Hour 1: The Semitic Warrior vs The Sizable Cuban

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Hour 1 – "The Semitic Warrior vs The Sizable Cuban"

Date: March 6, 2026
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Episode Overview

Broadcasting from Miami's Elser Hotel, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their comedic, sharp-witted crew deliver their signature blend of irreverent sports banter, pop culture commentary, and games. This hour features hot takes on the Heat/Hornets NBA game, a critical discussion of a White House "Saving College Sports" roundtable, thoughtful reflections on Tim Tebow, and a competitive triviagame showdown (“The Semitic Warrior vs The Sizable Cuban”). The group also debates the state of the Boston Celtics, plays amusing “NHL Player or Prescription Drug?”, and closes with a playful debate about Logan Paul vs NFL players.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

[01:01] Against the Spread: Heat vs. Hornets & NHL Bets

• Betting Talk: Tony picks Charlotte Hornets -7.5 over Miami Heat, calling it a “buzzsaw” situation for Miami. Dave Damashek laments, this was his pick too, but pivots to the Chicago Blackhawks -1.5 against Vancouver, praising Blue Jackets’ recent moves:
  • Trista: “41 and 22 against the spread. One of the best in the NBA.” (01:39)

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[02:34] The ‘Saving College Sports’ White House Roundtable

• Details Unpacked: Dan reveals a high-profile White House roundtable at 4pm, with Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Randy Levine (Yankees), college coaches (Saban, Urban Meyer, Mack Brown), commissioners, Tiger Woods, Adam Silver, and Tim Tebow invited.

• Theme: Absence of active college athletes at the table raises concerns of power imbalance for labor in college sports.

  • Dave Damashek: “That tells you everything you need to know. This is about taking the power away from...the labor. It's a bunch of coaches, it's a bunch of commissioners...active football players aren’t there.” (04:31)
  • On Tim Tebow: Dave points out Tebow’s charitable efforts, especially his recent advocacy against human trafficking before Congress.
  • Dan Le Batard: “He deals with abuse and human trafficking, child exploitation. That dude’s the real deal.” (05:51)

• Political Optics:

  • Dave warns that Trump’s administration is trying to “normalize” through association with well-respected sports figures.
  • Dave Damashek: “I hope he (Tebow) snuffs it out and says, no, no, no, you’re not gonna use me here.” (06:18)
  • Dave connects today's Epstein file dump implicating Trump, saying it runs counter to Tebow’s mission, reinforcing the cynical intent.

• Women’s Sports and Representation:

  • Trista: “Women’s sports has been a huge piece of what’s driving the NIL growth and revenue...there's nobody representing women's sports on this panel either.” (08:07)

• Broader Socioeconomic Take:

  • Mike Ryan reframes the power struggle as “grotesquely wealthy vs. the rest of us,” not left vs. right. (08:52)

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[09:11] Reflections on Tebow: College Fandom & Character

• Personal Reflection:
  • Dan claims both pride and conflict as a University of Florida grad and Miami-native during Tebow’s era.
    • Dan Le Batard: "If my life depended on stepping foot right now on the campus of Santa Fe Community College, I'd be dead because I have no idea where it is." (09:16)
    • Tebow praised as authentic and generous—the “real deal.”

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[14:05] Tebow Personalities and Stories

• Trista’s Anecdote:

  • First interview with Tebow, who was “keto,” but broke for a chip after her prodding. Her mother asked if there was “chemistry.”
    • Tebow (via Trista): “You know moms, they always know.” (15:08-15:16)

• Group Consensus:

  • Even Miami fans acknowledge Tebow’s integrity and positive impact.

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[17:06] NBA Night: Celtics Schism? (Tatum’s Return)

• NBA Games Previewed:

  • Heat-Hornets gets hyped as “the biggest game of my life” (for Jeremy).
  • Celtics storyline: Jayson Tatum returns post-Achilles injury after 10 months; team chemistry with Jaylen Brown examined.
    • Dan Le Batard: “Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, whose team is it?...Is there gonna be a schism?” (18:14)

• Analysis on Team Dynamics:

  • Trista: “Tatum...settles for jump shots…” (19:14)
  • Dave Damashek: Suggests acclimation will take time and that “Derrick White’s team” may be a sleeper narrative.
  • Mike Ryan: “I don’t know if there’s a player in the history of the NBA I would take sacrifice advice from less than Carmelo Anthony.” (21:33)

• Boston's Playoff Prospects:

  • Consensus: Celtics still top contenders in a “wide open East,” but chemistry and pecking order could matter.

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[26:48] GAME: "The Semitic Warrior vs. The Sizable Cuban”

• Introduction:
  • Mike Ryan frames Tony (“The Sizable Cuban”) vs. Jeremy (“The Semitic Warrior”) in a sports trivia challenge, exploring non-QB Super Bowl MVPs.
• Game Mechanics:
  • Both struggle to name correct MVPs; playful trash talk (“Beta boy!”) follows.
  • Memorable Moment:
    • Mike Ryan: “You guys are Miami Dolphins fans, aren’t you? ... Shouldn't it be precious to you? No. Their mediocrity.” (31:03)

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[32:22] GAME: NHL Player or Prescription Drug?

