Best of the Week on The Dan Patrick Show

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – "Best of the Week"

Date: August 8, 2026
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show (iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network)
Theme/Purpose Overview:
This "Best of the Week" episode brings listeners a curated selection of standout interviews from Dan Patrick's daily sports radio show. The focus is on exclusive chats with A-list athletes, revealing both professional insights and engaging personal stories. This edition centers around three dynamic conversations: Larry Fitzgerald ahead of his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction, Matt Boyer on the Shohei Ohtani sports betting scandal, and Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk.

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Key Guests and Segments

• Larry Fitzgerald: NFL legend and first-ballot Hall of Famer
• Matt Boyer: Bookmaker involved in the Shohei Ohtani/Ippei Mizuhara betting scandal
• Marshall Faulk: Hall of Fame running back

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Larry Fitzgerald: Reflecting Before the Hall of Fame

Segment: 02:07 – 14:58

Path to the Hall

• Dan Patrick congratulates Fitzgerald: “First ballot hall of Famer…pretty good resume there, Larry. Congratulations on the honor.” (02:07)
• Fitzgerald confirms he won’t unretire:
  “That ship has sailed. There's no coming back for me.” (02:48)
• Discusses Aaron Donald’s possible return: Thinks Donald may come back because “he’s one of those guys who loves the game…legitimately has a great chance to win a championship.” (03:19)

The Pittsburgh Story

• Shares how a rainstorm serendipitously led him to choose Pitt:
  “If you don’t have that rainstorm, you might not have ended up at Pittsburgh.”
  “There’s no chance I would have been there…they didn’t really recruit Minnesota.” (04:53–04:58)

Realization of His Talent

• On knowing he was “good”:
  “I was always better than everybody I played against…But I had that seed of doubt…got to college…about week two, I realized I had what it took.” (05:13)

Randy Moss Memories

• Becoming a Vikings ball boy thanks to his sportswriter father, Fitzgerald shares his awe at meeting Moss:
  “I’m 14 years old…that was my first experience of Moss.” (06:10)

'Welcome to the NFL' Moment

• “Willie McGinnest rearranged my whole facemask…My coach was like ‘you gotta be more physical’…” (07:09)
• Felt the intensity of playing against Patriots’ defense (“massive, physical, mean, aggressive, angry men…learned that at 20 years old very quickly.”) (08:14)

The Evolution of Football Safety

• Appreciates safer rules:
  “I think it's much better…guys can play a lot longer…I think we needed to make the game a little bit safer.” (08:35)

Practicing for the Hall of Fame Speech

• On prepping for the induction:
  “Working very closely with a former colleague of yours, Jerry Madeline. Five or six times a day, just to make sure I have it down…” (09:01)

Emotions and Family

• His son, Devin, will induct him:
  “It’s a tremendous honor and I’m so privileged to have that.” (09:49)
• On practicing to avoid tears:
  “Tears are never in the script…You can’t really practice that.” (09:23)

Personal and Candid Moments

• Remembers Randy Moss loaning him a car for prom—before he had a license:
  “I didn’t tell him that I didn’t have my driver’s license yet…We kept that to ourselves.” (12:12–13:07)

"Diva" Wide Receiver Label

• Disputes never being a diva:
  “I was just as big of a diva as everyone else. But I never did it in public.” (14:01–14:04)

Notable Quotes

• On parental influence:
  “His presence and fingerprints are all over my life.” (11:41)

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Matt Boyer: Inside the Shohei Ohtani/Ippei Mizuhara Betting Scandal

Segment: 20:16 – 31:42

Backstory and Introduction

• Bestselling author and bookmaker, recently served a year-long sentence after a high-profile legal case involving Shohei Ohtani's interpreter.

How the Scandal Began

• First took a bet from Ippei Mizuhara in 2021 after meeting him at a poker game with Angels personnel. (20:48–20:54)
• Noted how the account started small before escalating:
  “It was a $1,000, $8,000 credit line…about 30 days later, we were at a half a million to a million dollar credit line.” (22:53)

Bookmaking Ethics

• “As a legal bookmaker, you’re giving out credit…it’s a tough way…trying to maintain a relationship where you’re not hurting their family.” (21:39)
• “Oftentimes they’re lying to you because they want to continue to bet…want to give you the impression it’s not affecting them.” (21:55)

Shohei’s Awareness

• On whether Ohtani knew:
  “I didn’t have a relationship with Shohei…my relationship was with Ippei.” (24:26)
• “I do believe wholeheartedly that he never gambled.” (25:28)

Widespread Athlete Gambling

• “I estimate at least 50, 60%—it’s probably even higher…everyone’s using third party people.” (26:00)

State of Bookmaking

• “There’s at least a million bookmakers now…small operations…bookmakers at golf courses…” (27:10)

Fixing Games

• On which sport is easiest to fix:
  “Tennis is the easiest by far…You can make it so unobvious by just playing a particular set or game.” (29:38)
• Cites experience seeing suspicious bets in UFC and lower-level tennis. (29:00)

Reflections and Future Plans

• Wants to educate athletes and students about gambling's pitfalls:
  “If I could persuade a kid from doing that…then I feel like I’m doing something great.” (27:45)

Notable Quotes

• “The integrity of the sport, more importantly, is the problem. I knew in 2018, when gambling became legal, this was going to happen.” (30:08)
• “I’m rebuilding…public speaking and giving back to people that maybe…avoid going down the wrong path.” (27:45)

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Marshall Faulk: Running Back Legends and the Evolution of the NFL

