
Hello! It's the podcast that's never too busy to notice you, or ranch dressing. Today, we sadly break the news to Isabella that she will not be the next head coach of the New York Knicks, and Katie and the Casualties discuss names for a Boston WNBA franchise, the adults-only Titanic lego set, and the sporting legacy of Red Panda. Then, comedian Steph Tolev joins to break down her past life as a Canadian gold medal hopeful, her father's most impressive trait, the Maple Leafs, the Bills, the Diddler's Curse, and the hardship of being a sports fan in Toronto, her historic mayonnaise fight from the bleachers of Blue Jays-White Sox in Chicago, the Dallas Wings splitting up a couple via trade, the latest WNBA drama, Caitlin Clark, Caitlin Dark, and the struggles of being a goth high school athlete, her first pitch dreams, her strongest soccer take, Michael Jordan's house as an AirBnB, Wimbledon, Bulgaria, Shooter McGavin, and the unbridled rage of learning to play golf.
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Dan
Thank you.
Brady
I'm really sorry to tell you this, but the Knicks hired a coach.
Dan
No, they didn't.
Brady
Mike Brown's gonna be the head coach of the Knicks.
Dan
I don't know that guy. Yeah, but I know me.
Brady
I and I said the same thing. I said what? He coached the Nigerian national team.
Dan
Is he good?
Brady
Not as good as you.
Dan
Is he at least funny?
Brady
Not as funny as you.
Isabella
Oh my God. I just like fucking do this now. Fucking God. Fine.
Brady
You wanna root for the Celtics? No.
Dan
Oh my God.
Brady
No. H. Hi. Welcome to Casuals. It's a podcast. You know that you're listening to it and it's about sports? Kind of. It's a podcast for sports fans. Fans over the sport. Do I have to re pitch the podcast every time we open?
Steph Tolev
It can't hurt.
Brady
It can't. It's certainly not helping. I don't think.
Dan
What if this is someone first time listening?
Brady
I know, and that's what Marissa said. Which is why I try to do it, but I don't write them down. Maybe I should be writing them down so that I'm not just saying the first words that come to mind when it's time to do the beginning of the podcast. Is that the solution?
Dan
Write them down? It's already written down on your paper.
Brady
No, it just says welcome oh, I'm saying should I write like the podcast that and then stuff I've thought about as opposed to stuff that I'm currently just thinking.
Dan
I don't know.
Brady
These are.
Steph Tolev
Then we wouldn't get you calling our.
Brady
Listeners sick fucks like we did last episode. No, we weren't going to do that again in case Isabella's parents were listening this time.
Dan
That's okay.
Brady
Let's just tell the listeners what's going on. It's July, not third, right? But it feels like it July 2nd. We're recording a day early because of the holiday, so we can't be fully on the news. We just did a podcast yesterday. I'm seeing these people too recently to when I last saw them. Usually I get a day off. Brady's pretending that his, his com. His camera's frozen so that he doesn't have to say anything. It's, it's, it is a vacation week. And honestly the point of this podcast is supposed to be that we're chill. And so today we're going to have like a funny guest in and we're just going to talk about our experiences as sports fans and people who played sports as kids. Less sports news based today, but highly sports discussion based. It's like the day your teacher wheels in a tv. Oh, I love those. Right? We can't complain. I think I just need to set.
Dan
Everyone'S expectations that this Christmas is playing so fun.
Brady
When did they. We didn't ever get that.
Dan
Oh, really? Before Christmas break, you never got like.
Brady
No, I feel like it was always hot when they were wheeling in TVs. I feel like it was always like the summer months when you had like a substitute who was like, you don't need to learn about the Byzantine Empire. We could just watch National Treasure or something.
Steph Tolev
Because that's religiously non denominational. There was no Charlie Brown Christmas going on right before holiday break. How dare they.
Brady
Holiday break. That's right. But I think now, aren't we saying Jesus in schools again? Isn't there like a. Didn't somebody just pass a super sick cool law? That's the other thing. That's the other thing of why today's got recess energy. Because the world is pissing me off. Every boodaloop I get on my phone, I'm like, are you serious with this? And no, I don't want to talk about it. And no, we're not going to get into it. And yes, we're going to stick to sports. But like, as a person, I'm just like tired Yay, America. It's the fourth of July.
Steph Tolev
Even the sports stories are me sending you stories about Lia Thomas's records being strict.
Brady
And. And I will say we can't get around. I will say I love now that all day I get tweets from men. It's exclusively men today in my mention saying that it's a huge loss for me, but a big win for women. And none of them go, well, that doesn't really track, does it? None of them put that together in any way. So it's. And I just go, I hope the family that doesn't speak to you anymore is thriving. You know, I hope the daughter who. Who's gone non contact with you is having a great day with her girlfriend. Things to get to before we get to Steph Tolev, who is here, who is a very funny comedian. He's from Canada, but she's actually currently trying to get her citizenship. And I was like, what a. What a time for that. She's here and we're gonna get to it in just a second. A couple updates. I guess these are less yap, more housekeeping. We asked yesterday Tuesday. So two days ago to you, listener. But again, as Dan would say, it's Terminator timeline. We asked you what we should call that little segment where we talked about Trevor Bauer, Deshaun Watson and Justin Tucker. I forgot. I forgot. I. I forgot.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
And then I remembered, okay, here are the best ones that we got. Someone called it a yip instead of a yap. Yips are famously when you are bad at a sport all of a sudden. And so I, I see the connection that was from Jack was when Chuck.
Steph Tolev
Knobloch couldn't throw the ball to first base anymore and instead threw it in the crowd and hit Keith Olbermann's mom.
Brady
He hit Keith Olbermann's mom. I don't think I knew that part of that story.
Steph Tolev
Knob lock just suddenly couldn't throw the ball from second base to first base anymore. One of the Aaron throws just caught Keith Olbermann's mom in the crowd.
Brady
Damn. And that's how she was okay. She was okay pregnant with Keith Olbermann and that's why he ended up this way. That's not true. That's information.
Dan
Out of 1 out of 5 rating.
Brady
Yep. Oh. As an option for what to call that particular. Okay, you really get. You got a gun to my face. And I feel very.
Dan
I'm sporting it up, guys. What's the rating?
Brady
Give it a three.
Isabella
I'll give it a three.
Dan
I give it a 2.5. Sorry.
Brady
Oh, wow. She. It. She is in sports. She just wants to. She asked me a question because she wanted to answer it. That is sports media in a nutshell. Bob suggested the new segment has three stories strung together with a common theme. Call it third string. Okay, Bob, I see it. You used a lot of exclamation points and capital letters and I get it.
Dan
I don't get it.
Brady
Yeah, we'll give that a two. Ty in Michigan said three stories whether you want them or not, which is very uncomfortable for Tucker, Bauer, Watson, and boy, is he right. That is kind of three stories against your will. You know, three stories you didn't ask for or consent to. And then someone named DMC called it. Pull the thread. The stories are thinly connected by a string and they quickly unravel. Yeah, that's less about the actual. I was going to call it. So these are all probably better than that.
Steph Tolev
Theirs are easier to spell.
Brady
Yeah, well, that's Pl. B, B, B, B, P, P, P, P, T. Everybody knows that, so. And then also we got a suggestion for a Boston WNBA team named Graydon. That's a new name.
Steph Tolev
I double checked that.
Brady
Graydon.
Steph Tolev
It's like Radon.
Brady
Radon with a G, Graydon with an O. Do we have a 12 year old listener? I would love that because that sounds like a new name. I've never met a Gray Don.
Steph Tolev
I feel bad they're not obeying that red E in the. In the podcast.
Brady
No, they never do. I never did. Did you? When the CD said explicit on it, that to me meant just like hide it for Mom. It didn't mean don't buy or listen. I'm talking a big game. I didn't own a single one of those CDs. I'm a radio edit kid. I still sometimes wrap the radio edit lyrics. And Dan's like, that's so embarrassing. DMX comes to mind when he says. I say, whatever, dog. I'm hungry. And that's not the lyric. That's not the lyric. But anyway, Graydon says first of his name says, I have the perfect team name, the Boston Coven. And that is exactly what I was looking for when I said we should have a witch. A fancy word for witch. It's a group of witches, a coven.
Dan
I like that.
Brady
The Boston Coven would be sick. Brady doesn't like it because there's no s. Brady.
Dan
Get over it.
Brady
Thank you.
Steph Tolev
I know. It's like I'm keeping myself from a good bit here. It is a good name.
Brady
The coven. It's a group of witches.
Dan
And now, okay, to Brady's defense, what are we gonna call an individual player? Do we just say a coven player? A witch.
Brady
A witch. She's a witch. That's. That's really cool. That would be, I think, the first instance, other than socks being an X and having to change it to a CK sometimes. If you were talking about that, it would be the first instance of using a different word. The word to individualize a player versus the team. You know, they're not.
Steph Tolev
Mascot could be phenomenal. Like, you get a mascot on a mascot broom just like whipping around in arena.
Brady
I think you would need to have the way the Patriots have those guys dressed up like Revolutionary War soldiers that go to the end zone and shoot guns. I think you would need, like, six witches to come out and have a seance at some. At like, every. At half.
Steph Tolev
No, before, you know, like the racing hot dogs or the racing. Saw you. This is the potential for having, like, the racing cast of Hocus Pocus, like, during breaks, like a big mascot. Kathy and Jamie, like, just, just, just.
Brady
We are doing all the marketing for this team that doesn't exist. There's, like, a bunch of expansion teams coming. None of them are Boston, but we've got all the marketing worked up. And I like that. And I like that. So thank you. Graydon, I'm grading you an A plus audio medium, but I'm winking and then. I don't know who wrote this in here, but it says my favorite email Titanic LEGO hater Ryan yesterday. So I'm reading now an email from Ryan. I'm writing in response to something mentioned on the July 1st EPP, the LEGO Titanic. Having built this set, I'm offering a word of caution that the build experience is horrifically boring. While an impressive display piece, the build itself was grossly unenjoyable. Be forewarned if you proceed with this purchase. Is that the most formal email anyone's ever sent about Legos to a podcast? It has to be.
Steph Tolev
It was spellchecked.
Brady
It could be. And now I always have to go, was that chat GPT? Am I talking to a robot? No. EM dashes, though, so maybe not. That's good to know. I will also say what I learned.
Dan
Of chat gbts and M Dash.
Brady
M Dash is because I love using M Dash. So do I. And now they're.
Dan
Are you kidding me?
Brady
I know, it's a bummer. The robots take everything from us. It's really, truly.
Dan
So whenever I'm writing someone, someone's gonna be like, oh, you chatgpt it?
Brady
Yeah, probably.
Steph Tolev
Chad GPT also has that bit where every single sentence is structured. Like, it's not just simple, it's essential.
Brady
Yes. And they also do that thing where they go, like, they tell you what they're going to tell you, and then they tell you, but they do it too many times within the thing, so you're just like, okay, it's not this, this and this, but it is this. Okay, chatgpt, please leave me alone. I miss smarter child.
Steph Tolev
LEGO Titanic is four and a half feet long.
Brady
Whoa.
Steph Tolev
It's a big Lego.
Brady
Also reading this. From what I learned yesterday about Sagalo, he wouldn't. This wouldn't deter him from the Titanic because all he's doing it for is to have it built. I do it. I do it for the build experience. And so this will dissuade me, Ryan. I will not be. It's also wicked expensive, isn't it?
Steph Tolev
It's like Isabella Price is right. What is the price of the LEGO Titanic set?
Brady
She needs a context. She's got it.
Steph Tolev
No LEGO Titanic set. It is 4 1/2ft long. It is 9090 pieces. For some reason, it says ages 18 plus on it.
Brady
I don't know why they.
