Hour 1: Jessica Earns a Face Time (feat. Jessica Smetana)

Summary

Summary of "Hour 1: Jessica Earns a Face Time (feat. Jessica Smetana)"

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz returned on June 18, 2025, from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, featuring host Dan Le Batard, co-host Stugotz, and guest Jessica Smetana. This episode delved into a heated WNBA game, recent submersible documentaries, and the Florida Panthers' latest developments. Below is a detailed summary capturing the key discussions, insights, and moments from the hour-long episode.

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1. Analyzing the Heated WNBA Showdown

The episode kicked off with a deep dive into a contentious WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Dallas Wings. The conversation centered around a pivotal altercation that occurred during the match.

Jessica Smetana provided expert analysis on the fracas between Caitlin Clark of the Wings and J.C. Sheldon of the Fever. She described the incident as a "fracas" (03:34) and critiqued the officiating:

"I think if you're going to criticize any aspect of what happened in the game, it's that the referees sort of let things get out of hand and maybe did not adjudicate some of the earlier fouls properly." (04:01)

Key Points:

• Players Involved: Caitlin Clark, J.C. Sheldon, Marina Mabry, and Sophie Cunningham.
• Incident Breakdown: Sheldon poked Clark in the eye, leading Mabry to intervene with a hip check. The referees assessed a flagrant foul for Sheldon and technicals for others, including Lindsay Allen.
• Team Dynamics: Jessica highlighted Indiana Fever's strategic addition of Sophie Cunningham as an enforcer, aiming to protect key players like Clark.

Notable Quote:

"This was a spicy meatball." (06:22) – Dan Le Batard summarizing the intensity of the situation.

2. Submersible Tragedies and Documentary Insights

Shifting gears, the hosts discussed the tragic incident involving the OceanGate Titan submersible, which captivated public attention through two recent documentaries.

Jessica Smetana compared the two documentaries, noting their distinct focuses:

"One was on HBO, produced by Discovery and BBC, focusing more on the Coast Guard investigation and featuring interviews with the families of the victims. The Netflix version included perspectives from David Lockridge, a former OceanGate employee who raised safety concerns." (16:08)

Discussion Highlights:

• Material Failure: The documentaries criticized the use of carbon fiber in the submersible's construction, deeming it unsuitable for extreme oceanic pressures.
• Operator's Motives: Speculations arose about founder Stockton Rush's possible awareness of the submersible's flaws, with some suggesting he may have intentionally taken the final dive.
• Emotional Impact: The hosts reflected on the claustrophobic and perilous nature of the dives, expressing empathy for the victims.

Notable Quote:

"It's one of the most absurd things that has ever happened." (22:41) – Jessica Smetana on the ongoing fascination with the incident.

3. Light-Hearted Moments: Pedro Pascal Look-Alike Contest

Injecting some humor into the conversation, the hosts showcased a winning look-alike of actor Pedro Pascal.

Dan Le Batard introduced the segment:

"That is a Pedro." (36:17) – Expressing amusement at the uncanny resemblance.

Highlights:

• Contestant’s Transformation: The winner, Tyler Goldman, transformed himself with styling assistance, making a striking resemblance to Pascal.
• Host Reactions: The group reacted enthusiastically, praising the authenticity and entertaining efforts behind the transformation.

4. Florida Panthers’ Championship and Contract Speculations

Returning to sports, the discussion shifted to the Florida Panthers' recent Stanley Cup victory and potential contract extensions for key players like Sam Bennett.

Chris Cody speculated on Sam Bennett's future:

"I'm thinking, I'm hearing that it's eight years." (29:45) – Suggesting a long-term commitment from Bennett.

Key Points:

• Contract Negotiations: Anticipation of confirming an eight-year extension for Bennett during the championship parade.
• Team Strategy: Analysis of how the Panthers plan to retain core players and manage salary cap space.
• Historical Comparisons: Drawn parallels to past championship-winning performances by legends like Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.

Notable Quote:

"The Panthers are drunk on power. They've got the business to afford expensive players." (27:05) – Dan Le Batard on the team's financial prowess and strategic player acquisitions.

5. Traffic Woes and On-Air Banter

Throughout the episode, the hosts shared light-hearted moments about the challenges of getting guests to the Elbow Room, highlighting Miami’s notorious traffic.

Jessica Smetana humorously recounted:

"There's no way in hell you could pay me to go to the Elbow Room today, Dan." (12:43) – Expressing frustration over the drive.

Additional Banter:

• Sam Bennett Chanting: The discussion playfully debated the authenticity of Bennett's on-air announcement regarding his contract.
• Aging Hosts: Teased each other about making on-air mistakes and signs of aging, adding humor to the dynamic.

6. Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

As the episode concluded, the hosts reflected on the diverse topics covered, from intense sports rivalries to tragic events and amusing contests, encapsulating the eclectic nature of the show.

