, you know, chew through some of. the stats and everything, but yeah, a. deeper dive. We'll do a deeper dive on. the other side. That's right. Like one. hour from right now. Perfect. Be a. friend, tell a friend something nice.

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Hello, beautiful people, and welcome. back to our humble abode, the. Thunderdome. On this box took Wednesday, June 18th, 2025. Hour two of the program. begins now. Sports are happening all around us. We. have a Stanley Cup champion for the 2025. NHL season. And that is once again the. Florida Panthers. Hell yeah. Big win. last night as Darius J. Butler, 9-year. NFL vet, South Florida native and. Florida Panther die hard fan celebrates.

here in Indianapolis as all of South. Florida has turned once again into. hockey beach. Yeah. Hell yeah. Lordo has. been bouncing around down there uh near. Fort Lauy and Sunrise, Florida. From the. elbow room to houses, I assume to a golf. course later this afternoon as the. Florida Panther boys enjoy the hell out. of being crowned the best team in hockey. for yet another season in the middle of. a dynasty. Congratulations to you, Darius Butler, having a hell of a run.

Thank you. Congratulations to the lad. giving us a team to be proud to root for. and uh yeah, is that going to happen in. any other sports? I mean, Dolphins do. Dolphins are on the clock, but the Heat. in the LA, you know, the Heels, they had. their run. They went to four straight. finals. Now, we got three straight. finals with the either Marlins. Marlins. won a couple of those things. So, Dolphins been, I think, 26 years now. since we've had a playoff run. So, that's great time to have one here. You. guys might be trying to trade for Kevin. Durant allegedly. Uh, that could maybe. change some things down there. I don't. know if that's going to be his final. destination. I did uh I saw some people.

comment whenever we posted another Kevin. Durant update that uh is there anything. being talked about every day we're. talking about Deon Durant nothing really. huh it's just kind of Yeah. Oh yeah it's. a it's fluid though it is a fluid did. say like hey this could happen in the. next couple days so that kind of creates. the urgency of like hey we got to be. talking about this because Durant's. about to get traded. And behold it's. been several days since he said that. And then now there's a report that uh. Shams uh said that uh the Phoenix Suns.

are going to trade for whatever the best. is for the team even if it is not a part. of Kevin Durant's uh desired destination. or I saw that as a lower third. I didn't. hear the interview though. Yeah, saw saw. that as well. I think the Sham the. biggest Sham's tidbit that he has shared. with us that that he didn't even mean to. was that the Spurs are going after a. different somebody a different. superstar. Yeah, that on their timeline. as opposed to the Kevin Durant timeline. Yeah, I think that I don't know if he. meant to say that because he just kind. of slipped that in and then you kind of. pushed him on it a little bit like Yeah,

cuz he said they're packaging pieces for. maybe another star on their own. timeline. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. What does. that mean? I think it means there's I. mean there's one team, the Boston. Celtics, that have stars that are in the. range of the Spurs stars. Like KD, I. love KD. I I want KD on the freaking. Celtics, okay? but he's 37 and all their. players are in their early 20s. So if. you were looking at the Boston Celtics. like a Jaylen Brown who's still in his. 20s, who's still in his prime who would.

have not just one or three years with. WBY. He he is the exact piece they need. They have a point guard with Fox. They. have WBY. They have Castle. If they were. to add like a wing like Jaylen Brown, they they would legitimately be perfect. So, you guys would get the number two. overall pick, too. Or what would you. guys do? I mean, yeah, that that would. be the thing. The Celtics would get. probably the second overall pick. I'm. sure, you know, Brad Stevens has some. sort of plan. And then, I mean, whether. they stay at two or they like someone. who was probably projected a little.

after those top three guys, maybe that's. what they do. Maybe they try and trade. that pick. Most craziest offseason ever. is what Seam's called this offseason. We. shall see if it lives up to the hype. You know, Joe Naro would never do this, and I don't think any meteorologist or. weather people here in Indianapolis. would do this, but it does feel like. every once in a while, seemingly every. storm is the biggest storm of all time. Correct. It's coming. Yeah, bunker. You know, and then they get the Doppler.

up. Oh, this one broke up here. Actually, we're interrupting the show. that you want to be watching right now. to show this Doppler of this area that. is nowhere near where you live. and. you're being forced to watch it because. that you see we got these triangles here. and it could potentially hit you and. then oh we're gonna go back to your. scheduled program. Okay, because it. wasn't that big of a deal. Every once in. a while a big storm will come but. normally it's a boy who cried wolf type. situation. Sure. You know and that type. of thing for the NBA it's like whenever. I don't know about the NBA but in sports.

whenever they say something big is about. to happen it's been a dud for us. throughout our run most of the time. Yeah. this show, right? And that kind of. So, whenever I hear Shams go most. craziest ever in the moment, I get real. excited. I'm like, "Oh, that's going to. be great." And then once like reality. settles in, it's like we always kind of. get sold that there's a dream. And I. think it's because a lot of teams are. very active. And then when it push comes. to shove to make an actual play, do you. do it? That's why that Luca to the. Lakers thing was so huge because it's. like what? That type of conversation. happens. It never really takes place. So. maybe the NBA's wild. Maybe Kevin Durant.

moves. Maybe the Boston Celtics do a big. time trade. Maybe there's a lot of. movement, maybe there's none, which has. happened in the past. There has been. some movement on a massive, massive free. agent in the NFL. The talks of tables. here at Boss Connor and at Tai Schmidt, you're going to want to hear this. One. half of the hammer Cowboys AP tone, you're definitely going to want to hear. this piece of news. Live from an attic. in Ohio, a college football national. champion, a Super Bowl champion, the. all-time leading tackler for the Green. Bay Packers, AJ Hawk is here. AJ, and I know you know this, former.

captain of the Green Bay Packers, Jaier. Alexander, has signed with the Baltimore. Ravens. Wow, that was quick. Lamar. Jackson's words to Jier Alexander's ears. and the Baltimore Ravens have signed. Gier Alexander to join that Baltimore. Raven team that is yearning for a Super. Bowl. From what Chefer told us is. probably a one-year deal looking to. become a free agent after this year. Did. that change in negotiations? Who knows?

Jaier feels like a perfect fit with the. Baltimore Ravens culture. And once. again, the conversation is can he stay. healthy, right? That's the entire combo. Dutch, that's the only conversation when. it comes to him. He's still in the prime. of his career. Great ball skills, can. play manto man, can play zone. Then you. put him in the secondary with a guy like. Kyle Hamilton, young superstar. Maron. Humphrey coming off one of his best. years uh in the NFL. Uh Nate Wiggins, young corner. They got out there with a. lot of talent as well, man. Some some. great pass rushers up front. Chuck P.

back in the building. This is a great. great signing for the Baltimore Ravens. Love that Lamar came out, spoke publicly. about this guy. I'm sure he already knew. kind of the wheels were in motion. Him. been in the building getting it done. while Sheffy could have told us. Sheffy. had to know he was in the building. But. um this is great news for Gy and the. Ravens. Yeah, Eric Das getting the deal. done. Let's go to AJ Hawk who said in. the group text, uh he'd be a great fit. Why do you think that? just because of. personality, style of play. What are. your thoughts? Yeah, I mean, all of the. above, D, but you know, there's not. really like Gy can kind of do it all.

when it comes to how he covers, but I. think just especially if he's on a. one-year kind of prove it deal, let's. get to a big old contract. Gy would fit. in beautifully with that secondary. because this dude has some moxy. We know. what he's done. Like, we know the whole. captain situation where he thought he. was going to be captain, he was in his. hometown, all of that stuff. But I just. love I think he'll fit in beautifully. cuz I think when you get a change of. scenery like this and all of a sudden. he's going to be like reinvigorated. The. question obviously, can he stay on the. field? If this dude's on the field, he. absolutely makes plays every single. game. And also, it's going to be very.

easy. Everybody knows who Jaier is in. the NFL. Like, everybody knows exactly. how he's going to be when he gets in. there. But you have the franchise. quarterback basically co-signing you. immediately upon getting into the locker. room. That makes transition very, very. easy. Not that it wouldn't be for Jaier, but I'm just saying you get dropped in. there, it's going to be just like Marian. whenever he got put in the Florida. Panthers team. It's a perfect fit all. the way around there. And then you have. to wonder the Green Bay Packers said. enough. They were just moving on. Ty. Schmid. Yeah, I think it was more so. just like they wanted him to take a. pretty big pay cut. And he was just.

like, "No, you know, you you signed me. to this deal." Like, I'm not when when. I'm healthy, I'm one of the best. quarterbacks in the league. So, I think. it was it was always trending towards. this. But for him too, like this is by. far the most talented secondary he's. ever played in. You know, for the. longest time when he was in Green Bay, he was kind of the glue that was holding. everything together. And it was, you. know, kind of just like a bunch of a. bunch of dudes and then Jire. Uh so for. him to go out there and not have to be. the one who's necessarily always. shadowing the number one receiver, you.

know, he kind he can kind of just fit in. like I I if he can stay healthy, I. expect him to have a massive year for. the Ravens. Todd, the Ravens are loading. up. What are the Steelers doing? Uh, we. brought in a four-time NFL MVP. I mean, the underachiever. Yeah, that. conversation's awesome, you know. No, I. mean, the Ravens, the second four-time. NFL MVP. Underachiever, dude. Yeah. I mean, look, I get it. What's this guy done?

Well, we're talking about the Eagles. You know what that is? That's ring. culture. And that's Ring Culture is. [ __ ] Okay. All right. Well, that. whole thing I think it has to matter a. little bit, you know, like I think. there's uh there's there's such a such. an interesting, you know, like. underachieve. Okay, I guess he didn't. win enough rings, but then whenever you. compare I think this is definitely why. Tik Tok for sure. Yep. It has to be. It's a good game. Yeah, 1,000%. But good. news, we just got back on at 109.

We just got Uhoh. We got banned from Tik. Tok uh for gambling. For what? new LRAP. So, ESPN Bet obviously has been doing. the LRAP here. Uh we don't have. commercials during the show. Uh so I. that's a little bit different I think. whenever it comes to linear marketing. and sponsorships and uh kind of creation. of the show and innovating the entire. industry. Um so you know the Lraps. though are some are certainly very real. Not that we created LR wraps but you get. it. And they made a new one and they.

added this whole thing here. And Tik Tok. was like, "You just think Yeah. No, they. banned us." Yeah, you're banned. It's a. good deal. Tik Tok doesn't like good. deals. Yeah. You bet 10, you get a 100. bucks in bonus bets. Wow. They do that. anywhere right away. Where's the fine. print? No. Yeah. Well, you always got it. must be 21 obviously and then down. there. But you can get get 100 on your. promo code at ESPN bet. Okay. Uh. tomorrow night, obviously the Pacers. take on the Oklahoma City Thunder and uh. all eyes are on that to see if you know. the NHL ended last night. We'll talk to.

