Hour 2: Calling in the Truckers

Summary

Sunday Mornings with Matt and Myron

Hour 2: Calling in the Truckers
ESPN Radio | June 7, 2026
Hosts: Myron Medcalf and Matt Jones

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Overview

This episode features the first part of a massive FIFA World Cup 2026 group breakdown, a lively debate on the alleged “arrogance” of truck drivers (with many truckers calling in to set the record straight), playful banter about travel, sports, and internet culture, and an interview with softball MVP Erin Koffel. The tone is light, irreverent, and interactive, with Myron and Matt riffing on sports and engaging callers on everything from global soccer to truck stop etiquette.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

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2026 FIFA World Cup Preview: Groups A–F

(00:34 – 10:20)

• 48 Teams, 100 Games:
  • Matt notes the unprecedented size: “This is the largest World cup of all time. 48 teams, 100 games, 40 more games than we've ever seen…” (00:41)
  • Explains group structure: 12 groups of four; top two + best eight third-place teams advance.

Group-by-Group Picks

• Group A:

  • [Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Chechia]
  • Myron and Matt pick Mexico, citing home field (heat, altitude).
    • Myron: “It feels like Mexico's in the best spot.” (03:18)
  • Travel pick: Myron—Mexico (sister lives there); Matt—South Korea.

• Group B:

  • [Canada, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Qatar, Switzerland]
  • Myron: Canada, but jokes about Qatari money influencing outcomes.
    • Myron: “Qatar can slide somebody a couple m’s, right?” (04:27)
  • Matt picks Switzerland.
  • Travel pick: Myron—Qatar (for extravagance); Matt—Switzerland.

• Group C:

  • [Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland]
  • Both: Brazil (“I’ll always take Brazil.” – Myron, (05:57))
  • Travel pick: Myron—Brazil (for Carnival); Matt—Scotland.

• Group D:

  • [USA, Paraguay, Australia, Turkey]
  • Myron: Paraguay, says group is evenly matched and U.S. has been inconsistent.
    • Myron: “The United States hasn't consistently been great. Right?” (07:25)
  • Matt: USA
  • Travel pick: Both—Australia; brief comedic riff on Turkey as destination for hair transplants.

• Group E:

  • [Germany, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador]
  • Both: Germany ("Germany's always good. I think Germany is one of the top teams in the field." – Myron, (08:26))
  • Travel pick: Myron—Ecuador ("I want to be able to say I went to the equator." (09:23)); Matt—Curacao.

• Group F:

  • [Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Tunisia]
  • Myron: Japan (owns the jersey, matched his shoes).
  • Matt: Netherlands, but both would travel to Japan.

Notable Quote:
Matt: “We've seen a theme in what Myron likes, which is what matches his shoes, and I've given you the actual picks that can win the groups, giving us NATO basically.” (10:20)

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Sunday Headlines: Louisville “Can Opener” Bridge & Trucker Debate

(13:51 – 15:15 and much of Hour 2)

Louisville “Can Opener” Situation

• Matt describes a local bridge that repeatedly slices the tops off semi-trucks detoured by an interstate shutdown.
  • Matt: “People just sit out there outside their house and watch semi trucks lose the top of their roof. Myron. It's quite exciting things here in Kentucky…” (14:20)

Are Truckers Arrogant?

• Myron’s Take: “There's arrogance in the semi truck driving community…they like to show you that they own the road.” (15:29)
• Matt defends truckers, noting their importance to the economy.
  • Matt: “They are literally the people that keep this economy going.” (17:00)
• Myron softens but maintains: “…there's a little bit of road arrogance there, though.” (17:08)

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Listener Call-Ins: Trucker Showdown

(27:32 – 45:15)

• Several truckers and family members call in, voicing their perspectives:
  • Chris in Boston: Backs Myron, says his brother (a trucker) is both arrogant and a poor reader.
    • “He thinks he's like the greatest driver in the world…he's had like six accidents.” (28:47)
  • Kendall in Texas: Also agrees, notes a generational gap and lack of training among younger truckers.
    • “There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance.” (29:20)
  • Randy from NC: Suggests driver behavior varies by region; says inattentive car drivers (phones, distractions) are often to blame.
  • Jeremy (“Trucker”): Explains that cars (“four wheelers”) don’t respect trucks’ space, sometimes forcing aggressive moves.
    • Jeremy: “82–90% of the four wheelers on the road do not respect the space that we need…” (32:17)
  • Stacy in Alabama: Says truckers have to “walk their truck” into lanes because cars don’t yield, but admits it seems arrogant.
    • Stacy: “What do we have to do? We just have to start walking into your lane.” (34:18)
  • Trevor: Credentials himself as college-educated and points out car drivers (“four wheelers”) are usually the real danger.
    • “It's very difficult to deal with people that have less wheels…” (42:06)
  • Casey: Explains the change with the ubiquity of smartphones; says distracted, young car drivers are now the real problem.
    • “In 2008, when they put the Internet on the phone, we went wild.” (44:35)

Memorable Banter:

• Matt (to Myron): “You just go up to a trucker and say, y’ all are all here.”

• Myron plays along, dryly: “Where you been?” “Here and there.” (35:20–35:22)

• Myron, after several calls: “They're making my case a little bit.” (43:00)

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Social Media Moment: Elmo Cyberbullied by Knicks Fans

(19:09 – 20:52)

• Elmo tweets, “Elmo hopes both teams have fun,” Knicks fans roast him.
  • Matt: “Elmo is just trying to say something nice…I feel like people [are] being a little har[sh]…”
  • Myron: “Elmo set himself up…Everything doesn't have to be about world [sports].”

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Interview: Erin Koffel, Athletes Unlimited Softball

(23:08 – 27:13)

• Structure & Growth: New expansion to six teams, 24-game season, 51 games airing on ESPN networks starting June 9.

• Opportunities for Women: Koffel, a former Kentucky Wildcat and the 2025 AU MVP, discusses the importance of the league as a long-term, professional option for women in college softball.