Dan Le Batard summed up the episode with enthusiasm:

"This is the place for original content from Le Batard and Stugotz." (22:10) – Reinforcing the show's unique blend of sports analysis, pop culture, and spontaneous discussions.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Jessica Smetana on Referees: "I think if you're going to criticize any aspect of what happened in the game, it's that the referees sort of let things get out of hand and maybe did not adjudicate some of the earlier fouls properly." (04:01)

• Dan Le Batard on the WNBA Fight: "This was a spicy meatball." (06:22)

• Jessica Smetana on Submersible Absurdity: "It's one of the most absurd things that has ever happened." (22:41)

• Chris Cody on Sam Bennett's Extension: "I'm thinking, I'm hearing that it's eight years." (29:45)

• Dan Le Batard on Team Power: "The Panthers are drunk on power. They've got the business to afford expensive players." (27:05)

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This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz adeptly balanced serious sports analysis with lighter, entertaining segments, providing listeners with a comprehensive and engaging conversational experience.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Chris Cody and Roy are late to the party at the Elbow Room. It is crazy there already.

[Stugotz]

I told you would be. You wanted it to be done and just people were ready to move on and yeah, we got to get them there. Now we're worried about traffic. Oh, boy.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is correct. It takes a while to get there. But Chris Cody has left, Roy has left. And you will forgive us for just generally being a little bit drunk here. That is going to be my excuse for confusing Reinhardt and Bennett a couple of segments ago. And Zaslow was on ESPN radio game night last night immediately after the victory. He doesn't remember anything he said.

[Chris Cody]

I, I think I did fine. I think I gave them what they wanted. I mean, I don't remember.

[Dan Le Batard]

He doesn't remember. It was celebratory Elbow Room feeling. Jessica. Jessica is about to join us here because we have an emergency. There was another giant thing that happened. This was this last night? Yeah, it was. The video is, is amazing to watch just anytime there's a fight. But on our list of tensions, right, we have a hierarchy of tensions. We begin with what to describe this fight. How to describe this fight. During Fever sun, we've got chicanery is at the very bottom. Hijinks, malarkey, skullduggery, shenanigans, tiff, spat, quarrel, tomfoolery. Skirmish, fracas, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, dust up, brouhaha, Armageddon, agreed to disagree.

[Stugotz]

You just went to urban thesaurus and you came up with words. I mean, this is not.

[Dan Le Batard]

You interrupted me as I went from Armageddon to agree to disagree. You stepped right on the top.

[Stugotz]

This is how you're setting this up. This was a great, entertaining basketball game. Fever 88, Sun 71. This was Chippy basketball. And this was the return now this week of Caitlin Clark to the league and announcing her presence with authority versus the liberty in the way that she did now. This was good basketball that is now veering off to something else. And Jessica, we bring you in here and, and I want to get your take on this, what you saw last night. Start to me start with the Sheldon Fowl on Caitlin Clark, the poke to the eye. And then what happens after that?

[Jessica]

I'm going to start with Dan and say fracas. It was a fracas. When I told you I wanted to talk about this, I said it was a fracas. And I stand by that designation. I don't think this was anything more than a fracas. Certainly not an agree to disagree. But it also was not tomfoolery.

[Dan Le Batard]

Was it a dust up?

[Jessica]

No, it was. It was not a dust.

[Stugotz]

But we need to establish this right at the start. This is an allowable fracas in the playing of basketball, in your opinion, Jessica?

[Jessica]

Yeah, I think this is. This is competitive sports. And did Sophie Cunningham take it a little bit too far? Yeah, and I think she was penalized for that. But I think if you're going to criticize any aspect of what happened in the game, it's that the referees sort of let. Let things get out of hand and maybe did not adjudicate some of the earlier fouls properly. There was, you know, J.C. sheldon and Caitlin Clark have been playing against each other for a long time. They played against each other in, you know, the Big Ten in college. And so J.C. sheldon was guarding Caitlin Clark during the game. And as early as the second quarter, there was obviously some words between the two of them. If you want to, you know, do some lip reading. There were maybe some F bombs dropped around from Caitlin Clark. And then when J.C. sheldon appeared to poke her in the eye later in the game, Marina Mabry comes in. Marina Mabry is a former Notre Dame player. So of course I have to defend her because she's.

[Stugotz]

But Marina Mabry. Marina may breed. She does. She bravery does. Yes.

