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Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
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Dominique Foxworth
What's up?
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Dominique Foxworth
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Dan LeBatard
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Dominique Foxworth
Didn't even have to do any paperwork.
Chris Cody
Wow.
Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
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Mike Ryan
Welcome to the Big Sui presented by DraftKings.
Amin Elhassan
Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBatard podcast. I'm sorry.
Dominique Foxworth
I'm not going to apologize for that.
Mike Ryan
In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
Amin Elhassan
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
Dominique Foxworth
That hasn't happened to you guys. I've done it.
Amin Elhassan
And now here's the marching man to Nowhere Fat Face and the Habitual Liar.
Chris Cody
I wish everybody. I wish everybody could hear the motivational speech Dominique just gave Chris Cody.
Jessica
It wasn't really motivational. It was. You're awesome, dude. He was just praising me.
Amin Elhassan
Why'd you turn into.
Dominique Foxworth
I shouldn't be talking. I haven't been introduced yet. My bad. I'll be quiet.
Chris Cody
I'll play the background. I am summoning Dominique Foxworthy. Not just because we just replayed the video from last summer of David Sampson koala bearing him mid dap, but also because Chris Cody clearly was waiting for that external validation. You guys talked about sack grabbing in a way that felt honestly inspirational.
Dominique Foxworth
I need a new. I feel like we need a new idiom for that. Like a more modern one sometimes with my friends. This is a secret that I'm going to tell you guys. Some of my friends, I asked for permission to take us back to the 90s. Like in a group chat. Before I say something. I'M like, permission to go back to the 90s. They grant the permission. I text my group chat, something that I would not say publicly, but I don't know the words for it right now. And then we return to 2024 or 2025 now. But I just realized with Chris, when I. When I talk to him, I've been noticing, like, I listen to the show, I've been noticing that Chris is. Feels like he's become a little bit more forceful and he's rolling his shoulders.
Chris Cody
Right now listening to you compliment him.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah. And so, like, I came on and I was like, chris, proud of you, man. You seem like you grabbed your sack lately. Which I realized, like, that's a bad thing to say because I see Jess in the back road. Like, I feel the same way about Jess, but I can't tell her.
Dan LeBatard
And then it's just, Simon can't be brave.
Chris Cody
They have no balls.
Dominique Foxworth
I know. Like, that's. It's outdated. Like, there has to be some better idiom for like. Like asserting yourself.
Amin Elhassan
Intestinal fortitude, sir, is what you're looking for.
David Sampson
How about, great job, you're improving.
Dominique Foxworth
No, see, that's. See, that's generic. Doesn't seem.
Dan LeBatard
That's not what he means. That's not specific.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah. Like, I. I appreciate that you have a lot. A lot of managerial experience, but I do feel like some of the interpersonal things about management, you just missed the mark because it's like saying you're doing a great job. Like, it does not feel genuine. It's like saying, somebody, you look nice. As opposed to, man, I really appreciate the way you've grown in your beer. Like, the salt and pepper looks really.
David Sampson
We show it through salary, Dominique. We show it through salary through title.
Chris Cody
You should know.
David Sampson
Show it through sack grab.
Jessica
Go on.
Chris Cody
You should know, Dominique. You should know that David tried to high five me when I wasn't trying to high five him.
Jessica
Let's put that up for Dominique to.
Chris Cody
See if we can just so Dominique can be brought in. Caught up on the show as we do substitute teacher week here, it was, look, I'm not trying to high five you. I'm just gesturing in your direction. The other reason I wanted to bring Dominique in, beyond establishing the rules of consensual 90s mode, which I like.
Amin Elhassan
We like to call it the 20 CB on Cinephobe.
Chris Cody
The 20 CB.
Amin Elhassan
The 20 CB. Whenever you go back into the 90s or the 80s or earlier than that, you're going back to the 20 CB as opposed to when we're now we're in the 21st century, ma'am.
David Sampson
But you announce it to your group text. When you're doing that the way Dominique.
Amin Elhassan
Does, we often will ask, and sometimes it won't be something that's offensive. Sometimes it'll be a saying, and we'll say, or something that happens. Is this 20 CB? And then we get a confirmation from the group text. Yes, this is, in fact, a 20 CB occurrence.
David Sampson
Dominique, does anyone say no when you ask them to go back?
Dominique Foxworth
Of course not.
David Sampson
Like, it's so then why ask?
Dominique Foxworth
Because it's a joke, man. You would like.
Chris Cody
All right.
Dominique Foxworth
I feel like I start back over with you. Every time I see you, I start back over with teaching you how to be a goddamn human being. It's like, we gotta start at square one. I would like you to carry over some of the things that I've taught you in the past. Like last time, we made so much damn progress.
Chris Cody
We really did.
Dominique Foxworth
I loved you. I loved you. It was like, this is good. And then we get back on here, and you're telling me I just throw money at people that shows them that I like them. That doesn't work. And then you're like, do you. Do they decline? No. The point is, it's funny. Is like, hey, can I go back to, like, when someone says something that's, like, a little bit sensitive, like, can I go back to the 90s? Then you call them a slur that you would have used it in 90. That wouldn't have been considered a slur back then. And then you come back, like. And then we all laugh together. It's. Why do I have to explain this to you?
Amin Elhassan
So, Dominique, I got some things here that are not quite as offensive, that are decidedly 20 CB.
