Adam Lefkoe Threatens New York Sports Fans | Hour 3

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode Title: Adam Lefkoe Threatens New York Sports Fans | Hour 3
Release Date: May 12, 2026
Location: Live from the Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Main Guests: Adam Lefkoe
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Chris Cody, Greg Cody, Tony

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Overview

This episode features Adam Lefkoe, who discusses his expanding career in sports broadcasting, controversial sports culture moments, and the wild world of tennis (and farts). The crew also touches on Lane Kiffin’s comments about Oxford, Mississippi, athletes in press conferences, Philadelphia’s sports agony, and the inside dynamics of sports media rivalries. The tone is humorous and irreverent, blending serious sports debates with Le Batard Show-style nonsense.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Lane Kiffin & Oxford, Mississippi (00:38–06:53)

• Hot Topic: Lane Kiffin’s Vanity Fair interview remarks about race, culture, and recruiting in Oxford, Mississippi.
• Host’s Take:
  • Dan: “He is a maverick. There’s no disputing that.” (03:57)
  • Argues Kiffin revitalized Ole Miss; without him, it wouldn’t have become nationally relevant.
• Panel Debate: Did Kiffin’s statements about Oxford’s racial issues really drive his departure, or was it just about money and job prestige?
• Notable Quote:
  • Lefkoe: “I just don't want to hear him make it sound like he’s doing something noble...it has nothing to do with any type of noble duty that he feels.” (02:58)
• Greg Cody’s Critique: Calls for leaders to address issues from the inside, not after moving on. (03:17)

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Sports Media Rivalries & the Pulitzer Joke (07:09–08:44)

• Rivalry Banter: Dan teases Adam about sports media nemeses and rivals for "best young broadcaster."
• Lefkoe’s Playful Grudge:
  • “He’s not in the same realm, but Chris Simms… spend enough time with him and don’t ever want to see him again.” (08:02)
• Pulitzer Prize Satire:
  • Dan jokes about Nick Wright’s silence after Pablo Torre’s Pulitzer win; consensus is nobody in sports cares about the Pulitzer anymore.
  • Greg Cody: “Big deal.” (08:36)

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Adam Lefkoe: Tennis Obsession & Broadcasting Versatility (09:01–11:31)

• Tennis Journey:
  • Lefkoe admits he didn't know he was a tennis guy until recently: “Now I’m obsessed.” (09:01)
  • Added Roland Garros coverage as TNT expanded beyond NBA.
• Broadcasting Range: Lefkoe now covers everything from tennis to baseball to March Madness, modeling his career after Ernie Johnson.
• Motivation: “It can get a little redundant when you do the same thing... The freshness of covering a new sport...” (09:43)
• Group Chat Antics: Lefkoe jokes that the Mike Ryan Ruiz group chats are scarier than covering Roland Garros.

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Tennis, Redheaded Athletes, & Comic Tangents (11:40–15:00)

• Debate: Is Sinner already on the Mount Rushmore of redheaded athletes?
• Roundup:
  • Nominees: Blake Griffin, Jim Courier, Mark McGwire, Roy Halladay, Bill Walton, Shaun White, Canelo Alvarez.
  • Lefkoe jokes: “Is Woody Woodpecker an athlete?” (12:49)
• Memorable Lefkoe Quote:
  • “If you were to sell Woody Woodpecker as an athlete... his impact on the NFL linebacker community in my opinion would put him in a discussion.” (13:04)
• NFL Ginger Baseline: Is Andy Dalton the Mendoza line for redheaded sportsmen?

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NBA Press Conferences & Kids on the Podium (18:43–24:04)

• Nick Wright's Take (Clip Played): Criticizes players using kids to deflect tough questions at post-game pressers.
• Lefkoe’s Response:
  • “You couch it right enough and then you go against kids. Bold move. And I like it.” (20:25)
  • Ponders if PR staff actually use it as a deliberate tactic.
• Greg Cody’s Twist: Fantasizes about press questions directed exclusively at the kids.
• Panel Hilarity: Envisioning LeBron doing a press conference with Bronny on his lap for protection after a tough loss.

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Philadelphia’s Sports Agony & New York (24:07–28:36)

• Subject: Knicks fans overtaking Sixers arena, causing Philly embarrassment.
• Lefkoe’s Philly Warning:
  • “Do not come to an Eagles Giants game this year because the retribution will be swift.” (25:13)
  • “It is Eagles and then a gap and then the Flyers and then the Phillies and then the Sixers” (25:29)
• Bleeding Loyalty: Lefkoe admits that, living in NY, he’s surrendered to his family’s Knicks fandom but remains fiercely protective of Philly’s pride.
• Notable Quote (re: Knicks fans): “That was like a WWE like slam. That really, really hurt my soul.” (27:22)

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Tennis, Boycotts, and the Lone Wolves of the Court (31:03–34:21)

• Greg’s Q: Could top women boycott a major over revenue?
• Lefkoe’s Analysis: Tennis is too fractured—no unified unions as in team sports, so a coordinated boycott is unlikely. “It’s one of the most fractured sports that I’ve ever seen." (33:00)

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Comic Relief: The Legendary Horse Fart (34:21–38:03)

• Viral Clip: A horse's 29-second fart sound is played, leading to hilarity.
• Lefkoe Envy:
  • “That... should be savored.” (35:21)
  • “I would want to do it in a public place... That is a point of pride.” (35:21)
• Dan’s Dietary Theory: “If I eat the correct things, the ingredients that are specific to my blood type, there is no farting.” (37:31)
• Chris: “That is a Talladega fart.” (38:03)

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NASCAR Masterclass: SVG's Road Course Heroics (38:09–40:01)

• Segment: Chris Cody narrates SVG (Shane van Gisbergen) erasing an incredible deficit to win a NASCAR road race, dazzling the field.
• Dan: “I didn’t think there was any kind of living species that could make that sound from its ass.” (40:01, referring back to the horse).