Segment: 37:59 – 46:02

Catching Up Mid-Golf

• Faulk joins in from the Firestone golf course:
  “Your handicap's good.”
  “There's just no numbers. I use letters. Good.” (38:34–38:45)

Running Back Resurgence

• On the changing running back role:
  “Once we get into playoff football, what is it about?...You got to run the ball. That's literally what everybody says.” (40:10)
• Names Roger Craig as his model for hybrid backs:
  “Roger Craig was like it…that was my guy.” (40:41–40:47)

Notable Running Backs and Hall of Fame Talk

• “Is Tiki Barber a Hall of Famer?” Dan asks.
  Faulk: “100%. If you look at him as a returner and a running back, he gets in.” (42:19)

Changing Economics and Rules in the NFL

• On why wide receivers now earn more than running backs:
  “They made all these rules that make it advantageous for throwing the football…and so guess what? You do. You throw the football.” (43:04–43:45)

Longevity and Health

• Discusses retired running back injuries and longevity:
  “I'm going through all the tests now…making sure your head is good with all the CTE stuff…just to make sure…that I have quality of life…” (44:13–44:40)

• On “welcome to the NFL” hits:
  “I put a move on (Junior Seau)…and Kurt Govea leveled me…stop talking trash.” (44:55)

Hero Worship

• Admits to “nerding out” when meeting Tony Dorsett:
  “Every time, man, that 33. That 33. Cowboys with the star and all of that.” (45:35)

Notable Quotes

• “It don’t take a big hit…It just take a hit. It doesn’t have to be a big hit.” (44:43)

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Larry Fitzgerald, on emotions:
  “Tears are never in the script…But you never know how you're going to respond.” (09:23)
• Matt Boyer on gambling's pervasiveness:
  “Most people gamble on almost everything they do. When it comes to that, I think athletes are even higher because…they like to win at all cost.” (26:42)
• Marshall Faulk on running back identity:
  “If we let Devin Hester in…look at [Tiki Barber] as a returner and a running back, he gets in.” (42:21)

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Important Timestamps Guide

• Larry Fitzgerald Interview: 02:07 – 14:58
• Matt Boyer (Shohei Ohtani Betting Scandal): 20:16 – 31:42
• Marshall Faulk Segment: 37:59 – 46:02

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Episode Tone and Style Highlights

• Candid and heartfelt: The conversation with Larry Fitzgerald is introspective, especially regarding family, legacy, and the meaningfulness of a Hall of Fame induction speech.
• Insider and edgy: Matt Boyer supplies an unfiltered look into the dynamics of high-stakes sports gambling, both from the bookie and athlete perspectives.
• Laid-back and nostalgic: Marshall Faulk's golf course chat brings camaraderie and playful banter, with deep appreciation for football history and the evolution of the running back position.

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Summary Takeaways

This episode provides fans with an inside look into the world of elite sports, blending career retrospectives with timely cultural issues like sports betting and player health. Through humor, honesty, and behind-the-scenes authenticity, Dan Patrick and his guests deliver both entertainment and insight into the changing landscape of sports and the enduring impact of legendary athletes.

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[Dan Patrick]

You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Larry Fitzgerald in the on deck circle for the Pro Football hall of Fame. Coming up this Saturday, 17 seasons as the Cardinals wide receiver, 11 time Pro Bowler and second NFL receiving touchdown leader and part of the all decade team. First ballot hall of Fame running down the list. Oh you pretty good resume there Larry. Congratulations on on the Honor, how long would it take for you to get ready? If, you know, like we're waiting for Aaron Donald, how long would it take for you to get ready for this season?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Yeah, I think that ship is sold. There's no, there's no coming back for me. You know, I, you know, thinking about what Aaron's, you know, he's one of those guys. He's a fitness freak though. You know, he's a pit guy and, you know, he just constantly stays in shape. That's kind of part of his, his R. So I think his bounce back will be a lot quicker. But to be out of the game for a few years and get back into that, the trenches, the double teams and all of the things that he's got to deal with, you know, it's. That's quite impressive.

[Dan Patrick]

You think he's coming back?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

I think so. He's one of those guys who loves the game and he's going back to a team who legitimately has a great chance to be able to win a championship. With the addition of Miles Garrett. You put those two and, you know, Young and a couple other guys in that defensive front, you know, they, they, they present a formidable challenge for any offensive line and scheme that they would play against. And obviously, you know, with Puka, Devonte Adams and you know, Kerwin Williams, you know, Kerwin and I mean, they're loaded over there.

[Dan Patrick]

What is about pit guys? How did you end up at Pitt, Dan?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

It was actually a crazy story. My opponent coordinator, God rest his soul, his name was Ed Cole, he was taking me and a couple of my teammates on unofficial visits. So we went to University of Illinois, we went to Notre Dam game How State? And we were on our way to Penn State. It was a really, really bad, you know, rainstorm on the turnpike. So they actually shut the turnpike down based on visibility. And so the state trooper shut it down. My coach said, hey, we can't get up there. We called Penn State, let them know what happened. They said, can we, can we reschedule it for the following day? So we had a full day in Pittsburgh and Coach Cole said, hey, we're here in town. Why don't we just go visit University of Pittsburgh? You know, Dan Marino, Tony Dursek, Curtis Martin. He started naming off all the great players. And I was like, yeah, let's, let's just go by. Literally we, we go over, we meet Walt Harris, J.D. brookheart, you know, all the coaching staff there. They had no idea who I was. We end up leaving the next day. We're Driving to Penn State, they called my coach's cell phone. They offered me a scholarship. And it just kind of started from there.