Steph Tolev
Apparently, the instructions just have fuck written all throughout it. How much does this thing cost?
Brady
It says, fuck, put this fucking piece here.
Dan
I'm gonna guess like, $300.
Steph Tolev
And Katie, you know the answer, right?
Brady
Kind of, yeah.
Steph Tolev
It's $679 on the Lego set. On the LEGO set?
Brady
Yeah, dude. Lego. The fancy LEGO sets are expensive.
Isabella
Oh, wow.
Dan
I know Legos are expensive, but I didn't think this would be.
Brady
It's gigantic. It's like a. It's a. And no children, Brady, because they don't have. Doesn't have any boats. They don't have the life rafts.
Steph Tolev
It has cross sections where, like, it'll open up and you see the decks and you see the engines inside.
Brady
It does look really cool, which is what he said. Ryan does say that, but he said that it wasn't enjoyable to build. Huh. That's a real bummer. I need something, because here's my issue with being an adult LEGO fan, is a lot of them are themed to, like, like, I don't know, superhero stuff or, like, like Harry Potter that I'm not into, never got into. And I'm like, I'm not a big enough fan of these things. I just want to build something. So, like, I can't tell you how many of the flowers I've built. Because I'm just like. I wanna. I like the building of the thing.
Dan
Are you into, like, building furniture? Like when you get Ikea stuff?
Brady
Yeah. That's why Dan. When you watch Dan's podcast, the bookcase is built wrong because I did it. And I didn't notice till I hammered in a bunch of nails that the shelf was backwards.
Steph Tolev
And I didn't notice that before.
Brady
Now I will not all anybody comments on. And I'm like, listen, once I nailed. Once you put the carpentry nails in, you can't pull those out. They're shitty Ike nails. So I'm not going to. And now it's on a podcast. So that's. But I do love to build. I just like building stuff with my hands. My tiny, tiny little hands.
Dan
Building is fun. It's good for the brain.
Brady
It's cathartic. Zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance.
Steph Tolev
You know, there's a life size big Poppy at Fenway built out of Lego.
Brady
What? Where?
Steph Tolev
I'm looking at a. At a. This is written in 2016.
Brady
The large icon. An icon you would love Big Papi. You would have been a Red Sox fan when Big Papi was on the Red Sox. He's the best.
Steph Tolev
He's pure joy in human form.
Brady
Pure joy, yeah.
Steph Tolev
Also one of the most clutch hitters.
Brady
Incredibly clutch. He was the guy that, like, you know when one of the most disappointing things in sports is when you're like, okay, the bases are loaded, we are down, but we just need if. And then the greatest guy we have is at the plate. This is when. When he could. This is what he should. And he does. He always did. He always hit the. That you were, yes, we're gonna fucking win. It was. He was. You could count on him for it. It was perfect. He's perfect.
Dan
How's he doing now?
Brady
Slouching in my seat. Well, now he's sort of. He's in the red. He does commentator stuff sometimes for, I want to say tbs.
Steph Tolev
Tbs. Fox.
Brady
No, has that. He's on Fox.
Steph Tolev
Yeah.
Brady
With Derek Jeter and a rod, which I'm like, don't make him do that. But he also, I think, like, has a relationship with the Sox as an organization. And he had some stuff to say about Raffy Devers. I didn't also understand. I don't know. It is what it is. He's. He's just the man.
Dan
Oh, I've seen this guy's face.
Brady
Yeah. This is our city. After the marathon bombing, he did that speech and he was like, this is our city. And everybody was like yeah. Really quick before we get to our guest. Isabella, you just recently were introduced to the concept of Red Panda.
Dan
Yeah.
Brady
She is a. I mean I believe Pablo. I don't know if they've done this yet, but Pablo has been petitioning for her to be in the NBA hall of Fame because of her contributions to the sport. You're. You're nodding. Brady. Did they. Is she going in?
Steph Tolev
Oh no.
Brady
I'm agreeing with her that he one.
Steph Tolev
Of the most phenomenal things you'll ever see.
Brady
A while ago, right? I don't.
Steph Tolev
20 years at least.
Brady
She's just.
Dan
What if I never. Cuz it's not like I. Well, are they showing it like on.
Brady
TV when you're watching a basketball game? They started to recently, but I don't think they always were right. People were just watching it on league pass when you would get like the. But anyway, she's a performer that you know, sometimes you'll see like a dog go catch a football. Like this is one of those acts where she rides a tall unicycle and she has bowls and she's able to pop the bowls from her foot up onto her head in a perfect little stack. You clip that. Just me doing. That's my Red Panda. She just pops them up and they're all rearranged in a weird. And they fall right neatly into each other on top of her head while she stays balanced on a unicycle. Red Panda is unshakable. And yet yesterday. Yeah. At the commission the WNBA Commissioners Cup Final between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx. On Tuesday night she fell off of her unicycle and crashed to the court. She appeared to be grabbing her left wrist after the fall. She fell forward off the unicycle onto the court and was helped off the floor by wheelchair. Her act is composed of her riding on her custom built unicycle which stretches eight feet above the court. She balances custom made bowls on her lower leg and then flips them. That's exactly what I said, right? Yeah.
Dan
Also you gave a really great visual.
Brady
Thank you. The Indiana Fever won the Commissioner's cup, by the way. Who cares? Give me the update on Red Panda. I am beside myself.
Dan
I mean also, if it's just the wrist, maybe she's okay because she doesn't need her wrist really to do.
Brady
Not to do that. But probably for life. I think you do want to have your wrist. Oh, you know that's true. The carpus or whatever it is that is important. You do need. I Feel like this is just indicative. I told you something's wrong today. The vibes are off.
Dan
This is just the recess episode.
Brady
The vibes are off. Like Red Panda falling is. I never even fathomed.
Steph Tolev
Red panda was like 10,000 for 10,000. She would never fail. She would never miss. That was part of the. She was doing these incredible unicycle flip tricks and would never miss. So for her to miss one time.
Brady
Not to brag, it's like me and the Gulag during warzone casuals. I never died. And then when. When somebody kills you in the Gulag and you're like, wait, you're a bot. Why is this. How did I die? I'm just saying, you guys, the vibes are weird, so let's just goof off and laugh, okay? Don't hit me with any. Don't yell at me today. The vibes are off.
Steph Tolev
Heal up, Red Panda.
Brady
Heal up, Red Panda. We love you. We love you. And we. We mean it. We mean it. And, like, honestly, now I know you're human because before it was getting to the point where I was like, this is AI, this lady's. She's always getting it. How do you even learn? You have that kind of a skill? So I hope she's okay. Eight feet is a long way to fall. I don't even forgetting the bowls and the fact that everybody's watching you. Eight feet is high up to fall down on your wrist. So hope she's okay. Prayers up for Red Panda. We love you. Get well soon. Let's go ahead and pop into the rest of this podcast. Steph Tola, very funny comedian. Again, that sounded Trump to me. Very funny. She's a very funny comedian. She's from Canada. She's got a Netflix special out right now called Filth Queen. She's on season two of Shane Gillis's Tires, also on Netflix. Her podcast, Step Infection. Great name, disgusting content. If you're into that sort of thing where she talks people about their injuries in the human body and all the nasty shit that makes us who we are. Maybe we should get her to get Red Panda on there. Talk about that wrist. We can connect the dots. We're trying to connect a couple dots in this interview. Let's go ahead and hit a break and then we'll go chat with Steph Tola. With summer in full swing, you start to feel that familiar urge to refresh your closet. But why waste money on pieces you'll only wear once or for just one season? That's where Quince comes in. Their clothes are timeless, they feel luxurious, they look elevated, and the quality is way beyond what you would expect for the price. Think 100 European linen tops starting at $30. Washable silk dresses and skirts and soft cotton sweaters. Versatile warm weather pieces you'll reach for again and again. I just got the 100 European linen long sleeve shirt. It's like a black button down top. It looks way more expensive than it was. It's versatile. It's. It's like a long sleeved thing but it's very breathable so you can wear it in warm weather. I'm going to wear it all the time. Give your summer closet an upgrade with quints go to quince.comcasuals for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. That's Q U I N C E dot comcasuals to get free shipping on your order and 365 Day returns. Quints.comcasuals high interest debt is one of.
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Isabella
Thanks for having me.
Brady
Filth Queen is on Netflix currently. When did that drop? Earlier this last week.
Isabella
It's been out for exactly one week.
Brady
How's it going?
Isabella
I need more men to watch it.
Brady
Okay boys.
Isabella
So please God, sack up, sack up.
Brady
You got days off coming up.
Isabella
Yeah, Blaze, I'll turn it on yeah.
Brady
So once she has ibs, girls can have that.
Isabella
Oh, I got it bad right now. New York really sets it off.
Brady
Oh, God. Also season two attires. You're in that what episode? I must not have gotten that far yet. Episode two, then I did get that far.
Isabella
You would have remembered me. I was stabbing my wife screaming.
Brady
I'm like, of course. Perfect casting. When revealed who Stavi's wife is, it's like, yeah, that's perfect. Beautiful.
Isabella
Very fun.
Brady
And then you've got your podcast stuff, Infection, which people can men or women can listen to whenever they want to. Has anyone ever come onto ST Infection with a sports related injury story? Really?
Isabella
Most are. Yeah. Most people have torn their ACL or their meniscus, whatever. A lot of those tears. A lot of spraining the ankles. A lot of like bones popping out from like soccer and stuff. Oh, yeah, there's a lot. I'd say most are from sports.
Brady
Yeah. Graphic what we do to our bodies. Also the acl. God's worst invention. It's never working.
Isabella
It's always tearing and it's popping and then the healing. My buddy Greg right now has been bedridden for like 4 weeks.
Brady
Crazy.
Isabella
Can't move.
Brady
It's crazy. That's why when they. When athletes are sometimes like, well, they could be back in. You're like, how? I wouldn't be able to be back. And I don't move.
Isabella
No. You see someone roll their ankle, then the next day they're running. I'm like, I don't understand what's happening there.
Brady
Yeah. High ankle sprain. Six to eight weeks. And you're like, six to eight weeks. I'd be done for the rest of the five years. I'd need over it to come back.
Isabella
Yeah. Rest.
Brady
Crazy.
Isabella
Rested up there.
Brady
Not a huge sports fan is what you were just telling me.
Isabella
Well, I, you know, I used to.
Brady
Be, which is fine.
Isabella
I play sports. I'm. I'm personally sporting.
Brady
Yes.
Isabella
I want to hear my big brag.
Brady
Yes, please.
Isabella
I made the Canadian national Aussie Rules football team.
Brady
Okay. Now. And that's a great. And first. Congratulations.
Isabella
Thank you so much. It's my biggest brag.
Brady
Why does Canada play by Aussie rules?
Isabella
It's just a huge portion of Canada that became obsessed with the sport. So in Toronto Specifically, there's seven women's teams and like 10 men's teams. So it's a huge. It was a huge thing.
Brady
And you made the national team.
Isabella
I had the fastest 3k time in Canada at the time.
Brady
Whoa.
Isabella
I sprinted it. I Get very competitive. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Brady
I was very passed out at the end.
Isabella
I was dead. And I was like. I wasn't drinking a lot back then. I was, like, super fit because I really wanted to play Aussie rules. And you have to be. It's all running. If you've ever watched the sport. It's like, whatever. Rugby and football. Come on. Whatever people like to call it. But it's your running all the time. It's like, you're running, you're getting tackled, you're tackling, you're getting back up. They don't call. Nothing gets called unless it's something really crazy. Yeah, but you're getting, like, plowed and then immediately back up again after someone, like, ran over your head. And you're, like, running again with the ball like. It's insane.
Brady
This. It's fine. How old were you at this?