Bill ZTO in about five minutes about his. team going back to back and then now we. got a basketball title game happening. tomorrow night and that means the NBA. season could be over as well. I have. just come. to the understanding. that there is a chance that Oklahoma. City could win. Sure. Uh-huh. That's. possible. Lario will I did not come. I. don't like that shooting because of. that. No, at all. It was But if the. Pacers win, possibly explosion all.

around town. But this could be Oklahoma. City dancing with their confetti on our. court. And obviously, it's been a great. year for the Pacers no matter how this. ends up. But we need the Pacers to win, not only for the good of Indiana and the. good of this program, but for the good. of sports as a whole. What's your. problem? I mean I just it's thinking. about it now about the entire situation. that could unfold tomorrow. Could you. imagine if OKC wins and they roll out. that stage and then you know maybe the.

owner maybe SGA maybe Mark Dags says you. you know in 49 states it's it's just a. trophy. Oh my god. But in one state it's. ours and they and they raised do that. You should send that to Yeah. How do we. TM dump that? How do we send that to? Okay, we don't need that. Okay, that is. not what we're looking for. It's a good. line though. Yeah, it is a very good. line. That would that would hit hard, especially with the t-shirt. Yeah, they. bought This is Indiana. Yeah,

I have come to realize that this is a. possibility. Yeah, I don't like that you. come to that realization because now. Pacers fans out here, they're watching. you. They're going to you're you're the. spokesperson for the Indian Pacers. No, no, no, I'm not. There's a lot of other. people that are spokespeople for the man. that steers the ship. Yeah. I believe. the Pacers are going to enforce game. seven and win this entire thing in. Oklahoma City and they're going to do. the whole the whole thing right there in. Oklahoma. I believe that's going to. happen. But I got a game seven hat for.

you if you really believe it. Two of. them right over there. Bottom. Shout out. Moose. Shout out Mark. Moose. Great hat. Great. Game seven. Everybody. knows what it's about. It's a beautiful. hat. With that being said, the game time. decision thing with Tyrese, I didn't. like that news. Okay, I did not like. that news at all. But I like the depth. of our team. Our team, anybody can go. off on any night. And it feels like in. the NBA, uh, it would be very wild if. now I think Tyrese's going to play, too. If he can walk, he can play. So, if. they're giving him an opportunity, he's.

going to play. She said it feels like. he's he's going to play. I don't know. what Sher knows, but Sheffer said he. feels like he's going to play, which is. great news. If that's the case, I there. isn't even a sense of reality being. Oklahoma winning. But if there is a. chance he doesn't play, it's like we're. going to need the people that have big. games like every three games to like all. have their big games like on one night. And I think that can't happen. Tricky. Ricky can have the boys ready. Yeah, he. can have the boys ready. Um I I just. fear all right that no matter how ready.

they are, Oklahoma City is just uh just. a better team this year. Ladies and. gentlemen, well, it's who's a better team tomorrow night. That's right. Well said. Okay. It's not. about this year. True. We just need to. look at one one series at a time. Exactly. One possession. One possession. at a time. One dribble at a time. Yeah. Boom. [ __ ] One breath at a time. Yeah. One step. Every single sip of water matters. tomorrow. Every pregame dance, every. pregame handshake. Yep. The.

introduction, which they showed Oklahoma. cities. I hope they show ours as well. And they should get OB topping rocking. that room. Yeah. He takes off from the. foul line, grabs that thing, and then he. lands back on the foul line. Could be a. halftime entertainment. Could be. Well, what he does, make sure they get red. painted tomorrow, too. We can't have the. [ __ ] BMX guy back. Bite guy. I know. We won that game. That guy cannot be out. there tomorrow night. What about the. national anthem? Oh boy. That guy can't. ever do a national anthem again. The one.

we saw. They need Saxman. They need. Saxman. Sax men. Ladies and gentlemen, joining. us now is a man who knows everything. about winning championships. All his. team does is win. Especially the last. two years. They become the eighth team. franchise to win back-to-back Stanley. Cups. Only 13 times in the modern era. has it happened since 1967. It's obviously a compliment to the. culture, the players, and the building. The man who pieced that together or.

helped piece that together is actually a. Pittsburgh dude. His dad played for the. Steelers. This man played at Yale. An. absolute hockey mastermind, general. manager of the Florida Panthers, the. Stanley Cup champions yet again. Bill. Zo, how are you? How you doing, Bill? Actually, my I'm doing great. Thanks for. having me on. My dad played for the. Dukane Ironman, who was the taxi squad. shout out. I guess he played at Pit and. then graduated and uh I don't think they.

had they didn't have a reserve squad. So, whoever kind of lived in town, played and I think they were just there. for practice. So, you think you were a. football guy? You think you football guy. growing up obviously have that? Oh, yeah. I have my Franco's Italian Army. t-shirt, the whole thing. Legend, as we all do, we love that, Bill. Obviously, everybody in. Pittsburgh, of course. Yeah. Penn's gone. back to back couple times. Pittsburgh. guy down there in Florida taking it to. South Beach and that place has become an. immaculate fan base. Let's talk about.

the culture down there. Whenever you get. the gig, do you obviously dream about. the Florida Panthers and the Panthers. fan base and the experiences that you're. having right now? And then for it. happening, is there is it better than. you could have expected at this stage of. building a dynasty uh at the beginning. of building this dynasty? Do you dream. of these times? Are you nowhere near. done? like where do you currently stand. on how you feel about the job you guys. have done down there? So, I'll answer. the first part first. So, when when I.

took the job, we we absolutely had a. plan and a script for a destination. franchise. It was part of my interview. process saying, "Listen, you've got. everything. People should want to come. here. People should just independent of. the hockey and then let's make the. hockey great to sort of match the. weather, the environment, the travel, and everything else that comes with it.". Then once we started the hockey, I think. it started with Patrick Hornquist. I. know. Another Pittsburgh. Yep. And um he. came in and and he had that pedigree and. he had the energy and the personality.

very similar to Brad Marshon. And it's. almost like it kind of went full circle. as far as the culture and moving. forward. You know, I think almost by. definition because of the culture that. we've been able to start, we don't feel. that it that it's finished or that like. it's always evolving and always trying. to be better um without trying to I I. listen to you talk about the basketball, every drink of water, everything to to. be as as efficient as we can and.

professional and trying to be excellent, but without going overboard or wasting. time and energy on on silly things. Okay, so let's talk about things that. aren't silly in our eyes, especially. because we've been on teams before. The. boys going out to eat before every game. publicly uh on the road. You picking up. the tabs allegedly for this entire. thing. Them going to Dairy them going to. Dairy Queen the night before every like. them talking about how together they are. as a team. I mean, that's exactly what. you're trying to build whenever you.

piece these players together, right, Bill? And it's all sincere. It's all. true and it's all real. Even even the. coaches. So the night before every road. game, coaches meet at 6:30 in the lobby. and Rob Talis has the restaurant picked. and we all go. Um, that group has. figured out a way both the coaches and. the players to enjoy each other and to. try to have as much fun as they can. We. asked them for an inordinate amount of. work. Um, the work it's hard when they. do it and there's a lot of it, but when.

we're not working it's, you know, enjoy. your life, have fun, enjoy each other. And we're blessed that we have guys who. have bought in and and who truly are. I. think right now they're having a lot of. fun. Yeah, I would say I'm not I'm not. sure I like that, but uh No, they've. earned it. Yeah, I think they're just. beginning to if it's anything like last. year uh boss man, you know, just next. couple days going to have to give a. green flag there. You know, the the. elbow the elbow room is getting a lot of. the franchise's money right now. You. know, that is currently happening. Go. ahead. Putting mattresses in on the.

apartments upstairs. Exactly. Lordo's got one and the boys. all have one. Uh, diehard Florida. Panther fan. Debbut has a question for. you, Bill. Oh, yeah. Thank you, Bill. First of all, for building this team, putting it together. I was telling the. boys earlier, I remember the the day. back in the days a few decades ago, what. how the Panthers were viewed from the. outside, looking in, and even being a. Florida resident. So, thank you for that. number one. Uh, but what are some of the. things that goes into, I guess, identifying a Panther? Who's going to. fit into that locker room? We all play. sports up here. know how how difficult.

it is to bring in new guys, new energy, new contracts. So, what goes into. identifying a Panther? You talked about. Marshon, obviously, Jonesy, and even the. other guys you brought into the. building. Yeah. I I think when we started, you. know, you're looking and you say in the. scouting meetings, we want someone with. character and all this and what have you. and and and of course that's part of it, right? And the scouts is part of their. job. It it's it's to try to figure out. the character of the players who they've. been assigned, you know, to scout. But.

we've reached a point almost where the. room can accept almost anybody and they. pull the they pull all the good. qualities out of that person. And I. think I think it's because it it starts. with Paul Maurice and and and the. leadership in the room. Fail. It's okay. to fail. So come in and be yourself. because you're going to screw up. We. don't really care. We all screw up all. the time. But we have a lot of good. players around us who will help us when. we do. I think that puts it makes puts. people at ease and I think it's easy to.

fit in. Um, with Seth, I I knew him from. Columbus. I know him as a person. He's. he's as good a guy as there is. That was. a no-brainer. That's easy. And then and. Marshy is the same. He's almost like a. planet. He has so much energy. It's. unique. And he he has that presence. He. walks in the room and it's it's on. It's. just he it's the Marshy show, but in in. a really good positive way. And then the. final piece of it is is they're really. kind to each other. Everybody, they're. just decent decent fellas.

Decent boys down there, the Florida. Panthers, good men. Is is there a way to. identify all those things? You said the. room can take anybody. Is there a way to. identify people that can't fit into. there or do you legitimately think any. person that is good enough hockey player. will buy into the culture immediately. upon getting to the Florida Panthers? And with that being said, I don't know. if you know this, TSN up there in. Canada. Mhm. Three of the top five free agents, all. Florida Panthers. Good luck. Good luck,

Bill. Good luck, Bill. Good luck, Bill. You know, so there's going to be some. poor soul who we're going to ask to move. down here. Maybe get a big house on Los. Olas. Have to take a golf cart to work. in flipflops. You know, he might have to. play with Kachchuck or Barkov or. Forsling. And it it I know it's a tough. ask, but Goldie, you know, someone will. want it. AJ will come out of retirement, put skates on. AJ actually has.

uh go. Yeah. Bill, you you mentioned. earlier, we're talking about the culture. and everything. And you said like Pat. was saying, hey, every sip of water, every single moment, like intentional, we're we're all working for the same. goal. You mentioned you got to do you. got to have that culture but not go. overboard with silliness as you said. We've seen coaches and GM try to come in. and like implement a culture and go over. the top and almost be corny and cheesy. with it. How do you find that balance in. how you do like what you do ask of your. players? So for me it trial and error, right? And and I I look back and I was.

probably that cheesy guy that was over. the top trying to you know are the. shoelaces tied right? Um you know is is. the print on the water bottles the right. way? I don't know. I'm making that up. But I think what happened was as as as. the as these pros like pretty good at. what they do and so they know the. details and the coaches the coaches will. specify, okay, here are the things we. need to work on. And then the other. things it was I I had been an agent for. a number of years, so that helped me as.

well. Like there's just things you don't. need to worry about. We used to wear a. suit and tie on the plane on the road. So you'd go to an FBO where you'd see no. one and with a suit and tie on and then. fly three hours, land at an FBO and not. see anyone. So we got rid of that. Um. little things like that that maybe make. life easier and let them focus on. hockey, but at the same time there is a. time and place for suit and tie and we. so that's when we wear it. Yeah. Once. you establish the discipline and the. attention to detail if it's already. there, then you can kind of evolve with.

the culture as it goes. I I just from. somebody that our show I think is big on. like the locker room mattering like the. locker room matter. I think we talk. about that a lot more so maybe than any. other show in the history of sports. media sports television because it. matters more than anything. And with. what you guys have it's very evident. that it is working that it is a good one. and I think hockey people appreciate the. culture that you guys have and. representing hockey as the champs. Now. you mentioned a guy there who walks into. a room and takes it over. Let's go to.

