Covino & Rich - Sports Pandering is Played Out

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: Covino & Rich - Sports Pandering is Played Out

Date: August 23, 2025
Host: Covino & Rich with Dan Beyer, Ryan Seacrest guesting
Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

In this lively Friday installment, Covino & Rich—broadcasting from Fox Sports Radio Studios—tackle the theme of sports pandering and whether the era of performative gestures and forced “inclusion” in sports media is past its sell-by date. The discussion is prompted by a controversial ESPN mural depicting “icons" of sport, which many felt was an example of virtue signaling and missed the mark on real representation. The show then pivots to football talk, a quirky debate about fast-food etiquette, and the ever-present woes of New York baseball.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Covino & Rich's High-Energy Friday Vibe

• The hosts highlight how Fridays are dedicated solely to this show, coming in with extra energy and excitement.
• “We come in here shout out of a freakin’ cannon. More excited than ever.” —Covino (05:09)

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2. The ESPN Wall of Icons Controversy

Timestamps: 05:17 – 26:06

The Story:

• ESPN posted (and quickly deleted) a mural celebrating "icons" across sports. The selection excluded legends such as Tiger Woods, Mike Tyson, and omitted entire sports like UFC and most of MLB.
• The mural included 10 WNBA players—some of whom are not widely recognized, and even college athletes yet to play pro.
• The perceived “agenda” stirred backlash and accusations of performative diversity.

Core Debate:

• Are we “over” sports pandering—companies trying so hard to be inclusive or progressive that they lose credibility with fans who "see through the BS"?
• Is this brand mismanagement, or a genuine but clueless attempt at goodwill?

Host Opinions and Memorable Quotes:

• “Is sports pandering over or not? Let’s get a little controversial.”—Covino (05:17)
• “Brands are making boneheaded mistakes that don’t need to be made.”—Rich (07:39)
• “You got to have your head so far up your ass to think this mural isn’t some type of weird agenda.”—Rich (08:50)
• “Sports is defined by numbers and stats. You can’t fake pandering here. Icon on what planet?”—Covino (16:05)
• “We live in a world now where no one likes when people are full of baloney.”—Rich (24:29)

Notable Observations:

• Host frustration isn’t with inclusion or diversity, but with the appearance of checking boxes versus truly representing public and sporting greatness.
• The backlash “proves the point”—performative selections breed contempt or eye-rolls, rather than positive change.

Humor:

• Rich proposes a facetious segment, “Chipotle worker or WNBA player,” highlighting a lack of name recognition for so many present on the mural (10:36).

Debate over Real Icons:

• Discussion about who should be on such a mural: Joey Chestnut, Mike Tyson, actual MLB stars (19:39).
• “If they’re icons, we should all know their names, right?”—Dan Beyer (12:59)

Big Picture:

• “Are we at a point where sports pandering is dead—because the audience is too smart for it?”—Covino (15:51)
• Acknowledgement that ESPN is promoting its own properties, not necessarily global or historical sporting greats. “They’re ESPN icons.”—Ryan Seacrest (19:33)

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3. Jim Harbaugh and Consequences for Past Actions

Timestamps: 32:18 – 48:33

Debate:

• Should Jim Harbaugh be suspended by the NFL for rule violations during his college coaching career?
• Discussion draws on precedent—Jim Tressel was suspended in the NFL for college misdeeds.
• Rich argues it’s illogical to punish someone in a new, unrelated league; Danny G and Dan Beyer argue college and pro football are connected and precedent matters.

Quotes & Color:

• "That's like if Walgreens fired me for something and Chipotle tried to suspend me for it." —Rich (32:26)
• “Shouldn’t be an escape plan—you can’t do illegal things in college, then just bolt for the NFL to dodge consequences.” —Covino (34:54)
• “It is, in essence, the minor leagues to the NFL.”—Dan Beyer (35:46)

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4. Lighter Segments: Mets/Yankees Woes & Bat Flips

Timestamps: 21:28 – 32:18; 29:52 – 32:08

• Rich laments the Mets’ season: “They’re stinking like the Great Stink of 1858.”—Rich (22:17)
• Lighthearted banter about the Red Sox, Yankees, and the accepted showmanship of modern baseball bat flips.
• “Bat flips aren’t personal, 90% of the time…it’s just part of the game now.”—Covino (23:30)

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5. Fast Food Etiquette Debate: The Case of Chipotle Napkins

Timestamps: 48:33 – 50:10

• Rich admits he grabs “a big pile of forks and a huge stack of napkins” as an “F you” to Chipotle prices.
• Covino calls him out: “That’s why there’s a $35 burrito—because of him.”
• A frivolous, relatable debate about petty ways consumers “fight back” at rising prices.