[Jessica]

She's going to step in and defend her teammate. So she kind of like hip check, slash, like pushed Caitlin Clark. Caitlin Clark fell. That was a point in the game where, you know, I think J.C. sheldon got a flagrant one for the I poke. But then everyone else was assessed technicals and there may be some criticism that Marina Mabry should have gotten ejected there. I think, you know, that's certainly up for debate. And I think it's also worth noting the sun are not the best team in the wnba. They're actually the worst, if not maybe like the second worst. Like the Dallas Wings are also pretty bad, but the Fever are a championship contender team. So at the end of the game when most of the starters were out, the Fever were up by 17 points and Sophie Cunningham decided to prevent J.C. sheldon from, you know, scoring on an, on a layup. And that's when the fracas began. I would say everything before the fracas was just sort of basketball players, you know, defending their teammates sort of thing. And then the fracas occurred in the fourth quarter, which was. It took, you know, the referees like 10 minutes to decide what to do. They ended up ejecting a bunch of players, including Lindsay Allen, which I don't like. I don't even know what she. She looked like she was trying to break it up. It was just very silly. And so, yeah, there's been, there's been a lot of Internet discourse today about Sophie Cunningham. Dan, I think you would probably like to know this, but the people call her MAGA Barbie. That's part of all of this too. So yeah, it was a. It was a spicy meatball.

[Tony]

I love that our show went from what we were describing as hungover slop to breaking out into around the Horn where Tony's hosting. We're bringing in Jessica and she's using words like adjudicate to give informed analysis. I don't know what happened, but I love it.

[Stugotz]

Well, this is a very interesting story to me and for me and Jessica, I think the conversation really needs to start with how people view Caitlin Clark and whether people view that the WNBA needs to protect Caitlin Clark, the golden goose of a league as she is being called from rough play in the playing of game and your view of that. Cuz for me, when I watch this with my eyes, that's a little face guarding. That's a poke in the eye, that's in the play of basketball. Mabry comes in for a hip check. Well, I see that in other NBA games and it's not front page of USA Today the next day that happens. And then Cunningham, Sophie Cunningham's on this team because she's going to now be an enforcer for Caitlin Clark. And I think that's a wise move by Indiana. But do you believe the WMEA has to be more serious in protecting one player over other players because of the physicality around how defenders now are with Caitlin Clark?

[Jessica]

Yeah, I mean my, my take on this I think has been pretty consistent since Caitlin Clark was in college, which is that she dishes it out. And I think that it's a disservice to her as an athlete to pretend like she can't also take it. Like, I think her being someone who can play really aggressive, hard basketball and competitive basketball and can, you know, smack talk back and forth with other players is something that's part of her game and something that, you know, should be celebrated as well as her long threes. Like those are the things that we love in athletes. And so I think that like, you know, this conversation is sort of spun out of control and like needing to protect her. I don't think if she's going to swear at other players and like get in other players phases, then like they should be able to get back in her face and the referee should be able to assess penalties if it goes too far, which is what they did. And I again, like, I agree that there's, I think a conversation to be had about if Marina should have been ejected for that or not. Obviously people that don't like Caitlin Clark are saying that she flopped when, you know, Marina hip checked her and she sold the foul, which is again, something basketball players do and should do. That's part of the game is to sell fouls, to get your opponent to have a technical or whatever so that they're in trouble for the rest of the game. Like this is all part of basketball. So yeah, I don't want it. I really don't want this to like go to that extreme level where now people are saying just crazy things because this has been around in the WNBA for a long time. It's a really aggressive sport. It's a competitive sport, it's a contact sport. And yes. Do things get out of hand? Of course they do sometimes. And I think the pressure should be on the officials to prevent that and to when it happens, be able to assess it and give fair punishments.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy just chimed in while he was watching what's happening around here and when you chimed in very precisely there with the word precisely, he was expecting to hear the around the horn sound of points given because evidence, it's been ingrained.

[Stugotz]

In all of Us my voice Evans.

[Dan Le Batard]

Evidently that's one of your tells, Jessica.

[Stugotz]

I would say that would have been a 15 point answer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Stugotz]

Wow. Absolutely. A 15 point. That would be. You'd be leading going into the buyer's point answer. Well, I mean, here's what happens with, with if you're watching a game and then you're watching social media watch a game, it becomes. It goes so sideways so quickly. And this should be celebrated for physical basketball because we wouldn't be leading parades that the NBA needs to protect these certain players from being poked in the eye. Last time out of the court, Caleb Clark hit six three pointers from over 26ft. How do you. How do you stop that? Well, you got to put a hand in a face. High poking happens in basketball. Now the hip check, that comes afterward. It happens in basketball, too. It's not a basketball play. It gets assessed a T or an ejection and we move on from that. The Indiana Fever built this team. They're a wagon this year. They haven't played a full game of basketball really, this whole season. They haven't got the full dejuana Bonner yet. They haven't gotten the full Caitlin Clark, as we know. She missed three weeks. But they're going to be a contender this season. But what they were smart. They built a team. Now with some enforcers, Sophie Cunningham is happy to mix it up.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's cool when you say the words that's a wagon. I've heard them all the time. The Panthers are officially a wagon now. They were officially. They were wagon last year. They're double wagon now.

[Stugotz]

It's something that's just not the best players. It's a team that really complements each other, I think more than the team we sold last year.

[Dan Le Batard]

Where does the expression come from? Forgive me for not knowing. I don't. They're a wagon. I know what it means, but I don't know how it starts or why it is. The Panthers are a wagon, but they're called a wagon. Do you know you're asking me for.