Isabella
27.
Brady
Oh, my God.
Isabella
I know. And now there's no way in hell it was bad. I. I used to play lacrosse.
Brady
Okay.
Isabella
And I was. I was really good. After college, I played for these teams and I was like. I was insanely good. And I was, like, smug about it. Brought me the cross to go here. I joined a team in la, like, a couple years ago. I've never been more humiliated in my. I was so bad.
Brady
What? What? How?
Isabella
I. I don't. I didn't know how to play anymore. And I thought it was gone.
Brady
You got. It was muscle memory, like riding a bike. And it was all gone.
Isabella
There was the hardest 21 year old that kept, like, pushing me. She's like, you shouldn't be your old woman. I'm like, she's right. No, it was bad.
Brady
It's gonna be you someday.
Isabella
And I couldn't catch up to her. And I won. Fucking clocker. And I couldn't even do it. I was so embarrassed.
Brady
If you get back here, I swear to God, I'll knock you out.
Isabella
If you just.
Brady
Just slow the fuck down. I swear to God.
Isabella
Wheezing off to the side.
Brady
Damn. Okay, so you're an athlete. Let's not downplay this.
Isabella
No, I was an athlete. I used to Highland dance. I've been jumping up and down my whole life, so I'm like. I am, technically.
Brady
When you say Highland dance.
Isabella
Scottish dancing. Kilts and bagpipes.
Brady
First of all, do you have no national pride? You're a Canadian who plays Aussie rules and does Scottish dancing.
Isabella
Yes, that's correct.
Brady
How do you get into Highland?
Isabella
My mom was a teacher, so I did it my whole life.
Brady
Okay.
Isabella
So that and then my dad was a huge track and field guy from high school. He was like the top of his. He would run. His big dick would be whipping around the shore.
Brady
Okay, your dad, huge. Are we talking about your dad?
Isabella
Huge dong. My dad. I didn't want to know this, but I saw recently in a photo of him, it was huge, but he was like, so my mom will make up.
Brady
How do you process that?
Isabella
It made me upset that he has no sons.
Brady
Okay.
Isabella
Because he'll never get to experience.
Brady
It does explain your energy though.
Isabella
It does. I got. Got big dad dick energy. You do? I have big Pete Tola.
Brady
It immediately adds up. And you go, well, that's how you get this.
Isabella
I am my dad's penis in a mullet wig. That's what this is. That's exactly who I am. I'm gonna tell people that you should leave with it. I. I will, but I. Yeah. Then he made us run so my mom would make us dance. My dad, we weren't very good at dancing because we were built like a man. So he would have us like run stairs and train. So I ran cross country and track.
Brady
Damn.
Isabella
All through high school.
Brady
Yeah. So was he super proud when you made the national team?
Isabella
He was actually. Yeah. They love that.
Brady
Good. I know this is a fascinating beginning to this podcast. I don't think we've ever had a mention of Highland dance.
Isabella
No, probably not. Or Aussie rules. Have you?
Brady
No, we've got an Australian on our podcast, so it unfortunately comes up quite a bit.
Isabella
Well, well, well.
Brady
What was your favorite of all the Aussie rules?
Isabella
My favorite?
Brady
Yeah. What rule was the best?
Isabella
Well, I don't think you can do it anymore, but you used to be able to grab someone from the back of their jersey, from the top horse collar, rip them to the ground, and.
Brady
They wouldn't call that you're allowed to do it until you did it a lot.
Isabella
Cuz I. Sometimes we play with the men. There's like a lower team, the women play each other. Then if you want to stay the next hour, there's like older men who are not that good anymore and women can play with them.
Brady
Right.
Isabella
Oh boy.
Brady
So you were just yanking them?
Isabella
I was yanking. I was tackling. They hated it. One guy, I almost got a concussion cuz he kicked me right in the head and then I got a free kick and then we won because of it.
Brady
Excuse me.
Isabella
Excuse me. Don't kick me. You're taking it back.
Brady
That's just like old men who aren't as athletic anymore.
Isabella
No, they couldn't catch me.
Brady
Were right to yank them down. That's what. That's years of decades of what they did to us. Yeah. That's the glass ceiling knocking back. I like that.
Isabella
It was really good.
Brady
I like that a lot. Also, the only major sport that you follow, Toronto Blue Jays.
Isabella
I don't know. I panicked. I said that. I lied. It was. It was more. I'm more. Here's the thing.
Brady
Tell me.
Isabella
My family, huge. Toronto Maple Leaf. Big hockey. We're big in hockey.
Brady
Yeah. Yeah.
Isabella
Here's the problem.
Brady
My family as well.
Isabella
They are the worst team.
Brady
They're so bad. It's comical.
Isabella
It is comical. And every year, they do this. Every year, they either get into the playoffs, they get close, and everyone gets so happy and excited. Then they. The bed.
Brady
Right.
Isabella
Every year. So. So this is my. This is my big sport thing. I'm bringing to the pod my buddy who I'm staying with, Alex Pavone.
Brady
Huge sports Alex.
Isabella
Big sports guy. He's hilarious guy. He opens me on the road. Anyways, the Leafs haven't won since 1967, and I know that because it's an attractive single game. Would you believe it? I. I actually would. They're so bad. I hate them so much. And you should, because they're bad. Yeah. So he said. This is what he told me today, that they haven't won because of the Diddler's Curse.
Brady
Oh.
Isabella
And I go, what's that? He tells me that back in 1967, all these ushers were. Were diddling kids, like, at the. At the fucking gate, at the. In the fucking games or during the game. I don't know where these kids were, what was happening. They were diddled. And now there's, like, this spirit or this, like, haunting aura around it, and that's. Look it up.
Brady
This is my phone. And this, for the sake of misinformation, I have no idea. I don't know who you're staying with. I don't know him from Adam.
Isabella
He's a.
Brady
He could be making this up. But surely there's at least a Reddit thread, Diddlers that will mention the Diddler's Curse. Of course. Everything that's coming up today is Diddy. Diddler's Curse. Toronto. We've got to put in.
Isabella
See.
Brady
Oh, no. I'm still trying to find.
Isabella
I'm gonna kill him. He said, this is a real thing. And I was like, Okay, I don't know what to tell you. I got SOS over here, so I can't help you out.
Brady
I know there's no service in this studio.
Isabella
I see nothing.
Brady
Nothing. And so we'll put a big allegedly on that. Look, people are allowed to have theories. Okay.
Isabella
He said it's a big thing. Maybe he said it to fig me. And so I like I had some kind of something and I had.
Brady
Maybe he's like, she's really gonna go on a sports podcast and say that the usher of a hockey arena diddled.
Isabella
A child and they haven't won the.
Brady
The Maple Leafs really do. We're, you know, a podcast for casual fans. And I feel like the Maple Leafs must be the hardest type of team to be a casual fan of because you're just. There's never. In order to feel any of the joy, you have to be invested. And in order to be invested you have to risk this a. It's not even a risk. It's kind of a guarantee.
Isabella
Yes.
Brady
That they're going to just ruin your day, week, month, year with some. In some comical way, most likely at the hands of Brad Marchand who used to be on our team is now on the Florida Panthers. I'm a Bruins fan.
Isabella
Okay. Thank God. I was like, if you're a Florida fan, I'm getting the out of here right now. I'd be pissed off. I'd be absolutely seething. I love. I love Boston. That's why I found my special.
Brady
I know. At the Paradise. Shout out. Shout out Bill Burr.
Isabella
Shout out Bill Burr. Shout out Boston.
Brady
That's the best place.
Isabella
I can't believe how bad here's. You know what's the problem too with the Leafs. I think they have one of the biggest fan bases.
Brady
They do. And they're so die hard.
Isabella
Uh huh.
Brady
And they don't deserve it at all.
Isabella
Do you know how much money it is to see a Leafs game?
Brady
Probably a ton.
Isabella
It's fucking stupid.
Brady
Ton. Hockey in general is more expensive than you. I mean probably in Canada as well.
Isabella
Leafs especially because they're like some. It's like some big thing. I saw one game I think when I was in grade nine. What is that? At 15 years old.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
With this guy who has day in time who happened to get like free tickets from like a radio show or something.
Brady
That's how you gotta do it.
Isabella
You got it. That's literally where it was.
Brady
I know. I tried to see a Bruins game. Dan and I tried to get tickets. Cause I've made Dan a Bruins fan. Cause he didn't have a hockey team. My family's big into the Bruins. So we were like yoink, you're with us. And he was in. It was a bad time for him to be in because we've been kind of embarrassing the last few seasons, but he. We were gonna go see a Rangers game. They were playing. We live right near. You've been to our apartment to do this podcast. We live right near msg. So we were gonna go see Bru Rangers. And it was like a random early in the season and it was like 200 bucks for all the way per ticket. All the way up.
Isabella
I was like, that's just crazy.
Brady
It's just. Can I just go for like 60 bucks and get a cheap ticket and go watch an early in the season hockey game?
Isabella
Cuz also, if. Even if it was like 50 bucks, you're going to buy two, three beers each, you're buying the dog, you're putting on some onions.
Brady
230 bucks a ticket for a team that. I'm trying to convince him to, like, get out of here.
Isabella
It's very upsetting.
Brady
It's upsetting.
Isabella
The only time I've really enjoyed a Toronto team was when the Blue jays won in 92 and 93. Yeah, I was very young, but it was like the vibe of everybody. Like all my parents, friends, everything was. Everyone was so happy. I'm like, wow, joy is possible. It is possible.
Brady
It is.
Isabella
It never will be with the tournament release, but it actually, it is.
Brady
It truly is. I think the greatest thing about sports is, like, what I'm here for is for everybody to be. Everyone in this room wants the same thing. And that thing doesn't hurt anybody. The other team, I guess, but it doesn't. We're all rooting for a common outcome together. And then when we get it, we get to experience joy. That surely means nothing, right? But it is something at that moment in time, something. It's just. How many times do we get to just gather and experience joy?
Isabella
Not a lot.
Brady
Not a lot.
Isabella
Very infrequently. Comedy, sure. But then you're always gonna be like, I hated that one bitch. Like, there's always. When you leave a. A game, you know. You know, you ever center out one person team like that guy's a piece of to back at you. But a comedy club, you're gonna be leaving, talking about who you hated the most for no reason. Not just enjoying yourself.
Brady
Or sometimes you go to comedy and it's actually a person who just thinks that saying all the offensive words is the comedy. And you're like, there was no joke in between.
Isabella
So you're talking about the mother.
Brady
You're just. You're just hate speeching me. I would never bring up the mothership in front of any comic because I know you guys have to bend a knee. Knee. I don't want to get in the way of the bending of any knee.
Isabella
I do not. I will.
Brady
Not the Maple Leafs. I mean, not the Maple Leafs. They suck. The Blue Jays are okay.
Isabella
They are. They got good again. Remember the. The whole bat flip thing? That was huge.
Brady
That was huge.
Isabella
Everyone loves that.
Brady
That was. That was a big. Well, no, some people didn't. Which was what was crazy. It was like, who gives a. I'm sorry. He experienced joy.
Isabella
Yeah. And then it was all pissed off.
Brady
They're like, well, that's not how we do it.
Isabella
It.
Brady
It is.
Isabella
That's football. I have a hard time watching football. They celebrate for 45 minutes after I'm. Keep the game going. Anybody stop.
Brady
It wasn't even points. You sacked the quarterback. And you've got to do a choreographed dance.
Isabella
Big dance happening.
Brady
Too much.
Isabella
I like. I like the football now, though. My boyfriend's heavily into the Bills.
Brady
Okay.
Isabella
I'm a Bills fan.
Brady
Okay. That's.
Isabella
Sorry. I love Josh Allen. See, I know a name, but I'm.