• Hosted by Mike Ryan:
  • The panel guesses if odd names are NHL players or drugs.
  • Highlights:
    • Leqembi (Alzheimer’s drug),
    • Cole Perfetti (actual Jets player),
    • Topeza (bulging eye treatment).
  • Trista: gets the answer right by noting, “It was the Belgian part for me.” (35:42)

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[35:54] Logan Paul Boxing vs NFL Players

• Discussion:
  • Why is Logan Paul calling out NFL athletes?
    • “Arrogance. Trying to get headlines, which he did...” (36:01, Trista)
  • The group debates whether Logan could beat most NFL players in a boxing match.
    • Dave Damashek: “I actually do think Logan Paul can beat up…most NFL players.” (38:11)
    • The group rules out outliers (Trent Williams, Max Crosby) but finds the debate fun.
    • Speculates none of the current NFL QBs could beat Logan Paul purely as boxers.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “41 and 22 against the spread. One of the best in the NBA.” – Trista, on the Charlotte Hornets (01:39)
• “That tells you everything you need to know. This is about taking the power away from…actually bringing in the revenue, the labor. …It’d be cool. Invite…anybody that is inclined to possibly unionize. I don’t know how you reshape this without the labor…” – Dave (04:31)
• “Tim Tebow is an amazing guy. He’s an amazing guy.” – Dave (05:36)
• “All this is, is yet another time that this administration reaches out to sports when their publicity is really, really bad…” – Dave (06:18)
• “Women’s sports has been a huge piece of what’s driving the NIL growth and revenue…there’s nobody representing women’s sports on this panel either.” – Trista (08:07)
• “My algorithm on Instagram. It’s all boobs.” – Dan (13:46)
• “If my life depended on stepping foot right now on the campus of Santa Fe Community College, I’d be dead because I have no idea where it is.” – Dan (09:16)
• “He broke ketosis for you.” – Tony, re: Trista getting Tebow to eat a chip (15:21)
• “I don’t know if there’s a player in the history of the NBA I would take sacrifice advice from less than Carmelo Anthony.” – Mike Ryan (21:33)
• “You guys are Miami Dolphins fans, aren’t you? … Shouldn’t it be precious to you? No. Their mediocrity.” – Mike Ryan (31:03)
• “It was the Belgian part for me.” – Trista (35:42)
• “I actually do think Logan Paul can beat up…most NFL players.” – Dave (38:11)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:01]: Start of sports betting picks and Hornets analysis
• [02:34]: White House ‘Saving College Sports’ roundtable breakdown
• [04:31]: Labor discussion—who isn’t invited
• [05:36]: Tim Tebow’s activism and political optics
• [08:07]: Women’s sports and NIL impact
• [09:11]: Gators/Miami fandom and Tebow reflections
• [14:05]: Trista’s Tebow story
• [17:06]: NBA night preview—Celtics, Tatum’s return, locker room narrative
• [26:48]: Sizable Cuban vs Semitic Warrior trivia showdown
• [32:22]: NHL Player or Prescription Drug game
• [35:54]: Logan Paul vs. NFL players debate

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Tone and Flow

The episode oscillates between sharp, insightful social commentary (on college sports power, NIL, institutional optics) and classic show mischief—trash talk, offbeat personal stories, and playful games. The delivery remains self-deprecating, fast-paced, and full of inside jokes. Frequent asides and colorful banter keep the show light-hearted even in moments of genuine societal critique.

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Conclusion

This episode exemplifies Dan Le Batard and crew at their best: bridging the serious and the absurd, highlighting both the machinery of sports and the personalities within. Listeners get informed debate on policy moments, genuine affection for (and gentle ribbing of) sports icons like Tim Tebow, a healthy dose of NBA-NFL banter, and the all-important gamesmanship that defines the “Local Hour.”

Transcript

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[Dave Damashek]

Tony, do you have what's going here

[Mike Ryan]

on against the spread?

[Dave Damashek]

Do you have a read? I was going to do it in the end.

[Tony]

Oh, you're going to do at the end? Okay, perfect. Well, we're going against the spread. And Jeremy, you may not like this one. I'm going to take the Charlotte Hornets minus seven and a half tonight. I think it's an absolute buzzsaw waiting to happen for the Miami Heat.

[Dave Damashek]

Did you say that because of Buzz City 2?

[Tony]

Thank you. Who have played two games against the Nets, who are absolutely terrible in tanking and not good whatsoever. They've gotten their confidence up. They've gotten their mojo up. They think they're going to go and play against this Hornets team in a way that they haven't been played against

[Mike Ryan]

in a while and.

[Tony]

And they're gonna get beat by 10 or more. So I'm gonna take the Charlotte Hornets minus seven and a half against the spread.

[Trista]

41 and 22 against the spread. One of the best in the NBA.

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Thank you, Trista.

[Dave Damashek]

That is a great piece of advice. And I wish we talked this out a little bit more because that was going to be my against the spread too.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why did Tony thank Trista for what

[Dave Damashek]

the Hornets are doing?

