
Hosted by Maria Janete Santos Gil · PT

In the season premiere, Dan, Amin, and Izzy go back to the Sports Illustrated cover that turned a teenager into an industry, re-reading the prophecy with the very people who helped craft it. Plus: a resplendent Sonny Vaccaro joins us to re-live his failed $100 million offer to bring The Kid from Akron to Adidas. All that AND real talk about LeBron's untold origin story. Homework for this episode: • "Ahead of His Class" by Grant Wahl (Sports Illustrated, 2002) https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/02/18/ahead-of-his-class-ohio-high-school-junior-lebron-james-is-so-good-that-hes-already-being-mentioned-as-the-heir-to-air-jordan Homework for the next week's episode: • "The Decision" (ESPN, 2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afpgnb_9bA4 From our guest: • "Legends and Soles: The Memoir of an American Original" by Sonny Vaccaro with Armen Keteyian https://www.harpercollins.com/products/legends-and-soles-sonny-vaccaroarmen-keteyian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"That's 15 yards in the NFL." Congratulations to Donovan Mitchell, who has taken Jimmy Butler's spot in the 'is this guy good enough to be your best player on a championship team?' debate. The gang weighs in on that, before JuJu tells us his Joker of the day that leaves Greg Cote shocked and dismayed. Plus, it was a loaded day for polls, and there are some massive results to share. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Dan, you don't fart? Your breath must stink." Lane Kiffin is the subject of a new Vanity Fair article in which he claims he needed Oxford more than Oxford needed him. Do we believe him? Is that even true? Then, the best-dressed man on TV and Mike Ryan Ruiz group chat world member, Adam Lefkoe, joins the show ahead of the French Open to discuss how he became a tennis guy, why Chris Simms is his nemesis in sports media, how Greg Cote can win a Pulitzer Prize, and how the New York Knicks embarrassed his Philadelphia 76ers. Plus, is the famous parrot, Woody the Woodpecker, on the Mount Rushmore of red-headed athletes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"You're not man enough to know the truth." Nobody knows more about Disney World than the Lopez twins, but nobody knows less about Al Pacino movies than Greg Cote. Amin said yesterday that Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama will be the next Magic-Bird rivalry, but Tony thinks it may actually be Wemby and Chet Holmgren. Can anyone in the NBA actually hit Wemby in the face with an elbow? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"If you loved America, you would have never returned a guy who tried to steal an election back to power." Sandwiched between #24 and #25 on Greg Cote's catchphrase list and the fart of the year, Luke Thomas of Morning Kombat joins us to discuss the state of the UFC's relationship with Donald Trump, Dana White claiming not to be a yes man for Donald Trump, and why the White House event will be a stain that White and the UFC may never shake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"DRIVER COMFORT IS PARAMOUNT!" I could tell you about how we talked about the Oklahoma City Thunder being the first-ever sneaky dynasty, or how Stephen Ross is lying about Miami not being fit to host a Super Bowl, or even Zaslow going to Santa Fe Community College and still rooting for UM. We all know why you're here, though: there is a massive update to Greg Cote's Catchphrase Countdown, and it is the only thing that matters on today's show. Today's Cast: Dan, Zaslow, Greg, Chris, Roy, Tony, Mike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"He has a sense of what humor is supposed to be." We revisit a couple of things Dan missed last week, including the shocking details Chris Cote revealed to his father and the Zaslow men's inability to have female children. JuJu joins us to provide his Top 4 Athletes That Should Try Comedy and has some ideas to fix the NBA. Should fans be allowed to enter the transfer portal? Also, Sean Strickland remains the worst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Dan did you hear the part today where Tony said in five years from now there are going to be no humans driving." Zaslow stopped listening to the show after Tony said in five years from now there are going to be no humans driving, so he missed Amin's weekend observations where he revisits Skip Bayless' virtuoso performance from last week and Sedano wearing a bath robe. Amin also proposes that Victor Wembanyama against Anthony Edwards could the modern day Magic Johnson-Larry Bird rivalry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"I knew there was a plant involved." Did Draymond Green cost himself the Inside the NBA job after his appearance this past week turned heated? Is anybody in sports broadcasting actually funny? Is seeing Louis CK on a billboard in LA really that surprising? How much did Dan's turkey sandwich at LAX cost? Are the Carolina Hurricanes really going to get away with this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"So far, the only punishment from any of the categories you mentioned was the Clippers getting the 5th pick." Dan missed reacting to Meadowlark Media winning a Pulitzer Prize, so he shares his disbelief that Pablo Torre's Kawhi Leonard story was honored among the other award-winning reporting. Then we recap this weekend's action in the NBA playoffs, including the New York Knicks sweeping the Philadelphia 76ers, James Harden saving the Cleveland Cavaliers' season against the Detroit Pistons, and Victor Wembanyama throwing an elbow at Naz Reid's face. Is there more than a 0.0% chance he will be suspended for even one more second? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices