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K Pop Demon Hunters, Saja Boy's breakfast meal and Hunt Tricks meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans. What do you say to that, Rumi?
Matt
It's not a battle.
Kelly Clarkson
So glad the Saja Boys could take breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day.
Matt
It is an honor to share.
Josiah
No, it's our honor.
Matt
It is our larger honor.
Myron
No, really, stop.
Host
You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side.
Myron
Ba da ba ba ba.
Matt
And participate in McDonald's while supplies last.
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Matt
that was our guy. The world's strongest man, Mark Henry. Probably getting ready for. Probably getting ready for the WrestleMania next weekend in Vegas. I'm contemplating, Myron, contemplating going out there. What do you think of that?
Myron
Really? I don't, man. I. You should do it, man. But speaking of Mark Henry, I saw a clip. I don't know what the move is. When a guy is draped over the ropes and a guy comes like through the ropes and lands on his head. I don't know what the move.
Matt
I don't think that's a move. No, no.
Myron
Where a guy's like laying on the rope, the second rope, like almost outside.
Matt
Somebody like jumps on their neck.
Myron
Somebody jumps on their neck. And I saw this string of Mark Henry doing this to people and I'm like, how do you, how do you brace yourself or your mark like that had to hurt.
Matt
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Myron
Yep.
Matt
And then Brock Lesnar's. Brock Lesnar's gonna be on regular ESPN wrestling.
Myron
Man, that guy, what is he? The Warrior? The.
Matt
The Ultimate Warrior? He's Dead.
Myron
No, no, the guy. Oh, Femi, right, the guy. Obi. Femi.
Matt
Yes. I'll be fin.
Myron
The guy. I mean like they set up that clash really well, man. Between Obi and Brock. Just two freaks of nature coming together. I'm looking forward to that.
Matt
Pat McAfee's involved, so is Jelly Roll. You like Jelly Roll?
Myron
I like Jelly Roll. It's speed in there. I think. I show speed.
Matt
I show speed, isn't it? Yeah, I show speed is.
Myron
Yeah. What do you mean? I mean when they get the celebrities involved, to me, depends if they're committed.
Matt
It depends on if they're good. So like, like, like when I think about celebrity history, you have ones that are really good. Like for instance, Bad Bunny is great at it. McAfee's very, very good.
Myron
Yeah.
Matt
But then over the years, you know, Jay Leno wrestled one time that didn't go very well. What was Courtney Cox's husband's name?
Myron
David Arquette.
Matt
David Arquette. That wasn't very good. So it just depends on if they take it seriously. A lot of the guys that do it now though, they end up taking it pretty seriously.
Myron
So yeah, I want to see, I want to see them take it serious. I mean I show speeds. A good athlete. That, that could be a fun.
Matt
Yeah.
Myron
Storyline.
Matt
Well, we're going to get to that. And then by the way, some more names have come in, including. I want to hear you have answers for these. Griffey, A Rod, Randy Johnson. Which one doesn't get a bobblehead from that?
Myron
A Rod. He's the young guy on that team. So I give it to Griffey.
Matt
Rod with a bobblehead. All right. Durant, Harden, Westbrook.
Myron
Remember Harden, the sixth man on that team, which is why he leaves that team. So it's going to go to Katie
Matt
and Westbrook, Steph, Clay Durant.
Myron
I love Clay, but you're not giving,
Matt
you're not giving Clay a bobblehead.
Myron
In Golden State, Stephen KD were the top players on that team and everyone
Matt
knows Terry Bradshaw, Lynn Swan, Franco Harris.
Myron
Ooh, that's, that's, that's, that's difficult. Like those old school. You know, maybe it's Matt that maybe the old school teams have more.
Matt
Yeah.
Myron
Of the three headed monsters but fewer current teams.
Matt
Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Edger and James.
Myron
Man, that's another good one. I'd have to get.
Matt
You're.
Myron
You're right. I'd have to give all. All three.
Matt
Oh, he's finally gives in.
Myron
I'd have to get. But again. But you're but everyone's coming up with past teams. Like we asked for people to come up with current teams and we haven't had a lot of great examples of current teams.
Matt
No, we haven't. All right, let's talk for a second about the NBA. Today is the final day of the regular season. Games at 6 and 8:30 on ESPN. To me, I've said this for like the last two months. The end of this regular season has been torture now when the best teams play each other. So like, you know, it feels like Oklahoma City. Somehow they made the schedule where Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Denver have played each other 16 times down the stretch. And those games have been great. And I'm looking forward to seeing those games in the playoffs. I think they've been great. But besides that, Myron, it's been. It's been pretty brutal. So I'm glad the playoffs are going to start. So the question is, what matchups do you want? Here's what's locked in. Detroit's the 1 seed, Boston's the 2. Knicks are the 3. Cleveland's the 4. So that means you're going to get Cleveland, Atlanta, Knicks, Toronto. Do either of those series tickle your fancy?