[Tony]

Because we're Hornets guys. We're Hornets guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't turn around.

[Tony]

I'm pointing. We're Hornets.

[Dave Damashek]

You're gonna see my heart breaking. I'm gonna go with my backup pick, which is the Chicago Blackhawks minus one and a half. Tricky team name. Don't say it too slow. Chicago. I'm gonna take a minus one and a half. It looks like Vancouver selling at this deadline. They're already losing some players. By the way, I kind of like what the Blue Jackets are doing. Love the BJ's.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ooh, me too.

[Dave Damashek]

Against the spread against the Spread is

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

So, yo, why you laugh? I did that on purpose.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah. Got to turn the mic on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you see today at 4pm There is, there is a very big roundtable that has taken place today.

[Dave Damashek]

Is that the one in MIT Sloan? I thought that was at 5:30.

[Dan Le Batard]

There is a roundtable taking place at the White House.

[Dave Damashek]

Okay, can you, all right, explain this to me? And then Dave, I, I got a bone to pick with you because you seem to have a tino scoop that I don't know about. So for the audience. What are you talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

Says there is a college sports round table, not a symposium roundtable. And the people sitting at the roundtable today at the White House at 4pm Eastern today, you may, you may be aware President Trump is going to be at the roundtable. Also at the round table, Ron DeSantis. That's right. He's going to be far.

[Dave Damashek]

My kind of party.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yup. How about the president of the New York Yankees?

[Dave Damashek]

Randy Levine, Blunt Rotation.

[Dan Le Batard]

And you got some all time great college football coaches. Nick Saban, Urban Meyer.

[Dave Damashek]

All right, that's where I draw the line.

[Mike Ryan]

I got a problem with that guy, Mac Brown.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's cool and all. And invited as well. They haven't named the names. Power for commissioners, athletic directors, presidents. There are some others who expect to be there. Guys like Tiger woods are invited. Adam Silver. Tim Tebow's invited.

[Dave Damashek]

He was invited. Dave. Is he gonna be there?

[Mike Ryan]

As far as I know. What do I know if he's gonna be there?

[Dave Damashek]

We thought I asked you, is Tebow gonna be there?

[Mike Ryan]

He's not gonna be there. I said says online. What? I didn't know his schedule. All right, read online. Same as you. He's not gonna be there. I don't know. All right, well, I know I'm wearable.

[Dave Damashek]

You told me he wasn't gonna be there because I have, I have this whole.

[Mike Ryan]

He wasn't gonna be there. I told you that. End of story.

[Dave Damashek]

I got one of these takes that. I got one of these takes that awful announcing is gonna put out if I talk about it. And it's like highly. It revolves around Tim Tebow being there. First off, you rattled off a bunch of names. Curious. No active college athletes. They're not at this table. That tells you everything you need to know. This is about taking the power away from the people that are actively playing the sports right now who are actually bringing in the revenue, the labor. Curious. It's a bunch of coaches, it's a bunch of commissioners. It's Bryson DeChambeau, for some reason, they're all there. But you know, active football players aren't there. It'd Be cool. Invite Jeremiah Smith. Invite anybody that is inclined to possibly unionize. I don't know how you reshape this without the labor, unless you're trying to actively cut the labor out, which seems pretty unfair. Now, the Thiebaud thing is interesting because given what he does with his charitable efforts and his foundation, he just spoke to Congress and he was really impressive. He does legitimately good work. Tim Tebow is an amazing guy. He's an amazing guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

He really. He really is. Yeah, he is the best.

[Dave Damashek]

I can readily admit that he did you see what he said to Congress a couple of days ago about human trafficking?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that. That's. That's a main part. That's like his foundation. That's their. Their M.O.

[Dave Damashek]

he.

[Dan Le Batard]

He deals with, like, abuse and human trafficking, child exploitation. Yeah, he. That dude's a real deal, man.

[Dave Damashek]

Real good, important work. And I can understand why Donald Trump invited him because that lends credibility to Donald Trump. And being pictured next to Tim Tebow, who is fighting this good fight, really helps Donald Trump, who, by the way,

[Dan Le Batard]

I have the name wrong of the Roundtable. It's not just a college sports roundtable. It's being referred to as Saving College Sports Roundtable.

[Dave Damashek]

All this is is yet another time that this administration reaches out to sports when their publicity is really, really bad and they can use people normalizing them so they can grift off of strong reputations like Tim Tebow. I hope he snuffs it out and says, no, no, no, you're not gonna use me here. Also runs a little counterintuitive for me, a champion of fighting against child exploitation and human trafficking to line up in the same photo frame with Donald Trump, who today in today's Epstein file dump, is accused of an underage. By an underage accuser of sexual assault. And yes, you could say unsubstantiated, unverified, but it's in there. And what is verified is the at least 28 sexual assaults in his past. And what is irrefutable is there is an act of COVID up here. You may say Donald Trump has nothing to do with it. Okay, that's on you. But these people aren't being brought to justice, and it runs against what Tim Tebow is fighting for. So I genuinely hope he's not in the same photo frame and not giving Donald Trump what he so severely needs at this moment, which is more normalization.