  • Erin: “It just gives, you know, college softball athletes the ability to dream beyond their four years and to continue to play at the highest level…” (24:27)

• Outlook: Koffel’s goal is to stay focused and under-the-radar, not feeling pressure as reigning MVP.

• Matt: “Give me a Go Cats. You're Big Blue like me.”

  • Erin: “Yes, I think so. I believe in [Coach Pope]. Go Cats.” (26:54)

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Truckers, Truck Stops, and Truck-Driving Songs

(38:18 – 41:14)

• Matt quizzes Myron on country/truck-driving songs; Myron correctly identifies Johnny Cash for the first time.
• Comedic reflections on truck stop conversations and iconic songs like “Six Days on the Road.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Myron on truckers:
  “Next to people on bikes who think they're cars and guys on motorcycles, they're number three in terms of road arrogance.” (15:34)
• Matt on defending truckers:
  “They are literally the people that keep this economy going.” (17:00)
• Myron on travel choices:
  “I want to be able to say I went to the equator.” (09:23)
• Myron role-play at truck stop:
  “Construction all over the place, huh?”
  Matt: “Where you been?”
  Myron: “Here and there.” (35:14–35:22)
• Callers on aggressive driving:
  “We just have to start walking into your lane…if we can't get over when we need to, it might add 30 minutes to our day.” (Stacy, 34:18)
• Debate-ender:
  Matt: “Team truck driver finished strong. The guy going women drivers—maybe that wasn't the way to make the point.” (45:22)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• World Cup Preview (Groups A–F): 00:34–10:20
• Louisville Bridge & Start of Trucker Debate: 13:51–15:29
• Trucker Callers & Road Warriors Debate: 27:32–45:22
• Erin Koffel Interview: 23:08–27:13
• Elmo & Knicks Fans Topic: 19:09–20:52
• Truck-Driving Songs & Truck Stop Banter: 38:18–41:14

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Tone & Format

• Light-hearted, quick-witted, sarcastic, and accessible
• Engages listeners directly with open phone lines
• Wears irreverence on its sleeve, playfully poking fun at each other, callers, and sports tropes

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Conclusion

This hour of “Sunday Mornings with Matt and Myron” delivers a blend of sports preview, interactive debate, social commentary, and entertainment. The main sports thread focuses on the World Cup's new structure and travel dreams, but the real action is in the tongue-in-cheek, sometimes heated (but always funny) discussion about truckers, topped off by a suite of lively caller stories and an insightful look into the world of women’s pro softball.

Transcript

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[Myron]

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[Matt]

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[Myron]

Okay. Yeah, let's do it.

[Matt]

Well, you don't seem excited.

[Myron]

No, I'm excited for the World Cup. I mean, it's a lot of countries. It's a lot of teams.

[Matt]

48. All right, so let me explain to you the system. They divide the 48 teams into 12 groups of four. Okay? 12 groups of four. If you are in first or second in the group of four, you move on to the next round. And then the top eight third place finishers, they move on as well. So first, second, and the eight top third place finishers. You got that?

[Myron]

Okay. That's a lot. It's a lot of teams.

[Matt]

It's a lot of math, right? Yes. Yeah, it's probably too many, but that's okay. So here's what we're doing. I'm going to give you the group. We're going to do half of them now and half of them in the next hour. I'm going to give you the group and you are going to tell me, Myron, who's going to Win the group. Are you ready?

[Myron]

Yep.

[Matt]

All right. Group A, it includes to the south of us, one of the host, Mexico. They will play the very first game of the World Cup. They are joined by South Africa, South Korea and Chechia. South Africa, South Korea, Chechiya and Mexico. Four different continents represented. Who you got?

[Myron]

Chechiya. Okay.

[Matt]

That's like Republic, but now we call it Chechia. Okay.

[Myron]

Mexico gets to play in Mexico, right?

[Matt]

They're playing all their games in Mexico.

[Myron]

That's right. I don't know. I mean, if this is like the NFL, right, the home team always has an advantage. I don't know if that. I don't know if that's a thing in soccer.

[Matt]

Well, in Mexico, one of the things that helps them is it's going to be very hot. Some of these teams are not going to be used to the heat. Some of them are already sort of talking about how hot it is and then altitude. You know, Mexico City is very. So. So you could say Mexico has quite a home field advantage.

[Myron]

Like. Like boxing. Like all the Mexican boxes who trained it out to altitude had an advantage. So I'll say Mexico. It feels like Mexico's in the best spot.

[Matt]

Yeah. Yes. I'm going to say Mexico as well. This is a very balanced group below Mexico, but I would say Mexico is the best team in it of that group. And of those we're also going to play. Of these four countries, which one would you want to visit, Myron? Mexico, South Africa, South Korea or Chechia? You could visit one. Which one would you like to visit?

[Myron]

My sister lives in Mexico, so I got Mexico.

[Matt]

Okay. I've been to Mexico and South Africa. I'd like to go to a different place. I've been to Chechia, so I think I would go to South Korea because it's the one that I haven't been to. Group B, Canada, another one of the host. They are in their first tournament in a while. They are joined by Bosnia and Herzegovina. They play together. Qatar and Switzerland. Who do you like in that group? A group that's kind of considered to be wide open.

[Myron]

I don't know. I mean, again, Canada's playing in Canada, right?

[Matt]

I mean, they are playing in Canada. That's right. But it's, you know, there's not as much home field in Canada. It's still just Canada, but.

[Myron]

But Qatar has that money. They could. They could play with the books a little bit. Right. Like you gotta, you know, Qatar can kind of

[Matt]

on the field.

[Myron]

Yeah. But guitar can slide somebody a couple. A couple m's. Right. And kind of change the outcome. I'm not accusing them of anything. I'm just saying.

[Matt]

You are accusing. No, I'm not accused of.

[Myron]

I'm just saying they're in a position to do.

[Matt]

That sounds accusatory.