Myron
Well, I think today's games can kind of change that. I think Atlantic and finish five or six. Toronto, I think can finish as low as eight. But no, I like those series. Atlanta, it has. Is a team that no one really expected to play as well as they are after losing Trae Young. They're going to be high in the draft. Like Atlanta is one of those teams where we might be a year away from talking about them as a contender.
Matt
Of these four teams, if you are Detroit or Boston sitting there at the 12 seat between these four teams, which one would you be most scared of? Orlando, Philly, Charlotte, Miami. Any of those teams even have a theoretical chance of pulling an upset. Those are playing teams.
Myron
I think I might be most afraid of a Charlotte team that has nothing to lose.
Matt
Yeah.
Myron
And just kind of turn things around and no one really anticipated it. And yeah, I mean, they're gonna come in with this confidence. You say what you want about Lamello Ball. That dude thinks he can beat anybody. So that might be the team that I'm like. They. They may not be fearful at all of facing.
Matt
I think Orlando would be the team I'm scared of. The least I would want. I would want of that group because Philly, I mean, is embiid scheduled. He would come three or four or something like that.
Myron
We're not, you can't count on it. Like you can't count on healthy and bead.
Matt
Yeah.
Myron
Impacting anything else.
Matt
Let's go to the west. Oklahoma City is going to be the one, San Antonio the two. Denver is likely the three, although that can change. Lakers four, Houston five, Minnesota six. So that means we're going to get Denver, Minnesota in the first round. That's a tough one for the, for the Nuggets, isn't it, to get. To get Minnesota.
Myron
If you told me Minnesota been fully healthy, I mean, you know, Jade McDaniels has been hurt, Anthony Edwards has been hurt. So Minnesota's kind of limped into the, into this six spot. Still a dangerous team always, if you tell me they're good to go and everyone's fully healthy. But I think Denver has the edge.
Matt
I want to see Denver win that series because I want seven games in round two of Spurs Denver. I want to see Wimby yogic. They had that game, was it last week, where Yoko shit that insane fade away shot at the end. And Wimby, you know, be interesting because when he's played, what most of the games this year, he only plays him like 30 minutes a game or something. And I do wonder, in the playoffs, do you think that goes up to 38, 40, or does it. Do they keep it there at 30?
Myron
I mean, he's a big man that you want to preserve. The reason he's playing 25 minutes, 30
Matt
minutes really have to.
Myron
You get like 25 points and 14 rebounds and six blocks. So he, to me, is on the verge of being the king of the NBA. And this could be the playoffs that establishes that if you beat Jokic and you somehow get through SGA and then you beat whoever the Eastern Conference produces, we get into playoffs saying Wimby is the face of this league.
Matt
All right, Josiah, Rachel, I want you to get out a pin that has ink. One of you get out of pin. All right, you got a pin. I want you to. Because we do this occasionally and he's virtually always wrong and then he claims he didn't say it. So that's why we have to have ink.
Myron
That's what I say.
Matt
Eastern Conference Myron Metcalf pick to come out of the east is Boston. Boston?
Myron
Yeah.
Matt
Why? I mean, you. This is a radio show. You do need to expound on your thought.
Myron
So here's the thing, man.
Josiah
You.
Myron
You asked me for an answer and it sounds like a multiple choice. And then you're like, no, this, this is the essay portion of the AP final exam. Why didn't you produce your. That's what you do. What do you mean? You just said pick a team. So Boston. You tell me Boston's healthy. I think they're the most talented team.
Matt
All right.
Myron
Yeah, give me Boston.
Matt
All right, so you're gonna give me Boston. All right. In the west and maybe followed up with a few words on why Antonio? Oh, you're gonna take San Antonio.
Myron
I'm taking San Antonio. I think. I think Wimby has another gear in him that no one in the league can reach. I think we're gonna see San Antonio, Boston in the finals.
Matt
All right, I would give me Oklahoma City and give me the Knicks. I'm actually going to take the Knicks to. To get to the Finals. Out of the east, how many teams do you think are legitimate? I'm going to give you a quick T. You tell me if you legitimately think they can make the Finals, not win the title.
Myron
Oh, yeah.
Matt
Detroit, yes. Boston. You said yes. Knicks, yes. Cleveland, yes. All right. Atlanta?
Myron
No.
Matt
And then you go Toronto.
Myron
I assume nobody.
Matt
Four teams in the East. In the West, Oklahoma City.
Myron
Yep.
Matt
You said the Spurs. Denver.
Myron
Yep.
Matt
Lakers?
Myron
No.
Matt
Houston?
Myron
No.
Matt
Minnesota?
Myron
Nope.
Matt
All right, so you have seven teams that conceivably could get in the Finals.
Myron
Yeah, I think that sounds about right.