[Dan Patrick]

So if you don't have that rainstorm, you might not have ended up at Pittsburgh.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

There's no chance I would have been there because they didn't really, they don't, they don't recruit Minnesota. That's not some place they actually go. And so there's.00% chance I would have gone there.

[Dan Patrick]

When did you know you were good?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

I would say when I was, when I was young. I mean, I, I was always better than everybody I played against, even at seven years old. But everybody used to always say, you're from Minnesota. You know, you, you play, you know, you play three eight three A high school football. Your, your, your competition's H. So I had that seeded doubt in my mind a little bit that the competition was just that bad. And then I got to college, and about week two, I realized that I had what it took to not only just be there, but to actually be a good player. And if I continue to stay on that trajectory, I might have a chance.

[Dan Patrick]

And of course, your dad was a longtime sports writer. You're up there in Minnesota covering the Vikings. You get to be a ball boy. You've talked about that experience many times, but the fact that Randy Moss is not knocks on your door to tell you you're going into the hall of Fame. Take us back to the first time you met Randy Moss.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

So my first memory of Randy is pretty vivid. I was a ball boy and me and a couple of ball boys were actually in the gym at Mankato State, and it was, they could walk through the gym to head to the practice field and we were in there playing basketball, shooting horse. And Randy had a walkthrough out there, so they were getting ready to walk through. And it was his first day. I think he held out for, you know, a day or two or so. I can't remember, but it was his first day. So it was a huge anticipation. And obviously, you know, we had all followed his journey at Marshall and he wanted to see him. And I remember him like, throw us the ball. And he hit like two, three pointers from like about two feet behind the three point line. And then before he, before he comes and he dunks it outside, you know, it's like, you know, the circle there and he, and he dunks it and he walks out. And I'm like, oh, my gosh, this is so unbelievable. I'm. I'm 14 years old at the time. So enamored. And, like, that was my first experience of Moss.

[Dan Patrick]

What was your welcome to the NFL moment?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

I think week two, we. In my. My rookie year, we played the New England Patriots. And I never forget. I was. I was going to. Running a crossing route, and Willie McGinnis like, rearranged my whole face mask. This is back when they used to really, like, collision you. And he was. He was. He was dropping out in the coverage, and I wasn't paying attention, and he decapitated me. I got up, and then my coach was like, you gotta be more physical. You gotta be more physical. So there's quarters. I come up and I hit Rodney Harrison as hard as I can, drop him on the ground. And the look in his eyes, he's chasing me back to the huddle, and I get back to the sideline like, coach, why did you have me do that? This man is absolutely crazy. And he proceeded to chase me around the rest of the game. I could not wait till that game was over. And I realized, like, why the Patriots defense, you know, they had Teddy Brusky and Mike Brable, Johnson, and I mean, like, these dudes were Vince Wilfort. I mean, these dudes were massive, physical, mean, aggressive, angry men. And. And I learned that at 20 years old, very quickly.

[Dan Patrick]

I could imagine Rodney Harrison was going to get you back because Rodney. Rodney got everybody. I remember he told me that he got fined or got suspended. He. He had a shot on Jerry Rice. Cross the middle, he said, I took him out. That's what you're supposed to do. Games changed a little bit since that, Larry.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

It has. It has. I. I think it's much better. Guys can play a lot longer, and, you know, I think we need. We needed to. To make the game a little bit safer. It's. It's not as nearly as violent going across that middle. You know, the Steve Atwaters and the Joey Browners and the Jack Tatums of the world, you know, will be very disappointed in the way we play game. Now

[Dan Patrick]

we're talking to Larry Fitzgerald. Got the big speech coming up. How many times you practiced it?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

I practice it a ton of times, actually. Working very closely with a former colleague of yours, Jerry Madeline, you know, helping me kind of get. Trying to get prepared for it. So, you know, five or six times a day, so to make sure I have it. Have it down pat on Saturday.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Are tears in the script?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Tears are never in the script. You know, you know that, but you never know how you're going to respond. You know, you see family and Friends and people who've really played a massive role in your life sitting in the front and, you know, I, I just don't know how I'm going to respond to, to them, you know, if they're emotional or one of my kids is emotional. You know, those things. You can't really practice that.

[Dan Patrick]

And your son is going to induct you.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Yes, sir. My oldest son, Devin, he's going to come out and do it. I'm really, really happy. I was going to originally have my father do it before he, he passed away a couple months ago, but, you know, to be able to have my son do it, it's a tremendous honor and I'm so privileged to, to have that.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, it's going to be tough when you see your son out there and he starts talking about dad.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Yeah, it is.