[Myron]

I'll go with Canada. I'll go with Canada. But be. If something funny happens in that group, just. I'm just telling you.

[Matt]

All right, I'm going to take Switzerland. I think Switzerland, you know, it's neutral and they've been able to not. They're not been conflicted with things, so I'm going to take Switzerland. Which of those would you rather visit? I'll let you visit one of them.

[Myron]

Qatar. Yeah, I want to go to Qatar.

[Matt]

You're going to go to Qatar?

[Myron]

Yeah.

[Matt]

Really?

[Myron]

Yeah. The, the, the, the extravagance are really

[Matt]

driven by money, aren't you? Switzerland is absolutely beautiful. Driven, but Switzerland is absolutely beautiful. So I would take them. Group C, Brazil, Morocco, Haiti and Scotland. By the way, the Haiti Scotland match is going to be one of the great clash of cultures in the history of the World Cup. Hello, Haiti. Hello, Scotland. Enjoy each other. Who, who are you taking in this one?

[Myron]

I hope they play that match early in the day because you. If you play a late match with Haiti and Scotland and they have. They've had all day to get after it, you're going.

[Matt]

You better have some security matchup for that one.

[Myron]

I'll always take Brazil. Like, I don't. I don't have to know anything about Neymar.

[Matt]

Yes, he's back. I'm going to take Brazil as well. He's old. Yeah, he is old. Which one of those countries would you rather visit?

[Myron]

Oh, Carnival, Brazil. I have a buddy who wants me to come down there to Carnival, so I.

[Matt]

What would you do at Carnival, Myron?

[Myron]

Man, I just take in the scene, man.

[Matt]

You know, just get the vibe going.

[Myron]

Get the vibes, man.

[Matt]

All right, I'm going to Scotland. I've enjoyed, like, Scottish people are the most fun people.

[Myron]

There's a bit of a theme happening with the countries you're taking, by the way.

[Matt]

What are you talking about? I said South Korea.

[Myron]

Oh, yeah, you did say South Korea. Okay.

[Matt]

Chessing. I'm only going to Europe.

[Myron]

Just. You were, you were talking about Switzerland, how great they were and how incredible Scotland is.

[Matt]

You don't have to be. You don't have to be rude.

[Myron]

I'm just saying.

[Matt]

I just would like to go to Scotland. Group D, the United States of America. Stars and Stripes. We play Paraguay, Australia and Turkey, which who you got?

[Myron]

Paraguay. I'll take Paraguay.

[Matt]

Taking Paraguay. Why are you picking Paraguay?

[Myron]

I think that group is actually evenly matched.

[Matt]

It's pretty even. All four teams have a shot. Yes.

[Myron]

So I don't know. I feel like you're not going to

[Matt]

pick the country you're in.

[Myron]

I'm doing this as if, like, I'm trying to win money on it.

[Matt]

Right. Like, if I were and you're going to take Paraguay.

[Myron]

Well, the United States hasn't consistently been great. Right. Yeah.

[Matt]

I bleed red, white, and blue, unlike my Paraguay and friend there. I'm taking the U.S. you take Paraguay. Which one would you want to visit?

[Myron]

Of those, I'll stick with Australia.

[Matt]

Me, too. Me too. Australia. It's. It's the longest flight in the world, but I'd love to go to Australia. I've actually never been. Let's go to, by the way, Turkey. You could go and get a hair transplant.

[Myron]

People are doing that. Have you seen that people.

[Matt]

A lot of people do it. I don't know why they go there, though.

[Myron]

Why.

[Matt]

Why not go somewhere else? What do they have in Turkey that's so good?

[Myron]

Fewer questions. When you walk into the office.

[Matt]

It's just.

[Myron]

You just. You just. You just put a pile of money on the counter and they just,

[Matt]

you know, there's no. Yeah, okay, maybe there's. Maybe there's less questions. Group E, Germany plays Curacao. Who's never been the smallest country to ever make the World Cup? Ivory coast and Ecuador. Very diverse in Group E. Who you got?

[Myron]

I mean, Ecuador, I believe, has a really good defensive team. I think that that'll be an important part. Important part of how they. But I mean, Germany, like, Germany's always good. I think Germany is one of the top teams in the field. I'll take. I'll take the Germans.

[Matt]

I'm going to take the Germans as well. But which one are we going to visit? Four very different places to visit. I'm not picking Germany. Counter to what you would think. I'm not picking Germany. I have. I've been to Germany a bunch. I've never really had fun. I would go to Curacao, right? Like, party in Curacao.

[Myron]

I go to Ecuador just because I want to experience being on the equator and what.

[Caller Randy]

That.

[Matt]

Why do you want to experience being.

[Myron]

Guys want to say I was at the equator.

[Matt]

To do what?

[Myron]

What's so great about the equator? Being in on the equator, like the hottest place usually on the planet. That's what I want to do.

[Matt]

That's where you're Picking. You just want to be where? The equator.

[Myron]

I want to be able to say I went to the equator. Yeah.

[Announcer]

Okay.

[Matt]

What a bizarre choice. Group F. Finally for this half of the preview, the Netherlands, Japan, Sweden and Tunisia. Okay. All places that people like to visit. Where are you going?

[Myron]

I was, I was at a store in Vegas earlier this year and I really love the Japan jersey so I bought one. So I have a Japan.

[Matt]

You have a Japan jersey?

[Myron]

I have a Japan national team jersey. So I got it. I gotta go with Japan. Gotta go with Japan.

[Matt]

What made you buy a Japan jersey?

[Myron]

It matched the shoes I was wearing. So I paired it with the shoes and I bought it and yeah, it's really cool jersey.

[Matt]

All right, there you go. I'm going to take. I'm going to take the Netherlands. The big orange crush gets it done. But if I was going to visit one. Myron, I'm visiting Japan. That's probably the next country I would like to visit. So I'm going to Japan. How about you?

[Myron]

Yeah, Japan would be on my list too.