Matt
I think that's probably right as well. I don't know if I would put Cleveland in there, but with Harden, you never know. But. So I would probably go six. I would probably leave Cleveland out, but otherwise. I agree. It is time. There are other things in the world of sports besides this serious stuff we talk about, like pull tabs and bobbleheads. Headlines is next here on Matt and My on ESPN Radio.
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Matt
All of us have been looking to the stars this week with Artemis or as we say in eastern Kentucky, Artemis 2 coming back. Myron claims to know him. We'll save that for another time. But that's been a very uplifting during a time of controversy and people always be mad. They're been nice to have something to unify us with Artemis returning and that was very cool. The dark side of the moon. It was nice to have. It was nice to have space back in our life.
Myron
It was amazing. I mean you made poke fun at it, but I did hang out.
Matt
You don't have a drop.
Myron
But let me tell you something. I found out, as great as this was, I thought we were much closer to Mars. I didn't realize we still had a long way to go. Like I thought we were like halfway there.
Matt
You thought Mars was just, just around the corner.
Myron
I thought we were around the corner from Mars and that this was like a little setup mission. So like we just kind of see what's going on. Like, okay, there's Mars and now we'll go back. I didn't realize how far Mars was.
Matt
Yeah, yeah, we're not gonna be at Mars anytime soon. I'm gonna argue we probably won't be there in a long, long time. It is now time for Sunday headlines.
Host
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The Sunday headlines.
Matt
All right, Josiah, what's up?
Josiah
First, why I think Myron didn't want to give up on our expedition to Mars there for a second that was
Myron
done with Mars just killing all the
Matt
hopes and dreams of all the kids. I mean, I'm just saying we're going. I don't think we're going to Mars anytime soon. I mean, I just. I don't think that's a controversial opinion. I've been hearing we were going to Mars since I was a kid and I'm approaching, you know, halfway through life. It's time, I think. I don't think it's happening.
Myron
Rational Matt. Let the kids dream. Let the kids figure it out.
Matt
All right, all right, what's first?
Josiah
All Sunday headline. So they ran out of beer at the frozen four. Running out of CO2 at the tap lines at beer House across the street from T Mobile Arena. They had to drink from cans and bottles for the rest of the game. And no draft beer for the foreseeable future at that location. So what fan base is most likely to drink a city dry?
Myron
Like.
Matt
Well, Denver and Wisconsin. Those were the two that were playing. I mean, that's up there. I mean, any discussion about who's going to drink the most is going to include Wisconsin.
Myron
Yeah.
Matt
So they were in it. And then Denver, I mean, they, they like. All they want to do is drink craft beer, but they're used to it as well. So they didn't have their IPAs the other. They didn't get their bush or, you know, their Milwaukee's Best in. Myron, you ended up having people upset as Denver won the Frozen Four.
Myron
Yeah, I mean, and I don't know if you've been out there to Vegas in that spot. Like it's a pretty high traffic area. That's a big deal for them to run out. I watched Iowa State basketball fans do it in Kansas City. They literally drank downtown out of White Claws. Like they ran out of White Claws.
Matt
That's not nearly. That's not nearly as manly. We. We drank all the trulies, but they did.
Myron
But I'm just tell you, they Iowa State basketball drank Kansas City out of White Claws in two days. I watched it happen.
Matt
And by day three, actually, that feels a little embarrassing. You know, it's like my fan base drank the city clean of clearly Canadian.
Myron
Let me just say White claws had just come out. It was like a new thing. And they drink.
Matt
It was last year, they had just gotten to Iowa, so they were very excited.
Myron
I was taking drink with anybody. I'm just telling.
Matt
All right, what's next?
Josiah
I just gotta say, I've seen some people get messed up on white.
Matt
That's what Matt doesn't realize when you drink.
Myron
Matt doesn't realize.
Matt
And they were 20 year old sorority girls. That's who they were.
Myron
Because they'll just drink them like nothing.
Josiah
Like 12 of them.
Myron
I'm telling you, man.
Matt
All right, go ahead.
Host
All right.
Josiah
The Utah mammoth. They have unveiled maybe the single greatest Zamboni I've ever seen in my entire life. This thing look straight out of one of those crazy monster truck shows. It looks like a robotic mammoth. It is awesome. I have a picture of it here in our dock. What do you guys think of this?
Matt
It's got a name right, too. Is it the Zamoth?
Myron
Zamboni, right? Mammoth Zamboni.
Matt
No, it's. That's not a good name. I think they're combining Mammoth and Zamboni and calling it the Zamoth, I believe.
Myron
You think that's better.
Matt
It's better than mammoth Zamboni. That's not a good. No, Zamith is a good name.
Myron
Mammoth Zamboni is what they should consider.
Matt
But I'm correct, Josiah, right? They're calling it the Zamith. Am I right about that?
Josiah
I have to look at Martin. I got this from a tweet.
Rachel
Quick. Zam myth. Zamith is the name Zamith.
