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Dan Le Batard
Summer is pretty much my favorite time to be a sports fan. The biggest soccer tournament of the summer just wrapped up. Baseball's on every night, racing never takes a weekend off, and my calendar basically revolves around first pitches, green flags, and whatever game everybody's texting about. I realized I'm the MVP of my group. I'm always the friend that says, hey, I've got it. I've got a place. I've got some ice cold Miller Lights. I got the tv. I got a big comfy blue leather couch. Come on over. That's the behavior of a Miller Time mvp. I almost never watch the big ones alone. I'd much rather be with my friends. And if I am alone, we're texting, we're sipping on our Miller Lites, toasting the day, toasting the big games. For me, Miller Lite is just a part of a big game routine. It's brewed for taste with simple ingredients, clean, refreshing and easy to drink, especially in the Miami heat. It's a true American Pilsner, and the original light beer is since 1975. An all American summer starts with an all American beer Miller lite. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you, or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, WI 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
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Mike Golick Jr.
I want to get to this Aaron Rodgers story with the group. I'm really sort confused by what the Pittsburgh Steelers are doing this year, like the all of it. But a true great is about to leave the sport. I still think he's the best quarterback I've ever seen and he's going to leave as an underachiever and a bit of a strange person at the end who's very polarizing but has reunited with his family finally. And Ian o', Connor, the author of the Aaron Rodgers biography, says on Aaron Rodgers and his family they had been working toward reconciliation for a while. Rogers invited his parents, Ed and Darla, to his Pleasant Valley High School hall of Fame induction in April and introduced them to the crowd to applause. Thank them for their support. In my book, says Ian o', Connor, Rogers spoke of embracing his father at the Lake Tahoe Celebrity golf tournament in 2023 and expressing their love for each other and called it a special moment. First time they had contact in nearly nine years. That opened the door. At the time, Rogers called a reconciliation definitely possible in a matter timing. The timing was right last night for the Steelers quarterback to make it public with his photos on Instagram. Jessica, thank you for joining us. Would you like to talk about Aaron Rodgers or would you like an update on Greg Cody's catchphrases?
Jessica
Can we do the catchphrases first? Because I do have thoughts on Aaron Rodgers, but I think Greg is more important right now.
Greg Cody
Wow. Thank you, Jeff.
Mike Golick Jr.
Well, thank you for making way for the catchphrase. It's very nice of her. You can hear her every week Notre Dame podcast the Echoes with Mike Golick Jr. But this is one of our favorite things every week and we've taken too long to get to and I don't think we've done this with Jessica, so I don't know how many of these she knows, but she is she's a Greg Cody connoisseur. She's gotten to know what your catchphrases are. Let's see how we delight her as we start with what used to be number 50 and is now number 70.
Greg Cody
Number 70 I'm fuller than Vern Fuller. 69. Where's my click click? 68. Hey, Butterfinger. 67 punt. 66. Scranton 65 I'm busy in a one armed paper hanger. 64. Georgia, Georgia 63. I'm the kind of guy that 62 ball on the jack 61. Hey, hey, with the monkeys, baby. 60. Thank you, Billy. 59. I love him like a pet. 58. Who made it a salad? 57. We're rolling now, huh? 56. Your brain beating me? 55. Let's go, States. 54. Driver comfort is paramount. 53. Dummy up, save up. 52 catches, catch can. 51. Doesn't make it right. 50. So on and so forth. 49. Very good. 48. The Little League Theory. 47. Nice hat. 46. The others, they all learn from me. 45. Don't go showering to try to please me. 44. Look at that jerk. 43. It's like a packing house in here. 42. Would you learn? 41. Hee haw. 3. 40. I'm not gonna take a quiz. 39. Sassafras. 38. What'd we break? A window. 37. Hello. 36. Who won? 35. Trailers for sale or rent. 34. You gotta eat a peck of dirt before you die. 33. Three words. We are the Lobos. 32. You're gonna go to Buffalo with Bernie Parmalee. 31. Rappy Cac. 30. Another crisis solved. 29. Nice chatting with you. 28. He ain't heavy. He's my blank. 27. Hey, that's what I'm talking about. 26. Who let a pet. 25. Good on you. 24. Dancing swords. 23. QK. Quick crap. 22. BA. 21. Blanking it. 20. That's a fact, Jack. 19. Gotta want to learn, gotta want to earn. 18. Put a Lobos mint under your pillow and dream big. 17. Quite a bit. 16. These are the new two.
Mike Golick Jr.
Oh, wait a minute. Wait, before. Hold on. First of all, you do nothing better. What do you say? You do nothing better. There is nothing that you do better than that. Nothing that you have ever done better than that. That is a. That is hard. What you just did. You just steamrolled Zaslow by taking his saying again. Jessica, what are your thoughts on what you just heard there?
