Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck - Dec 14 2025

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show: Sunday Hang – December 14, 2025

Episode Overview

In this lively and humorous "Sunday Hang" installment, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton blend their trademark banter and sharp analysis of the week’s current news with a hefty dose of friendly ribbing and personal anecdotes. This episode centers around Buck's triumph in a much-anticipated tennis serve challenge, listener and celebrity reactions, Clay’s reflections on book publishing in the age of AI, and the ever-simmering debate about media bias—particularly toward Donald Trump. Throughout, Clay and Buck’s tone is lighthearted, irreverent, and occasionally self-deprecating, making for an entertaining yet thoughtful listen.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Buck Sexton’s Tennis Serve Challenge

• Buck celebrates crushing the 100 mph tennis serve mark, reaching 103 mph.

  • He details the journey, his wife Carrie’s cinematography of the event (“we see the 103, she is on the court with your son in the baby carriage” – Clay Travis [04:12]), and the mixed reactions from friends and listeners.
  • Quote: “103 miles an hour, my friends... It was a beautiful day on the court.” – Buck Sexton [02:53]

• Shout-outs and Doubters

  • Clay applauds Carrie Sexton’s filming, humorously noting Buck’s son will “have even more respect for his dad’s natural raw athleticism” when he’s older [04:12].
  • Buck: “I struck a blow for all the middle-aged guys with elastic waistbands and New Balance sneakers out there.” [04:48]
  • They poke fun at “haters and doubters,” especially Clay’s wife Laura, who, according to Clay, still hasn't acknowledged Buck's feat [05:54].

• Messages from Friends, Listeners, and Tennis Celebrities

  • Carol Markowitz: “I know one thing. You do not bet against Buck Sexton... I bet on Buck and I won, of course.” [06:20]
  • John Isner (pro tennis player, fastest serve on record): "Everything about it was quite honestly perfect. Wow. That’s like maybe the greatest praise that anybody’s gotten for anything on the show in four plus years.” – John Isner via Clay Travis [07:45]
  • Ben Ferguson (radio host): “Welcome to the 100 Mile Club... I knew what a stellar athlete you were... Congratulations. We still have hills to climb. 108 is the next one.” [24:50]
  • Chris Knowles (Newsmax): “That is a rocket of a serve... Not that I ever doubted you, but I mean, power and precision, all while maintaining your boyish good looks and charms.” [26:01]
  • Michael Berry chimes in, humorously calling for “peace on the airwaves” and commending Buck’s technique [21:22].

Notable Moment:
Buck jokingly sets his sights even higher, musing, “Maybe I’m gonna get 110... I’m not making any promises. That 110 is really fast.” [25:39]

Clay’s Book Release and Reflections on Books in a Digital Age

• Clay Travis Completes Signing of 500 More Copies of “Balls”

  • Clay details the effort behind book promotion and signing ("I just signed. You guys are great... They have got them. They are shipping them out. I signed them all here on camera." [08:47])
  • Commentary on the challenges of selling a book in an era dominated by short-form content [10:30].

• The Importance of Reading Books in the Age of AI

  • Buck laments the decline of long-form reading: “It’s harder and harder to get people to say, 'I’m going to spend 12 hours, eight hours' [reading].”
  • Clay weighs in: “There is a depth of knowledge that comes from reading that does not come from watching videos or certainly clicking on tweets.” [11:23]
  • Discussion shifts to the dangers of AI-generated content, misinformation, and the loss of original thought, referencing over 50% of online articles being AI-written, and the case of Robby Starbuck being maligned by AI-generated libel [12:40].

Media Bias, Double Standards, and Trump Coverage

• Karine Jean-Pierre’s Book Tour Comments
  • Clay and Buck react to Karine Jean-Pierre’s claim that the media is “not tough enough on Trump,” with Buck and Clay vehemently disagreeing.
  • Clay: “Trump has been the most attacked by media president in any of our lives.” [15:37]
  • Buck contextualizes: “There has been... this belief... that Republican presidents better watch themselves because [the media] took one presidency down and they could do it again.” [16:25]
  • They argue media power to "end presidencies" has faded after failed attempts to bring down Trump via the Russia collusion narrative and impeachments [17:52].

Listener Interactions and Running Gags

• Alcatraz Swim Challenge for Clay

  • Multiple listeners and Buck goad Clay to attempt swimming from Alcatraz to shore, paralleling Buck’s completed tennis challenge.
  • Clay jokes, “My concern is not the swim, it’s the sharks... there’s too many people who would exalt, and I don’t want to make, maybe, I don’t have to be unhappy about me still being alive.” [23:51]
  • Buck, ever deadpan, vows to be in the launch boat “to make sure that Clay is safe... When the sharks get close, I’m not going to do anything about it, but I’m going to say, Clay, there’s a shark.” [26:28]

• Book, Media, and Tennis-Related Humor

  • Clay is asked by a listener if his next book will be named “Boobs”—“That might be too immature for even me... although the fatter I get I could... it could just be Clay’s boobs.” [20:36]
  • Both riff on dietary regimens, with Buck admitting to sneaking Shake Shack while Clay maintains his daily smoothie [20:52].

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Notable Quotes

• Buck Sexton on Middle-Aged Athleticism:
  “I struck a blow for all the middle-aged guys with elastic waistbands and New Balance sneakers out there... People think we can’t relive our glory days... No, my friends, no, we can still do it.” [04:48]

• Carol Markowitz on Betting on Buck:
  “I don’t need to know anything else other than Buck Sexton was doing it. I bet on Buck and I won, of course.” [06:20]

• Clay Travis on Book Writing in the AI Era:
  “There is a depth of knowledge that comes from reading that does not come from watching videos or certainly clicking on tweets... Where are the actual original thoughts or arguments going to come from in an AI era? I’m legitimately concerned about it.” [11:23–12:40]

• Buck Sexton on Media Power:
  “The myth of invincibility for the media and their, their power to end a presidency is gone.” [17:52]

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Memorable Timestamps

• 02:53: Buck begins his tennis serve victory story.
• 04:12: Clay credits Carrie’s video and jokes about Buck’s son’s future pride.
• 06:20: Carol Markowitz voice message ("You do not bet against Buck Sexton").
• 07:45: John Isner, pro tennis tour, sends congratulations.
• 08:47: Clay on signing another 500 copies of his book “Balls.”
• 10:30–12:40: Clay and Buck discuss the importance of reading and the threat of AI-generated content.
• 15:16: Karine Jean-Pierre’s media double standard claim—cut and reaction.
• 20:32: Listener joke about Clay writing a book called “Boobs.”
• 21:22: Michael Berry’s peace-on-the-airwaves message.
• 23:51: Listener goads Clay into swimming from Alcatraz; Clay jokes about sharks.
• 24:50: Ben Ferguson (radio host) voice message congratulating Buck.
• 26:28: Chris Knowles on Buck’s serve, with Buck teasing the launch boat for Clay’s swim.

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Overall Tone & Style

The episode skillfully blends sharp conservative commentary, good-natured competition, audience engagement, and self-aware humor. Clay and Buck’s camaraderie shines through their playful needling, while their reflections on books, media, and technology add substance and topical relevance. Listeners are treated to a show that is as much a hangout among friends as it is a news and culture program.

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Useful For:
Listeners who want a fun, personality-driven take on the week’s news and culture stories; fans of inside-show running gags and long-form, smart-but-casual radio banter.

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Key Takeaway:
Even in the age of algorithms, AI, and shrinking attention spans, Clay and Buck demonstrate that personality, depth, and a sense of humor are the enduring traits that make a program—and its hosts—memorable.

Transcript

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[Buck Sexton]

You know it's a Very exciting day. It was in fact true that I was challenged and doubted by many in the tennis serve 100 mile per hour sweepstakes. Doubters and haters abound out there the world but overcame the challenge. Can you please play my theme music? 103 miles an hour. 103 miles an hour, my friends. This trusty racket right here. It was a beautiful day on the court. Some people are saying the most beautiful day there is video. There's a speed gun, 103 mile an hour serve right up the tee I might add. Definitely would have been an ace. Beautiful, lovely. The most beautiful serve. And I'm in the hundred mile an hour plus club officially at 1-03. Top, top number. And Clay, I just want to say I appreciate the encouragement via doubt. So there we go. We've got, we've got the challenge accepted and challenge met. We'll put the video up atclay and buck.com. it is posted on X, it is posted under my account on X or on Facebook if you want to check it out. And we also had some fun with the meme. We have my, my team, my hype squad if you will, makes an appearance in the video. So I think you'll enjoy that one.