[Dan Patrick]

I got my daughter's wedding coming up in two weeks and I got to give a speech and I' I practice it every single day, and I'm, I'm. I'm a mess when nobody is there listening to me. So I can't imagine what that's going to be like. You're going to, you're going to see your life in front of you with all teammate, former teammates and people from college and high school, and you'll probably be a mess. And that's okay.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Yeah, I definitely will be. Dan, let me ask you this. Are you going to be crying because of the speech and emotions, or are you going to be thinking about how much it costs you for your daughter's wedding? What would be.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, I already cried. I already cried about that. Yeah, yeah. As I, I told people, it takes a village to put on a wedding. It takes a bank account as well to put on, on a wedding. But yeah, I'm, I'm going to be a mess, and I don't know how to prevent myself from crying. Has anybody told you if you do this, you might not cry, or this is the best thing to do, to not be too emotional?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

No, I think that it will, it will draw emotions, and people have told me it's going to be one of the most emotional things you've ever done. You know, you have, you've been planned for 30 years and, you know, this is the culmination of that, the greatest honor you could ever have. And so it should, it should be emotional. It shouldn't mean something to you, but I think the more you practice and the more you're, you're prepared, you know, when you do have those emotions, you can be able to Work through it and get back to. To the message that you're trying to

[Dan Patrick]

deliver and acknowledging your father as well.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Absolutely. Yeah. Pops played a big role. There's none of it would even be possible if it wasn't for his sacrifices. You know, he put me in these positions around people that could learn from and have some wonderful mentors. And so, you know, his presence and. And his just breath of knowledge and. And fingerprints are all over my life.

[Dan Patrick]

Go back to the Randy Moss loaning you his car when you went to prom. What kind of car was it that Randy Moss lent you?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

It was a. It was a blue 745LI. I still remember, like, it was yesterday. It was. It was immaculate shape. And, you know, one small detail I left out when I asked him about it was, you know, I didn't. I didn't. I didn't tell him that I didn't have my driver's license yet. And so, you know, and I don't know how. I don't know how your dad was, but my dad, when he was home, because he was always traveling, covering the Twins in the summertime, he was in Kansas City or Detroit or Cleveland or Chicago, coming to White Sox. So when he got home, he really didn't want to. He was trying to be home. And so he would throw me the keys to the Pontiac, and I would just get to drive up to the. To the park and go practice and work out. And so he would always just tell me to take the back street so I felt like I could drive. I never went on the freeway or anything like that. Took the side streets, so I felt like I was pretty. I was pretty solid with the car, but I never really had anybody else in the car with me, you know, so it was a.

[Eric Dickerson]

It was a memory.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

I got it back to him. No issues. I didn't. I didn't tell my dates, mom and daddy, that I didn't have a license. We kept all those things to ourselves.

[Dan Patrick]

That's pretty cool. Can you. Can you thank your hands during your hall of Fame speech? For me, just a little comic relief up there. Was it Freddie Mitchell who thanked his hands? Remember the Eagles wide receiver? I think he thanked his hands.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Yeah. That was hilarious.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Well, you're not. You're not somebody who is.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

No, that's not really my. That's not really my jam. And, you know, I feel like I did. I did have good hands, but I worked at it. You know, it was thousands and thousands of hours of, you know, catching. Catching balls consistently to try to get them to where they were.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but see, you didn't fall in line with the diva wide receivers.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

That's not true. I was just as big.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, you were a diva.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

I was just as big of a diva as everyone else. But I never, I never did it in public. You know, I'd always keep it to myself or, you know, if I had a question about targets, things that nature, I would do it in a way where, you know, it wasn't showing up anybody or didn't put me in a position where I would, you know, seem to be more, more worried about my own personal, you know, asking and accomplishments than it was for my team. And so, you know, I, I wanted it just as bad as anybody else did, but I, I knew there was a way to do it and a way not to do it, in my opinion.

[Dan Patrick]

Congrats. Been fun watching and, you know, this is, this is your moment. You've earned it. First ballot hall of Famer. Good luck this weekend.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Thank you. Thank you. It's great seeing you out in Tahoe and congratulations to you and your family on your daughter's wedding. I hope you have an amazing time.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Larry.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

All right, have a great day.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Larry Fitzgerald]

Yeah, I call.

[Hayes Davenport]

I don't. I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Leechy Sobieski.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't think she was an American Pie, but I haven't looked it up. Looked it up. She was prominent. Yeah.

[Hayes Davenport]

Then Mary Steenbergen.

[Chelsea Handler]

Why are you guys talking to me like why are you so down to me that you think I don't understand your little play?

[Fred Armisen / Carrie Brownstein]

Play?

[Hayes Davenport]

I just really trying to set you up for success here.

[Sean Clements]

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[Chelsea Handler]

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[Yamaneika Saunders]

come over here to play games, I' ma check you, okay? If you do some in the news that don't sound good, I'mma play you.

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[Yamaneika Saunders]

Do you know I just found out who Sydney Sweeney was.

[Chelsea Handler]

New episodes weekly every Wednesday as part of my new network, the Dear Chelsea Network.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

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[Chelsea Handler]

So join Yamaneika each episode as she answers one question. Who's the problem?

[Yamaneika Saunders]

I'm Yamanika and I'm out. Listen to youo're the Problem with Yamanika on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan Patrick]

He is the two time Amazon best selling author speak speaker. He was the bookmaker at the center of the Shohei Otani Ippei Mizuhara sports betting scandal. Matt Boyer was sentenced to one year and a day pleading guilty for money laundering, falsified tax returns, illegal bookmaking. I talked to him after yesterday's show and I started out by asking him when is the first time you took a bet from Shohei Ohtani's interpreter?

[Matt Boyer]

I believe it's 2021 that the end of the. Yeah, the end of the season of 2021.

[Dan Patrick]

How were you introduced?

[Matt Boyer]

I actually met him at a poker game after I was introduced to him by going to a private poker game with some of the Angels players and coaches and friends at a local Hilton in San Diego.

[Dan Patrick]

When did you realize that. That he worked for Shohei?

[Matt Boyer]

I mean I knew right away of course. I mean, who didn't, right? He was such a popular character, probably the most most popular interpreter in the world, thanks to sh of course at

[Dan Patrick]

what's your role as a bookie of keeping somebody betting? But also, is there a sympathetic side to being a bookie when you realize somebody is in a lot of trouble?