Jessica
Okay, I have a lot of thoughts. First thought. So my fiance, Leemon and I, we do a lot of bits. Like, I feel like most couples do. Like, every happy relationship, you have to have bits, right? And one of our bits that we always do is, like, turn a regular noun into someone's name. And a few weeks ago, I found myself saying something about a chicken Parmalee. And then I was like, why did I just say that? Is that. Who's Bernie Parmalee? Why am I saying his name in regards to chicken parm? And Lee was like, I had.
Jeff
I don't know.
Jessica
I've never heard that name before. And now it's coming back to me. That's a Greg thing. So thank you, Greg.
Greg Cody
Wow, that's the highest praise right there.
Mike Golick Jr.
Is it?
Greg Cody
I appreciate.
Mike Golick Jr.
Is it Chicken Parmalee? Put it on the poll. Levittart. Joe, is Chicken Parmalee the highest praise at Levittard show?
Greg Cody
Sounds great.
Mike Golick Jr.
We're ready. We're ready.
Greg Cody
Okay.
Mike Golick Jr.
Are we. Are we ready? Are we ready for the next one? Because these are getting big now. These.
Jessica
They are.
Mike Golick Jr.
These might still be in the top 20amonth from now. This might.
Jeff
It would have been six and seven this next.
Mike Golick Jr.
Next month. This might be 40. But right now we're at number 16.
Greg Cody
Take the rest of the day off.
Mike Golick Jr.
Oh, he has been. That is just classic. That is a classic. It's one of the first things he ever said to me. He said it to me as soon as he's meeting me at the Miami Herald. I just got there. Take the rest of the day off. I'm like, what are you talking about?
Tony
It is goodbye.
Mike Golick Jr.
I can't even did it. It was upon meeting me. It's one of the first things I remember about your father.
Tony
He'll say it to my daughter like after a dinner. It's just what he says.
Mike Golick Jr.
He says it inappropriately to an assortment of inappropriate people all the time. The joke.
Greg Cody
Exactly. And number 15. Do what now?
Mike Golick Jr.
Didn't Edan James say that to me when?
Jessica
Do what now?
Dan Le Batard
You gave him the iPad for him to draw stuff.
Jeff
He's like, do what now?
Greg Cody
That's great.
Mike Golick Jr.
I handed him. I handed him the telestrator.
Greg Cody
Do what now?
Mike Golick Jr.
And, yeah, he didn't really understand what I was doing.
Greg Cody
Right. My wife hates that phrase more than any other thing I say, which is why it's in the top 15.
Jessica
You see what's me off?
Tony
Because it's his way of saying, repeat yourself. So basically, my mom will say something, and if he just doesn't understand it, he'll be like, do what now? I didn't tell you to do anything.
Greg Cody
Right. I love it because it genuinely annoys her.
Zaslow
You see, what's happening now is all the new catchphrase reveals. I have, like, Ajita because I'm worried that you're gonna steal my shit.
Greg Cody
What'd he say? Oh, my God.
Zaslow
I don't like that.
Greg Cody
Yeah, you should be worried.
Zaslow
I don't like it.
Greg Cody
Yeah, Thai food.
Zaslow
Is that in your top 15?
Greg Cody
It might be. We don't know yet. What'd he say? Except mine's gonna be Chinese food. Wo Hop. How about it In New York? Thank you.
Jessica
Oh, yeah, I have their new Knicks shirt. I wore it last week.
Greg Cody
Did you, you know, wohop? Huh?
Jessica
Yeah. They come out with a new shirt every year. Let me see if I can find it.
Greg Cody
I know.
Jessica
Go on, Greg.
Tony
My dad has this year's one.
Greg Cody
Yeah, it's the year of the. Which I didn't know bodes well for Isla Grande, my racehorse.
Jessica
Do what now?
Tony
Oh, the Knicks one. Yeah, we didn't do the Knicks one. We got the black one. I didn't want to do Nick's colors.
Mike Golick Jr.
Jessica, how did you feel? It was nice, actually, to see that whatever it is that's happened in Aaron Rodgers's life over the last 10 years and wherever it is that he's been scarred or damaged by it, that he would find love of family again. I think everyone can applaud this. Yes.
Greg Cody
Yes.
Tony
Happy.
Jessica
I think it's probably the best thing that I've seen him do in the. In recent years. And it's such a, like, pop culture. So weird. Dan, because this all came to a head because of his brother being on the Bachelor and them filming their. I don't watch the Bachelor, but, like, they go to their hometowns and there's a whole thing with two empty chairs. When he was dating Olivia Munn, I guess he said in his Netflix documentary that that was like, bullshit that they did that. And. But, like, the more I thought about it, the more I thought about the news cycle this week around Tom Brady and how it seems like everyone's on Tom Brady's case about being very cringy and kind of lame in his retirement, which many people think stem from his divorce back a few years ago and him just being like a very divorced guy right now in his actions. So I wondered if Aaron Rodgers was like, you know what? I don't want to go that route. I'm going to reconnect with my family and it will ground me because I don't want to end up doing, like, weird wrestling bits with Logan Paul someday when I retire.
Mike Golick Jr.