Matt
So. So it's very cool. I actually, when you see this, you go, myron, why don't more teams do this? Why don't more teams make their, you know, they draw. It's got, it's like in, you know, I don't know, mammoth colors and got a snout and it rides around and it's. I think it's awesome. I think more teams should embrace their nickname and make it part of their stuff.
Myron
But isn't it hard enough to get the Zamboni onto the ice? You know, like, it's big enough. Like, I don't know if you want to add a bunch of bells and whistles.
Matt
Would you. Would you want to ride a Zamboni? Like, when I go to games, whoever they have on the Zamboni seems like the happiest person on earth. Would you want to. To do that?
Myron
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think that's probably second to the golf guy who picks up all the balls at the driving range and the little cart.
Matt
I feel like you could do that. That's. I don't think that's like, if. If you want to do that, that job is open at most golf courses in America.
Myron
I don't think that that's one of it's. But that's. Zamboni driver would be second to that. So.
Matt
Wait A minute. You. You would. You have, like, a desire to be the guy that cleans up the golf balls on the driving range?
Myron
Yeah. Go to driving range, picking up all the golf cart.
Matt
Let me tell you something, Myron.
Josiah
Someone can make this happen.
Matt
I can make that happen for you. I. It happen for you.
Myron
I want to do it.
Matt
Okay.
Myron
All right.
Matt
I will say that one time I got to ride around. The Reds have this machine that shoots, like, T shirts into the stands, and I got to ride around at one game around the base path. Okay. And it is a lot of fun. Although they did say before we went, do not honk this horn in front of the Reds dugout. Terry Francona will get upset. I was very careful to not. I didn't want to upset Tito. So we didn't do it. Who's an next?
Josiah
All right, this next story is in the spirit of our fellow producer here, Rachel Robinson. Lauren Betts wants to be on Dancing with the Stars. Following her dance moves going viral during this championship run with ucla, she said to the California Post on Thursday that if that spot was offered to her for next season, she would take it. But with the caveat of her Gabrielle, Gabriella Hawkez and Charlize Ledger Walker would be a package deal.
Matt
All right, so you gotta slow down. That's what I would say to alarm Bets. Yeah, I mean, Dancing with the Stars, having one women's basketball player from the. From. From college in the WNBA would be great for the sport, but you can't come in with demands and say, and also, you gotta bring my friends. So I think it would be cool to have her on it, but you can't be like, and, oh, by the way, you gotta bring my girls, too. That's a. That's a little demand for Dancing with
Myron
the St. Well, and that's a college sports thing. But now Lauren Bets is a pro, and I. I bet they would take her, but only her.
Matt
Her.
Myron
Her teammates can be in the stands and watching and hanging out. But that's exactly right.
Matt
You know, I mean, like Justin Timberlake, if he gets asked to be in a movie, he can't say. And you also have to take AJ and the rest of nc. Yeah, like, he just. He had to move out on his own, Myon. And that's what happens sometimes. People have breakout potential. Beyonce did not require Destiny's Child to come with her forever.
Myron
She didn't take them anywhere.
Matt
She did not. One more. What's next?
Josiah
All right, so a fan on Reddit had the perfect idea for ending tanking the NBA you start with your beer prices at $10. For every win, the beer goes up 35 cents. For every loss, the team puts the beer price down 20 cents. So if the Wizards were to do this, their beers would be 10 cents right now.
Matt
And they think that would end tanking it would make it just cheap beer?
Josiah
Guess so.
Matt
Yeah. Well, I think the bigger problem is that the reason these teams tank is they stink to start with. So I do think that would not do a lot. But I do also like that we're to the point now. People are trying to get the ideas from Reddit, which. Which is not necessarily a good sign for what the league's trying to accomplish.
Myron
Yeah, people are like, Reddit solved it. Really? They also solved UFOs in the Bermuda Triangle too.
Matt
Yeah, not all their not all their secrets work. Are you on Reddit, by the way?
Myron
I mean, I read it. I'm not on a means you don't
Matt
have to be so sketchy about it. I don't read it. Okay.
Myron
Write about it. I don't write on it.
Matt
The NFL draft is next.
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Matt
it is Matt Myron here on ESPN Radio. Pursuit by Progressive Insurance. Take the next step forward in your career with great benefits in an award winning workplace. Apply careers.progressive.com Some of you may realize that in 10 days in Pittsburgh we are going to have an NFL draft. Some of you probably know it but haven't been paying a lot of attention. And it's because it's maybe the most boring NFL draft that I can remember in a long time. I love drafts, Myron. I will watch, I watch drafts of sports I don't even like. Like, I watch the hockey draft and even though everyone is like from, from Russia or Finland, I'm still like, oh, he's going to be big for the Minnesota W. Enjoy drafts. But this NFL draft, I mean, I don't know how many people listening to this could tell me who the top 10 picks are going to be. And I do feel like, Myron, that is very unique to this year. It just hasn't gotten a lot of traction.
