The Big Suey: The Second Paramour Of The Cocksman

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

The Big Suey: The Second Paramour Of The Cocksman

Date: February 20, 2026

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Episode Overview

Broadcast from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their panel (including Mike Ryan, Chris Cote, Roy, Zaz, and guest Dave Dameshek) deliver their signature freewheeling blend of sports banter, pop culture riffs, and quirky challenges. This Big Suey episode leans heavily into Olympic and hockey discussion, national team allegiances, and a comedic behind-the-scenes wrestling adventure. Throughout, the hosts voice their passionate, often conflicted, feelings about national pride versus hometown loyalties, greatest U.S. sports moments, and the true value of being a "sports grifter."

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Text Race with Brian Windhorst (01:40–03:56)

• Premise: The crew initiates a "text race"—a challenge to see who can get a faster or more meaningful response from the ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst.
• Highlights:
  • Mike Ryan sends a text to Windhorst slightly before Roy; both get nearly identical polite but suspicious responses.
  • The exchange underscores the group's camaraderie and playful rivalries.
  • Quote:
    "I don't know what shenanigans you guys are up to, but I'm up in the air." —Brian Windhorst (relayed by Mike Ryan, 02:20)
  • Tony is encouraged to send a sincere reply, leading to gentle ribbing about sincerity in group communications.

2. Patriotism & Sports Fandom: Who Wears It Best? (03:56–08:53)

• Olympic Semifinals and Jersey Discourse:
  • The crew debates wearing USA gear to celebrate the Olympic hockey semifinal, poking fun at Zaz for donning an NBA Finals “runner-up” shirt.
  • The group shares stories of attending previous international events and reflects on the connection between regional and national team pride.
  • Quote:
    "Wasn't a great moment for me. Some guy from Canada looked back, he's like, 'Can you guys stop?' I was like, 'alright.'" —Dan Le Batard (05:01)
  • Nostalgia takes center stage with stories about the 1980 Miracle on Ice team and debates on whether movies like "Miracle" are worth watching.
  • Dave Dameshek, a self-proclaimed authority on U.S. sports history, labels the Miracle on Ice the greatest American sports story ever.

3. The GOAT U.S. Sports Moments (10:47–13:33)

• Top American International Sporting Moments:
  • Consensus emerges around the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” as the greatest, with mentions of Landon Donovan’s World Cup goal, Megan Rapinoe’s 2019 exploits, Abby Wambach’s header, and Michael Phelps’ Olympic dominance.
  • The Dream Team's 1992 gold medal run also receives strong consideration.
  • The group acknowledges the distinction between personal club loyalties and national achievements and how these allegiances complicate rooting interests.
  • Quote:
    "What is the GOAT international moment for US sports? ... one of my moments is Landon Donovan... That moment meant so much." —Mike Ryan (10:47–11:14)

4. Wearing the Badge: Country vs. Club Loyalties (20:22–26:05)

• Hockey, National Identity, and Player Loyalty:
  • Zaz and Dave Dameshek admit that it’s hard to root for certain players on the national squad if they’re rivals or disliked when playing for their NHL clubs.
  • Dave confesses he’d still root for Sidney Crosby (a Penguins star) over other Canadians, and that, emotionally, Stanley Cups override Olympic gold for many NHL fans.
  • Mike Ryan takes the opposite stance, emphasizing the tradition of "country over club," especially drawn from soccer culture.
  • Notable Analogy:
    "It makes it feel like you're the second call for the—For the—the second paramour for the cocksman. You find out...it's more important to win for the nation than it is for our team that pays you. I feel betrayed on some level." —Dave Dameshek (24:44)

5. Skip Bayless and the "Three-on-Three" Hockey Controversy (26:22–27:11)

• The group skewers Skip Bayless for apparently misunderstanding that three-on-three hockey overtime is already an NHL innovation, not just an Olympics novelty.
• Quote:
  "Except the NHL is the one who, like, invented it, and the Olympics took it from the NHL." —Dave Dameshek (26:44)

6. The Club vs Country Dilemmas – Gold Medal Scenarios (27:11–32:03)

• The panel debates emotional responses when favorite club players face off for country—posing hypotheticals like rooting for Sam Reinhart if he scored the gold medal winner against Team USA.
• The conversation circles back to Sidney Crosby’s iconic "golden goal" in 2010 and that, sometimes, club affiliations outshine even national pride for fans.
• Quote:
  "I'll also say that there's a distinction... if 87 [Crosby] does it, it burnishes his argument as being the greatest player in the history of the sport or in the top three or in the top five." —Dave Dameshek (32:03)

7. Olympic Style: The Drip Drill and Uniform Analysis (32:03–34:00)

• A rapid-fire assessment of the current Olympic hockey jerseys praises America’s multiple looks and laments not sticking with the classic 1980s style.
• Canada’s “dynamite” jerseys are praised, though with some admitted reluctance.

8. Wrestling School Hijinks: The Crew in the Ring (34:00–41:39)

• Recap of Video Segment:
  • Chris Cote, Zaz, and others recount participating in a local wrestling clinic, with much self-deprecation about their limited cardiovascular fitness and newfound respect for pro wrestlers.
  • Chris Cote surprises everyone with his natural wrestling aptitude: “That was a different person out there. I think a year of work and you could absolutely be a professional wrestler if that was your ambition.” —Dave Dameshek (39:06)
  • Discussion transitions from playful banter to encouragement to join local Coastal Championship Wrestling events ("Bash at the Brew").

