Megan & Klay, Alex & Boston, and Diego Pavia's $1000 of Unworn Hats

Summary

Casuals with Katie Nolan

Episode: “Megan & Klay, Alex & Boston, and Diego Pavia's $1000 of Unworn Hats”
Date: April 28, 2026
Host: Katie Nolan
Panel: Isabella (sports newbie), Chris (editor), Brady (co-host)

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Overview

Katie and the Casuals team dig into a week dense with sports soap opera, unpacking everything from Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson’s dramatic breakup and the Boston Red Sox’s house cleaning, to the quirky chaos of the NFL Draft and Diego Pavia’s infamous hat haul. Along the way, the show delivers its signature mix of genuine sports insights, cathartic rants, listener interaction, and comedic banter.

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Main Topics & Key Segments

Celebrity & Sports Breakups: Megan Thee Stallion & Klay Thompson

[03:36 - 14:34]

Story Breakdown

• Megan Thee Stallion announces the end of her relationship with NBA star Klay Thompson via Instagram, citing infidelity and his inability to be monogamous during basketball season.
• Megan’s emotional state is discussed, including her public appearances and her “Moulin Rouge” performance.
• The panel dissects the sports world’s reaction to the breakup, including a viral cheating journal purportedly belonging to Klay.
• Listener voicemails pour in, highlighting the collective outrage and heartbreak, especially on behalf of Megan.

Notable Quotes

• Katie Nolan [03:36]: “Cheating had me… around your whole family playing house, got cold feet holding you down through all your horrible mood swings and treatment towards me during your basketball season. Now you don't know if you can be monogamous?”
• Annie from Chicago, voicemail [10:32]: “What the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck? … How fucking dare he? … Are men okay? We know Klay’s not. And may he never be…”
• Brady [13:13]: "If Bill Belichick does not make the Football Hall of Fame for whatever dumb shit that was, this absolutely should keep Klay Thompson out of the Hall of Fame."

Insights

• The panel points out the double standards and heartbreak for “perfect women” in high-profile relationships.
• The collective internet sympathy for Megan as a cultural moment, with jokes about recruiting her to Boston sports teams.
• Cheating narrative reframed: “It’s not about you, it’s about him.”

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Boston Red Sox Firestorm: Alex Cora & Coaching Staff Cleanout

[14:34 - 21:46]

Story Breakdown

• Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora and much of the coaching staff after a massive win against the Orioles.
• The unusual optics and timing: coaches fired after a blowout victory, then bussed away in a “Coaches for Hire” shuttle.
• Discussion on Red Sox’s management woes, lack of veteran players, and possibility of an AI-run front office.

Notable Quotes

• Katie [19:38]: “I think this whole thing ends... I think the Red Sox are trying to become the first team entirely run by AI.”
• Brady [16:45]: “That's a very normal time to fire a manager: on an off day as opposed to flying into Baltimore, waiting at the team hotel for the manager and coaches to come back from an ass-kicking... and then firing everyone.”

Insights

• Team instability is more about deep structural mismanagement than coaching.
• The disconnect between management, players, and direction.

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Listener Interactions & Banter

[22:16 - 40:13]

Stories Shared

• Chris shares a heartwarming story about his 4-year-old daughter falling in love with minor league baseball.
• Multiple funny sidebars about grocery shopping chaos, with a focus on relatable frustrations between spouses.
• Listeners write in about the Columbus NWSL expansion and humorous jersey nicknames (“Cum Jersey,” “Krukkaki kit”).

Notable Quotes

• Chris [22:42]: “She’s like, I don’t want to leave. I’m having too much fun.”
• Brady [37:05]: “I can do it fine solo. She can do it fine solely. But the two of us together – it’s a goddamn disaster.”

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Short Updates & Viewer Mail

[40:13 - 43:01]

• Columbus Crew’s Goosebumps-themed kit already exists ("Cum Jersey"), as pointed out by listeners.
• Controversy over NWSL expansion in Columbus appropriating land intended for a community park.
• Suggestions for new team names: “Pilots” (for Jerry Mock/21 Pilots), not just “Jerrys” or “Mocks.”
• Marathon news: The 2-hour marathon barrier is broken by two runners in London, with major advances credited to training, nutrition, and high-tech shoes.

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NFL Draft Highlights & Phone Fiascos

[43:38 - 65:32]

Main Takeaways

• Wrong Numbers: Cardinals delayed by having a prospect’s wrong phone number ([45:41]).
• Call Waiting Chaos: Eagles trying to call a pick already on the phone with Pittsburgh.
• Prank Call Anxiety: Kenyon Sadiq expects his Jets pick call to be a prank ([47:50]).
• Jerry Jones Antics: Cowboys owner fumbles with his phone while joking with media ([49:41]).

Memorable Moments

• Oscar Delp’s Dog: His dog times the celebration just right to nab a spot on the family couch ([50:46]).
• Matthew Stafford’s Clone Theories: Speculation on Stafford’s longevity and wife Kelly DM’ing the new QB pick.
• Mike Vrabel’s Counseling Absence: Vrabel attends counseling (possibly marriage-related) during Day 3 of the draft, paralleling rumors/photos of him with reporter Diana Russini ([56:03]).

Notable Quotes

• Kenyon Sadiq [48:05]: “I think it's gonna be a prank call for a second, but, no, I appreciate it.”
• Katie [53:18]: “Let's make one thing clear. This is Matthew's team.”

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Diego Pavia’s $1000 of Unworn Hats & NFL Draft Heartbreak

[61:38 - 63:34]

• Diego Pavia, Heisman finalist, goes undrafted—awkwardly sitting in front of 32 unused team hats.
• Listener laughter over the expense and anticlimax.
• Joyful highlight: Francis Mauinoa’s emotion and pledge of loyalty to his new quarterback ([63:58]).

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Women’s Hockey & Anti-Tanking Innovations

[65:45 - 68:42]

• PWHL playoffs: Innovative system where the top seed chooses their semifinal opponent, fueling rivalry.
• Vancouver Goldeneyes secure the #1 draft pick by winning after playoff elimination, a tactic aimed to combat tanking.

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NHL/NBA Playoff Updates & Suffering

[68:42 - 80:27]

NHL

• Ottawa Senators get swept; graphics mishaps on broadcast.
• Utah Mammoth swap out Golden Knights jerseys for their own in a viral PR move ([72:24]).
• Bruins have a catastrophic game, prompting existential fan anguish from Katie.

NBA

• Celtics look set to dispatch the Sixers (up 3-1).
• Dante DiVincenzo’s Achilles tear continues trend: fourth player wearing #0 in the playoffs to suffer the same injury ([78:35]).

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NASCAR: Bubba Wallace’s 26-Car Wreck & Ghost Riding

[80:57 - 86:21]

• Bubba Wallace triggers a historic 26-car crash, inadvertently sidelining his own friend.
• Carson Hocevar wins his first race, crashes into the wall during his victory lap while “ghost riding” atop the car.

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Dana White’s “F***ing Awesome” Reaction to White House Shooting

[87:10 - 88:47]

• UFC’s Dana White calls experiencing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting “fucking awesome,” forgoing safety to “take in every minute.”
• The panel recoils at the misplaced bravado, comparing it to “Westworld.”
• Further discussion of odd responses to the incident, including proposed White House ballroom solutions and viral reactions.

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Quick Hits: What to Watch This Week

[92:24 - end]

• Softball: Florida State vs Florida – Watch Issa Torres and her .583 batting average ([92:47]).
  • “She is more likely to be getting on base... than recording an out.” – Brady [93:19]
• Kentucky Derby: Saturday, 6:57pm ET on NBC
  • Mint julep chat, Derby traditions
• F1 Miami Grand Prix: Sunday, 4pm ET – Returns after a month hiatus

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Podcast Signature: Heart, Humor, & Catharsis

• The team closes with more playful Isabella banter, reminders for listeners to reach out, and ongoing solidarity for Megan Thee Stallion: “We love you. We mean it. You are her. Forget him.”

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Katie [05:18]: "I’m so mad. I’m not apologizing for how parasocial that is. I am sick of Megan Thee Stallion being hurt by these bum losers..."
• Annie from Chicago, voicemail [10:48]: "What the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck? … Are men okay?"
• Brady [13:13]: “This should keep Klay Thompson out of everything for this.”
• Chris [22:37]: (On his daughter loving baseball) "She stayed in her seat for the next four hours watching baseball…"
• Katie [19:38]: (On Red Sox management) "I think the Red Sox are trying to become the first team entirely run by AI."
• Katie [56:03]: "Matthew, don’t piss her off. You can always reach out to me.” (On Kelly Stafford DM’ing the new Rams QB)

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Tone & Style

• Warm, irreverent, and welcoming to sports fans and “casuals” alike.
• Self-deprecating humor, with cathartic outrage at sports heartbreak.
• Conversational—akin to a roundtable of friends merging pop culture and sports.

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Summary:

This episode of "Casuals" is a must-listen for anyone who wants to relive the week in sports through tears, laughter, and a true fan’s lens—with escapist banter and plenty of empathy for both sports heroes and the rest of us mere mortals.

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[A]

Hey, Isabella, did you hear that two Florida teenagers were arrested for joyriding a lawnmower through a Target? What in. It's Ocala, right? That's how you say that part of Florida. Ocala.

[E]

Ocala, yeah.

[A]

Two 18 year olds charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct because they ran it through the front door of a Target.

[E]

Teenagers in Target. I don't know, there's just something about them. Every single time I'm in a Target, I'm not surprised by this because every time I'm in a Target, I see a bunch of kids running around going crazy, stealing, so.

[A]

It's so true.

[E]

Have fun with the lawnmower. I guess.

[A]

I guess. I mean, bringing it to the Target, really an interesting choice. This also comes after they also allegedly dumb.

[B]

I'm.

[E]

I thought they stole the lawnmower from Target.

[A]

No, I think they brought it, but they also went to a Culver and ran a leaf blower. Isn't Culver's a food place? Yeah.

[E]

What are they trying to blow away?

[A]

Is Culver's a food place?

[E]

Yeah, it's a burger place.

[A]

Yeah. What are they doing with a lawn? A leaf blower there?

[E]

They're bored. They can't drink. They gotta do something.

[A]

I mean, 18, they're close enough. Just stay home and drink your parents beer in the backyard. Allegedly.

[E]

Who said that?

[A]

Who said that? Gritty. Hello. Hi there and welcome to Casual is a sports podcast. It doesn't care what you know. We're just happy that you're here. I'm Katie Nolan, your friendly host, here to get you caught up on everything. Going on in sports. Joined today by my casualties, the production crew here at Sirius xm, We have our sports newbie, Ish Isabella.

[E]

Hello.

[A]

Our master editor, Chris.

[D]

What's up?

[A]

And buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh. Brady. Hey, if you want to reach out to us, too bad, I got something in my throat. Our email is Casualsothkatynolanmail.com Our voicemail 646-801-0043 on IG and TikTok Casuals, the podcast coming up today we got high, high profile sports breakups. We're going to start there probably. Then we get the NFL draft. We have updates on the NBA playoffs and the Stanley cup playoffs and, and a marathon milestone and a little bit of a follow up to a couple stories, but one of them involving R.L. stine. So something to really look forward to. But we have to start with the big news, the sad news, the devastating news that hit the timeline this weekend, and that's that Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion are no longer dating.

[E]

Jesus Christ.