Myron
Well, it just reminds you of how, how appealing the draft is when you have multiple elite quarterbacks who could be starters at the next level. And this first round has one and the guy who it is and Fernanda Mendoza, incredible player, seems to be a great person, not the most exciting personality necessarily. And he's clearly going to the Raiders. So there's, you're going to end the intrigue of this draft after the first pick.
Matt
But I've heard people say, NFL draft experts that like, if you go back to the Caleb Williams class, that Caleb Williams, Drake May and Jaden Daniels would have all been picked ahead of him.
Myron
Yeah.
Matt
So I mean he would have been the fourth quarterback in that draft. So I mean that's part of it. Let me just read you the top 10 picks because I want all the folks at home, I want everyone to be honest with themselves before I read these. How many fans, when I say this person's name could tell me what school they went to? Okay. Fernando and Mendoza. I think every, most fans would know that. Yep. Second projected pick, David Bailey. How many average fans could tell me where David Bailey went to college?
Myron
Only those in Lubbock.
Matt
Yes. And for people who don't know if you're listening, It's Texas Tech, ARV Reese.
Myron
No. No one.
Matt
No one. Jeremiah Love. There might be people who remember who know him for Notre Dame. All right, what about Francis Magoa?
Myron
No.
Matt
Miami offensive tackle Spencer Fano?
Myron
No.
Matt
Offensive Tackle Utah Sunny Styles.
Myron
They'll know. Ohio State, Sonny Styles. They might.
Matt
I agree. That's three. Reuben Bain Jr projected to go eight.
Myron
Maybe if they follow.
Matt
Maybe if they watch the National Championship. Jordan Tyson.
Myron
No, the nerds.
Matt
Wide receiver from Arizona State. And then finally, Mansour Delaney, cornerback at LSU. Nobody's gonna know that. My point is, even now, 10 days out, unless you're a draft nerd, unless you are, like, I'm a Kuiper McShay. You know all those people, you probably only know four of the top 10 picks. And if I get down here to your, you know, Kenyan Sadiq and Jermon McCoy and Omar Cooper, nobody's gonna know. So I just. I think that's probably part of why we feel this way.
Rich Eisen
Way.
Myron
Well, yeah. And, you know, the quarterbacks is. That's where you start with the draft, in terms of the casual fan caring about the draft because you want to know if your team has a chance to pick a guy like that or if you might end up facing a dude who comes out of this draft. But beneath that, Matt, you don't even have sort of the future hall of Fame receiver, edge rusher, guys like that. I'm not saying this isn't a good class, but you don't even have some of the names at the other positions where you feel like, okay, that guy can come in and be a superstar at this level at nine quarterback positions. So you don't want a draft where people are trying to figure out kind of who's who. But this feels like the first time we've had the situation in a long time in the NFL draft.
Matt
What? Francisco Mendoza, of course, will go first. Now he's not going to the draft. He's going to stay home with his family and celebrate with them. If you were going to be the number one pick, if this was going to be Myron Metcalf being picked by the Vegas Raiders, would you go to the draft or would you stay home?
Myron
No. I mean, how many times do you get to throw a party for yourself in life, you know? So, I mean, I think you have a party.
Matt
Why not? You could do it all the time, right?
Myron
Why don't. I mean, where people are like, this is okay to do. I mean, I feel like this is your moment. Have a party with.
Matt
Do you not think you can throw parties for yourself? Like, would. Like, would you throw yourself a birthday party?
Myron
Absolutely not. No chance.
Matt
You can't throw yourself a birthday party.
Myron
If that's who you are, go for it. I'm just not the Type.
Matt
Well, who are you if you do that?
Myron
Yeah. I don't like big celebrations in general for myself, so I'd rather just go.
Matt
So you're saying, like, I could throw you a birthday party.
Myron
Yeah, someone could throw me a.
Matt
But you can't throw yourself a birthday
Myron
as long as was. It was a small, Intimate. Intimate.
Matt
But what if you people. But what if it's your. It's your birthday.
Myron
Yep.
Matt
And you want to party like it's your birthday?
Myron
Yes.
Matt
But you're not married, and you don't have a significant other. You just have to, like, not spend time with your friends because it's somehow selfish to create a party.
Myron
No, you just drop hints with your friends in that situation.
Matt
Oh, you drop hints.
Myron
Hey, you'd like to have a party, maybe like that.
Matt
See, I think that's more pathetic if you're like, hey, Myron, my birthday's coming. Would love to have a party. Wink, wink.
Myron
Yeah, I would never do that because I would never want a surprise party. I'd want to know who was at the surprise party. So it just wouldn't work for me. I don't want people just showing up. But I think the coolest thing to me would be hanging out with your friends at an event, at a. At a place, celebrate when everybody. As you hear your name called, number one. I think Fernanda Mendoza, I think, is doing it the right way.