9. Can Anyone Be a U.S. Olympic Luger? (41:52–45:37)

• Luge/Bobsled Demystified:
  • The group jokes about the ease (and possible grift) of being an Olympic loser (luge rider) or "third guy" on a four-man bobsled, proposing most Americans could make the team simply by being available.
  • Roy describes their Salt Lake City Olympic Village bobsled experience, asserting, “We dominated luge adjacent.” (43:45)
  • Dameshek calls out “sports grifters” in bobsledding who seemingly get medals just for riding along.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On group texting paranoia:
  "He's like, 'I don't know what shenanigans you guys are up to, but I'm up in the air.'" —Windhorst via Mike Ryan (02:20)

• On “runner-up” shirts:
  "Number one, it's not like this shirt says Miami Heat 2020 Eastern Conference Championship. I would never wear that. This is a Miami Heat 2020 NBA Finals shirt." —Zaz (05:54)

• On the 1980 Miracle on Ice:
  "It's the greatest story in American sports history, and nothing will ever top it." —Dave Dameshek (08:53)

• On national allegiances and rivalries:
  "It's more important to win for the nation than it is for our team that pays you. I feel betrayed on some level." —Dave Dameshek (24:44)

• On wrestling surprise:
  "That was a different person out there. I think a year of work and you could absolutely be a professional wrestler if that was your ambition." —Dave Dameshek to Chris Cote (39:06)

• On bobsled “sports grifters”: "Do we agree that the second and third guys in the four-man bobsled are sports grifters?...just hang out and get a medal for the deeds of their pals who steer and push from behind?" —Dave Dameshek (44:44)

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Segment Timestamps

| Segment Description | Start–End | |--------------------------------------------------|----------------| | Text Race with Brian Windhorst | 01:40–03:56 | | Sporting Patriotism / Jersey & Olympics Talk | 03:56–08:53 | | Greatest U.S. Sports Moments | 10:47–13:33 | | Club vs. Country Loyalties & Hockey Antipathies | 20:22–26:05 | | Skip Bayless 3-on-3 Hockey Overtime Debate | 26:22–27:11 | | Emotional Club vs. Country Scenarios | 27:11–32:03 | | Olympic Uniform "Drip Drill" | 32:03–34:00 | | Wrestling School Adventure | 34:00–41:39 | | Luge/Bobsled "Sports Grifters" | 41:52–45:37 |

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Tone and Flavor

• The show balances deep sports nostalgia, honest fandom neuroses, and irreverent camaraderie, with everyone getting at least a gentle roasting—from each other and themselves.
• Playful skepticism about traditions and the real weight of “greatest moments” in sports pairs with affectionate appreciation.
• Frequent self-deprecation (“sports grifters,” wrestling struggles) and Miami-specific local color round things out.

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For New Listeners

This episode is for anyone who loves:

• Debates about sports GOATs and what those moments actually mean
• Honest confessions about rooting interests and the tug-of-war between country and club
• The humor and human frailty behind big personalities—plus the occasional left turn into full-on sports-adjacent absurdity (like semi-serious Olympic luge aspirations or amateur wrestling adventures).

If you want entertaining banter with sports as the setting but human quirks and comedic surprises as the real focus, this Big Suey delivers.

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Transcript

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[Chris Cote]

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[Dan Le Batard (alternate or guest)]

the other Dan LeBatard podcast.

[Dave Dameshek]

I'm sorry.

[Chris Cote]

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[Dan Le Batard (alternate or guest)]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dave Dameshek]

Do we have an update in the race to Wendy?

[Mike Ryan]

We do now. I was a little heartbroken because I saw the three dots and then they went away. But the working theory here is that he got these two texts and he was a little suspicious as to what was going on.

[Chris Cote]

Definitely, like, mighty suspicious.

[Dave Dameshek]

What game are these jokers who I've not heard from? Like, when's the last time you text him, Mike?

[Mike Ryan]

Last time I texted Brian Windhorst was, you know, it's been a while. I want to say, like, around a year ago.

[Roy]

Tony, it's been a hot minute.

[Zaz]

Yeah.

[Dave Dameshek]

All right, so what are these jokers up to?

[Mike Ryan]

All right, so Wendy texted me back one minute before he texted Tony back. We have certified.

[Roy]

That was about 30 seconds.

[Mike Ryan]

We have certified the election results. That's it. Contest over. He said, I don't Know what shenanigans you guys are up to, But I'm up in the air. He is flying right now. But I just confirmed I thanked him for texting me first, which solidifies our very close bond.

[Dave Dameshek]

Tony, have you responded to him?

[Roy]

I haven't responded to him yet.

[Dave Dameshek]

What do you say to you?

[Roy]

He said to me the same thing. What are you guys up to?

[Mike Ryan]

I'm flying.

[Roy]

So with that being said, I do want to alert the audience that Mike sent the text a couple of seconds prior to me, almost a full minute before. So in the text feed, it'd show up first.

[Dave Dameshek]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike Ryan, your exchange was shorter, though, actually, is what you're saying.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, that's because you had to explain who you were in your text, just in case. Put you at a supreme disadvantage.

[Roy]

I like to provide context to people that I'm texting just in case they have.

[Mike Ryan]

Just in case.

[Roy]

All these different things.

[Mike Ryan]

I didn't need to provide context because Wendy and I. Thick as thieves.

[Dave Dameshek]

Okay. I think we need to figure.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to race now, too, with someone who can I text.

[Dave Dameshek]

I think we need to figure out, though, what Tony responds with.

[Dan Le Batard]

Roy. Let's both text Mike Cunho.

[Mike Ryan]

You picked that name up, do you.

[Roy]

Did you text somebody that you knew would

[Dave Dameshek]

this going? Tony, Are you ashamed? Is that why?

[Chris Cote]

No, absolutely not.

[Roy]

Absolutely not. No, because I.

[Mike Ryan]

You gotta text back.

[Roy]

No, I will text back.

[Dave Dameshek]

Otherwise, it's rude.

[Roy]

I'm gonna text back right now. I'm going to tell him, hey, thank you for texting me back. Love the show. Keep doing a great job. Let's hit something nice, something simple.

[Mike Ryan]

H. Get a loser, like, so. Nice. Keep doing a great job. So insincere, Chris.

[Zaz]

Let's both text Billy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, let's all text Billy.

[Dave Dameshek]

See?

[Mike Ryan]

All right, we'll call that race in about a week and a half.

[Chris Cote]

Really, Corbin?