[A]

I know. Really tough stuff. It was the kind of sports weekend where my timeline was a lot of people going, somebody check in on Katie. And I don't know which story it was they were referring to. You're going to have to be more specific. This was probably the big one, though. Megan Thee, Stallion announcing on Saturday she ended her relationship with Klay Thompson. Now, the way we found out, she first posted sort of the more honest statement on her Instagram story she wrote, and I'm just gonna read it. Cheating had me. It's funny because it reads almost like her lyrics, but cheating had me around. Your whole family playing house, got cold feet holding you down through all your horrible mood swings and treatment towards me during your basketball season. Now you don't know if you can be monogamous. Four question marks, bitch. I need a real break after this one by y'. All. And everybody was like, cheating crazy. He cheated with the TikTok where it was like, listen, Clay, when we first found out that you guys were dating,

[E]

I was like, all right. Like, he's like, so the cutest. But like, we accept you.

[A]

We thought he was hot because of how hot she is. She's so hot that when they first started dating, we went, oh, Klytopsic could be hot. It was not something we were widely discussing beforehand. Remember that? I said one of my favorite things when they first started dating was hearing from the women who were like, why'd she have to take my man? I picked Klay Thompson. Because I didn't think anybody would ever, in the history of ever have a crush on this man. Why'd she have to take my man? And now that man didn't want to be monogamous with me, the Stallion.

[E]

I know. And I forgot. What was it she. I think it was during the Winter Olympics when she did all of that, like, content stuff and was just like, oh, I'm manifesting my engagement this year.

[A]

If I see this man in the streets, he better hope we don't run into each other. I am so mad. And I don't. I'm not even. I'm so mad. I'm not apologizing for how parasocial that is, because I am sick of Megan the Stallion being hurt by these bum losers when everybody I know on earth is lining up to be like, I will. I've got shoulders you could cry on. I've got anything you need, ma'.

[E]

Am.

[A]

But I should say, via her publisher publicist, she then released the following statement to multiple media outlets. Quote, I've made the decision to end my relationship with Clay. Trust, fidelity, and respect are non negotiable for me in a relationship. And when those values are compromised, there's no real path forward. I'm taking this time to prioritize myself and move ahead with my meaning and clarity. And then when she did her. Her Moulin Rouge thing on Saturday, Moulin Rouge, the musical. She's on Broadway because what can't she do other than not get cheated on? I guess she was, like, really sad and emotional. I even saw the Barbs being like, let's go easy on her. This looks like she's got her heart broken in the public eye. And when the Barbs are the voice of reason, man, I. They didn't even make it a year. Yeah, we found out about them in that blurry appearance of Clay in the background on July whatever of last year. And I remember going like, that wouldn't be Klay Thompson. There's no way. It's just a guy with a goatee. There's no way that she's dating Clay Thompson. And then July 16, they went on their red carpet together, and they were so cute. And then in October, she released that song that I bet she wishes she could just delete off of all streaming platforms at this point. That would be the one Lover girl with the chorus. My man, my man. My man. My baby, My baby. And it's. And he's out here just. You don't want to.

[E]

I know. It hurts. It hurts.

[A]

Did you read the someone has since come forward with his diary. His journal. He used to keep, like, a cheating journal. And. And I assume it's not in here because maybe we couldn't find it from a confirmed source. But it was confirmed. I read it. I read it. And the way that Clay writes to his own journal, you know, it's like, anyway, where was I? Oh, I'm off to all Star weekend. Like, he talks to it the way you wrote to your diary, Isabella, when we were, like, 13. And it's all about how it's so hard for him because there's just so much abundance of women throwing themselves in his direction as an NBA player. Now, this is not from his relationship with Meg. This has just come back out because it's, I think, one of his exes. When I think he cheated on her, she took a couple pictures of it. And yes, it's a violation of privacy, but now that I know the way Clay writes to himself in his journal, it makes it. It gave me even more of the ick where it was like, girl, get away from him.

[E]

You'll be fine.

[A]

It makes me feel like, in her own. In that song, when she calls him, when she's like, you 90s fine. Like, she was just coping. She was just trying to convince herself that this man isn't a huge waste of her absolute time. So remember in November when she cooked Thanksgiving for his entire family?

[B]

The entire goddamn family.

[E]

That's the thing that makes me piss. It's like, I didn't have to do that, and I did.

[A]

We said it at the time. I'm like, look, you could just be the. You could just show up and go, what are we eating?

[E]

Yeah, bring a nice bottle of wine or something.

[A]

For the fact that that made me say, like, women. She makes women everywhere feel like, less. You know, like, I'll never be able to be all of the woman that Megan the Stallion is in every way that she is that. And then to have that woman get cheated on by that guy is like, what then? What it. Then what hope is there for any of the rest of us? What are. What are we. This is proof. This is what I have to say. It's proof that when he cheats, it's not about you. It's about him. It's just that he was going to

[E]

say, yeah, that's a narrative that comes out of this, like, how it has in the past when it's just like this beautiful, intelligent, talented, smart woman gets cheated on. A lot of people will say that, but you got to tell yourself at the end of day, it's got.

[A]

Not about you.

[E]

It's not about you, girl.

[A]

It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with him.

[E]

Yeah, exactly.

[A]

And whatever. He needs to go work out on the third day of the draft in therapy. I just think that he. Yeah, a really frustrating story. I assume we got a lot of correspondence about this from our dear viewers.

[D]

Plenty of emails, plenty of voicemails. There was one voicemail in particular that I particularly liked. I'll just say particular as many times you can.

[A]

Just use it. He gets paid every time he says particular.

[D]

It's a strange payment structure we've got here, but that is true. But this one really stood out to me. It's from Annie from Chicago. Let's go ahead and play that.

[A]

Hi, Katie, Isabella, Chris and Brady. My name's Annie. I'm a bartender from Chicago, and I just need a place to put my

[E]

feelings about Clay and Meg.

[A]

I guess those feelings can be adequately summed up. No, they can't be adequately summed up, but if I were to try. What the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck? Yeah, one more in a different. With different emphasis. What the fuck?

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

How fucking dare he? So I guess I catch you for you. Is this. Are men okay? We know Clay's not. And may he never be, but like her. Her. That's what she gets. She's a perfect specimen. She's a perfect human being, and this is what she gets. Are men okay? Oh, my God. What the. Yeah, I completely agree.

[B]

We're not okay.

[A]

That's exactly.

[B]

We're not okay. This one. This up for the entirety of our. Of just. There's no way for us to come back.

[D]

Setting them back quite a bit.

[A]

Yeah. And it also makes me go like, let's talk more about that loneliness epidemic and what more we can do to increase it. Honestly, we're trying to help, and I feel like at every turn, it's just. Can we. Can people stop hurting Megan the Stallion, please? It's like, I can't have. It's. Again, we don't know these people. I don't know her. It's just like, she's been pretty vulnerable with us about all the things we've been through, and yet still here we are again. And it's just like, who's gonna. Who's gonna stand up and love this woman the way that she deserves?

[B]

She threw him a birthday party and booked him Bone Thugs in Harmony because it was his favorite group.

[A]

Yeah. I don't. I can't. I can't it's, girl, we love you and we're sorry. And maybe somebody on the. Maybe on the Celtics, maybe we could get. Maybe we could recruit her back to our.

[E]

Like, the Knicks have some, like, cute guys, too.

[A]

And, like, I don't know, does she

[B]

really want to go back to the NBA? This is probably a bad taste.

[A]

You're right. There are some real cuties. I'm ruins. And it's just kind of like a different space that maybe you'd be interested. The socks. Could you. You can manage the socks if you want. She could be the socks new manager. That would be fine by me.

[B]

I've never seen her fail at anything so sure.

[A]

It's just like hot sports.

[B]

Take this should keep him out of the hall of Fame.

[A]

Yeah, this should keep him out of everything for this.

[E]

Don't they have, like, asterisks next to their name sometimes?

[B]

If Bill Belichick does not make the Football hall of Fame for whatever dumb shit that was, this absolutely should keep Klay Thompson out of the hall of Fame. This makes me think that he is a role player and nothing more and cannot handle anything other than shooting from the corner because this man had an opportunity to be a leading man and just fumbled it.

[A]

Generationally, the last people that I want to hear from are the people who are like, well, basketball players cheat. Well, athletes cheat. It's like, yes. And the assumed rest of that sentence is always, unless you have the prize. Unless you've got at home Megan the Stallion. Or I guess, like, Nia Long. That was crazy. She got me.

[E]

No, like, you know what I mean? Like, don't even set that precedent. Like, there's athletes who really, like, care about their partner. You know what I mean? And that doesn't necessarily. Necessarily what always happens.

[A]

So, like, I just am. I just is. It's just pretty frustrating. It's really frustrating and sad. And I just wanted Megan to know that, like, girl, we love you, and it has nothing to do with you. It couldn't possibly. It's proof for everybody. It's got nothing to do with you. It's all about Dear Diary himself.

[B]

Secondary market for Moulin Rouge has to be crazy right now of people just

[A]

wanting to get in there and see it kind of. Yeah.

[B]

Be in there and help her heal.

[A]

Yeah. Poor thing. She's been through so much. Speaking of the. Of. Of breakups, but also specifically managing the Red Sox. The Red Sox fired their manager on Saturday, and you might say, well, you know, the Red Sox are having a tough season. Katie, you've been Pretty honest about how frustrating it's been to be a Red Sox fan. I would say Saturday was one of those days that wasn't frustrating because Brady, I'm sorry to bring this up to you, but the. On Saturday, the Red Sox beat the Orioles. What was it, 17 to 1?

[B]

171 in Baltimore.

[A]

So we were watching the Orioles. I was in Chicago for the weekend watching that game and going like, whoa, look at the Sox. Maybe this is the start of something beautiful. Ironically enough, a little similar to how I felt last season when the Sox were having a shaky start and then swept the Yankees. And I was like, oh, I'm feeling really good about this team. What happened that night? They traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. What happened on Saturday night? They fired everybody who touches coaching, save a few people for the Red Sox. They fired their manager, our manager, Alex Kora, and the hitting coach, the third base coach, a bench coach, an assistant hitting coach, major league hitting strategy coach, and then game planning coach, Jason Vertech. I've since heard, not fired, being reassigned, but in, in a photo of all the fired people. Veritek is there, given a big thumbs down. So I can't. It doesn't feel like he might necessarily. Just because they want to keep him doesn't mean he's necessarily staying.

[E]

Isn't this a situation though where it's really the lack of players on your team?

[A]

Yeah, we've done this before where Isabella asks a logical and good question which is like why fire the manager when it's that like the players aren't necessarily getting it done. And the easiest answer is that like it's the. This is something you can do pretty easily. Like you can, you can move on from a manager. You should actually probably get ready for this. As a Mets fan, we didn't have

[E]

to turn this around.

[A]

I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I know the Mets fans in the building here seemed to think it was going to happen today, Monday, on an off day, that the Mets might move on from their manager.

[B]

And that's a very normal time to fire a manager. An off day as opposed to flying into Baltimore, I assume they flew. Yeah. Flying into Baltimore, waiting at the team hotel for the manager and coaches to come back from an ass kicking they just delivered onto the Orioles in the middle of a series and then firing everyone and then going right back out there the next day and having to

[A]

bring in your manager from your farm system and move him from the woo socks here to the Red Sox so that somebody can be in charge for the game they had to go play.

[B]

They brought up so many coaches like they also, they fired so many coaches. They also brought up the double A manager. Like I don't know who's managing in the minor leagues for the Red Sox now. They're. They're going to have to bring in somebody from somewhere. There's only so many coaches you can fire at once before you just start run out. Organizational knowledge, right.