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• “You can’t really fake the funk when it comes to sports pandering. You have stats to back that up.”—Covino (20:34)
• “If you can’t recognize who they are right away, that defeats the point of being an icon.”—Dan Beyer (24:50)
• “All aboard the Panda Express!”—Ryan Seacrest, joking about the pandering theme (25:31)
• “Is Judge Judy on the mural?!”—Rich, poking fun at the ESPN selection logic (22:17)
• “I go to Chipotle, and I grab a big pile of forks and a huge stack of napkins.” —Rich (49:39)
• “There’s a $35 burrito because of him.” —Covino (49:56)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• ESPN Wall of Icons Controversy: 05:17 – 26:06
• Harbaugh Suspension Debate: 32:18 – 48:33
• Mets/Yankees Banter & Bat Flip Talk: 21:28 – 32:18; 29:52 – 32:08
• Chipotle Napkin Debate: 48:33 – 50:10

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Conclusion

This episode of The Dan Patrick Show's Covino & Rich hour oscillates between biting sports commentary and laid-back levity. The main focus, sports pandering, is dissected with humor and skepticism, questioning whether sports brands risk alienating fans with inauthentic gestures. Lively banter, cultural references, and audience engagement keep the conversation upbeat even when tackling “controversial” topics—making it a full, fun, and opinionated listen.

Transcript

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[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Covino]

We made it.

[Rich Davis]

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[Covino]

Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday. Yeah. Here. The weekend before Labor Day weekend. Enjoy your final days of summer. Make it count. Covino and Rich broadcasting live from the Fox Sports radio studio. And the big news this week, huge news. Huge is that we have a brand new YouTube channel.

[Rich Davis]

Let's get on.

[Covino]

Come on, Covino. Enrich FSR YouTube.comoenrich FSR streaming live. Elijah's got us all hooked up.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you, Elijah.

[Covino]

Danny G super producing. Sam is here. Dan's here. You're here. Let's rock out.

[Rich Davis]

All right, lots to get to today. Micah Parsons is a sad man deleting all the cowboy stuff from his social media.

[Covino]

So corny.

[Rich Davis]

My God. You know what else he put out there?

[Covino]

I think baby behavior.

[Rich Davis]

Is it true he tweeted, if you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it's yours. If it doesn't, it was never meant to be.

[Covino]

Set it free.

[Rich Davis]

Set it free. I mean, it's a tactic athletes use in every sport now. So we'll talk a little Cowboys and NFL.

[Covino]

Michael Parsons is getting all cryptic now. Yeah, he just Screenshot that it's 111. Make a wish.

[Rich Davis]

Is. Is the New York Football Giants the fun bad team to watch this year? We're going to get to that. And how bad are they and how good could they be? The Giants are sort of an interesting watch, a very interesting energy they got going on in the Meadowlands.

[Covino]

I'll tell you this right now, before we get into it. Looks like they're having lots of fun, lots of excitement.

[Rich Davis]

That is like a huge layer of success.

[Covino]

Does that translate into wins? What does it translate into? Because losing is not fun. But hope you're having a great day. We're having a glorious Friday. On a personal note, all we do on Friday is this show. So we come in all excited, super energized.

[Rich Davis]

All the other gigs we have, I record my Sirius XM stuff ahead of time.

[Covino]

Same.

[Rich Davis]

We don't. We don't do nothing. We don't do our other podcast on Friday. So we come in here. Shout out of a freakin cannon.

[Covino]

Yeah. More excited than ever. You're not.

[Dan Beyer]

Live from the SiriusXM New York studios.

[Covino]

That's all.

[Rich Davis]

Not today, daddy.

[Covino]

Yeah. So Danny G's on the phones. Let's get involved. 877-99-on Fox, Iowa, Sam is here. Dan Beyer, Elijah again. We're on YouTube. And of course, if you miss anything, you got things to do. Catch the podcast later or the video Now, Rich, this is something called Aren't we over it? Is sports pandering over or not? Where are we in the world? Let's get a little controversial. Let's have some fun. Let's break it down. Let's get some feedback going because there's a. I think it's a funny ass story. There's a funny ass story out of ESPN today.

[Rich Davis]

I think it's hilarious as could be. You're a dude. Jack Mack from Barstool.

[Covino]

Gotta give him credit. Yeah, gotta give him credit because he.

[Rich Davis]

Broke it down in the funniest way.

[Covino]

So espn, well, not only that, kfc good dude. He was on our bonus show over promised. Catch that on fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. Portnoy, big Cat. All the other guys get more props. And my favorite is Jack Mack. I think he deserves all the props and all the ass. That guy's great. Yeah, why don't you, why don't you.

[Rich Davis]

Go DM him or something?

[Covino]

Well, hey, man, chicks were always saying they want a guy that makes him laugh. He's the funniest of all of them.