So this is interesting what you bring up here, Jessica, because it has been interesting to me to watch America expect or want with a pretty discerning standard for Tom Brady to be more regal with his greatness than divorced dad. Like, it's really interesting to see that Gretzky, mj, whoever's in this class doesn't get what he's presently getting, which is don't go to fanatics fest. What are you doing? What are you doing with your legacy? What's happening there, Jess?
Jessica
I think there's like, a few things, Dan, one of which I would say I've never been a Tom Brady fan, and I think a Lot of people that like the NFL are in my boat, where for decades, Tom Brady and the Patriots beat the crap out of the teams we liked. So when he retired, I was like, thank God I don't have to see this guy anymore. He ruined a lot of great Steeler seasons because he was just better than the Steelers every year. And I think there's a lot of people in that boat, Dolphins probably included. And then instead, he became the highest paid Fox color commentary guy immediately. And then starts, like, gets special treatment for his Raiders ownership while he's able to be in the booth, which I think that kind of rubbed people the wrong way, too. I don't know how many people care about that. But then, like, he's just been everywhere since he apparently was, like, dating Alex Earl for a hot minute this winter, which is weird. And so, yeah, Dan, I think it's just, like, too much Tom Brady exposure for NFL fans who never really liked him and thought he was corny to begin with.
Mike Golick Jr.
Super interesting.
Jessica
But Dan, there's also the fact that, like, he was famous when he was a player for his weird diet and now he's hawking, like, a bunch of random, unhealthy food. I guess, like, that's. That flies in the face of what I thought I knew about this guy.
Mike Golick Jr.
So, Zaz, what's the proper way for him to be appropriately champion regal? Is it just take the football contract and be football voice and don't tell us about your strawberries or give off. So the idea of giving off divorced dad provides a sadness I never associate with Tom Brady.
Zaslow
I don't know that I would call it divorced dad. I think it's given off maybe midlife crisis. I don't think he has to be divorced to be doing what he's doing right now.
Mike Golick Jr.
But the idea that a champion would be seen as less graceful. Like, I'd like to see less of you, champion guy. I'm seeing too much of you. Please let me keep some of my mythology. I'd like to think of you in crowning terms.
Greg Cody
Something happened recently where Tom Brady and his daughter, who looked to be, I don't know, 14 or 15, they were at some event, might have been early in the World cup, and it was just the two of them. And the camera caught them doing a real personal father daughter handshake. You know, just a special handshake.
Jessica
GREG on Fox.
Greg Cody
That was so cool.
Jessica
It was so. It's like, that's. That's PR for Fox, I assume. I mean, I don't know, maybe I'm Being too cynical.
Greg Cody
Okay, but it's goodwill for Tom Brady.
Mike Golick Jr.
Well, but I. I'm more interested in exploring, though, the idea that America would
Jessica
turn on Tom Brady. That's like, hopefully a given.
Greg Cody
Well, but Tom Brady as a. As a parent, you know, and maybe he knew that he was on camera. Maybe they contrived the whole thing. I'm not that cynical.
Mike Golick Jr.
What is it about the robotic excellence, though, that is that we need the humanity of. Can you be a human being? Tom, you're excellent. Where's the rest of you?
Jessica
I think, Dan, if Michael Jordan did a lot of media stuff, we'd probably be like, that guy's kind of corny, too. But he didn't, and that's probably a good thing. And I think a lot of former athletes in their retirement probably are in the same boat. We're like, okay, we've. We've got a lot of. A lot of this guy now. And he wasn't. He was cool because he was really, really good. Although I would argue maybe Tom Brady was just never cool. And that's part of. The. Part of the issue. He was always kind of a corny.
Zaslow
I think.
Greg Cody
I think the.
Zaslow
I think the Logan Paul thing is silly. All right? And this is coming from someone who loves WWE my entire life. I don't understand why Tom Brady. It's clearly setting up for them to have a match in Saudi Arabia at WrestleMania next year. Why is Tom Brady doing that?
Tony
If we're supposed to look at you as the goat, like it. I think that's part of it, right? Like, we're looking at this guy who is this upper echelon of human being. Like, it's cool. Go do the broadcast if that's what you want to do. But the overexposure, particularly being, oh, we're seeing you dating this much younger influencer in Alex Earl. We're seeing you slap fight with Logan Paul. It's the people and the circumstances that he's putting himself in. In overexposure. If it was all him being corny dad doing handshakes, we'd be like, all right, here's this corny guy, but it's this guy who's not cool who we got to decide was cool at the end because he's so great, trying so hard to be cool.
Jessica
Yeah, he's trying very hard. I agree with that.
Zaslow
Jess, do you. Do you know what's saying?
Dan Le Batard
Tom Brady's not cool.
Zaslow
Jess, you see what's going on with the wnba?
Mike Golick Jr.
Cool.
Tony
I wear tank tops under my flannel.
Zaslow
You see what's. I'm not cool.