[Dave Dameshek]

So the hockey. The men's semifinals is today in the olympics, and at 10:40. So I know we're less than an hour away. Are we gonna have that on here? Finland?

[Mike Ryan]

Look, I know it's rude to cut somebody off, but I have a with you because we were in the group chat and you were all excited about our ladies winning the gold, and you're like, hey, we should do something.

[Dave Dameshek]

I know. I watched it at the dentist yesterday.

[Mike Ryan]

Let's all do something about this. And then, like, all right, let's show how patriotic we are, how proud of our ladies and excited for our men in the semis we are. Let's all wear USA stuff. So I Walk in, I see Ethan wearing the same jersey with all number 19 Kachuk jerseys down here. South Florida legend.

[Dave Dameshek]

How do you all get. How do you all get the same Kerchuck jersey?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, see, we're way more patriotic than you because we actually went to the four nations together across true Americans year ago, which it was a.

[Dave Dameshek]

Well, that was before I started coming around here.

[Mike Ryan]

That was a whole 51st state thing, which is still going a little strong. But, you know, it was. It was a tough time for us.

[Dan Le Batard]

I chanted it.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, we were, you know, emotional. Hell yeah, dude. Hell yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wasn't a great moment for me.

[Mike Ryan]

I had a competition. It wasn't. It was regrettable. And I, I whispered in. In Chris's ear, you're probably going to regret that. And then I.

[Dan Le Batard]

Some guy from Canada looked back. He's like, can you guys stop? I was like, all right.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. But all that stuff stopped once we offered them a Zinn. They were like, what is this? I'm like, this is a nicotine olive branch. Three or six. They were head spinning.

[Chris Cote]

Dude, it was great.

[Dave Dameshek]

Dave, you know about that Zinn? I don't know about it. And I don't know about Wayne Gretzky's favorite hockey team, usa and why that's not discussed more. He's rooting for the US over his native land, right?

[Mike Ryan]

I would assume not. I mean, it's Canada hockey. It's a. It's a different world over there. But he hasn't exactly covered himself in glory and he had to walk back. Previous columns, comments. But my main issue, my main issue here is Zaz walked in with an NBA Finals 2020, which, by the way, that is a runner up shirt. Throw that away. Okay.

[Dave Dameshek]

Can I defend myself real quick?

[Mike Ryan]

Runner up shirts.

[Dave Dameshek]

Okay, in theory, I completely agree with you. All right? But number one, it's not like this shirt says Miami Heat 2020 Eastern Conference Championship. I would never wear that. Okay? This is a Miami Heat 2020 NBA Finals shirt. And the reason that I still wear this is you would never catch me wearing like Miami Heat 2014 NBA Finals. No, no. That was not pleasant, losing that one. 2020. I'm very proud of what this team did in the bubble.

[Mike Ryan]

Very proud. All right, fair enough. But it is a runner up shirt. Ok. All right. So I had to lend Zaz a hat.

[Dave Dameshek]

Him proud of what happened in the bubble. What? We got great memories from that team. It was amazing. Run.

[Mike Ryan]

We can stay there, Dave. Go ahead, tee off.

[Dave Dameshek]

The title only count. Title only counts for a half for the team. That won it. What does it count for the team that lost in the bubble? I mean, did you see when Bam Adebayo took Jason Tatum's soul when he blocked that shot in game one?

[Chris Cote]

It was the height of basketball.

[Dave Dameshek]

I mean, yeah, the. The. The scrap. I mean, you know what. What? Who was even at those games where the word that. The idea. The Lakers title and that the Dodgers title that needs titles is jiving yourself.

[Mike Ryan]

But I had to loan Zaz a hat, a dad cap, which is the only type of hat of mine that would fit around his big eye head. And it's a. It's a tennis. It's an Olympic tennis hat. And like, why it was your idea when you conceptualize, hey, let's be Patriots. I understand why that commie Jeremy isn't dressed.

[Zaz]

Oh, man. I'm at least wearing a New York shirt. Nothing more American than you.

[Roy]

Nothing more Commie.

[Mike Ryan]

Nothing more Commie.

[Roy]

Nothing more commit.

[Chris Cote]

Nothing more Commie.

[Mike Ryan]

Why aren't you wearing a USA jersey?

[Dave Dameshek]

Honest to God, I totally forgot this guy.

[Chris Cote]

I bleed red, white, and blue. You can't do that to me.

[Dave Dameshek]

Here's what makes it worse. Here's what makes it worse. And Dave will appreciate this. Honest to God. I have an authentic. I've had it for 40 years. I have an authentic team USA 1980 Men's Olympic Hockey jersey. I have one, and I could have worn it today, but I forgot.

[Mike Ryan]

Damn, you're old.

[Dave Dameshek]

Whose name is on the back? Anybody? Okay, get one. Who would you get? Well, there's. Anybody in that room, even though anybody was on the team.

[Mike Ryan]

Ruzioni. That's. Don't ask me for a second, though.

[Dave Dameshek]

Mike Aruzione. I had Rob Mcclanahan a couple weeks ago. I know the players.

[Mike Ryan]

Jack O'. Callaghan.

[Dave Dameshek]

Okay. Except I had Rob McClanahan.

[Mike Ryan]

There you go.

[Chris Cote]

Whoa.

[Dave Dameshek]

No, there's. I'm fascinated by whether or not the 1980 hockey team is now so far in the rearview mirror. And apparently Mike just answered that question because he's pretty steeped in. In sports history. If he doesn't know much about that 1980 team, I assume nobody else. Yeah, either. Right.

[Zaz]

It was 15 years before I was born.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Five years before I was born.

[Dave Dameshek]

I mean, Dave.

[Dan Le Batard]

Seven years for me.