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Football Philosophy: The Harbaugh Cult (41:01–41:31)

• Chargers’ Charlie Koehler Soundbite: Reveres the satisfaction of power-running in football despite predictability.
• Lefkoe: “That is more satisfying than any question I’ve ever had.” (41:01)

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• Lefkoe on Lane Kiffin:
  “I just don’t want to hear him make it sound like he’s doing something noble... it has nothing to do with any type of noble duty that he feels.” (02:58)
• Lefkoe on career growth:
  “It can get a little redundant when you do the same thing over and over again. The freshness of covering a new sport... now I'm hooked.” (09:43)
• Lefkoe on the viral horse fart:
  “I would want to do it in a public place. Like that horse, want it documented. That is a point of pride.” (35:21)
• Panel debating redhead athletes:
  “Did you just have redheaded athletes on your wall growing up?” (12:36)
• Lefkoe warning NY sports fans:
  “Do not come to an Eagles Giants game this year because the retribution will be swift.” (25:13)
• On Embiid’s press conference:
  “Maybe it is purposeful, but it’s a great take... you couch it right enough and then you go against kids. Bold move. And I like it.” (20:25)
• Chris Cody on the horse fart:
  “That is a Talladega fart.” (38:03)
• Lefkoe on tennis unions:
  “It’s one of the most fractured sports that I’ve ever seen.” (33:00)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Segment Topic | Start Time | |------------------------------------------------|------------| | Lane Kiffin / Oxford, Mississippi | 00:38 | | Adam Lefkoe Joins / Media Rivalries | 07:09 | | Lefkoe on Tennis & Group Chat Banter | 09:01 | | Redheaded Athlete Mount Rushmore | 11:40 | | NBA Pressers: Kids on Podium Debate | 18:43 | | Philadelphia Sports Agony vs. NY | 24:07 | | Tennis Boycott Feasibility | 31:03 | | Viral Horse Fart Clip & Reactions | 34:21 | | NASCAR SVG Deficit Miracle | 38:09 | | Football Philosophy: Cult of Harbaugh | 41:01 |

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Takeaways

• Adam Lefkoe’s career is a model of adaptation and versatility, fueled by curiosity and the willingness to say “yes” to new sports.
• Lane Kiffin remains a questionable “maverick,” both for good and ill, sparking real discussions about race and the culture of southern college sports.
• The Le Batard Show blends meaningful sports analysis with absurd comedic bits (horse farts, redhead athlete polls), making even off-the-wall topics engaging.
• Philly/NY rivalry reaches fun new heights, with Lefkoe warning New York sports fans: don’t taunt Philly, or “you do not want that smoke.”
• The world of tennis, both in terms of American talent and players’ rights, is complicated and fractured—making widespread change difficult.
• End-to-end, the episode exemplifies how this show thrives at the intersection of sports banter, media satire, and sheer unpredictability.

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Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Adam Lefkoe]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Chris Cody]

This is the Dan Levatar SHOW with the Stugats podcast.

[Dan Le Batard]

Adam Lefkoe is going to join us here later in this hour. I can make the argument that Adam Lefkoe is the best young sports broadcaster going right now. He has added Roland Garros and tennis to his list of excellent things that he does. We will get to him shortly. We were talking about the Esquire magazine article that made Fernando Mendoza a maverick when he's not a maverick. Lane Kiffin, a maverick, had an interview with Vanity Fair and a lot of people are talking about some of the things he has said, one more notably than the others. I'll get to that at the end. Among the things that he said, he said he held up his end of the bargain and Mississippi fans shouldn't be mad at him. Quote, did you make the university tons of money? Are out of state applications way up? Did the city make tons of money? Businesses, real estate? I mean, this is not a normal big city. This is Oxford, Mississippi. And he said that his recruiting efforts were hindered at Ole Miss. And he said this is the reason, quote, they would say, hey, Coach, we really like you, but my grandparents aren't letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi. That doesn't come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus diversity feels so great. It feels like there's no segregation. We want that for our all our kids because that is the real world. That is the quote that's making the rounds. This is something that black people have been saying about Mississippi for a long time, but now Lane Kiffin says it and it's gotten people's attention all of a sudden because he is a lightning rod. It is fairly amazing to see this reinvention where he climbs right back to the top of college football when he's had some things in his past that not a lot of other coaches have in their past. You whether it's the Raiders and Al Davis ripping him famously in that Mortensen press conference or whether it's mattresses burning in Tennessee when he left there or being fired on the tarmac of usc. Like, the things on his resume that he has climbed over to get back to the top of that sport and have one of the best jobs in that sport are crazy. Given his personality type, I just don't

[Adam Lefkoe]

want to hear him make it sound like he's doing something noble. Like, that's not what's happening. They offered him a lot of money. It's a good situation. It has nothing to do with any type of, you know, social setting or any type of noble duty that he feels.