Jessica
For the record, I just want to
Dan Le Batard
state that there's no one here who's
Mike Golick Jr.
cool except for Greg Cody. Greg Cody might be cool, especially not us. Greg Cody and yeah, Greg's Miles Davis
Dan Le Batard
compared to all of you.
Greg Cody
Thank you very much.
Mike Golick Jr.
You were saying? Zaslo.
Zaslow
Jess, do you see what's going on with the WNBA right now? They have their All Star weekend coming up and I don't know if I want to call it controversy, but what's going on with, with Sophie Cunningham being left out of the three point shootout?
Jessica
Oh, I don't think that is controversial at all actually. But I do think what was controversial was apparently Sabrina Unescu who won it last year, declined an invitation to be part of it but then commented on Instagram that that was not true. But then when I went to the Instagram account to see her comment, I couldn't find it. So I don't know if I got ball sacked or by the way, ball sack sports on Twitter, X whatever you call it. Very progressive politics. I don't know if you guys have noticed that, but I digress. I don't know if that was real or not, but it's weird to me that like she would decline it when she's, you know, one of the best three point shooters in the league. And then apparently also Caitlin Clark declined it.
Zaslow
She's always declined it, right?
Jessica
Well, no, last year she was hurt and it was an indie and I think if she wasn't hurt, she would have done it and wanted to do it. I remember her saying last year that like she was really, that she wanted that to be her first three point contest and she like obviously could do it, which is a huge bummer and would have been awesome for her to do it in her home arena. But this year she has been battling injuries, but she also had a 45 point game like four days ago. So I don't think she's hurt right now. I don't know why she would decline it. And there was this clip that was on Lisa Leslie's podcast. I think it was last year where Sonya Citron, who was an all star rookie all star last year, said that apparently she found out she wasn't an all star because Kathy Engelbert called Gabby Williams and thought it was Sonia Citron's number. So she got the wrong number and that's how she found out because Gabby Williams like DM'd her about it. So maybe this is a case of wrong phone number, wrong voicemail box I'm not sure, but it is kind of weird that like three of your biggest stars would decline something that they'd be very good at participating in.
Zaslow
I feel like Sophie Cunningham, though. Look, she's a huge lightning rod these days, Sophie Cunningham, for several reasons, but. But she's one of the top three point shooters. She was second. She's second in percentage in three point shooting. Don't you feel like the wnba, they should be like, they're not an established, you know, league where it's like they don't need to essentially play to the audience. Sophie Cunningham is super, super, like popular right now. Shouldn't they definitely lean into that and have her participate?
Jessica
I think if you want to look at All Star Weekend in terms of just like fan entertainment, like spectacle, then yeah, she's very popular. She has millions of Instagram followers. But if you want to look at like, who makes sense as people who'd be like, really good at doing a three point contest. Like, I think you make the same argument for like Aaliyah Boston should have been included or Jonquil Jones should have been included. And I don't think anyone is. I mean, maybe Fever fans are clamoring for Aaliyah Boston, but like there's. She. I would say there's like other shooters in the league that are much more. Would be much better fitted for doing a three point.
Mike Golick Jr.
Yeah, but Zaz is. Zaz is sitting here making the argument. Yeah, don't make it merit. Make it on popular. Sell your. Sell your league.
Zaslow
Absolutely.
Mike Golick Jr.
He's just saying don't do it based on merit. And who's the best three point shooter. Sell your.
Jessica
I mean, I don't know what their process is for going through it. I think it's also they probably wanted players from teams that weren't represented through other All Star appearances to be part of it. For example, like, Seattle didn't have an All Star this year. So Natisha Heidemann, who's part of the Stud Buds crew, which is extremely popular, I would say probably will be the most popular thing that happens this weekend for All Star Weekend. She's part of it. Getting a Portland Fire player to be part of it I think is great because they're a good expansion team this year. I would have liked to see a Chicago sky player part of it because they're hosting All Star Weekend and didn't have any All Stars, which is very unfortunate and they are a very sad and sorry organization. But maybe ask. Ask Sidney Taylor to do it. I don't know. But I don't I don't know if they ever just go purely based off of like in game three point percentages even for the NBA. But I, I guess you guys could tell me didn't Tyler Hero win it last year?
Dan Le Batard
I don't.
Greg Cody
Did anyone watch it? No, no, no.
Dan Le Batard
Kashad Johnson.
Greg Cody
Oh yeah, yeah.
Zaslow
Was it last year, a couple years
Tony
ago that Tyler Hero haven't really been paying.
Greg Cody
No one even knows. Nobody knows.
Dan Le Batard
We are huge basketball guys this week though and rest assured if this goes away that Chris Cody reported we are all the way back into following the
Tony
basketball he did win in 2025.
Dan Le Batard
Jesse.
Jessica
I watch stuff sometimes.
Dan Le Batard
Jess, did you see who recently unretired from their social media hiatus? Freddie La. He is back on the scene. Who could have, who could have thunk it? The retirement didn't last very long. He did a White House visit.