[Rich Davis]

So he post this earlier. And again, I'll give him props because they took it down so quick. I didn't see it. ESPN posts a mural of icons. And again, Covino said this conversation is along the lines of are we done pandering? Because every time you try to pander, even if your intention is of good spirit and good heart and you're trying to do the right thing, I mean, look, look what happened to Bud Light a couple years ago. Bud Light puts a transgender person holding a beer bottle, a beer can. And that company had to spend years to recover.

[Covino]

Yeah, put him in a bad situation, that's for sure. So when it comes to sports pandering, are we over it? Are we in a time or entering a time where let's be real about things? Are we not living in the real?

[Rich Davis]

No. Look who just took the biggest misstep. Cracker Barrel. Cracker Barrel. They know their audience or do they change the logo? Going super liberal.

[Covino]

Weren't you on the logo? The original logo?

[Rich Davis]

Stop. I think that it.

[Covino]

Rich.

[Rich Davis]

I think that you're seeing brands making just like boneheaded mistakes that don't need to be made. Well, Bud Light, Cracker Barrel, I still.

[Covino]

Believe we should live in a world where you don't want to just ruffle feathers just for the sake of it. Yeah, I don't believe in that, especially in what we do. We're not trying to piss off half the audience. Absolutely not. We're here to have fun and try to have a good conversation. But when ESPN puts out this icon mural, and we say this respectfully, we're just telling you the story. We had a great experience at espn. Not talking smack, just talking Jack Mack, talking facts. When you leave out, let's just say Tiger woods and, I don't know, most of the mlb, all of the ufc. When you don't put any fighters in there and you only put icons that pertain to whatever it is, you're not.

[Rich Davis]

Putting what your agenda is.

[Covino]

I was trying to avoid that word, but that's really what it is.

[Rich Davis]

But it's wild. Like, you look at this mural.

[Covino]

Isn't that just straight up BS to anybody with half a brain? Dude.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, you got it. You got to have your head so far up your ass to think that this mural is in some type of weird agenda. All the icons, all the moments, all of ESPN. There's 10 WNBA players on this mural.

[Covino]

10. You could name maybe four of them. And it's not only that. You know, you're looking around, you're like, that guy's an icon. This dude's an icon. Who's that? That's an icon. Okay, where's Mike Tyson? And I guess where's anyone? I couldn't find anyone that I was looking for. In fact, Rich has it right there in front of him. And we just want to know if we're living in a time where we're over it. So I just think that who really.

[Rich Davis]

Is an icon, I guess, Kavino, what I want to point out is just simply, like you said, are we just over it? Meaning everyone's trying to do the nice right thing, but is that sentiment just, like, overblown now? Like, all right, we get. Everyone wants to be nice, but don't.

[Covino]

If you take the temperature of the public's opinion, you would have to say, yeah, there's a lot of people over it because they got so much backlash from it that they were forced to take it down. That's why a lot of you missed it.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know if they were forced. I think embarrassingly took it down.

[Covino]

Right? I mean, not forced. No one, you know, the head of ESPN and say, take it down now, but they were forced based on all the negative feedback that they got. They were getting hit so hard with. Come on, man. These are icons. You know who was on there? I thought it was funny. I mean, again, if it's funny and tongue in cheek, yeah, that's okay. Like the guy, the security guy from the Jordan documentary. Remember that guy with the curly Afro? He's on the mural. But Tiger woods is not on the mural. Mike Tyson. I don't see him either. Danny G. Like I said, no UFC fighter.

[Rich Davis]

Where's Joey Chestnut?

[Covino]

No. Gsp. No Chestnut. But again, the biggest, I guess, obvious thing is the 10 WNBA players. No, you're not hating on WNBA players. In fact, later today, we're going to play a game called Chipotle worker or WNBA player. That's our way of familiarizing everybody with WNBA players. But to put 10 of them there, it's a little overboard. It's a little much. It's starting to rub people the wrong way. Like, hey, are we just, like Rich said, pandering, or are we being real about this stuff? Is it a joke because you got that dude in it, or are you being serious about it? So people. People took it real serious, and I think it caught everybody by surprise.

[Rich Davis]

I don't think anyone should take a mural posted on Twitter with any sense of, like, wow, this really made me mad.

[Covino]

Like, no, but a mural is an honor, and you would. I was led to believe. Is that something painted at espn?

[Rich Davis]

It looks like something they just. It's a graphic. I'm just saying, no one should be mad at this. But it's also just another example of, like, does no one read the room anymore? Again, I think the best example also outside of sports right now is that the Cracker Barrel story whose stock has plummeted. Like, I just think we are. We've hit a crossroads now where everyone could see through BS and they're like, this is just silly. Like, what are we doing? Should any sports mural of icons contain 10 WNBA players? No. UFC fighters, three baseball players?