[Matt]

Alright, there you go. So we've picked our first six groups. We've seen a theme in what Myron likes which is what matches his shoes. And I've given you the actual picks that can win the groups giving us NATO basically.

[Myron]

Look that's trying to go to a treaty meeting or something.

[Matt]

Stop it. Going to South Korea and Japan. You watch your mouth.

[Myron]

You negotiating for us or something?

[Matt]

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[Myron]

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It is Matt myron here on ESPN Radio Text Machine, 772-774-5254. People writing in. One person writes, Matt, my brother lives in Ecuador. It's amazing. It's a lot better than just the equator. Tell Myron to come see him. There you go. How about that?

[Myron]

Why does her brother. Why does their brother live in Ecuador?

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I wonder.

[Matt]

But, yeah, I do see, wants to live. What do you. What business is it of yours? He just wants to live in Ecuador. You want to visit it?

[Myron]

Okay. I just, you know, one person says

[Matt]

people go to Turkey for their hair transplant because it's thousands of dollars cheaper and they even pay for you to make the flight and put you up in a hotel. How about that?

[Myron]

I don't believe that. I don't believe you don't believe it. I don't believe they book your flight.

[Matt]

I think they do. I think it's like a whole thing. Like, they bring you. They fly you, they put you up, then you get the hair transplant. Then you go back. That's kind of like. It's a whole package.

[Myron]

Wow.

[Matt]

You're thinking about it, aren't you? You're thinking about it.

[Myron]

You know, I want that. You know, I want that beard implant.

[Matt]

So, I mean, well, they could do it on the top of your head. They could do it on your face.

[Caller Randy]

Yeah.

[Matt]

I think you should go to Turkey for a beard transplant. We take a show.

[Myron]

You think they. They really do all that? They fly you out to give you the transplant?

[Matt]

They do. I honestly, I don't think that's wrong. I think they fly you out, they put you up in a hotel. And I think people say it's cheaper to do that than to do it in America. And you get to go to Turkey.

[Myron]

What. What are the surgeon's credentials?

[Matt]

Well, see, that, that's be what would worry me because I don't know what Turkish medical schools are like.

[Myron]

Yeah. And I'm not knocking the system, but I don't know enough.

[Matt]

Yeah, that would be my worry. I understand. I think that's reasonable. It is now time for stories beyond just the world of Turkish hair plants. It is headlines. Extra, extra. Read all about it.

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The Sunday headlines.

[Matt]

All right, what's up first? James.

[Caller James]

Yeah. Matt, you tweeted earlier this week a picture of two people kissing on the shutdown I65 in Kentucky. But that's not really the biggest story coming out of there. It's the Louisville can opener.

[Caller James (continued)]

Yeah.

[Caller James]

Which semi trucks obviously being detoured around i65, which is shut down. And some of them are going. Trying to go under a bridge that's too low for them to go under and getting the tops of their trucks ripped.

[Matt]

So i65 has been shut. It's been shut down for two months for construction. So they're making these. They're making all the traffic go through the city, which is causing all kinds of fun and excitement. But right next to U of L. And you all should look this up. Look up Louisville bridge. Louisville bridge. You know, can opener. And the bridge is. Is too low and the semis try to go under it and they get their top chopped off by the bridge. This happened five times in one day last week. It's become like a great. People just sit out there outside their house and watch semi trucks lose the top of their roof. Myron. It's quite exciting things here in Kentucky along with. With the interstate shut down. People sitting in the middle of the interstate and making out.

[Myron]

I mean, you could live there if they've shut it down for two months. I've never heard of a city shutting down a highway for two months. I mean, that. That is. That's incredible in and of itself. But I'm also not surprised that truck drivers are trying to go under a bridge when they were told they can't make it. Right. There's arrogance in the semi truck driving community that I think, you know, wait a minute. People may not understand.

[Matt]

Are you arguing you think semi truck drivers are arrogant?

[Myron]

Next to people on bikes who think they're cars and guys on motorcycles, they're number three in terms of road arrogance. There's a little bit of that with. And not all semi truck drivers. I know there's some great ones listening and they're kind and. But there's some. There's some guys who. They like to show you that they own the road.

[Matt]

It sounds like to me you are anti semi truck driver. I would think we have a lot of listeners right now that are semi truck drivers.

[Myron]

I am not a truckist. I am someone who knows that. And it's not all of them. It's not all truck drivers. I don't want anyone to think that. But there's a certain kind of truck driver who likes to remind you that they can do whatever they want on the highway.

[Matt]

So how do these truck drivers to you showcase their arrogance?

[Myron]

There was a guy the other day, I'm in traffic. He goes from the left lane to the right lane just in the middle of traffic. Wasn't. Didn't need any pain. Wasn't trying to, like, make sure there was room to. He just said, I'm going to the right lane, and everybody has to bow down to me because I drive a truck. And there's a lot of that in that community. Not all. Certainly not all. Don't. I don't. I'm not a truckist. But there's enough to make you go, there's a little bit of arrogance in the truck drivers.

[Matt]

This is amazing to me. I'm going to take up. For truck drivers. They are literally the people that keep this economy going. Right? People roll on highway, roll on the long, roll on daddy till you get back home.

[Myron]

Like, amazing work.

[Matt]

That's what truck drivers do. And you are claiming they're arrogant. You don't. That's, I think, astounding to me.

[Myron]

They are essential to what we do, which only adds to the arrogance for some of them because they know how important they are. They know if they don't get to point B that it's going to be a problem for everybody in America. There's a little bit of road arrogance there, though.

[Matt]

That sounds truck is to me. I'm not going to lie.

[Myron]

I'm not a truck is.

[Matt]

Don't call me truckist.

[Myron]

I'm not a truckist.

[Matt]

All right, well, let me just. I'm going to put this out then. If you disagree with my. If you're a truck driver, 888, say, ESPN, or even if you're not our truck drivers, Arrogant. Myron is taking the position that they are, along with. By the way, you're throwing bikers and motorcycles.