Chris Cody
Do we need some fanfare?
Amin Elhassan
Sure. These aren't top five. These are just five examples. But give me some fanfare. Number five. Eat your heart out. Nobody says that anymore. That is a relic of the 20th century.
Chris Cody
Our hearts remain uneaten.
Amin Elhassan
Eat your heart out. No one says that anymore. Framing the first dollar a small business makes.
Jessica
I would still do that if I started a business.
Chris Cody
I thought that was, like, an immigrant thing.
Amin Elhassan
It's a dry cleaner thing. Always a dry cleaner.
David Sampson
Right? They just put it up where you can see it. Restaurants do it, too.
Amin Elhassan
Do they?
David Sampson
It's in the kitchen.
Amin Elhassan
Describing someone as tall, dark, and handsome.
Dan LeBatard
These are all spongebob bits, by the way.
Amin Elhassan
It took me a long time to realize that they weren't talking about black people when they said tall, dark and handsome. I was like, yeah. And then I was like, oh, wait, that guy's not dark. He's just no jinx, Dominique. Letting people know that Napoleon always had his hand in his pocket when I was a kid.
Chris Cody
They appreciate that he had it tucked right there.
Amin Elhassan
Cartoons, movies, TV shows, always. If you mentioned Napoleon, the first thing you mentioned was his hand was in his pocket like that. Don't even see. My kids have no idea what that is. Right? Like they know who Napoleon is. They have no idea what.
Chris Cody
We used to be a proper empire.
Amin Elhassan
And then finally we are again.
David Sampson
Now it seems we are dicey.
Amin Elhassan
And then finally, hot water bottles.
David Sampson
Why are those 90s?
Amin Elhassan
You don't see them.
Dan LeBatard
We have heating pads.
Amin Elhassan
Heating pads, Heating pads. Those clay things they put in the microwave. You heat up the electric ones. No one uses a hot water bottle anymore again. Now, if you grew up like we did, Looney Tunes, anytime someone was sick, there was a hot water bottle somewhere, Right? But these kids don't watch Looney Tunes, so they don't know what hot water bottles are.
Chris Cody
Looney Tunes is how I learned most cultural references.
Amin Elhassan
Absolutely.
Jessica
I had no idea. Hot water bo thing just, you know.
Dominique Foxworth
Another thing that's very 90s. Sometimes people's shorts are a little 90s and then they update those shorts and they get these new, new age. Look at those shorts. That material, that is future material. Chris Cody is no longer rocking 90s ass shorts. It's like a decades old callback. David Sampson. Sorry, that wasn't for you.
David Sampson
But no, that's one of the great brands. We got to see if they can send us some clothes for sponsorship. I'd like to get on that.
Chris Cody
Wait, so Chris Cod wears the same shorts as David Sampson?
David Sampson
They are the most comfortable clothes possible. Am I the only one?
Dan LeBatard
No, I wear. I wear the. I don't wear their men's shorts, but I wear several pairs of leggings.
Chris Cody
Do they come with pickpocket protection?
Jessica
Yep. Zippers.
David Sampson
They're zippers. But it's not great because the zippers actually in the flying pants that I have, the zipper is a more of a vertical zipper. And it's a little tight to get as much in the pockets. I'm a big pocket guy.
Amin Elhassan
Let me ask this question.
Chris Cody
Pants.
Amin Elhassan
Aren't the Vori shorts the ones that were in the Dolphins?
Jessica
I have multiple colors. Yeah, I had the black Vori shorts for the two interview.
Amin Elhassan
Are we still proud of this brand now after someone.
Jessica
It's not the shorts. That was just on me. Way too much thigh in that picture.
Dan LeBatard
Okay, disagree.
David Sampson
Dominique, are you excited to go to New Orleans? Because you're not there and there's a lot going on there. All of metal arc is there. They're having the time of their lives. And when we asked you to be on the show, we thought you were already part of what's going on and you haven't even left yet.
Dominique Foxworth
No. Well, it's interesting you say all of metal arc is there when I'm looking at like a whole bunch of metal arc in the studio right there looking.
Chris Cody
At some tall, dark and handsome.
Dominique Foxworth
There's only one rest of you guys not quite dark enough.
Chris Cody
Give me a couple more days.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I mean, I'm excited. It's fun, it's cool, It'll be a good time. New Orleans is good food. I mean, the best thing about the super bowl is normally the random occurrences that you can't plan for. And so my co host of my show, Charlie Kravitz, has been like sending me all these reservations and plans and talking about what parties are going to go to. And that's just not how you do Super Bowl. That's not how you do Super Bowl. You show up, you talk your way into parties, you bounce around, you bump into old friends and have random celebrity like meetups and then you talk about it later on the flight back.
David Sampson
Have you been asked to go on God Bless Football yet with Stugots?
Dominique Foxworth
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
David Sampson
Well, we gotta change that. I mean, apparently, God Bless Football, the number one football podcast in America, award winning, as you know. Dominique.
Jessica
Guys, get that off the screen and.
Chris Cody
Oh, hold on. We're back on Chris's shorts.
Jessica
God, that whole look, Chris, this is angle.
Dominique Foxworth
Get.
Jessica
Just get this.
Mike Ryan
It's a really unfair angle.
Jessica
Lewis is about to get fired.
Amin Elhassan
The drawstring is my favorite part. He just. The whole time.
Jessica
All right, you're not.