[Greg Cody]

Well, plus, if you want to be a maverick, you say you allude to some of that while you're still at Ole Miss. You be honest then about some of the reservations that the recruits have and you try to change the culture there from within. I don't know that he ever did that. And it's probably a losing task. But, you know, I'm looking at the Ole Miss Rebel logo right now and, you know, maybe you start there and just change that. If what he's saying now is true at Ole Miss still, it's something that needs to be changed. And if anybody on campus can maybe have that conversation started, it's the head coach of a big football program, Mortensen.

[Dan Le Batard]

He is a maverick. There's no disputing that. We always do this thing. Say it while you're there. He said plenty while he was there.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, but not that well.

[Dan Le Batard]

But he came on our show and said, yeah, tired of the Brown Lake. Like it was different. Yeah, it is different. But it was clear from the start that the small city style didn't fit him.

[Chris Cody]

That's right. And in fairness, I have not read the entire article. This is being aggregated in a way that leads you to believe it was one of the contributing factors to him making that move to lsu.

[Greg Cody]

Right.

[Chris Cody]

That nothing to do with him moving to lsu? None. And what you're seeing right there, while true and certainly a part of their history that they reckon with daily, like this is a part of banter inside the SEC and culturally inside of Mississippi. It's something that they deal with every day. It is not at all a reason why he left for lsu.

[Adam Lefkoe]

If they offered him more money than LSU did, he been staring that Confederate flag in the face.

[Chris Cody]

He went to LSU because he thought long term that was the best move for him because that is probably the best job in the nation. And what you're seeing there is just more rationalization. A dude being asked questions Pressing to find some other reason than that, because people don't like the way that that sounds. When. If anybody can actually just live with that statement and let it rest, it's Lane Kiffin. Kind of a mercenary. We get it, Dan. You went through, like, his resume burning mattresses, fired on the tarmac. He's probably most known for what happened a couple of months ago. He totally hijacked the sport. Nobody even talked about the Heisman Trophy winner. Everybody was rushing to put out, like, what's my top three? Because everybody was consumed by Lane Kiffin's drama at. At Oxford, Mississippi. Was he was or was he not gonna go? And that was exactly the way that he liked it. Mortensen.

[Dan Le Batard]

My entire lifetime, any job in Mississippi in sports has always been a stepping stone job. It's not a destination. And the people of Oxford, Mississippi, might not like that. He says in the article in Vanity Fair, I needed Oxford more than Oxford needed me. I disagree. He made Oxford matter in football.

[Adam Lefkoe]

He did.

[Dan Le Batard]

That person made Mississippi something that was nationally relevant in the most powerful conference there is in football. I do not agree with his assessment. Quote, I needed Oxford more than Oxford needed me. I would have loved, given his personality type, to hear that quote more, honestly, from him. Oxford needed me more than I needed Oxford because he needed some reinvention. But after fau, he could have gotten other jobs. It was a slower climb than probably he would have liked, but Mississippi didn't become a good job until he made it one.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. And Ole Miss was always a rung on a ladder for him. And there's nobody who follows college football who wouldn't say LSU is a notch above Ole Miss on the echelon, no matter what their records were last season or the past couple of years.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nick Wright has told us that he has. Is it nemeses in plural if you make a nemesis plural? I don't know whether it's nemesis or nemeses. Maybe Adam Lefkoe, who's got some command of the language, can help me. But Nick Wright says that Pablo Torrey and Mina Kimes. I texted him and haven't heard back on the Pablo Torre Pulitzer announcement. A strange silence from Nick Wright on that one. I wonder if Adam Lefkoe has any. He's very kind. He's very decent. Adam, welcome. Do you have any rivals in the sports media business? Anything? Anyone you're looking at where you're like, this person is applying for the status of best young broadcaster there is anywhere in the game, and I have to hold him or her at Bay. Because they want to be regarded the way I am and I can't let that happen.

[Adam Lefkoe]

He's not in the same realm. But Chris Simms, you know, spend enough time with them and don't ever want to see him again.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's over.

[Adam Lefkoe]

And so it's more of a feud, a hatred, less of a rivalry. But you're right, man. That Nick Wright, Pablo Torre. We need to get a Nick response.

[Dan Le Batard]

Silence. I've got just silence. A Pulitzer is pretty good thing to win, but I don't think anybody cares about the Pulitzer anymore. It's not. Look at Tony back there shaking his head.

[Adam Lefkoe]

I won it.

[Tony]

I don't care.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it doesn't seem like anybody cares about the Pulitzer except for Greg Cody, nobody. Does anyone still care about the Pulitzer?

[Greg Cody]

Big deal.

[Chris Cody]

Less today than ever. Yeah, not me.