[Myron]

The people on bikes think they're cars. The people on bikes who think they're cars should be prosecuted.

[Matt]

What's your problem with motorcyclists? Have you not seen Sons of Anarchy? I would not mess with those people.

[Myron]

As a man, just because you put on a jacket and you're 53 don't mean you're in a gang, you know, so it's not all like, I know some real bikers, and I'm not. But I also know some guys who just took it up, like, three years ago and they got a jacket that nobody sponsored. I'm talking about those guys specifically. Not everybody, but I know some guys who just picked up a motorcycle. They're like, look at me, I got a. I got a jack. The Sons of our Anarchy, dude, Those dudes are tough. I don't mess with those dudes, Earl, who just picked up a bike three years ago, and now all of a sudden, he's going cross country with a

[Matt]

jacket like, all right, 888, say ESPN. If you believe, if you agree or disagree with Myron, that truckers are arrogant, I want to hear from you because I need Myron to defend that position. Unbelievable. What's next?

[Caller James]

Oh, boy, these phone lines.

[Matt]

Are they light enough? I love it. That's what. I knew it. He starts with his truck driving stuff.

[Myron]

I'm not a truckist. Don't accuse me of that.

[Matt]

What's next?

[Caller James]

Elmo from Sesame street is getting relentlessly cyberbullied by Knicks fans after he posted on Twitter, Elmo hopes both teams have fun included. This isn't the time for sportsmanship, Elmo. These streets ain't Sesame.

[Matt]

Yeah, streets ain't sesame.

[Caller James]

Someone. Someone wrote Shore. Elmo with. With a little picture of. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor and probably one of the harshest ones. Don't you dare forget your roots, you little red bleep.

[Matt]

Oh, by the way, answer these calls because I got to hear the truckers while you're doing that, Myron. Elmo is just trying to say something nice. I hope everybody. Because, you know, Elmo's for everybody. He's not just for New York. He's for San Antonio, too. I feel like people being a little har. Elmo.

[Myron]

Yeah. But I. Elmo set himself up. You know, if you're gonna put that out there in a polarizing moment, you kind of got to understand what's at stake. So Elmo. Elmo doesn't have to comment on everything. Everything doesn't have to be about world

[Matt]

PR team kicked in.

[Caller Stacy]

He did put out a second tweet.

[Matt]

What was the second tweet? What was the second? It says Nick's. That last message.

[Caller Stacy]

Elmo didn't mean to spur you on first.

[Matt]

I like that. That's good.

[Myron]

First of all, he still talks and speaks in the third person, which I've had a problem with that from childhood.

[Caller Stacy]

He's three.

[Myron]

I've had a child. I've had a problem with that since child. He speaks in third person. You know, at the end of the day, what are we doing? Give us some numbers, some math problems. Tell us to read our books and take our vitamins, whatever. You don't have to get involved.

[Matt]

When I was a kid, there was the state representative for my county. He tried to put an ad in the newspaper for the season preview, and he said his name was Mike. He says Mike hopes all mountain teams win every game. And I was like, you can't say that they play each other.

[Myron]

You can't do that. You can't stay out of it.

[Matt]

Just stay out of it. Or pick a team. But you can't wish every Elmo. We can't all win.

[Myron]

Oh man, you gotta pick one. Yeah, like read us a story, man. We don't need you. We don't care what you think about the Knicks.

[Matt]

So Myron has gone after truckers, motorcyclists and Elmo. That's what happens on Sunday Headlines. We will likely hear from some truckers and more next Matt and Myron the Podcast.

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[Matt]

It's Matt Myron here on ESPN Radio presented by Progressive Insurance. We got lined up some truckers who have some things to say to Myron as he deserves. But first, we did name that wildcat Erin Koffel. She's with the Chicago Bandits, which is Athletes Unlimited Softball League. She was the star from last year. Former Kentucky Wildcat. Aaron, thank you very much. And I gotta tell you, you got a whole audience here, national audience of people who may not know a lot about your league. Tell people about Athletes Unlimited Softball and then your inaugural season is over. What year two is going to be like?

[Aaron Koffel]

Yeah, of course, Athletes Unlimited softball league is six teams and we're all based in different cities. I'm a part of the Chicago Bandits. We're located in Rosem, but yeah, we're playing a 24 game schedule throughout June and July and our season starts on Tuesday. So super, super excited. We added two new teams this year. So it's a six team league now. So we're just competing, you know, competing our tails off and proving what women can do in professional sports.

[Myron]

Aaron, the college softball World Series was just incredible. How does Athletes Unlimited create more opportunities for great college players like yourself?

[Aaron Koffel]

Yeah, I think it gives athletes the opportunity to continue to play beyond college. You know, when I was committed to Kentucky my freshman year of high school, I didn't know. I thought the four years at Kentucky would be it for me. I didn't know there was a possibility, you know, to play beyond that. So it just opens up everything and it allows, you know, women to actually be professional athletes. And especially from the softball side of things, you know, there wasn't really a stable league before this. So it just gives, you know, college softball athletes the ability to dream beyond their four years and to continue to play at the highest level possible.

[Matt]

I do have to ask. Aaron, you were drafted in the sixth round from Kentucky and then were named MVP in your. In the first year. That doesn't happen a whole lot. What, like did they just. Did they just sleep on you, Aaron? Is that what happened? They don't watch enough Kentucky games? Where was it?

[Aaron Koffel]

Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I think I feel like I've always kind of flown under the radar a little bit and I kind of like that way, to be honest. And I'm not gonna, you know, use my MVP season. I'm not gonna put expectations on myself this year either. I think I'm just gonna continue to stay dialed into the moment and to the process. And I think that's what has gotten me here. So I'm going to continue to.

[Myron]

What are some of the things that people can expect in the second year of this league compared to the inaugural season?