[Matt Boyer]

Yeah, that's a fine line. As a legal bookmaker you're giving out credit. And it's a tough way of trying to make a living, but also not being greedy and egotistical and then trying to maintain giving someone a relationship to where you're not hurting their family or their situation with their bills. It's a very fine line. The more you get to know the person and more you understand them and what they do for a living, then the more you can help them. If they are having a gambling problem, which, you know, I personally had one as well, so I understand that dynamic better than anyone. But you're right, it's a. It's a hard line to figure out. And sometimes they're. Oftentimes they're lying to you because they're gambling with you. And they. They want to give you the impression that it's not affecting them, you know, at home or financially, because they want to continue to bet with you or get credit or ask you for more credit. So those are the situations that come up. They're hard to, I'm going to say, run and figure out. Because when you are dealing with these people, you know, at least in my case, you have a heart. I mean, the last thing you want to see is someone just losing more money than they can afford.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but at what point are you allowed, or do you ask? That's a lot of money you're betting. Does Shohei know you're betting this?

[Matt Boyer]

Truth be told, when Epay came to me, it was a tiny account. It was $1,008,000 credit line. So I, you know, initially I thought it was no big deal. And then that escalated very rapidly to the point of about 30 days later, we were at a half a million to a million dollar credit line. And then I knew at that point it had to be either Shohei or him together or maybe he, you know, had some funds. I didn't know about him. You really don't know everyone's personal private lifestyle. Maybe he was a large investor in something. But then when I started getting to the point of millions and millions, then I knew that either Shohei was involved or they were partners. I wasn't really sure. And I didn't ask a lot of questions because anonymity in my business when I was running a bookmaking operation was key. I had a lot of clients and celebrities and athletes, CEOs that were very private. And that's why they liked working with me, because of that privacy. But at the same time, I was being paid $500,000 every two weeks. So the greedy side of me, of Running a business and making a lot of money was just like, you know what? Everything's running smoothly. He's not even making any signs of, you know, panicking or even really, he's laughing and making fun of himself quite often. If you look at the text messages that the government, you know, threw out, which is there was quite a few of them, you could see us joking back and forth about both of us being degenerates and losing money through bookmakers, slash casinos, etc.

[Dan Patrick]

So you didn't know that, that Shohei Ohtani knew? Not for a fact, right?

[Matt Boyer]

Yeah. I mean I didn't have a relationship with Shohei at that time. He spoke very little English and I've been around the team and some players, I used to play golf with some of the players and gamble with them. And quite a few of the Angels players were betting through my organization. But my relationship was with Ipe. I never spoke about anything outside of that to even the players. Even like for example, some of the players were betting with me. I wouldn't discuss their business with the other players. That being said, I don't think a lot of these guys knew. I'm saying, I'm talking about the Angels players knew the extent of what was going on because Ippei was very private, didn't have a lot to say, you know, very wanted things to be low key. I realize now why at the time I thought personally I thought Shohei was betting with him because the amount of bets that they were making and clearly the amount of money that was being wired, I just figured he had to have known. Especially with that long period of time you're seeing $500,000 wires come out about the count every two weeks for basically

[Sean Clements]

a year and a half.

[Matt Boyer]

I just, even to this day I still don't understand how Shohei didn't. Wasn't aware. I do believe wholeheartedly that he never gambled. I don't think he was placing any of the bets or involved in that part at all.

[Dan Patrick]

He's Matt Boyer, two time Amazon best selling author and at the center of the Shohei Otani if a Mizuhara sports betting scandal. How many athletes, give us a sense are betting this way that you dealt with that we're betting through a booking,

[Matt Boyer]

I estimate at least 50, 60%. It's probably even higher because the reality is everyone's using third party people and beards and people to bet through. You know, let's be real competitive. Athletes are very competitive on in everything they do. And sports is if you're a sports fan, as you and I both are, we watch all sports, and whether you gamble or not, you generally like to have some sort of play in the game, whether it's fantasy betting, a friend, you know, you go, I don't know about you. Do you even golf, Dan?

[Dan Patrick]

I golf. I. I'm a. A guy who gambled a long, long, long time ago and quit cold turkey. Yeah.

[Matt Boyer]

Do you. So you don't gamble on the golf course? Five bucks, ten bucks, Nothing. Okay. That's rare, right?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

I mean, if you.

[Matt Boyer]

If you go to a golf course, you'll see that most people that golf, whether they gamble a lot or little, it's usually a dollar, $5, $20, whatever. Most people gamble on almost everything they do. When it comes to that, I think athletes are even higher because the fact they're so competitive and they like to win at all cost.

[Dan Patrick]

But these are current athletes, Matt. These are current athletes who are still betting.

[Matt Boyer]

Definitely.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Matt Boyer]

No doubt.

[Dan Patrick]

How many bookies are there left in America?

[Matt Boyer]

Millions. I mean, they're everywhere, literally throughout the country. There's at least a million bookmakers now. Some of them might only have 10 or 20 clients, you know, very small. There's a lot of small operations that are just local bookmakers at golf courses or whatnot. But there's millions.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I just didn't know if it was a shrinking. Because you have all these other gambling sites where you can go and do it above board. But a lot of guys love that, that, you know, they're not paying taxes, that, you know, you can do it in a clandestine way. So what's next for you?