Greg Cody
Huh?
Jessica
He did. God. Yeah. Like this was the natural conclusion to the account that is Freddie LA7. He went to Washington with apparently a controversial MAGA influencer who is the Special Presidential Envoy for American Tourism, Exceptionalism and Values. I don't know.
Mike Golick Jr.
Wow, that is a mouthful. How many words are in that acronym?
Jessica
Special Presidential Envoy for American Tourism, Exceptionalism and Value.
Jeff
She's right.
Jessica
So and I, I did click on a Fox News article that said that he was served a tomahawk steak with a side of quote, golden Maha approved beef tallow fries, crisp onion rings and hearty bone in chicken.
Dan Le Batard
Sounds great.
Greg Cody
Wow. I love.
Jessica
What are Maha fries?
Jeff
Tallow approved, cooked in seed oils, obviously.
Dan Le Batard
Seed oils? They make you gay. They're gay oils. Goyles.
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Dan Le Batard
that moment at a party or at a tailgate where everything just sorta clicks?
Jeff
I know it well. It's usually when I show up, everybody goes crazy.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. You usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually walks in with Cuervo.
Greg Cody
Walking like this.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging out into this is the night.
Jeff
It has that effect on people.
Dan Le Batard
It does. You usually take the credit for it, but again, it's the Cuervo effect. It's like that moment in a big game where everyone in the crowd just starts standing up, hooting and hollering, Keep it Cuervo.
Greg Cody
Keep it Cuervo.
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Greg Cody
Dan Levitar. I heard that as a woman faking pain, I. I didn't think that sounded real. I really didn't.
Mike Golick Jr.
You know, it was not fake. It was in no way fake.
Jessica
You can spot a woman faking it great, Cody.
Greg Cody
Yes, I can. Jess. I've been married 40 years.
Zaslow
This is the Dan Levatar.
Mike Golick Jr.
Tell me about Chip Kelly and his construction outfit. I don't understand what Chip Kelly is doing. Chip Kelly, remember he was making protein shakes for his players. He was having them wear watches that monitored their heart rates. He was a genius. He was going to make the Eagles champions before they became champions. He knew offense better than all other people. This is exactly the company that I'm running. This is the company that I'm running. It's got a bunch of Chip Kelly's running around there for my construction company.
Jeff
You're the Chip Kelly in this sense.
Mike Golick Jr.
What is. What is happening here? Jeff, Jessica, explain to the audio audience what is happening in this photograph.
Jessica
I think it's great. So it's Chip Kelly in a hard hat and a little vest in front of A bunch of microphones. Northwestern is building a beautiful new stadium. I don't know. Every time I say beautiful, I feel like I sound like Andrew Luck because of Mike. So I need to work on that. But they're building a great new stadium that is opening in October. And so he was speaking in front of the media on the field, and I thought, wow, what a silly little goose. He put on this hard hat to do a little bit because of the construction. But then I went and watched the full interview on YouTube, and the second picture you put up, I realized everyone had a silly little hard hat on. So it must have been like a construction requirement thing and not him being a silly little goose. Because we know, Dan, college football coaches, they love to do bits. They love to wear, like, you know, the blue Sharon Moore had, like, the blue workman jacket, and they love to dress up sometimes and be. Be silly. But I think maybe this was an actual safety issue. He just looks ridiculous.
Tony
I love the reporters. There's one guy, like, holding his phone like, I'm wearing this stupid hat.
Mike Golick Jr.
Put it on the poll. Is Chip Kelly a silly little goose? Yes or no?
Tony
Nick Adams. I'm going back through his tweets because this guy is one of my favorite characters that's ever existed on Twitter. Like, for example, you may not like it, but I sit with my legs spread wide open. Deal with it, accept it, move on. Alpha male out. Or alpha males watch football at hooters and play 36 holes of golf with the boys. Beta males play nine holes with their wives and go to Chili's for the 2 for 20 deal.
Dan Le Batard
What's wrong with Chili's? Okay, keep going.
Tony
You want more? 2 for 20. Amazing foursome with the boys. Domestic beer in the cart, ladies away at the par 3. There's one thing they hate this.
Dan Le Batard
If there's one thing that's definitely not gay, it's a foursome with the boys.
Jeff
Domestic beer there too.
Tony
I'm an alpha male. Hear me roar.
Jessica
I got my Phil Steel from Barnes.
Dan Le Batard
Ooh, it's out.
Mike Golick Jr.
Oh, you're ready to go. You're ready.
Dan Le Batard
That's bad news.
Mike Golick Jr.
You are ready.
Dan Le Batard
Bad news for the bathroom.
Mike Golick Jr.
You are Northwest, so ready.
Jessica
Mike has never been more ready to shit. They have an interesting non con against Colorado, and it looks like they open at home at the new stadium. I should say with Penn State. So that'll be a fun one because they beat them last year, famously. That was a crazy game. So I don't know. I think Chip Kelly at Northwestern is kind of fun. Dan, I think David Braun's actually been, like, pretty good head coach there, and he was really good at Ohio State. Didn't work out at the Raiders, but now he's back in college, and I feel like he. This is a good gig for him.