Brady
I don't want to say that they're the Maple Leafs of. Of the NFL.
Isabella
No, they're not that bad.
Brady
But they do get there, and then.
Isabella
They do get there, and then I. I can't. Yeah. My boyfriend will murder me because I know the games are on.
Brady
He's like, they're a great team to root for, though. And they really fun.
Isabella
And I. I. We want to go tailgate. Have you seen what they do up there?
Brady
You would. They're nuts. Right? The. Bring a phone, Bring the table, Throw me on the table some ketchup and some mustard. Squirt it on. You are made to be a Bill's tailgate.
Isabella
I really am.
Brady
And so you haven't been yet.
Isabella
No. It's also, you know. Have you ever heard of what happens? How cool it is? Like, I think it's like two years ago, the full stadium got snowed out.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
And to get to your seat, you had to shove.
Brady
Shovel it out. I remember.
Isabella
People didn't. And no complaining.
Brady
I know.
Isabella
Just freezing their. I'm like, I. That's too far for me.
Brady
Too far.
Isabella
I'm not doing that.
Brady
It's crazy. I went to a. A Patriots Broncos game a million years ago. It was cold. Like, very, very cold. It was like one of those days where there was no weather, but it was just. It's going to be very cold. So bundle up. So we had like, the heat things in our pockets and whatever. I got a beer and it froze at, like, while I went to. Between sips. I was like, this is. I didn't think. I thought you put alcohol in the freezer because it takes so long to freeze. It was that cold. That was miserable.
Isabella
Freezing between sips is actually crazy.
Brady
It's crazy.
Isabella
Wow. So anyways, in between sips, you should.
Brady
Be going to a Bills game. I think you should make that happen.
Isabella
We're really trying because my. My dad's also a Bills fan because it's the closest to Toronto. So.
Brady
Of course, because we don't have the northern most of the team. Well, you guys have a whole league in Canada.
Isabella
Well, Dewey, even my family didn't watch that. Nobody watches cfl.
Brady
You guys are tuning into the Gray cup to find out what the.
Isabella
I think I used to serve people. I worked at a wing restaurant in Toronto and people from CFL would come in and it's so funny me seeing a Canadian athlete from that because nobody gives a. They'd be like, yeah, hi. Play for the cfl. I'm like, what, blue cheese or dill? And they're like, like, they. It's so embarrassing.
Brady
Cheese are dill.
Isabella
Yeah. I worked at Duff Famous Wings in Toronto.
Brady
What happened to ranch?
Isabella
This one. This. This one Wing place. We just did the blue cheese or dill. I'm telling you right now, you don't need ranch when you got dill.
Brady
That dill sounds good. It's probably a dill, if we're being honest. It's probably like a dill ranch.
Isabella
It's creamy dill.
Brady
Yeah. Yeah. That sounds.
Isabella
It's like a ranch with some flavor flakes in there.
Brady
That sounds nice.
Isabella
It's good.
Brady
I like it.
Isabella
Check out those famous wings if you're in Toronto. Great Wing.
Brady
I'm going through a phase where I. Dan's a big ranch dressing guy and I love ranch, you know, But I. I have had such good, like, homemade ranches recently that I. Hidden Valley. I feel bad. My whole life I've been loyal to Hidden Valley. I can't. It tastes wrong now.
Isabella
It's watery.
Brady
It. Well, it's almost like. It's like plasticky. Because I just. Just. I'm like, this is not. And so I'm branching out and like, buying random ranches that I see in supermarkets. I think I might start making.
Isabella
Put in the hidden ranch box.
Brady
He won't even know. I know.
Isabella
Put a couple things together.
Brady
I mean, he wouldn't know, an alarming amount of stuff I could swap out, like, very.
Isabella
He wouldn't know you were going to body double. He's like, babe.
Brady
He's like, you're. Your boobs are bigger.
Isabella
I think now it's a completely different voice.
Brady
Look, he's busy. He's got a lot going on. He can't be noticing me or ranch dressing. Yeah. Okay, so the Blue Jays are good.
Isabella
I have another sports story that I never got to tell. Let's hear. This is the only time. Okay, this one's bad.
Brady
Oh.
Isabella
So I saw the Blue Jays play the White Sox years ago in Chicago. I was there for Lollapalooza with my friend and my boyfriend at the time. We go to the stadium, we're having some sips. We're sitting pretty high up. Baseball's affordable. I will say that.
Brady
Yes, it is.
Isabella
$14.
Brady
It's like every day. So they really can't.
Isabella
Could you imagine the time? Yeah.
Brady
Dollars.
Isabella
So we're up there pretty high up. And there's not a lot of Jay's fans. So we all have our J's gear on, whatever. And we start winning. And there's this guy behind me and he's not loving that. I'm like, really? Woo. I'm annoying at games.
Brady
I'm aware of that.
Isabella
I'm aware. I know, I understand.
Brady
Especially if you're in an other person's stadium. I've. I've curbed this a bit. But in my youth, I was very like, yeah, I'm from the other team. Like, I was that annoying. So I get it. I relate. You're in a state safe space.
Isabella
Yes. And I was younger. I was like, what was I, 23, 24?
Brady
Oh, life.
Isabella
So, God, we're going to die any day. So I was like, you know, cheering. We start winning. A turn around this guy. I was like, in your face. Yeah, I wasn't swearing. There were children around. This guy throws a massive mayonnaise packet at my head. Open, closed.
Brady
Okay.
Isabella
Have you seen the size of these American mayo packets? It was like. It was like a ranch dressing that you get. It was like a huge, like rectangular. Whips it at my head.
Brady
Oh, no.
Isabella
And I'm like thinking, he's just gonna let me. Like, I'm gonna leave it. And I pick it up, and my best friend Alison's let me. She goes, stephanie, don't do it right. And I go, too late. I turn around, I whip the mail packet. Completely miss this man.
Brady
Oh, no.
Isabella
I hit this fat little redhead kid right in the Eye. Her glasses fall off. She goes, daddy, no. Start sobbing. The entire area starts pointing and booing at me when I say, I don't know if I've ever been that embarrassed in my entire life. It was mortifying. I had to go. I had to apologize to the girl. I went. I had to go up. So now I had to get out of my seat. Everyone's staring at me. I have to shuffle up, like, how many seats? It's like they're, like, three rows behind. And I'm like, I'm really sorry. Is there anything I can get you? I was gonna go buy her, like, a hot dog or something. No mail. No. But I was like, hold the mayo. A dry dog. But I was like, I'm really sorry. And the dad was like. Like, it's okay. He's like, that man was really out of line for.
Brady
Yeah. And where were you on that, dad? You could have said something when the.
Isabella
Original mayo packet was thrown, which is crazy to do.
Brady
Let he who cast the first packet.
Isabella
I also. My aim is so bad.
Brady
Yeah, and that's not your fault. Mayo is hard to throw.
Isabella
It's not.
Brady
You have to, like, lay it against your palm and launch it in a way.
Isabella
And he was up, so he got the down angle. Yeah, he was throwing up.
Brady
Yeah. That's crazy. A man hit you in the face with a Mayo.
Isabella
Well, you hit me in the back of the head, but I did hit the child right in the face.
Brady
The back of your head's still technically your face. Fair?
Isabella
I don't think so.
Brady
I think my face goes all the way around.
Isabella
Oh, so you've eyes the back.
Brady
I got a 360. Yeah, you know it. I got a 360.
Isabella
360 head there. Okay.
Brady
Okay. I. That's. That's tough.
Isabella
That's.
Brady
I'm trying to think of the worst thing I ever did at a. I got. I got removed, or I guess asked to leave.
Isabella
That's removed.
Brady
They were like. They were like, you should probably go. And it was like, okay. I guess I was in a. It was at a Rangers game. I was in Bruins stuff. This was when I was in. I want to say college. So I, like, was not affording to go to sporting events. So this was like a. I think I'd gotten tickets through a friend of a friend of somebody who knew somebody on the team. So we were in, like, a section where you were supposed to be well behaved.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
And I didn't adhere to that. And I just was yapping too much. It was like getting up and screaming at people. And then the worst is when you talk your. In the opposing stadium when you're winning, and then there's a tide turn, and then everybody knows where to find that one lady who was yelling the whole. And so I was right at the break in the seats where, like, the people, you know, you'd walk. So the. All the people in this front row knew exactly where to look to find the woman. And there was just a lot of yelling, and they were like, you should go. And I think that's the most. I was, like, ashamed of myself, where I was like, come on. He didn't have to ask.
Isabella
Oh, okay.
Brady
So. But I didn't. There was no projectile. And so that was a tough. And you stayed the rest of the game.
Isabella
Yeah, that was the worst part.
Brady
I went in.
Isabella
It was like. I think it was like seven. It was pretty close to the end.
Brady
Good. Okay.
Isabella
But I also was like, I'm so. I'm like, I'm not making a man make us leave. And then when we left, it was a lot of, like, boo. And like, then we end up losing. It was very embarrassing.
Brady
Yeah, that's tough all around. And that's why she's not into sports anymore, because it just was a tough. It was scarring.
Isabella
I saw a pit. No, I saw a Pittsburgh play kind of recently. The. The. I saw the Penguins up.
Brady
Okay. Yeah, just. You saw them play?
Isabella
I. We went to the game. We got, like, good tickets. I've seen the LA Kings play a few times. I just saw. Oh, it was. The last thing I saw was in Nashville in December. I saw the. What are the Hurricanes. What's going on out there?
Brady
They. They made it to the playoffs.
Isabella
Yeah, we saw Canes. Something down there. I don't know what the hell I was looking at.
Brady
Okay.
Isabella
Very drunk at that game. I'll tell you what, I am not sober at these sports games.
Brady
It is, I think, one of the best places for public, like, drinking.
Isabella
It has to be.
Brady
There's no comp to it, really. I mean, you can go to bars.
Isabella
But everyone is drunk and everyone is yelling and you're outside.
Brady
Right.
Isabella
And it's nice.
Brady
Right. And there's the illusion of safety where they, like, stop selling. After a certain amount of times, you're like, I can't be irresponsible because they stopped me after the seventh inning, so I can't.
Isabella
That pisses me off, though.
Brady
It does.
Isabella
They go into extra innings, and I'm sitting there dry as hell.
Brady
It's.
Isabella
I find it annoying. I think if they keep going. At that point, you got to reopen it.
Brady
Right. So it's like a. It's a. It's tough because if it's going to go 10, you don't know if it's going to go 15.
Isabella
Yes.
Brady
And they want to make sure they don't give you beer on your way out the door. That being said, I think if the game is. Maybe we should make a declaration. If the game is tied in the seventh, it should stay open for the eighth.
Isabella
Yes.
Brady
I don't think that's a bad. I'm trying to, like, poke holes in that rule. I don't think that would be an issue. I don't see why they can't. No.
Isabella
And if you're still drinking that late in the game, you're gonna finish your drink before you leave.
Brady
Right. And in the seventh, I'm also probably getting as many beers as I can to bring back, so I'm going to.
Isabella
Be forcing us to drink faster.
Brady
Yeah, I think so long as it's tied, the. The bars should stay open. Hear ye, hear ye.
Isabella
Let's start.
Brady
Let's pass that law. I'm looking through the sports news of the day to see what's interesting that would be interesting to you. We are. For our listeners, we're recording this a day early because, look, it's the 4th of July, which I only just realized when you walked in and told me you were hungover. Is that Canada's Fourth of July?
Isabella
It's July 1st.
Brady
Yesterday, two days ago. Whatever.
Isabella
Every day. Yeah, yeah.
Brady
And I said, why do you guys want to be us so bad? July 1st. It's so close to when we did it.