[Dave Dameshek]

I'll. I'll add. I'm. I'm very well versed in that team. I'm way into it. I love every documentary of that team. It's the greatest story in American sports history, and nothing will ever top it. Dave, do you agree with that? Well, by the Way philosophically. Zaz, do you watch the movie starring Kurt Russell? I am opposed to it because we have video of the actual people who are a part of the actual event. Why would we watch some fictional or some recreation of it when we have the evidence available to watch ourselves? Well, I would tell you from my perspective, I would watch it because I want to watch everything about the 1980 men's U.S. olympic hockey team. And not only do I love the movie Miracle, it's my all time favorite sports movie. Wow. Okay. I haven't. Yeah, I'm cynical enough that I haven't even tried to watch it, but I did just watch that Netflix documentary and man, it's great. Watch that thing. There's just nothing. There's been nothing. Well, I will not argue that the first 45 minutes there's nothing new revealed there. But after that, it's very emotional. Every. All the players individual stories, Jim Craig's in particular, is great stuff about his mother passing away and what that gold medal run meant to the old man and all the rest of it. But the. The other thing is, Al Michaels on the microphone is as masterful as anybody you've ever heard in your life covering any sporting event over a fortnight. What he does, and he understands the moment, what it means for the United States against the Soviet Union. Not just in sports, but he gets the sports element of it as well. Nobody has ever dominated the microphone like Al Michaels did. And I'm not just talking about do you believe in miracles? But boy, oh boy, that's the greatest call of all time, too.

[Mike Ryan]

What is the goat international moment for US Sports. I know that we've submitted international.

[Dave Dameshek]

Well, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

US Sports moment, not professional ranks. We're talking about representing your country because a miracle on ice, even though it wasn't the gold medal game. Because I understand that that's probably going to pop up here because one of my moments, one of my favorite US Sports moments is Landon Donovan. And that merely got them to the knockout rounds.

[Dave Dameshek]

Oh, what a. What a moment.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I actually had Lebo make a painting of that moment. For me, it was. That moment meant so much and didn't

[Dave Dameshek]

it result in that game just being a draw? It wasn't even a win.

[Mike Ryan]

It was just a get the US to the knockout stages. And it was at the death. It was improbable. Like the U.S. men's National Team was really struggling against a tough Algeria team. And it got him in there into the knockout.

[Dave Dameshek]

I got goosebumps just thinking about which

[Mike Ryan]

was a big deal. When you consider the expectations. I also think like Rapinoe's run in the 2019, when you consider all the political ramifications, how she became this lightning rod and for her to step up and meet the moment is really one of the underrated ones.

[Dave Dameshek]

Wasn't in the World cup before that where Abby Wambach had the header really late in the game to win it for usa.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, the, the, the, the ladies have provided especially in soccer, way more moments I think. But Chris, here's a sneaky one. And it wasn't. And we ended up losing in the four nations fight. But the fight, dude, to start USA Canada.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm in on this. In terms of a moment.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm not talking about achievement, Dave. I'm just talking about US sports moment. When you're repping the nation, the way that that USA Canada game started in Montreal with three consecutive fights in the first nine seconds is up there.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's my goat moment.

[Dave Dameshek]

It was, it was marvelous. But I'll tell you that I think that the Dream team is, you know, if you, if you consider what led to the Dream team, which is in 1988, they go to Korea and John Thompson's collegians lose. And so now everybody's mad. But I always thought that was great because the US almost always won with our third level players. We weren't sending our best, we were sending our JV basically. And that was good enough to still win the gold medal most of the time. But okay, we lost and now we had to tell the world. This is what could happen to you all the time if we wanted it to. We're gonna send our actual best Magic and Bird and Jordan and everybody else. And they beat everybody by 298 points all through that. That's where it should have stopped. That should have been the lesson. Like we'll do this to you every time. Well, the problem for the US was going back because eventually you were going to lose that way. But in 92, that ass whipping that they put the message delivered to the rest of the world, I thought was, was remarkable. I think that's the greatest moment since 1980. On the, on the international stage, this

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dave Dameshek]

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[Chris Cote]

Don LeBatard.

[Dave Dameshek]

I've never stepped foot on that campus. If you told me right now your life depends on it. Go to Santa Fe University and just take a picture.

[Mike Ryan]

Stugats.

[Dave Dameshek]

I would die. I don't know where it is.

[Chris Cote]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. What about 1996? What about Kerry Strogg? Because that vault, that was the golden.

[Mike Ryan]

She did it on a boat leg. You're an ally.

[Dave Dameshek]

That's a great one.

[Mike Ryan]

Inspirational. That certainly. That might make the metal stand right there.

[Dave Dameshek]

Chastain.

[Mike Ryan]

Chastain. Yeah. I don't.

[Dan Le Batard]

Man. But when Tkachuk punched Hagle in the face.

[Dave Dameshek]

Right in the face.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a Tkachuk Brothers.

[Chris Cote]

For me, the moment when they get

[Dan Le Batard]

to the box together and they're like, I got him. Did you get him? That brotherly moment.

[Mike Ryan]

Carli Lloyd's incredible performance in the Cup Final. Like Chaz Stain was the gold standard for women. Women's American sports, I think, until like, the. The turn of the century, where the. The US Just ended up having, like, four more that topped it, I think.

[Roy]

Guys, can I submit? Michael Phelps dominating swimming for basically 25 years. What it felt like.

[Mike Ryan]

It's hard for me to just get up for, like, one individual. Like, the team sports are really like, what? Kind of like char.

[Roy]

But you're talking about the relay where all the boys are there.

[Dan Le Batard]

And that is my bet. Best Michael Phelps memory is the relay, where he's just like.

[Roy]

Yeah, yes, exactly.

[Zaz]

Remember when Adam Jones robbed that home run in the 2017 Baseball Classic? No. No.

[Mike Ryan]

I will tell you, there was a

[Dave Dameshek]

moment you might have made that up for all I know.

[Mike Ryan]

There was a window. There was a window for baseball to get in the conversation, but Ohtani handled his business and Trout couldn't handle his.

[Zaz]

That absolutely was it. If Trout would have had a walk off against Ohtani in 23, that would have been the moment. But maybe. Hey, might be coming up in a couple weeks.