Matt
See, I would want to go. I want to walk out. I'd like to have, like, a unique way to greet Roger Goodell. Maybe, like, you know, maybe. I don't know, everybody picks him up. I might actually twirl him around and do a dance.
Myron
That would. That would be a problem.
Matt
No, you walk out, you shake his hand, and then you spin him.
Myron
You don't just twirl somebody. You just don't surprise twirl somebody. I don't. I don't know if there's anything more offensive you could do to a person.
Matt
Really? You think that's offensive to surprise twirl anyone?
Myron
I mean. I'm just kidding. Anybody. You don't surprise twirl somebody on a public stage. Like, that'd be ridiculous. You know what the problem you would have, though, is that those little tables, you get, like, three people. Yeah, you can come. So now you got to go through your list of who gets to sit at the table with you.
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You.
Myron
And that's where guys get in trouble, because there's 35 people who want to be there, and they end up just with a couple of them.
Matt
Well, let me Ask you a question. I noticed this every time. Sometimes players bring their current girlfriend. No, no, see, I'm with you. I don't think I would bring my current girlfriend. Because your lifetime memory and video is going to have this woman that you may or may not be dating. I can, you know, there. And there have been players. Will Levis from Kentucky, his girlfriend was at the draft, she went viral and became a star. And then they don't date anymore. I don't know that I think I would leave it to family and, and the friends because you don't want to have your draft night picture and be like, oh, there's the girl that, that cheated on me six months later.
Myron
Well, yeah, fiance is fine. You know, if she.
Matt
Fiance's are good.
Myron
If it's someone where you're on the fence about, she shouldn't be in camera view. Like, nothing against her, but. But you know, because, you know, you had the situation where the mom came in.
Matt
See, I love that. I love those. That happens once a year though, where the mom basically tells the woman to get out of the picture. That happens a lot.
Myron
Well, and because, you know, girlfriend was trying to hold on and take up the whole shot and mom was like, that's not what we do here. We talked about this and kind of threw her out of off camera. So you, you gotta, you gotta make sure people are positioned according to how you want the world to see your situation.
Matt
How good is Francisco Mendoza going to be? Are we talking about Fernando Mendoza? Yeah, and his brother Francisco. How good is Fernando Mendoza going to be? Is he going to be a top 10 NFL quarterback?
Myron
I don't know. I mean, they paid Kirk Cousins like they think he's going to need some time, which was a smart move. Let Kirk Cousins steal some more money and then Fernanda Mendoza can kind of develop him so much. I mean, I just don't there should be an investigation of it. In my opinion, it's of a guy who's stolen that much money from the league. But I think he has the pieces, you know, like, I think that's a, that's a Raiders team. Where you go, okay, I can see how a young quarterback could thrive in that system, even if he's not ready on day one. I don't think he has some of the intangibles that the Caleb Williams is and guys like that have had in recent drafts. But he's smart. He made the right decisions and that was enough to help Indiana win a championship. If you can lead Indiana to a championship, I gotta believe you Have a chance to be a good quarterback in the NFL.
Matt
Yeah, I listen, I want to be into it. I really do, but I. It has not happened for me yet. I'm sure there will come a point like my Bears pick at 25. I'm looking at the ESPN mock draft. They say they're going to take Kaden Proctor and that he's a massive humanity that weighs 358 pounds. Yeah, I don't know who Kaden Proctor is, but by the time we get to draft day, I'm going to have strong feelings about him.
Myron
You are.
Matt
And I'm going to decide whether or not his mass of 358lbs is good for our team or not. That's. I do think eventually got people will
Myron
get there well, but I think the Bears are a good example of who knew they'd be in a position this year where they're basically just trying to boost the team around their quarterback. Like you got your guy quarterback and now it's filling in around them. That's a good situation to be in. And I think there are a lot of teams that are in that boat. But if you need a quarterback, this isn't the draft for you. And I think that team is going to be the most disappointing element of this.
Matt
One person writes in the text machine and says, I do not believe Myron. Myron would certainly throw a party for himself. He is the one who said he moves by night anonymously. I agree. I think you would throw a party for yourself and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Like, if nobody will do it for you, live your life. You shouldn't have to sit at home by yourself.
Myron
Yeah, I would pay someone to throw the party for me and then show up late like I didn't know what's happening. That is. That is something that I would do. I could. I could admit that you would pay someone. I'll pay someone to throw it on my behalf. And then I'd walk in surprised and shocked, like, who are these people? A little bit.
Matt
I understand. Now there's a game starting here in 17 minutes in the UFL that you know is an exciting one for the players. Their third game of the season. However, their coach is not going to be on the sidelines and they just found out a few hours ago. What would you do if that happened to you? Plus Lamar Jackson, some strong comments from Mel Kuiper going into the draft about him. That's next here on Matt Myron on ESPN Radio.