Dominique Foxworth
That's it.
Jessica
No more zooming. Cut away.
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, you look crazy.
Amin Elhassan
Hand down a little bit more.
Jessica
Thank you, guys.
Chris Cody
Enhance.
David Sampson
That's the worst nightmare.
Amin Elhassan
Dominique, you like the politicking outside of the super bowl party. You enjoy that part?
Dominique Foxworth
No, I enjoy it now. I didn't used to enjoy it. So, like, talking your way into a party was a thing that would give. Would make me anxious in the past, but now, like, I mean, what's your.
Amin Elhassan
Greatest talk your way into the. Before you had the notoriety of being on massive television platforms, what was the. Your magnum opus of talking your way into something?
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, it's lying mostly is like.
Amin Elhassan
No, you don't have a Specific. Because I have a specific example.
Dominique Foxworth
Get to it. Get to it.
Chris Cody
Do you have a specific lie?
Amin Elhassan
Oh, it wasn't an example of a party that I got into that I shouldn't have got into. Walked up. And this is at the point where I'm at my pinnacle. Sports Nation is happening, the jump is happening. I'm like, I'm out here, right? And so this is. We go up to the.
Chris Cody
You mean you're still out here, just for the record?
Amin Elhassan
Well, I'm not. No. Now I'm mature, I'm wiser, I'm like, dominique, I just walked in.
Chris Cody
You showed up an hour late for the show today.
Amin Elhassan
I mean, cuz, I stepped off a.
David Sampson
Plane, you know, doesn't matter. That's a flex.
Chris Cody
So should have talked your way into an earlier plane.
Amin Elhassan
I wish. So I walk in and I walk up to security, and as I'm looking, I said, I know that the deal is because most of these bouncers, they're all Laker fans. And so I just got to find the one Laker fan who's like, who looks at me and asked me, why am I hating on the Lakers? So I see my guy and I'm like, yeah. And he says, why are you always hating on the Lakers? Oh, come on, man, you know that. That's when the Lakers are terrible. So as I'm talking, his manager comes up. His manager is your typical Vegas manager, right? Nightclub manager, short Italian guy, lots of product in his hair vest. Hold on.
Chris Cody
I think we have to enter consensual 90s mode before we do.
Amin Elhassan
When he see me, and he's got the earpiece, right? The earpiece. And he comes up there, sorry, boss, I can't let you in. I'm sorry. And I'm like, oh, come on, man. Like. And that's all I gotta do. Come on, man. And he's like, I'm sorry even if I let you in here. See that guy over there? And there's a bald dude at a podium. He said, that guy's my manager, he's not gonna let you in. So I'm like, ah, there's nothing we can do. And the guy I'd been talking to, and this is my rule, bouncers, bartenders, you get 15 minutes a show. I'll ask any question, I'll give him a show. So I gave that guy 15 minutes of show. He pulls his manager aside and he just points back at me. And the guy unclips the velvet robe. Walk in. My buddy's like, what's going on? Just Listen, we walk up to the guy at the podium, the manager who would have said no, and he looks up, he says, why you always hating on the Lakers? I was like, ah, come on, man. I gave him, like, five, ten minutes a show. We're in the party, my buddy was like, that was amazing. How did you do that?
David Sampson
I'm like, hey, why don't you try a C note next time?
Amin Elhassan
Oh, I'm not good. That's the rule, David. I don't pay money.
Dominique Foxworth
It's just money with this guy. Don't you? Don't you?
David Sampson
I just don't want to do 15 minutes a show.
Amin Elhassan
Oh, I don't mind doing 15 minutes. It's about the challenge for a bouncer or a bartender. I'll give him 15 minutes of show, no problem. It's the other normies that I have a problem with. That's right. You see me in the streets. You say, hello. You get a picture. Keep it moving.
David Sampson
You won't even give someone one minute of show unless they can do something for you.
Amin Elhassan
I'll give them a question.
Chris Cody
We know Amin's policy. Amin will do pro bono Sports Nation for any bouncer or security guard. But if you're an Uber driver, who asks amin, what do you do? Amin is lying his ass off immediately.
Amin Elhassan
I work for Marriott Guest Experiences. I travel from property to property to make sure that we have consistency across all the brands.
David Sampson
Do you flash your chipped tooth when you do that?
Amin Elhassan
I haven't had to do it since I tipped my tooth.
David Sampson
All right, David, I'm just asking. It's important.
Dan LeBatard
We talked to Dominique. Dominique?
Chris Cody
Can I. Can I bring Dominique back in? Because it means Amiens. That's something else, Dominique, that made me glad that you were here and available before you get on your flight to New Orleans, which is that Amin was just in Arizona, and he had witnessed a special sporting milestone.
Amin Elhassan
My child had a flagrant foul. The very first flagrant foul. Hopefully a long career. And it happened with five seconds left in the game, and the other team was just dribbling the ball out.
Dominique Foxworth
Oh, gosh. And so you were very proud, I assume.
Amin Elhassan
No, I had. Because, you know, like, first of all, it was a road game, so I gotta demonstrate to the crowd that I don't condone this behavior. And I just said, why? I just kept saying, why? Why? Like Nancy Kerrigan, why? Why?
Chris Cody
The guy who used to co host Sports Nation is despondent right now. What's happening?
David Sampson
Did you start doing show?