Isabella
I don't. It weirdly is just when we became an independent country. But it's.
Brady
But it was way after us.
Isabella
Yeah, but it was just weirdly three days before. Before.
Brady
It's like a hundred years after, though.
Isabella
Look, you know what? I'm trying to be American, so I got nothing to say here.
Brady
Good luck. Tough time. A tough time to enter and ask to stay.
Isabella
It is.
Brady
Is it. Are you. Is it okay? Is it traumatizing or. You do. Is it?
Isabella
No, no. I'm just worried about the test. The test was what I was worried about because I knew everything else. You know what's crazy? What? They asked you for your citizenship test. You. Over the last. For the last eight years, you had to tell every single time you've left the country and came back in.
Brady
I couldn't tell you that.
Isabella
You know why I could. Because I'm a fucking Hoarder. And I've kept every day. I have a daytime calendar. Nothing is in this phone. That's why I was very early today because my Internet wasn't working this morning and everything's handwritten down. And if I had checked my schedule, it would have said 11:30. So I went through all my day planners and I went. And I was like, I can't. I've had them for 10 years, dude.
Brady
That's one of those things that, like, is now feeding your delusion that you should hold on to everything. That's almost bad.
Isabella
I know, because you're like, look it.
Brady
If I didn't have these, what have I done?
Isabella
I don't know.
Brady
I'd never be a citizen.
Isabella
How the would I know?
Brady
Why do they need to know that?
Isabella
Every date exactly. That's not in your passport. So how would I know?
Brady
That's really crazy.
Isabella
Wild driving across board anything. And I had it all.
Brady
I love that. Oh, I love that's making me feel that of like, yes, it was worth it. I write everything down. Dan and I share a calendar that's on the wall that we write. Like, he'll write his dates and spots.
Isabella
And I'll write like a normal calendar. Yeah, we. Yeah, we had one.
Brady
I need it written down. I need to see it. I can't. But then there'll be times where I'm like, like somewhere else and someone will go, what's. Where's Dan? That weekend, I'm like, well, I'm not home at my calendar. People are like, you know, they have them in these.
Isabella
It's not the same people.
Brady
Have you ever had your calendar in here? Lie to you? Cause I have. Oh, I've put in before. This is a very specific and random example. But I remember someone's mom brought up an ex boyfriend in conversation. The mom was like, that was my anniversary with. That's my anniversary with my husband. And I'm a lady who always forgets people's dates. And it makes me feel like a bad friend. So in that conversation while she's talking, I was like, put in. I was like, this is Matt's mom's anniversary. So next year when it comes up, I had it repeat yearly. So next year when it comes up, I'll go, happy anniversary.
Isabella
And she'll go, how did you know you look good?
Brady
And I did that. I think I texted Matt and I said, well, today's your mom and dad's anniversary. And he goes, no, it isn't. It's in four months. But in my calendar, it Was in both of those places. I certainly didn't type it in twice.
Isabella
No. See?
Brady
And so that's when I stopped trusting this Y.
Isabella
And you're right.
Brady
Now it's all handwritten. Is this good? Pod Sports Pod material.
Isabella
Wait, sports pod. It's. It's like a sport. I don't know.
Brady
Keeping track of where everybody is and what everybody's doing is a sport.
Isabella
It is a sport.
Brady
I don't have the executive function. Dallas Wings forward Melissa Smith. Okay, that's wnba. They're having a moment. I don't know if you've heard.
Isabella
No.
Brady
Was traded to the Las Vegas Aces on Monday after the news broke. Melissa Smith posted on X that she was sick to her stomach in reaction to the trade that sees her leave the team where she played alongside her girlfriend, guard Dijonay Carrington. That is what I wanna talk about.
Isabella
Oh, I like that.
Brady
Because in major sports, in the sports that get the most coverage in men's big four sports, this is not a narrative that we get to see a lot. A fascinating wrinkle to like, you were there with your girlfriend and now you've gotta leave.
Isabella
Do you think they did it because the girlfriend thing?
Brady
I think they got along well.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
I don't think it was because of. I think they genuinely are like, oh, that's a bummer. It's just an added layer of. Sometimes a team just trades you and you don't find out till later. Imagine if that were the case. And also they're trading you away from your girlfriend. It's like, well, that's.
Isabella
I feel like you want to keep them together.
Brady
Yeah. I would think.
Isabella
I mean, it's.
Brady
They have an unspoken bond.
Isabella
Yes. And they're like, you know, keep each other happy. Now they're gonna be away and they'll be distracted because it'd be texting with a friend. Yeah. Yeah.
Brady
This is where me not being an athlete certainly doesn't help me have insight to these things. But I feel like now they could tell each other team secrets.
Isabella
See, there we go.
Brady
Team secrets.
Isabella
And they definitely are. Cuz us girls love to gab.
Brady
We do.
Isabella
We could gab all the secret.
Brady
We've been gabbing for 30 minutes. We haven't even gotten any sports news yet.
Isabella
We love. We love the gift of gab.
Brady
It's the bet. So I think that I feel bummed for them. They only played one season together with the Baylor Bears in 2020. They fell in love in a hopeless place. They reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.
Isabella
What's all the drama. What's the other girl who's, like, huge in wba? Ashley something?
Brady
Angel Reese or Caitlin Clark?
Isabella
Caitlin Clark.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
What's going on with her? I keep seeing her, like, getting pushed by these other girls.
Brady
So complicated.
Isabella
She quit or.
Brady
You've opened up a real can of worms here, Steph.
Isabella
I. I see it on tick tock.
Brady
Now. The difficulty with WNBA is that it's experiencing a period of great growth.
Isabella
Okay?
Brady
Many people are coming to the league and are interested in it. A lot of that was on the heels of Caitlin Clark coming into the league. She's very good. She hits threes. She's white. These are just important characteristics of her. I think they're. My theory. Everybody's got their own. My theory is that a lot of men, you know, the comments on WNBA used to always be, get back in the kitchen, make me a sandwich. Nobody watches this. Get this out of my face.
Isabella
As they're watching it. Nobody watches it. Nobody watches this.
Brady
But now those are mostly gone, which are like, wow, where did they go? My theory is those people use Caitlin Clark's entry into the league to be supportive of the wnba. They love Caitlin Clark, but they hate everybody else in the league. Mainly a lot of black women and. Or queer women. Everything the league represented to them, all of the adjectives that Caitlin Clark is not that. And so they think that everyone's being mean to Caitlin Clark. Whereas WNBA fans and WNBA players who've been doing this for forever are like, okay, we get it. You like this one lady. But, like, we are a whole league. Yes, we all play this sport. She's not your special little flower. And so then it's the reactions to reactions that if you're an outsider or a casual and you look at WNBA discord course, your first reaction is like the Grandpa Simpson gif, where, like, you walk in, you see it, and you're like, nope, gonna take my hat. And I get. Right, because what is this? It's very racial, it's very hateful, and it's, you know, makes it very difficult to dip your toes in the WNBA water because you're like, I like that Caitlin Clark hit this shot. I'm not trying to align with all.
Isabella
The people that just playing.
Brady
Right?
Isabella
She doesn't all, like, are just playing. The people are like.
Brady
And it's not their fault that, like, women play wnba. Women's basketball is a physical game. They've always been physical with each other. The world, you know, the world. I'm sure you've experienced this as a woman who says, Words that are dirty.
Isabella
Or curses or simply just being a woman on the Internet.
Brady
Have you ever experienced. Remember the first time an older guy said to you, like, two, kiss your mother with that mouth. Clean that up.
Isabella
Yeah.
Brady
That a woman shouldn't be speaking that way. People have that subconscious whatever towards women and being physical in sports. They think you're being mean. They do not like it. It's unbecoming of a lady. And so I think they're bringing a lot of that unbeknownst to them into the. And they're going, why is everybody pushing Caitlin Clark? Well, everybody's pushing everybody.
Isabella
Yeah. Okay. There's a lot of shoving. That's what I'm seeing. The clips. They're just putting. Posting those clips and being like, that's exactly it.
Brady
And now she is a superstar. And with any league, a superstar gets. Gets more attention in many ways. So, like, it's not all delusion, but I think a lot of it is fed by just people wanting to protect their precious little.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
Their precious little Caitlyn Clark. The discourse is in a bad place.
Isabella
Okay. I don't love that, but have it get there. I'm sure you've seen this girl that went crazy viral. I think she plays for an Australian team and she's a full goth.
Brady
Yeah. Yeah.
Isabella
Love that.
Brady
I love that.
Isabella
I was. I'm like, this is my kind of sport now I'm into sports again.
Brady
I actually, we were going to talk about her the other day, but we, as always, ran out of time and didn't. But I believe they call her Caitlyn tonight. Dark.
Isabella
She's so goth. She's like, I love the clown makeup. Like, the clown makeup. I was like, I think at one point she had like little fake fangs in.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
I love it all looks that.
Brady
I'm like, I would kill to have the confidence to pull off that the like, little. You know when girls do make clown makeup, but it's like sexy clown. It's like got the little red down the eye and it makes them look cool and mysterious. I just look like, Like a clown.
Isabella
You could clown. I mean, Halloween. Clown it up.
Brady
Yeah. The one day we're all safe to try. But I just wish I had that ability to go, yeah, I have fangs.
Dan
What of it?
Isabella
I feel like now we're past it.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
I was a goth in high school. I went to war. Dog collar. Lol. Dog collar. Oh, also dog collar on the track team. Hilarious. I'd have to take it off before the big runs because it irritate my neck. It's so hard to be goth and.
Brady
Be sporty having like eczema in a dog collar shape around your neck from where you sweat on your collar while you ran. It's very funny.
Isabella
It was so hilarious. A dog collar. Oh, yeah.
Brady
What else?
Isabella
It.
Brady
What else?
Isabella
I would wear two pairs of fishnets. I would wear crazy high socks. And I'd wear armbands and bracelets all the way up my arm.
Brady
You seem like someone who's always had a fashion sense.
Isabella
Sure.
Brady
Where do you get it from?
Isabella
You wouldn't call that a fashion sense.
Brady
No. You do. You.
Isabella
I do a lot. I thrift a lot. I've been. I've been thrifting since I was like 15 years old.
Brady
Yeah. Which is the only way. It's what we should all be doing, really.
Isabella
But now it's. It's out of control.
Brady
Right?
Isabella
The T shirts.
Brady
Now you're like, this is a wet seal. I don't want to thrift a wet seal.
Isabella
Why is it 755? Yeah. What are we doing? Why is bizarre.
Brady
Yeah. It's crazy. Well made clothes should be all that it is. And they should be cheap.
Isabella
Very cheap.
Brady
We have a lot to say. Not a lot of it's about sports.
Isabella
But I brought in a lot of sports stories. You did.
Brady
I'm criticizing myself out loud.
Isabella
I can get more if you need more sports stories here.
Brady
Let's see. We've got. It's okay. Here we go. A Diamondbacks fan. The Arizona Diamondbacks, the baseball team. A fan has been banned for the rest of the season after interfering with a home run ball. This is the fourth year in a row that this exact fan has interfered with a home run during a game.
Isabella
No.
Brady
Isn't that wild?
Isabella
They let this guy do this for.
Brady
Four years before they were like, you have to. You have to go.
Isabella
But they're not baiting him for life. They're like, you're done for the rest of the season.
Brady
Don't come back until you're five. Where you'll probably.
Isabella
They can't let him buy those. Just don't let him buy those tickets.