[A]

Ironically enough, the coaches that they did fire had to get to the airport somehow and so they booked one of those sprinter vans to take the coaches. But a somebody sleuthing noticed that if you zoom in, the name of the company that sent the van is called Coaches for Hire. Like a coach van, a coach bus. But it's funny because we put all of our coaches into it. Listen, look, I haven't been like Alex Cora's biggest fan. Obviously he has managed the team for a while. There was a bit of a snag there and he had to get rehired after 2019 he was fired and suspended because of his role in the sign stealing scandal that happened in Houston in. And so he, you know, had the stink of that on him a little bit. But he's well liked and well respected by the guys on the team. The problem with the Red Sox right now is that he's like a veterans coach and we don't really have any veterans on the team. I mean the only. One of the only ones we have. Trevor Story was pretty vocal about how much this sucked and how much he hated it. But like Roman Anthony is being left to take up the mantle of being a leader on this team. And this is like his first year, essentially his second year with the team. So like I guess maybe bringing in somebody new could be good. As with any sport, we always talk about could this be something that lights a spark, could this be the. A turning point? But it just, it was just a weird weekend for Boston sports, especially given

[B]

that it comes off of how unhappy everyone's been with Red Sox management in general. It's not like this, not like they have a great assortment of players are put in a great spot to succeed and they're not succeeding. They lost Alex Bregman after they lost Raphael Devers and now the management is somehow. Ownership is somehow surprised that this team is last in home runs, that they can't score runs. They got rid. They replaced Alex Bregman with, with Caleb Durbin with their just replacing Speak that name around me.

[A]

I'm so sorry, I just can't. I think he got his first home run and I think it was off a position player who had to pitch because we were up by so many. And it was so such a Caleb Durbin, welcome to the team moment where you're like, I can't stand this guy. And it's not his fault, it's the team's fault. Here's my theory. I think this whole thing ends. I think the Red Sox are trying to become the first team entirely run by AI I think if the front office could replace themselves with robots tomorrow, they would. And I think they're taking steps towards doing it. Cuz remember that story that came out in whatever publication last year about how somebody made it to like a sixth round of interviews for a front office gig with the Red Sox and never met a single person? It was all with like an AI that made me go like, what's going on there in the front office? And then when this happened, we didn't hear from everybody there in the front office. We heard from Breslow. He kind of took the brunt of it. But I just feel like this is

[B]

what everyone feared when they hired Theo in the first place. And now everyone's shaking the doors and like, bring Theo back.

[A]

We loved Theo. Just to hear Trevor's story say it's kind of up in the air with the true direction of the franchises makes you go, awesome. That's awesome. That's so cool and good and I love that. So, you know, happy trails to Alex Cora, who I believe has two years left on his deal, so hope he takes a nice vacation. I saw he posted on his. I. What I do, like, okay. Is that he's now coming out with stuff. So like right away he reposted Mookie on the. Was it the all the Smoke podcast that he was on? He. They. He reposted that on his Instagram story, Mookie talking about the. What happened to him in Boston and how he always liked Alex Cora. There was also a picture posted of all of the fired coaches out to dinner together. And so I feel like we are going to maybe get some tea from all of this.

[B]

Do you imagine just having two. Just getting paid for the next two years with no consequences to not post? No, just all the freedom in the world.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, the consequence would be. You don't look like a very good manager if you. If you get in too much trouble after all of this. And I assume he would be a highly sought after manager just on experience alone.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

From the Mets.

[A]

I know. Imagine Isabella, if we swap dads I'd

[E]

be kind of sad if Mendoza went to you though.

[A]

Oh yeah. I don't know if that would happen. But you guys would get our manager which would be.

[E]

But is he good? I don't know anything about it.

[A]

You're attached to Mendoza in a cute way. Yeah. He's players.

[E]

I think it's honestly because it's is like the first like time I'm actually like like really joining a team, a baseball team. And so this is literally like the first baseball coach I've Yeah. Been a.

[A]

That you've been. Yeah. That's your first dad, your first sports dad, your first baseball dad. Speaking of actually which, Chris, you texted me this weekend about something as a dad and baseball. This feels like the place to share this story that I'm obsessed with. What did you tell, tell our, tell all our listeners what you did this weekend.

[D]

So on Sunday my family and I went to a Greensboro Grasshoppers minor league baseball game. This is on Sunday and because they had a rain out on Saturday, it was a double header beginning at 1:00'. Clock. So it was going to be a long day of baseball. So we got there, we sat down at about quarter past one. My daughter, four year old Isabella, instantly falling in love with her surroundings, falling in love with the game in front of her. Within about 15 minutes she turns to me and she says, daddy, baseball is my favorite sport. I like it more than basketball. She said I like it more than football and I love the Grasshoppers. That's what she said. And she proceeded this four year old girl to stay sitting in her seat for the next roughly four hours watching baseball. And then we left at about what time was it? About quarter past five. And she started cracking the sads because she didn't want to leave because it was. We had like an inning and a half left but we had to get home and get a bunch of stuff done and all that stuff. Have dinner.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And she's like, I don't want to leave. I'm having too much fun. I don't want to go.

[E]

Incredible.

[D]

It was. I honestly did not expect that my daughter would be sitting there for four hours straight. There was a half hour break in the middle between games that she went up and played on the playground for a little bit. But while the games, while the games were on, she was in her seat watching it, asking me questions and I was so proud.

[A]

Absolutely wild as the hooker. Oh yeah, go ahead.

[D]

I don't know. She's sort of, she's. She's been to a Couple of games before. We haven't gone for about a year, but she sort of vaguely remembered the last time we went. But every time we go past like billboards with the grasshoppers on the billboards, she always points and says, I want to go to a Grasshoppers game. I want to go to a Grasshoppers game again. Let's go, let's go. So we finally went. She says she likes being outside, so she likes watching the game outside. I think rather because she's been to a couple of basketball games as well. I don't think she enjoys the indoor atmosphere as much. But apart from that, I'm not really sure.

[A]

What were they good games? Like, were they a lot of hits?

[D]

No, we lost the first one four nothing. We're up four nothing in the second game. That was okay. But after we left we gave up six runs and ended up losing 6, 4. But we didn't see any of it. So that was fine.

[A]

Oh no.

[D]

But yeah, she just, she loved it. And I'm gonna try to take her as much as I can because if I see her getting this invested in going to baseball games, I want to be able to harness that and just. Yes, give her as much of that as I possibly can.

[A]

Dude, Isabella's love baseball. That's the new they do.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

This year Isabella's just love baseball. Also funny, Brady, that we beat you so bad on Saturday when Friday night you beat us so bad that you guys ran out of fireworks

[B]

scoreboard flex ever.

[A]

Because you guys do like the pyrotechnics after every what? Home run.

[B]

After every home run.

[A]

And Isabella, they had to. There were six home runs at that point. And they posted on their video board due to too many home runs, we have unfortunately run out of fireworks for the night.

[D]

Do you reckon that was actually true? They saying, you know what will be funny?

[A]

If we say yeah, maybe. And that also helps them budget to

[B]

not have to run and you save money.

[A]

Which if I know anything about baseball, it was definitely a combination of both of those things. Also, if I know anything about hanging out with a four year old, it's that. And I know there's a difference between three and four and it's one year and a lot happens. But I spent the weekend with a three year old. Getting them to sit for as long as you said she sat is a feat.

[B]

So if this is an honest, perfect sitter, like a four hour spot with no bathroom breaks, that is unheard of.

[A]

Well, she might have. I mean he wasn't going to tell Us. If that she had to go to

[D]

the bathroom, she will hold it for the entire four hours.

[B]

She sat there in a seat for four hours.

[D]

She will not go to the bathroom unless we force her. So she's more than comfortable sitting there for four hours.

[A]

She hates doing it.

[D]

She hates it.

[A]

That's so funny.

[D]

Izzy, we just realized you haven't gone to the bathroom since 9am this morning, and it's dinner time.

[A]

She's like, please get it. She's like, I really have to. I just don't want to. I'm really not into it. I really.

[E]

Girl, I get it.

[A]

Yeah. It is annoying. It is the most annoying thing our bodies still make us do. Or sometimes you're like, I wish I have to do that again. Right? It's like, if somebody's getting up to go to the bathroom, I always go, can you go for me as well so that I can. While you're going, can you take my pee with you?

[B]

Also, like the cinder block, single. A baseball bathroom is not exactly like the Delta Lounge. Like, it's not.

[A]

It does always something most. It's where Dan's lack of a sense of smell really comes in as a superpower. Whenever you have to go to, like, a beach bathroom, and he's just like. He walks in, floors are wet. No sense of, like, everyone. He brings in his food. He's just in the bathroom. No clue. Okay, let's take a quick break. When we come back, we gotta update you on a couple stories. We got an R.L. stein update. We've got the NBA and the NHL playoffs. We got to talk about the NFL draft, and we have a cursed jersey, and it isn't the R.L. stein one. This is. This is casuals, not fan service. And we'll be right back. When you're choosing dinner, you want to know it's worth it. It every time. Gorton's Seafood has been providing quality seafood for the whole family since 1849. Gorton's is the easy, dependable choice that takes the stress out of mealtime, and it has been for over 175 years. You know the fisherman guy in the yellow coat? Yeah, that's Gorton's. Gorton's products are great for the main meal, for snacks, or for appetizers, from classics like coconut shrimp. I mean, who doesn't love coconut shrimp? To new, innovative options like taco tenders. Choose Gorton's for uncompromising quality and reliable, fresh taste. I love Gorton's because it's so easy. I can toss some shrimp or a fillet right into my air fryer and it's ready in minutes. It feels elevated because it's seafood and honestly, it reminds me of when I was a kid and my mom would make me some fish sticks after school. Visit gortons.com to learn more, find a store and get recipe inspiration Ladies Tired of sunglasses ripping your hair out? I know I am. Meet Shady Ray's Tangle Free Sunglasses because once the weather warms up and you're outside for those park days and beach trips, the last thing you want is your sunglasses ruining your hair. These are designed with smooth no snag nose pieces that glide through your hair, not yank, not pull, and definitely not ruin your fresh blowout. They're lightweight, polarized, so you're not squinting in the bright sun and cute enough to wear with everything. Plus, every pair is backed by lost and broken protection. Leave them at the beach, drop them in a parking lot after a long day out, or sit on them in the car. They'll replace them. So as you're getting into spring and summer plans, upgrade your sunglasses. Today we've teamed up with Shady Rays to bring you a limited time offer. Head to shadyrays.com and use code CASUALS for 50% off two or more polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people. Shadyrays.com use code CASUALS the road to the playoffs is here. Catch every NBA matchup on ESPN and every NHL showdown on ESPN and TNT with Sling. Sling is great. You customize a channel lineup and only pay for what actually gets watched. So no more wondering why random channels are there. No contracts, just flexibility. Choose a one day pass starting at 4.99 for a big game, a seven day pass for playoff series, or you can go monthly for more. Pause anytime with no penalties and still enjoy over 600 free channels. You can even stream instantly on all devices at home or on the go with Sling. I know for me what I love about Sling is that on my phone when I'm on the road, maybe in like a green room that doesn't have any tv, I can watch on my phone and easily go between a hockey game that's on ESPN and then I can switch over to an NBA matchup. So choose and customize your channel lineup or pause and watch for free. Sling lets you do that. Visit sling.com to learn more. If you're trying to be more intentional about what you wear day to day, Quint can help with that. They've got pieces that feel easy, comfortable and yet still put together. Quint uses premium materials like 100% European linen, organic cotton and ultra soft denim. Everything at Quint is priced 50 to 80% less than similar brands. They work directly with ethical factories. They cut out the middlemen. So you are paying for quality and craftsmanship, not brand markup. I just recently got some jeans. Quince has all of the cuts that I was looking for from wide leg to like a more boot cut. And they're all so affordable the price on them cannot be beat. So refresh your everyday with luxury. You'll actually use head to Quince.com Casuals for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. Now available in Canada too. That's Q-U-I-N-C-E.com Casuals, free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince. Okay, we're back. Hi, welcome back. We figured here's we'd do a little bit of catch up on stuff we've talked about before, stuff we've gotten emails and correspondence and questions about. Chris, where are we starting in terms of I heard our email inbox was popping off this weekend.