Amin Elhassan
I started doing show for all the people around me. Yeah. But, Dominique, do you remember your first unsportsmanlike conduct?
Dominique Foxworth
I remember celebrating when my oldest daughter first started getting fouls in basketball, especially for. And I don't think we need to go back to the 90s for this. But, like, being a parent of two girls and a boy, like, watching the way girls sports are played and the way that they're refs and coached kind of frustrated me, because they encourage the boys in such different ways. So I remember, like, when my oldest daughter was 8 years old, and she busted another girl's lip because she was trying. Like, it was. She was trying to get a rebound. I remember celebrating her and then taking her home to watch Charles Oakley videos, because it's like, the difference. The difference in that. In that age of. Of sports for boys and girls, a lot of times the difference is, like, just want to, like, fight and try hard. And I was like, yeah. And they get. So they respond to the way everyone else acts. And when there's a foul in the boys games, it's a lot different when there was a foul in the girls games, and I just was trying to encourage them to be a little bit more aggressive and feisty. So I. I did not yell.
Chris Cody
Why?
Dominique Foxworth
I started. I stood up and started clapping like, you all right, all right, See? All right, good. Let's keep playing. You're a little lip bus. And it was probably good for her, too. Like, my daughter's got. Got elbowed in the eye last week. You know what she did? She got up, she kept balling, and I was very proud of that.
Amin Elhassan
I look, we're down, like, by a bajillion points. There was five seconds ago it had all the wrong.
Chris Cody
Be a better defense attorney for your kid.
Amin Elhassan
No, man, I can't.
Chris Cody
Dominique just gave you a thoughtful way to spin this, and you're like, I'm doubling down.
Amin Elhassan
Because Dominique, if it was in the middle of a game, doing a basketball activity, I would be like, yeah, no problem. This was literally. The kid is dribbling the ball out, and my child just stares and says.
Jessica
F. This just trucks from behind or, like, head on.
Amin Elhassan
Head on. And the kid was feet above the head on the ground.
Chris Cody
Tom and Jerry.
Dan LeBatard
When I played soccer, I just. Sometimes you just gotta, like, get a little foul out, you know, just like, ah.
Amin Elhassan
And then looked at me and shrugged like, what? What I do? I said, why? What I do? I'm like, what are you doing?
David Sampson
You said it was a road game.
Amin Elhassan
It was a road.
David Sampson
And all the home crowd knew that you were the parent of this player.
Amin Elhassan
Yeah, Because I'd been talking the whole time.
David Sampson
You're that parent.
Amin Elhassan
I talked to my kid the entire time. I'm terrible.
Chris Cody
We got to establish some etiquette. Dominique. What, what is what, what's your sports parent? What are your sports parent commandments when it comes to comes to talk?
Dominique Foxworth
I mean I have unique experience. So like I never say I coach my son's flag football team. So that's very different. But like through my whole sports parenting career I just am very quiet and I don't react to anything other than just like clap. I don't like cheer for individuals on the team. Like it's just my sports parent rules. I don't begrudge anyone who does that. But generally like you ever turn away.
Jessica
From like the aggressive like fist bump but like you want to be subtle with it.
Dominique Foxworth
You're like, it's normally just a clap. Like okay, okay, okay. No matter how intense the game is. And we got. My wife is a little bit different even though she's not an athlete and she's not very much into sports, but she is very much into the kids sports. And so we've had a couple near altercations where I had to stand up and be like, look, this is not what we going to do to like some opposing parents. Like this is not what we're going to do. This is 12 year old girl soccer. Relax. And then normally people respond accordingly. But yeah, that's. I don't know. That's the worst possible thing is I don't want to be in a situation and maybe this is just me being like self conscious is like I assume that people are looking at me. I don't want people to leave and like man, Dominique was real tough on his kid or that Foxworth guy was trying to fight the whole opposing fans and yelling at the refs. It's like when you go from watching Patrick Mahomes play, it feels kind of insane for this like guy on his second job ref in a game for me to start yelling at him. I get it together guys do the best he can.
Chris Cody
I pray for footage of you guys flipping out at a game. I just want someone to send me a TikTok of you guys.
Amin Elhassan
It won't happen because mine isn't jack it off. It's not the kind that he's describing. I don't talk to the refs, I don't talk to the coaches, I don't talk to other parents, I don't talk to any other kids. I'm just telling my kid, cutting cut now Cut.
Jessica
Now, are you ever undermining, like, a play that's been drawn up?
Amin Elhassan
No. No, because I know the place.
Jessica
Okay.
David Sampson
You know, I know.
Dominique Foxworth
I know what you're doing, though. You are. You're taking shots by talking to your kid. You're taking shots at the opposing team. Like, come on, you can beat him off the dribble. You can beat him off the dribble.
Chris Cody
I thought Dominique. I thought Dominique was saying Amin is taking shots literally, vicariously, as in, like, shoot.
Jessica
Coach, you gotta isolate defense. We need to isolate number nine. They can't guard anyone.
Amin Elhassan
I don't do that. I don' I don't tell my kid when to shoot. I do say cut and things like that. I do know the plays because when my kid comes home and says, hey, we got a new play, I said, we have a whiteboard. I said, draw it up for me. And then you've got to tell me from every position if you're playing the two.
Dominique Foxworth
All right?
Amin Elhassan
Now, if you're playing the five, where are you? What are you doing? So it's just things that we do. We watch film together.
David Sampson
Film of what?