Boston Bruins fan Boston Connor. Bill. Zitto, you stole hockey love out of his. heart with one trade this year. Yeah, thanks a lot, Bill. Really ruined the. entire hockey season for me and I blame. that solely on you. Uh when you guys. trade for Marian, obviously I I believe. it was right after he got hurt or during. his injury. What's that like kind of. trading for a guy where you know right. when he gets there he's not going to, you know, get on the team immediately. He's going to have to go through a. little bit of a process there. And um.

also, did you go to Dairy Queen at all? The DQ seemed to be sort of a good luck. charm. And Brad said uh the boys did it. before game six. Yeah. Well, when we, you know, when we. acquired him, we knew what his injury. was and we knew sort of the time frame. of recovery. Uh and so that wasn't that. big of a deal. We we thought that he had. enough time to play meaningful regular. season games to prepare and I mean he's. Brad Marshon so you know what his. playoff pedigree is. Amen. That that.

part wasn't really a a big a big. concern. I guess if if he had arrived. and had struggled we would have been oh. boy. But uh that worked out okay. Uh. yeah I'd say I I did not go with the. boys to DQ. But they uh they went I. think it started in in Carolina and then. um then they remember Marshy had had. honey during a game and someone asked. him he said oh yeah that was a blizzard. and then it took off and then I do think.

that they went in Edmonton. So um you. know what that's just a great example a. great example of something that you. pointed out Pat. They they have a good. time. They're having fun. Yeah. They. like to eat ice cream. They're burning. the calories. They got good taste buds. though, too, Bill. They got Dairy Queen. Blizzards. I put Dairy Queen Blizzards. at the top of snacks. But they'll. they'll bring it back for everybody. That will tell you as much about the. trip there is when you come, you know, they were there because in in the lounge.

there's DQ for everybody. When Barkoff. comes back from Finland, there's. finished chocolate on everybody's desk. and in everybody's stall. And I heard a. great story about Barkoff from last. night. Apparently, he went home at like. 5 in the morning to change and clean up. before they kept going and walked around. his neighborhood and banged on. everybody's front door. Hey, you want to. touch coffee with the cup? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, amazing. That is like the perfect. team. You have like the perfect team.

right now. Oh, the boys go get Dairy. Queen Blizzards for everybody. You hear. about this in like youth camps, like. high school. This sounds like a high. school type operation. Can you bottle. it? With that being said, it is. professional. You guys have won a lot. and you got some great players that. other teams are going to want to try to. pluck. Go ahead, Ty. Yeah, Bill. Pat. mentioned it. You know, you obviously. got three massive guys who are free. agents right now who made, you know, a. huge impact on your team. When it comes. to those guys in particular and then. maybe just free agents as a whole, the.

the hockey speaks for itself obviously. winning back-to-back cups. How much when. you go into the negotiations are you. hammering like, "Hey, the no state. income tax, the amenities. You talked. about being able to drive a gar a golf. cart, you know, to the facility in. flip-flops, the golf, all that kind of. stuff." Like, how how much of that is. coming into the negotiations, whereas. these guys probably already know what. the hockeyy's going to be like? You guys. are going to compete for a cup, you. know, year after year. Yeah. Well, those.

guys know, right, cuz they live here. now. So, so that one it's we're going to. spend to the cap and uh the Biola family. uh ownership has has empowered us to try. to do everything we can to have the best. team we can. So, it I don't we're going. to spend it all. It's just trying to. keep everybody together and have a. meaningful team. And. if players sign up to come here, we want. to be able to also have other good. players. So, hopefully they they can. appreciate that. Um, sometimes when. someone's coming in from the outside,

uh, and we're trying to sell them on. what we're trying to do, there's the. hockey piece, but the environmental piece, I'll call. it, right? The weather, the fun, the the. flip-flops. That's all part of it. because. it's too hard to not be happy. When. you're at the rink, we're asking an. awful lot of you. It's an 82 game. schedule. It's constant travel. It's. away from your family. It's the grind. when you're not doing the work that.

you're doing at the rink, enjoy. yourself, be happy, and that and that. look, it it kind of works here in our. environment, but it's also a mindset of. how we're trying to do things. So, I. think they work in tandem and uh you. know, so far a few guys have have bought. in. The other the other piece of of. this, our coaches, our coaches have managed, if you look at. the people who have come to our team, whether via trade uh or via free agency, almost to a man, they've had their best.

career years with us. And that that's. the room, right? That's the players. making other players better. That's the. coaches making other players better and. using them to their strengths. When Seth. Jones came here, his job was just be. Seth Jones. You don't have to be. anything more. Just you be yourself. because you fit here with us. And um. to the extent that we can keep that. going for for most of the players that. we bring in, I I think it'll work. Yeah. Marshy as a third liner, you know, like.

that is Yeah. Him getting to take on. people that he would have never faced. with the Boston Bruins cuz where he is. and then obviously he's I mean we're. dangling folks. Not that he didn't do. that before, but it just like his. confidence, everything just fitting in. with you guys was uh beautiful to watch. We're big fans of Marsh. We are big fans. of the way he operated like him in. Boston. Panther legend hard. He is. Florida Panther legend, isn't he? Florida. and what he did for those kids on his. line. So they're men, but I mean they're.

they're they're young players and he. made them better. He pulled them into. the mix. He helped them. It was like. having a tutor with you at work all day. every day when when you're doing your. tasks. And a hilarious one like Yeah. You know, also uh Absolutely. Yeah. Exactly. Uh last question here uh from. Pittsburgh native AP Tone. Yeah. Bill, it looks like you're at the facility. So, do you get no time off? When are you. going to go see the boys again? And are. you for those free agents, are you. allowed to take advantage of them today? They're pretty inebriated probably. Are.

you allowed to throw a contract and sign. it today? Get them on microphones. Yeah. If I can, I will. I'm I'm not sure they'll be even be able. to write. They might have to be. fingerprint. Early reports are no, they. will not be able to write from what. we've been seeing. Elbow room. Don't. want to out anybody. I think uh I think we might all get. together as a group tonight. Um and uh. so we'll see everyone again there. And I. mean, these guys have really earned. this. They're having a great time and.

they're with the fans. Um it's it's a. neat relationship. If you saw the parade. last year, it it was it was a dangerous. thunderstorm and but nobody left. Everybody got drenched and you sort of. that galvanized kind of that. relationship. So, I know that it's. important to them, you know, just to go. with the cup to the local watering holes. and just kind of have a good time with. the fans. We talked about this uh in the. last hour. We talked about this in the. last hour. There's people probably down. there in South Florida. We don't want to. judge a book by its cover. from. Pittsburgh, a hockey town, uh, you know,

South Florida, everybody judges. immediately like, "Oh, they don't. deserve it. They don't deserve it." But. the people down in South Florida, I. think last year, if they weren't hockey. fans or maybe new hockey fans, they saw. how awesome it was to be a Florida. Panther fan and then they follow you. guys all year. I think it's only. growing. I assume you feel that as well, right? The fan base. Oh, yeah. It it's. growing. And then and but the feeling. from the players, it mirrors that. It it. it's real. Like they're like, "These. fans are awesome. We have so much fun. They they they feel totally comfortable.

I don't know where they are right now, but I guarantee you they could walk into. any place in right now in Fort. Lauderdale. Walk in and have a great. time with whoever's in there and laugh. and sign autographs and take selfies and. have a couple beers and enjoy. themselves. How many beers go in Lordo, Bill? Do you know? Say it again. How. many beers are in the cup of Lord? Standing Cup. How many beers in the top? I don't know. It was uh 6 and 12 to. seven. Seven beers, maybe. Okay. Good. luck. I think you that's what you got to. do, Bill. I think all at once. Yeah.

Could you imagine the boot? Yes. Like. the boot. You got to turn it, too. Yeah. You got to spin out of there. Congratulations, man. Uh I know you're. not only doing amazing things with the. Florida Panthers, but you're also doing. amazing things in a community. Panthers. on the Prow is an initiative for the. American Cancer Society that you and. your wife back. Wonderful. Amazing stuff. happening down there with the Florida. Panthers. you obviously a massive piece. of it. Uh it's beautiful to watch hockey. kind of captivate an entire region and.

uh obviously make the world better. So, thank you for what you're doing for. sports and your community. Bill, thank. you guys so much. Yeah, we're just. trying to to This was a nice way to. combine the hockey and the Panthers with. the charitable element to try to raise. money to fight cancer. Um and then to. get people something sort of tangible. that they can personalize and make it. their own and then display them. And. we're going to have a whole uh. kind of an elaborate auction in the fall. as well. All right. A lot of fun. I.

think I read that if I donate 5,000. bucks, I get to design a Panther statue. that'll be placed around town that will. then be auctioned off. You do? You do. And in the I'll accept that as a. contract in the state of Florida. Thank. you. No problem. I'm not even boozed up. like the boys are. You need to go get. Sam Bennett to do this. Darius Butler. all going to do one. Absolutely. I'm in. Thank you, Bill. The Butler family is. going to do it as well. All right. We. got I got two downs. Hey, no problem. I'm sure I'm sure there'll be more. Panthers on the prowl helping the. American Cancer Society. AJ will also. like one, won't you, AJ? Absolutely. AJ.

would like one. I'm in. I think the elbow room needs to. buy one, too. Don't you think? Yeah, maybe a couple. Yeah, we'll put one up. for the elbow room. I volunteer to go. down on that on that sales mission. Okay, I'll go. I think right now would. be a good time to do that. Uh, we. appreciate it. Congratulations. back-to-back Stanley Cups, eighth. franchise in the history of the league. to be able to accomplish that feat. 13th. time in total in the modern era. You're. the man. We appreciate you, Bill. Thank. you very much. Appreciate it. And thanks. for the support on the cancer.

initiative. Hey, no problem at all. Thank you for offering up the. opportunity. Ladies and gentlemen, Bill. Zto. Yeah, Bill. AJ wasn't going to do that. No, no, I. had had to throw his hat for Wait, for. 5K, I get to make a statue that goes up. somewhere. Yeah. It's called Panthers on. the Yeah. Can a statue be anything that. I design? Like it's my design, right? I'm an artist. I'm an artist. By the. way, we saw on TV the other day. We saw. one of your favorite artists. Yeah. Picasso was on True TV. I heard he's. going mainstream. Be careful. Be careful. with that. He's still alive. Picasso is.

a little different version. A little. different version of you, but they're. related. Same type of paint. He uses all. his tools. He uses every tool he was. born with to make paintings. Cool. It. was on True T. We have one of the TVs. set up for True TV cuz there was a sport. happening and then we turn on all the. TVs in the morning and then there's this. guy cheeks out bluring lower left corner. painting cheeks out feel like a. mainstream thing. It was on True TV and. Danny Bonduchi was there. He was saw him. on True TV. Legend. Let me see. Danny.

Bonduchi was back this morning as well. on True TV. It's interesting. True TV's. uh diverse portfolio. They got coffin. flop all the way to like NHL final four. Final four. Huh? Seriously, coffin flop, dude. Still trying to save it, man. Corn. TV. That's what true TV kind of is. And. then they got contracts through the. Turner deal where they got like real. So. we put on the sport and then the. overnight, you know, for a long time for. linear television, a lot of the ratings.

is overnight for games. So people have. their TVs on at night as we're Lord. Stanley Cups beating the hell out of the. microphone over. bit of a runway last night. Uh but the. overnight you know keeping the TV on. falling asleep wake up those linear. numbers have been something that have. been a big deal. You know like overnight. into the morning kind of just carryover. for us is true TV carryover has been. pretty pretty electrify. You have no. idea what's coming on that lower left.

screen in there. Um, NBA finals resume. tomorrow night, game six in. Indianapolis, Indiana. All eyes are on. whether or not Tyrese Hallebertton will. be playing. It'll be a game time. decision. Coach Rick Carlau on local. radio uh here in Indianapolis said they. are obviously preparing for him to play. and for him not to play. Uh, that's why. he is a game time decision. Sure. So, that got t Did you see that? that got. taken uh. that got there was a couple people that. just said he's preparing for Tyrese. Hallebertton or not to play and then the.

other half the quote was but als yeah. yeah it's game time decision we have to. have two different plans here and I. assume Oklahoma City guess what they. have they're probably having two. different plans as well if Tyrese is. playing if he's banged up if he's not. playing depending upon what it is this. Oklahoma City team is unbelievable and. they have they've certainly showed their. teeth here lately yes they have like. like Oakmont on Sunday very similar. They really similar. Uh I believe Dan. Olowski will be joining us here in a. matter of moments. He uh he and the 23.

others that he golf with yesterday. raised $400,000 for Wow. That's awesome. When he did 100 uh holes of golf, it was. raining all day. He said it's been. nothing but rain in Connecticut this. summer. I guess Connecticut just getting. rained on. I assume it's very green out. there. The rain can obviously affect. things. He was wearing two gloves. Might. have saved him. Oh yeah, for sure. Might. have saved him from this entire thing. He played 100 holes. Yeah. How long did. 100 holes in one day? Speed gone. Your. hands will be gone. Speed. He said he. felt okay. He said we'll ask him. whenever he joins us. We got a little.