[Tony]

Neither is Congress, by the way, not being held accountable for their vote yesterday.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, it's another story for now. Yeah, I saw that. You Know what? Around bipartisan.

[Mike Ryan]

Keep it going.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead, Dave.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I just. I guess they say the silver lining here is I can't imagine that this has any practical value once it's finished. Where does it go from there?

[Dave Damashek]

Right.

[Mike Ryan]

Is anything they decide today, whether it's a roundtable, a symposium, or. Or maybe option three, a blue ribbon panel, whatever it is, what are they going to resolve and what. What value will it have to. To the rest of the world? They. Bryson DeChambeau decided this. Who cares? Right?

[Trista]

I also hate to be the one to, like, just point out that women's sports has been a huge piece of what's driving the nil growth and revenue. And these girls are huge stars, like Nigel Kennedy, who plays for Texas Tech college softball pitcher. And there's nobody representing women's sports on this panel either. But I think they're very pro labor. And so if that. That kind of goes in line with

[Dave Damashek]

what you're saying, Mike, we all know what's happening here. It's the same cast of characters always that. That he turns to and he. And he gets what he wants, and nothing really gets accomplished here. But if we're just listening to those voices, those voices have been on the record for what they want. And ultimately it always means less power for the labor. And when you don't have the labor represented, when you don't have women represented, you're already telling everybody what your end game is. True Patriots.

[Mike Ryan]

Not left versus right. Grotesquely wealthy versus the rest of it. I have the rest of us. As I've been saying for a number of years, Zaslo, I'm curious, how happy were you when Tebow won the national championship with Florida? Since you're a you fan, you're a Florida graduate, but you root for the ufa.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, don't say that again. I have a degree from Santa.

[Mike Ryan]

From Santa Fe.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right? Nope. If my life depended on stepping foot right now on the campus of Santa Fe Community College, I'd be dead because I have no idea where it is. I have no idea where it is. I'd be dead. All right? It'd be really sad. How did Zaslo die? He doesn't know. I'd get Santa Fe. I mean, that'd be what happened. Why? Like, come on, we talking about here? I was very happy when Tebow won. You were? Yeah, it's my school. Like, I'm very proud that I went to the University of Florida. And I'm not looking forward to the day that you have Miami versus Florida in a College football playoff game. That would not be fun for me. But do you know what do you know?

[Mike Ryan]

I suspect what I always say. People always say, what if Pitt and Indiana ever played in a big in the Final Four? The, you know, college football player. Do you know, I always say it's not a decision I can make intellectually. It will be made by my heart and my gut. Is that where you come down?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I would like. Yeah, I would have to just feel it, I guess, in the moment, you know. You know, look, Miami, Miami's success is best for business when it comes to what I do for a living. So ultimately, like I want Miami, Miami doing well is the most important thing. But yeah, like I'm, I'm super proud that I went to school University of Florida and Tebow, I mean, man, like I look obviously, you know, knew about him from afar as a fan or as a graduate University of Florida. I met Tim Tebow, had a conversation with him for the very first time only a few months ago. All right. He gave me and Amber Wilson a lot of time on our show college football campus tour. And I could tell you like the real deal, you know, like everything you hear about him, everything people say about him, he's all of it. Like he just a pleasure to talk.

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[Trista]

My first interview on Radio Row was Tebow, and he was doing avocados from Mexico and he brought chips and avocado. But he's keto doesn't eat. Thiebaud is keto rhymes. He doesn't eat chips. And I got him to eat a chip with me and he hugged me, enveloped me, and my mom texted me and she goes, who's that big muscly guy with the big white T shirt? You guys have a little dang dang going on? And I go, no mom, no mom. Me and Tim Tebow don't have a little fang thang going on. So I see him a couple of days later and he's at the DirecTV party and goes, so, hey, how. How did the video come out? Did everybody like it? I was like, yeah. You know, it's so weird though. Like, you know, moms, they're just crazy. She was like, you and you and that guy Tebow were popping off the Page, you guys had a little chemistry and electricity. I was like, that's crazy, right? And he goes, you know moms, they always know.

[Dan Le Batard]

And I go, what type of player?

[Trista]

And I said, wait, so you're saying. You're saying there actually is, like, some chemistry between me and you?

[Mike Ryan]

And he goes, you think?

[Trista]

Absolutely. Like, don't you feel it? And I was like, all right, see you later.

[Tony]

He broke ketosis for you.

[Dave Damashek]

I. I think Tim Tebow is everything people say about him. He is truly a pillar man of integrity, a tremendous college football player. And that, as a Miami fan, that one stings. I saw him break my team over his knee. He is a tremendous.

[Mike Ryan]

What the hell are you talking about? You're just going to go on with praising Tim Tebow?

[Dave Damashek]

It's a setup. It's a setup to chop him down. It's a setup to chop him down.

[Mike Ryan]

Here, the headline.