Amin Elhassan
All the games. It's high school, so all the games are on film. So, like, after the game, we come home and we watch film.
Chris Cody
Oh, it's high school.
Jessica
I don't know. I don't know. I thought it was younger.
David Sampson
For some reason, I was picturing 10 to 12.
Chris Cody
You.
Amin Elhassan
My kid's a freshman in high school.
David Sampson
Playing varsity, so there's a big crowd.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, this changes.
Chris Cody
You guys all catch that? We all catch that. Earl Woods. Earl woods over here.
David Sampson
Freshman.
Chris Cody
Is revealing. Is revealing. What's really happening.
David Sampson
I stand correct.
Chris Cody
Amin is engineering the next grade athlete.
Amin Elhassan
Not really. We're more about grades in my house.
Dominique Foxworth
But.
Amin Elhassan
But if we're. But my thing is.
Dominique Foxworth
That's what you gotta say. That's what you gotta say, Amin. Well done.
Amin Elhassan
Well done.
Chris Cody
Immigrant. Good. Immigrant parent.
Amin Elhassan
If you're gonna do this, we're gonna do this right, too.
Chris Cody
Framing dollar bills and talking about grades.
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Dominique Foxworth
Dan LeBatard I took my son to the barbershop. Get a haircut and my man gave out some limp dap. Oh, no. Damn, damn, damn. Stugats. I disowned him. I threw him right under the bus. I was like, whose kid is that out here dishing out limp dap? This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.
David Sampson
Sorry.
Amin Elhassan
I'm sorry. Who's gonna win the Super Bowl?
Dominique Foxworth
We all are, man. It's gonna be a fun game that we'll enjoy. It'll be tremendous experience. Watch some commercials and all that stuff. I think Kendrick's gonna win the Super Bowl. Kendrick Lamar, super bowl champion.
Amin Elhassan
I think SZA's gonna win the Super Bowl.
Dominique Foxworth
I don't know. My money's on Kendrick.
Amin Elhassan
Oh, man. SZA. SZA's got a moment going.
David Sampson
Dominique, what. What hotel are you staying at?
Chris Cody
What is happening right now?
Amin Elhassan
Why would you ask that?
David Sampson
Because you thought. I thought you had this amazing thing to talk to about. It is.
Amin Elhassan
It's the Super Bowl.
David Sampson
Who's gonna win the Super Bowl? The best you have.
Jessica
I'd like to know.
Chris Cody
We really just want a. Most down. I don't want to do this. What's happening? We just had a great. We were doing something.
Dominique Foxworth
We were dancing.
Amin Elhassan
We're having too much fun. Dan's gonna fly right now.
Chris Cody
Speaking of flight, Dominique, by the way, we all. Dan. I know Dan.
Jessica
Jeremy wore that color green just for Dan.
Chris Cody
Dan was worried. He's. Dan said that he's happy to take vacation. The audible sound of laughter through the glass that you may be able to catch is Jessica. Is Jess's reaction to that premise. I believe that Dan is worried. I believe that Dan should be on vacation. I believe that Dan is not on vacation.
David Sampson
You know that, right? He's working.
Chris Cody
I mean, he's not working the whole week. The whole point is to give him time. Right? He's doing this show with Dan Patrick, which everybody in New Orleans, if you're listening, go watch. It's a tip of Tina's, which is an awesome venue. You know, go do that. But after that, like, Dan should have a weekend to himself.
Jessica
He should be, you know, painting the town red.
Chris Cody
That's right. Another thing people don't say anymore.
David Sampson
Is that a 90s reference?
Jessica
I don't know.
Dan LeBatard
Dominique, you can be our. Our scout on the ground and let us know how much fun is being.
Dominique Foxworth
Had, please, by Dan.
Jessica
Yes, that's correct.
Dominique Foxworth
No, I think. I think you guys misunderstand what Dan thinks is fun. Dan, like, what you guys think is fun, not what Dan think is fun. Complaining. Oh, he's in his element. Dan is just gonna be out there searching for some shit to go wrong so that he can then complain about it when he gets back. And he'll be so happy that he had some shit go wrong.
Dan LeBatard
The only thing I wanna see from the super bowl content wise is Charlie doing his Dan impression to Dan.
Chris Cody
Oh, yeah, make that happen and send that video to us exclusively, please, for YouTube in the DraftKings network.
Dominique Foxworth
Charlie, my co host, he fl to New Orleans yesterday, and he was on a flight with Jaden Daniels.
Dan LeBatard
What? Oh, my God. How excited was he?
Dominique Foxworth
Oh, he said that he walked. It was Jaden and his mom. He said he walked up to Jaden and said, you changed my life.
Dan LeBatard
And we know he probably said this in the nerdiest way possible. Right? Can you do a Charlie impression, Dominique?
Dominique Foxworth
I can't, actually.
Chris Cody
If you can imagine, the voice I imagine Charlie used is a voice that Charlie uses to impersonate Dan, which is also. Which is also so the voice that Amin uses to impersonate Adam Silver.
Amin Elhassan
Oh, weak voice like that.
Dan LeBatard
That's exactly what Charlie's dad impression sounds like. You changed my life, Jaden Daniels. Thank you.
Chris Cody
My life. I want to get back to the game. I want to get back to the game of what do you tell the person that you're a big. That you're the biggest possible fan of Charlie went with. You changed my life. Think about that. We have a video, though. I want to play.