[Mike Ryan]

I just got another text from Wendy.

[Roy]

So did I. So did I.

[Mike Ryan]

Really?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't trust you.

[Dave Dameshek]

Hmm.

[Mike Ryan]

You got that? All right. Ooh. Let's see what he says. Between you and Zaslow, there is indeed a very long history of people talking shit about me. Okay. Yeah. Hmm. What'd you say? I thought we were past that.

[Dave Dameshek]

Well, what didn't I say?

[Mike Ryan]

I'm saying he's sorry. I'll send a Sophie.

[Dave Dameshek]

I'll do a little pose here. I'll wave. There you go.

[Mike Ryan]

There it is.

[Dave Dameshek]

I feel like we've made up, though. Okay. I mean, he was.

[Chris Cote]

Do you feel like that?

[Roy]

But does he feel like that?

[Dave Dameshek]

I, I. Well, I've had him on shows with me on ESPN Radio several times. I always feel a little bit awkward, but it's always gone fine. I think we're good.

[Roy]

You know, it's gone fine because he's a professional.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dave Dameshek]

Yeah, right, right. Just hope Wendy has the good sense to take a shot at Zaz for wearing a runner up T shirt. He said, but no, it's not a runner up shirt. It's a Miami Heat 2020 NBA Final shirt. It doesn't say any outcome or nothing. For all you know, I bought it. We're number two in the bubble. Yeah.

[Zaz]

But we all know if Bam and Dragic didn't get hurt, they would have won it.

[Dave Dameshek]

So we have the men's semifinals today at 12:40. You have Canada and Finland at 3:10. It's USA and Slovakia. And. Okay, so I'm gonna be honest here with you guys. And obviously, I want usa. I want them to win very much. Okay? But I have. I don't know if anyone feels this way, too. And this goes with. You know, we're talking hockey here, but certainly when the men's team is playing the basketball, whatever, I have a very hard time rooting for some of the individual players, even though they are wearing my country's letters across their chest, because some of these guys, you know, for us especially the battles that the Panthers have had these last couple years, are real pieces of shit. And so I have a very hard time. Like, all of a sudden, I like Auston Matthews. No, I don't like Auston Matthews at all.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, think about this. Brendan Hagel, Sam Bennett, and Brad Marchand, they're on the same line together.

[Dave Dameshek]

Right, right, right. Like, if I. If I. Now. Now, granted, I have dual citizenship to Canada. Okay.

[Chris Cote]

But since when?

[Roy]

That's a revelation.

[Dave Dameshek]

I. I lived there when I was a baby. My family's Canadian, and.

[Roy]

Yeah, and whose side are you on, buddy?

[Dave Dameshek]

The U.S. i'm an American.

[Chris Cote]

Side of you on rocked right now.

[Dave Dameshek]

Not for long. How dare you. But, like, if I was rooting for Canada, Brendan Hagel is still a huge piece of shit. So I. I just. Like, am I the only one who has a side? My personal visits. Because the reality of it is I care more about my club team, that being the Panthers, than I do my international team, which of course is. Is my country dog. And I know, the only one not wearing red, white, and blue today. Huh?

[Mike Ryan]

Wow, the plot does thicken.

[Dave Dameshek]

No, listen, I'm. I'm with Zaz. I catch a lot of crap. I don't root for Canada over the U.S. should they play each other for the gold medal. But I am rooting for Sidney Crosby over everybody else.

[Mike Ryan]

He's not playing, by the way.

[Dave Dameshek]

I know he's not playing against Finland. We'll see if he plays in the final. And you know it. You know, the come to Jesus for anybody who roots for the Penguins, obviously, was when you see him go down with the knee injury, who gives a crap about the Olympics? All right? If he's out for the Stanley cup run, then it ain't worth it. Okay, so hold on a second. So if you're. Obviously, you're rooting for us, but if you were Canadian and you're obviously a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, Dave, do you even want Crosby to return in this tournament? No, I'm fine. If he does not show up there. I know it's deeply important to him, and it's sort of one of those things where you're. What your head tells you is different than what your heart does. My. You know, intellectually, I appreciate that Sidney Crosby would like to be participating in that. My heart, as a Penguins fan, says, like. Like, I don't give a crap what you want. Focus in on. On what matters. And that's the Stanley cup, not a gold medal. Right? Like, that's why when Matthew Tkachuk got hurt last year in the Four nations and then wound up missing the rest of the regular season for us, you know, in theory, you would say, hey, you must. You must hate that he played in the Four Nations, But. But I was not mad at him because, like Dave said, I know how important that was to Matthew Tkachuk. So if it's that important to him and he's playing as hard as he is there, I'm okay with that.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, we had that conversation before. You were messing around with us in the studio a year ago, which is. I. Yeah, I'm. Maybe it's because I was a diehard soccer guy, but I'm always country over club. That is the. That is what is baked into world soccer. If someone gets injured in a. In a World cup qualifier, them's the breaks. Because everybody understands country over club in hockey. I understand how people are feeling conflicted because that was literally the first time in, you know, 15 years that these professional NHL players had the opportunity to represent their country. It's, in part why there was so much juice to that event. So it's hard to wrap your head around, like, why is my guy, my key guy, getting hurt in what is tantamount to an exhibition? You know, we just invented this thing. But if it meant that much to that guy.

[Dave Dameshek]

Right, that's why I was okay with it.

[Mike Ryan]

You have to respect it.

[Dave Dameshek]

Right. Like, Mike, though, it makes it feel like you're the second call for the. For the. The second paramour for the Coxman. You find out, like, all of a sudden, like, wait a minute, you have somebody else you call before you call me, that it's more important to win for the nation than it is for our team that pays you. I feel. I feel betrayed on some level.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't. I don't. Because I wanted the U.S. to win that competition. I was willing to sacrifice my. My team's important players. And look, look, it ended up working out. Matty got hurt, but Maddie won a Stanley cup, so it was all fine in retrospect and he had an offseason surgery.