Brady
I know he can't be back there. He was ejected Monday for interfering with an apparent would be San Francisco Giants home run. And he's been. Well, so that's an important detail. I feel like at least he interfered with. It would have been a home run for the other team. It's not like he's like getting in the way of his own whatever. The Diamondbacks announced in a statement on Tuesday that he's Banned citing, quote, multiple offenses committed by the fan. This particular fan has been involved in multiple offenses at Chase Field, the statement reads. Consequently, we have terminated his Advantage member account and he is prohibited from returning to Chase Field for the remainder of 2025. He'll have the opportunity to come back in 2026 as long as he meets certain terms. I'd like to know what those are. And abides by our fan code of contact. They did. They conduct. They did not identify the fan. He identified himself in an interview with Arizona Sports 98.7 FM on Tuesday. We won't publicize his name here. It's like, yeah, he's. It's.
Isabella
That amount of chances is crazy.
Brady
Now.
Isabella
That's. That's too many chances.
Brady
I agree.
Isabella
Everyone hates this guy.
Brady
He dove across three other fans in this last offense.
Isabella
I would have punched him in the head.
Brady
Yeah. Is that allowed, you think?
Isabella
No, that's crazy.
Brady
I think you should be able to punch in the face if somebody dives over your personal space. I think I should be allowed to punch him.
Isabella
I definitely. Yeah.
Brady
Defending myself.
Isabella
People go for those balls. If I see one coming, I'm like, I'm over it.
Brady
Right?
Isabella
You can go flip flop around all you want. I'm done with this. Right.
Brady
It's like, don't be embarrassing.
Isabella
Don't be embarrassing.
Brady
And if you catch it and there's a kid within, let's say, six seats of you in either direction, so you.
Isabella
Don'T give it to that kid.
Brady
Give it to the fucking kid.
Isabella
I watch and then the kids are crying.
Brady
It's disgusting behavior.
Isabella
I know.
Brady
And then people go, like, everybody. Not everybody gets a trophy. The kid should have caught the ball if he wanted it.
Isabella
Kicking his.
Brady
The ball.
Isabella
Kicking his ball.
Brady
Okay. The kid's living in a very tumultuous time and culture.
Isabella
Yes.
Brady
Maybe we let them have the ball.
Isabella
Also. That how happy that kid would be. That kid will keep the ball. The man's gonna be drunk for the.
Brady
Rest of their lives. That's what we need.
Isabella
If I had caught the ball, I would have given it to the.
Brady
That's right.
Isabella
Pack a kid that I.
Brady
That's right. You would have thrown it at the head of that poor redhead glasses girl.
Isabella
I hope her corny is okay. That was a sharp corner.
Brady
She still likes baseball.
Isabella
Oh, God.
Brady
I hope you didn't turn her off forever from the sport. That would be a real. A real shame.
Isabella
Speaking of. Also about baseball, we're trying to get me to throw the opening pitch right now in Toronto.
Brady
Excuse me.
Isabella
Well, it's not confirmed, so I don't want to keep talking about it yet because I'm, like, jinxing it. But I'm trying so hard, hard. And my buddy Pavi today told me. He's like, I'm trying to get him to bet on me. He thinks I can't hit the mound. I go, buddy, I can throw a.
Brady
Softball from the mat. You're gonna throw from the mound?
Isabella
Ah, yes. We watched the top 10 worst pitches ever last night.
Brady
They're bad.
Isabella
Wow.
Brady
Really bad.
Isabella
Sit the down.
Brady
Really embarrassing.
Isabella
I will be practicing.
Brady
Okay. I did this.
Isabella
You did this.
Brady
I didn't do this at a major league game. I did it in a minor league game. So it's. You still did it.
Isabella
Did you get a strike?
Brady
Not really. And also I did it for. I practiced.
Isabella
You did? How long?
Brady
I played softball. I was a softball pitcher.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
Baseballs are smaller. And I didn't throw. I don't throw those as much. So I was like, I gotta at least get used to the muscle memory of like a. A smaller ball. So I practiced a little bit. I, like, played. I had a catch a couple times. Like, I played catch a couple times.
Isabella
That's it. Okay.
Brady
And then I went out there and I just, in the moment, was so scared.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
That I sort of forgot the mechanics of how to throw. You know, you go elbow, wrist. And instead I just.
Isabella
Oh, hucked it.
Brady
I pushed it.
Isabella
Oh, like you're doing like a. I like. What's that sport called?
Brady
Like a shot put almost. And it. And it. It. I think it went over the plate technically.
Isabella
Well, so it was the same area. No, but it was the 52nd throw.
Brady
The heat. I wanted to throw. I wanted to get up there and make them go like, girls can play baseball.
Isabella
That's exactly what I want to do. I want to change the world. I will be practicing. I will be a better believe.
Brady
You can do this. It.
Isabella
I think I can.
Brady
You can do this.
Isabella
I. I'm pretty certain I can.
Brady
I know you can. And also.
Isabella
And I need to get a strike now. I will be practicing.
Brady
Of all the audiences to do it in front of.
Isabella
Canadian fans are nice and my hometown. Yes, I must.
Brady
You must.
Isabella
And then I'll do the.
Brady
Are they not getting back to you? Who do we need to call?
Isabella
We've been trying. We're getting.
Brady
Hey, Tron know if you're listening.
Isabella
Let me throw.
Brady
She's super famous.
Isabella
If I've seen the people that have done it, I'm more famous than them. I need to break it to you. Guy who owns a subway at the corner of Bay and Bloor. I. I got. I have more followers that guy.
Brady
But are you a franchisee? That's important.
Isabella
I know a lot of the players from 92, 93. Does that help?
Brady
Perfect. Yes. That's all you need. She can list them, and then she'll throw a strike.
Isabella
Joe Carter, Big name also. Same birthday as me. That's the main reason. I know.
Brady
Exciting.
Isabella
That's my big baseball fact.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
Joe Carter's birthday's on March 7th.
Brady
That's an advanced mention.
Isabella
I don't know what year, but that's.
Brady
That's okay. Who needs that? Oh, Saudi Arabia. You have thoughts on Saudi Arabia as a country that you feel like sharing?
Isabella
I think I'm good.
Brady
Yeah. They're. They're doing this thing where they're investing in a lot of sports. Oh. So that's scary. You know, I believe it's called sports washing, where they take the potentially dirty money and invest it into the things we love.
Isabella
There's no sports over there.
Brady
There are. There's certainly soccer because Cristiano Ronaldo got paid a ton of money to play it.
Isabella
I know that name.
Brady
But they're doing a thing called the Club World Cup. I mean, if you didn't know Cristiano Ronaldo, I'd have to make you leave. I think that would be a tough question.
Isabella
Be loud in here.
Brady
Everybody knows. Knows that guy. They. There's a. An event right now called the Club World Cup. It's a FIFA event where they have teams from various leagues all competing against each other in this one big competition. And Manchester City is a Premier League club. That's very good. And they were stunned in the Club World Cup. They lost to Saudi, one of Saudi Arabia's teams.
Isabella
Oh, really?
Brady
All halal in extra time on in Florida.
Isabella
I'll tell you what I. That I will say right now, soccer is the only sport I cannot watch. I. The faking of. I can't do it. After playing Aussie Rules Football and watching. If you. If you watch one game of Aussie Rules, men climb up, other men use them to catch the ball. Same as rugby. There'll be gushing blood. And they still keep. They don't even pretend to fall. They keep running. The faking, the rolling, and then immediately back up running. Why is it not annoying everybody?
Brady
It is.
Isabella
It's psychotic.
Brady
I know. The worst is when you see them going like.
Isabella
It's looking.
Brady
Looking to see. Did a ref see me? No. Okay. I'll just get out.
Isabella
You know what? They need to do. They should do an improv 101 class. They need to get better at these act outs. They gotta get better at act outs.
Brady
That's the point, I think to be made.
Isabella
That's it.
Brady
Not that. Not that. Cause the faking it is. Is at this point part of the game.
Isabella
Yeah.
Brady
You need at this point, your skills at the acting should have evolved. I would say if this is such a part of your game, get out there and take an improv class. Get out there and learn a method so that we're not going. Hello. This is so obviously fake.
Isabella
Yeah. You need to think about your dog dying. Your first dog dying. A couple tears in there.
Brady
What's my motivation?
Isabella
Yeah.
Brady
And then get yourself there something.
Isabella
Because otherwise it's so absurd. That's exactly what you feel about it.
Brady
Completely.
Isabella
That's better acting than I've seen.
Brady
Yeah. Thank you. That was a fake sneeze.
Isabella
Yeah, that was. Wow.
Brady
That was pretty crazy because this chair's soaking wet now. So that's. But I'm really method. Exactly. What's interesting. Okay, this one's kind of murky and. And it's breaking as we're talking about it. But I just want to make sure you leave this room up to date on all the biggest sports news. You know, gambling has recently been made legal and now it's everywhere in sports. It's not legal obviously everywhere. But it's not illegal at a federal level. And then state by state, it's. Some have legalized.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
Federal authorities are investigating Detroit Pistons basketball guard Malik Beasley on allegations of gambling related to NBA games and prop bets. So the allegations are from the 202324 season when Beasley played for the Milwaukee bucks. He averaged 11.3 points in 79 games, made a career high 77 starts. At least one prominent US sports book detected unusually heavy betting interest on Beasley's statistics beginning around January of 2024, a gambling industry source told ESPN's David Purdom. A gambling industry source pointed to a game between the Bucks and The Trailblazers on January 31, 2024, for the odds on Beasley recording fewer than two and a half rebounds. So it was a bet that you can make or.
Isabella
Specific.
Brady
Very specific. And they. The. The odds moved significantly before the game. Shortening. These are the words that I don't understand. But gamblers will shortening from around a plus 120 to around minus 250 due to a surge of action on the under. And he finished with six rebounds. And the bets that were Deemed unusual. Lost. So it seems. I've also seen a lot of other things about the story that I thought would be in here that aren't it just. It. We're at a point where we're gonna keep seeing these stories of the like, okay, so gambling is legal. And why did everybody care that day about the under of rebounds of this one specific player?
Isabella
So he's obviously involved. He knows what's up. He can kind of play around these odds.
Brady
We aren't. We're investigating to figure out if what happened was that he was aware of it and then specifically took action. It's all very murky. We don't. We don't do a lot of gambling stuff on this podcast because I feel like it's now since becoming kind of legal, it has taken over sports content. Like, every adult bad is for gambling. In the middle of a game, they'll be like, the prop bets on this are like this parlor in game parlay.
Isabella
Yeah.
Brady
You're like. If you're at 7 and watching baseball, you would think that you have to spend money on it to. It's like part of the experience. And it's not. You can do it that way. But I hate that it's become. It all has to be that now. It's like if every movie was porn and you're like, what if some movies had plot and other things.
Isabella
Some porns have plot.
Brady
That's. You're so right. You're so right.
Isabella
So you got to see live games, go to a live game.
Brady
Right. And not deal with. Well, you can bet in stadium. They'll let you know that the WI fi is good now. So that.
Isabella
Really?
Brady
Yeah. Oh, some. Even. The Arizona Diamondbacks, I believe, even have a, like, casino in there.
Isabella
Oh, wow. People just the thing with gambling. Who's got all this money that they just toss around like.
Brady
Like this? I don't know.
Isabella
I lose five bucks. I'm thinking about it for ten months after I'm.
Brady
My brother asks me, do you think Shohei is gonna hit a home run tonight? And I go, oh, he's gonna put money on this. Oh, he's gonna put money on this. And if I'm wrong, my relationship with my brother won't be the same anymore. I better use all the information available to me to make the exact. Right. I'm too stressed.
Isabella
No, there's. It's too much.
Brady
Because then if I go, I do think so. But not enough to put money on it. And then he hits a home run. I go, whoa. What the.
Isabella
Yeah, exactly.
Brady
I'M a savant.
Isabella
Huh.
Brady
So it's just a slippery slope for me that I don't need to. I like sports too much to gamble on it because I'll lose all of.