[Dan Le Batard]

I did not know that you were this kind of a tennis guy. Mike Ryan wouldn't shut up about how good you are at Raven. At. Yeah, it was annoying. It was annoying to hear Mike Ryan, studio host, about how great you are at, at the tennis. When did you add tennis to your resume? A year ago, Dan.

[Adam Lefkoe]

I, I didn't know I was a tennis guy either, to be honest. And now I'm obsessed. Yeah. So we did Roland Garros for the first time last year. That's also when I entered the world of Mike Ryan Ruiz Group chats, which I think is more daunting than covering Roland Garros. Just dealing with that. And now I'm hooked on both and I'm watching Tennis Channel 247 and I can, I can name international flags on site, which is something I could not do a year ago. So my horizon horizons have been broadened.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, it seems at this point in your career you can choose whatever it is that you'd like largely. How and why did you choose this?

[Adam Lefkoe]

So as TNT moved on from the NBA, they began to add to their portfolio. And you have a decision at that point of do you want to be a one sport person or do you want to take on everything? And as I've followed in the footsteps of the greatest host of all time, Ernie Johnson, I said let's go for the challenge. So in about December, January of last year, when TNT got Roland Garros, I walked in there and said I want it. And now we're doing tennis. I did the NLCS and baseball on tbs. I'm covering Shohei Ohtani. I did college basketball, March Madness, I did college football. And there are new sports that TNT has not announced yet that I will be doing so. But honestly, Dan, and I think you understand this more than anyone. It can get a little redundant when you do the same thing over and over again. And the freshness of covering a new sport being to be at a slam for three weeks in Paris in May and June, having guys like Ben Shelton come up to me and going, man, I loved you doing basketball. You're doing this now. I'm excited. It was something new to study and learn, and now I'm hooked.

[Dan Le Batard]

Center or the field?

[Adam Lefkoe]

Center. Center, especially because my dark horse was going to be the storyline that I think is the best, which was Djokovic going for number 25 and then he loses in the first round in Rome. I don't. I don't know how any. But like the fact right now, presented by DraftKings, I think sinner is minus 270. That seems crazy to me. I feel like it should be even higher, but anything could happen. But it's center. Are you a tennis guy, Dan, at all?

[Chris Cody]

We got a group chat for you if you want in.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, thanks.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Is Dan in any group chats? Is he in any of them?

[Greg Cody]

Nah, he's above that.

[Chris Cody]

No, he's in mass emails, though. He's more of an emailer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll batarshow. Is Dan above the group chats? Yes or no? Is Sinner already on the Mount Rushmore of redheaded athletes?

[Adam Lefkoe]

Okay, so Yannick, center, who is even out there? Blake Griffin, who was even the other options courier?

[Dan Le Batard]

Jim Currier, Mark McGuire. Roy Holiday.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Is Mark McGuire eligible, though?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, because he checks out. He is authentically redheaded. He might be pharmaceutical everywhere else, but he is.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is it?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Like what happens if someone dyes their hair red? Is that the performance enhancing drug of redhead? I don't think Andy Dal to go to our ginger correspondent, Bill Walton.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bill Walton.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Bill Walton. Yeah. I think Sinner's in there.

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[Adam Lefkoe]

Sinner's in there. Sean White.

[Chris Cody]

Great.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Did you just have redheaded athletes on your wall growing up?

[Tony]

That's right.

[Chris Cody]

Canelo.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, yeah. You got to go Canelo. That is a good one. Canelo is a good one. You got to put Canelo.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Guys, this is. This is right down my alley.

[Greg Cody]

Woody Woodpecker.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Sorry. Now you just went to Google and typed in redheaded athletes.

[Chris Cody]

But he played Woody Woodpecker.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Didn't he have redheaded? I'm googling him right now.

[Dan Le Batard]

So Parrot's not an athlete.

[Tony]

He's a woodpecker.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a fiction.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, he does have redhead.

[Adam Lefkoe]

If you were to sell Woody Woodpecker as an athlete, what I would use is I would say that Luke Keakley wore technology around his neck that was simulated after a woodpecker to prevent concussions. So Woody Woodpecker's impact on the NFL linebacker community in my opinion would put him in a discussion for Greg.

[Dan Le Batard]

How do we bypass the fact that Greg just called. I just heard a woodpecker called by. Was it use as that was Greg. Was it Zaz who called a woodpecker a parrot? Is that.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Tony]

Something literally said Woody Woodpecker is a parrot.

[Adam Lefkoe]

That was Greg.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on. Put it on. The poll at Levittard show. Is Woody Woodpecker a parrot? This is a worse mistake than his Al Pacino. He put Al Pacino in Raging Bull and Bull Durham. This. How do you call a woodpecker who's got a woodpecker in his name a parrot?

[Adam Lefkoe]

Yo, whatever. Who cares?

[Chris Cody]

Impressive thing. I mean that was a great. Yes. And from left go. He's got Woody Woodpecker as an athlete just for contributions to the game.

[Greg Cody]

He is an athlete.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Is like NFL quarterbacks because that's why I mean I love the show so much when and I joked about Sims earlier with the quarterback rankings and I still appreciate you to this day. Much like quarterback rankings is Andy Dalton the Mendoza line of red headed athletes. If you're better than Andy, you're great. If you're below Andy, you don't make the cut. Is Andy Dalton.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a great question right there because Whedon. Whedon was a reach. Weeden is below Andy Dalton but I think the baseline would have to be Andy Dalton.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Is Calabrini the Charles Barkley of redheads?