[D]

It was with a bunch of different things. The first thing that we want to highlight is your appearance on. Wait, wait, don't tell me.

[A]

Oh yeah, the NPR show.

[D]

So many people email in about that. Being very, very excited that you're on.

[A]

Really?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

That's very nice. My mom texted me. She goes, this is how my mom corresponds with me. Not like, heard you were on, took a listen. She said, everyone's texting me about your appearance. Don't tell me to the point where I said, sorry, I guess. But yeah, it's like a news quiz show, very popular, been around for forever. And that's what I went out to Chicago for was to do that. And I did it with my friend Josh Gondelman was on there and Tom Papa was hosting it. So it was awesome. It was so much fun. I will say there was a couple stressful moments because it really is a news quiz and most of the time the panelists are just goofing off and making jokes and whatever. But at one point they really just go like, okay, Katie Nolan, one minute on the clock. We're gonna ask you a bunch of rapid fire questions about stuff that happened in the news this week. And you know, I pay attention to the news, but I also, in an attempt to not let my feelings about all of that leak into the sports of it all, sometimes I focus pretty heavily on the sports and I and I bookmark to read later some of these stories. So there was a question about the redistricting in Virginia, and as soon as he asked me, I was like, oh, I'm gonna embarrass myself in front of an NPR audience and not know what state it was that just did that. And I. But I'm also on a timer, so I had to fail fast. And so I said, I'm so sorry. I have this one bookmarked, but Louisiana. And the whole crowd was like, no. And so it was kind of mortifying. And then he asked me a sports question, so I was like, oh, this will be easy. And he's like, the. The New York Mets just finished a historic losing streak. And in my mind, I'm like, 12 games done. Next question. And he said, of 12 games. After what? And I went, what do you mean? After What? After losing 12 games in a row. And then I remembered, and I went after Zora and Mom Donnie shook hands with Mr. And Mrs. Matt, and it was right. So it ended up working out. But I was so nervous that after blowing that Virginia question, I was gonna blow a sports question, and then the whole crowd was gonna go, who is this lady and why is she here? But ultimately, I tied for first, so it went pretty well. Yeah, not too bad. Did we have an email or a voicemail about it that we wanted to listen to?

[D]

We have an email from Arvind, who emailed in about us, said, hi, Katie and the casualties. My wife and I have this routine of doing our grocery shopping on Saturday and listening to. Wait, wait, don't tell me. That's a pretty cool routine. I completely lost my shit when they introduced Katie as one of the panelists. Now, I know it's all fun and games, but I just wanted. Really wanted her to win, especially when she got the answer to the Rolex question. Love you. Mean it.

[A]

Oh, yeah. The Rolex question was. Oh, a fake. A guy thought he was selling a fake Rolex, and it turned out it was a real Rolex.

[E]

Bucks.

[A]

Right at the end of the timer, I got that question. It's stressful. It's stressful to know the news in front of really smart people, but I bet I did okay.

[B]

I'm terrified of any couple that can do grocery shopping together while listening to a thing.

[A]

What are you sharing? Headphones. How could you possibly.

[D]

Unless you're doing online grocery shopping and listening to it while you're going through the app and choosing. Yeah, wait, I don't know.

[E]

Nothing stresses me out more than the grocery store, so I would get into a fight immediately.

[A]

I'm also. Yes. And I'm constantly doubling back. It's like, how am I. How have I not yet figured out that, like, you get the bread and then the next aisle you're going to get the. I still go like, I forgot the olive oil. It's all the way back over there. Let me go get it. Like, it's nothing more stressful. Well, there's.

[B]

My wife is very efficient. I'm like running suicides, and they're just back and forth to different aisles. I. She'll call me like, hey, you know, I've got the card. She'll call me from the other side, and I'm, like, playing Frogger in between people. It's very stressful. I have to get to her in a set amount of time. There's an item that I'm supposed to remember that I just left behind.

[A]

It's too much even thinking about it now.

[B]

I'm losing my shit just thinking about grocery shopping with my wife. I can do it fine solo. She can do it fine solely. But the two of us together, it's a goddamn disaster.

[D]

There's a lot of things that I miss about New York, but one of the things that I don't miss was going grocery shopping at Trader Joe's every week because of the sheer amount of lines that snaked through the entire store. So as soon as we get there,

[A]

I think that way you got potential.

[D]

Because you're going through anyway.

[A]

Yes. You just get there and you stand in line. And then as the line picking up as you go across, you shop in the aisles. Because the. What he's telling you is that the line snakes up and down the aisles of Trader Joe's.

[D]

Disgusting.

[A]

So it's just like a different experience that is. That's an experience that if you miss something in an aisle and you have to go back, that's actually hard to do because the line is there. And then people think you're trying to jump into the line. So.

[D]

So that's why it was a good thing that. That we went together to go grocery shopping there, because I would immediately get in line as soon as we get there, and my wife would just go around, run around.

[A]

Yeah, That's.

[D]

Pick off everything as she goes.

[B]

And then I looked out of my phone, and I have 15 missed texts from her.

[A]

Ah, yeah. Brady's losing it right now. Brady cannot. This is.

[B]

I can't let the delivery services know how much they're undercharging me for grocery delivery.

[A]

Yeah, I know. And I can't tell you that I. I know you men get stressed out by the grocery store because whenever a man delivers the groceries, it's like, this is. Is not even close to what I asked for.

[E]

Someone who literally was like, whenever I order from Instacart and I see my delivery person is a man, I cancel it.

[A]

They will send a picture of the. And go like, they don't have it. What do you want of this? And you go, well, it. What I asked for is on the second shelf in the photo you just sent me. So I'd love you to just grab that and put it in the cart.

[B]

I'm also not just trigger, warning, trigger warning.

[D]

If I've ever grocery store, regardless of how many things I've had to get without having to call my wife to ask her at least one question about what she actually wants. I'm like, is it, do you want this type of milk? You want the other type of milk? What brand of this would you like? Whatever it ends up being, I will always call my wife to clarify at least one of the items on the list.

[B]

It's too many types of milk, man. Too many types of milk.

[D]

Thank you, Brandy.

[A]

You guys can also know what type of milk the house needs, you know,

[D]

but it's what she wants.

[A]

Your wife isn't getting divine. No one's telling her what type of

[D]

I know what type kids need.

[A]

Coming up with it from the recesses of her own brain that you could as well, you know.

[B]

I'm not saying she's in the wrong here. Recesses of her brain.

[A]

Yeah, man. We have way too much to get to to still be talking about groceries. So let's move on to. We talked last week about the NWSL getting a new expansion team coming up in Columbus. And we were trying to name the team. Brady pointed out that R.L. stein is from Columbus. So we said maybe they should do something Goosebump themed. And. And this only proves what I've always said, which is we're not paying that much attention to MLS because we got a lot of correspondence about how this is something that already exists.

[D]

Correct. The email I'm going to reach out to read out is from Rachel because of how she worded her email. And Rachel says, hi, Katie and the casualties. I was just listening to the most recent episode and the discussion about possible names for Columbus NWSL franchise. As a lifelong Columbus resident and sports fan, this is very exciting news. Brady brought up R.L. stine tie in. I had to bring it to your attention that Columbus loves R.L. stine and the Columbus crew released a Goosebumps kit last year. While I appreciate the jersey concept, it has been a bit polarizing with many Cruise fans naming it the Cum Jersey.

[A]

Excuse me, The Come jersey.

[D]

Yes. And then Rachel says, sorry. Sorry for the language, but Katie always knows how to make inappropriate things sound more professional.

[A]

So Chris does not the come jersey.

[D]

Very professional, Katie.

[A]

Thank you. Thank you. Yeah.

[D]

And then Rachel continues. I do love Goosebumps as a team name though, so Rachel very much on board.

[A]

Was it. Was it white?

[B]

No, it was high, like highlighter yellow.

[A]

Was that immediately obvious also? If it is highlighter yellow, guys, call a doctor. Okay.

[D]

We also had another email, by the way, who said that they referred to it as the Krukaki kit.

[A]

Oh, my God. Isabelle is trying to figure out what that means. And I love that for her. I love that for her. I don't. I think that. I think that's great. She doesn't immediately know and I think we should let her live in that.

[D]

Okay, don't Google it on your work PC, please.

[A]

Please do not go. What rhymes with Krukaki? I really don't think that you need to. Okay. I mean that. Okay. Definitely not in your work computer.

[E]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. So we missed that. I'll have to take a look at it. I gotta look it up and see. Really crazy to be called the Cum jersey. We also found out we heard from people. On a more serious note, now that there's. People are taking issue with something about the NWSL expansion. Chris, do we have like an email on that?

[D]

Yes. This is specifically about the Haslams who bought the franchise. This is an email that we got from Megan who writes in and says, hi, Katie and the Casualties. I've been a fan for a while, but I've been waiting for a topic I actually knew about before I contributed. This new Columbus NWSL franchise is something people in Columbus wanted but largely would like to be better planned. It was announced that our new NWSL team is going to put their practice field on a park that was supposed to be turned into an accessible playground in a part of town that really needed it. If we just have to focus on what to call the team, it should be called the Pilots because of Jerry Mock shout out to Chris with a deep dive. And because Columbus is the hometown of 21 pilots, the band 21 plus a pro ride.

[A]

I would have pegged you as a huge 21 pilots fan, Brady.

[B]

Yeah, I. I get like my. My quarter zips and demographic information ties me to 21. I don't think they're at the. Get a pro sports team named after them.

[A]

Sure. Well, it just could be like a little nod and then whoever wears 21 on the pilots could have some sort of a. Whatever.

[D]

That would be cool. It does pluralize the name for Brady as well. So you might like pilots because of that. But yeah. So essentially the, the Haslams have come in and are placing the practice field on a park that was going to be used for other purposes that the city needed.

[A]

I do like that Megan shouted out Chris for the deep dive. But I will say that their idea of pilots is a much better idea than Chris's. Which were the Jerry's or the mocks? There was not a. You didn't say the pilots as an option.

[D]

I didn't.

[A]

You didn't.

[D]

But I wanted to shout out Jerry, mock the pilot.

[A]

Right.

[D]

And I thought the mocks would be funny because it would sound like smocks as well.

[A]

Sure, yeah. That's what I think we all were thinking. Luckily, Megan, we had a lot of

[D]

emails that said that that was a good idea too, but I'm not gonna.

[A]

Oh, you did?

[B]

A lot of people, A lot of

[A]

people were writing in to say that. And then another thing that we talk about a lot is a marathon. We always are talking about marathons. And I remember I famously said that I can run a 10 minute mile. And what happened this week in marathons, what was the big marathon news?

[B]

The like one of the great barriers in human history that we talk about. Like when the four minute mile came down with Roger Bannister. Two different men at the London Marathon this week broke the two hour mark for the first time.