Isabella
My money and then be mad there. The, the, the team lost and that you've lost some money.
Brady
Right?
Isabella
That's too much.
Brady
And do you hedge against your own team? Like if your team's going to lose, do you bet against them so at least you get money?
Isabella
Uh huh.
Brady
Shane did that.
Isabella
I was bet on the Bulls. The Bulls, the Bills losing. I was like, but then my boyfriend's getting mad. You're jinxing it. I was like, I, I think they're going to lose and I should have put money on it.
Brady
I know. But then if they do lose and you put money on it and then you're like, did I cause it? Did I make it? It's just too, I, I have too many emotions to gamble. I think that's where I.
Isabella
And when the, the Birds won this year, I was going to bet they were going to win because I want the underdog to win. And they did. Sometimes, you know what, then I got pissed. I didn't bet. But sometimes I like the fun bets where it's like, how many times are going to show Taylor Swift on the screen like that? Those are the bets I can get behind.
Brady
I like, what color is the Gatorade going to be when they dump it on the.
Isabella
That's a fun thing.
Brady
I always did wonder though, when they do the prop bet about the length of the national anthem at the super bowl, where they go, how long? What's the over under on the national anthem.
Isabella
It's crazy.
Brady
If I'm the. And I mean this year was Hammer the over. That was the longest anthem I've ever. But I feel like if I'm doing the anthem, I would look up the prop and be like, I'll just add a. If I'm. I'll just go, why can't I. I would just bet on. I know exactly how long it's going to be. If I was at the dress rehearsal for the anthem, I'd be like, I know exactly how long it's going to be. Easy money. I've always wondered how they keep you from being able to.
Isabella
Really? No. Okay.
Brady
I don't know.
Isabella
Don't they have like a time before I guess to put your bets in? I don't know.
Brady
I don't know. I don't even know why I brought it up. I'm really sorry.
Isabella
Hey, it's sports Related.
Brady
That's right. Know what else is. Michael Jordan's old house in Chicago is on Airbnb. Speaking of gambling, a Chicago area mansion once owned by all time NBA great Michael Jordan. Jordan is now listed on Airbnb offering high end travelers the chance to vacation like a six time champion. It's called Champions Point. That's what the estate is called, huh? It's a seven bedroom. Guess how many baths. How many baths for seven bedrooms?
Isabella
I mean I would, you would assume.
Brady
Like four at least 17 and a.
Isabella
Half bathrooms for seven bedrooms. How much? Was he taking a piss and that? He's like, I can't soil that bathroom. I need to go to the 6.
Brady
16Th and a second question. That's a good one. Second one. Are any of these also are these multiple halves added up to holes? Like is it. There's no way you have 17 full bathrooms and one half bathroom. I bet you've got like four half bathrooms that when you zoom out like this become two bathrooms.
Isabella
Yes.
Brady
Right. There's no way you've got 17 showers.
Isabella
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. What is that? 17 bidets? He better have bidets.
Brady
You have to.
Isabella
You can't have at least a tushy.
Brady
At the very least. A tushy. A little, a little attached.
Isabella
What's the. So how much does this cost?
Brady
You can. A week long respite over Labor Day weekend. I mean that's a, that's a busy weekend. But that is the only price that I have in front of me, so we have to go with it. Checking in on August 29th and out September 5th would cost you $120,000 in. 120,000 and 920. How do you say that? $920. I don't know.
Isabella
That's crazy.
Brady
So much.
Isabella
I was going to go way lower for that. What again?
Brady
Granted, that's a holiday weekend, so I feel like it's got to be in high demand. But then again, when are you getting seven people? It can accommodate 12 guests.
Isabella
17 bathrooms. That's 17 people right there.
Brady
We could all at the same time and still have extra space.
Isabella
There's definitely more. They just say they always under the person because they don't want you to have a party.
Brady
Now let me say this.
Isabella
You're having a party there.
Brady
You have to let me have a party here.
Isabella
That's a party house.
Brady
7 1.39 acres. You have to let me have a party. It has a movie theater, a commercial gym, meaning people can come in and swipe in and use it. That's what commercial would mean, is it?
Isabella
Oh my God.
Brady
A cigar lounge, a wine cellar, pool tables, bars, salon. Meaning like what hair salon? Or like, are people in it?
Isabella
Are people working it?
Brady
Saltwater aquariums and of course, a full size basketball court. The home in Highland Park, Illinois has a stunning price tag and requires a minimum seven night stay. So you can only stay for a week, but I do. Oh my God, I'm sick of Airbnbs being like, no, don't have people over. You're like, if I, why would I be at this house in the Hamptons alone? I'm, I'm. You think I just come here to. And granted, yes, Dan and I do sometimes get an Airbnb at a fancy house in the off season. We bring our PlayStations and we sit there with our dog. We let her run around in the backyard and we play video games. That does happen sometimes, but most of the time you're like, I need a house that's bigger than mine.
Isabella
Yeah.
Brady
So I can have people over. Stop making it okay for every Airbnb to go. Like, you can't have people. You're not my mom.
Isabella
No, but have you seen the ones where the guy's like in the garage living there and then those videos crack me up.
Brady
That's.
Isabella
He's like, opens. I was like, I'm just gonna come in and use the loo. The guy's like, what the is this? He's like, I'm just gonna come in. It's my place now.
Brady
The fact that this is a Chicago area mansion. Mansion once owned by guy makes me think there are. There was an owner between the two and now they're profiting off it being Jordan's house.
Isabella
Because there's no way Jordan like left the house and was like, put this on Airbnb.
Brady
Yeah, there's no way he's going. Like he doesn't need the extra cash.
Isabella
Well, what's he been up to?
Brady
He's coming back to work. What he's gonna be. So NBA is going back on NBC. It doesn't matter, but it's a big deal if you give a about stuff like this. The NBA is moving back to NBC and he is going to be a commentator for the NBA on NBC. Well, well, well. There were rumors, I don't know at talking. I don't know. We don't know. But this happened with Tom Brady this last year stops playing football. He gets the biggest ever price tag to be in the booth a 10 year contract having never done it. And in his first season he did. He commentated the Super Bowl. He was like, in the booth for the Super Bowl. Okay, so it's like there's an argument to be made, Steph. I certainly wouldn't make it make it, but there's an argument to be made that a lot of emphasis is put on the experience of the athlete over the ability to do the actual job they'll be paying them to do. And I think if you can get Michael Jordan, you get Michael Jordan.
Isabella
Yeah, that's a big get.
Brady
But it remains to be seen if he's good at talking.
Isabella
We'll see. I'll tune in to see that.
Brady
Right.
Isabella
I'll put the under over on how many times he messes up a word.
Brady
Yeah, he might too. That's a, you know, long rumor that he was involved in something. Money exchanging, sports was a long rumor. Like gamble.
Isabella
Uhhuh. Maybe that's why he's coming back.
Brady
Maybe that's why he needs $120,000 for a weekend.
Isabella
Awesome cashola.
Brady
So anyway, if you can grab a couple friends and I can grab 120, I think we could scrape that.
Isabella
We can scrape that together. We can scrape that. I'll put in some bets this weekend.
Brady
Yeah, that's it. We'll do it.
Isabella
That's.
Brady
This is how it starts, by the way. Check in on you in a week to make sure I push you down some sort of a ramp that you're now flying off of. You're like, I got a lot of parlays. I got a 7 leg WNBA parlay I need to hit.
Isabella
That sounds good.
Brady
Or I can't eat this week. I mean, that's mostly what's going on. Wimbledon, tap. Do you like tennis?
Isabella
I do, yeah. Well, I've been. Yes.
Brady
See, I don't. I can't. I feel too poor when I watch tennis. This, it's. It just makes me feel poor. I feel like I didn't grow up with it. The rules don't make sense to me. I don't. I'm looking at the camera because I'm gonna get screamed at about this. Really, the points I have to teach myself, how it works every time.
Isabella
That's me with every sport, though. I don't. Unless baseball. Baseball makes sense. You're like, okay, they're in, they're out, right? They hit the base.
Brady
Right?
Isabella
And hockey, it's in the goal.
Brady
It's out the goal. Right.
Isabella
I actually enjoy watching tennis because I enjoy the back and forth. I like it fast. I like a few fast sport like that and then it's over.
Brady
Coco Goff is out. She lost.
Isabella
There's another. I think there's a Canadian girl who I think is about to lose right now, too.
Brady
Oh, no.
Isabella
Yeah.
Brady
Oh, yeah. So do you root in these international competitions?
Isabella
Always a Canadian.
Brady
Wow. Simply don't let the citizenship people say.
Isabella
I don't listen to that uscis.
Brady
You could be. You could. You could find yourself rooting for an American, I'm sure.
Isabella
Never, never, never.
Brady
No Katie Ledecky at the Olympics.
Isabella
I'll tell you right now, if it's. If it's not Canada, I root for.
Brady
Bulgaria because that's where.
Isabella
That's where I was supposed to. My family. And that's it. Because America always wins. So it's like I have to root for the other people.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
Gotta give them some hope.
Brady
Yeah.
Dan
Wait, quick question. What would you do if. Because some players will choose a country that's right.
Brady
To play for.
Dan
To play for. Like, so say if they're from Canada, grew up in Canada, but say they're, like, Bulgarian.
Brady
Yeah.
Dan
And they want to use that country.
Brady
To play for, would you play for Bulgaria?
Isabella
No, no, no. Canada. I'm not moving to Bulgaria. You're not gonna root for them? I'll rub. I'm not moving to Bulgaria.
Brady
Yeah. Yeah. Well, I don't think you have to move to Bulgaria.
Isabella
I thought you would play the sport.
Brady
She's like, listen, go back where you came from.
Isabella
She just popped in to tell you, here's the thing. Bulgarians are only really good at weightlifting. So unless it's like the Olympics, the Summer Olympics, that I'm kind of in there. But otherwise I'm like, I gotta move for Canada.
Brady
Yeah. Fair.
Isabella
Like, you know, when all the hockey teams are out, obviously Canada just goes to Edmonton.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
Panthers. I hate when Florida teams win any.
Brady
Anything. Speak on it.
Isabella
I hate Florida in general. So anything to do with Florida.
Brady
Give me that.
Isabella
I just tell me all about.
Brady
What do you hate about Florida?
Isabella
Oh, the. Every show I've had in Florida as a comedian, I've been threatened with guns. People have waited outside for me.
Brady
Dania Beach.
Isabella
Danny Beach. I will never go back to that club for the rest of my life. In one. In one weekend, I had a man go like this. I have two guns. Keep going, sweetheart. I go on you. On you. He goes. It was the gun show today, and I was like another guy. I made I said some dick pic joke. He got so pissed, he stood up, flipped me off, said, you. And then waited for me out front. They had to call. Like, they, like, escort Me back to my hotel. Wow. I hate Florida. I hate Tampa. I fooled around with this creepy guy. My fault. That's on me. That's on me. It's on me, the rest of it. And now I'm like, I won't go back. And the fact that a Florida team is winning at ice hockey is infuriating, creating.
Brady
And the fact that when we talk about it, people bring up taxes. I'm like, I can't tell you something. I want to talk about less than tax law. Please don't make me give a. About taxes. What the.
Isabella
Okay.
Brady
Don't care.
Isabella
Connor McDavid. I mean you. You really had our hopes up.
Brady
I know.
Isabella
It's upsetting.
Brady
I know.
Isabella
Didn't you even want Edmonton to win?
Brady
Yes, of course.
Isabella
Because everybody hates Florida.
Brady
I hate Florida. They've knocked the Bruins out.
Isabella
Oh yeah.