[Dave Damashek]

I sincerely. Down. I sincerely hope he doesn't allow himself to be used in this instance, because that's what it is. And he will be going there with sincere intentions to actually help reshape what a lot of people think. And even I think it's a wild west right now. College football absolutely needs reshaping. College athletics absolutely needs reshaping, but it needs reshaping through collective bargaining with the labor and the power, and it takes the power and the administrators to take less money. They don't want to do that. They don't want to do that whatsoever. So I hope that Tim Tebow does not get used because he, for all the reasons that I listed before, I was undercut by Dave Damaschek is exactly the kind of guy that you go to boost your credibility.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just don't understand what's going to come.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, also, you were undercut by his absence at the. At the symposium.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, well, if he's there, if he's not going to be there, I'm going to be. I'm going to be pretty jacked up about it. Everybody else, I have very low expectations given the names that are there. But to answer your questions, as nothing is going to come of this, because anytime he tries to talk about college sports with any of the same cast of characters, it always ends up being something about the NFL Kickoff rule.

[Mike Ryan]

So.

[Dan Le Batard]

So I know, you know, we mentioned last night in the NBA there were some big games, big storylines, but tonight, Mike, have you seen these games tonight? Have you seen this slate of NBA action here this evening?

[Dave Damashek]

Yes, absolutely, I have. I'm super into Heat, Hornets, because this has become an epic Battle of wills, really the century. Yeah, it's huge. It's a huge game for Jeremy and that's on the line. It really is. But I didn't expect to be in this position, but here we are. He that Hornets. Biggest game of my life. New York versus Denver. Denver's in that class of three and a half teams. I know you're kind of still bullish on the T wolves and you think they belong in that tier, but I think New York has played exceptional basketball lately. It seems as though Mike Brown navigated what was a difficult stretch where everyone was asking, hey, is Mike Brown going to be fired here?

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike Brown, he stinks.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm sorry. Well, Mike Brown is usually good for the. The one year. Yeah, yeah, he's good for the one year and then he wears out his welcome. So this is that one year and I'm into it. Like I said, I like this wide open NBA. It's a whole new world. We also have Jason Tatum coming back.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Dave Damashek]

There's a lot riding on that one for me too. So that's how that's been positioned.

[Dan Le Batard]

So that's the big story tonight. Jason Tatum, 10 months after tearing his Achilles, is making his return in front of the home crowd at the Garden as their host in the Dallas Mavericks tonight. And the most important question, very clearly for a Boston Celtics team that is second in the Eastern Conference, they are 41 and 21. Very clearly the question that needs to be asked. Jaylen Brown, Jason Tatum, whose team is it? Is there going to be a schism where Jaylen Brown is cle. He's having an MVP caliber season. And now Jayson Tatum returns. And Tatum has been the number one guy these past years. What if the game is close tonight? Who takes the shot at the end of the fourth quarter? This. This could be a problem in Boston.

[Trista]

Tatum is take is going to play like 10 minutes tonight, so I don't think we'll even get to.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that's just tonight.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a long time.

[Trista]

I do think at this point though, we can say that this team is just as good with Jalen Brown as the first. The first option. And Tatum defensively a monster. Long, athletic, definitely one of those players who wants to play on the perimeter, though. And I think that's the biggest flaw for Tatum is that he settles for jump shots. He settles for threes instead of putting his head down and getting to the rim, which we know Jaylen Brown has no problem bowling people over.

[Dave Damashek]

I think it's Derek White's team that's awesome. I'm fascinated by this. I think the right to only play in 10 minutes, not just for his body, but also it's going to be an acclimation process, I think, for the rest of the team. Again, not a hot take when you consider the usage rate for Jason Tatum, but I know Dan, super bullish on the Boston Celtics. We obviously take them seriously, but we anticipate Jason Tatum being a big part of their playoff push. So let's see what they got.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now, if you, you know, if. If you need advice from a former NBA player about sacrifice, you know, maybe taking a step back. Cause that could be what Jason Tatum, you know, is going to have to do, at least in the. For. For this time being now. All right, Just. He's jumping on board. We're 60 games in. Jaylen Brown's having an incredible season.

[Mike Ryan]

Maybe.

[Dan Le Batard]

Maybe Jason Tatum's role has got to be a little bit different. Well, if you're looking for advice from a former NBA player on sacrifice, wouldn't you think that Carmelo Anthony is a guy who could probably give you really good advice on sacrificing for the betterment of the team? Would Carmelo be a guy who maybe would. Would come to mind?

[Trista]

I'm not coming off the bench.

[Dan Le Batard]

So how about Carmelo Anthony? All right, He's.

[Dave Damashek]

He's.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is from his podcast, 7pm in Brooklyn. Yes, he's got a podcast. Because if you don't have a podcast, you're a huge loser. And here's Carmelo Anthony. He's. He knows all about sacrifice.

[Dave Damashek]

Because for so long, JT was the. Sacrificed everything. Right now, jt, what are you going to sacrifice?

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You mean JB sacrificed everything?

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, JB sacrificed everything. He was a sacrifice guy.

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Yep.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know if there's a player in the history of the NBA that I would take sacrifice advice from less than Carmelo Anthony.

[Dave Damashek]

I don't get the name of the podcast. Was it named that? Because that's what the Zoom meeting was. Was he Talking about me, J.T. no.