Mike Golick Jr.
Big Ten offensive coordinator Jessica, thank you for being on with us. Check out her weekly Notre Dame podcast. She does it with Mike Golick Jr. It is called the Echoes. Thank you, Jessica.
Jessica
Bye.
Mike Golick Jr.
Also, put it on the poll, please. Has Mike ever been more ready to shit at LeBatard show?
Jessica
Do I know?
Dan Le Batard
Love that Phil Steel thing.
Tony
Musicians more talented than Taylor Swift, Wayne Newton, Gene Simmons, Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Morgan Wallen, Jason Aldean, Lee Greenwood.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, he was a professional troll parlayed into a position of some sort. I mean, what was the name of the position?
Tony
Then again, they got special envoy.
Mike Golick Jr.
The Miami Heat is taking a position of some sort. I am getting a text here. They want me to say the same thing that is being said and reiterated to extinguish some of the flames around here. The person responsible for the mistake recently took over the YouTube page and is still learning how to post stuff. They're going on vacation soon and wanted the page done in case he signs with us while they're away. Nothing more than human error. Why are you laughing?
Dan Le Batard
Oh, dude, we're back.
Greg Cody
Look at this.
Dan Le Batard
Look at this.
Tony
No, no.
Dan Le Batard
Boy, listen. What just happened, happen. Miami Heat getting out their damage control because this affects the LeBron thing.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
And Dan LeBatard carrying water for the Miami Heat in 2026. He was literally like this. He was a mouthpiece.
Tony
You rarely say flat out. They want me to say this.
Greg Cody
We are back, Heat lackey.
Dan Le Batard
Tell them they can text you. I'll say whatever. No more criticisms over here.
Mike Golick Jr.
I'm putting it on them. I don't want the responsibility for making a report that is coming anonymously from anyone. I'm telling you, I am disclosing to you.
Dan Le Batard
Anthony Slater already had that.
Mike Golick Jr.
I'm not. I'm. I am repeating what's being said, but since. Oh, that's a. Yeah.
Jeff
There also is an Anthony Slater. Hold on. He just follows the Warriors.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah.
Mike Golick Jr.
Am I the only one fine for that? Because I find buckets getting.
Dan Le Batard
You got to catch a plan to
Jeff
be able to do that.
Tony
You say out of this, I'm confident. I am bold. I am extremely attractive. I am wildly successful. I am charismatic, I am talented, I am intelligent, I am decisive, I am wise, I am masculine. I am unapologetic. I am humble in parentheses. Sometimes To a fault. I am brave. I am gifted. I am an alpha male.
Greg Cody
As the opposite of humble.
Dan Le Batard
Everything you just said, most humble.
Mike Golick Jr.
Speaking of alpha males, Zaslow, who loves him some He Man? Why is it that you guys. No, I don't want to talk about he man. Why is it that you guys were yelling at each other earlier about Marvel? I'm. I'm genuinely curious.
Zaslow
Can we then talk about he Man?
Mike Golick Jr.
No, I don't want to talk about streaming.
Greg Cody
Right?
Zaslow
Hell, yeah, it is. Guess what's happening tonight? Zaslo family movie night. We're gonna be watching he man streaming out right now. That's right. That's all I wanted to say.
Mike Golick Jr.
Dan, I didn't want to hear that from you. I was asking you about what it is you guys were arguing about, because
Dan Le Batard
I felt Tony just learned about the multiverse.
Jeff
No, it's not about the multiverse. It's. You guys are getting pissed on, then being told it's raining, and you're like, oh, yeah, no, this is great. I'm gonna watch it like the New Avengers. Dan, you probably haven't watched yet. The New Avengers Doomsday.
Mike Golick Jr.
Don't make assumptions about me. Just handle your end of the conversation.
Dan Le Batard
I'm not gonna. Dan probably saw the trailer. It's a pop culture moment in time. Dan, you saw it because he watched the movies.
Mike Golick Jr.
I really don't want to make. I'm not going to take a quiz.
Greg Cody
Okay, fair enough.
Dan Le Batard
All right, so because of the usage,
Jeff
I'll let that slide.
Mike Golick Jr.
Feel free to handle the Marvel conversation you guys were arguing about. But if you want to keep asking me questions about it.
Zaslow
One more question.
Mike Golick Jr.
I don't want to do this now.
Zaslow
Dan, you are aware that Robert Downey Jr. Is playing Victor Von Doom?
Mike Golick Jr.
I'm what? I'm aware of.
Tony
Keep positioning this through.
Greg Cody
Dan.
Mike Golick Jr.
I don't. I mean, I don't. I don't. So, long story short, I don't want it. Keep it to yourselves.
Jeff
Avengers Doom Day trailer came out a couple of days ago.
Zaslow
It's Doomsday. Doom Day. Sounds stupid. I said you sounded stupid.