[Chris Cody]

Yes.

[Adam Lefkoe]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Adam Lefkoe]

He's a guy. His like post playing career

[Tony]

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[Chris Cody]

Chris Cody. When you come over to my house and we put on the games, I got basketball, I got baseball going on. But what do I lay out for you and the boys for entertainment and drinking Miller Live? Uh huh. Those beautiful white cans or on draft or the bottle, if you prefer.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Oh. When you open that with the can though, and you.

[Chris Cody]

One of the best sounds on the planet. You pair that with the right game. You take that first sip, we both look around. It's not a bit.

[Adam Lefkoe]

I have goosebumps thinking about the first sip.

[Chris Cody]

We take that first sip, we open it up and we're looking around. There's just that five seconds of almost eerie silence where you're just soaking it all in and you're like, man, did we make the right call or what? That's why we reach for Miller Lite. It's clean, refreshing, easy to drink, brewed for taste with simple ingredients.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Ah, that golden color.

[Chris Cody]

Just 96 calories and 3.2 carbs. The original light beer since 1975. And it still hits different.

[Adam Lefkoe]

I love you, Miller Lite.

[Chris Cody]

Cheers to legendary moments with Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. Tony, you know that moment at a party or at a tailgate where everything just sort of clicks? I know it.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Well.

[Tony]

It's usually when I show up, everybody goes crazy.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, you usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually walks in with Cuervo. Walk in like this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging out into this is the night.

[Tony]

It has that effect on people.

[Chris Cody]

It does. You usually take the credit for it, but again, it's the Cuervo effect. It's like that moment in a big game where everyone in the crowd just starts standing up, hooting and hollering. Keep it Cuervo.

[Greg Cody]

Keep it cuervo, baby.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Don LeBatard.

[Dan Le Batard]

Surely every time you're watching this, you recognize that your wife is laughing, that she married. She married Larry David.

[Greg Cody]

I do, yeah. One of the great characters in the history of television, in my humble opinion. And. And to my Credit my personality, in my humble opinion.

[Dan Le Batard]

Followed by to my credit.

[Greg Cody]

To my credit, amazing. My personality, just amazing. Predate. Curb your enthusiasm.

[Chris Cody]

Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, wow.

[Greg Cody]

I'm not going to say Larry David.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Greg Cody]

Patterned himself.

[Dan Le Batard]

You copy? All right. Put it on the poll, please. Juju did Greg Cody copyright being an asshole long before Larry David.

[Chris Cody]

This is the Dan Levatar show with these two. Go.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. We're on the same website right now.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to. I want to play.

[Chris Cody]

We need more Bleacher report list.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to play some sound for Levko. Nick Wright. The aforementioned Nick Wright has a take that Brian Windhorst had 10 years ago. And people crushed Brian Windhorst for this take. But Nick Wright is trying to joylessly resurrect.

[Guest Speaker]

Bringing children to press conferences after losses should not be allowed. And I think Joel Embiid is obviously an awesome family man and a great dad. And when we first saw it with I think it was Steph's. Steph's daughter, not only was it adorable, it was in the midst of them always winning. And all the press conference stuff was just celebratory. And so it was cute. And there was never a. Oh, man, I kind of need to ask him an awkward question, but he has this adorable child with him. It is whether intentional or not, the ultimate effect is your kid is shielding you from what could be tough or uncomfortable questions. That is the point of those press conferences.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Right?

[Guest Speaker]

And I am not picking on Embiid because he's not the only guy to do it. And I do like NBA guys after in the 90s, it was the opposite kind of stereotype of like these guys. The old Sports Illustrated article, where's Daddy? Like the absentee father stuff. I really like how the modern NBA star has really embraced like, we know, we know all these guys, kids, we know Deuce, we know you know Cannon Curry, we know Bronze, Bronze kids on the team. But his other kids with the cam Boozer.

[Adam Lefkoe]

There you go.

[Guest Speaker]

But I don't think after season ending losses when you're talking about your future with a team that you should have your kid on your lap. Just, I know this is. I'll just get ripped for it, but I know I'm right.

[Dan Le Batard]

And that it should say that on his tombstone. I know I'll get ripped for it, but I know I'm right. What are your thoughts there, Lefko?

[Adam Lefkoe]

So I watched this yesterday and I literally almost texted Nick and I was going to just say, you going anti kid is an incredible take as a father. Of a two year old. My thought was, I can't even imagine doing anything with my 2 year old by myself. Like, he's just going to go crazy and go all over the place. I would love to know if there was actually a publicist or a PR person that was like, child, child. We can minimize this. Bring in the like. If it was truly a strategy is really interesting to me. And then also, I mean, again, as the father of a young kid, I'm trying to hand over as much as possible, you know, like, I gotta cook. I can't handle this right now. So to think, let me do the press conference with the kid. Maybe it is purposeful, but it's a great take. And you couch it right enough and then you go against kids. Bold move. And I like it.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys believe for a second that any journalist would be deterred because there is a child. Child on Embiid's lap from asking him a difficult question.