[Aaron Koffel]

Yeah, I think they can expect to see obviously more games on ESPN. I think we have close to 51 games on ESPN networks. This year. So I think that is something. Softball is going to be on all summer long, just as it was in the spring. And then again, you're going to see the best of the best athletes in the world right here. The fact that we expanded the two new teams beyond our four from last year, it gives more athletes the chance. It gives the audience a chance to really see these are the best of the best softball players in the nation and across the. And across the world. So I think you know where you're going to see some really, really great softball and that's what you can expect.

[Matt]

You. The games will be on ESPN networks and the ESPN app. Opening night is June 9th. Aaron Koffel, first of all, give me a Go Cats. You're big blue like me. Let's go. Let's. Let's do it. With Mark Pope. Going to get it done this year, by the way.

[Aaron Koffel]

Yes, I think so. I believe in him. Go Cats.

[Matt]

I love it. Aaron Coffle, she is with the Chicago Bandits, part of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. Thank you very much. And as a fellow Wildcat, I appreciate you taking the time.

[Aaron Koffel]

Yeah, absolutely. Anytime. I'll do anything for the Cats.

[Matt]

There you go. Listen to that. See, that's loyalty right there, Byron. That's what we have in the Big Blue Nation there. ATHLETES Unlimited starts June 9 on ESPN Networks in the ESPN app. You don't even understand that because you're not part of Big Blue Nation, Byron.

[Myron]

No, I don't know. I don't know. The chance and the stuff you. I've heard them all though.

[Matt]

And you don't feel the loyalty, unfortunately. But you did take a shot at truck drivers all across America and a lot of them are wanting to weigh in. You said they were, what, arrogant, Selfish, arrogant community.

[Myron]

I think on the road. Road. Arrogant,

[Matt]

yeah. You're starting to back down already. Chris in Boston is gonna go, Chris, what do you have to say to him?

[Caller Chris]

Yeah, I kind of agree with them. Like, truck drivers are the worst. Honestly. My brother is a truck driver and can barely read. And I don't understand.

[Myron]

I'm not.

[Caller Chris]

I mean, like, he can barely read. So, like, he has no self awareness. He's arrogant. He just thinks he's like the best driver at all. But I'm always like, you can barely read. How are you able to even drive a truck?

[Matt]

Wait a minute. These are very harsh things to say about your brother.

[Myron]

Sounds like a family dispute more than.

[Matt]

You get along with your brother.

[Caller Chris]

Oh, yeah, I totally do. But he's just.

[Matt]

He, he.

[Caller Chris]

But he can't read, Just thinks he can. Well, barely.

[Myron]

Is he a little arrogant about driving a truck, though, does he? Is that arrogance? Can you see that with him?

[Caller Chris]

Oh, yeah. He thinks he's, like, the greatest driver in the world. Like, he even thinks he can drive a car.

[Caller Jeremy]

Well.

[Caller Chris]

And he's had, like, six accidents. I don't even know how they even let him have a car like a truck still.

[Matt]

Well, thank you very much. I appreciate the call. So first. Wow, Family members coming out against truck drivers. Yeah. Let's try Kendall in Texas. Kendall, what do you think?

[Caller Trevor]

I got.

[Caller James (continued)]

I gotta agree with Myron, too, but I think it's more of a generational deal. I've been out here over 25 years.

[Myron]

Okay.

[Caller James (continued)]

And a lot of these newer drivers, there's. There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance.

[Myron]

So the new generation, they just don't. They don't have the same respect for the rules of the road or. Why are they more arrogant?

[Caller James (continued)]

They're not. I mean, they're. They're not trained. Yeah, they're not. They're not trained. And, you know, 80% of the drivers that are out here today, they can't drive more than an automatic truck. You know, they don't know how to drive a truck.

[Matt]

There's a difference. Yeah, they don't know. They don't know the manuals. Let me ask you a question. One of the things Byron said was y' all think you own everything because you get to stop at the gas stations and take showers. I thought that wasn't fair. I didn't say that.

[Myron]

I didn't say. I said, you know, you do kind of take things over those arrogant drivers. Not everybody. I'm fine with the non arrogant, but there's a. Some of those guys kind of take over.

[Matt]

I appreciate the call. Randy in North Carolina. Go ahead, Randy.

[Caller Randy]

Yeah, I just want to say I travel from. I love to show. Y' all make me cry so hard. I laugh every. Every Sunday morning. I. I travel from Raleigh to Wilmington about every other day.

[Myron]

Okay.

[Caller Randy]

I guess it just depends on where you are. North Carolina on 40 that travel. I think they're more arrogant drivers because it's only two lanes and I can't count how many times when a trucker is coming off the exit and the car won't get over in the other left lane because he's got his phone up as you know. Or her. He's got his phone up as, you know what. But it depends on where you're at. Love the show. Y' all have a Good one.

[Matt]

Appreciate it.

[Myron]

I appreciate it.

[Matt]

See, there you go. See, Raleigh to Wilmington. Drivers aren't as bad because they're in North Carolina. They're probably happy about the canes.

[Myron]

Myron, listen, I understand that like, they have to adjust a lot too, but mostly we're afraid. So we're not sure what to do

[Matt]

when we see a taking up for themselves. Why is everybody.

[Myron]

Because I was. Rachel. Because I was right.

[Matt]

Right. They are salt of the earth. They go out there, they have to be away from their families. They drive to get our materials from one end of the country to the other. And you're out here calling them arrogant. You don't say anything about the tech billionaires. Those are your people. Why you got to go after the truck drivers?

[Myron]

Because they're not on the road. They're not driving. You know, those people are not my concern. I'm just saying I think a little more self awareness with the truck driving community. And our first caller said that there's a new generation of guys. Like you can go down the street from house right now and get a truck license, I think in two weeks or something like that.

[Matt]

So I, I do think there's less in Memphis. Come on, you guys, you got to take up for your profession.

[Myron]

Yeah.

[Caller Jeremy]

I'm gonna explain this to you guys. Okay?

[Myron]

Okay.

[Caller Jeremy]

It's really simple. Okay. Truckers have a term for regular vehicles. We call them four wheelers. Right.

[Myron]

Okay.