[Clay Travis]

I have to give credit to your wife, Carrie. The cinematography of this of the serve is pretty spectacular because we see the serve, we see the 103. We then see that she is on the court with your son in the baby carriage, I guess which he has no idea what he just was witness to. But in the years ahead, as that video continues to circulate, he's going to have even more respect for his dad's natural raw athleticism powering 103 mile an hour serve.

[Buck Sexton]

I got, I got to tell you, I just feel like I struck a blow for all the middle aged guys with elastic waistbands and New Balance sneakers out there. You know, people doubt us guys. People think we can't relive our glory days. We were 18, 20, 25. No, my friends, no, we can still do it. We can still climb that hill. Climb that mountain. So very, very exciting stuff there. And by the way, that's definitely a wife's job to show up with you on the tennis court where I'm not going to pretend like that was my first serve. My friends. You could see the joy in my face. I was stuck. 90, 94, 92, 87. I mean over and over and over again.

[Clay Travis]

How long did that take? You also changed up the outfit because you were getting criticized for the all white. So I noticed you went with the blue.

[Buck Sexton]

The blues, yeah.

[Clay Travis]

People were.

[Buck Sexton]

Were harsh. You know, they're like, yeah, tennis. All white. I mean, that wasn't even. Sometimes I wear white, sometimes I don't. I mean, it's just basically like whatever tennis outfit I have ready. But I'm just saying, guys, you know, don't doubt the Buckster. 103 miles an hour victory. It tastes so sweet.

[Clay Travis]

I haven't heard yet from Laura Travis, who was foremost among the doubters. So I want to hear what she has to say.

[Buck Sexton]

It's a great day for America for a lot of reasons. One of them is the success, you could say the resurrection, in a sense, of Buck island has occurred. Many calls, many Talkbacks about the 100 mile per hour tennis challenge. We got so many here. Let's hear from our friend Carol Markowitz. Cc, play that one.

[iHeart Podcast Announcer]

Hi, Clay and Buck. It's Carol Markowitz of the Carol Markowitz and normally podcasts on your network. I don't know anything about tennis. I have never played the game. I don't know how fast that ball goes. I don't need to know anything about it. I know one thing. You do not bet against Buck Sexton. I knew he'd get that ball over 100 miles an hour. I didn't need to know anything else other than Buck Sexton was doing it. I bet on Buck and I won, of course.

[Buck Sexton]

You know what I mean, Clay, you know, this is why Carol is a brilliant lady with a. With a huge podcast that's doing very well.

[Clay Travis]

I love Carroll's voice. She should be. Carol Markowitz, should be the voice of one of these, like, Waze apps or, you know, that just to make you feel calmer because you're rushed and stressed and everything else. And she just sounds very calming, you know, when she's talking.

[Buck Sexton]

Totally agree. You know, we also got. I got some tips. This is true. True story online from John Isner, formerly of the pro tour and. And the fastest tennis server of all time. One of the greatest tennis servers of all time. This is true. And the fastest ever. I think it was like 150ish miles an hour.

[Clay Travis]

Didn't he also play in the longest match in Wimbledon history?

[Buck Sexton]

That sounds right. He sent in a little congratulations. John Isner himself, fastest server ever with the Talkback play hh. All right, Buck.

[Clay Travis]

As arguably the greatest server of all time and the record holder for the fastest serve of all time. I gotta hand it to you, that was a nice serve, a nice delivery. Everything about it was quite honestly perfect. Wow. That's, that's like maybe the greatest praise that anybody's gotten for anything on the show in four plus years.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm just telling you. The greatest server of all time, John Isner. That's real, everybody. He's just saying, Great serve, Mr. Buckster. So you know everybody, you just gotta. It's just, it's all in the, it's all in the whip, you know, you gotta take it out, you gotta just, just let it rip there.

[Clay Travis]

Clay Travis with the Clay and Buck show wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

[Buck Sexton]

Buck Sexton here, the entire Clay and Buck show wish you and your family a warm Christmas season and a joyful new year Sunday hang with Clay and Buck.