bit more information on Jier Alexander's. uh deal. $4 million deal up to $6. million in total with 2 million. obviously in incentives there. Uh who. knows what the incentives are. Are those. team based? Is it personal based? Uh, I. I assume we'll learn at some point, but. if that's like playoff bonus and then. Super Bowl bonus for the 2 million or if. it's Pro Bowl, allp pro, different. stuff, we shall see. Go ahead, Tone. Uh, from Gafello, uh, Alexander can earn. 500k for each of the following playing. time thresholds. 35% 40% 45% and 50% of.

the playing time. Those are each 50 500. Yes. So, if he's healthy, all right, that's exactly what the deal is. Brilliant incentives, too, for both. sides. and uh Jire and a prove it deal. one year. You make more money if you. play and also you get a bigger deal if. you play. Yeah. Feels motivated. What a great idea. What I mean it makes. sense for everybody. You get J Alexander. a franchise type corner on a great deal. that he is going to be highly highly. motivated not only to chase a ring but.

also he knows what it can do for him as. an individual player too. Like if he has. a great year. Yeah. Maybe Baltimore ends. up having to pay him a [ __ ] ton of money. after this year. There's a chance. I. mean that defense can be legendary. Steel joining is not steal. 6 million. bucks in total is a steal to Alexander. if he can remain healthy. Correct. But. Tom Cornin's forgetting 20 even. Yeah. At least 15 13 12 10 something. in that world. I assume 10 million. bucks. Yes. Is what in my head Jier. Alexander 10 million bucks especially if. it's going to be a proof a deal. Instead.

it's a 4 million with 6 million. Congrats to the Baltimore Ravens and. congrats to Jire getting a deal. seemingly he was able to get more. elsewhere I think is what Chefer was. saying. Uh, but he's picking the. Baltimore Ravens. Probably going to a. winner. Yeah, exactly. Baltimore Ravens. have a chance to go do it all. Joining. us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man. who golfed a 100 holes yesterday and. helped raise $400,000 for ALS Research. He is uh the guru for the NFL on ESPN. whenever the football season takes place. in the offseason. He's just dad, ladies. and gentlemen. Dan Olowski,

dad season, that's what he's in right. now. Um, did not know you were wearing. that. Works out perfectly. Dano, thank. you for doing what you did yesterday. You're a good man, baby. Oh man, I'm I'm. the smallest part of the big puzzle. It's uh I was I think the people if I. get it right the people who two guys who. coordinated the most I think uh are Cory. Sullivan and Alex Lit who I think both. lost parents I want to say to ALS and.

those guys I mean Pat you know what it's. like to put on events like they hustle. for and grind for sponsorships and. people and you know kind of airtime I. guess or awareness and they've done a. remarkable job. I think in three years, they started 3 years ago, they've raised. over a million bucks. So, they've done. an awesome job. Unbelievable work by. them. And shout out to you for putting. it onto our radar. We saw you were. wearing two gloves cuz it was rainy. Do. you think that helped with the fingies? Do you think you didn't get as many.

blisters because the fingies? And how. does the body feel after golfing a 100. holes? I feel totally normal. Um, it. doesn't feel like I played 100 holes. yesterday at all. So, I I don't have any. muscle though. Like so I think people. who had like AJ like if he had to swing. and turn that much but I don't look at. me I don't have any muscle. So u I feel. normal. The two gloves they're rain. gloves. So the two gloves like they it. wasn't just me rocking two gloves. they're rain gloves. So um how often do.

you My hands feel fine. You a two glove golfer. You get those. weird uh sun lines on both hands. I do. Looks like you got the white gloves on. like you're a mortician. Yeah, I got a good I got a good tan. there for my Apple Watch. So, um yeah, this a good ball right here. I. absolutely got tattooed this drive. You. remember every shot or just uh this. particular post? Uh I don't. swing 63.

Very Ernie L's like um Okay. Well, slow. down. I hit it well yesterday. Yes. yesterday. Yesterday hit it well. I. missed some big putts at the end though. Chuck and I finished in I think like a. bunch of different groupings of how they. do gross and net. We finished I think in. third in one of them and I missed three. birdie putts in the last four holes. So. Oh, are you guys playing as like a. scramble or is everybody playing their. own ball? So the first um the first 72. holes.

for maybe first 54 holes everyone plays. their own ball like and it's a twoman. team. Chuck and I, everyone plays their. own ball. Each team, each twoman team's. got to get a score, right? And then. it's, you know, they added up score and. then I believe the next 36 holes were um. a shamble, which is everybody hits the. drive, you choose the drive that you. like the best out of your twoman team, and then you play your own ball from. there. And then the final nine holes. were a scramble, which is everyone's.

hitting the shot and then you choose the. best shot going into the green. And then. the final hole, everyone played. together. 18th hole, everyone played. together. Love that. When did you start? When did you finish in the day? Uh, first team, our first ball went in there. at 5:00 a.m. So we used like. glow-in-the-dark balls for the first, I. want to say two holes. Um, and then we. like sprinted to get done at 8:35. We. probably finished putting 8:35, 8:40. Okay. Hey, great work. Long day. Great.

work. Hell yeah. Have you been able to. keep up with uh all the news around the. NFL? I know you have your own Yes. Uh, contract negotiations going on. Yeah. Oh, no. We heard it was good news, didn't we? We loved it. We heard it was. good news. He's out of here. We don't. know. We don't know. No, it's not. That's not great. That. would not be great news. You never know. I the beholder as they say. And from. what we were reading on the internet and. uh some of the reports, it sounds like. uh things are slowing down in that.

particular world. I don't know if you're. back to focusing on ball now or what are. we what do we got and being dad? You. know, are we where's Dan Olowski at. right now? Life cycle. By the way, there's so many people that now that. I'm around that say the word Dan or Don. the way you do with your uh Pittsburgh. accent. Um, thank you. It's a better way. to say Don to be to be Yeah, I agree. I. probably do it too much now. Um,

yesterday though can can be left. yesterday. Yesterday. Yeah. Yesterday. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That can go don. [Music]. Um, I would say. uh that that report. feels um accurate. Um, it's close. It's. not done. Welcome back. What happened for you? I. haven't signed anything. You know, I. haven't, you know, nothing, I guess, is. in in concrete till it's on paper and.

signed, but it it feels to be in a good. place. Yes. We're proud of you. We're. happy for you've earned it, buddy. D. You've earned it, D. You've earned it. with you have earned it with great. football takes. Some of them great in. their own ways. Sure. Driving a lot of. chatter. You know, that chatter might. have been negative towards Dan, but it's. still chatter. Other takes, wow, I. didn't think about that. Thank god Dan. watched all the film so we didn't have. to. We're appreciative of everything. you've done and we're proud of you. We're happy for you as well on that.

front. Let's talk a little bit about. football. Aaron Rogers to the Pittsburgh. Steelers. Whenever you were given one of. your last takes before this entire. contract negotiation thing became a. thing, you said the Pittsburgh Steelers. have the worst quarterback situation in. the history of football, you could see. they'll lose the first six games because. all the other quarterback uh rooms are. better than the Pittsburgh Steelers. You. put the Jets in there, Jets obviously. just signed Justin Fields to $20 million. a year quarterback. You put the Vikings. in there, the Vikings obviously have JJ. McCarthy. We assume they'll be okay. I. think you put the Cleveland Browns in.

there. They have literally the worst, if. you were to accurately describe the. situation with their quarterback room. with Deshun Watson's deal, maybe the. worst quarterback room in the history of. football just from a contractual setup, uh, if you will. You said they were. better than, uh, all those teams were. better than the Steelers with where they. were with Mason Rudolph. Now, Aaron. Rogers on that team, Arthur Smith had. been building an offense for Aaron. Rogers. Obviously, the bullies are. buzzing over there. What are your. thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers with. Aaron and how does he fit in with that. particular offense in your eyes? Yeah,

ever since Aaron signed there, my my. thought is that they're in the worst. place they can be in as a football team. and as an organization for the future. Um, so the reason I say it is this. Anyone who tells you that Aaron can't. play at a high level anymore just. doesn't like Aaron the the person or. some of the things that he said. Aaron. can still play. So, he's good enough. with where their roster and I think. their roster is a solid roster to. probably win you 10 games, which is. going to flirt with being in the. playoffs or, you know, having a playoff.

game. They're not good enough to go beat. the Baltimore Ravens, the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Denver. Broncos. They're not. So, to matter in. the playoffs, if they peak out, they're. not good enough. They're also not bad. enough to get a top five, top seven, top. 10 draft pick because of again the head. coach, the talent around the roster and. Aaron. So, it's like you can we continue. to kick the can down the road, so to. speak. So, Aaron's an absolute upgrade. I still think the offense has some big.

question marks. This offensive line was. an issue last year. Unless they get. marketkedly better, marketkedly better. in their pass protection, that'll create. some problems. DK is a superstar. They. don't really have somebody opposite DK. that's viable to to hurt defenses. And. nowadays in the NFL, like Frier Moose's. a really good tight end, but I'm talking. a perimeter guy. They don't have anybody. that's really going to fear or scare. defenses. So, um, available. Yeah,

good player. Yeah, potentially. There's. a lot of guys out there still. And also, yeah, but like but look at it from this. perspective, like just with the way. football's played in the NFL nowadays, it's very different offense-wise than it. was five years ago. The game is and Debb. and AJ would know this, you know, really. from the the X's and O's point. Football. is so different than it was five or six. years ago. Five, six years ago in the. NFL was so spread out. We were trying to. stretch sideline to sideline. nowadays.

in the NFL and Mina and I were talking. about this the other day because of I. think the infusion of the Shanahan tree. and so many formations being shrunk. down. People are playing a little bit. more compact on offense. So they're. trying to play a little bit more. physical football and they're also. trying to shrink you down on a defense. and then take advantage of some of the. space on the perimeter rather than the. space in the middle of the field. So. Buffalo's got like seven guys that are. really good options. Baltimore's got.

like seven guys that are really good. options plus a dominant run game. Kansas. City, multiple options that are legit. top two guys. The uh Denver Broncos have. added offensive talent. The Cincinnati. Bengals, we know. So it's like as far as. Pittsburgh goes, you got two guys in the. pass game that you really have to focus. on. And then everyone else is like, "Okay, we're gonna make you beat us.". Seems like you don't want to say the. Steelers are gonna be good. And uh I.

want to let you know people in. Pittsburgh have heard that. Soon as you. started talking, Tone over there started. getting his little evil eye. And when. you said the Denver Broncos the first. time, he said, "Did he just say the. Denver Broncos?" And then whenever you. reiterated the Denver Broncos again, the. Broncos are going to be better than the. Steelers. Ty, would you like to say. anything to Dan Olowski about his take. about your Pittsburgh Steelers? This. could become uh second take here from. now until week six. Just pret if Dan's. on, pretend I'm not here. What do you. mean? I don't want to talk to this guy. I don't want to look at this guy.

Respect. All right. Well, let's move on then. I. guess there's some real heat between. Pittsburgh and Dan Olowski. Dan, you. asked for that though. You asked for the. city of Pittsburgh to act the way that. they're acting towards you. You did. You. decided that. I've got a full folder of. Dan. Well, like I said last year during. the season when I said the offense. wasn't going to be good enough and. everyone told me I was a complete idiot. and then we get to, you know, the end of. the season and the offense wasn't good. enough. Heavy as the head, says Dan or dog. Actually, if you watched any ball, it. was the run defense.