[Matt Boyer]

You know, I'm excited about this journey I'm rebuilding, as you know, you just said. I have two books that I produced. One of them I just did right when I got out of prison, and public speaking and giving back to people that, you know, maybe, hopefully NFL teams, NBA teams, college athletes. I'd like to go to these schools and universities and give a public speaking event to where I can help these kids avoid going down the wrong path. I have the best experience because I've been on both sides. Not always a gambler, but as a bookmaker and dealing with athletes. And I understand that it's easy to fall into that trap of, you know, not only betting yourself, but maybe trying to sway a game, you know, fixing a game to make a few extra dollars, especially these college athletes. And now you're seeing it with all these pros that are, you know, Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups and guys that you would never anticipate getting into trouble because they're wealthy and, you know, they're NBA athletes. But it's sad that it's happening. If I could persuade a kid from doing that or a professional athlete, then by giving a public speaking event, then I feel like I'm doing something great. So I plan on doing that and just building my personal brand.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you take any action? Were there any suspicious bets where you thought somebody might be fixing a game?

[Matt Boyer]

You know, just in the ufc, there was a particular fight that I saw a lot of people coming in, betting on, and there was a fight that was rigged and they got caught and they obviously got barred from the UFC tennis matches. I saw quite a bit lower level, you know, like the 2, 300 top 300 players in the nation, not these high level ones that I'm aware of, you know, top 20, top 100. So those are. It's usually the guys who are really not making a ton of money that are, you know, trying to find other edges to make an earning on the side. Sadly, the wrong way.

[Dan Patrick]

If I task you to fix a sporting event, which one are you fixing?

[Matt Boyer]

Tennis is the easiest by far. Not even close. I mean, because you can make it so unobvious by, you know, just playing a particular set or game. For example, you know, tennis works, you got to win. And men's usually three out of five. I mean, you could just throw set one, come back and win the next three. And if you throw set one and you're a favorite, especially then the underdog is. The value is very big on that.

[Dan Patrick]

Sounds like that's happened many times.

[Matt Boyer]

I mean, if you think about it in tennis, tennis wise, you still win. So the guy who threw set one can still win the match and still get paid and still keep his status and nobody really gets harmed in that sense. In his mind, of course, there's somebody getting harmed who's gambling on the sport and has basically is betting a bet that they're going to lose and they don't even know it. And the integrity of the sport, more importantly, is the problem. And that's what I hate to see more than anything. I knew in 2018, when gambling became legal, this was going to happen. And I've been saying it even before I went to prison, that it's only going to get worse. And really what you're going to see, the sad part is these young kids, I have five children and three of them are young adults who have their, you know, boyfriends or kids come over and I hear it all Day long. They're all gambling and they're young.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Matt Boyer]

And.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, I agree. Yeah. That's sweet spot of 18 to 24, Matt. I keep saying I've been down that road and thank God I wise enough to quit gambling because I, I see where we're headed with this. Are you worried about your safety at all through all of this?

[Matt Boyer]

No, definitely not. I mean, don't get me wrong, anything can happen, especially this crazy world we're living in.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

But.

[Matt Boyer]

But, you know, I've been. I made my peace with everybody. I've done everything I can to make it right. And, you know, I'm not an angel. I've done some things in my life that I'm not so proud of, but I've done more than I am proud of. So I don't. I don't really have any enemies per se that are looking for me.

[Dan Patrick]

So.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

No.

[Dan Patrick]

Thanks for joining us, Matt. Good luck with the journey.

[Matt Boyer]

Thanks for having me, Dan. I really appreciate it. It's been an honor.

[Dan Patrick]

That's Matt Boyer. We did the interview yesterday after the show. Look, I don't want to glamorize anything with this person. I know he's got an agenda. I know that he. He's got to make money, Yield the government $10 million from what I'm told probably wants to look at doing a movie deal on, on this. So there's a lot involved. You know, the tennis aspect of fixing a tennis match. And we've had examples of this. It's happened recently. The number of players, athletes who do bet through bookies. Now, There was no DraftKings or FanDuel when I was growing up. I bet through a bookie. If I was growing up now, I'd be all over that app. I wouldn't be going through a bookie. But a lot of people don't want people to know what they're doing. They don't want you to be able to follow their activities, that they want to be able to do something clean. It's with somebody. You don't know how much I'm making or how much I lost. So there's less of a paper trail. I understand that it's going to continue. That's why I wanted to know how many bookies. I was told there's probably 10 real bookies left in America, like prominent bookies now. You have guys who will take, you know, some action. But as far as true bookies, a source told me probably 10 major players in America. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. Here's something worth knowing Chat GPT now has a new way of working for bigger, multi step projects Chat GPT works. Give it a goal and connect it to the tools where work happens and it can help create finished work from start to finish. Say you're preparing for a launch of a new campaign. Instead of jumping between different tools all day, Chat GPT can pull together information from your files, organize research, help draft strategy, and build a working brief that you can review and refine. Need to bring in team feedback? Chat GPT can summarize updates and help review your work while keeping the project moving. What makes Chat GPT work different is simple. It's not just answering questions. It can stay with the project for hours if needed. Work across the tools you already use and help turn an idea into something finished. While you review progress, redirect the work, and approve important actions, put Chat GPT to work on your most ambitious ideas and projects. Get started chatgpt.com, select work mode available on plus and Pro plans hey Portlandia fans.

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Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen here you know us.

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[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

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[Fred Armisen / Carrie Brownstein]

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[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

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[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

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[Dan Patrick]

was going to write. I thought you were all going to write a song.

[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

I remember you thinking that.