[Clay Travis]

In addition to Buck being an unbelievable star of the center court, I just signed. You guys are great. Another 500 copies of balls, my majestic work of literary genius that is now available in bookstores everywhere. And if you want an autograph copy, they sold out of all the initial run. They were very, very happy. They said, will you please sign 500 more? And I said yes. And I just signed them in the studio. So if you bought autographed copies of the book, Clay Travis balls dot com. I promise you will not go to prison. If you click on that link or put it in. If you want autographed copies for Christmas, they are done. 500 more of them. They have got them. They are shipping them out. I signed them all here on camera. Producer Allie can attest. She can raise her right hand and swear under oath I did not auto pin it Joe Biden style. I just signed them, completed them here in the studio. They are going out. So 500 more. Clay travis balls dot com. Once those are gone, they are gone. I sound like a QVC host, but this is what Buck is going to be doing in a couple of, a couple of months. So selling a book is Buck. It's a lot of, a lot of work. I mean, the amount of media that I've done in addition to all the stuff that we already do is just buckle up come February. Because the amount of time that I have spent telling people to go buy this book, it's great and I appreciate it and I love all of you that have bought it, but it is a lot of work in addition to everything else.

[Buck Sexton]

I just think that people also are so used to everything short form now that it's really difficult for anyone to not anyone. But it's harder and harder to get people to say, I'm going to spend 12 hours, eight hours. I worry about this a lot with your content. I'm a big believer still, despite all the videos and short form and podcasts and everything. I'm a big believer in book reading. Yes, as a habit, as a thing to do daily, if you can, certainly weekly have a book. I do Kindles and hard, you know, physical books. I just think that it should be a part of everyone's life. You should have things that you are reading that are not news, tweets, social media posts, whatever. Video different.

[Clay Travis]

You're just sitting around watching videos mindlessly on Instagram. There is a depth of learning that I think happens. And I don't know if science supports this, but I'm going to make an argument that I think science should support if they haven't done this. There is a depth of knowledge that comes from reading that does not come from watching videos or certainly clicking on tweets. And I was talking about this last night. I was at the Patriot Awards. They were awesome. Erica Kirk got an award. Melania Trump got an award that Fox News puts on out in New York. But I was talking with one of the top Fox News editors and we were talking about how AI is impacting writing going forward and what that's going to look like. And I just think in an AI era, the depth of knowledge you're going to have a lot of people with surface level ability to analyze things. There's going to be no depth. And I'm concerned about what the future of even written articles. But did you see the story From Axios? Over 50% of articles on the Internet already are AI. Where are the actual original thoughts or arguments going to come from in an AI era? I'm legitimately concerned about it. And also if we thought disinformation, misinformation spread quickly before AI. Can you imagine when there are going to be entire AI universes created to spread awful things? Have you seen the stuff about Robby Starbuck? He's been filing a bunch of lawsuits. We probably should get him on at some point to talk about this, but somewhere in the Google world somebody just decided they hated him and. And they have been seeding these stories in AI that say the most awful things about him. It's all untrue. But how do you get that lie unraveled once it takes root? I do think this is something that a lot of people are not grappling with and certainly for your kids. My kids, I spend so much time trying to get them to read and I think it's going to become more and more challenging. So I hope that you are going to end up with the ability to read this book. Not my book, lots of other books.

[Buck Sexton]

But you can also go to clayandbuck.com 2 for 1 my friends short video of the most beautiful 103 mile an hour serve in tennis any of you will ever see. I would, I would argue and you can click on Balls right below it and get your copy of balls.

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

Thank you. Claytravisballs.com autograph copy signed in studio here for all the witnesses to see. No auto pin scandal coming on the books. Claytravis balls.com all right, our friend Karine Jean Pierre, speaking of book tour, she did not write her book. She is not smart enough to write her book. I would wager massive amounts of money. Buck, what would if you heard that Karine Jean Pierre wrote her entire book, how stunned beyond belief would you be? Would you, I mean what odds would you have to get that correct? I would. 0. 1. 0. I don't think she's capable.

[Buck Sexton]

0. There's no, it's not even a, it's not a bet I could make because it's just, I know she didn't.

[Clay Travis]

It's zero. So she's on her book tour for the book that she did not write, demonstrating every day why she is too dumb to have written a book. And she says, I don't know if you saw this yet, Buck, that the media isn't tough enough on Trump. They would have been and were way tougher on Obama than Trump. I mean, there's a double standard. I mean, listen to this. I can't believe this is real.