[E]

Whoa, that's crazy.

[B]

At 26.2 miles under two hours, bettering

[A]

the previous men's world record by an astonishing 65 seconds. That's absurd.

[B]

100 meter dash in under 17 seconds repeated 422 times end to end. Like these guys are going at a near sprint for 26 miles. I can't imagine how the human body is capable.

[A]

What's also fascinating is that part of the lowering of the times according to this research, is about improvements in training, nutrition, technique. Another key element is shoes. Shoe companies now use carbon fiber plates and other materials as part of an effort to make shoes lighter and springier. Which is even crazier that that guy ran without any. Because not one of these guys, but the guy we talked about last week, because it's like if you could, with all these advancements, put a shoe on

[D]

my guy, you Gotta save that weight.

[B]

You gotta save that weight. That many thousands of steps, saving a couple ounces here and there. No, two hour marathon's crazy.

[A]

Crazy. It doesn't make any sense to me. I also. One of the stories on. Wait, wait, don't tell me. Was about how robots run them really fast. And I was like, yes, I should

[B]

be able to run them really fast.

[A]

The robot that I drive around, it's a car.

[D]

It's crazy to think people run entire marathons in the length that it takes us to record. A podcast.

[B]

Yeah. Christ, that's on us sometimes.

[A]

I mean, not even. You know, sometimes we can't even get it done. Of course, the guy who edits it has that complaint. You know, tough life. Okay, let's get into the draft. We got to talk about the NFL draft. Look, I've said before, especially as a casual for sports, I really don't think the draft is, like, visually exciting and interesting. I was watching the draft. I was watching. I was at my brother's house. We were trying to watch the postseason. We were trying to get multi view going. And they have. I think it's Xfinity multi view. And it. The only option was to get two hockey games and the NFL draft. So it was like, why would I waste this screen space to just watch somebody walk up and say that they're going to eventually play a sport for a team? It's just not for me. But there were a lot of interesting stories that came out of it, and a couple of them revolved around the phones. So let's start there. We have the Cardinals calling the wrong number before they choose Jeremiah Love. It was the third overall pick. There was a slight delay while they were on the clock, and here is their GM explaining why it took so long.

[B]

If you want me to tell you the honest God truth, we had the wrong phone number. The phone number that we were given was the wrong one. And so that was a little bit of the delay. So we got that straightened out and we called Jeremiah. We got a hold of him.

[A]

That's.

[B]

That's what the delay was.

[A]

I feel bad for whoever they did call, but they were like, you're gonna be on the Cardinals. And the guy was like, I am.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

No. Is this not Jeremiah Love? Crazy that they didn't somehow have the right number before they started. Wasn't the only weird thing that happened. The Eagles drafted Makai Lemon at 20 while he was already on the phone. So they got that ring that goes like, ring, beep. So you know that he's Already on the line with the Steelers, who were picking at number 21. Pittsburgh assumed that the Cowboys, who had the pick before them, were going to draft a defensive player, so they called Makai Lemon, the receiver out of usc. They let him know they were going to draft him. But as that was happening, the Eagles traded up to number 20. And so then they tried to call Lemon to tell him they were going to draft him, and they couldn't get through because he was on the phone with the Steelers.

[B]

Huge weekend for Philly sports teams trolling Pittsburgh sports teams.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Great work, Gritty.

[A]

Yeah. But, you know, Pittsburgh did get a win. They didn't get swept. But we'll get into that later when we talk about hockey. What happened with Kenyon Siddiq and the Jets?

[B]

Jets tight end gets drafted by the jets says that above all else when he got that call, because after last year, Shedeur Sanders got the prank call, and that's why they've been so tight about giving out phone numbers. That's why only one person with the Cardinals had Jeremiah Love's phone number. And it just so happened that they got it wrong. Kenyon Sadiq said the first thing he thought of when the jets called him was that he was being pranked.

[A]

Do we have the audio of this? Kenyon, how you doing?

[B]

This is Darren Mujee with New York Jets.

[A]

I'm doing good.

[B]

How are you? You doing good? We're gonna pick you right here and make you a New York Jet. Okay?

[A]

I appreciate it. Yeah.

[D]

You excited about that?

[B]

You can come here and be a

[D]

weapon for us, all right?

[B]

I'm gonna hand you over to head

[A]

coach AG thank you. Ian, how you doing, buddy?

[B]

I'm doing good. I'm excited, Coach.

[A]

Man. Good. We're excited, too, man.

[D]

Listen, we're gonna bring you up here. You're gonna be a huge weapon for us, all right?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it's gonna be a prank

[B]

call for a second, but, no, I appreciate it.

[D]

No, we're not pranking you, brother.

[B]

Oh, you're gonna be a Jet.

[A]

You gonna be a Jet. I wish it was a prank call. He says he's like the jets, though. Are you sure? Are you sure this isn't just somebody pulling my leg? You sure I can't go to a team I'd like to be on?

[D]

You can hear how hesitant he is at the beginning of the call. He's like, yeah, okay, I appreciate it.

[A]

So can you call him Aaron Glenn? Like, can you hand him off with the full. I'm gonna hand you off to ag here, it's like, just let the. He's got a lot going on. Okay? Can you just give him all the information he needs? But perhaps my favorite. My favorite phone related headline. Did you guys see during. I think it was the. The press conference where they were introducing Caleb Downs. He got drafted by the Cowboys. And the media is all there, and. And Caleb Downs is up there with Jerry Jones and whatever, and the media is all taking a picture. Everybody's got their phone up because they're taking a picture of Caleb Downs with his new Cowboys jersey. And. And Jerry Jones thought it would be fun to make a little joke where he's like, oh, I'm gonna pretend to take a picture of you. And he held his phone with the screen facing the press, and he was, like, holding it up and clicking it in a way that you're like, does Jerry Jones. Is he allowed to operate his own phone? Like, do you think somebody's job is to push the buttons on the screen for Jerry? Because there's no he. The way he went like, oh, look, I'm doing it too. It was like, buddy, are we good? That's not how you would do that.

[B]

You have the opportunity to not be really weird, and you choose not to. And that's just constantly.

[A]

Jerry all the time. Jerry Jones. Well, okay. Well, we've got him. We should.

[B]

Caleb, how do you feel about glory holes, son?

[A]

Yeah, for real.

[B]

You rare. Come look for glory holes with the Dallas Cowboys.

[A]

Yikes. Okay, dogs. Dogs are really all I care about. And if your dog is present at your draft, when your whole family is crowded around, it's gonna do something I like. And that happened with Oscar Delp. He was a former Georgia Bulldog, so shout out Bulldogs and dogs in general. He was a tight end selected by the Saints in the third round of the draft, and they got the moment on camera. He's surrounded by friends and family, and you see in the front is their dog. It's like an older chocolate lab, I believe from memory. And it's. It's facing the family. So while they're all waiting and when's he gonna get drafted and who's gonna call? He finally gets the call, and everybody celebrates and stands up and everyone's jumping up and down and hugging and except the dog, who recognizes that finally his time has come and space has cleared up on the couch. And so he just, like, hefts himself up there and grabs a seat. And I love that.

[D]

Shout out to that dog's seventh attempt as well. Like, as soon as everyone starts CHEERING after he got drafted, the dog's like, all right, I think this is my opportunity. Tries to duck to the left. No, the hole closes up, goes to the right. Nope, not really. And keeps waiting for his opportunity until finally he finds the gap.

[A]

He couldn't. Yeah, I was gonna say he had to find the gap. He couldn't find the seam and run up nothing.

[B]

Throws an old dog off more than just more people than usual being on a couch.

[A]

Right. And being loud. And he's just, listen, dude, my hips hurt so badly. Can I just get up there and take the weight off these old things? Let me be a part of it. So I was happy to see that he got that. Real football talk, like actual football conversation. I think the main headline from the draft was that the Rams drafted a quarterback, Ty Simpson and their head coach, Sean McVeigh. I think body language wise and just reading into it a little bit, he did not seem like he was on board and excited about the pick. Isabella, you remember, obviously your fantasy team had some Rams on it last year, and so, you know, they did really well. Matt Stafford was their quarterback. Old. Old guy. Yes, old, but very, very good. And he has since come out and said that he's not retiring, he's going to run it back with the Rams. And so the idea basically is if they're going to do it with Stafford, they got to do it next year. So I think a lot of people were thinking the Rams would take some weapons, something to sort of help Stafford out. And instead, because they have Puka Nukua,

[B]

this is important to note here. Puka Nukua also good, but also Puka Nukua now rehab.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So there are some very important things that they may have to replace for time during this season to help out Matthew Stafford.

[A]

Right. And so with the 13th overall pick, they took a quarterback from Alabama, Ty Simpson, and we have the clip. I mean, it's more visual, I think, than audio, but let's take a listen. This is not. When he clarified. Right. This is that day first presser that they gave. Here's Sean McVeigh at the press conference after the pick.

[E]

The conversation was, Matthew, without this pick.

[A]

Yeah, I did well remove book, kind

[E]

of what you tell them.

[A]

I'll keep that between us.

[E]

You expect

[A]

we'll see he's going to compete with Stetson.

[B]

Sean, was this the player that you

[D]

guys identified and targeted, or is this situation. Were you guys looking at some other players? And this is with what was taken before.

[B]

This was your.

[A]

Yeah, there was a lot of players that we liked, you know, but when

[B]

you do look at it, I think

[A]

the thing you liked about the body of work is, you know, let's make one thing clear. This is Matthew's team. Yeah. And so, like, I get it, it. I would, I would kind of want my coach to. If I were Matthew Stafford, I'd be pretty happy to. To have him react that way and not be thrilled for me. He has since come out and said, no, no, no, I was in. I knew the pick was happening. I was in on it. I, you know, whatever. Stetson, by the way, that's Stetson Bennett, who is their backup.

[B]

Also rehab, but Stetson Bennett, the backup to Matthew Stafford. So when you're taking a guy 13th overall and you're like, he's going to compete to be our backup quarterback, we're not even handing that to him.

[A]

Tough. I think it is good in general, if you're going to move on from your quarterback, to have a young quarterback there to learn from. Matthews, like, I see the vision for the future. I just think most people's complaint was that the Rams have never been drafting for the future and now that they need a draft for right now, suddenly they're going, let's take a guy for the future. And so it was just an interesting pick that I don't think a lot

[D]

of people expected, especially because Matthew Stafford might be a clone. And even though he might be 38 in human years.

[A]

Thank you.

[D]

I'm sure in clone years. So important for us not to get

[A]

off of that conspiracy theory that they had to bring in that de aging van in order to keep him alive and keep his clone.

[D]

It worked.

[A]

Moist. Whatever it is they have to do to a clone to keep it from. Isabella hated that. I don't like that she hated that so much. The look on her face was distress.

[D]

She went, but he was awesome last year, so it clearly worked. And. And who, who knows? Like, he could play for another 10 years after this.

[B]

Keep a good, moist clone.

[A]

Speaking of. And look, I hate. This is too funny to not bring up, but I do hate now that we can't just make jokes about something like this without rampant misogyny stemming from it. But I will remind you that Kelly Stafford, Matthew Stafford's wife, has a podcast. And on that podcast a little while ago, she revealed that when she was dating Matthew in college and they were on the rocks, I don't remember the details of why they weren't in a good place, but she ended up, I think, hooking up with his backup quarterback as sort of like a. To get back at him, to make him upset, which I imagine worked. When they were talking to Ty Simpson after he was drafted, they said like, have you heard from Matt, Matthew yet? He said no, but his wife Kelly messaged me on Instagram and said, hit me up if you ever need anything. And it's just funny. Is all I'm saying is it's just funny. I don't think that's anything. It's just with the information she's given us, it's just very funny that the only person he's heard from is her. And she was like, hey, if you

[E]

need anything, Matthew, don't piss her off.