[Stugotz]

The etymology of a phrase that is?

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Stugotz]

I mean, they're going downhil and it's really hard to stop.

[Jessica]

Wagon. Like someone has a wagon. Ooh, they got a big butt.

[Stugotz]

Okay, now we. I'm not saying that either. In this discussion.

[Chris Cody]

It feels caboose.

[Stugotz]

The New York Liberty and the Minnesota Links are the best teams in the wnba, but the Fever now are right there with the roster that they put out there. And we can keep this conversation always as we should, about basketball but that is a team going downhill. Got that thing in a way that. No, we're not doing this.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's right. He's right about that.

[Roy]

He's right.

[Stugotz]

Fatty dumpy Dan, so Now you're at minus 15 and now your back to back broadcaster of the year.

[Chris Cody]

Killing me now is really.

[Stugotz]

I mean, this is. I mean this is. This might as well be a Jessica FaceTime here.

[Dan Le Batard]

15 point answer. You just gave that up. Have you heard another 15 point answer from anybody this week? You've been here all week. Have you heard a single 15 point answer?

[Stugotz]

Well, I really like Billy going for the Ocean's 14 job, stealing the Stanley Cup. I thought that would have been outstanding. That was well thought out. It was there. It was there for the taking. It still may be.

[Dan Le Batard]

What is going on with Roy and Chris Cody? Are they. The Elbow Room is insane. I'd like video as fast as you guys can get it. Behind all of us videos all over the Internet of. We're breaking the trophy. The trophy is being broken at the Elbow Room. The party has begun in South Florida.

[Jessica]

Yes, Jessica, I would just like to say, if I were there today, Dan, I would be begging you not to go to the Elbow Room because that is. Who would want to drive all the way to the Elbow Room.

[Stugotz]

Again, it's about the driving. This is unbelievable.

[Jessica]

Driven all the way down to Miami. There's no way in hell you could pay me to go to the Elbow Room today, Dan. It's been, what, probably seven, eight weeks since the last time I drove on i95 in Miami. This is. I never want to do it.

[Stugotz]

So we talked earlier, Jessica, about whether championship fatigue was in play here. And we didn't think it was true for this particular team, the Panthers, because of the way they.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think. I think Jessica had to move because of the traffic. She's not complaining about a small thing. It is a suffering down here. We have. Hell, we have seven times too many people. We don't need this many people down here. We don't have the infrastructure structure for this many cars like Jessica. I think she moved because traffic number one.

[Tony]

I live a pretty beautiful life. I have multiple jobs that I love. I have a beautiful, loving wife. I think the thing that keeps me from feeling like I have a perfect life is the drive back and forth from Broward county to come do this show every day.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are Chris and Roy there yet? We sent them too late. They have not gotten.

[Jessica]

They're gonna get there at like 4pm Dan. It's like. It's a Work day and there's traffic.

[Stugotz]

Only we could have foreseen that this is a possibility.

[Jessica]

Yeah, it's going to take them hours to get there and then they have to find parking.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so we will see.

[Tony]

That's going to take an hour and a half.

[Dan Le Batard]

We will see when a hungover Roy and a hung. While Roy's dry. A hungover Chris joins us with Hungover as low who can't remember what he said on ESPN Radio game night. I was talking earlier this week about, and I don't know, we became fascinated for about a week before about that submersible being stuck in the bottom of the ocean and the idea that people were trapped down there. There are now not one, but two documentaries. I've only seen one of them and I know this is a Jessica interest from going back where we were all captivated by this story. The documentary I saw, I don't know which one of the two it is. It was very good and it answered almost all of my questions. The two documentaries comparable. Have you seen both of these?

[Jessica]

I have seen both Ocean Gate Titan submersible documentaries, Dan, so you don't have to. I am here to report that, yes, they are about the same. There's some subtle differences in them. One was one's on hbo. It was I think produced by Discovery and BBC. That one has more of the Coast Guard investigation in it. It has the mother of the 19 year old who died on the submersible with his father. It has a few interviews that the Netflix one doesn't have. And Then likewise Netflix 1 has David Lockridge who was a former Ocean Gate employee who sued, filed a whistleblower complaint with OSHA and sued, was sued, countersued, and he sort of, you know, blew the whistle on the whole thing before the submersible actually imploded, saying that this was unsafe. And so that, you know, they're a little bit different, a little bit different talking heads, but essentially the same thing, which is that this thing was doomed from the start and it was a terrible idea to use carbon fiber to create a submersible that was going to go down this far. It had never been done before because that material is not conducive to that amount of pressure. And the guy, if he hadn't died, Stockton rushed with his submersible, he would be the most sued person alive, like the most in jail person that's ever been accused of a crime.

[Chris Cody]

Is that measurable? Most in jail, yes.

[Jessica]

Like he, he knew that this was not a good idea but he kept.

