Happy Birthday, JuJu Gotti | Postgame Show

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show – “Happy Birthday, JuJu Gotti” | Postgame Show

Date: July 6, 2026
Location: Live from the Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode is a lively postgame discussion featuring Dan Le Batard and his co-hosts, focusing on current sports controversies, celebratory shenanigans for JuJu Gotti’s birthday, pop culture quirks, and their signature irreverent spin on headlines. The episode is grounded in recent U.S. soccer drama, NBA trades, social media antics, and their fan-favorite jokers and flowers segments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. U.S. Soccer Red Card Controversy & Presidential Intervention

[00:43–05:10]

• The hosts dissect the overturning of a contentious red card in a World Cup match involving the U.S. team.
• Allegations fly around potential political interference, specifically claims that Donald Trump called FIFA to influence the decision.
• The conversation weighs the sporting injustice of the original call versus concerns about “corruption” and using sports as political theater.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan Le Batard (?) [00:43]: “The overturning of the red card... where you’re just clearly using the United States as a propaganda tool, as a political— to get something that is easy to applaud done. We’re all in agreement that’s ugly, right?”
• Co-Host D [01:25]: “We did undo a grave injustice in my pov. But this has opened up a whole can of worms now. Appeals are flying because they’ve just created this whole new rule.”
• Co-Host D [03:12]: “Donald Trump has not yet attended a World Cup match. He is scheduled to hand out the trophy and attend the World Cup final, but he has not attended a match. Why? Because in this country, soccer fans are more progressive... He had to do it because this team is in open defiance of what he represents.”
• Co-Host E (satirical patriotism) [05:02]: “Don’t you guys care about America? I bleed the red, white and blue, baby. That’s what we do here. This is America, Jack.”

2. JuJu Gotti’s Birthday & Celtics Trade Fallout

[05:12–06:09]

• JuJu Gotti joins the show on his birthday, with the hosts offering insincere congratulations and rapid-fire banter.
• The discussion pivots to the Boston Celtics, Jalen Brown, and JuJu's current stance as a fan amid team changes and controversial takes from sports media figures like Colin Cowherd.

Notable Quote:

• JuJu Gotti [05:40]: “I’m out of there. The Celtics salute Arriba der Che. Like I’m in the portal right now. Enough is enough. I don’t like how they did my boy and I think we need to stop putting so much weight to what Colin Cowherd and them keep saying... How about get him completely out of here. Out of my TV.”

3. Jokers of the Weekend — Sports Figures Under Fire

[06:10–09:01]

• JuJu introduces his “jokers of the weekend,” calling out both athletes and media personalities for questionable choices on and off the field.

Brandon Aiyuk’s Social Media Antics

• JuJu criticizes 49ers’ Brandon Aiyuk’s brash posts toward Jaden Daniels and questions his judgment.
• The panel jokes about taking away Aiyuk’s phone for his own good.

Notable Quote:

• JuJu Gotti [08:21]: “Somebody need to snatch his phone expeditiously.”

Mike Vrabel’s Chivalry Blunder

• Vrabel is called out for lapses in etiquette, specifically not opening doors, prompting more banter about social conduct.

4. Flowers of the Weekend — Celebrating Cabo Verde

[09:16–10:20]

• JuJu gives his “flowers” to Cabo Verde’s national soccer team and their match against Argentina—emphasizing its excitement, the theatrics around a goal, and Lionel Messi’s sportsmanship postgame.

Notable Quote:

• JuJu Gotti [09:48]: “That team, that game. And salute to Messi as well for waiting after the locker room situation, getting a picture with all of them... Cabo Verde, these are for you.”

5. Poll Results Recap

[10:21–12:15]

• A rundown of the day’s listener polls featuring classic Le Batard Show silliness, from baseball oddities to pop culture and relationship dynamics.