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It is Matt Myron here on ESPN Radio. Ray Rock on Masters. Sunday Masters has already started. The early coverage is on the ESPN app, which you can watch. What time will you start watching today, Martin? Are you one of these guys who will sit for six hours and take it in, or will you tune it in on the back nine? Where, where, where are you joining?
Myron
I've been watching Sergio Garcia, you know, all, all morning. I'm already watching. Like, I'm already dialed in.
Matt
You've been watching Sergio this morning.
Myron
Having a rough time? Yeah, but I'm starting. I started right when it started today.
Matt
It's interesting to Live Tour guys collectively. I think only maybe two or three even made the cut and they're all at the bottom. Live Tour has not performed well. The the sort of clown show tour, according to some of the players not doing their thing in the major well,
Myron
and also, like, not even a storyline this year. Well, that's probably the best thing for golf is, like, we're not spending entire shows talking about the impact of the Live Tour. I think that's the best part of Rory rising to the leaderboard. But, no, I'm excited, man. I hope we get the finish that we all want in this event.
Matt
What'd you think about the way Bryson made his 5 iron from a 3D printer? Did you see that?
Myron
Yeah. It's just, you know, I think the thing about Bryson and a lot of people see and I know if you saw him with Kevin Hart on Wednesday at the par 3, it just never feels like he takes the game that Serious. Like it always to me, feels like he wants to be the funniest.
Matt
But see, I think it's the opposite. I think he takes it so seriously that then in order to have an image that makes him likable, he tries to be fun when I. I'm not sure if he is. So I think it's like he's like maybe the most managed player that I've ever seen in terms of trying to create an image. Like I. A guy who makes his five iron out of a 3D printer, I feel like is taking it serious. I did. I don't.
Myron
Did Won.
Matt
Why doesn't he make his six iron? Why is it just his five iron?
Myron
But you think he showed up to the masters and all these pros in the biggest moment moments of their lives that are like, hey, what are you using today? And he's like, I made this on a 3D printer. They all walked away from.
Matt
I don't.
Myron
I don't feel like we see a guy who looks like he's always dialed in. And I think that's part of the problem.
Matt
Can I make a admission and Josiah and Rachel may know more about this. I don't totally understand. I can't wrap my head around what a 3D printer is. So like when they say that they make you make anything a club. But like, with what, man?
Myron
It got lasers and stuff, man.
Matt
But what do you mean it got lasers? That doesn't. It got lasers. Is a sentence.
Rachel
Like a special like, like filament. Like kind of like a plastic prints. What it just whatever. Whatever you want. So like if you wanted to do another bobblehead, you could create a bobblehead.
Matt
Okay, so let me just. Let me. Because I. I consider myself intelligent, but the 3D printer thing is never. I've never understood. So like when I want to print paper, I put paper in and paper comes out. If I want to make something from a 3D printer, what am I.
Rachel
There's like a. There's like a filament, like a plasticky kind of thing. And it comes on like a. Like think of like yarn and like a ball. You put it. It's on a spindle. You put it in.
Matt
I put plastic in, right?
Rachel
And it's like a string of plastic.
Myron
If you ever watch X Men with Storm, like, so she can make and create weather, right? So you'll see her create.
Matt
Go back to Rachel. I feel like you're saying nonsense.
Myron
Rachel, don't just cut me off, man, when I'm trying to give it.
Matt
But you're talking about creating weather that's fake. I'm trying to think of this. This is a real, this is a real thing. So you're telling me they put a filament Rachel, and all of a sudden you get a golf club, Right?
Rachel
Think. Think of it as yarn, only instead of being fabric, it's plastic. And so they, they, you put in the design in a computer and it puts it and computerizes. It puts it into the printer and then it takes the, the string of plastic and builds up whatever it's, it's
Matt
golf club is made of plastic.
Myron
Hard plastic. Yeah, it's all plastic.
Matt
You can't make you make any clubs out of plastic.
Myron
They make Anything in the 3D printers. They've made weapons. You can make anything.
Matt
No, I've read, like, you can make guns and stuff, and I, I, I just can't wrap my head around it. So where does one get one of those? Like, can you go to Office Depot and get one?
Rachel
I think so. Like, you could get like, nice ones or like.
Myron
But not the commercial ones. Yeah, ones he's using are some giant company has access to a commercial machine that can make giants.
Matt
So why does he do that? Why not just buy a golf club?
Myron
Because I'm telling you, he's just doing a lot. That's what my mama say sometimes people just do a lot, and he just does a lot.
Matt
And I just say, that's what your mama says.
Myron
Well, like somebody, you know, when you describe someone who's just always extra, he just.
Matt
People that are just extra.
Myron
He's extra.
Matt
Well, he's definitely extra. I just. 3D printers haven't made a whole lot of sense to me. Also, something that hasn't made sense sense is today the UFL plays. Have you watched any UFL games yet? Yeah.
Myron
Shout out to my guy, Harry Douglas, man who's been a commentator there. I love the ufo.