Dominique Foxworth
If success was an indication that he might have earned all. Because it feels like Robert Kraft just talking bad about him behind closed doors, like, that's shocking to me that no one would be willing because the owners don't like each other. Like, some of them like each other. I'm shocked that someone didn't just go hire him just to piss off Bob. Somebody hates Bob in there.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, but that's because they run this.
Dominique Foxworth
Business like a monopsony. Oh, here we go. It's a cartel. It's a cartel, Dominique. Oh, I thought you were gonna mock.
Mike Ryan
That was you saying monopson, Dan, It's a monopsony.
Chris Cody
These others are.
Dominique Foxworth
And then Dan go, no, Dominique, it's a cartel.
Mike Ryan
And Bob Kraft not getting anyone to hire Bill Belichicks.
Jessica
That's some gangster. Oh, my God, that is great.
Chris Cody
The gangster. The gangster shit part sounds like Mickey.
Dan LeBatard
Mouse in South Park.
Dominique Foxworth
The last time that he did it was one of last week's shows. And we've added a new element to it. It's now the hokie wordplay. That's our new element. That we've added to it is when he does like a double entendre type of situation.
Chris Cody
Yes. Oh, I know this move. It's the move you do as a writer and you think you can do it just speaking. And it's a real heat check.
Dominique Foxworth
It's very much like 50 year old man trying to rap is what it comes off as.
Amin Elhassan
Can you give me an example?
Dominique Foxworth
Sure.
Dan LeBatard
The Michael Jordan. The Souls of Michael Jordan. Do you know that one, Amin?
Amin Elhassan
No, I don't.
Dan LeBatard
Dominique. You got it.
Dominique Foxworth
I don't know if I can get my voice high enough.
Amin Elhassan
Well, just say it and I'll say it in the high pitched voice.
Dominique Foxworth
Okay. When Dan was in China, he said he was walking at the Great Wall behind the souls of Michael Jordan, at the place that took the soul out of Jordan. Something like that. It was actually. That's actually a good example of it. I don't like that one because that's actually really kind of cool. The rest of them.
Chris Cody
Are we now realizing that Dan's kind of a good writer? Is that what's happening right now?
Dominique Foxworth
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We know Dan's a great writer, but the other times he was talking shit to me in text and I said agreed, and he was like agreed and then put a space between it and wrote agreed. Like greedy. I was like, yeah, nah, bro. Yeah, bro, that ain't. That ain't it, bro. That ain't it.
Amin Elhassan
Plus, I thought soul was in South Korea.
David Sampson
Oh, that's not.
Chris Cody
That's just sitting here for a second.
David Sampson
Dan would have kicked me out for that, I would assume, but still.
Stugotz
Cats.
Dominique Foxworth
These gladiator games, graffiti, the church.
Chris Cody
Of football, the cathedral. Oh, I love Dan. I hope Dan's listening to this.
Dominique Foxworth
He's not.
Chris Cody
Have you guys seen a person that you were an enormous fan of and you wound up saying something like, you changed my life to them? Is there, is there a thing, David? Who is the person you would most be excited to encounter? Do you have a thing you, you know, you'd want to say to them?
David Sampson
There was an actor named Alan Alda.
Amin Elhassan
Oh, yeah.
David Sampson
Still Alive was the Hawkeye. And Mash. And there was an episode of MASH called the Joker. And when I spoke to Alan Auld about it when I met him, I asked him about that episode and he didn't remember it. And I recall being devastated. How can it be? And now that I've done 1200 nothing personal shows, I absolutely understand that you don't remember things that you do. He remembered lines at the Time he recorded it, and it changed my life. And I said to him, the next time I saw him, I don't know if you remember, but we talked about this episode that you did not remember filming, and I thought that you were crazy. And now I realize that you're normal. And the concept of people who pretend that they remember everything they've done.
Amin Elhassan
You can't do it, he said, and you are.
David Sampson
No, he. Thank you.
Jessica
Wait, so you saw him a second time and brought up something he didn't remember the first time?
Chris Cody
Is there anything else you learned from the most popular television show of all time through podcasting?
David Sampson
He. He does. Wait, explain to me what you mean, because he is a podcaster in his 80s.
Chris Cody
What I mean is. What I mean is that you went to the star of the most watched television show of all time at one point and said, I know what your life is like. I have a podcast.
David Sampson
No, this was. You're absolutely wrong. I'm sorry I didn't tell it right. I was 20 years old. I hadn't even started law school. I hadn't even finished college.
Amin Elhassan
No, you talk about the second meeting.
David Sampson
Where you say I was 23 years old.
Chris Cody
Are you stalking Alan Alda? What is happening here?
David Sampson
I just happen to know him. And you can play it a bit.
Chris Cody
Whatever.
David Sampson
He's Alan Aldi. It's probably even worth it. He's.
Dominique Foxworth
He's.
David Sampson
He's got Parkinson's. He is in his 80s, and he does this really cool.
Chris Cody
I feel like we should play it now, because I feel bad.
David Sampson
You should feel bad. Alan Alde is my acting hero. And personally, he is an amazing person. He's an amazing person. He commuted back and forth from New York to LA to Phil Mash, because he wouldn't move his family to LA for that 11 years.
Dan LeBatard
I can't believe we're doing Mashtog. It's not on a Greg Cody Tuesday.
Chris Cody
It's happening.