[iHeart Podcast Announcer]

Cut 28 to your question about where we are with the media. I think there's a Trump standard. You know, there's a Trump standard that there's, he's just covered differently and it is insane. I mean President Obama said it perfectly recently. He said, can you imagine if I did that? Imagine. And so there is a double standard.

[Clay Travis]

There a w. She's right that there's a double standard. All right. So in her credit, the problem is she's misapplying what the double standard is. The media is too kind to Trump. I just, some of these people, I don't even understand what world you could live in. Even people who hate Trump look at this and say Trump has been the most attacked by media president in any of our lives. And I don't even. Who would. Nixon maybe the second closest. I wasn't alive. You weren't alive. Certainly Trump for our lives is, I don't even know who else would even be in the stratosphere. And Nixon obviously was forced out of office, but I mean, no one else is even close.

[Buck Sexton]

I think your bringing up Nixon though is important because there has been for your life, my life, this belief truly among the D.C. beltway media that Republican presidents better watch themselves because they took one presidency down and they could do it again if they, if they have to, if they want to. And I truly believe that that was for most of the establishment journos in D.C. and in New York Times, L.A. times across the country at these kinds of places. They had this belief that when the time comes or if a Republican steps out of line, I don't mean does something terrible just gets a little too, a little too uppity with the agenda and with the mission that they're pursuing, they could end that presidency. And I think they tried. I think that's what Russia collusion was, to end a presidency through nefarious, underhanded and dishonest means and failed. And then I think they tried again with the help of the prosecutions and the various legal, legal maneuvers they did, rooting for this the whole time and saying that Trump was an insurrectionist and all this stuff. And they failed a second time. And now play the myth of invincibility for the media and their, their power to end a presidency is gone.

[Clay Travis]

I think that's right, gone.

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Buck Sexton]

I was just wondering a question for.

[Chris Knowles / Michael Berry]

Clay since he's got a book out called Balls. I was wondering what he's going to.

[Clay Travis]

Come out with named Boobs. Thank you for the call. That might be too immature for even me, although the fatter I get I could. You know, it could just be Clay's boobs because unfortunately, old man, I like the female boobs you're doing.

[Buck Sexton]

You're doing great. You're doing smoothies every day. Clay has a smoothie for lunch. Sometimes I'm sneaking Shake Shack. Like I gotta the Clay. The Clay smoothie regimen is very I.

[Clay Travis]

Have a smoothie for lunch every day. We don't have a lot of time to eat and so if you watch the video, you'll see me. I mean, I can have a smoothie without drawing a ton of attention or making a huge mess. They tell me, buck that KK listener talkback KK that I must listen to before.

[Buck Sexton]

By the way, a mystery talkback. Let's see if the audience can figure out who it is.

[Chris Knowles / Michael Berry]

These are crazy times we live in. I don't know how it got to this point, but in the spirit of Donald Trump, who brought peace to the Middle east, he's bringing peace to Ukraine And Russia was it. Nine peace deals. Now, I don't know how this whole insult of Buck Sexton's serve came about, but, Clay, I want you to be the bigger man here and apologize. I checked. Buck's serving fundamentals, his technique, and we're talking rocket Rod Laver stuff here. We're talking Goran Ivanicevich or Michael Stick. We're talking about a guy that is really extending. His toss is perfect. He crossed the hundred mile an hour spectrum. I really think an apology is in order for our tennis star, Buck Sexton. And let's bring peace back to the airwaves.

[Buck Sexton]

Can I just say that that's very clearly our fantastic lead in on KTRH in Houston, Mr. Michael Berry, who, when he is doing his post show, sometimes listens in and knows what's going on. So he's weighing in. To be fair, Clay, you were actually pretty neutral about the service. You were pretty neutral.

[Clay Travis]

Now, Laura, I don't know.

[Buck Sexton]

Maybe you can do it, maybe you can.

[Clay Travis]

Now, Laura, haters. Laura Travis, I would have to put solidly in the hater contingent.

[Buck Sexton]

Now, she was a doubt. I would say doubter. She was a doubter for sure.