[Adam Lefkoe]

I'd like to believe that. Right? Like, I think Embiid did it on purpose. And I also think that if there are reporters there who are not asking specific questions because the kid's on his lap, that's stupid.

[Greg Cody]

I like the idea of a toddler who can barely speak all of a sudden looking at the reporter straight in the eye and going, why are you so mean to my dad? Why are you asking such a difficult question when I'm here on his lap? It doesn't matter. The reporter is not going to change his question. And nobody should think that the totter on the lap is going to change the question asked or the press conference in any way.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's play this sound of Embiid here for Lefkoe as a Philly guy and just get his overall thoughts that aren't necessarily related to the child.

[Tony]

VJ is going, I know.

[Adam Lefkoe]

You know, and you know, I'm going to talk to him.

[Tony]

He's going to be better. And.

[Adam Lefkoe]

And he was amazing for his first year.

[Tony]

Tyrese is going to be better.

[Adam Lefkoe]

And he's taking a step every single year. PG that we saw the last couple weeks. You know, he still got it. And then everybody else, I don't know

[Tony]

who's going to be here.

[Adam Lefkoe]

I don't even know if I'm going to be here. But, you know, whatever happens, happens.

[Dan Le Batard]

Your thoughts on that? And him calling the season a success for him because he played 38 games and had a bad knee.

[Adam Lefkoe]

I just. If Greg Cody wants a second Pulitzer, he needs to go to these press conferences and only talk to the kid. Are you disappointed in your father? You know, did he let you down? You know, I think you need to actually go the other way and go after the kid.

[Greg Cody]

I like that.

[Adam Lefkoe]

If you really want to win an award, you know, that's the investigation.

[Greg Cody]

Great.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Cody finds out.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. No, no, that's a great idea. That actually is a great idea because. Thank you especially. What you need to do is you need to go in the press conference with your teenage son on your lap. Okay. Somebody who's old enough to actually answer a question thoughtfully.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like the idea of Carlos Boozer doing a press conference with the presently sized Cam Boozer on his lap.

[Greg Cody]

I think LeBron should do a press conference with Bronnie on his lap. That's what I think.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at Lebanon show. Should LeBron have deflected criticism from being swept doing the press conference with Bron?

[Chris Cody]

Oh, my gosh.

[Adam Lefkoe]

LeBron at the podium last night getting swept in Bronies on his lap, and he's just like, how dare you ask me that question?

[Chris Cody]

Nick Wright would have been fine with it at that point.

[Adam Lefkoe]

That's so good. He would have had a Baby Bjorn. But on Embiid, the only reason I'll say it's a success is in my life, literally in my entire life, we've never beaten the Celtics in a playoff series. And the emotional letdown of winning a game seven. I mean, this is the same six or Celtics rivalry where we were up three, two and blew it. I thought there was zero chance we were going to beat the Knicks in terms of Embiid with this success. Like, I don't know, this whole season to me was a write off from the beginning, I didn't think. I mean, with Paul George and the suspension and the injuries to everybody, a little bit like the Flyers season, they both kind of felt like successes. But Embiid, saying, I don't know if I'll be here next year was very interesting. I think he was just trying to say, hey, man, everything's up in the air, but you're stuck here. You're. You're not going anywhere. So I don't. I don't know what you're talking about, but yeah, that was weird. Adam, where does the embarrassment rank for Philadelphia sports? The way the Knicks fans took over the building. That was tough. Especially as someone who lives in New York. Yeah, it's to. To see them with the brooms and the yelling and all that. Just know and I will send out a fair warning to the city of New York for Philadelphia fans. Do not come to an Eagles Giants game this year because the retribution will be swift. Because if there's one sport like people do not understand the ranking of Philadelphia sports, it is Eagles and then a gap and then the Flyers and then the Phillies and then the Sixers. If you're going to be real about the city of Philadelphia. And so if you want to jump on the Sixers and look and I can't believe I'm admitting this here. I'm a Sixers fan. My wife is a Knicks fan, my son is a Knicks fan. I gave it up because I took Eagles and it was non negotiable. So it. It's just not as highly ranked. But I'm telling you, do not bring that Giants energy to Philadelphia. You do not want that smoke.

[Dan Le Batard]

So let's play this Josh Hart sound for proud Philadelphia.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Come on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Adam Lefkoe.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Nah, man. Where is my son? Nah, man.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because everybody was begging for that, for

[Adam Lefkoe]

Philly to not sell their tickets and all that stuff.

[Greg Cody]

So, man, yeah, I used to think

[Adam Lefkoe]

Philly was a sports town. I don't know if it is anymore. I need my son. I need to deflect. He's at music class right now. I think the part that really hurts Philadelphia fans. I did a draft show years ago when we drafted Mikhail Bridges and I'm on the stream going crazy for Bleach Report and then we trade him. Josh Hart we could have taken multiple times we saw him. I mean, the Sixers tried to hire Jay Wright years ago and you'd think maybe they'd listen to him. Jalen Brunson was available to draft all these Philly guys that are Eagles fans and Philly fans could have been Sixers and that's really what kills it. But I'll give credit to Josh. That was like a WWE like slam. That really, really hurt my soul. And that one I can't lie about.