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No.

[Dave Damashek]

Decidedly no.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, I'm just saying.

[Mike Ryan]

Tip there.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm just saying, Dave, we need to keep an eye, all right? If we're going to be fair, if we're going to be impartial as media, we need to keep an eye on any potential schism there could be between Jalen Brown and Jayson Tatum returning and trying to take back the reins of his team from Jalen Brown.

[Mike Ryan]

Risk of schism low. I thought that actually no jive policy being applied here. I was more bullish on the Celtics until last week when our mutual pal Amien pointed out, rightly, that the Celts were on the cusp of getting eliminated when Jason Tatum was still healthy in the playoffs. I, I, I still think at the end of it all, they're the best team in the east right now, so they would be my pick. I'm not as concerned about the chemistry and reintegrating Jason Tatum, high end player, good basketball team, so much as I am. Okay, reintegrate them and get back to where you were a year ago. And if you do that, is that going to be good enough? Because it was, it was just about to not be good enough when Tatum, like I say, was healthy when he was crossing the 10 second stripe and then ripped his Achilles.

[Trista]

Yeah, but like they melted in the sun. Shaq, come on. Like, that wasn't really the best version of what we've seen from the Celtics because we've seen them win the title with that squad. And yes, they did lose Jrue Holiday, and yes, they did lose Kristaps Porzingis, but they didn't really need much KP when they won the title and they figured out ways to continue to be just as good in all of the nerd stats as they were in their title year. And this is a pretty wide open east this year.

[Mike Ryan]

That's what I agree that, I mean, I think that's ultimately why I returned to the Celtics. I'm unimpressed by the other options. The Knickerbockers. That's who Amin's riding with. Come on.

[Dave Damashek]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dave Damashek]

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[Dan Le Batard]

and an entire cup of honey.

[Mike Ryan]

Don't let him fool you. He said in the break that he's jittery.

[Show Announcer]

This is the Dan Levitar show with the stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dave, do we have a little T versus T action today?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh yeah. Listen. Two opposite ends of the spectrum of masculinity here in the 21st century. Sizable Cuban Tony, he's right. The hell are we doing here?

[Dave Damashek]

Sizable Cuban Put that in your bio.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you Dave, the Semitic warrior in shades. Tache. Time for another.

[Trista]

He's Cuban, too.

[Dan Le Batard]

He.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm trying to. I'm trying to draw distinctions, not similarities. I don't want to find the overlap on the Venn diagram.

[Dave Damashek]

Go ahead and put Semitic warrior on your bio.

[Dan Le Batard]

Super weak.

[Dave Damashek]

Semitic warrior.

[Dan Le Batard]

Beta boy.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, and don't forget Heat Maga.

[Mike Ryan]

Do you have enough of that shit?

[Trista]

Hot maga.

[Mike Ryan]

All righty. Here we go down the. Our most popular sport once again. I'm going to return to pro football and I'm going to do like we did last time. If you recall, a week ago, it was super bowl losing quarterbacks. Today it is Super Bowl MVPs who were and are not quarterbacks. Non QBs who have been named Super Bowl MVP. Tony, I'll let you make the choice up first or next?

[Tony]

Uh, I'll go second. I'll let Jeremy go first.

[Dave Damashek]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

Classy. Classy.

[Dave Damashek]

Is this the same song?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Trista]

Do I have to make a colada?

[Mike Ryan]

Terrell Davis. Very good. Very good. That took way too long.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, yeah, like, he struggled with the first one. This ain't gonna go for it.

[Tony]

All right? It's gonna go back to him really quick.

[Show Announcer]

This.

[Tony]

This Super Bowl MVP. KW3. Kenny Walker III.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, come on, man. Come on, Tashay. It was a couple weeks ago. Go ahead.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, come on.

[Mike Ryan]

Yoi Yoy and double Yoi yoi. Kurt Warner. Trista, Feel free to jump in. What did he just say? What did he just say?

[Tony]

You're gonna give David.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a callback.

[Dave Damashek]

You're gonna give him an aneurysm.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, okay. Right. That's right. It is a callback.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right. But now Tony has to get one in order to claim the victory. Now, I will give you.

[Mike Ryan]

Is that really your answer?

[Tony]

He's got nothing.

[Mike Ryan]

I told you to juggle here. He's got.

[Dave Damashek]

Dave.

[Tony]

James White.

[Mike Ryan]

You like football, right? He doesn't like football. James White didn't win it.

[Dave Damashek]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

He should have won it, but he didn't win it.

[Dave Damashek]

Sudden death.

[Mike Ryan]

I know that. Wait. Jesus.

[Dave Damashek]

This is a crappy.

[Mike Ryan]

I can tell you who's not.

[Show Announcer]

What if you gave me.

[Dave Damashek]

If you gave me, like, is this

[Mike Ryan]

person a Super bowl mvp? I could say probably not. Wait, you. You can name people that have not won a Super bowl mvp? Yeah. That's impressive. Yeah, I can just. You could start in that room. Not one of super bowl mvp.

[Dan Le Batard]

He is the Semitic warrior.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, good.