You don't know ball, says Pittsburgh. Uh, with that being said, excited to. watch this team. Got hopes up, you know. Got my hopes up. They got to sign TJ. Watt. Why isn't that done? Who knows? All right, let's move along, shall we? Connor has a question for you. Yeah, Dan, I was just joking around. It's. great to see you. Uh the stuff you did. yesterday was really cool. Uh I'm not. going to ask about the Patriots cuz I. know how you feel about them. 11 12 wins. probably this year. Mike Vrabel, Josh, Drake May, they're going to be.

fantastic. But quarterback questions in. Atlanta. What do you think the Falcons. are going to do or should do with Kirk. Cousins? It feels like not everyone's. going to take that uh contract, but that. many teams could use him as their QB1. What do you think happens down there? Yeah, I think that's the nicest 30. seconds you and I have ever had. So, I'm. going to say thank you to the to you in. that regard. It's a good step in our. relationship. So, by far, I think. Atlanta is interesting two regards. So, when we did their Monday night game uh.

during the season last year, sitting. down with Raheem Morris, who's their. head coach, like he was so adamant in. regards to the drafting of Penn after. they gave Kirk all that money was like, I know what it's like in this league to. not have a good starting quarterback. I'll never experience that. I won't be. the head coach of a team that doesn't. have that plan in place. And so while. PennX is the future, there's no. question. I really don't think that.

Atlanta is just going to move off Kirk. because, you know, it it makes sense in. other people's eyes or, you know, they're paying him all that money to be. the backup. They were going to pay him. that money to be the starter and get to. the playoffs this year anyway. So. whether they're paying him that money to. be the starter and Pennix takes him to. the playoffs or they're paying him that. money and at some point they have to. turn to him and he can re kind of uh. regain some of his past success and form. and get to the plus. That's all that I. don't think this organization is going.

to move off of Perk just because they're. paying him a ton of money to be their. backup. Um and I do think Atlanta is. really really really interesting because. there's a lot of strong belief in Penn. They loved them last year. What happens. if Pennix comes out and is just an. absolute dog? Like what happens if Penn. their offense is loaded. They got really. good perimeter players. Their offensive. line be top 10 in the NFL. Pennix could. be and then all a sudden like Atlanta. becomes a really really big player in.

the NFC. So I I I think there's really. high expectations at the quarterback. spot for Michael Pennix in in Atlanta. And I honestly think he's capable of. like being a problem in that division. So he might be the answer to this. question from debut actually. Yeah, you. talked about very highly appendix. Obviously Connor brought up Drake May, you got Caleb Williams, Jaden Daniels, Bon Knicks, all these guys. Which which. one of these guys out of that bunch do. you think makes the biggest jump this. year uh this season?

If I had to bet on one, it would be. Bryce. I I would tell you Bryce Young. Uh I just I think the what he went. through last year and not breaking and. then having some of the success he had. at the end of the season and then the. addition of Ted McMillan. You know, one. of the things that probably doesn't get. talked about enough in regards to the. whole situation in Carolina is Canel is. a really good coach and we've got three. different places where he's gone and. been their coach and he's had success. So I I believe in their head coach. I.

believe in the young quarterback. This. is also an offensive line that's going. to be really physical and really good. And so I think Bryce Young just. rebounding the way he did last year. I. love the T Mc McMillan addition. You. know, like debut, think about their. perimeter players. You're talking 6'4. and 6'4. So they're just physically a. problem. And I go back to, you know, when the Titans probably under Arthur. Smith 6 years ago, 7 years ago had AJ. Brown and gosh, who was else the was the. other big bodied receiver that they had?

um Western Michigan overall. Cory Davis. Cory Davis. Yeah. Bigbodied guys that. just physically present problems. And. so, you know, Bryce was the number one. pick, not because he wasn't talented. He. just went through some tough times his. rookie year. And so, I I do think highly. of a lot of the young kids. Um but I. think Bryce is on the board to take a. really big jump. Uh let's talk about. another young kid in the league. Um he's. an adult. Yeah. Grown ass man.

as. we lead into a College World Series game. here on ESPN. Who's going to be playing, Ty? And why should we be watching? We. got Louisville and Coastal Carolina. First pitch at 200 p.m. Uh, if Coastal. Carolina wins this game, they are going. to move on to the championship series. Uh, Louisville has to, you know, beat. them and then they're looking at, you. know, winning another game. So at right. now we got four teams left. Two teams.

with one loss, two teams who have not. lost yet. If both those teams who have. not lost yet win, we have our. championship series set. And you should. watch it because all these games have. had many fireworks probably going down. to the late innings. Louisville. yesterday won with a walk-off in the. bottom of the ninth. So uh yeah, you. know, Coastal Carolina's won 25 in a. row. Uh something's got to give today. We'll see. We got a a spot in the. championship series on the line. Louisville was up 63 going into the. ninth inning. Oregon State tied it up.

Then Louisville gets the win. That'll. continue here. We'll continue digitally. Goodbye. I think we did it. That was. that was I think that was very good. Great work by you guys. Really good. time. That was really good out of us. I'm so proud of us for pulling that off. You know that I mean what what a lead. into that game too. You know highlights. walk-off. So you said walk-off and I. think a lot of people who maybe didn't. know the outcome thought walk-off bomb. Sure. Especially as no sacrifice. That's. college baseball. Walk off sack fly, baby. Can't corn. And they celebrated.

with the guy who hit the sack fly, not. the guy who was injured at home plate uh. for sliding into home plate. Correct. Which is what you do. Yeah. I also would. throw hook. What's that, Daniel? Why? I. was thinking the same thing. Why would. you with bases loaded tie game count 2-1. throw a hook? It's his best pitch. I. mean, he missed it. He was trying he was. trying to throw, you know, he's trying. to get the the bottom half of the plate. there and induce a double play. Induce a. ground ball. I don't know. It's hard to.

like a flamethrower. If you're not a flamethrower, you got to. take your spot, Gump. What's the guy's. name? What's the guy's name? You know. his [ __ ] bag of pitches, Dan. Yeah, the gourd on you. You don't know. Apparently, apparently you guys all do. Well, we know that what you know is. nowhere near what his coach or catcher. [ __ ] know is calling the pitches. question. I agree. Damn, he got to go. slide here. You think he has which would. kill me a bit hookie, you know, on the. ground. Maybe a two [ __ ] Is he a two. pitch guy? Is he just a a fastball.

curveball guy? He's the Barry Zto of. college baseball. Yeah, he's got them. all, dude. He's got them all. The. college World Series. How are you as a. pitcher? Pretty good. I was uh like the like the that story. little league baseball player. Like I. was a ridiculous ridiculous 12-year-old. baseball player. You were taller and. bigger than everybody. I I would strike. out everybody. I hit a home run every at. bat type of thing. And then I turned 13. and I stunk. Man, those are good old. days though when you were that kid. Oh.

Oh my god. Showing up to school in sixth. grade. All the girls. Six home runs last. night. Oh my god. Not a big deal. Then. you get to junior high. Oh no. I've. lost. This became batting practice. Why? You couldn't throw the curveball, dude. I don't know what it was. I threw. hard as a 12-year-old and then I threw. puss as a 13-year-old. Um um I didn't. throw a good curve. I couldn't like I. just wasn't good anymore and I I was. like a ridiculous hitter at 12 and then.

I just wasn't good anymore. I don't have. any fast twitch muscle though. So, how'd. you play quarterback? Weren't you a. pretty good quarterback? Don't you have. pretty good arm? You talk about having. no muscle and everything like that. Don't you have to have a pretty good arm. to play quarterback? Didn't you do good. at Connecticut, too? Yeah. QB Sport. Illustrated like a 95 video game. Yeah. Um I could throw but it wasn't. like I threw gas like Oh, you were a. touch passer. You were a little noodle. arm. I was a precision guy. Precision. guy. That's why you almost won us out of.

the Andrew Lux sweep stakes. That's. right. This precision was so good. Mhm. What a run. What a run. It was It was a good run. Classic. classic story there. So, what are we. doing here? Are we winning? Are we. winning? Can imagine. What's going What the hell? We've We've. three quarters of this season, we've. been [ __ ] ass. Terrible. What are we. doing? Can't win a game. Why are we.

trying to win a game now? Dan, I think. if you I think if you would have played. quarterback all year, I think Dan may be. career Indianapolis Colt quarterback. Yeah. bring on or potentially. Yeah, probably. You'd still be playing, I. think. You'd still be our quarterback. Dan, you came in. That was some good. times, man. Those were some fun games. I'll never forget like that Houston game. on Thursday night cuz Houston cut me. like fired me like told Rick Smith was. the general manager and like that. training camp. It was the third year of.

a three-year deal. They gave me a. three-year deal to go back up shop. I. got overpaid. There's no doubt about it. or how good I was after the first year. come to me second year have to take a. pay cut and I'm like what the fudge dude. I don't want to take a pay cut fudge man. this guy threw 10 pick sixes what I. don't want to take a pay cut got to take. a pay cut or like you're gone I'm like. gosh third year you're gone so they fire. me you're not good enough anymore I. think I got replaced by like Rex Gman. and Matt Liner dogs and so absolutely. yeah understandable fired in camp I.

think I went to camp with you guys that. year fired in camp. I think I got cut. like the last week of camp and so I. wanted we've played Houston on Thursday. night. TJ Yates, who's um a coach in. Atlanta now, was the starter. They had. drafted him. That's when they went to. the playoffs, but I think they were like. the two seed in the playoffs that year. I wanted to beat them so bad. Reggie. probably game winner. Yeah. Were you. captain that game? I assume you were. I don't know if I was or not. I don't. know if I was there. Should have went.

out there. Dude, locked in. Listen to. music there. It was it was awesome. watching old Dano. He had a great run. I. thought you were going to be a guy. I. thought you were going to get paid money. and nobody viewed. I'll never forget. that sideline story. Remember the. sideline story when we beat Houston and. you're like you are going to get so. rich. Like you're going to be so rich. because of this game. Good team me. And. I was like, "Yeah, you're right. You. know, there's no doubt. I we are going. to make I'm going to get so much money. this offseason." That didn't happen at. all. Like remotely close. Yeah. But just. know that that message was coming no. matter what. That message was coming.

from me at least. You know, did I ever. share you the uh the story with Clyde. Christensen and going into week 17 at. that point? So, we had won two in a row. We win week 17. We'll get like the two. pick or something. The three pick. We. get the three wins. We're playing at. Jacksonville. We win on that Thursday. night to get the second uh win of the. season. So, the second to last game we. win Thursday night. Coach Caldwell gave. us that weekend off. If you remember, you guys got to be back I think on. Wednesday or something or Tuesday, whatever. My wife was pregnant with.

triplets and so I went home for the. weekend. She had a routine doctor's. appointment on Tuesday. I think we had. to get back for Wednesday practice. Routine doctor's appointment Tuesday. She's like a doctor's like, "Hey, let's. just get the babies like get the kids. out Tuesday or something like that. today." Like just because it my kids. were born the 28th. So you're getting. near the first the the first of the. year. I think hospitals maybe are a. little bit less staffed around that time. because of holiday whatnot. Let's get. them out. I'm like, "All right." So, my.

kids were uh born on Tuesday. I flew. back Tuesday night, sleep at the. facility. Wednesday morning, I'm trying. to catch up, get ready for the game, cuz. again, you're trying to prove yourself, all that. I'm busy as all get out during. the week. Friday, I'm meeting with. Clyde, who is our offensive coordinator. Clyde Christian is the greatest human. being on the history of the planet. You. know, Clyde, like the nicest person, great coach. And we're meeting for the. game plan Friday afternoon. And we're. going over things like, don't like. plays. Hey Clyde, call this play. Don't. call this play. All that. We get to.

third down. The first third and three. call was like a sprint out pick. Throw. the flat route. And I go, Clyde, call. this to the right. Do not call this to. the left. I cannot go left. I can't flip. my hips, Clyde. I'm not athletic enough. Can't go left. Tough throw. Gotcha. First third down of the game. We're. backed up on like the sixyd line. It's. third and two and I'm like fudge Clyde. do not call that play. Blah blah blah.

blah sprint left. I'm like [ __ ]. dude Paul sprint left. I sail the flat route. Hick return to. like the five yardd line. We end up. losing that game. I hit a shank in that. punt in that game as well. I had a. shank. I think the guy took it to the. house. I was not thrilled. He did. Oh. yes, they did return a punt for a. touchdown in that game. Yeah, I hit a. shank last game of the year too. Average. is what it is, you know, just trying to. get through this whole thing. Uh, yeah, the whole I'd already been potential.

quarterback, I think, at this point. A. couple different occasions. So, this is. Houston. Uh, no, Jacksonville. This is. at Jacksonville. Last play before the. half. We call Hail Mary. I rip all the. illegs in my ankle. Like, I show up to the the hospital after the. game and like crutches. My wife's bent. over from a C-section. I was trying to. hit the ball far when I shanked it just. for the good of everything. hindsight. Pretty pumped that we uh you know. Yeah. Bet Jim was too. Jim Mercy. Yes.