[Dave Dameshek]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Probably put this year's Florida Panther team behind the eight ball because he had to have a residual surgery from that very injury. But I get it, dude. I understand. For me, I'm. I'm pretty. I'm. I'm not budging on this country over club.

[Dan Le Batard]

Always.

[Roy]

Davey, buddy, what did you just say about the Paramore and the Coxman?

[Dave Dameshek]

You know that if Sidney Crosby. If you asked him, is it more important to you to have a gold medal than the Stanley Cup? And he said gold medal for. For the nation of Canada, I would be very sad about that. Yeah. And I made a powerful analogy that I appreciate you picking up on there.

[Zaz]

Coxman spelled.

[Dave Dameshek]

I mean, I'll let you work.

[Zaz]

Okay.

[Dave Dameshek]

All right.

[Zaz]

No, just wanted to make sure it was that. Okay.

[Dave Dameshek]

Now, Dave is a huge Pittsburgh Penguins fan, so he's also a huge Sidney Crosby fan. So if we get to the gold medal game and, you know, it's. It's an overtime, which they do three on three. Skip Bayless doesn't know that the NHL also does three on three. He thought that the NHL. You saw that, right?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I did. All right, so I want to break this down, because the way that I understood it wasn't like, hey, this is the way that overtime should be. The way that I understood it was like, Skip was thinking that this should be the sport all the time from here on.

[Dave Dameshek]

Oh, really?

[Mike Ryan]

No, I actually thought it was dumber.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't see what Skip said. Tell me what Skip said I didn't see.

[Mike Ryan]

So he's like, I hope the NHL is paying attention. Three on three. More chances, more exciting brand of hockey. Something along those lines.

[Dave Dameshek]

Except the NHL is the one who, like, invented it, and the Olympics took

[Mike Ryan]

it from the NHL, which I'm not. I'm not crazy about 3 on 3 to settle games, especially at the Olympic level.

[Dave Dameshek]

I didn't know that they do that at the Olympic level. I'm not.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm not crazy about it, but the way that I understood it, it was like, maybe you guys are giving Skip Bayless way too much credit. I thought Skip Bayless. 1.

[Dave Dameshek]

You thought the whole game should be 3.

[Mike Ryan]

I thought Skip Bayless meant, like, hey, let's do away with five players. Let's let five skaters out there. Let's have. Have just three.

[Dave Dameshek]

So, Dave, if it's USA versus Canada, it's overtime, gold medal game, and Sidney Crosby has a breakaway. You want him to score? Well, we've already had that moment. ZAZ. 2010 Yep. The US and Canada were playing for the gold medal and it went to overtime. And I said in advance of that I hope the US Wins unless Sidney Crosby can be the the reason Canada wins with the get with the golden goal. And that's exactly the way it went. And I cheered. And then several months later I had the opportunity to visit with one Sidney Crosby. And I asked him where did he come down on me cheering for him scoring even though I'm an American. And he said it was okay with him. So I feel in the clear. You can attack me all you want. 87 says it's okay for me to cheer for Canada so long as it's him doing the good deeds for his nation. Mike Ryan, Sam Reinhart. He scores the game winning goal. Canada over US and the gold medal. Like, is there a residual effect? You angry at Reinhardt?

[Mike Ryan]

I'm pissed that we lose. I'm happy for Sam. It does like, like last last year when Auston Matthews, who I still very much hate and I don't think should be captain when he fails to close

[Dave Dameshek]

out loser captain energy. Right?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. When he fails to close out in the zone and pinch that play, I'm more upset at him. But like if Reinhardt ends up scoring a game winning goal, I'll be upset and dejected that my team lost, but

[Dan Le Batard]

I'd rather have that than Hagel.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, there is a silver lining in there. I mean it's all kind of weird because Cooper's a head coach there and you know, that just makes me hate them more, the rivalries. And there's a really cool stat. Dave. I don't know if you saw it. All 32 NHL teams are represented in these semifinals. There are just four teams left and yet every single NHL market has a player that is represented in these semis. It's. It's really cool. I like that those rivalries make it it for strange bedfellows like the. Like how Roy highlighted on that line with the Lightning and Panthers rivalry. But it does give me a little extra added juice for these things. I hate people stupid faces sometimes.

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[Chris Cote]

Don LeBatard John, can you rate my

[Dave Dameshek]

Al Pacino from that billiard scene in Carlito's Way? If I do it for you, I think it's pretty good.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dave Dameshek]

Okay, Stugarts, you think you're big time or you're gonna die big time. That is on my infamous scale of

[Chris Cote]

one to ten, that's a.

[Dave Dameshek]

That's a 7.6 solid.

[Mike Ryan]

Good job. That's a suey nominee right there.

[Chris Cote]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stug.

[Dave Dameshek]

I'll also say that that there's a distinction up. I'm front running a little bit, but REINHARDT Doing it versus Crosby, it's a different level. If 87 does it, it burnishes his argument as being the greatest player in the history of the sport or in the top three or in the top five. That's not going to do the same thing for Reinhardt, obviously, and so I root for it on that level too. As A. As you know, what it means for Crosby in his place in history, it elevates him even more that he already has one golden goal to his name. If he got a second one, obviously, that would elevate him even higher up. The other thing is, Mike just mentioned, though, that with the final four and everything, I'm curious, since we do. Since we do a drip drill, what about the sweaters in these. In these Olympics? Beautiful hockey getups, this, right? Finland looks dynamite.

[Mike Ryan]

So. So the one issue that I had with the four nations was that every team just had one uni set, and it was color against color. But here in the Olympics, you get the wide array. I mean, the US has, like, three different looks that they've had in this tournament. I like the away. I. You probably have some conflicted feelings about the. The nameplate and how it goes over the shoulder. You probably don't like that Buffalo bills, early 2000s look, but I think the US has an incredible uni set. And I hate to admit it, but, you know, Canada's looking pretty good.