Key Polls and Results:

• Should the immaculate inning be 3 pitches instead of 9? — 67% Yes
• Is a classically trained penis definitely uncircumcised? — 84% Yes
• Is Jalen Brunson the Greatest Nick ever? — 54% Yes
• Do you think of Adam Sandler as the spiritual center of love? — 57% No
• Was Macho Man’s marriage to Miss Elizabeth bigger than Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding? — 79% Yes
• Do you walk 3 or 4 feet in front of your spouse? — 66% No

Notable Quote:

• Host B [10:52]: “As Jose Canseco once famously said on our show, that doesn’t just open up a can of worms, that opens up a can of anacondas.”

6. Final Trumpism and Sign-Off

[12:15–12:25]

• As the episode closes, a Trump quote is read mocking the idea of rigged games:

Quote [12:15]:

• “The game tonight is going to be amazing. If they beat us, we’ll say it was rigged. Just like the election in 2020.”

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Memorable Moments & Humor

• Joking Patriotism [05:02]: The hosts, tongue-in-cheek, mock overt patriotism regarding sports results and presidential intervention.
• Birthday Apathy [05:22, 05:27]: Running gag of JuJu’s birthday being repeatedly ignored or dismissed:
  • “Happy birthday to him. I don’t care. Good luck.”
• Brandon Aiyuk’s Phone [08:21]: Calls to “snatch his phone expeditiously” for wild social media posts.
• Cabo Verde Euphoria [09:16]: JuJu’s exuberant recap of the match and Messi moments.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• U.S. Soccer Red Card, Trump’s Involvement: 00:43–05:10
• JuJu Gotti Birthday, Celtics Fallout: 05:12–06:09
• Jokers of the Weekend (Aiyuk, Vrabel): 06:10–09:01
• Flowers of the Weekend (Cabo Verde): 09:16–10:20
• Daily Show Polls: 10:21–12:15
• Closing Trump Quote: 12:15–12:25

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Tone & Language

The episode maintains the show’s signature blend of irreverence, satire, and pointed commentary. There’s a fluid mix of cultural criticism, fandom, and inside jokes — all laced with a uniquely South Florida energy and a sense of comradery.

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For listeners, this episode captures pivotal debates around sports, politics, and pop culture, seasoned with the Le Batard crew’s distinct brand of wit and chaos.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

We will get to Juju in a second with some heartfelt feelings.

[C]

Happy birthday to him. I don't care. Good luck.

[B]

I know it'll get forgotten. The games are the thing that matter. The results are the thing that matter. But the overturning of the red card, the way that it happened, where you're just this clearly using the United States tool as a propaganda tool, as a political to get something that is easy to applaud done. We're all in agreement that that's ugly, right? It's not that. It's that it's not the way that you should be doing things where the president of your country is calling in a favor to get a result overturned. Zaslow doesn't agree on the I mean I kind of like the call.

[D]

It wasn't fair. The red card and the appeals process needs to be ironed out. There needs to be more transparency. We did undo a grave injustice in my part for my pov. But but this has opened up a whole can of worms now. Appeals are flying because they've just created this whole new rule. So I think France is already appealing like a yellow for Elise. They they weren't clear about how this came about. This caught everybody by surprise. It happened a day before the game. And Donald Trump is not helping Johnny Infantino. Not that that was his aim at all. Because Donald Trump's looking to help Donald Trump. This makes Donald Trump look good. This is the rare World cup related dub that Donald Trump can have and I'll tell you why in a second. But with every word that came out of his mouth today, and I just saw the clip, he dug a deeper hole for Johnny Soccer, as he likes to call him. This reeks of corruption because that is two entities that have their own reputation. That is well earned, by the way. So this is not going away. This is ugly. It's not how I wanted it to go. Granted, I definitely wanted Flo Baligan to play. This increases our likelihood of winning a lot more Than if he were off the field, though, I believe we would have been able to win this match with Ricardo Pepe in there. This is taking what should be a good thing, something that probably would have been celebrated as a good thing had it happened 72 hours ago and. And making it a very controversial and divisive thing.