[A]

You can always reach out to me. Speaking of that, Mike Vrabel. You know, the New England Patriots didn't have Mike Vrabel head coach on hand, coach of the year for day three of the 2026 NFL Draft because he stepped away from the team to attend counseling. Initially it was reported that he would still be in contact with the team during the draft. That did not end up being the case with the Patriots saying, quote, the time away really needs to be time away. Now this was announced, announced, I believe on, on like Wednesday. I think we knew that he was going to take time away. Not day one, not day two, but day three. He needed to be at counseling. It was, I don't know if that was like a barter between Vrabel and his, I assume still wife, that she was like, he was like, look, I can't give up. Day two. We got a lot of movement to do in day day two. Day three, I could probably miss. I don't know why the therapy had to be on that exact day. I think Monday therapy is open. It's not like a hair salon. I think Monday they do offer counseling services. So I do, I think the therapist would have been there, but then Friday or no, maybe it was Thursday, Thursday afternoon, because I was live on the radio, got a bunch of texts, we got more pictures and found that a six year old photo from six years ago showed Diana Rossini and Mike Rabel in a bar, basically kissing. Again, we don't get the exact moment, lips on lips, but this is like a hand on thigh pulling away. You saw them, Isabella?

[E]

Yeah, I did.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

I don't know, maybe she had some leftover PB&J on the side of her lips and he just.

[A]

At the bar because, you know, sometimes you go to the bar and you order a PB and Jeff and your source just has to lean over and take it off of Your lip?

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Out of risk.

[E]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I pack an uncrustable every now and then.

[A]

So, you know, look, the therapy being used, the counseling being used as a. It's very strange. It's strange. And I don't have any faith that the team is going to do anything and that anything's. This seems to be their make good of like, look, he probably did that. So we made him miss. Miss the draft. And he's got to really be with his wife talking about, I don't know, their future. So thoughts and prayers to that relationship. Did anybody want to say anything? Save me from this.

[B]

Feels unnecessarily performative.

[A]

Yeah. I. Not that there's anything wrong with therapy. I think everybody should be in it all the time. It's just like, oh, I've got to go. I have to put my family first now. It's like a little. It feels to me a little late for that. I don't know.

[B]

They really wanted us to know that he was putting his family first ahead of a little bit of football.

[A]

Barely any football.

[B]

Four through seven of football.

[A]

Yeah. So unfortunately he wasn't a part of those picks. But I'm sure it'll all be fine. Did you see when they. This part I loved. So Goodell always gets. Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL always gets booed at the draft. It's a tale is. It's a tradition unlike any other. This time they had tried. I guess they're filming a new movie for the. Oh, it's Dan Fogelman.

[D]

Which series?

[A]

Okay. It's a TV show. I was gonna say Dan Fogelman. I do like. So I. It makes me feel a little bad.

[E]

Who made this is Us.

[A]

Yeah. And he also did the. The baseball show that I. That I did. That I was on. That was on Fox. Yeah. Pitch. It was about a woman playing professional baseball. It was great and I like him, but this was really funny. They. They're filming. They wanted to get like footage of a draft scene for this show called the Land. And in it, I guess William H. Macy is the owner of the Cleveland Browns and there's a draft scene. So they drafted a fake pick and the crowd was supposed to play along. Here's what happened instead. In the 2026 Bell draft, the Cleveland Browns select Time awards quarterback Ohio State University.

[B]

He doesn't exist.

[A]

It's not a real guy. But I do like that everybody was like, you're wasting our time. Can we just get on to the next. We're not going to do your fake pick.

[B]

Why do we need another movie about Fake Brown's ownership?

[A]

I don't think we do.

[B]

Just had one with Kevin Costner.

[A]

I really don't think about drafting as well. It's like, that was a while ago. If you say 10 years, I'm gonna.

[B]

10.

[A]

If you say no, get out of here.

[D]

2014, it was still over 10 years ago.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[D]

12 years ago.

[A]

I'm gonna throw up. Isabelle, did you ever even hear of that movie the Draft Day?

[E]

I think so, yeah.

[D]

It was interesting what happened. A lot of people thought this was going to be Draft day, too. I think initially when. When people saw the. The footage going around the socials, they thought it was going round.

[A]

The socials. There's a guy who's not on social media talking about it. Once it hit the socials, I think they thought.

[D]

I think a lot of people thought or hoped or I don't know what. Something to do with Draft Day two.

[A]

Well, they were disappointed. It's not. It's a Dan Fogelman series called the. What did I say? The Land. Whatever. Diego Pavia. Isabelle, you remember anything about him? We've talked about him before.

[E]

Yeah. He said he's tall, but he's not.

[A]

Yep. He was the quarterback.

[E]

Wants to date his mom. Yes.

[A]

Great. He's the quarterback. Or was the quarterback for Vanderbilt. Didn't he also sue to be able to play for longer?

[B]

Yes. And did not win.

[A]

Did not win.

[B]

They made him go to the NFL and then.

[A]

So he goes.

[E]

He's the one that also said, f the haters when he lost the Heisman.

[A]

Trooper. Yes. On the sign at the F. The voters. F the voters. Specifically the voters. Specifically the voters.

[E]

Which could be haters, too.

[A]

Sure. But unfortunately. Specifically at the people who voted for him. And he was a finalist for the Heisman, went undrafted, unfortunately. And has now since accepted an invitation Sunday to attend next weekend's rookie minicamp with the Ravens. He is the first Heisman Trophy finalist to go undrafted since Jordan lynch in 2014 out of Northern Illinois. He's going to compete against Kentucky. Connecticut. Quarterback. I don't know how to even say his name because I've never talked about him before. Who also is receiving a tryout at Ravens rookie mini camp. Now, a lot of people were like, he should have just wised up and got an agent. He did have an agent for this. Right. That's a little bit of people got that wrong. He had no agent for nil stuff. When he was right.

[B]

He did have an NF. He had an agent listed with the NFL's registry since January.

[A]

Right. So he technically did have one for this, but it didn't do him any good. He didn't get drafted, and that stinks. It's. It really just seems like he doesn't interview well at all. I. I've never heard him say something likable and charming. I've never gone like, oh, I could root for Diego Pavia. So that checks out for me.

[B]

He had the whole setup at his. Wherever he was watching the draft from at home, he had the whole setup with 32 different hats laying out on the table in front of him.

[A]

That's tough. That's expensive. Yeah, that's expensive.

[B]

Worth of hat.

[A]

32 hats and not pick up a single one is tough. And I don't want to kick him.

[B]

Return the hats.

[A]

I don't want to kick him while he's down, but I guess he's technically always down because he's so small. What about a happy story? Francis Mauinoa got drafted by the New York Giants. Former Miami Hurricanes lineman, 10th overall pick. And then after he was drafted, you know, his job's going to be to protect his quarterback, and his quarterback is Jackson Dart. And. And here is what he had to say.

[B]

Man, I'm ready to die for you, man. I know a lot of things has happened, bro, but I'm ready to die for you, bro.

[A]

Okay, what does he mean by a lot of things has happened? I know a lot of things has happened, bro. What does he mean by that? Have they gotten in a fight before? Are they, like. Do they have history?

[B]

But I'm ready to die for you, bro.

[E]

That's hilarious.

[A]

I mean, he might have to do, honestly, because the way Jackson Dart plays,

[B]

no one's asking him to.

[A]

Yeah, I'm gonna die for you, bro. I'm ready to die for you, bro.

[B]

Push some defensive linemen out of the way for you, bro.

[E]

That's about it. That's real love.

[A]

Yeah, he's gonna take those hits. And Jackson darts, like, that's okay. I can take them, too. I actually like when they hit me.

[E]

I want to take them.

[A]

I actually like when they hit me. I like playing like this. It scares people. I also want to say I like that they're now given the number 57 pick of the draft. A lifetime supply of catching. I think that's a really good move for Heinz.

[B]

Is that a lot of ketchup?

[A]

A lifetime supply.

[B]

Go through a bottle a year.

[A]

Well, if you have kids, I imagine you go through a lot more than that. No, don't Kids put ketchup on everything.

[E]

You only use one bottle a year, Brady.

[B]

Maybe, maybe more. Oh, this is a big source of stress.

[E]

I think we're different,

[A]

yo. How are you only going through one a year?

[B]

All right, so no, maybe we do use more ketchup than that. I don't know why I'm understanding.

[A]

You men really don't pay attention to what goes on in your fridge. You guys have no clue what's going down on the doors of your fridge. And that's, I think, the main takeaway of this sports podcast.

[D]

I like how afterwards he says, I love it. I'll take as much as I can get. Let's go. Ketchup, he said in his. With the press. Very funny.

[A]

All right, so that's the draft. That's all the big stuff from the draft that we had. We told you we would let you know when the PWHL wrapped up its season. And that is now the regular season has ended. In the semifinal, matchups are set. The Victoire are claiming the top seed in the upcoming series with the rest of the field, including the Boston Fleet, the Minnesota Frost, and the Ottawa Charge. Because Malreal finished as the first place team, they get the opportunity to select their opponent between third place Minnesota and fourth place Ottawa. And they announced their selection would be the Frost. They said that on Sunday. We found that out last night here for us on social media. And they will begin their best of five series later this week. So Ottawa is going to play Boston on Thursday, April 30. Minnesota plays Montreal Saturday, and Game 2 of the Boston Ottawa series will be Saturday as well. So just something to keep an eye on.

[D]

What's up? I love how they force the overall seat to choose their opponent because that automatically makes whoever they choose way more incentivized to go out and destroy them.

[A]

Right. Because it's like, oh, you thought we'd be the easier game.

[D]

Oh, oh, okay.

[E]

That's cute, right?

[A]

Yeah, I see how it is.

[D]

Straight up. Bulls and bonuses.

[A]

Yeah, I think it's beautiful. And it's also, I mean, look, it's a growing league. Obviously they've got expansion planned, but they are only four teams making it into the postseason. You've got to make it interesting in that way. And I think that's a really good way of doing it. They do that with a lot of stuff in the pwhl. They have a really. They're approaching it really mindfully of like, how can we grow this in an interesting way? The same way they're like trying to make sure teams don't tank and stuff. And so I think that's really cool and awesome and great and we'll keep our eyes peeled for that. Also because of that, the Vancouver GoldenEyes got the first overall pick for the PWHL draft, and they now will have the opportunity to select, we assume, Caroline Harvey. Yes. Got to be using the gold plan. The Goldeneyes recorded five points after being mathematically eliminated from the PWHL playoff picture. So that was the thing we talked about where once you've been eliminated from the playoffs, if you win a lot, you are earning yourself a higher pick. And so they. They had five points after being eliminated and therefore earned the number one pick. So we love that.

[B]

Yeah, it wouldn't work in the NBA, Chris.

[D]

That's what I mean. No, I don't think so. It's the best way to eliminate tanking. It's awesome.

[A]

Is it possible that they would tank the beginning of their season in an effort to be mathematically eliminated sooner so that they can then start win so

[D]

bad that you want to lose the first half of the season, then you're not probably not going to be good enough to start racking up the wins in the second half of the season. Yeah, that's probably what it comes down to. All right, so, yeah, I like it.