Brady
Unceremoniously. And then stole our fucking captain. The love of my life. And just gave him a six year deal to stay there. And he took it and he's happy with them. And I am like, that place sucks. It's wet. It's hot and wet. It's. You go outside and your hair goes. Whatever you just spent all that time doing is over now.
Isabella
There's crocodiles roaming around freely. And people are like, oh yeah. Ha ha ha ha.
Brady
Huh?
Isabella
You're dead. Your dog's dead.
Brady
Old people and dead dogs by crocodiles.
Isabella
Everybody all looks like a crocodile. It's golf.
Brady
It's. It's just, you know.
Isabella
A golfer.
Brady
No.
Isabella
I tried getting into golf.
Brady
Are you good at it?
Isabella
Here's the problem.
Brady
Let's hear it.
Isabella
I started real hot.
Brady
That is the problem. Same.
Isabella
I came in and I was like.
Brady
Said I've never seen somebody be this good this early. And you're like, I'm about to be a prodigy.
Isabella
I bought a set of clubs.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
I'm like, here it is. Then I proceeded to have the two worst games of my entire life. So bad that I just said it. I started picking up the ball and carrying it. I was so pissed. I was. It was like I couldn't even.
Brady
I am so relating to you in this moment.
Isabella
And then that's it now. So now I'm pissed. Cuz my boyfriend's a very good golfer. Cuz he weirdly. His uncle is Shooter McGavin who is happy Gilmore. Wait, my boyfriend's uncle is actually Shooter McGavin? For real.
Brady
Like the act.
Isabella
The actual actor, Christopher McDonald is.
Brady
That's cool.
Isabella
And he looks exactly like him.
Brady
So he would sn.
Isabella
It is him. No no, no, it is my boyfriend, Jefferson McDonald. His uncle is Christopher McDonald, who plays Shooter McGill.
Brady
Looks like him.
Isabella
Your boyfriend looks exactly like his uncle.
Brady
I was like, no, but he looks like him. He can't be him. I get what you're saying.
Isabella
No, no, no. It's. He's. It's funny. It's very funny. So now he's good at Golf. Shooter Jr. Hilarious course. But he's so. Him being good at golf. I'm like, well, now I have to golf because I want to golf with your uncle. I want to go up. We all big family golf. But I kept. I don't like being bad, especially as a woman. If I'm bad at sports, dude, you get a little. Told you. And I've been good at every other fucking sport I've ever played. Played, so it's annoying.
Brady
I feel like we're sisters.
Isabella
Do we have to go secretly and take lessons?
Brady
I had the same thing. I was great at first, and everybody was like, look, Katie, you put off doing. Because my dad used to do a yearly golf tournament with his friends, and I. I never was in it. I would go to it or, like, help out or whatever. And then one year, I was like, fine, I'll do it. And I didn't care. And I was great.
Isabella
Y.
Brady
And so then I was like, I'm gonna get into golf. And then the next year, just slicing everything by the fourth hole, I had decided. I was like, listen, I'm gonna ruin everybody's day if I keep doing this. It's not getting better. I'm getting upset. Yes. So instead, I'm gonna drive the cart and I'm gonna drink.
Isabella
And that's okay.
Brady
And that's what I did. Because I just was like, if I. I can't let golf ruin my day. I was like, I can't let it make me mad.
Isabella
You're right.
Brady
So then it. But it was like. It only made me mad because of how easy it was. Was at first.
Isabella
Yeah.
Brady
And then I was like this. So I think we just do have to go get, like, lessons or something.
Isabella
But you did the right thing. I continued to play. I continued to ruin everyone's day around me. Especially my boyfriend.
Brady
Yeah.
Isabella
He's like, just drive the cart. I'm like, no, I will. Then, of course, at, like, hole 12, I hit this beater further than his ball. Way further than his ball. And he's like, okay, you're back into it. And then he immediately it up again. I'm like, well, 9 was in the bush, of course. Couldn't find it. It's scratched up by palms. It's annoying.
Brady
It's a level of patience.
Isabella
I don't have patience. I have no patience at all.
Brady
I do not have it.
Isabella
That's why I liked Aussie rules. There's no patience.
Brady
We don't. Our vibe doesn't really resonate with golf like that. It's your very Aussie rules vibe. You're very brash. You're very in your face.
Isabella
Really want to tackle a man.
Brady
We're not like. No, that's not us.
Isabella
That's why. Hockey. Watching hockey.
Brady
Aussie rules. Yelling, drinking, screaming, throwing mayo. That's what we like to do.
Isabella
Maybe next time on the pod, you might have a the. The sport. Your sport news will be me hitting some kid in the face at the Jays game. Putting them in the hospital because I. I threw a beater so hard.
Brady
That is what I would like to return to. As we wrap up this podcast, let's be make sure that somebody somewhere in Toronto associated with the Blue Jays in any way hears this and gets you on the mound. Please to throw out a first pitch. I think you'd be fantastic.
Isabella
It'd be great.
Brady
And then we could train you. We could get you trained training now.
Isabella
Because it's in two weeks. If, if, if it happens. Yeah, I want the July.
Brady
I already have a date.
Isabella
Well, it's the only time I'm in Toronto, so it's all hinging on this one day.
Brady
Of course. And you'll be there to do shows or just to do this thing?
Isabella
No, I'm going like family. Family and just for laughs and blah, blah.
Brady
Make sure you write it down in your calendar. I can't wait to go document it and tell it to the government so they don't come for you. Yes, Steph, you can find Steph Tollev's special on Netflix. It's called Filth Queen. It's out now. It's very funny. You can find her in season two of Tires, which is probably on the front page of your Netflix. I feel like that's on the front page of everybody's Netflix.
Isabella
Yep.
Brady
And her podcast, Steph Infection. Do you have any dates or anything.
Isabella
You want to promote or just follow me on Instagram. Steph Tola. That's it.
Brady
Sign up for a mailing list. That's my best advice to anybody who has a comic they like on the Internet. Sign up for their mailing list so you never forget. When they come to your city, they will send you an email and let you know and you won't have to check their dates and go. Damn. You just came to where I was.
Isabella
Every day that happens.
Brady
Just sign up for the list. They won't sell your email. They're just comics. They just want you to come see them.
Isabella
Thank you.
Brady
Laugh at their joke. Jokes.
Isabella
Exactly. That.
Brady
You should do that. It's a fun time.
Isabella
It is.
Brady
All right, Steph, thanks for being here.
Isabella
Thanks for having me.
Brady
It was fun.
Isabella
Bye.
Brady
All right, everybody. Thank you. Thank you for. For the recess episode. We love you. We mean it. Enjoy your Fourth of July. Have a fun holiday weekend. Celebrate. Eat a couple hot dogs. But not too many because don't forget, legally, I think they're allowed to have like a certain amount of rat hair in them. So unless you're Joey Chestnut and then that's fine. I'm sure you've figured it. He's just eating a full rat, I think. Okay, Why'd I do this? Let's go to the end of the. Bye. Love you. Mean it.
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Podcast Summary: "Canadian Sports, American Mayonnaise, and Envy for Caitlin Dark | with Steph Tolev"
Casuals with Katie Nolan released an engaging episode on July 3, 2025, titled "Canadian Sports, American Mayonnaise, and Envy for Caitlin Dark," featuring comedian Steph Tolev. The episode offers a relaxed and humorous exploration of various sports-related topics, personal anecdotes, and current events, tailored for both casual and passionate sports fans.
The episode begins with a lighthearted discussion about the challenges of podcast introductions. At [01:47], Brady quips, "No, we weren't going to do that again in case Isabella's parents were listening this time," setting the tone for the episode's informal and candid atmosphere. The hosts emphasize the goal of creating a "chill" experience, akin to recess for sports enthusiasts.
At [23:19], Steph Tolev is introduced as the episode's guest. Brady highlights her comedic prowess, mentioning her Netflix special "Filth Queen" and her podcast "Steph Infection." Steph shares insights into her work, humorously noting, "Maybe we should get her to get Red Panda on there. Talk about that wrist."
A significant portion of the episode delves into Canadian sports. Isabella proudly announces her achievement at [25:03], "I made the Canadian national Aussie Rules football team," sharing her passion and competitive spirit. The conversation shifts to the Toronto Maple Leafs' long-standing struggles since 1967. At [29:27], Isabella laments, "The Leafs haven't won since 1967," expressing frustration with the team's performance and the emotional toll on fans.
A humorous yet embarrassing anecdote is shared by Isabella at [39:37]. She recounts an incident during a Blue Jays game where a fan threw a large mayonnaise packet at her head. Despite Steph's advice to hold back, Isabella admits, "I whipped the mayo packet. Completely miss this man," highlighting the spontaneity and unintended consequences of such moments.
The hosts transition to WNBA news, focusing on Melissa Smith's trade to the Las Vegas Aces and the implications for her relationship with teammate Dijonay Carrington. At [49:09], Brady remarks, "In major sports, in the sports that get the most coverage, this is not a narrative that we get to see a lot," underscoring the rarity of such personal stories in mainstream sports media.
They also discuss Caitlin Clark's rising prominence in the WNBA. Brady theorizes, "A lot of men, you know, the comments on WNBA used to always be, get back in the kitchen, make me a sandwich," suggesting a backlash against the league's growing visibility and diversity. This segment highlights the intersection of sports performance and societal perceptions.
At [64:49], the conversation shifts to the legalization of gambling and its pervasive influence in sports. The hosts discuss the investigation of NBA guard Malik Beasley for potential gambling-related activities during the 2023-24 season. Brady expresses concern, stating, "We're now gonna keep seeing these stories of gambling being a big part of sports content," highlighting the ethical and integrity issues arising from this trend.
Brady and Isabella share their personal experiences attending live sports events. Brady discusses the exorbitant cost of tickets, particularly for MLB and NHL games, lamenting, "It's upsetting." Isabella narrates her attempt to pitch at a Blue Jays game, reflecting on her fluctuating passion for attending live events due to past negative experiences.
Isabella reads a listener email at [11:59] criticizing the LEGO Titanic set's build experience. She humorously contrasts this with her own challenges, mentioning, "I have too many emotions to gamble," illustrating the podcast's blend of humor and personal storytelling.
The hosts brainstorm names for a new segment, evaluating suggestions like "yip," "third string," and "pull the thread." At [06:21], Isabella jokes, "Knoblock couldn't throw the ball to first base anymore," adding levity to the creative process. They ultimately decide on "Third String," ranking it a [7:42] two out of five, indicating room for improvement.
As the episode wraps up, the hosts express excitement about future content and events. Brady encourages listeners to catch Steph Tolev's work on Netflix and her podcast, while Isabella shares her aspirations to pitch at a Blue Jays game. The episode concludes with a warm farewell, emphasizing community and shared joy in sports fandom.
Brady [01:47]: "No, we weren't going to do that again in case Isabella's parents were listening this time."
Isabella [25:03]: "I made the Canadian national Aussie Rules football team."
Isabella [29:27]: "The Leafs haven't won since 1967."
Isabella [39:37]: "I whipped the mayo packet. Completely miss this man."
Brady [49:09]: "In major sports, in the sports that get the most coverage, this is not a narrative that we get to see a lot."
Brady [64:49]: "We're now gonna keep seeing these stories of gambling being a big part of sports content."
Isabella [11:59]: "I have too many emotions to gamble."
This episode of Casuals with Katie Nolan successfully blends humor, personal stories, and insightful discussions on current sports issues. With the addition of comedian Steph Tolev, the podcast offers diverse perspectives, making sports fandom accessible and entertaining for a broad audience. Whether reflecting on the enduring struggles of the Toronto Maple Leafs, navigating the complexities of WNBA narratives, or sharing amusing mishaps at live events, the hosts create a relatable and engaging narrative for listeners.