[Dave Dameshek]

Canada looks great. I just don't understand why the US wouldn't standardly wear what they wore in 1980 forever. You know, that like. Like I say, you know, obviously, that's the greatest event in American sports in the last 50 years, at least. Why would you not honor that every chance you get? Dave, did you see a couple of days ago that Chris, Cody, and I, we became professional wrestlers? I did see it. I was vaguely jealous, but more impressed than anything else. Great job by both of you fellas. I have been unbelievable, like, ridiculously sore.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's gotten worse as the days have gone.

[Dave Dameshek]

Oh, I'm starting to get better. You're getting worse.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm like, this morning was the hardest. It was harder for me to get out of bed this morning than yesterday.

[Dave Dameshek]

I was in a wheelchair yesterday.

[Mike Ryan]

Your bruises cleared up, too, so Epsom salts.

[Dave Dameshek]

So, Chris, we have a. We have a. For people who missed it, all right? Especially for the video team. For the folks watching, you know, on. On video, if you missed it a couple of days ago, we. We have a whole package that our video team put together. Right, Chris?

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's do it. Let's watch it.

[Dave Dameshek]

I'm hungry for lunch. Domino's about to catch that beat down. That's right, baby. Zazzle316 about to whoop your ass. Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's gonna feel that sting, that kind of thing.

[Dave Dameshek]

Wrestling's my life.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm gonna order some Domino

[Mike Ryan]

guys.

[Wrestling Coach]

I appreciate the effort, brother, the commitment, but why are we dressed like this.

[Dave Dameshek]

We're here to wrestle.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm thinking 360 moonsault into a stunner.

[Chris Cote]

Off the top, yo.

[Dave Dameshek]

That's my gimmick.

[Wrestling Coach]

Afloja, we're not here to. We're here to learn the basics.

[Dan Le Batard]

Basics.

[Wrestling Coach]

Lo basico. All right, so the first basic we're gonna learn is how to lock up. Just a strong lock up.

[Chris Cote]

All right?

[Dave Dameshek]

And then I give you a stunner.

[Dan Le Batard]

Zaz, Meena, mina.

[Dave Dameshek]

And then I.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sorry.

[Dave Dameshek]

Good one. That was a good one.

[Wrestling Coach]

Guys.

[Chris Cote]

Are we here to work?

[Wrestling Coach]

Once you establish strong lockup, you can get into some punches, right?

[Dave Dameshek]

And then I give you a stunner.

[Wrestling Coach]

Do you have an issue with me or is there, like, something going on here? Like, are you just jealous cause I'm macho mang and you're macho man?

[Dan Le Batard]

I just love the sport.

[Wrestling Coach]

One of the most crucial and important things in a wrestling match is being able to use the momentum of running into this ropes like a slingshot.

[Dave Dameshek]

And then I give you a stunner.

[Wrestling Coach]

Get into that stunner.

[Dave Dameshek]

Of course. I knew it. I knew it. Ow.

[Wrestling Coach]

Oh, me give some proper corner cakes. Una panapo and coolo. Ay, la quina.

[Dave Dameshek]

My favorite. And then I give you a stunner.

[Mike Ryan]

Ready?

[Dan Le Batard]

You're gonna take it easy.

[Wrestling Coach]

Take it easy. Ready now to give me those kicks.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

No. Oh, no.

[Dave Dameshek]

Above the waist. No,

[Chris Cote]

that's not a part of. Oh, yeah.

[Wrestling Coach]

So now we're gonna learn how to show dominance and how to kick them while they're flat on the ground.

[Dave Dameshek]

And then I'm gonna give him a stunner.

[Wrestling Coach]

So we want to make sure we chop our opponents down.

[Chris Cote]

That's good, bor.

[Dave Dameshek]

No, ma. Let's go, jazz.

[Chris Cote]

You think you got this?

[Wrestling Coach]

Yes.

[Chris Cote]

Get a hold of. Come on, cheaters.

[Dave Dameshek]

Come on, Come on.

[Wrestling Coach]

Make sure that you.

[Chris Cote]

Welcome to wrestling.

[Wrestling Coach]

And that concludes today's Balisa.

[Dan Le Batard]

Domino.

[Dave Dameshek]

Oh, yeah. That video's awesome.

[Chris Cote]

What a surprise with the glass bottle over Domino's head.

[Dave Dameshek]

That video's awesome, man.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was tiring. But fun.

[Mike Ryan]

You never gave the sunner.

[Dave Dameshek]

I know. Well, he didn't. You don't want to teach me. You know, trying. I wanted to.

[Mike Ryan]

You would have broken your hip if you tried to sonic.

[Dave Dameshek]

That's that, too. That's part of the reason.

[Zaz]

Zaz, I loved your effort, but, man, Chris, that was actually legitimately impressive.

[Dave Dameshek]

Chris was. I mean, you could see it. Chris. By the time Chris was thrown into the turnbuckle, you were, like, exhausted, gassed.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, Chris. Chris was the worker Yeah, I.

[Dave Dameshek]

Listen, Zaz, a capable job by you and congratulations. But, Cody, do you know, like, how Lawrence Taylor would be? Like, that wasn't. That wasn't Lawrence Taylor out on the field. That was LT. Or how JJ McCarthy is. Like, that's 9. Out on the gridiron. You summoned something from somewhere. I don't even know that you knew you had. That was a different person out there. I think a year of work and you could absolutely be a professional wrestler if that was your ambition. I. I'm interested because, listen, I. I love pro wrestling. It's a major part of my life.

[Chris Cote]

Life.

[Dave Dameshek]

Up. Smackdown tonight is at Amarin bank arena on Sunrise. You're going, right, Chris? I'll be there. You've never been before.

[Dan Le Batard]

Never been to WWE before.

[Dave Dameshek]

Third row. You're gonna love it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, I'm excited.

[Dave Dameshek]

Yeah, I'm going tonight. I'm taking my son. It's. It's gonna be a really great show. But I. I wonder how you felt, Chris, as someone who, you know, doesn't know much about wrestling, I. I love wrestling. So going through that whole match and doing everything there, like, I would. I could understand how guys like Domino who want to become a pro wrestler and you get a little bit of a taste of it. You're like, this is awesome. Like, I. I felt that in the ring there, that. This is definitely so much fun.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was fun, but also, like, how it.