[Clay Travis]

We are in the process of moving, which means that she has not been listening to the show very often in the last 10 or 12 days. So I think if she had been aware that you had hit 100 mile an hour serve, she would be Zapruder film style analyzing this to see whether or not she's going to submit it as.

[Buck Sexton]

There's plenty of time for a talk back from Laura next week. If she just wants to say, you know, Buck, who would know with all that poofy hair and that giant head, your momentum on that serve was more than people would have expected. So there you go.

[Clay Travis]

A lot of people are saying it was the haircut that actually was the more aerodynamic. That's true.

[Buck Sexton]

There was extra aerodynamics. Wait, we got a good one for you, though. Where's the. Where's the one about. Is it. Hold on a second. All right, look, LL Hit. LL talk back. Now that Buck has proved that he can hit a ball over 100 miles an hour, let's see if Clay can prove that he can swim from Alcatraz to the beach. Keep up the good work. Again, I think we gotta. We gotta do this, but also we gotta raise some money or something.

[Clay Travis]

And again, my concern is not the swim, it's the sharks. I don't want to get killed. There's too many people who would exalt, and I don't want to make, maybe.

[Buck Sexton]

To make it more interesting, we dangle some good ranchers. Stakes off like a little string.

[Clay Travis]

I don't have to be unhappy about me still being alive for as long as I can make that a reality. Clay Travis with the Clay and Buck Show. Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Sunday sizzle with Clay and Buck.

[Buck Sexton]

My friend Ben Ferguson, who's a great radio host. Many of you know him, a great radio host and podcaster. Also played D1 tennis. He says so. He was one of my coaches behind the scenes here with John Isner, the greatest server of all time in terms of speed and maybe just in general. And here is Mr. Ben Ferguson on my 103 mile an hour serve. Win, play. BB Buck.

[Ben Ferguson]

Welcome to the 100 Mile Club. I never had any doubts as your friend and leg mentor. I just want to be very clear about that. Now, Clay, let's be honest. He had his doubts. There's a lot of others out there that had their doubts. Maybe even family members of yours that had their doubts. But I personally knew what a stellar athlete you were. You're not just a brilliant mind. You had it in you. We just had to fight, find it. So, 103. Congratulations. We still have, you know, hills to climb. 108. That's going to be the next one. Okay, 108. Job well done. And we'll, we'll keep just driving those legs. We gotta get you a leg press for the, for the studio in between commercial breaks. Maybe we can get it sponsored. Congratulations.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, maybe I'm gonna get 110.

[Clay Travis]

Before the end of the year.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, I'm not trying to get a little, little, a little too high falutin here. Maybe 110. 110 miles an hour. We'll see. But I'm not making any promises. That 110 is really fast. I'm not making any promises on that one. Now we have, oh, Chris Knowles, the great Chris Knowles, a producer and friend of mine from Newsmax aa. Play it, Buck.

[Chris Knowles / Michael Berry]

It's your boy, Chris. And I gotta tell you, that is a rocket of a serve. Not that I ever doubted you, but I mean power and precision, all while maintaining your, your boyish good looks and charms. I personally, I don't know how Clay recovers from this. I sure as hell know that he'll never be able to return something like that. Congratulations. I knew you could do it.

[Buck Sexton]

Thank you, Mr. Chris Knowles. I appreciate you, sir. I would also say all that, all that I require here for Mr. Clay is an Alcatraz swim. Now you know I did my I did my physical challenge. Challenge accepted, challenge met. And I am looking forward to being in the little launch boat that is there to make sure that Clay is safe. Make sure that when the sharks get close, I'm not going to do anything about it. But I'm going to say, Clay, there's a shark so I'm going to help him out. I'm looking out for my buddy there. I'm hey Clay, I think that might be a great white. It's about 10 yards behind you, so go a little faster. I will be there for him and make sure that he at least has a fighting chance to make it back to land from Alcatraz. That's the kind of guy. That's the kind of co host I am.

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[Clay Travis]

This is where mindset comes in.

[Trainer Games Announcer]

Someone will be eliminated.

[Clay Travis]

Pressure is coming down.

[Trainer Games Announcer]

This is Trainer Games.

[Ski and Snowboard Insider Announcer]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Rapid Radios Built for the unexpected, ready for anything, because staying in touch shouldn't depend on luck. How lucky are you? Visit rapidradios.com today.

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[Buck Sexton]

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