[Caller Jeremy]

80. 80 to 90% of the four wheelers on the road do not respect the space that we need to make our maneuvers.

[Matt]

Exactly.

[Caller Chris]

Okay?

[Matt]

Exactly. You all have to, you all have to handle your rig.

[Myron]

But if you come to the table calling us four wheelers, isn't that a little.

[Matt]

You called them names?

[Myron]

No, I, I call them truck drivers. I don't have a nickname. You said they were arrogant, but I don't have a nickname for the drivers. They call us four wheelers.

[Matt]

Jeremy, explain what you mean by space you need for your rig.

[Caller Jeremy]

Okay. You need to get over, change lanes. What? People are constantly cutting you off. You know, you'll have your blinker on. They won't let you over. So truck, truckers make aggressive moves because we don't discriminate. If you're the 10 or 20% that are going to let us do what we need to do.

[Matt]

Exactly. Right. You are non discriminatory, whereas Myron is discriminatory.

[Myron]

But, but like, should you, should you be making aggressive moves? Dr. Having the cruise ship of the highway, I feel like you should never make any aggressive moves. That's where it gets a little dicey.

[Matt]

I appreciate it, Jeremy. Let's go to Stacy in Alabama. Go ahead, Stacey.

[Caller Stacy]

Look, I'm gonna tell you, Myron ain't wrong, but he is lacking context.

[Myron]

Okay?

[Caller Stacy]

And it's a little bit. What Jeremy just said is part of the truck driving thing is we can't get over unless you leave us a couple of car lengths in front and behind us, people won't do it. Okay, so what do we have to do? We just have to start walking into your lane. And what arrogance. What Myron said is that's a little arrogant. But if we don't start walking our truck into your lane, you won't give us the space to get over. And if we can't get over when we need to, it might add 30 minutes to our day because we missed a turn or missed an exit and there are limited places we can go.

[Matt]

Tell them that, Stacy. See, this is all. Ultimately their arrogance is the four wheelers like you keeping them from doing their job.

[Myron]

But even the idea of walking the truck into our lane, it sounds pretty pleasant. But experiencing it can be a little scary when all of a sudden the semi just decided.

[Matt]

Let me ask you a question. Have you ever been to a truck stop ever in your life?

[Myron]

Yes, I've been everywhere. Yeah.

[Matt]

And what do you do? Do you ever interact with truckers?

[Myron]

All the time.

[Matt]

What do you talk about with.

[Myron]

I'm very good at talking about the weather and the road. And that's all you need.

[Matt]

Okay.

[Myron]

With anybody who drives.

[Matt]

Just one second. Let's practice. Let's say I'm Matt the trucker. Okay. I'm wearing. Well, right now I'm wearing a Madisonville trucker hat. Okay. I'm wearing a T shirt, jeans. Maybe have a couple stains because I haven't been sleeping much.

[Myron]

Okay.

[Matt]

Myron, interact with me. Come up to me like you would at a truck stop.

[Myron]

Construction all over the place, huh? Yeah.

[Matt]

Where you been?

[Myron]

Here and there.

[Matt]

That's your interaction. That's what makes you good with truck.

[Myron]

Who does a role play about a truck stop in the middle of the show, by the way? Like, that's not something we talked about.

[Matt]

I learned. You just told me to be like a mic. This is what they used to do on the.

[Myron]

I talk about the weather and construction. Most of them are kind, quiet, you know, I don't have any problem at truck stops. I just. What everyone's describing is what they're saying is if you don't get out of our way, then we'll make a way and that sounds a little aggressive, which speaks to my point.

[Matt]

888 say ESPN will let other folks have their rounds admired. Maybe he can make better conversation with these people.

[Myron]

Construction I wasn't ready for a role play. You always do it like scenes from Matlock or some show you used to watch as a kid. You want me to play something?

[Matt]

Matt Myron tries to think of a good movie or TV show. He always comes up with Matlock. Matt Myron is next on espn. It's always Matlock. It's like the only show he knows is Matlock. Here on ESPN Radio.

[Myron]

Matt and Myron the Podcast.

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[Caller Trevor]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Matt]

O'Reilly Auto Parts. See, that's another thing. They're really good truck driver songs.

[Myron]

Temptation Road. Oh man.

[Matt]

This is the one where he goes Louisville, Lexington, Burdeepity, Babadoop. And he says all the cities, right?

[Myron]

This is a good one. There's another one though. I'm. I'll find it. That was a Former Temptation wrote it.

[Matt]

Do you know who sings? This right here.

[Myron]

Sounds like Johnny Cash.

[Matt]

It is Johnny Cash. Well done. Byron finally gets a country.

[Caller James]

That's the first time ever.

[Myron]

Johnny Cash.

[Matt]

Let me give you some good truck driving songs, okay? Six days on the road and I'm going to make it home tonight. Do you know that one?

[Myron]

No.

[Matt]

Well, I mentioned earlier. Alabama Roll on highway, Roll on along. Do you know that one?

[Myron]

I don't, I don't.

[Matt]

What about Teddy Bear? Do you know Teddy Bear? That's a terrible song about a guy who's on a CB radio and the little kid has a teddy bear and they're talking. It's awful. Do you know that?

[Myron]

No, I don't. That sounds awful.

[Matt]

It is awful there. But there's truck driving, the whole thing. And 888. Say yes, man. I'm gonna read one. I got a message on the text machine.

[Myron]

Okay.

[Matt]

Myron is a truckist. And I would go. I would. I would go further to say that if he walked into a truck stop, he would be scared to death. It's easy for him to talk all this trash behind his radio microphone, but in real life, he wouldn't say anything to a trucker without shivering in his pants.

[Myron]

Well, this isn't helping the argument though, right? It's not. It's not helping. I mean, I would say it.

[Matt]

I think you just go up to a trucker and say, y' all are all here.