[Fred Armisen / Carrie Brownstein]

Listen to Podlandia AO rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Hayes Davenport]

Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook every episode. We're trying to help our guests improve their careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers.

[Sean Clements]

The show' famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on.

[Hayes Davenport]

We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

The definition of what is a movie is kind of changed anyway, too, right?

[Sean Clements]

What do you think it is now?

[Larry Fitzgerald]

It's images and words being spoken, captured by some sort of technology.

[Hayes Davenport]

Danny McBride.

[Matt Boyer]

Oh, that's fantastic.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

And you make it on.

[Dan Patrick]

You make your own. That's great.

[Hayes Davenport]

I call him Terror Reed.

[Dan Patrick]

It's a good name.

[Sean Clements]

They're all named after cast members of American Pie.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Yeah, I call.

[Hayes Davenport]

Yeah. I don't. I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Leechy Sobieski.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't think she was an American Pie, but I still haven't looked it up. Haven't looked it up. She was prominent. Yeah.

[Hayes Davenport]

Then Mary Steenburgen.

[Chelsea Handler]

Why are you guys talking to me like so down to me that you think I don't understand your little play play?

[Hayes Davenport]

I just really trying to set you up for success here.

[Sean Clements]

Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Chelsea Handler]

This is Chelsea Handler from Dear Chelsea. Every week the news gets worse, the world gets crazier, and Yamanika is here to tell whoever's responsible, you're the problem.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

If you come over here to play games, I' ma check you. Okay? If you do some in the news that don't sound good, I'mma play you.

[Chelsea Handler]

Join Yamanika Saunders as she breaks down the week's most problematic stories on her new podcast. You're the problem with Yamaneika.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

Do you know I just found out who Sydney Sweeney was.

[Chelsea Handler]

New episodes, weekly, every Wednesday as part of my new network, the Dear Chelsea Network.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

If he got a bunch of women, then I should have a bunch of men do better or do less so I don't have to do so much.

[Chelsea Handler]

So join Yamanika each episode as she answers one question. Who's the problem?

[Yamaneika Saunders]

I'm Yamanika and I'm out. Listen to youo're the Problem with Yamaneka on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Dan Patrick]

Hall of fame running back, a member of the class of 2011, Richard Dental, Chris Hamburger, Les Richter, Ed Sable Dion, Shannon Sharp, and Marshall Falk joining us on the program. Are you playing golf right now?

[Eric Dickerson]

I am, Dan. I'm at Firestone. Are you jealous?

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yes. I love Firestone. That's tight. Tight. Fairways there, Marshall? I do. Well, what's your handicap now?

[Eric Dickerson]

Oh, good.

[Dan Patrick]

Your handicap's good.

[Eric Dickerson]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

What's the number?

[Eric Dickerson]

There's just no numbers. I use letters. Good.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, but if you're playing. Am I giving you shots or I'm.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

I'm.

[Eric Dickerson]

I'm giving you. I'm giving you shots. Right now. I'm playing to about a 4 or 5.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Most famous person you played golf with?

[Eric Dickerson]

Oh, man.

[Dan Patrick]

Iger.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Oh, yeah?

[Eric Dickerson]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

How'd that go?

[Eric Dickerson]

Went well.

[Yamaneika Saunders]

Went well.

[Eric Dickerson]

Went well. Went well for him. Dan, it just sounds so different, man. Like, when they hit the ball, it's like. I'm like, oh, my God, it sounds so different.

[Dan Patrick]

It is. If you go to a driving range or, you know, the range when you go to the Masters or any, you know, and just listen. Certain guys, I always say, Shohei Otani, the ball leaves his bat differently than anybody else. And you go by some of these guys, and when they. They hit the ball, you can see it's the size of a penny on their club of where they hit it over and over and over. That's what it sounds like when you hit it correctly.

[Eric Dickerson]

Yeah, man. It's. It's crazy. It's crazy. That is this. I mean, just to listen to him hit the ball, and there's this little spot on his. On his. On his club face that's a little rusty, and he hits it every time.

[Dan Patrick]

Your thoughts on the. The resurgence of the running back?

[Eric Dickerson]

I like it. I like it, man. You know, if. If you watch. And here's the thing. The surprise in. In. In Seattle, letting Kenneth Walker go, that was a surprise. But. But we all know this. Everybody likes to throw the ball. You depend on the quarterback. You can't touch him. But once we get into playoff football, what is it about? What did they say? Oh, you got to run the ball. That's like. That's literally what everybody says.

[Dan Patrick]

But who was the first hybrid running back? Where you were. You were running and. And catching.

[Eric Dickerson]

Well, I know. I know. For me, it was. Watching Roger Craig was like it.

[Fred Armisen / Carrie Brownstein]

That was.

[Eric Dickerson]

That was. He was my guy.

[Chelsea Handler]

Guy.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Eric Dickerson]

You know, that was like. That was like the guy that I watched that I saw do it. I remember playing when I was a Saints fan as a Kid, watching the 49ers come in and beat the crap out of us, but he was the guy, man.

[Dan Patrick]

I always thought Ricky Waters was the first that, you know, he was rushing. I think he ran for 10, 10,000 yards. And he also had. Oh, are you getting ready to hit Right now?

[Eric Dickerson]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Go ahead. All right, go ahead.

[Eric Dickerson]

I'm listening. It's all good.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I don't know. The yardage here, it looks like you want a par three.

[Eric Dickerson]

Yep.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Sean Clements]

Part three.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Oh, you did.