[A]

So use it. So get it done. Call them up. Let Adam Silver know that I'm sick of hearing about this person proposes their solution to tanking. You're like, get just. Can you hide the fact that they don't want to try, please? Can you hide the fact that they would like to focus on something other than winning the actual game? Especially as gambling is becoming more and more prevalent in all of these sports, It's a really tough look for the conversation to constantly be revolving around. How do we get these guys to try to play to win? It's not great. All right, we can move on to hockey, like for the. The boy hockey. Quite a bit to update you guys on. Again, difficult because of the timing of the way this all comes out, but we'll let you know where we're at that. So that. That's what's going on. The Senators series. They're done. The Senators are out. They got swept by the Hurricanes. Brady Tkachuk did not record a single point. I didn't know if anyone wanted to let that sit for a moment. Not a single point. The graphics for the broadcast, though, did tease the Bruins game. That ended up being a miserable time in my life on Sunday. They were like the Bruins David Posternach. And it was a picture of Brady Kachuk. And I was like that is not want him. Please fix that. They did. Did we cut out the part with the Ottawa song?

[B]

Had to cut it out on video for YouTubers.

[A]

Oh, but it did run the actual. Okay, good. Because I was gonna say did you see that they Ottawa tried to to save their season by sending him. I don't know if it was a green screen or what. I don't know if I fell for it or what. But the actual messaging was like they took that kid who made that song that sucked so bad and they shipped him off. They said they flew him to Asia to get him as far away from the team as possible so that they could find some success in the postseason again. It did not work.

[B]

But it wasn't inspires him.

[A]

It wasn't for lack of trying. I liked that he was like, hey heard okay. You don't like me and I'm gone.

[D]

Go to Asia.

[A]

My bad. I'll take the free trip. The Utah Mammoth series has been interesting with the Golden Knights. Obviously this is the Utah Mammoths first playoff run and they did something really interesting that I loved because Vegas only got a team pretty recently. I'm sure you'll tell me it was over 10 years ago. But they're the one of the newer teams in the league. And so for a lot of people who were living in Utah, Vegas was the closest team to where they lived. So when you when Vegas got the Golden Knights, a lot of hockey fans in Utah went out and got Vegas Golden Knights jerseys and they were Vegas Golden Knights fans. Then they got their own team, the Utah Mammoth. And so now you've got these Golden Knights fans who are living in Utah and would probably root for Utah playing against each other in this first round. So what the Utah Mammoth did was they said the day of their first playoff game, I believe was Friday, they said if you bought a Vegas Golden Knights jersey, bring it to the game and we will exchange it for a free brand new Utah Mammoth jersey, no charge. And there was a line that wrapped around the block. They said they almost gave away a thousand free jerseys of people that showed up that were like, I don't want this Golden Knights jersey anymore. I would like to root for Utah. And then Utah's been winning. They are as of right now for us, they're up 2:1 in the series, but they are playing Monday night. So that has already happened when you're listening to this, but I don't know there as with anybody Rich enough to buy a team. I reserve the right to end up disliking the guy. But the. The owner seems to at least be kind of plugged into the hockey culture. So I do love that they did that.

[B]

October 6th, 2017 was the first Golden Knights game.

[A]

Okay, so that nine years.

[E]

Oh, my God, that's nine years.

[D]

I would have said three.

[A]

Crazy.

[E]

I was gonna say maybe like five.

[A]

That's crazy. Something Covid messed up time. Like, things move, like, fast and slow in the weirdest possible way. That's like the. When I said six years ago in regards to those two, I was like, oh, that. Were bars even open six years ago? Because wasn't it 2020 and weren't really close to. Let's I guess, talk about the Bruins. That was the worst hockey game I've ever watched in my life. And I only watched some of it. I was flying back from Chicago. My seat back TV was the really my favorite situation, which is where it works. It has live tv, but every three seconds it was blacking out and coming back on and blacking out and coming back on. And I was just like, I can't watch a hockey game this way. It's gonna give me acid reflux. So I will just see what happens. I'll keep the faith. I was landing. I was. We were supposed to land at 2, which was when the game was gonna start. We didn't land till 2:30. I land, turn my plate, my phone off of airplane mode. 3 Nothing is the score. So rather than texting Dan and saying, I landed. I love you, I'll see you soon, I texted, 3 nothing. What the fuck is happening? And he responded all on turnovers. So the Bruins just gave the puck away in the sloppiest first period you've ever seen. I deboard or whatever the hell they call it. The plane. I get off, there's a bar right there. I look up, it's four nothing. And the first period has ended. So an abysmal effort. I get home, the parts of the game I do watch, it's just like fundamentals have been forgotten. Anytime you're like, well, at least the puck won't leave the zone. There it goes. Oh, okay. The most frustrating game I think I've ever watched. I don't know who the that was out on the ice, but I do not want to see those boys ever again. And I know who agrees with me. My goalie, Jeremy Swayman, who got pulled when the score was, I don't know, six nothing.

[B]

Yeah, six nothing.

[A]

And they show Him. Isabella coming off the ice and before he. He just turns to the team and he's just chewing them out, screaming at them for not helping him at all. I said before this series that it feels like Buffalo's got the vibes, and it just is like it was proven fully. That was in our own. That was a home game. That game was in Boston. I cannot believe how many people were still there in the third period. If I were there, I would have left. It was abysmal. It was mortifying. And game five is Tuesday night, so if you're listening to this on audio, it's tonight. I. I don't. It's 3:1 as it stands, and I just don't see how the Bruins could possibly pull this off. This is like. I'm kind of just hoping to be put out of my misery because this blows.

[D]

But at least if the worst case situation does happen and the Bruins get eliminated, at least you've still got the Celtics because they look like they're about to wrap up their series against the 76s. They're currently 31 up.

[A]

Thank you, Chris. And you're absolutely right. It's just. If we're power ranking my Boston teams, unfortunately, the Celtics come in fourth, and. And I. I don't want to be that fan that pretends that she cares all the time just because it's the only option that I have left. And so while I have been watching the Celtics and will be excited for the Celtics, I. It. I am. This is. I'm so sick of the Boston Bruins in the postseason. The last few years that I'm sure Brady's about to tell me has actually been 10 years have been the. Like, it's taken actual years off my life. I have gray hairs sticking straight up out of my hairline because this team doesn't like or respect me, and I'm just sick of it. I won't partake in it anymore. Congratulations to the Buffalo Sabers. This has been a nightmare. Also, it was a loaf of bread, not a pretzel, and I've been getting screamed at about that in my mentions. We're sorry. The penis was not a pretzel. It was bread, and it looked like bread, and I thought it was bread, but it had been reported as a pretzel, so we were going with what we had at the time. There's some real breadaholics out there that could not believe we made that mistake and couldn't engage with the clip in any other meaningful way except to let us know that actually, it Was bread, you stupid bitch. Who doesn't know sports?

[D]

It was.

[B]

Last time the Bruins got out of the second round was 2019.

[A]

I was a different person. I wasn't even engaged. That's how long ago it was. Since we've done the hockey, we've got to do the basketball. As Chris mentioned, the Celtics looking good. They dropped a game to the Sixers, but then they bounced back almost. They set a franchise record for made threes in a playoff game. Pritchard almost. Didn't he almost break a record?

[D]

He almost broke the record for the most amount of points off the bench in a playoff game for the Celtics.

[A]

That's right.

[D]

He fell two points short of the record, which is 34 by Kevin McHale. He finished with 32 points. Phenomenal game by Peyton Pritchard. It was him and Jalen and Jason that did the damage for the Celtics. Pretty much those three controlled the entire game. I think they might have also been the only three to score for the Celtics in the third quarter. I know at some stage Namias Kater scored, I think it was early in the fourth that broke that run. But those three were just awesome for the Celtics. We mentioned in game two how terrible they shot from the three point line. I mentioned that that was an anomaly. Thankfully they have proven to me that it was an anomaly because games three and four, they've looked much better from beyond the ark. They should be able to close out the series now. You would would think. I think all time they are. They've never lost a series when being up 3:1. And the 76ers have never won a series after being down 3:1. So you would hope and assume that the Celtics take it from here.

[A]

Game five, Tuesday night in Boston. So we'll see how that goes. How about DiVincenzo tearing his ACL for the Timberwolves, tore his right Achilles on Saturday. Now the fourth NBA player to tear his Achilles in a playoff game over the past year and also the fourth player to do that wearing the number zero. It was weird last year when it happened and it was three guys. It was Dame Lillard for the Bucks, then Jason Tatum, then Tyrese Halliburton and everybody was like, yo, that's three zero. So that's really crazy. And then now the next Achilles tear in the postseason we see and it's Dante DiVincenzo and he wears number zero. So I don't know what that means, but I do know that I wouldn't wear zero if I were coming into the league. Now it's who's left? Who's left in the postseason other than Reese Maxi? Okay.

[B]

Tyrese Maxi's a zero. Jalen Duran's a zero.

[E]

Okay, well, so I had asked you this earlier is like, I don't. Do you think. Think double zero counts? Because I got a double zero on my team.

[B]

Oh, that's both. Achilles.

[A]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[E]

Let's move on from the conversation.

[A]

He just lands and they both rip. My brother used a phrase that made me want to leave. I, like, almost booked my flight earlier. He was like, the crazy thing about an Achilles when it tears is that you see it snap back up their leg like a. Like a fruit by the foot.

[B]

Ew. You saw when Aaron Rodgers did it.

[A]

I don't want. You saw. When I see something go wrong, I go like this. I'm not. I'm covering my eyes. I don't go like. Let me see if I can watch the actual ligament recoil back the knee. Recoil up his back of the knee.

[B]

Oh, yeah. It's like a pistol in slow motion.

[A]

I'm obviously not watching that. Yuck. Absolute yuck. Dante DiVincenzo, who's a legend in our home because Dan loves that tweet that he sent from once because I guess his dad wanted him to play soccer and he said, what? So I'm gay now because I don't want to play soccer? And it comes up every time he does anything. Okay, let's go to nascar because our friend Bubba Wallace did something bad. Can somebody tell me what happened?

[D]

Well, he was le. He was at the very front of a wreckage of how many cars in. 26 cars getting into a crash at Talladega.

[E]

They call that 26 cars on one track at a time.

[B]

There's 43.

[A]

So this was more than half.

[D]

It's one of the biggest in NASCAR history.

[A]

Oh, no.

[D]

It was at turn three on lap 115.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

According to NASCAR website, the contact between Wallace and Ross Chastain prompted the pile up to unfold and led to a red flag stoppage that lasted for 10 minutes. Minutes. Now, a lot of the drivers were able to continue after this, but not Ryan Blaney.

[A]

Ryan Blaney, his own friend, out of even being able to continue.

[D]

Correct. Ryan Blaney had to forfeit the rest of it.

[A]

Oh, Bubba Wallace and the no good, very bad day. That's horrific.

[D]

26 cars.

[B]

They call that the big one.

[D]

They call it a big one.

[A]

You ever caused a 26. 6 car pile up?

[D]

Please say no.

[E]

Maybe in a dream.

[A]

Yeah. I would say nightmare maybe would be the correct verbiage for that. Can you imagine? That's like one of those Dan and I always like to talk about sports things that make us go, like, my bad, guys. Oh, I'm really sorry. Like, one of them is if you're the defenseman in a hockey game and you're, like, perched at the end edge of the zone and you're moving. Everyone's moving the puck around and they fire it up to you and you accidentally let the puck go past you, and then everybody has to clear the zone and re enter that. Dan and I would go like, sorry, everybody, my bad, But I feel like a 26 car wreck.

[B]

I'd be like, shanking a punt.