[Trista]

And the semantic warrior.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, Dave, I don't think we had a winner there.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think we did either. I didn't expect to run out of gas that quickly. What a disgrace between the two of you, Mike Ryan and. And Zaz. Do you want to pick it up where they left off and see how far you two can take it?

[Dan Le Batard]

Troy Brown.

[Dave Damashek]

No, you suck. He's not.

[Dan Le Batard]

Troy Brown didn't win.

[Dave Damashek]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow.

[Tony]

Dion Branch.

[Dave Damashek]

Dion Branch, you confuse me.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, I am confusing them. Yes, I am.

[Tony]

I won.

[Dan Le Batard]

My boss, this is.

[Mike Ryan]

You guys are Miami Dolphins fans, aren't you? Think about Miami Dolphins. Bob Greasy didn't get it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Zonka Nobody.

[Mike Ryan]

Larry Zonka is one answer. And of course, Dan Marino didn't get it. But one of the great trivia questions out there is a Miami Dolphin who WORE the number 13 was a Super Bowl MVP. It wasn't Dan Marino, though. It was Jake Scott. Two interceptions in Super Bowl 7. Brother, this is 25 years before.

[Dave Damashek]

All right, you know what?

[Tony]

Let's get another one. Can we get another one?

[Dave Damashek]

There?

[Mike Ryan]

Different categories.

[Dave Damashek]

Vii

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, it's the. You guys. I don't know if you heard, but you haven't won a Super bowl since that era. Shouldn't you know it? Shouldn't you hold it dear? Shouldn't it be precious to you? No. Their mediocrity. Saw Lombardi.

[Trista]

The spirit of 77 is the only title I acknowledge in Portland Trailblazers lore. So.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, well, I did prepare yesterday, and it was way too gargantuan a list for me, as it turns out. My wife, I should mention, was embarrassed I let she didn't hear the show last week in which I announced I didn't know any Mariah Carey songs besides her her Christmas classic. And I told my wife about that and I said, they were giving me the business. Isn't that weird? And she said, what are you talking about? You don't know any Mariah. Mariah Carey songs. Yeah, you do. And I said, I. I didn't know they were playing me some. She said, that's absolutely impossible. And then she started playing me more and I said, I really don't know any of these. I did know, though. Old Dirty Bastard. She did one with odb, right? I did recognize that tune. I had a long list of Mariah Carey songs. We could do that one. Wow.

[Tony]

I think Jeremy's got me there.

[Mike Ryan]

Good for you, Tony.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are we doing it?

[Mike Ryan]

I'm glad. I'm glad. We can't get that one. Tony, can you get this one? What? You called him and you called me the what?

[Dave Damashek]

Beta Semantic warrior.

[Mike Ryan]

Tony, let's play NHL Player or prescription drug? Here we go.

[Tony]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

My wheelhouse goer. Goer. Kane's winger, Shane Goere. Or if Joses Vulgaris Treatment. Got a beer?

[Tony]

Obviously, you know, I'm a big Keynes guy, and I don't know if you're pronouncing his name correctly. I think it's gosh.

[Mike Ryan]

Dmear.

[Dan Le Batard]

He made it somatic.

[Mike Ryan]

He's from Florida. Shane Costa.

[Dave Damashek]

Beer.

[Mike Ryan]

Come on, man. You're the only person in the room I would ask that question to.

[Dave Damashek]

He's definitely not a winger.

[Mike Ryan]

McCain's guy. Mike Ryan. This is a. This is a listener. Submitted 1.

[Show Announcer]

All right.

[Mike Ryan]

Zerzevay Zurzave. The Seattle Kraken. 6 4. Sturdy defenseman Ryan Zurzave or postpartum depression treatment. Zurzave.

[DraftKings/Miller Lite Advertiser]

Wow.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm not really that dialed into the Kraken, but I think he's a Kraken.

[Mike Ryan]

No, it's a postpartum depression drugs.

[Trista]

You know about that? Postpartum.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow. Truthfully, here's one from Amin Elhassan. He submitted this one via text. Topeza Topeza. Clint Topeza, fourth line defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks. Or bulging eye treatment. Topeza Topeza.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bulging eye treatment.

[Mike Ryan]

That's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, I will. I. I think that's a hockey player.

[Mike Ryan]

The peza is in fact the Rx. If your eyes are bulging out of your head. Is that a thing? Is that a.

[Tony]

It happened?

[Dave Damashek]

You could have named the MVPs.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, well, touche. Yeah, I know. If I. If I attend a symposium about bulging eyes, maybe I'll learn about that Infirmat. I didn't know it existed. Here we go. Tashay Perfetti. Perfetti. The first round draft pick who's having a down year. Jet center. Cole Perfetti or atrial fibrillation treatment? Perfetti. Perfetti.

[Tony]

Hmm.

[Mike Ryan]

I will say the first round draft pick who's having a down year. Cole.

[Dave Damashek]

We like his number.

[Mike Ryan]

91 himself. I like his uniform.

[Dave Damashek]

You like their uniform?