Yes. What an interesting situation. Dan, you were a great teammate and uh you're. great on TV. I'm happy they got that. deal done with you. Well, not yet, but. I'm happy that you will continue to join. us every hour of every day of our life. for football season. Right, Todd? Yeah. Can't wait. Weren't we talking about. that? Is that kind of our thing? Yeah, for sure. Like, you know, we need Dano. on TV every day of football season. It's. unsettling when he's not, you know. And. then there was a fear that maybe he. wasn't exactly. We couldn't live with.

that. No, I don't want to see this guy. on CBS Sports HQ. No. You know, no one. Nobody will No one's going to see him. there. Nobody wants No. Or any of the. other places or potentially offering. people. We do want D. We want Look, new. contract, new you. We want your own. takes. All right. Just you. We don't. want you fighting off, you know, going. Just you steal from breakfast. You're. good enough. Uh, thanks, D. But I I'll do everything.

I can to not steal from Evan. I want. Well, everybody, not just I mean, Evan. is the latest victim. I think he's got. some good stuff, Evan. Mhm. It starts. the day. Yeah. Starts, too. Stop. stealing from Ky while we're at it. Dan. watches it every morning. Dan is uh on. that show. And aren't you on that show. sometimes? Yeah, I'm usually on it. during the season on Mondays, I think. So that's when you steal their [ __ ]. It's a good day. Take it for the rest of. the week. Yeah. Nah, don't don't steal. No stealing from.

me. No stealing. That's good. That's one. of the things I believe and want to do. that. Thou shalt not steal from Evan. Cohen and anybody else. You talk about. young quarterbacks. Tone has a question. Can't choose from the chosen people. Huh? You can't steal from the chosen people, man. Okay. What's that mean? And steal from the chosen people. Chosen. people. What's the question, man? What's. the I don't think I understood what that. mean. I like the way we're worded, though. Sorry about earlier, Dan. That.

was Pittsburgh tone. This is who your. tone. Um, I had a question about JJ. McCarthy. This is Indiana tones. Yeah. Transplant. Um, are you still super high. on JJ McCarthy? You think he's still. going to be an AllPro this year and. he's, you know, guaranteed to be. successful? I think he's going to be. awesome this year. Honestly, I I totally. believe production-wise he'll play very. similar to what Sam did last year. There's one there's there's just a. scheme and a a roster talent in space.

that it Minnesota is the easiest place. in the NFL to play quarterback this. year. It's the best as good an offensive. roster as that we have in the NFL. And. then you combine it with play scheme and. or scheme and play caller and Kevin. Oonnell. a lot of guys would go to. Minnesota and play good football. I. think JJ's the the skills that he has. and the foundation that he has of he's a. play on rhythm, listen to his feet when. it comes to where and when to throw the. football. The timing of the way he plays.

the position, the way that he was taught. to play the position at Michigan is. perfect for what is the necessary stuff. at playing that position in Minnesota. There's positions in the league that. that ask their quarterback to do. different stuff like there maybe that's. not mandated to play on at time as much. as the Minnesota offense is. It's not. mandated to be exceptional in turning. your back to the defense, losing sight.

of the defense, and then snapping my. head back and trying to find what or who. I'm looking at. That's a skill set, and. that's something that takes hundreds of. reps of getting comfortable doing with. He's got that from his time in Michigan. So, you know, when Kevin O'Connell can. dial up these plays of these play action. things, JJ doesn't have to think of, oh, it's a sevenst step drop to my left, so. it's really going to be an eight or nine. step drop, and when I do that, I've got. to flip my hips, and when I try to, you. know, see rotation and find the back, he. doesn't have it's muscle memory for him.

And so, I think because of the offensive. line and the people that they have, I. think he's going to play really well. All right, Dana, we appreciate you. taking time out of your life to join us. What's next? We got lacrosse. We got. sports all summer. Baseball, golf. What's happening? Yeah. Uh a bunch of. lacrosse. Uh my my sons have a. tournament in Massachusetts. My sons had. a tournament in Long Island this past. weekend. We got uh they play for. Eclipse. Um which is like mainly. comprised of Darienne, New Payne, and. Westport kids. Um they they won the.

World Series last year. The club team. won the World Series last year. So um. Little League World Series, the lacrosse. world series. Yeah. So in usually in. sixth grade, yeah, it's new. In your. 12-year-old year, that's little league. baseball, Williamsport. That's usually. when it happens. In lacrosse, it's. usually your 13year-old, so your seventh. grade summer. And so their Eclipse team, so the kids who are like 20, 29. graduates, it goes by, it goes by, the. World Series goes by age. Um, they won.

the World Series last year. So the. Eclipse team of 2030 has the chance to. win the World Series this year. this. year. Um, so yeah, a lot of that. My. daughter's playing club lacrosse, too. Uh, so she's got a tournament at Yale. this weekend. A lot of lacrosse. That. team is probably nasty. Those towns in. Connecticut are all very good. Really? Yeah, dude. They're so good. They're so. good. I would tell you this though, in. Boston Cont. The kids in Long Island are. freaking ridiculous, dude. Oh, yeah.

They're different. That's like all They. call themselves lacrosse people, right? Yeah. Yeah. Long Island is damn near, you could argue, the capital of, you. know, high school lacrosse, just because. of how many recruits from Shamanad and. some of the schools, St. Anony's, even. some of the schools out there. You're a. PL. You give a lot of love to PLL. What. about the NLL? You watch the NLL ever? Uh, I've seen clips of it. I I the PLL I. think Rabel's been great to to my. family. I love their, you know, watching. games live for the PLL. Um, you know,

like, uh, my the the coach that coaches. at the high school here in our town, Westport, Staples High School, they won. the state championship again this year. Third time in four years. So, like. everyone's been Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's the. best public program in the state right. now. No doubt. Staples High School is. the best public and they beat Darianne. in the state title. I mean, Darian. entertainer is still great, but right. now Staples is the best public program. in the state. Probably top five in the. country. And the Orlovskis are going to. carry that for the next 10 years. If.

they work hard enough, they have a. chance. I like that. Always coaching. Always getting better. And we get better. every time you come on. We appreciate. you, brother. Have a great one. You're a. good man, bud. Later, boys. So are you. Ladies and gent, congrats to D. Yeah. Yeah. Connecticut. is like one of those towns. New Kanan. He mentioned, I'm pretty sure one of the. best recruits for high school lacrosse. played for New Kanan this year. Bruce, a. lot of lacrosse out there in. Connecticut. Hey, I didn't know that. Yeah. Um, on the women's side, Khloe.

Humphrey, uh, freshman at UNCC from. Derry and won the Tuaraton and the. national championship. A freshman won. the Taraton. Yeah, pretty wild. Yeah. Wow. Playing with uh both of her. sisters. They they transferred in for. for one year and all three of them. played together. All right, let's stay. with that microphone. Uh, do we think. lacrosse gets bigger or soccer gets. bigger post Olympics? Oh, come on. Come. on now. That's Come on. in in America. We'll count World Cup and Olympics. We'll say we're talking the USA. So,

we're talking United States of America. Do we think the World Cup spurs growth. in soccer fandom more than the Olympics. spurring lacrosse fandom after the. Olympics? I'm going with lacrosse just. because how big the Big 10's getting. into it. And I also saw uh a kid from an. SEC club team got drafted to the PLL. So, the SEC teams, I assume, might start. playing a little bit more lacrosse, which would be nice. I'm just saying if. if soccer's had its chance. No, I think.

Tai's agreeing with you. I think Yeah, I'm not a lax guy. Uh but when we go 0. and3, you know, in the World Cup, that's not. going to happen. Thank you, Gumpy. Canadian lacrosse, great sport. Canada. sport will never catch soccer in Yeah, but he said he said in America though. Yeah, it still won't. America soccer's. massive in America. I know no one was at. the South Korea, South African game last. night. I get that wasn't the only Oh, come on. But but Gump, I'm saying like. what about the US nationals? Yeah. I'm. saying our team is not going to perform.

well enough in the World Cup that it's. going to like That was not practice, AJ. That was a game. There's $100 million on. a way. That is a game. It's soccer and. it's not even close. That's like a PLL. normal game, right, of people showing. up. Okay. So, then we have to talk about. what does success look like? Because it. sounds like allows kids play lacrosse. I. think all of AJ's kids play lacrosse. I. think there's a lot of people in Plum. that are kids that are playing lacrosse. I don't know how much out here in. Indianapolis, Indiana, how much it's. really caught on, but it feels like a. lot of kids are playing lacrosse. Would.

you say that as well, AJ, as you're in. the middle of it right now? Yeah. Uh my. son had an 8 a.m. game against a team. from Missouri this morning that I was. at. So, yeah. How'd we do? Oh, we won. his his team. He's got some studs on his. team. Yeah. It's one of those travel. teams. We got some They got some dudes. Got some Ohio guys out there, huh? We. playing a little physical brand of. lacrosse or no? Yeah, they got. everything. Yeah, physicality. These guys are crazy. These these kids. are nuts for real. Some of these couple. of these kids are ridiculous. He He. would never say it, but he showed me.

some clips. His this boy's got some. skill now. Who's this? Uh if if it's the. same Hendrickx. Yeah, Hendricks. Yeah. Really? Hendricks, your oldest boy. He's. a good lacrosse player. Yeah, he can be. I mean, yeah, he can if he works hard. Yeah. Okay. I like that. I like he he's watching this. potentially. You're seeing this clip. So, he needs to know he has an. opportunity. I think lacrosse does have. a little bit of a boom going on. Yeah, I. think soccer's already big in the United. States, but like if we're talking about. people in the United States, like I get. Leo Messi is Leo Messi. Like no one gave. a [ __ ] about the MLS till Messi got here.

really. And like is that soccer being. big or is that Leo Messi being big? Like. lacrosse will never be as big as our cuz. the professional league I don't think. their wages are the same or even close. to the MLS. quite a head start. Yeah. But as far as like growth of the game. goes, I think if Team USA were to. compete for a gold medal, like that's. the thing about the US soccer team. They're not going to get to the semis or. the quarters. The Team USA should make. it all the way to the finals. At least. the semis. USA soccer team's going to be.

there. Yeah, they Well, they I'm going. soccer, too. They have to be there in. North America. They have to be there, right? They got to get in. We can't be. locked out, right? We will physically be. there. Yeah. No, our team will. physically be there and win. They have. I hope so. We will. They will make it to. the knockout round. There's no way they. don't make it to the knockout. Didar make it to the knockout round? We. didn't. They're better than Qar. I don't. think we made it to the tournament. The. uh How many you have to win for that? How many games you got to win to get to. the knockout, too? You can even a win.

and a draw maybe get through. Depends on. what happens in your group. It all. depends on what the group looks like, too. Good standards we got going. Sorry. for supporting America, AJ. I apologize. Sorry. Yeah. Sorry for saying I do. I'm. I'm sorry for saying our standards need. to be higher. Maybe in America. Well, you need to be sorry for not supporting. this American team and nobody support. him. They had a game the other night. against Trinidad Tobago. 2,000 people. were in a 30,000 seat arena. I mean, that's not good. Where at St. I believe. San Diego. Oh, so soccer state damn near.

you could argue. I but I do think the. the World Cup is in our favor just. because isn't our group USA and then. Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad. and Tobago. No. Now, if they made that stipulation. and that's what we did for group play, I'd be I'd be all in. Yeah. That we get. a chance to play Trinidad Tobago every. game. Three times. Yeah. Maybe Guam. Throw Guam in there. Uh I'm pretty sure. we had our hands full with Guam last. time we played him. So So lacrosse is. sport of the future actually. No, it was.

for a long time. It is not. Let's be. honest. It's definitely not for the future for. 20 years. I know. But now it feels like. it isn't dipping because there is no But. there is no like You're right. The. professional game is not what other. professional games are. But I feel like. at least in the Midwest for sure, there's definitely more kids playing. lacrosse now than ever. And college. lacrosse is is getting bigger. the pro. the pros, who knows as far as that goes. But I think like as a college sport, it. it'll definitely get bigger. I think um.

the NLLL needs to continue to grow as. well. That's good. That's good style of. lacrosse. Oh yeah, that's good style. Not that PLL isn't. That's just big. field, you know, see a lot of running. I. enjoy that. When they're in there mixing. it up. Yeah. I mean, that's when we. really enjoy. We're going through the. legs. How about old C cuz highlights are. sicker from Chris Kavanagh. No. Oh, Matt. Trainer. Yeah. He had a filthy behind. the back, too. Trainer goes behind the. back like his first goal or whatever in. PL. Filthy. And that wasn't like a catch. in front of the net behind the back.