[Myron]

If they cut me, if they like cut me off, if I felt like they would take it up all the lanes. Yeah, I wouldn't. I mean, but if they want to fight everybody and if they're making aggressive moves, I don't think they're helping the argument. They're kind of. They're kind of confirming what I'm saying.

[Matt]

Remember the one caller in Myron agreed that most truckers couldn't read, so I

[Myron]

didn't say that at all. North Carolina, don't put that out.

[Matt]

Trevor, go ahead.

[Myron]

Trevor. Trevor, that caller said that, not me. So don't. Don't put that on me.

[Matt]

Yeah. Yes, go.

[Myron]

I didn't say that. Trevor, the caller.

[Caller Trevor]

Okay. It's okay because I have two college degrees. I have a pre med degree and a B level.

[Matt]

A level and B level degree.

[Caller Randy]

Great.

[Matt]

Yes to the caller.

[Myron]

Yes, that's on him.

[Matt]

Yep.

[Caller Trevor]

So I also have a CDL and I got a 97 on my driving.

[Matt]

97. And so this helped you.

[Myron]

This is giving you less arrogance or what?

[Caller Casey]

No.

[Caller Trevor]

So the A level is a 95 to a 97. And the instructor said that you're not going to make 100. When I took the test when he was riding with me and I took it in the rain. I'd like you to know that taking that driving in the rain is more dangerous unloaded than anything else you could probably do on the road other than driving on ice.

[Matt]

Just to confirm. Just to confirm, you have an A level and a B level medical degree. You have an A level truck driving degree and you drive in the rain, which is harder than anything else. Myron, do you have an answer to this man's qualifications?

[Myron]

So, Trevor, do you struggle with confidence? Because it doesn't seem like that's an issue for you. Right. Which is a little bit of my point. Right.

[Caller Trevor]

I guess what I'm saying is I've had more problems with drivers than what the other car called four wheelers than I have in drivers with 18.

[Matt]

Exactly.

[Caller Trevor]

As a former truck driver, since I do Uber full time now, I would say that. I would say that it's very difficult to deal with people that have less wheels than those that have more wheels. But I'd like to also say one more thing if I could before I

[Matt]

go, if you don't mind, quickly.

[Caller Randy]

So.

[Caller Trevor]

So I said way back in 2025 that I knew that they would survive. And just in case they don't do it in four, because in Texas, I'm

[Matt]

not worried about your sports opinions about this, about Trump. All right. This is about.

[Myron]

He called in and said, I want to make a case that truck drivers aren't arrogant.

[Matt]

That's true.

[Myron]

And he started by saying his qualification. I have five degrees. I aced my test in the rain. Nobody in humanity can drive an unloaded truck in the rain but me.

[Caller Randy]

Yeah.

[Myron]

But yes, you all are the problem. Like, they're making my case a little bit.

[Matt]

That was. That might have been a point for you there. Let's go to. Let's go to Jay in Mississippi. Go ahead, Jay. Hey, I just want to say I've been driving since 2011.

[Myron]

Okay.

[Caller Jeremy]

You kind of. Right.

[Aaron Koffel]

Yeah.

[Matt]

Sometimes we have to, you know, use our truck to do and get what

[Caller Casey]

we want because people that drive four

[Matt]

wheelers, they own their phones.

[Caller Jeremy]

They.

[Caller Casey]

They worried about the kids in the back.

[Matt]

They don't see you. So. Yeah, you right.

[Aaron Koffel]

Sometimes.

[Matt]

But, man, you should be worried about the kids in the back, though, right?

[Caller Jeremy]

So many yumps.

[Myron]

Yeah, they should be worried about the kids in the back. I think.

[Matt]

Women driving. All right, okay. We're not getting. Wait a minute now.

[Myron]

See, Wait, wait a Minute you can't wait.

[Matt]

Not helping your case. You can't do that.

[Myron]

Look at what, look at what just happened.

[Matt]

All right, I appreciate the call.

[Myron]

He called.

[Matt]

That didn't help.

[Myron]

He called it and said these four wheelers again, they're worried about, quote the kids in the back. Yeah, as if that's not supposed to be happening.

[Matt]

Women drive and then women like who? He didn't. He didn't.

[Myron]

I think I have won this.

[Matt]

I can't leave it on that one. I can't let that be the last trucker.

[Myron]

I have won this.

[Matt]

Robert. No, Casey. Speak for your community, my friend.

[Caller Casey]

Hey, listen, Myron, it's not the arrogance of the truck driver. Hydro trucks for 24 years. Here's the problem. In 2000, the, the four wheelers didn't have the distractions because we didn't have Internet on the phone. So they were focused on driving.

[Matt]

Right.

[Caller Casey]

In 2008, when they put the Internet on the phone, we went wild. Now these arrogant drivers, the 16 to 25 year old drivers don't know how to operate around a Big Red. They ignore the turn signal. So when you don't focus and look at that big truck because you're too busy worried about an Amazon delivery to your porch, that's the distraction. So we don't have an arrogant attitude until you get an arrogant attitude. We need to focus on teaching these 16 year olds to 25 year olds how to operate around Big Red.

[Matt]

That's all I got. Appreciate the call. That's mic drop. Mic drop. It's all the kids fault. And the phones.

[Myron]

There's a lot of distractions. That. That's fair. That is a. That is a part of it.

[Matt]

Yeah.

[Myron]

But I also hope it's okay for us to care about the kids in

[Matt]

the back for team truck driver. He finished strong. The guy going women drivers. Maybe that wasn't the way to. To. To make the point. Well, good stuff, folks. The NBA finals though is going on. Myron can't keep ignoring it. So we'll do it next here on Matt Myron on espn.

[Myron]

Matt and Myron, the podcast.

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You can't reason with the sun. Trust us, we've tried this summer, it's time to put that angry ball mute. Columbia's Omnishade technology is engineered to protect you from the sun's harsh rays that can burn and damage your skin. The sun is relentless, but so is our gear. Level up your [e-mail] to spend more time outside and less time slathering on aloe lotion. You're welcome. Columbia engineered for whatever.