Dan Le Batard
Okay, but it's gonna be released on the same day as Dune, and they're calling that Weekend Day.
Zaslow
That's. Dude, it's. It's not Doom Day either. It's Doomsday. If you want to do, like, the Barbenheimer thing.
Greg Cody
All right.
Zaslow
Just saying.
Greg Cody
What's the guy's name? Victor Van Doom.
Zaslow
Dan, correct him, please. Love of God, Dan, tell him. What?
Mike Golick Jr.
No, you can go bleep yourself. Okay, you guys you guys are obsessed with the Marvel universe in a way that makes you all yell at each other.
Zaslow
The new Marvel.
Mike Golick Jr.
Well, but it's a polarizing Marvel because many people think that compared to the Odyssey, it's total dog shit from the start.
Jeff
Well, I mean, we can't even talk about. The Odyssey is a completely separate situation, right? This is Avengers Doomsday. All right, the trailer came out. We watched it.
Greg Cody
Trailer, exactly.
Jeff
Right. And I told the guys, hey, I think. I think Marvel's cooked. I think it's over.
Zaslow
Dan, were you surprised with Steve Rogers return in the trailer?
Jeff
Oh, Dan, that was a big moment. Can we actually ban Steve Rogers really quick? Who does he look like?
Mike Golick Jr.
He looks like Aaron Rodgers.
Dan Le Batard
You know, he looks like.
Mike Golick Jr.
Oh, no, he looks like Nick Wright.
Greg Cody
There you go.
Jeff
Like, wrong guy, Nick Wright. Always wrong until he's right.
Dan Le Batard
What happened to Nick? No, to Steve.
Jeff
They did something to him. His face a little puffier, right?
Dan Le Batard
Because it's rare to lose aura with a beard and long hair. And he found a way to do it. And it's not the first time Captain America had a beard. It worked in Civil War.
Zaslow
I liked it in that. And in Infinity War. Yeah, he showed up with that beard. Right, Dan?
Jeff
Dan, how about. What did you think when he grabbed Thor's hammer? What do you think about that?
Dan Le Batard
What if it's Loki disguised?
Jeff
Oh, now we're doing that thing.
Zaslow
Okay, it's a theory. Dan, what do you make of that theory? Loki got a mischief?
Jeff
Dan, I'm gonna catch you up. So Iron man, the original Marvel movie that started this whole thing Starring Robert Downey Jr. As you know, now we're at the end of this whole thing. After 27 years.
Zaslow
You don't know the word at the end.
Jeff
And now we're close to the end of this. And Now Robert Downey Jr. Is playing another character in the universe.
Zaslow
The big question, though, Dan, is Steve Rogers at the end of Avengers Endgame? He's old, all right? He's already lived through everything. So does that mean Dan, has he already lived through Doomsday? Your thoughts?
Greg Cody
Elaborate.
Tony
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Dan Le Batard
Summer is pretty much my favorite time to be a sports fan. The biggest soccer tournament of the summer just wrapped up. Baseball's on every night, racing never takes a weekend off, and my calendar basically revolves around first pitches, green flags and whatever game everybody's texting about. I realized I'm the MVP of my group. I'm always the friend that says, hey, I've got got it. I've got a place. I've got some ice cold Miller Lights. I got the tv. I got a big comfy blue leather couch. Come on over. That's the behavior of a Miller Time mvp. I almost never watch the big ones alone. I'd much rather be with my friends. And if I am alone, we're texting. We're sipping on our Miller Lites, toasting the day, toasting the big games. For me, Miller Lite is just a part of a big game routine. It's food for taste with simple ingredients, clean, refreshing and easy to drink drink. Especially in the Miami heat. It's a true American Pilsner and the original light beer since 1975, an all American summer starts with an all American beer Miller lite. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 oh ounces.
Greg Cody
Dan Levitar. I want to address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public. Greg Cody, don't do it.
Mike Golick Jr.
This is the Dan Levatar show.
Dan Le Batard
There's all sorts of multi dimensions. And that's where I kind of like, lost steam on the whole Marvel thing because it got too convoluted. And it seems as though they've spent the last few movies trying to correct quite literally. Like the. The plot is we have to fix the multiverse. So it's as if the heroes are doing the job that the audience wants to see, which is, hey, this got way too wonky. But at the same time, the. The multi.
Greg Cody
The.
Dan Le Batard
The multi dimensional travel allows you to. To see the X Men and the Avengers and basically, hey, and wait till Secret Wars. We're gonna see everybody. It's basically just anybody that was in a Marvel comic. You're in this film.
Jeff
I like the Fantastic Four being brought in. I thought the movie was good. You saw, you know, Doom at the end of it, right when he was talking to the little kid. But at this point, why can't we bring up another character? Why can't we get another actor to play the specific character of Dr. Doom? We have to get the same guy who now I have to suspend.
Zaslow
Okay. Can we watch the movie?
Dan Le Batard
Movie? Well, like, they'll explain it because Jonathan Majors.