That was like he was he was dodging down. the right side. It it was a long behind. the back goal. It was nasty. Yeah, it. was absolutely nasty. Speaking of nasty, Caitlyn Clark and the Fever and the. Connecticut Sun got into it a little bit. last night. Obviously, it all started. with an eye gouge into a knockdown from. JCS Sheldon, who is an Ohio girl. Uh, from what I've been told by AJ Hawk, who. said she's not scared of nothing, and I. believe Marian Mabberry, who knocks her. down. Later in the game, Caitlyn Clark. would pull up on JC, splash it, and then.

talk her [ __ ] to the entire bench. At. the very end, what we weren't able to. get before is she hits her chest. Yeah. Boom. She is She's the one. She is. everything. She'll get after the refs. She'll get into some scraps and. immediately afterwards, she said, "I. want her to talk about basketball." I. mean, she's a needle mover and she's got. an enforcer on the team now and a black. belt having Sophie Cunningham. Uh, don't. look now. The Fever about to win WNBA. title just like they're about to win the. Commissioner Cup. Also in WNBA, Sabrina. Mhm. Yanescu goes absurd. Uh, she has.

another 30 plus game, 34 points, and. goes absolutely. maniacal out on the basketball court. And uh I think if you think about the. future after this NBA series is over. after seven games. Okay. If needed, God willing. Yeah. Sure. Amen. Yeah. If tomorrow night. isn't the last NBA game, which we don't. think it will be, we think it will go to. a game seven. We we believe that then.

all eyes are on WNBA. baseball in the NFL. Okay. Golf. And I. think the WNBA right and golf. A lot of. golf. Definitely. I think W tennis. Wimbledon forget forget the F1 movie. definitely Brad Pit. Oh yeah. early. Yep. Yeah. It's going to be. amazing. But the WNBA if you just kind. of zoom out a little bit. There's a lot. of good storylines brewing. I mean there. is a lot of there's a lot of stuff. brewing out there. Now is Caitlyn Clark.

going to continue to just go splash. splash splash splash splash splash. splash for the rest of the season? Possibly. There is a chance that that. happens. And if she continues to play. like this, which is, you know, Caitlyn. Curry Clarkish, where she's pulling up. from everywhere and it's falling, it's. like she's going to continue to be. mustwatch. I don't know if it's going to. get to 20ome million, okay? Like a. parody account reported and everybody. did that, but I I think I think Caitlyn. and Sophie Cunningham, I think they are. going to become mustwatch and uh I think.

it's good for the city of Indianapolis. What are the odds right now for the. Fever to win it all? I know Caitlyn is. up there with the MVP probably with big. big feast out Minnesota. Uh I don't like. these cheap shots though. She got gods. in the eye. Yeah, big time. Gouge in the. eye. Just got those intentional eye out. Did you see the fan cam? Smack right. Smack right in the Here it is. Boom. Go. back. She going to have to wear goggles. for the rest of Boom. Right to her eyes. Some wreck specs. And then she bobs her. too. Then she bobs her. JC Sh and then. Maby comes in and goes. poke. Rivalry is great. Rivalry is great.

for the league. Yeah. Every team does. this. Like last year with her, I feel. like she didn't respond as much cuz she. almost looked at it like, "Okay, I'm a. rookie. Cut my teeth." Yeah, let me cut. my teeth in the W. That makes sense. This year, they're taking no [ __ ] It is. so awesome to see. Yeah, I enjoy it. I'm. happy she's got Sophie on the team. Y. she needed that. Yeah, she she needed. that on the team. And uh I I wouldn't. mind uh maybe some of the other members. of the team, you know, doing some stuff. Send some messages. I think rookie year,

I know it's hard to just, it's a tough. pill to swallow. Like, hey, this new one. uh to the league is the one. Nobody. really wants to acknowledge that. I. think now we understand, right? I think. now we're at the point of, hey, let's. go. We got it. Mhm. And that fever. team's filled with stars. Oh, yeah. We. need need them to start finishing. Catch. the catch and finish. Yeah. Who you. talking about fever? The teammates cuz. And you got to get used to playing with. a player like Caitlyn Car cuz obviously. she's a scorer. She can shoot from. anywhere, but her passes like it's. something very different as well. Like. if you're playing with a Joker, LeBron,

Luca, those like you got to catch and. finish. I mean, that's four or five more. assists, obviously 10, however many more. points. Like got to catch and finish. But yeah, she's a dog. She's a stud. Um. I I will be excited to see how the rest. of the season. How's the league, you. know, continue to, you know, because if. there's just going to be Ohio girls on. every team just cheap shot and God AJ, you love JC Sheldon, you said last. night. Oh, yeah. I mean I she's from. Dublin, Ohio. Like she I watched her. play at Ohio State a few times. I mean. she never stops. She's like Steph Curry.

always running, always moving. But yeah, I didn't I haven't really seen this kind. of scrappy side to her. So yeah, this is. Rob is great for for any league. We know. that. Yes, I agree. Cheap shots can't be. happening and it always happen. Caitlyn. is certainly going to be a storyline. But with that being said, the Fever know. that they're targets. Yeah, Caitlyn. understands it at this point. And I love. that she has yet to waver. It's just. like we're singular focus of next game. I'm getting better. Let's keep it. rolling. She's a star. She's a dog. And. uh the WNBA seemingly on the rise. Hell.

yeah. All right, let's get the hell out. of here. AJ, uh let's do some uh. Universe shots, actually. Okay. Oh, yeah. Universe kind of. Yeah, kind of. hot right now. Kind of hot. No. OT last. night. Yeah. No, missed that one, I. guess. Asking Tyrese Hallebertton playing. tomorrow or not. Boom. Yeah. Letter. play. But what can he do? Is he going to. have to have a different role? Is he. going to post up in the corner and drain. threes? Okay. So, what's this one for? That's just if he's playing. Yeah. For. him to play. That's Yeah. Hallebert been. 90%. At least. Come on. At least we need.

him. We don't need him out there at 60%. Yep. [ __ ] All right. Maybe 89. Maybe we do. 100. Harley at 80%. At 80. Okay. This is. You never know. You never took our time. He rehab. Keep shooting. It's money. Okay. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come. on. Come on. It's gone. Damn. 75. We could live with 75. 75. We can.

live with 75. I think he would love to. be 75. Oh yeah. Oh no. That was What the [ __ ] man? Hallebertton just playing tomorrow. I. look like Miles Turner. Yeah. Yeah. Him. just playing. Miles didn't deserve hard. This is for. This is for Tyres to play tomorrow. Just. afraid to play. Yeah. Come on, Tyrese. We need you. It's a big shot. Yeah. Oh no. [ __ ] Oh [ __ ] Yeah, it slipped.

coming eyes. Like the universe is. screaming louder than it's ever yelled. before. We're doing them today though. for a reason. Yeah, cuz we got something. more. And it's game time decision. So. tomorrow's the only day that matters. Yeah, you're right. Cuz that's game day. Boom. Game time. Game day. Boom. What. are we even shooting for? Fun. It was. fun. Yeah. He's going to be doing so. many more advanced techniques of healing. tonight. He said that uh that they're. doing everything to it. They're doing. everything to it. Whoa. Is it a calf? Calf strain, I believe, is the most.

recent conversation. Calf strain. Not a whole lot you can do. Not a ton you can. You can do. everything. Do it all. He's got it. Mitt. had uh uh some stem on his back. That's. right. Uh at the office the other day. Yeah. Yes, sir. He's moving around much. better today. Yeah. If If Tyrese's calf. responds to Stem the way that Mitt's CVS. purchased STEM say Yeah. You get the. Walgreens as seen on TV aisle and you. see the stem unit. Yeah. He's strapped. himself up to two of them cuz he hurt my.

back. How do you explain what he what do. he expl how do you explain having the. stem on? Uh magnetic forces. Magnetic. forces. I never seen a kid that age as. stiff as that kid all the time. I know. I'm stiff. Yesterday I was too. A car. wreck every other week. I feel like Yep. He's done with the car wrecks which is. kind of a cool thing. Hopefully now he's. done now. He's doing two days in the gym. and I think he's just, you know, Yeah. He's muscle bound. He's getting ready. for Love Island. Yeah. Heard that was. back. Is Love Island back? Oh, yeah. It's almost every single night. It's. every night, but like two days of the.

week and it's absolutely [ __ ] chaos. Let me tell you guys this. America has. control over these people and they have. no idea what's going on. It's awesome. Okay, so um we're getting into that time. of year right now. Yeah. Uh-huh. There's. some great shows coming out soon. Okay, go on. Uh, next week is The Bear season. 4, Chef. That's Yes, Chef. That's Yes, Chef. Uh, which is fantastic show. Um, the F1 movie is coming out very soon. The Friendship movie with Tim Robinson. Really good. Highly recommend that. movie. Uh, let me see what else. The.

Happy Gilmore 2. Happy Gilmore 2. I. mean, yeah. I'm not going to go. Yes. Uh, come on. Got to have hope. Chef said. Scotty was there. Rory was there. Yeah. Yeah. Scotty's I bet a great actor. But. Sam, I agree. No, it's Sand Man. I know. it's gonna be a banger. I just watched. Hotel Transennsylvania 2 this morning. with my daughter. I'll have you add. Sand man's only throwing bangers. Stick. Oh, yeah. Stick on uh Apple TV with. Owen. Owen Wilson. I have watched the. first four episodes. It's got some Ted.

Lasso in it. Um I don't know if it's as. funny as Ted Lasso thus far, but just. Wilson being Wilson and there's cool. golf shots. We were going to talk to. Owen for that show, I think, and then it. got moved. Oh, that's a bummer. I would. have liked talked to Owen. I would have. thanked him for everything he did for. our development, you know. Him and Vince. had quite a run there. Now they're both. at Apple. Yes. Yeah. Bad monkey. stick. Sick. Yeah. Feels like whoever. was like the leader of shows there um.

was like, "Hey, our age." Yeah. Like. let's let's bring in the old guns and. let's have him throw some heat. Anything. we haven't covered that we need to talk. about? Uh John Morant says he's going to. be in Memphis. That's been an. interesting conversation. Yeah. Yeah, it. has. That's got really loud. Mhm. Yeah, he's got a huge contract. He's And also, they fired the coach, I thought, because. Correct. bingo. They were going with. Jaw, but then there's conversation about. maybe J on a move. Who wants to go to. Memphis? It's like, we've been in. Memphis a few times. Yeah, we've been to. Memphis a few times. I was walking in.

walking in Memphis. Walking with my. walking in. the way. It's where Graceand is. Correct. Outside. of Memphis a little bit. Yeah, certainly. is. And Elvis Land. Mhm. That song's. about that a little bit. Um I watched an. America's Got Talent Talent Act still.

going on on Yes, it is. This is not now. this is not from the current version of. the show. I don't know what the current. version is. That used to be my dream job. when that used to be my end game. I. would like to get to America's Got. Talent and be a judge. That is where I. want to end cuz I just want to maybe. maybe 60 70 milligrams. Okay. Sure. Maybe have some vitamins and then just. have what the world's best performers. come in and do the most obscure [ __ ]. Great gig. That's a great gig. That is a. great especially as somebody that likes. to watch people do. Yeah. The amount of.

whole [ __ ] That would be that would be. that was dream gig for I don't know. where they are now. Obviously everything. runs its course. You kind of do your. thing. I assume there'll be a new talent. coming out of there. But they uh the. flipper there was flippers guys that did. flips like uh there was like a a flock. of like six flippers in this leg. These. dudes hit back handsp springs back flips. all the way down be. It was like six. blocks simulated gymnastic. Boom. Yeah. Like six of them just bang. got one guy. had music jukebox and he was like uh.

like running in between them as they. were fl was like literally like a flock. of flippers were coming down and I just. had to where you from? Uh it was in. Memphis. Oh, black. Uh no, I think the. the guy on the beat box was a white. gentleman. Okay. Was a white gentleman, but he wasn't flipping. Uh he was I. think he was keeping Yeah, he was a big. vibes guy. Big vibes guy. Aura or saw. him down at TST. does have good aura. It. almost you came out and say hello and I. could feel it, you know, but that was.