[A]

Yeah. I'm so sorry. My bad, everybody. Please don't be mad at me. Oh, that's brutal.

[B]

What's our equivalent? Like, you're getting off a crowded elevator and just drop your bag and, like, I have to pick all these things up right now. I know you guys have to get off this elevator, but it's. Imagine 26 cars behind you.

[A]

Yeah, that's really tough. And I know it's hard, but at

[D]

least most of them were able to continue. So that's like something.

[A]

His own best friend,

[D]

our favorite piece

[A]

of furniture, favorite chair in the. In the podcast game, Ryan Blaney. So, I mean, a real bummer there. But, yeah, I would just be. The 10 minutes of the stoppage would be me walking as Bubba, like Wallace walking around to everybody, going, going, I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry. I'm very sorry to you and your family.

[D]

Can I get you a water? Can I get you something?

[A]

Yeah. Was there was something else that happened with this victory lap? Can you tell me about this, too?

[D]

Chris Carson Hosova, he won the race in his 91st start, so he's doing his, like, victory lap around the circuit, but he's doing it while not just leaning out of the window, but like, sort of sitting on. What do you call it? A windowsill, whatever it is.

[A]

A door frame.

[D]

The door frame.

[A]

So he's sitting on the door frame out the window?

[D]

Yes. And he's driving all the way around, waving to everyone, like, fist pumping, things like that. And then as he's trying to slow the car down, sort of loses control of it a little bit. It's not going particularly fast, but he's trying to get it to stop, and it's not stopping. And then the car just slams into the wall while he's still hanging out. And then as soon as he starts. As soon as he hits the wall, starts doing a burnout still. While sitting on the door frame, Carson

[B]

Hosevar brought back ghost riding the whip.

[A]

Now, that's not ghost riding the whip at all. Because don't you have to. You hide when you ghost. That's the ghost riding the.

[B]

No, you. You dance in, around or on top of or next to the car like an asshole. There's a whole production of it.

[A]

But the. I think the key of it is that the car. Right. But I also think part of it is that you are driving but you're not seeing. Isn't there someone driving the car?

[B]

No, there was nobody driving. I mean, who's that driving? Patrick Swayze? There was nobody in the. In the. In the driver's seat. You would pop out and the car would continue to roll. So how does memes of 2008.

[A]

How do you drive around a car without being able to reach the. Am I dumb? There's no gas pedal in the.

[D]

I think they explained because. Remember we had this conversation a while back when. Then Blaney won. Right. And he was having the issue how the Brit.

[A]

We said the brake was not a full emergency break, but I'm sorry.

[D]

He just had it in the wrong gear.

[A]

How are you. So I think getting to the pedal when you're sitting on the door frame there might be.

[B]

Either you're reaching it or it just rolls.

[E]

He's got really long.

[D]

I think it just rolls. I didn't know.

[A]

Isabella.

[D]

I wish I knew more about shoes

[A]

would look like if he just about

[D]

the mechanics of a Nezca. I don't know.

[A]

I just. This feels like. I obviously didn't see this.

[E]

Imagining a flip flop. And the part that goes in between the toes is like in the middle of the flip because the toes are so long.

[A]

Okay, so what you're telling me is he sat on his car and crashed into the wall.

[D]

Yeah. It wasn't a particularly violent crash.

[B]

It jolted him, but it definitely did

[D]

not fall out the front of the car. Smashed into the wall while he was hanging outside of it. And then he proceeded to do a burnout.

[A]

Okay. I. That's his first time winning in his NASCAR Cup Series career. And that's how he ends it is all right. Sure.

[D]

At one stage, as he was leaning out of the car, someone threw him a can of beer. I think it was a can of beer. And he tried reaching up to grab it and just missed. But that would have been something too.

[B]

Don't catch the beer while driving. That's A bad look.

[A]

Don't they chug milk for exactly this reason? It's like, you're not supposed to be around beer like that. This doesn't. Carson Hosavar. You got some learning to do. I don't know. I don't know the guy at all. Oh, look, we're ending on a fun note. I love this. Dana White on the White House Correspondents dinner shooting. UFC President and CEO Dana White told USA Today that he thought experiencing Saturday night's White House correspondence dinner shooting in person was, quote, fucking awesome. Here is Dana White in all his glory, giving you the full quote.

[B]

All of a sudden, it just started getting noisy.

[A]

Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns, and they were screaming, get down. I didn't get down. It was awesome. I literally took every minute of it

[B]

in, and it was a pretty. Pretty crazy, unique experience. Does Dana White think he's bulletproof? Like to flaunt everybody screaming, get down. I didn't get down. It was awesome.

[A]

Yeah, I would say yes. Judging on the way he handles everything and the way that he's allowed to just not pay his fighters, I would say, yeah, he thinks he's bulletproof. He's. What evidence does he have to the contrary?

[D]

It feels like he thinks he's living in Westworld. That's what it feels like. He's like, this is all just a game to me.

[A]

And unfortunately, I would say it feels like that with a lot of those people where you're just like, this is a. And I actually don't even want to say this is a real thing. This is real life, because I don't. I don't know. I don't know what's going on. The reactions across the board to the shooting situation at the White House Correspondents Dinner is very confusing. I'd say. I saw a clip of an agent, some CAA agent hiding next to a table, but then you see him reach up and take food off the plates and eat it. You're like, that's crazy. RFK Jr you see get swooped away by his. His security team, leaving his wife, Cheryl Hines, by herself. And then she walks across the stage. At one point, she throws her hands up like, okay, guess I'm gonna get shot.

[B]

Play the curb theme.

[A]

The whole thing was just. And you don't want to laugh because it's like a. But then again, if there were a party that usually responds to these things and says, like, no, no, we don't need gun control. We need more guns or something. Funny enough, it seemed like a coordinated everybody's main reaction to this was that's why we need a ballroom in the White House. And I don't know if that was my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth thought in regards to this. I don't think at any point it crossed my mind, but ironically, it seemed to cross a bunch of Republican influencers minds at exactly the same time. And so again, I don't know. Well, it's not. But Dana White had a. Dana White had a blast. I went to the White House Correspondent's Dinner and all I got was shot at. That's something we'll just buy for Dana White, I guess. Yes. Let's take a break. When we come back on the other side of this, Chris is going to tell us what we can watch if we want to distract ourselves with a little bit of sports this week. We'll be right back. This show is sponsored by Better Help. If you've been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, anxious or unsure, it's okay. Those feelings are more common than we think. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. A good reminder that you don't have to go through those feelings feelings alone. Having someone with you to listen to, understand, to support you can make all the difference. Whatever it is that's keeping you up at night, therapy with BetterHelp can help you check in with yourself and gain support from experienced professionals. BetterHelp is the world's largest online therapy platform. Just take a short questionnaire to identify your needs and Preferences and BetterHelp will handle the initial therapist matching work for you. Feel confident knowing Better Help Therapists work according to a strict code of conduct and are fully licensed in the US it is a resource that's available to you. You don't have to be on this journey alone. Find support and have someone with you in therapy. Sign up and get 10% [e-mail] Katie Nolan that's better h lp.com Katie Nolan

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[A]

Okay, we're back. Usually at this time of the week, Chris likes to put together a list of stuff that we could watch this week so that if you are a casual and there's some sports that you'd like to watch this week, here are some of the things that you can watch. Chris, what do we have on the docket this week?

[D]

Well, on Tuesday, tonight for those listening as soon as this podcast drops April 28th at 7:00pm Eastern, you can watch some college softball. Number 13 Florida State against number 8 Florida. That game will be on the SEC Network. The reason why I wanted to bring up this game is so you all can watch FSU's Issa Torres, who's chasing the single season batting record, currently hitting.583.

[A]

What?

[D]

Her batting average is.583, which is the best in the country, playing some phenomenal, phenomenal softball.

[A]

Brady, I need you to go ahead and for the casual listener to put a little bit of context around 583,

[B]

300 for baseball is hall of Fame number. Like if you have a.300 batting average so you are getting a hit three out of every 10 times that you're

[D]

at the plate or 300 every thousand times.

[B]

Same percentage.

[A]

Same 30 out of every 100 times or 3,000 every. I mean what are we doing?

[B]

If you're getting a hit six out of every 20 times you're at the plate, she's at.583 is a Torres gets to the plate 100 times, she's getting 58 hits. Hits. She is more likely to be getting on base to be driving in runs than she is to be recording and out is insane.

[A]

Do we know if it's short for Isabelle or Isabella as a quick Google I just wonder because maybe.

[E]

Yeah, I gotta support her.

[A]

Yeah, exactly.

[D]

It looks like Isabella. Oh, looks like she Isabella.

[A]

Hard hands. We love an Issa Torres shout out. Isabella. So basically Isabella by the transitive Property, you are batting.583.

[E]

Yes. Thank you.

[A]

That's pretty exciting. Great season you're putting together. How do you feel?

[E]

I feel great. Yeah.

[A]

A lady of few words, I'm the

[E]

Paul Skeens of softball.

[A]

That's exactly right. That's exactly right. All right, so we'll tune into that. You said that is Tuesday. So tonight at 7:00pm Eastern on SEC Network. What else can we watch? Chris.

[D]

Chris, The Kentucky Derby is this Saturday, May 2, on NBC at 6:57pm Eastern. Don't try to tune in to watch the start at seven. No, you missed the first three minutes,

[A]

which could be the whole thing. That is. That snuck up on me this year, huh?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm sorry, babe. What'd you say?

[E]

I said derb up.

[A]

Okay, everybody make sure they're Caleb Derb in on this.

[D]

This is the, of course, first of three races that make up the Triple Crown, right?

[A]

So we can all go into it not knowing yet and rooting for whatever horse you want to, because then the next race in the Triple Crown, you obviously want to root for the one that won the Derby so that maybe you can have that special thing. All right, so we're gonna have to make. We gotta go out and buy mint and. And we. So we can muddle up our. Our juleps for this weekend. That's the. That's the drink of choice.

[E]

Isabella never had it.

[A]

When it comes to the. You've never had a mint julep?

[E]

No. Well, what alcohol is in that?

[A]

Rum. Oh, bourbon. Okay, sorry.

[B]

Bourbon, sugar, mint.

[A]

It's necessary to be screaming at me. Know what that's all about? All right, so we.

[B]

Catherine Blandford is going to jump through that wall and tackle you for disgracing.

[A]

I hope so. Bring it on, Cath. Come on. Come on back. We miss you. All right, what else can we watch, Chris?

[D]

The third thing. The F1 is back after taking a month off. We have the Miami Grand Prix on this Sunday, May 3, at 4pm Eastern. Last race was March 29 in Japan. We had a couple of races postponed. They were races that were scheduled to be taking place in the Middle East. So this is the first race.

[A]

What happened?

[D]

And why couldn't we have those certain situations going on? The goings on.

[A]

The goings on.

[D]

Because of the goings on, we had to move. We had to postpone those races. Kimi Antonelli currently leads the driver standings ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

[A]

All right, so that's Sunday. You said at 4.

[D]

Sunday at 4:00pm Eastern. Correct.

[A]

Okay, so we'll be tuning into that. Vroom, vroom, Isabella.

[E]

Vroom, vroom.

[A]

You know what? That feels like the end of the podcast, so thank you so much for listening. What?

[D]

We're only nine minutes short of that marathon record.

[A]

All right, I'm wrapping it up. We had to take a couple breaks. We made some mistakes, and we're gonna cut a bunch out. Okay. So it's not gonna actually be two hours.

[D]

If you want to email us, first hit record.

[A]

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