[E]

I'm good with it. I saw something that wasn't right. I don't care who called it in. I wanted Baligan to play. I want to win. And you know what? Anyone who looks at the United States like, you know, let's say they win this game tonight, maybe they win a couple more games. Like, yeah, but, you know, you had the thing that happened with Baligan like a laugh in your face. I just want to win. I just want to win.

[D]

For a president who was really smart, went to go out and grab sports to legitimize him, especially during turbulent times, this was a very smart maneuver. Now, we do know Donald Trump to embellish a little bit, but it is, it is proven that he picked up a phone and tried to influence FIFA's decision here. It's the rare World cup win. Because I don't know if you've noticed this. Donald Trump has not yet attended a World cup match. He is scheduled to hand out the trophy and attend the World cup final, but he has not attended a match. Why is that? It's because in this country, soccer fans are more progressive. And if he chose any other random game, even outside the US he would be roundly booed because of how unpopular he is globally. We've seen on social media the White House tried to ride the coattails of the U.S. soccer team's success with the White House tweeting out defend the homeland and all these coded phrases. For a team that openly defies what his policies are all about because they are made up of immigrants. You have an. You are picking up the phone to get yourself a win on the back of a birthright citizen. How embarrassing for you ultimately, given that that somehow your second biggest l you caught when it came to birthright citizens this week. Malik Tillman, German, born in Germany. You can't do the same sort of rah rah bullshit that you do typically when you go to sports, what do you do? You find your easy win. He found it. He's good at that. But make no mistake about it, it's embarrassing. He had to do it because this team is in open defiance of what he represents. This is just what Trump does. He uses corruption to his own gain, even if it's within sports. Oh, I'm sorry.

[E]

Don't you guys care about America? I bleed the red, white and blue, baby. That's what we do here. This is America, Jack.

[C]

Hahaha.

[E]

Let's bring Juju aboard here. Juju.

[C]

Hello.

[E]

How you doing? Good to see you.

[C]

Thank you, brother. Good to see y' all as well, man.

[E]

Do we have a birthday today?

[B]

Yeah, I mentioned that already

[D]

to him.

[C]

I don't care. Good luck.

[E]

Juju. Have you gotten over. Have you gotten over all the Jalen Brown Celtic stuff? Are you on the side now where you've thought about it with your team, the Celtics, and you actually think it's a good trade?

[C]

I mean, I'm out of there. The Celtics salute Ariba dare Che. Like I'm in the portal right now. Enough is enough. I don't like how they did my boy and I think we need to stop putting so much or giving so much weight to what Colin cow herding them keep saying boy when he just clearly gave credit to Daryl Murray for the trade. So like we can't have it both ways where he, oh, he said this and they saying this and oh yeah, thanks Darryl Murray get. How about get him to completely up out of here about out of my tv.

[E]

Wow.

[C]

Salute.

[E]

All right. Wow. Throwing him out of your television. So do we have any jokers then this weekend? Like, would Colin Coward be one of your jokers if you have?

[C]

Yeah, man, he definitely would be. But I got a packed house this evening. First off, my brother Josh Allen has started to learn how to golf. And admittedly I'm not a golf guy, so I don't know the golf rules and how you get better at that,

[E]

how you do it.

[D]

You.

[E]

This is exactly how you get better right here.

[C]

This is. Let me see they roll the beautiful BE footage. I. I'm not a golf guy, cuz it's a purple shirt. Yeah, he need to get up though, darling. It's all tap, tap, tap. How much does the brother in the future get paid to do this job?

[D]

Tap.

[C]

Because I'm pretty sure if I went out there, I wouldn't get that treatment.

[B]

For the audio audience, there's a man on his knees and his face is at the center of Josh Butthole inches away.

[D]

A holding with his two arms, his hips.

[E]

Yes, he does a shot.

[B]

Yes, it's a little bit aggressive.