We've had good times in Memphis. Yeah. We've had good time. Memphis is. beautiful. I love Memphis. I haven't. You haven't? That's just. You got to go back. They have a Cabelas. down there that's shaped like a pyramid. Oh, they got some good queue down there, too. Great qu down there. Memphis. Barbecue. Yep. Tough fighting off the flies were trying. to get on top of it. But there was some. homeless as well that were flocking. Part of it. Interesting city. It is. interesting city. Good luck Memphis.

Good luck. Good luck. John Morance say. he's staying down there in a 901. Mhm. I. like that. A lot of things getting so. loud these days. Like maybe too loud. Uh. how about this not being loud enough? Yankees are dead. Oh no. They do this. every June unfortunately. It's the most. goddamn frustrating thing of all time. But, you know, they get a massive lead. in the division, which they have done. And I don't know if Aaron Boone just. says, "All right, boys, just take off. the next 15 games. We can lose 15 in a. row. That's fine." Um,

it happens all the time. It [ __ ]. sucks. I mean, for them to go, "Yeah, basically, you know, four or five games. scoreless. That's not good." I don't. know if you've heard. I have heard. AJ, what's the best thing to find out about. a team you're a fan of? Players only. meeting happening. I think this is. different. I think this is different in. baseball than it is football, though. What do you mean? Cuz you play in so. many games and like coach coach the only. really the only thing like Aaron Boon. has control over are like pitching. decisions when guys are going to come in. and then the lineup. But like these guys.

can re I think they can like everyone. listens to Judge. He's the he can look. at a guy be like, "Hey, you're [ __ ]. pressing. You need to take better at. bats. Like stop swinging at the first. pitch every single [ __ ] time you're. up there and grounding out to third. base." I'm looking at you, Anthony. Vulpi. Stop [ __ ] doing that. Let's. get deeper into the counts here and. maybe Hey, listen. I'm the big swinging. dick in here. We got John Carlos Stanton. back. So, you guy who's batting eighth. in the order. Guess what? You don't need.

to be trying to hit a [ __ ] home run. every single at bat. And John Carlos. back. Yeah. And he's been matching the. baseball. Only two games, but he's, you. know, I believe he's currently three for. six. He's bat for 500 on season. So, but. this is one of the kind of things where. like if they don't nip this in the bud. right now, like you could end up losing. [ __ ] 12 games in a row and then all. of a sudden, guess what? You're not. leading the division anymore. I I think. you guys are still the kings of New. York. I think uh cuz I saw Juan Sto get. thrown out on a fly ball. I don't know.

what the [ __ ] he was doing. 750 million. Yeah. He's starting to hit dingers. though. He's massive. He's starting to. come on. Yeah. Which this this was it. was always coming. It was always kind of. just let's laugh and get our jokes in. while he's not playing well because he's. going to start hitting. Y Juan Stoodto. Yeah. Uh Jet Passen is reporting from an. airplane that players only meetings are. not bad in baseball. Yeah, there you go. Keep your [ __ ] eye on the ball. What. would he know? That's I guess only face. of baseball. Uh let's talk about another. sport. Obviously only uh one day a year.

do we get to watch it. Uh competitive. eating. The goat has returned ladies and. gentlemen. Joey Josh Chestnut, the world. record setting hot dog eater will be. back at the Nathan's hot dog eating. contest on 4th of July. Thank you so. much. Thank you, Joey. Thank you, Joey, for doing that. He made the announcement. himself in a three poster, as you can. see there, one of three. Um, and he. talks about how while I have and. continue to partner with a variety of.

companies, including some in a. plant-based space, those relationships. were never a conflict with love of hot. dogs. To be clear, Nathan's is the only. hot dog company I've ever worked with. A. lot of people were saying that I was. potentially eating vegan dogs. They. weren't vegan dogs. They were vegan. burgers. I respect that there were. differences in interpretation, but I'm. grateful we've been able to find common. ground. I'm excited to be back on a. Coney Island stage doing what I live to. do and celebrating the Fourth of July. with hot dogs in my hands. Stay hungry, Joey Jaws. Chestnut. So, Joey Jaws is.

back. Sorry about it to [ __ ]. everybody else trying to down dogs. The. goat is back. And uh I remember when he. stopped the rainstorm and he said uh. we're gonna eat these [ __ ] hot dogs. for the good of America. I think we all. remember where we were when that took. place. I can't wait for that to be back. That's a story tradition that is run by. one man, an American man who loves his. uh his duty on Fourth of July. And. that's Joey Josh Chestnut. And if I'm. not mistaken, he was also the one who. put the protester in the mean mean.

headlock when the guy came up on stage. while eating. Yeah, exactly. And still. broke a record with the dog, put him. down. You got to respect it more, too. I. I witnessed firsthand at the Colts game. this year. Uh I think it might have been. the Big 10 Championship. What the. aftermath of is Joey Chestnut eating? And it's it's violent, folks. This isn't. uh this isn't just like, hey, we're. going to eat and have fun. I've seen him. banging on the door of a stall trying to. get in there. And it is a s it is a sad.

sight for one because the guy inside is. panicking and it is a scary site for two. cuz the guy on the outside Joey Jaws. Chestnut in this situation. He's about. to explode. Had about uh what 40 50. ounces of St. Elmo's uh shrimp cocktail. sauce. Uh and let's let's just say I. know he brought multiple pairs of pants. to with him to that game. Connor comes. back to the seats that we were in for. that game and he goes, "I just witnessed. history." And uh what happened? He goes,

"Joey Jaws Chestnut is currently uh. evacuating everything from the St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail contest in that. bathroom right there." And we asked him. how he knew and he's obviously told the. story of Joey Jaws panicking, coming in. trying to open the stall. It's locked, banging on the outside of it. Code red. Code red. Hurry up, please. World record. code red. And we've also seen Joey draws. chestnut. Not only is he great with. shrimp cocktail sauce and wings and hot. dogs. We saw him down 13 pints of beer.

in 70 seconds. That's right. And then he. took down I think a bottle of vodka. He. did. And I think a bottle of tequila. Yep. Right. And he's not a professional. drinker. He's a professional eater. There are professional drinkers as well. He could dabble in that world if he. wanted to from our own experience. Joey. Jaws Chestnut, Indiana Hooser lives here. in Indiana. We're very proud that he's. back representing on Fourth July. Jaws. I would I mean I understand he's a. Nathan's guy. Just implore you Jaws try. a [ __ ] Hebrew national and change. your life. I thought you talking. ballpark. What do you mean? Well,

ballpark Frank shoot. Yeah, of course. I. thought I me was the big Omeer. is not the [ __ ] creme de la creme. It's What are you talking about? I seen. Yeah, they're Indy500 racer. Yeah, the. Oscar Myer Weiner guy said, "I wish I. were an Oscar weren't. Hebrew nationals are [ __ ] topnotch. Unbelievable hot dogs." Unbelievable. I'm I like hot dogs. Me, too. And I. haven't I haven't put hot dogs on the. grill in Oh my god. I don't know how.

long. Do it tonight. I know. I think I. might. So, we just welcome me and Joey. back just open arms just Yes. just left. us high and dry and forth and we just. No, it was our misinterpretation. It was. a misinterpretation. And after what you said this morning, I don't like that there was an. opportunity for a misinterpretation. Well, the opportunity was because Joey. Jaws Chestnut said a such a hot kamaley. Some vegan place wanted to give him some. burgers. Did he do the hot dog eating. competition last year? Yeah, he [ __ ]. off Kobashi on Netflix. Oh, what? Oh,

I'm sorry. No. So, no, he didn't do the. hot dog eating competition. What day? They didn't allow him to do that. It's. not his fault. Oh, they just out of the. blue said, "Hey, you're not doing the. competition anymore. You don't want Jaws. to get paid, bro? I just don't I don't like it either. I. don't want to hear you guys talking [ __ ]. about my live guys then. They going live. sucks. We talk [ __ ] about the about the. organization, not about the players. I. think that's all going to get sorted, by. the way, relatively quickly. I hope so. Roll up. I think roll up. Roll up. Roll.

up. Roll up. Roll out. Well, fingers crossed he can beat Turkey. all of Turkey in a game of Fatal Fury. Streets of Wolves because that's what. it's going to come down to. So, which is a tough game. It is tough. game. Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. No, I that's. kind of, you know, just a nickname for. him. Turkey all turkey. Yeah. Great. gamer. Yeah. Yeah, he is. Great gamer. Great game. That's great game. Great.

game. City of W Booker Tok, uh, I. believe Boston in that game. Mhm. No, me. I did. I play I played a game. We played. a few. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You played me and. uh Burger King. I'm doing a lot of. finger uh button mashing on that thing. Did a little finger mash. Uh Travis. Kelce is talking from mandatory mini. camp. First of all, I never said that. Don't believe everything you read on. here. I am down some weight. Okay. Jeremy father reported look out for him. Maybe be down 25 pounds. He said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. 25 pounds? That's a lot of.

weight." It is a lot. That's a lot of. weight. Maybe 10, 15. Yeah, you can. tell. Noticeable. Good jawline. Does. look looks taller. Was he at the game. last night? No, I don't know. Actually, I don't. think man. We would You would have. known. You would have known. Yeah. Yeah. But maybe they said we just came here to. watch PA. Mhm. Oh, yeah. Sure. Skinny. guy with a beard, you know. Let's get. out of here, ladies and gentlemen. We're. the luckiest people on earth that we get. to do this for a living. We appreciate. you so much. Uh we have we're going to.

announce some winners of the uh Topps. card. Oh, nice. So, the reason why it. took so long for the Tops card giveaway. to happen is because uh we didn't. receive one. Yeah. So, I'm giving away. signed cards. Didn't get until very. recently. So, now that we have them, uh. we will announce the winners. I will. sign those. We will get those in the. mail soon. Congrats to Darius J. Butler. and the Florida Panthers fans for. winning the bucks. You're boozing pretty good today. Mhm. Had to. You going to go get in the golf. cart with the boys? I may want down. there Sunday parade. Is that what it is?

Mhm. You got to be float. Got to be. there. You got to be there. Try to make. my way on the float. Hammered. There it. is. There it is. Yep. He'll have a. hoodie on, too. Mhm. 100° down there. By the way, temperature. not bad today. Not bad at all. It's been. I wouldn't have worn this if it wasn't. strictly for uh USA keeping the cup. Did. you change it? Yeah, I put it on right. before the show. No. Did you change the. temp? No. I would never do that. Same.

68. I don't think it's the same. But it. is also hot as [ __ ] outside. It's so. humid humid outside today. A lot of. steam coming outside storms coming this. afternoon. Yeah. Hey, if you can feel. it. You tasty. You crazy. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. My change. your life. We're in this thing together. We're back tomorrow. Uh team on me. Team. on three. One, two, three. Goodbye.