[Dan Le Batard]

Going it felt to me by the end of the documentary I saw you, correct me if I have it wrong with the other documentary, but not just that as the conclusion, but that it is possible that he, at the end took one of those trips because he knew that's how his life was going to end. To get away from what would be all of his problems because there was no way that his dreams were going to come true on whatever the commerce of that thing was supposed to be.

[Stugotz]

And he took five people down with him.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, that's.

[Jessica]

Yeah, I mean, that's the. Exactly, Tony. Like, that's the. The tragedy of it like this. It's sort of easy to laugh at. I. I guess if you can try to not think. It's hard to like, separate the fact that like, some innocent people died for me. So it's like not funny. But like, I don't know, I guess people find some humor in the fact that, like, these super wealthy people thought they could do this. I'm not sure. But anyways, yes, Dan, there are people that speculate that he was sort of like borderline suicidal because he had so much money tied up in this. And he knew that the second hull that they constructed after the first one was compromised and needed to be rebuilt was actually not suitable. And so he'd rather be on the submersible if something happened versus on the. The boat that, you know, the like recovery boat or whatever the boat's called, support boat, I think, and I don't know if that's true. I think I've also read other people say that, no, he actually believed this thing was really safe and he totally had complete faith in his creation. So I don't. I think there's a lot of speculation there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have any of you been on a submarine? The idea of it, the comfort level that you would have going to pressures that in a tube, I've not been in one. But the idea that this thing is super small. Okay. It was the craziness of going to the Titanic in this thing and him thinking that the carbon fiber was making it the safest place in the world while it's making sounds from the pressure of carbon fiber breaking in a way that like, reminds you, oh, this thing is breaking while he's saying it's safe. Like, the whole thing sounded.

[Stugotz]

How big was the window that they were looking at?

[Dan Le Batard]

Very small.

[Stugotz]

Very small.

[Tony]

So the point is bolted on with.

[Jessica]

Like four bolts and that was it. And you couldn't open it from the inside.

[Dan Le Batard]

The whole thing felt claustrophobic to me. I'll explain to you.

[Stugotz]

Glass bottom boat. And it's always underwhelming. It's always like, oh, there's one fish, you know, that looks to be moving by and there's more schmutz in the water than you're expecting. So you're not getting the views, not worth it and everything about it. When we thought it was possible they had, what was it, Jessica? 24, 36 hours of air. If they were not immediately deceased by the crack and pressure and we were pinging noises down there, just imagine being complete darkness for 36 hours. I mean, everything about it is a nightma. Yeah.

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[Stugotz]

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Chris Cody]

Stugats look at this face while I tell this to you, okay? Because I don't want there to be any kind of confusion. You look me right in the eye. Panthers could take that ass, man.

[Stugotz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's segue to other things.

[Roy]

Just Was that part of the morning around the mourn? I didn't Submersible around the mourn around.

[Dan Le Batard]

The morn Submersible trivia and questions about Alonzo Morning around the actually decent Stop.

[Stugotz]

Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't hear that. There's nothing decent about this. There's nothing.

[Jessica]

One one more thing which is that like the audience is probably sick of hearing us talk about this and I understand. However, I also thought I was sick of this story and didn't care about it anymore until I watched the first documentary and then I was like, oh no, I can't get enough of this. This is like one of the most absurd things that has ever happened. And I keep reading more and more about it. I'm on the Oceangate Titan Reddit, like the subreddit.

[Dan Le Batard]

Would you. Should I watch. Should I watch the second one? I've seen the one with the mother. So is it worth watching the second one or is it just going to be redundant?

[Jessica]

I mean, depends how much free time you have because.

[Dan Le Batard]

Was it the Fyre Festival? I watched both of those documentaries and those were both. Those were both very different. I enjoyed both of them. It's unfortunate when two documentaries on the same subject. Those people had to be rushing each other to try and beat each other to market.

[Stugotz]

I want a documentary on that documentary and the two documentaries and how we are navigating that.

[Dan Le Batard]

I am told we have live elbow room coverage. Do we have a camera present? Wherever it is that. Okay, they've gathered on that corner. Frenzy, Canada, eat your heart out. Right there. The frenzy on the corner. What is that? That's near Los Olas, which. The quarter deck is around the corner. What street is that? What corner is that? Do we know the street names?

[Tony]

I believe that's the corner of A1A and Los Olas specifically. It could be Sunrise. I will confirm for you.

[Roy]

Beach looking good today.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, yes, it's looked lovely the last three days, but not worth the traffic, according to Jessica. But Chris and Roy are not yet there. We have a camera there, a live cam, but not Chris and Roy. Okay, we'll wait for them to get there. Yesterday, Stugots left, and I thought it was funny that he left. This is the first art story that I have ever seen Stugats take interest in. And it's because some tourists in Italy were at a museum and just sat on a chair that was like, who was it made by? Who was the chairman?