[C]

Secondly, I got Brandon Iuk, man. Enough is enough, bruh. I spare you for like three, four weeks from this list. I don't know how early we want to start the CTE conversation. Dan But I feel like this would. This would look like it early on on set. Stages of it, in my opinion. Listen to what my boy had to say to Jalen. Damn. Probably gonna text me, talking about something. You on my team now. You follow my rules, boy. I'm a grown ass man, boy. You gonna have to stop running behind your mama. And I might believe what you talking about, but until then, He still plays for the 49ers, folks. He's talking to Jaden Daniels. It's getting out of hand. Have you seen any of these ass?

[E]

He's effing with us, right?

[B]

I don't know what's going on with him. He has thrown away a lot of money, and he has spent a lot of time desecrating whatever it is that he's built.

[C]

Very strange. Yeah, man. It's like I'm. I'm trying to spare him because it seems as though he's having whatever Jaden Ivy had going on earlier in the season. So prayers to you, but somebody need to snatch his phone expeditiously. And lastly, without video footage, when y' all brought up my boy Mike Vrabel, I had to put him on the list, man. Yep. What you going through right now? You cannot be seen not opening doors. You supposed to be on the street side of the curve. All that little stuff, bruh. You dropped the ball on this one.

[E]

Yeah, you're right. Terrible.

[B]

Put it on the poll, please. At Levitard show, does someone need to snatch Brandon Ayuk's phone expeditiously?

[E]

Yeah, and. Yeah, and you got to snatch Colin Coward off his television, apparently. Also a lot of snatching juju. We'll get to the polls in a second here, but let. Let's. Let's do the reverse then, of jokers of the weekend. You have maybe any flowers to give out today?

[C]

Yeah, man. Mike said it earlier in the. In the. In the. In the show, bro. Cabo Verde versus Argentina, man. That's definitely the best match I ever seen in my entire match. Bo is goaded, my boy. The guy who scored a goal, like he said, the second goal, whenever I was just like, dang, it already happened to him. He scored the goal, ran into the crowd, kissed his girlfriend, and Messi. And the referees had to wait on that, bruh. Like, I'm sorry, y'.

[E]

All.

[C]

Y' all gonna have to take a break. I'm like, bruh. And then as soon as the game came to a conclusion, how the music just started playing without commentary, I was like, oh, no, the dream is over. They've returned Kate Verde to a hero's welcome, as expected. But that team, that game. And salute to Messi as well for waiting after the after locker room situation. Getting a picture with all of them. All of them are posting his pictures. Just being grateful to be on the pitch with somebody like Messi. Cabo Verde, these are for you.

[B]

Nice.

[E]

Really good stuff. Juju. Let's get to our polls for today. What do we got?

[B]

Le Batard show is where you find us on the polls and you can vote all day and night. He will update. He keeps on top of this at all times and it's important that the results get verified daily. What do you have for us here? Juju?

[C]

Should the immaculate inning be three pitches instead of nine? 67% of the audience says yes, it should.

[D]

Hey, we have a brief update. England has now submitted a formal appeal or informal appeal to have their red card rescinded. This is as Jose Canseco once famously said on our show, that doesn't just open up a can of worms, that opens up a can of anacondas.

[C]

Is a classically trained penis. Definitely uncircumcised. 84% of the audience says yes, it is. Is Jalen Brunson the Greatest Nick ever? 54 of the audience says, yes, he is. Do you think of Adam Sandler as the spiritual center of love? 57 of the audience says no, they don't.

[D]

Watch 50 First Dates.

[C]

Was Macho Man's marriage to Miss Elizabeth bigger than Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey's wedding? 79 of the audience says yes, it was. And last poll. Do you walk three or four feet in front of your spouse? 66% of the audience says no. And those are your polls.

[B]

One more trump quote for you here to close us out. Quote, the game tonight is going to be amazing. If they beat us, we'll say it was rigged. Just like the election in 2020.

[C]

Biggest game in 20 years.