[Mike Ryan]

The.

[Dan Le Batard]

The wind you need. Dude, it's different. It's a different cardio, though. Like, that's the part that, like, the. It was fun. Like, I loved. Loved in theory, all of it, but I got so tired. Yeah, it was just like, we tried, like, you know, not that we're playing, like, you know, we're walking through this stuff and just exhausting every single time.

[Dave Dameshek]

Yeah. These stuff.

[Mike Ryan]

These stuff.

[Dan Le Batard]

So I don't know. I can't say too much.

[Dave Dameshek]

You know, there's.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Oh, wow. You're protecting the business, Cody.

[Dave Dameshek]

This is your thing. I didn't know. You didn't know much about wrestling. You are natural.

[Zaz]

I grew up.

[Dan Le Batard]

I grew up watching it. I grew up watching it, so it's not like I didn't know anything about. I don't follow it current day, but I grew up loving wrestling, so I kind of, you know, look at me. I know how to do this.

[Dave Dameshek]

Can be your hype man slash manager. This is solid gold.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wanted the noise. I, like, I told him, like, no, no, I'm getting the chair. I want the slap. Like, I was like, give it to

[Dave Dameshek]

Me, Chris was great at the stomps and the kicks. I couldn't believe how good he was. He was at that. I was really good at running the ropes, and I was surprised at how good.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good.

[Chris Cote]

Domino told me right away.

[Dave Dameshek]

He said, that's amazing. You're really good at that. So we each had our niche. We each had our thing, but it was. It was so much fun. So it, you know, the listening audience, if you go to the video, you can check that out. It's really good.

[Mike Ryan]

And how do we support our friend Domino?

[Dave Dameshek]

Yeah. Ccw, Coastal Championship Wrestling. They have shows once a month. They're at a brewery. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Bash at the brew, I believe. March 6th.

[Dave Dameshek]

I was at the last one. Like, I go every now and then. It's obviously super affordable. You bring your kids, you know, it's. It's very affordable. It's really fun. Yet every seat is right up close. I mean, they're in a brewery, you know, so. Coastal Championship Wrestling.com and go check it out. Those guys are great. It's really fun. So, anyway, I know you mentioned there, Dave, about. I want to. I want to explore something that you brought up to me earlier about the Olympics and something that you saw in the bias. I know what you're getting at. I know what you're getting at. Oh, oh, oh. I was gonna say that my compliment to Cody was merely a setup to say that while he could go be a professional wrestler, I think if you and I teamed up for six months, we could absolutely make the US lose team. We could be the two man losers for. Let's just do it for 20, 30. We have four. We have the luxury of four years to prepare for it, and we don't need four years. I don't think we need four weeks or probably even four days. I suspect that if you showed up around Milan and had a US Flag attached to your person anywhere and said, like, I'll do the Lou, they'd be like, okay, we don't have anybody else to do it. Go ahead. I think you. I think that's the standard to be a loser for. For these United.

[Mike Ryan]

Just being available.

[Dave Dameshek]

I'm sorry.

[Mike Ryan]

Just being available.

[Dave Dameshek]

That.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I haven't. But I live in Miami. I feel like if I. If I'm like, in Minnesota, I might run into somebody that has that as a hobby.

[Dave Dameshek]

I've met people from Minnesota and none of them ever said, hey, you want to lose this weekend? It never happens. I. I don't think that any American has ever lose recreationally. I think you just you'd be wrong.

[Roy]

Dave Damoshek, you'd be absolutely wrong. Mike and I and Juju and others. I think Chris Cody was there too. We all went to the Olympic Village up in Salt Lake City and we did the bobsled and boy did we dominate luge adjacent.

[Mike Ryan]

We were actually pretty well. And as I, I'm. I may not be.

[Dave Dameshek]

Lu is essentially just like two man bobsleigh.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, well, yeah, you lay on one one another but the way that I remember this.

[Dave Dameshek]

Kid Rock and RFK jr's next video demonstration. Two man luge.

[Mike Ryan]

Look at, look at how good we look on this.

[Roy]

This is not as fast as it really was by the way.

[Dave Dameshek]

I don't know.

[Roy]

They're slowing this video down a little bit.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think they're slowing it.

[Dave Dameshek]

Look at that. That was you guys.

[Mike Ryan]

That was us.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're in there.

[Mike Ryan]

That was us.

[Dan Le Batard]

There is somebody steering it I believe.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm not. I don't really remember it that way. I'm pretty sure I was pulling all the strings and were scared. No, it was pretty easy. Of course not.

[Dan Le Batard]

It scared. I was scared.

[Mike Ryan]

I. Well, cuz like we have all seen that scene in Cool Runnings where their

[Dave Dameshek]

helmets are you dead?

[Dan Le Batard]

Where you have to like walk the rest of the track carrying our thing. Look at me.

[Mike Ryan]

Which was something that I was like eager to do as well. I don't. I asked if we could actually do that even though we crossed the finish line in one piece. But it was actually pretty thrilling and not at all hard to sit in a. In a bobsled in which two other people are doing all the work.

[Dave Dameshek]

But do we agree that the. The. That the second and third guys in the four man bobsled are sports grifters? We understand everybody, right? That there's a two man bobsled and that it's an event and they give a medal for it and everything. And the one guy sits up front and he steers it. But then the guy in the back, his job is he pushes it so it gets moving really fast at the start. Then he jumps in. It works. The thing goes through the ice tube, somebody wins the medal and that's that. Why then do we need a four man bobsled? What do the second and third guys do except just hang out and get a medal for the deeds of their pals who steer and push from behind? It's. It's a ruse and I'm not here. I'm not going to sign off on it. On the other hand though, if somebody does Want me to ride in the third spot in their four man bobsled in exchange for a medal? I will accept.

[Mike Ryan]

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