[Stugotz]

Well, Jessica may know this for sure, but I believe it was. It was not made by Van Gogh. It was made in the spirit of Van Gogh. That's why it's not maybe a timeless piece, right, Jessica?

[Jessica]

Exactly. It's like a contemporary rendition of the famous chair painting that Van Gogh painted, you know, in the 19th century. So it is not in itself a priceless work of art, but it is a Swarovski crystal chair in a museum in Verona, Italy.

[Chris Cody]

And they just up and dipped after they broke it, Right?

[Stugotz]

Yeah. This is incredible video because it's exactly what you would expect to happen. We've all been in museums and you want to get your. Get your chance to get real close and then do something silly like, oh, I'm going to pretend to be licking the Mona Lisa or something like that. Right. In a photo or you do the look at me, I'm pushing the leading Tower of Pisa type. You never actually touch it. You never actually sit in it.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, they broke it. And then. And then it's just, oh, let's get out of here. And they left.

[Jessica]

I mean, they actually. They did the. They did the smart thing, though, which is like, they didn't get up and run away. According to the article I read, they just, like, sort of slowly walked out and blended into the crowd. And they still happen.

[Stugotz]

There's video of it, though. That's what you get. You get that look when they realize we did it right. We sat in the chair, we broke it. But. But I heard people saying they sat in Van Gogh's chair. They didn't sit in Van Gogh's chair. They sat in somebody doing a little version of it with some nice.

[Roy]

You can never run away. The whole point is, if you do something nefarious, you got to walk away like it never happened. Just like Ethan Hunt.

[Stugotz]

But you don't turn back. You don't turn back. Explosion is happening.

[Roy]

You never turn back. It's like Ethan Hunt, where he's walking in a crowd and all of a sudden he disappears. And you're like, where'd he go? Boom. Just like that. You can never run away. Running away draws some signs you don't like.

[Jessica]

I mean, the number one question that everyone was asking when this video came out was, were they American? And I guess we still just don't know because they haven't. They haven't come forward. So that's. It's kind of never found them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I want on all the videos and all the televisions in here to see Elbow Room celebration. The Stanley cup is in its rightful place between Rock Bar and the quarter deck and Ben and Jerry's. It is Rock Bar. It is where it belongs. This is where the Stanley cup should be forever. I am told that Bennett is chanting, eight more years. He is at the Elbow Room saying, telling everybody that he's going to sign an extension. When he. All I heard, I just associate Bennett with cash register. Every time he scored, the announcer analysis was always, oh, my God, he's going to get paid so much. And now he's just shouting, what's that going to cost? As low eight more years. The Panthers are drunk on power. They've got the business to afford expensive players.

[Chris Cody]

Hopefully something like eight by eight, maybe eight and a half. You know, the Panthers have 19 million in salary cap space, so eight and a half on Bennett's a lot. But, you know, it's doable. They could do it.

[Stugotz]

It's hockey.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's like a million dollars a year, basically. What's going to be the cost? Who are they going to lose from? The deepest. I can make the argument this, I can say right there was an undefeated Dolphins team and obviously LeBron and Wade and Bosh, but I can say this right here in front of us is the deepest South Florida championship thing we've ever seen. So who are they going to lose?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. So remember, hard. So there's no wiggle room, but the Bennett's going to resign. I would, I would guess we will get the Bennett news, like on parade day. I feel like last year on parade day, we got the Reinhardt extension. Like, that's right. That's going to happen. This year on parade day, we'll get the Bennett extension. And so that, you know, then it's. Do you keep Eckblad. Eckbad's not going to make another $8 million. Like eight and a half that he makes right now. If they can get Ekblad for maybe five, that would be great. Does Ekblad say, hey, I just won two Stanley Cups, let me cash in one more time and leave? He might. I think they could work it out with Eckblad. And then you turn to Marshand and you're like, hey, we'd really love to keep you, you know.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was fun, huh? Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Like, let's. Let's do it again. And. And then if that works out, they literally have the entire core of the team locked up for years. This is not going to end. Potentially won't end for a while. And then you just, you know, the back end of the roster, you bring in more one year guys like they did this past year.

[Tony]

To your point, on. On Bennett Reinhart last year, it was announced that morning, and then he actually ended up sending in a video for the championship parade. He had a wedding set because he had a wedding he had to go to for one of his best friends and it just so happened to be scheduled for the parade. Yeah, that was after game seven. So it was the one time it couldn't happen. But he got his money, he got to celebrate. And I imagine that there's just no.

[Chris Cody]

Way that, that they don't lock up Bennett. There's no way.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, if he's chanting at, I would imagine it's done. Yeah, that makes it official. No, I mean, look, once you get to chanting at the elbow room, it's finished. That is a binding contract and everyone knows it. And it's the history of the elbow room?

[Chris Cody]

Should I report it?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, yes. If he's chanting. If he himself is chanting eight more years. Doesn't he know that he's locked up for eight?

[Chris Cody]

All right, you know what? You know what?