[Dan Le Batard]

How about this one here? Of a local Philadelphia broadcast Action news

[Adam Lefkoe]

reporter Cheyenne Corinne live inside Xfinity Mobile arena tonight.

[Guest Speaker]

Cheyenne, this game was brutal.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Walter, you would think that I'm in New York right now instead of Philadelphia. This is absolutely not the way that fans were hoping to end the Sixers of the season. You can see that I am surrounded. Oh my God. Right now,

[Greg Cody]

That guy at the end,

[Adam Lefkoe]

she hasn't been the worst. Nick's fans and those sidewalk interviews that they do with like the bing bongs and all that, it is a lane that they have taken over and owned. Huge credit to that reporter for being able to do that. That was. I mean, that's going like number one on my resume tape and I'm sending that to everybody. But also credit to the Knicks fans for knowing when she was on air. As someone who's done local news, the amount of times that people come by and yell and in your head you're like, we're not even live. They waited. That is. Yeah, great questions, guys. I'm stressed out, dude. I don't like this at all.

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[Adam Lefkoe]

Stugats Colonel Jessup did you order the Code Red? You don't have to answer that question.

[Chris Cody]

I'll answer the question. You want answers?

[Adam Lefkoe]

I think I'm entitled to them. You want answers? I want the truth.

[Chris Cody]

I you can't handle the truth. This is the dan levatar show with the stu cats. Adam, I think we're pretty deep as far as men's tennis in America goes. It's a pretty good generation, but I don't know if there's any catch in the top two guys. These American tennis players have kind of traded off being best in form. Who would you say right now has the best outside chance of maybe catching the top two?

[Adam Lefkoe]

So I got very excited with Lerner TN during the hard court run and he was taking down some monsters and now I'm watching him on the clay and he got smoked by Hodar today and he's the youngest so I have hope there. I it's still Ben Shelton. You know, if like we're looking at any sports, he's the one with the measurables, he's the one with the athleticism. He's the one that if he could add certain things to his game, it could take the next step. He's got the huge serve, but there is that monster gap right now between the big two and everybody else. And in terms of the French last year we had the best American performance in Roland Garros in three decades since Andre Agassi was going through. And I, I feel like, and I feel like we got spoiled last year. Sabalenka, Coco Gauff was incredible. Alcaraz center, top three match of all time. And the Americans, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Tiafo all made it to the second week. I'm hard pressed to think that's going to happen again, but it's still Shelton. But turn Lerner would be the one that I personally like the most.

[Dan Le Batard]

Agassi is on the TNT Sports's premiere coverage of Roland Garris with Adam Lefkoe. Lefkoe is also the host, the co host of the big podcast with Shaquille o'. Neal.

[Greg Cody]

Adam, you mentioned Sabalenka and Coco Golf. They have raised the idea of a potential boycott because the women want a greater share of the of the revenue. What do you make of that? Is it possible because if players of that stature boycotted a major it would get the attention of tennis, Having covered

[Adam Lefkoe]

the NBA, having covered the NFL. The big difference is they have have unified player unions that prepare for things like boycotts. Think about the discussion that's happening in MLB talking about putting together a war chest so that they can handle the boycott. What I'm learning through tennis is it's one of the most fractured sports that I've ever seen. Every single slam is its own entity. Every player is their own entity. Plus they always are talking about how busy they are and they have no time. And for them to unify and to say, hey, we're all gonna boycott the other people there, Coco Gauff said, hey, if there is a boycott, I'll join. Which doesn't mean I'm leading the boycott. The last boycott that I remember in tennis is Billie Jean King back in the 70s, and that was more about rights and something bigger than just money. But these tennis players, if you think about it, the stars need to boycott so that the lower tier tennis players can get. Get more money so that they can have a life. But if all the stars boycotted, if I'm a lower tier tennis player and suddenly Sabalenka and Coco Gauff aren't playing, maybe I play in this tournament and get some of the money that, that it could be owed to me. I just think, Greg, it's going to be really tough because it is so isolated and these players aren't talking. Like, I don't even know if they have a players union like that. I think they're far away from it being possible. And it just kind of feels. This is my read from the outside. I don't, I don't know details, but it just seems like it would be a tough hill to overcome just in terms of coming together and planning it.

[Dan Le Batard]

An admittedly odd question to punctuate this interview, but if I give you the entirety, human beings and the animal kingdom, and I say to you, what do you believe if an animal or a human being is gassy? What do you believe is the longest amount of time that an animal or a human being can fart for consistent, you know, continually? What would you give it as a world record breaking time?

[Guest Speaker]

Great question.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Is this in regarding to that horse that farted that I watched yesterday?

[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead and play it. Yeah, That's number one.

[Chris Cody]

I am jealous.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you? You're jealous.

[Adam Lefkoe]

You're telling me, Dan, you wouldn't love to wake up tomorrow morning and go, oh, and then let that out. The relief that you would feel, plus the reaction that you would get. I would want to do it in a public place. I would like that horse, want it documented. That is a point of pride. That is man. I mean, just the beginning, spinning the sputter. I would put that up with the greatest opera singers of all time. That, to me, should be savored.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. It had a musical note to it.