Matt
Yeah. So Kentucky has a UFL team, the Louisville Kings. There were two UFL stories I think were interesting. One, the Louisville Kings lost a game Friday night on a penalty. In the ufl, if you get a penalty, like in the end zone or whatever, they don't replay it. You just lose. Do you like that?
Myron
Love it. Give me the extreme rules that set the league apart. I love it.
Matt
You like just losing, though. You can just lose on a whistle and the game's over. You don't even have to play the play.
Myron
Fine with it. It's the ufl, like, they gotta do things that are different than the NFL to stand out. I love it.
Matt
All right, well now, okay, so he likes that. What about the Columbus Aviators? They play today against the Dallas Renegades. The Aviators are coached by Ted Ginn Jr. And the game is in Dallas. And yesterday he was arrested for a DUI as the head coach and he will miss the game today due to his DUI in Dallas. You don't hear about this in a lot of other leagues where the head coach gets arrested the day before the game for a DUI. He was arrested at 3:30 in the afternoon. The day before the game.
Myron
Yeah. What time was practice? That's what I'm trying to figure out is like what. What time was practice? If you're, you're going in at 3:30. Also, can you imagine the team? Can you imagine, you know, somebody walking in and saying, hey, unfortunate development. The head coach ain't gonna be.
Josiah
Yeah, coach. 3:30 in the afternoon, happy hour.
Myron
Coach. Coach said coach can't make it today.
Matt
Okay, so the aviators are 0 and 2 currently. Yeah, I think I know why. Like I have a. If. If I am the GM trying to figure out why my season has started poorly. Yeah, if you have a head coach that's getting DUIs the day before the game. Yep, I think I have a pretty. And you told me the. The interim coach is. Is who?
Myron
Todd Haley. Todd Haley, former NFL coordinator.
Matt
I got just a question. Why isn't Todd Haley the head coach? Had Ted Ginn Jr ever coached anything?
Myron
I don't. I. I mean I'm sure as an organization they're going to be evaluating that very question. I'm sure. I'm sure that's the Monday meet.
Matt
Did I miss. I haven't heard of Ted Ginn Jr. Since he played at Ohio State. Yeah.
Myron
Fabulous athlete.
Matt
Why was he the head coach? Is every head coach just like someone that played there?
Myron
I don't know the. The details of who was what, but I guarantee you that's the first line of the Monday meeting is how do we. The first line of the Monday meeting is how do we end up here?
Matt
Well, I have a pretty good ex. I mean if Louisville, you know, if Louisville were to hire Katina Powell as
Myron
the head coach, well, see you just. That's not the same 10 year junior is not the Katina Powell of the UFO.
Matt
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Episode: Hour 2: Where's Coach?
Hosts: Matt Jones & Myron Medcalf
Date: April 12, 2026
Network: ESPN Radio
This lively episode covers the sports weekend — spanning the spectacle of WrestleMania, NBA playoff positioning and analysis, head-scratching NFL Draft storylines, and quirky headlines from the world of sports. Matt and Myron blend their signature humor and insights, digging into storylines both on and off the field, including a UFL coach's arrest and their musings on current sports culture.
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On Celebrity Wrestling:
“It depends on if they're good. Like for instance, Bad Bunny is great at it. McAfee's very, very good.”
— Matt (02:51)
NBA Playoffs Dark Horse:
"You say what you want about Lamelo Ball. That dude thinks he can beat anybody. So that might be the team [Charlotte] that I'm like… they may not be fearful at all of facing."
— Myron (06:17)
The ‘King of the NBA’ Emergent:
"He, to me, is on the verge of being the king of the NBA. And this could be the playoffs that establishes that." (re: Wembanyama)
— Myron (08:04)
NFL Draft: The Party Debate:
"No. I mean, how many times do you get to throw a party for yourself in life, you know? So, I mean, I think you have a party."
— Myron (27:56)
3D Printing Explained:
“It got lasers and stuff, man.” — Myron (38:41)
“If you ever watch X Men with Storm, like, so she can make and create weather, right?...” — Myron (39:29, cut off by Matt's laughter)
True to Matt and Myron’s trademark style, the episode is breezy, conversational, and peppered with good-natured jabs. Both play off each other's quirks — Matt as the efficiency-seeking, slightly deadpan host; Myron as the affable, occasionally scatterbrained storyteller. Their rapport and the show's pace create an engaging listen, as they weave serious analysis with playful social commentary.
This wide-ranging episode covers everything from WrestleMania star power and NBA playoff futures to oddball news like Zamboni makeovers and a pro football coach missing a major game due to a DUI. Sports fans will appreciate the freewheeling banter, relevant predictions, and their candid takes on why some sports traditions — and some fan antics — just don’t make much sense.
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Perfect episode for: Fans needing a sports news roundup with plenty of personality, humor, and honest talk about the quirks of pro sports culture.