[Dan Le Batard]

What?

[Chris Cody]

I'm a journalist.

[Stugotz]

This doesn't sound like journalism.

[Chris Cody]

What it is journalism. I'm a journalist. I have something to report. Put on the crawl. Sam Bennett and the Florida Panthers have agreed to a long term contract extension.

[Tony]

Would you say it's. It's about eight years or.

[Chris Cody]

I'm thinking, I'm hearing that it's eight years.

[Stugotz]

This is not journals.

[Chris Cody]

I'm hearing that it's eight years. I don't have the exact figures yet, but I can report. Put on the crawl. I can report Sam Bennett in the Florida Panthers consmight winning. Sam Bennett have agreed to a long term contract extension. So when someone else there on Twitter or whatever else, Instagram, I don't care.

[Stugotz]

Whenever some other journalist, Sam Bennett himself, that's the other.

[Chris Cody]

I'm not revealing my sources, trying to get me to reveal sources. I would go to prison before I reveal my sources. If another journalist comes out and reports it, it, it better say as first reported by Jonathan Zaslow. Otherwise yes, Sus and you have no integrity.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want you guys to look at the elbow room right now. And I like to call it a land of a thousand Chris Cody's. That is the elbow room, everybody. Chris Cody is there and he is multiplying.

[Roy]

Guy in the top right there. Security guard, sweaty. I've seen him do the shirt over the brows and like wipe his sweat.

[Dan Le Batard]

Very hot over there.

[Roy]

Big hoss in the hallway right there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chris Cody was not joking when he said he would fit right in. Jessica, do you miss? It was a year ago at this time. You were in the middle of a championship celebration. You saw Greg Cody and all the majesty around him during the parade. Do you miss being a part of us being extra obnoxious on a winning day?

[Jessica]

No. I honestly didn't know the Panthers won the Stanley cup till when I tuned in this morning at 9:00, so congrats guys. I'm so happy for you. But no, I'm glad I wasn't in person for the J off between Zaslo and Cody.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, well, the J off. Yes. What, what reali just did there though that's not right is that he attacked Jonathan Zaslow.

[Stugotz]

Oh, no, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm attacking his reporter journalism. What do you know? You Talked to Jackie McMullen a few times and you Think you know something that Zaslow doesn't Jackie Mack like, what do you think you know about journalism? That Zaslow doesn't look at me. Look at him.

[Stugotz]

Well, he's. I respect the confidence. I respect the confidence.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, he's reporting. Not only is he reporting that it's done, he's saying they're not going to announce it until the parade. He didn't even add that part. That' extra stuff he's giving you.

[Jessica]

Okay, cool it, Marchand. Marchand. Whichever one it is, that is Marshall weird about journalism.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, pronouncing names is.

[Jessica]

I'm attacking Tony.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's how I should be allowed to age.

[Roy]

Thank you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just how many Tony do Tony. How many names do Tony. What are the signs of Tony and Mike aging? What are the. The televised signs?

[Stugotz]

Well, I mean, the Wilbond Shuffle. You saw it firsthand when he came in for south beach sessions. You know, the Wilbond Shuffle is incredible. I mean, Tony has. His curmudgeonly ways have softened. I mean, I feel like he's much more lovable.

[Dan Le Batard]

I meant on air. The mistakes being made on air because they're aging. She's making fun of me because I haven't pronounced Marshall.

[Jessica]

No, I actually wasn't making fun of you. I was trying to make fun of a columnist that was, like, mad that, like, Tony said he was a journalist or something.

[Stugotz]

The mistakes are always calling somebody by their father father's name. Right. That's always the mistake. So let's say it was Andrew Luck. It was Oliver Luck. That's always what happens. You remember somebody who you first covered? Cody Bellinger. Clay Bellinger type type mix.

[Jessica]

Oh, that's an interesting one. I was gonna say saying the wrong person won the Conn Trophy.

[Stugotz]

Wow. That. That would be another one. Yeah.

[Jessica]

Now I'm making fun of Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

That one hurt. That one hurt. It's why it took two hours to get to. Somebody scored four goals in a clinching game last night. Usually, that's the thing that echoes.

[Stugotz]

You did more time on track traffic than you did on. On Khan Smythe.

[Chris Cody]

That first goal was unbelievable. That was one of the greatest goals you've ever seen. That first goal from Rod, you see that? He scored it on his back when the game was over. It's this game's five nothing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Give me. Can you guys. Can anyone here give me the historical context of what it should feel like? Four game, four goals and a clincher. Like, if I'm in a series that you've dominated. If you become a champion, that puts the punctuation on the championship with four goals in a clincher. Who, who were the comps there across sports on somebody just burying someone else with just an outsized performance.

[Chris Cody]

Giannis. Giannis had 51 in that closeout game and he made all of his free throws in game six of the finals. Giannis, I think, is a Freddie Freeman.