[Eric Dickerson]

I had to grade.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you playing with any other hall of Famers?

[Eric Dickerson]

I mean.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Eric Dickerson]

Eric Dickinson's here as well.

[Dan Patrick]

Go tell him I said a low.

[Eric Dickerson]

I will, I will. But, I mean, Ricky Waters did it. But I'm talking about. Think about this, okay? And. And. And I felt like I didn't do him any justice. We. I didn't bring enough attention to the whole thousand thousand club. We pretend like this happening all the time. There's only three guys in the history of the league that's ever done it, you know, and people just don't pay attention to it. But he was a fullback and he played halfback, and he caught the football and rushed. I mean, it was just unbelievable what he did. But because you had Jerry Rice and Dwight Clark, people just didn't pay attention to him.

[Dan Patrick]

Is Tiki Barber a hall of famer?

[Eric Dickerson]

100%. 100%.

[Hayes Davenport]

And.

[Eric Dickerson]

And here's the thing. This is why he gets in. If you look at. If we let Devin Hester in. If you look at him as a returner and a running back, he gets in. We let Devin Hester in.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah. I love the resurgence here, the running back, but, you know, you're still seeing receivers get $10 million more than what these, you know, these running backs are getting. And it feels like I. I can get receivers getting some of the Bijan and Jameer Gibbs Taylor got extended. CMC is still really good. Like, there's only a handful of those guys. It feels like in the NFL, and nobody.

[Eric Dickerson]

Nobody will talk about why that's the case. You really didn't care about wide receivers much, in a sense, you know, unless you were a Randy Moss or a Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, that kind of type of guy. But what. What literally happened was the game changed, and when you protect the quarterback by. You can't hit him. And then. And then you can't hit the receivers. You know, defenseless receivers, they haven't made a rule for the running back. What if they said, I like this one. Check this out. What if they say you can't. If you have the backup high, you can't hit him in the knees, too. Then. Then we would come back, too. But they made all these rules that make that. Make that. Make it advantageous for. For throwing the football. And so guess what? You do. You Throw the football.

[Dan Patrick]

We had Eric Dickerson on a couple of years ago, and he said that he has to sleep sitting up. Like, all the different injuries that, you know, we don't see what happens to you guys 10, 15, 20 years after the fact.

[Eric Dickerson]

Right.

[Dan Patrick]

I bring up Earl Campbell. When I saw him in a wheelchair, it broke my heart because we. We care what you give us on a Sunday. And then after that, we move on to the next guy. Do you have any lingering injuries, issues?

[Eric Dickerson]

You know what? I'm. I'm literally going through all the tests now trying to make sure, you know, this whole new thing of. Of, you know, making sure your head is good with all the CTE stuff that the league is doing, all the Parkinson and stuff that think to cte. I'm going through all of that right now, Dan, just to. Just to make sure that I'm, you know, that I'm. That I'm okay. That. That I might have a quality of life, you know, through my 50s and 60s and hopefully 70s, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

But you didn't take too many big hits, did you?

[Eric Dickerson]

It don't take a big hit, you know, it's not about getting it. Just take a hit. It doesn't have to be a big hit.

[Dan Patrick]

What. What's the one that. Welcome to the NFL hit You got.

[Eric Dickerson]

Oh, man. Talking crap to the late. To the late Junior Seattle because we were both in San Diego, and I finally get a chance to play him, and. And. And I put a move on him, and I cut back and I looked back at him, and Kurt Govea leveled me, and I was. I was down. I was looking at the sideline, and I was looking at the huddle, and I'm saying to myself, the huddle is closer.

[Dan Patrick]

So you limped back to the huddle?

[Eric Dickerson]

Oh, man, I made my way back to the huddle. Got my faculties together and, you know, stop talking trash.

[Dan Patrick]

Who do you nerd out over when you see them at the hall of Fame or something?

[Eric Dickerson]

Every time Tony does. Every time, man, that 33. That 33. You know, the Cowboys with the star and all of that, man, I. Big, big fan of Dorsets, man.

[Dan Patrick]

How's he doing?

[Eric Dickerson]

Okay. Okay.

[Chelsea Handler]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, thanks for interrupting your golf game there until.

[Eric Dickerson]

All good, Dan. Anytime for you. All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Tell Eric I said hello and thanks again.

[Eric Dickerson]

Will do. All right, man.

[Dan Patrick]

Take care. Marshall Falk.

[Matt Boyer]

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[Sean Clements]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Sean Clements]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Fred Armisen / Carrie Brownstein]

hey

[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

Portlandia fans Kerry Brownstein and Fred Armisen

[Fred Armisen / Carrie Brownstein]

here the dream of the 90s is alive in podcast form.

[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

We're launching Podlandia AO Rewatch, our brand new podcast where we revisit every episode of Portlandia together, breaking down sketches, going deep on our iconic characters, and pulling back the curtain on how it all got made.

[Fred Armisen / Carrie Brownstein]

And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life, guest stars, collaborators and friends, including director Jonathan Krisel, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more.

[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised not just words, but a song.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I thought you were all going

[Larry Fitzgerald]

to write a song.

[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia AO rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements.

[Hayes Davenport]

We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook. Every episode. We try to help our guests improve their careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers.

[Sean Clements]

The show's famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on on.

[Hayes Davenport]

We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller, Danny McBride, Riz Ahmed and Mary Steenburgen.

[Sean Clements]

Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Carrie Brownstein / Fred Armisen]

This is an iHeart podcast, Guaranteed Human.