Dan LeBatard
That's so unexpected.
Jessica
Everything David says. And this episode of the Dan Lebatard show is presented by Venmo.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I wish I was down there now. I know. I mean, I wanted to be down there before, but I never wish I was down there more than I did the last four or five minutes or so. Like, I mean, now I get, like. I think you guys are all tremendous. I will have one piece of criticism for the man in the middle chair.
Chris Cody
Yeah. I felt Dominican.
Dominique Foxworth
Pablo. Pablo.
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Dominique Foxworth
I'm gonna need you, like, at the next break. I'm gonna need you to grab this show by the throat. The Next segment, you need to have a real legitimate hardcore football or sports topic ready at some point, and you throw it in there, and then you spin off of the hardcore football topic into silliness, and then you bring it back to the hardcore sports topic. It feels. I mean, it just feels like we out here willy nilly right now. Like, really or nearly.
Chris Cody
The another thing people don't really say anymore is willy nilly. By the way, let's keep a running list.
Amin Elhassan
He's making a comeback. Making a comeback.
Chris Cody
I think you're willy nilly nilly. Willy willy nilly.
David Sampson
I win the game.
Chris Cody
I see what you mean now, Dominique. I see what you mean.
David Sampson
Yes, we got.
Chris Cody
No, I. Look, here's the bad news. Here's the bad news for. For the steering wheel in front of me. It has the word there are vultures circling the ulcer written on it. And that's what I was gonna lead with the next time we came back from break.
Dominique Foxworth
Nope. Throw that out. I don't know what it is. If it's the Luca trade, the Aaron Fox trade, it's whatever you want. You gotta find something, and that's what you start with. Okay, next segment. Pablo, they're not just vultures.
Jessica
They're turkey vultures.
Chris Cody
Can we get Ron. Can we get Ron McGill on to talk about the vultures?
Jessica
I mean, first meatloaf, then burgers, now vultures? I mean, what is.
Amin Elhassan
Is.
Jessica
What is turkey not gonna come after?
Dominique Foxworth
See, we're done with that. Let's not come back to that. You did it. You can't do that any better. He nailed it. All right, so we're done with that. All right? You did it. Don't bring up the vultures any damn more.
Jessica
Are they healthy vultures?
Chris Cody
I can't tell if Chris is feeding me lines or just saying them. Now into the microphone for everybody. It's hard to distinguish.
Dominique Foxworth
Turkey vultures.
Jessica
That was all me.
David Sampson
I can't have that if it's just in your ear. Dominique, in New Orleans, there's been a lot of talk. I do want to get a quick thing in while we still have Dominique. There's so much talk. Roger Goodell coming out and talking about how things aren't scripted, how the Chiefs aren't favored, the head of the NFL Referee association released Scott Green. Scott Green.
Chris Cody
Scott Green. I've interviewed Scott Green before.
David Sampson
He released, in a huge statement on episode 190 of PTF show about how referees only cover two games per year for a team and that you'd have to have every referee involved in this sort of corruption, and they're the best in the business, etc. As a player, and we talk to players a lot about this, did you feel ever that there was any sort of refereeing that in any way went either for you or against you?
Dominique Foxworth
No, I never felt like there was any bias. And it's something that. I don't know. I'm sure Amin has probably had this conversation with youth athletes also is like, who cares? It's out of your control. So, like, I've never given it enough thought to think that they. That anyone's cheating. Of course, there were bad calls in my favor and bad calls against us in every game that you play, but it's something that's completely out of your control. And I assume that maybe it's not just a. An athlete thing, but, like, I kind of feel that way generally about the world around me. Like, I don't know. Shit ain't gonna work out.
Chris Cody
Counterpoint. Let's storm the Capitol.
David Sampson
Right? Like, are you saying it's a 50?
Dominique Foxworth
50?
David Sampson
Get back here, Dominique. Is that your point? It all evens out in the end. You just have to stick around?
Dominique Foxworth
No, no. It's probably. That's true, but it's honestly, it's like, it's not in your control, and complaining about it isn't gonna fix it. There are going to be issues, and maybe honestly, like, the experience and the life experience that I was kind of alluding to is like, no, it never evens out, but who gives a shit? It's just the way it's going to be.
Amin Elhassan
David, when it comes to referees, this is what I said. This is one of the things why I think Adam Silver isn't as strong as he needs to be. We've had, over the last couple of years, several instances of players and coaches insinuate that, like, the fix was in. And I said, look, man, you can call the ref stupid, you can call them blind. You can even say, hey, that ref doesn't like me. There's a personal vendetta. What we cannot ever allow in our sport is to have people question the integrity of the sport. Meaning these guys are on the take, doing money signs, talking about they wanted them to win or whatever. That's the stuff that should not fly. The league has been very soft on that. And I think the NFL is the same thing. You need to kill that immediately, not only with your players and coaches, but also with your broadcast partners, right? If you're fox, if you're cbs, NBC, or espn, you want our rights, you can't be talking that craziness. Amazon too. You can't, you can't talk about the refs wanted them to win. You can say he got a superstar call. That's very different from there's a script or there's, there's some sort of nefarious kind of thing at play.