[Roy]

Last World Series where he was just going bananas, hitting home runs all over the place.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know in hockey, I didn't do. I didn't do the reading necessary to know how rare a four goal game in a clincher would be.

[Stugotz]

Well, they said on the telecast when he had his. When he had the hat trick and then into the fourth, Wayne Gretzky. That's a good name to be brought up when you're doing things decent. So that's pretty decent. And then that's, that's, you know, Messier.

[Chris Cody]

Guaranteed game six in 94 different things. And he scored and he got a hat trick.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, that's a different.

[Chris Cody]

Guaranteed a win.

[Stugotz]

Two empty netters. Does that change the way you feel about four? Says yes.

[Chris Cody]

Yes. Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Let's be honest. Okay. Okay.

[Jessica]

All right.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Like the first two goals, little, little weightier than the last.

[Stugotz]

So that's some journalism I can expect.

[Chris Cody]

Thank you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Not only is that journalism, I wonder if history will remember that.

[Stugotz]

No one will remember that. No one will remember. No, no, no, no. People tried to do this with Ovechkin this year with 895, because while he now has the all time goal record, he also had the all time empty net record, you know, sooner.

[Chris Cody]

He definitely had a bunch of empty nets.

[Stugotz]

Of course, of course. But I know people who want to make that a half a goal in your all time rankings. That's ridiculous.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to leave you with this. Have you guys seen anything with the Pedro Pascal look alike contest winning?

[Chris Cody]

I don't know about that.

[Dan Le Batard]

So Pedro Pa is like because of. I guess it would be the combination. Right. Of the last two. He did Narcos, he did the Last of Us, and he's become like a real crossover Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones, that's correct as well. So he's become a giant star. And what happened with the lookalike contest winner? Does it not look anything like Pedro Pascal? Let me see some video here.

[Jessica]

It actually, Dan looks so much like him that I think that it's actually just him pretending to be this.

[Stugotz]

That's a good bit. That's a great bit. He can carry that out for weeks without letting it be Known. Do we have it? I don't. I haven't seen this one.

[Tony]

Upping Chalamet, who just showed up to see the winner. Pascal actually decides, you know what? I'm just going to compete.

[Stugotz]

So this is what middle aged people do now for fun. They show up at events where they. Who do we have for a Lebitar? Look alike? Who do we think? Can we. Can we do that? Can we do it?

[Jessica]

That's the exactly the game I want to play. But let's watch the Pedro Pascal look alike first because he has an interesting actual career that is relevant.

[Dan Le Batard]

Take a look at this. This is kind of funny.

[Stugotz]

So that's him.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is a Pedro.

[Stugotz]

Oh, that is amazing.

[Tony]

Looks just like him.

[Stugotz]

Oh, even the. Even the gesticulating, you know, he's giving you a little bit of a flare.

[Zyn Advertiser]

And a kiss deal, I think here.

[Dan Le Batard]

At the show because that Pedro Pascal is our lighting designer.

[Stugotz]

That's amazing. That's great, too. What a great, great bid.

[Chris Cody]

No way.

[Dan Le Batard]

George is. George.

[Stugotz]

What?

[Tony]

No way.

[Stugotz]

But he. He's leaning into it, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

You never know that he looks like Pedro Pascal. Do we have a picture of what he looks like around the office?

[Stugotz]

Oh, okay. He cleaned it up. Okay, I see what's happening.

[Dan Le Batard]

How did you do this?

[Cuervo]

Well, it's pretty funny. Tyler Goldman, stage manager, sent out a group text on maybe Wednesday last week.

[Dan Le Batard]

Week. Where's Tyler?

[Jeremy]

There he is.

[Cuervo]

What's up, Tyler? And he was like, yo, you should go win a year of free burritos. And I was like, okay. And I went home on that day and I forgot about it. And then on Friday, I showed it to my wife, and she was like, yo, you're. You're doing this. And my neighbor in my building is a stylist. She has, like, more like still photography shoots. And she was like, yo, I've got pants, I got shoes. Here's glasses. She's like, you just got to get a shirt. And I showed up on Father's Day. You were supposed to, like, pre signed up. I did not sign up. I rolled up and I'm like, yo, I'm here. And they're like, you're gonna win.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's the haircut.

[Stugotz]

It's a good bit.

[Jessica]

It's everything.

[Stugotz]

It's a good bit.

[Tony]

You throw some glasses and a mustache as opposed to the beard, and it changes everything. He looked nothing like Pedro Pascal. And now I've never seen someone look more like another person.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, he's got a Clark Kent Superman thing going crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jessica, good seeing you again. Talk to you next time.

[Jessica]

Danny Benitez is our Dan Levitard lookalike. That was my idea. Okay, bye.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chris Penn. Chris Penn. I thought her flounder from Animal House.

[Stugotz]

15 point answer earlier in the show for Jessica leading after one round.

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[Jeremy]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Absolutely.

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[Stugotz]

That's a whole. No, that's like what you're chipping nine.

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