[Tony]

Adam, I don't know if you know this. Dan doesn't fart.

[Greg Cody]

Yes,

[Adam Lefkoe]

Go ahead.

[Dan Le Batard]

1.

[Adam Lefkoe]

It's like a muted trombone.

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Dan, you don't fart I find that your breath must st. Yeah, that can't be true. He says of his coming out somewhere. Dan. Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're going to have to let him go. On that note, I take back everything nice I've ever said.

[Tony]

You don't have a kid on your lap. You can't do this.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Adam, let go.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're Adam. Let go. See you later. Good talking to you. Love you guys. He's the host.

[Adam Lefkoe]

Missed you.

[Dan Le Batard]

For TNT Sports's premiere coverage of Roland Garros,

[Adam Lefkoe]

I need like a cymbal crash at the end.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right. Get out of here. Goodbye. It's a point of pride.

[Chris Cody]

Best dressed man on television

[Dan Le Batard]

is he?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. The suit game at Roland Garros. Tune in. He color coordinates with the clan. It's good stuff.

[Adam Lefkoe]

It's not says that. That's like a laughter at the end. I think that's a release at the very end here. Hold on. Wait for it. It's coming

[Greg Cody]

now. The endpoint on that audio is different from the end point on the video.

[Chris Cody]

No, that was definitely a gasp from the person holding the camera.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's not that I don't fart. It's that if I have ingredients I'm not supposed to have, my body tells me by farting, if I eat the correct things, the ingredients that are specific to my blood type, there is no farting. If I am gassy or belchy or farty, it's because I've had an ingredient I'm not supposed to have. That's what what I'm telling you.

[Chris Cody]

Lefto had the right take. Envy. Envy. There are like Super Bowl Monday. You kidding me?

[Greg Cody]

Oh, yeah.

[Chris Cody]

I would love to have that Super Bowl. That is a Talladega fart. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

You haven't had a chance to talk in any way about the idea of a 29 second gap being cut in 25 laps. You haven't had the chance to do that over the course of the week because NASA, NASCAR always gets drowned out on a Monday. So the floor is yours.

[Chris Cody]

SVG is the greatest road course driver in the history of nascar. And it's not Stan Van Gundy. It's Shane Van Gisbergen, who is incredible at driving the road courses, very pedestrian driving the ovals. So he's a bit of a polarizing driver because traditionalists don't like some dude that basically is a hack to the system. Him because NASCAR has more than a few road courses and he gets all his points by dominating the field. But it's artistry. He knows things. There's proprietary information that he keeps secret even from his teammates. And if you had access to the comms going back from his team at the pit and him, they were in awe. They were just saying, man, this is so badass. He erased a 29 second leap with 25 laps to go and ended up winning the race by eight seconds.

[Guest Speaker]

How?

[Tony]

How?

[Chris Cody]

He pitted and everyone was saying how risky it was. He pitted early and he counted on the people in front of him to start saving gas and not put the full pedal to the metal. And he still had to pass like 20 cars in traffic at a road course. Course very hard to do. He found a way to do it. He knows these angles better than anybody else. He knows these cars better than anybody else on these road tracks. And it was a signature road course victory for the greatest on the planet at road courses.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you mention gas? I didn't know that was possible. I got to be honest. I didn't. I didn't think that there was any kind of living species that could make that sound from its ass.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, I thought you were going to talk about the 29 seconds and 25 laps that includes a caution in which the field was bunched up. It ended up working out for him. If this dude ever learns how to perform on a traditional oval, it's a wrap. It's done.

[Dan Le Batard]

This should have included a caution. I to want to place in front of the group here what I believe to be a typical Harbaugh player. I believe when you go to the cult of Harbaugh, you start talking like, this here is Chargers tight end Charlie Kohler.

[Adam Lefkoe]

No, like, something like so beautiful about you're up by six points. It's like third and three. You know you're running it. Two minutes left in the game. They have no timeouts. You do it first time, the game's over. You know you're running it. They know you're running it. Your wife knows you're running it. Their wife knows they're running it. You still run it. Is like there's. That is more satisfying than any question I've ever had.

[Chris Cody]

Hell yeah. Hell, yeah, brother. Duo up the middle, a gap. That guy's jacked.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, he's something.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's something. Is your contribution here at the end of the show.

[Chris Cody]

Say it into the mic, please.

[Greg Cody]

I don't want to say too much.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, just.

[Tony]

Just play the fart instead.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, Craig, that's your contribution?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. I don't know.

[Dan Le Batard]

Something is like. Honestly, I could have gone to anyone in America for commentary on that sound and gotten something better than he's something.

[Greg Cody]

Well, that guy, that. That kid sounded like they're the guys I used to smoke dope with in high school.

[Adam Lefkoe]

School.

[Greg Cody]

I'm just saying, what do you love?

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[Adam Lefkoe]

that guy loves running the ball in third and three?

[Greg Cody]

My racehorse. And by the way, the reason that fart is so explainable is that the racehorse weighs 2500 pounds. It's a big ass animal, literally. I mean, he's got a big ass, he's letting out a big fart. It makes all the sense in the world. You know, you and I weigh one tenth of what that horse weighs, that kind of thing.