[Mike Ryan]

Not too bad. I like. I like two. I like two Tone blue. I think that looks. That looks pretty nice. Trista. Last one for you. Lekembi. Lekembe. Canucks vet. Belgian goaltender Victor Lekembe. Or Alzheimer's treatment? Leqembi. Leqembi.

[Trista]

Alzheimer's treatment.

[Mike Ryan]

Leqembi is in fact an Alzheimer's treatment.

[Dan Le Batard]

There you go.

[Dave Damashek]

There you go.

[Show Announcer]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

Excellent. Krista's not gonna need it anytime soon.

[Dave Damashek]

It was the Belgian part for me.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dave Damashek]

You don't see many of those in the NHL.

[Trista]

I was like I don't think that's the same.

[Mike Ryan]

Another award winning Belgians in the NHL, I think.

[Dan Le Batard]

Trista, have you seen why is. Why is Logan Paul trying to fight NFL players?

[Trista]

Arrogance. Trying to get headlines, which he did. It was the lead story.

[Dan Le Batard]

Logan Paul, not Jake Paul. Right, but I mean, Logan Paul is a WWE superstar. Jake Paul's the one who's boxing and

[Trista]

I think Logan's also boxing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I know he has boxed, but like, he's not committed to boxing anymore. He wants to fight a current NFL. Like he's asking for a current NFL player to step to him.

[Trista]

Didn't he fight Money Mayweather?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Trista]

Did he fight Pacquiao or.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Trista]

Did anyone fight pacquiao? That's a YouTuber.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I don't think so.

[Dave Damashek]

It sounds right, but I don't think it was Logan. But Logan has fought even more recently, I think, than the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, he fought Jacob Fatu last week.

[Mike Ryan]

Who.

[Dave Damashek]

So there's a. All right. There's a lot of people. You and I, we're both marks, but not the dorky wrestling fans. The cool ones. And we. I know Logan Paul to be incredibly athletic. He's got the boxing bona fides. You know, he went the entire fight without getting knocked out by Floyd Mayweather. I know that there is a sizable difference in their stature, but Logan Paul is a really tremendous athlete. He's incredibly incredible. He knows how to box. You know, he's not an idiot when it comes to fighting.

[Tony]

Ah, the NHL news. It never stops. Dave Damashek's favorite squad from Michael Russo hearing the Minnesota Wild are working toward a potential trade for Flyers forward Bobby Brink. Wonder if they're dangling David Yurisek or a prospect of that ilk.

[Mike Ryan]

The hell does that have to do with my favorite team? You hate the Wild. Hate.

[Tony]

I know, but you hate the Minnesota Wild team now.

[Mike Ryan]

I hate the team Flyers, but I do like their uniform.

[Dave Damashek]

I like your Dave. I do like your solution for a Miami Heat player referring to themselves as a hot. What do you refer to as if you're a Wild player?

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, I think that's one of the things that keeps you from going to Minnesota as a free agent is I don't want to play for a team that's named the Wild. The Wild.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm a wild man.

[Mike Ryan]

Off my list.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm a wild man.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that's a good one.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, that's good.

[Mike Ryan]

I think it's kook.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah. You're back in Wild. Kooky. Yeah. All Right. So I do kind of like it now. I actually do think Logan Paul can beat up in a boxing match.

[Dan Le Batard]

I do, too.

[Dave Damashek]

Most NFL players. And look, let's do this.

[Mike Ryan]

The fun one, because he cannot beat up most NFL players.

[Dave Damashek]

Yes, he can. Yes, he can. All right. Most. Let's not talk about. Because like Trent Williams, again, they're weight classes for a reason. I think Trent Williams would beat him up. I get that. There's a couple of examples. Max Crosby, I know him. He does some training, right? He does training with Jay Glazer. Max Crosby, also. Two X's in his name. You don't want to find anybody with

[Dan Le Batard]

two X's tattoos on his neck. Three X's in his name.

[Dave Damashek]

He should. He should. But let's just do this with the quarterbacks, because I think this one's interesting. There. It's a. The best position in all the sports. Right. The most famous. Is there a quarterback in the NFL you think can beat up Logan Paul? Dave.

[Mike Ryan]

Josh Allen. No way.

[Dave Damashek]

Nope.

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Mike Ryan]

You just said weight classes. Josh Allen outweighs him by £40. He has to grab him and lean on him.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, but. All right, they're. They're of similar stature. Right? I. And I. I know Josh Allen is a tough son of a gun. I like watching him play. But does he know how to fight? Because Logan Paul knows how to fight.

[Mike Ryan]

Sebastian Janikowski. To just kick him.

[Dan Le Batard]

How about kick his ass?

[Dave Damashek]

All right. Okay. If we're making this mix martial arts and Logan's got him totally down because he's got the wrestling base, you know,

[Tony]

But Janikowski and chopping with leg kicks,

[Dave Damashek]

he's a high flyer. Logan knows how to throw an annual. You know what you got to watch out for. With Logan Paul, the wise man outside sliding him some brass knuckles, we can

[Mike Ryan]

continue this conversation before the club.

[Dave Damashek]

Ah.

[Tony]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Tony]

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