Jeff
Well, okay, but still put us in a real pickle. We could have gotten somebody else.
Zaslow
I mean, Dan, how do you think Peter Parker is gonna react when he sees that Victor Von Doom has the same face as Tony Stark?
Mike Golick Jr.
He's not going to react because you're not going to be able to see it because he's wearing the mask.
Jeff
He takes off the mask.
Dan Le Batard
No, he emotes.
Tony
If you support wind farms and also eat seafood, you're a woke beta hypocrite. I want to ask my dad a question here. You have 30 seconds. Name every Marvel movie you can think of.
Zaslow
Go.
Dan Le Batard
This is a weird thing for Jeremy to say on his own.
Greg Cody
You know, I haven't watched a cartoon since the Jetsons.
Tony
Marvel movies.
Mike Golick Jr.
Greg, how is your leg doing?
Greg Cody
It's a little bit sore. I got a wrap. I Got an ice pack under my right knee and it's wrapped in beige.
Dan Le Batard
Go ahead and take the day off.
Mike Golick Jr.
What are we thinking?
Greg Cody
Thank you.
Mike Golick Jr.
Take the rest the rest of the day.
Greg Cody
What are we thinking? Bowling tonight. I'm gonna give it a shot because I'm a warrior.
Mike Golick Jr.
You're going to bowl tonight even though you're injured when you're 71 years old, did you hear anything pop? Like, what is it that happened there?
Greg Cody
I felt something pop. I didn't hear. Happened on. On my 13th and last shot. It happened on the shot after my fabulous goal.
Mike Golick Jr.
I think we need to be icing this a great deal more than we are. I think that he might have a bit of a problem. At 71 years old. I am mortified, generally speaking, that the last three times that we've gone out, this happened to Tony as well. Anyone here has tried to do something athletic with no one else on the field except the cameraman. The last three times this has happened, the people have injured themselves. Greg Cody twice pulled a quad and now either a hamstring or a calf. But if he felt something pull, that's not good. Like, that's not. I don't. I don't think that's a strain. If at this age you're feeling something that popped back there, it's going to need some ice. It's going to swell. It's not going to be great. At 71 years old and Tony also injured himself and was on the floor after. After doing. What was it? Field goal?
Jeff
Field goals. Remember, you're not supposed to kick five field goals in a row for 45 yards or 50 yards, whatever. I was trying. I felt a hip. Something pulling my hip three days before my own brother's wedding. Can you imagine that? Me walking down the aisle, trying to help my brother walk down the aisle and, and, and. And celebrate. And I couldn't because I was Coho. Can you imagine that?
Greg Cody
I am indestructible. I'm not speaking for anybody else. I took a slip, hard slip and fall on the hard streets of New York City in a hard rain. I slipped on a steel grate, fell right on my left side, bad, and hopped up within three or four seconds out of shame.
Tony
No, I'm telling you, this was for real.
Greg Cody
He.
Mike Golick Jr.
He ate it bad.
Tony
It was raining. He slipped on one of those like, like the drains. I'm telling you, I saw his feet up and I didn't see it. I, like, look back and I saw him. I was genuinely scared, and he just popped right up.
Mike Golick Jr.
You Guys, do not follow Greg Cody's social media accounts. If you had, you would have seen that one of the way protected himself from the rain in New York City. Was fishing out of a garbage can an old FedEx envelope that he then put on his head to prevent his hair from getting wet. I believe this was in a happier time. Before he fell on that steel grid.
Tony
No, no, that was actually just after I was thankfully not recording. I would have felt like an asshole if I was recording when he fell. But no, he actually had just popped up and went over there and he said that there's nothing cleaner than the inside of a FedEx box. I don't think it's true.
Greg Cody
No, it's perfect. Prestige. That's on the YouTube. The. The Greg Cody Show YouTube version that you can watch. Check it out now with. It was perfectly clean. The box. It's not like I'm using.
Mike Golick Jr.
Did you or did you not fish it out of a garbage can?
Greg Cody
Yeah, but cleanly.
Mike Golick Jr.
You gotta eat a pack of dirt before you die.
Greg Cody
That's right. That's what Nana, do you have any
Tony
like lingering pains from the fall?
Greg Cody
I do, yeah. I couldn't bowl if it were on my right side because my left side is very. Wait, what if I reach my left shoulder more than this level? It hurts.
Tony
Your left shoulder hurts? That was an odd way of getting there.
Greg Cody
My left shoulder and my. And my left elbow hurts a little bit. But I'm fine. Enough about me.
Tony
What's happening?
Zaslow
There you go, dad.
Greg Cody
My daughter in law looking at me. What?
Jessica
Brad
Mike Golick Jr.
ask what?
Greg Cody
Hey, that's what I'm talking about.
Zaslow
That's what I'm talking about.
Mike Golick Jr.
What do you say?
Greg Cody
What he say? What do you say? What he say? What he say do right now?
Date: July 22, 2026
Location: Live from the Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
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