Chris Cody
But that distinction of there are superstar calls and the NBA, by the way, is pretty, I would say unique. It's unique among sports where it's like every call has room for interpretation. When in the game is it happening? Who is committing it? Who is the person who is on the other side of it, right where on the court is it happening? All of this stuff factors into what makes a good call in basketball. And in the end, look, I guess across all sports though, the reason why I think it's such a hard conversation is because there is truth. Truth. The league likes to think of refereeing broadly as a dial to turn right. We're overcorrecting for some things. We're trying to make up for other things that happens in the NBA. We saw it. I mean scoring's way up, right? What happened?
Amin Elhassan
They interpreted the rules differently mid season.
Chris Cody
And the things changed in the NFL there are things that are called now Dominique that didn't used to be called that way because there was an actual change. The specific though favor trading of we are, we are rewarding a superstar team as an entity. That's where I agree there is. We're leaving the realm of oh, the NBA trade deadline.
Amin Elhassan
It never stops by a Chris Haynes. Milwaukee Bucks are trading three time all star Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards for Kyle Kuzma. How about that?
David Sampson
Stop the show for that Middleton. You say Bucks. I think Giannis.
Amin Elhassan
Well, no, Giannis gets some help now.
Mike Ryan
He gets coups moves before moves. Ah, the move before the move.
Amin Elhassan
Love the move before.
Chris Cody
Oh, this is a pre move. Yeah.
David Sampson
That's breaking news. All right. Thank you, Dominique. I got us back on track.
Chris Cody
I deserve that.
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Podcast Summary: The Big Suey: Tall, Dark, and Handsome (feat. Domonique Foxworth)
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Release Date: February 5, 2025
In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz are joined by special guest Domonique Foxworth. The conversation begins with light-hearted banter and transitions into deeper discussions about language, sports parenting, and the integrity of officiating in sports.
A significant portion of the episode focuses on the evolution of language, specifically the need to update outdated idioms. Domonique Foxworth brings attention to the phrase "sack grabbing," highlighting its outdated and potentially offensive connotations.
The hosts discuss how certain phrases from the past no longer resonate or may carry unintended negative meanings today. They explore alternatives that better reflect contemporary values and communication styles.
Dominique shares his approach to parenting in sports, emphasizing the importance of fostering aggression and resilience in young athletes, particularly his daughters. He recounts an incident where his daughter defended herself during a basketball game, choosing to celebrate her assertiveness.
He discusses the disparity in how boys' and girls' sports are coached and refereed, advocating for a more balanced approach that encourages all young athletes to be feisty and resilient.
The conversation shifts to the integrity of referees and officiating within sports leagues. Dominique expresses confidence in the fairness and impartiality of referees, while Amin Elhassan raises concerns about the potential for corruption and bias.
Dominique Foxworth [37:25]:
“No, I never felt like there was any bias. And it's something that's... completely out of your control.”
Amin Elhassan [38:08]:
“We have, over the last couple of years, several instances of players and coaches insinuate that, like, the fix was in.”
Amin underscores the need for sports leagues to maintain the integrity of officiating by addressing any insinuations of corruption or favoritism openly and decisively.
As the episode progresses, the hosts discuss their plans and experiences related to the upcoming Super Bowl. Dominique shares his insights on attending Super Bowl parties, emphasizing a more spontaneous and genuine approach to enjoying the event.
He contrasts this with the structured plans often made beforehand, advocating for more organic interactions and experiences during such major events.
Towards the end of the episode, Dominique provides constructive feedback on the show's current structure, suggesting a more balanced approach between hardcore sports topics and lighter, more humorous segments.
He encourages the hosts to anchor the show with substantial sports discussions before transitioning into lighter banter, ensuring a cohesive and engaging flow for listeners.
The hosts share personal stories and reflections on influential figures in their lives. David Sampson recounts an interaction with actor Alan Alda, illustrating the complexities of celebrity interactions and memory.
These anecdotes provide a personal touch to the episode, highlighting the hosts' diverse experiences and perspectives.
The episode wraps up with light-hearted exchanges and a recap of the topics discussed. Dominique reiterates his appreciation for the hosts while offering final thoughts on improving the show's content structure.
The hosts acknowledge the feedback and express their commitment to enhancing future episodes, ensuring a blend of insightful discussions and entertaining segments.
Dominique Foxworth [02:21]:
“I feel like we need a new idiom for that. Like a more modern one sometimes with my friends.”
Dominique Foxworth [16:59]:
“I remember celebrating her and then taking her home to watch Charles Oakley videos...”
Amin Elhassan [38:20]:
“The league has been very soft on that. And I think the NFL is the same thing. You need to kill that immediately...”
Dominique Foxworth [34:45]:
“I'm gonna need you to grab this show by the throat…”
Language Evolution: The necessity to update outdated idioms to reflect current societal values and sensitivities.
Sports Parenting: Encouraging resilience and assertiveness in young athletes, with a focus on balanced coaching approaches for all genders.
Refereeing Integrity: The importance of maintaining unbiased and fair officiating in sports to preserve the integrity of the game.
Event Experiences: Embracing spontaneity and genuine interactions during major sporting events like the Super Bowl.
Content Structuring: Balancing in-depth sports discussions with lighter segments to enhance show engagement and flow.
This episode offers a blend of insightful discussions on language, sports, parenting, and the integrity of officiating, all woven together with the hosts' characteristic humor and camaraderie. Whether you're a long-time listener or new to the show, The Big Suey: Tall, Dark, and Handsome provides valuable perspectives and entertaining dialogue on contemporary sports and cultural topics.