[Covino]

Like, is Michael Phelps on there?

[Rich Davis]

I don't know.

[Ryan Seacrest]

But is this. Is this a mural of icons of the last 25 years? Or is this a mural of icons? The last.

[Rich Davis]

Is there any icon?

[Covino]

It's icons, according to some Jabroni espn.

[Ryan Seacrest]

It's their. They're clearly promoting a lot of their own.

[Covino]

Jabroni Jones favorite.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah, like, they're. They're promoting, like, they have hosts of. There's a. I don't know. Dan, you help me out with this. There's a Michigan quarterback, I think. Does anyone know who this guy is?

[Dan Beyer]

I think it's supposed to be Bryce Underwood.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but he wasn't taking a step yet.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Okay.

[Covino]

There's a few college stars in there, too. I see Manning's in there. I don't know.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah. Jeremiah Smith is there as well, near both Arch and Bryce Underwood.

[Covino]

And again, college stars, but never take a snap in the ass.

[Rich Davis]

I'm not mad at this. I just think it's so, like, it's a story when people miss the mark. I'm like, how do people miss the mark?

[Dan Beyer]

So if they're icons, we should all know their names, right? We should know who they are and not have to guess on who they are.

[Covino]

Oh, you simply say it's the misuse of the word icon.

[Rich Davis]

Dan. Dan Byer. If this was a mural. And again, I'm not mad even 1%. It just caught my eye today. But if this is a mural and it said the rising sports stars of this generation, I'd say, okay, right.

[Covino]

So possibly mislabeled, because other than, like.

[Rich Davis]

Who on here, I don't know.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I think they didn't want it to be like, 90% men. That's why they did throw some more women in there. But there's women pretending.

[Rich Davis]

Why? We're pretending. We're pretending that these ten women are icons. You got Pretending we're full of baloney.

[Covino]

Yeah, we're full of baloney. 10 WNBA players.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, can you name other than Caitlin Clark and Asia Wilson and Angel Reese?

[Ryan Seacrest]

There's a couple I don't recognize on here.

[Rich Davis]

Exactly. And you care about. And they put.

[Ryan Seacrest]

They put juju on there. Juju Watkins, who's not even in WNBA yet. She is a big star, but she got injured last season.

[Rich Davis]

Come on.

[Dan Beyer]

The Najari Kennedy, the pitcher from Texas Tech, the softball pitcher who had an nil deal over a million dollars. She's next to the security guard. So that's from the Jordan documentary. That's.

[Rich Davis]

I was wondering who that was.

[Dan Beyer]

Yes.

[Covino]

Where's Brady at?

[Rich Davis]

I like the mural. Like, again, if it said, like, some of the cool faces or rising stars or, you know, but. But I think, oh, man, it's like missing the mark. But then again, maybe smart for them because they got us talking about a stupid post.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Who's putting the pie in each other's faces at the top? I don't even know what that's all about. Some of these are, like, almost like inside jokes at espn.

[Covino]

It looks like a Where's Waldo mural.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah. Naomi Osaka made this. And Naomi Osaka is not the player that she was five Years ago. And she is. I don't want to say front and center, but I looked at the center of the graphic too, guys, to be like, okay, who's your icon of icons? Because that's who you put in the middle.

[Ryan Seacrest]

That's Shohei. Got LeBron.

[Dan Beyer]

So Shohei LeBron. Asia Wilson, Kevin Durant and Coco Gauff.

[Rich Davis]

Is Asia Wilson. Is Asia Wilson the one on the Aces?

[Dan Beyer]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Okay.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Caitlin Clark, though, off to the left.

[Covino]

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are the most prominent because they're opposite of each other. I noticed them right away. To me, they stood out just as much as anyone else. So there's so many questions at play here. First one is, aren't we over the pandering, guys? Seems like the public is. Because that's why every time a publicly.

[Rich Davis]

Traded company or big company is like, we're gonna. We're gonna do something we think is like the right or nice thing to do, it backfires every time.

[Covino]

Perhaps there's people that think, no, that's how you see. That's how you make people popular.

[Rich Davis]

And reference. Bud Light. Reference. So many companies that have been. That have made mistakes, I mean, doing.

[Covino]

This, seen it over and over and over again, but we've lived in that world for years now. So are we at that point where it's done sports pandering, especially because you're smarter than that.

[Rich Davis]

Messages in the end zone are no longer a thing because sports is something.

[Covino]

That'S defined by numbers and stats. Like, you could quantify the actual greatness, right? So you're not fooling anybody. You're like, really? Is that person that great? I have the stats that say otherwise. So sports pandering is like something you really can't fake. So when you do that, a sports fan is like, icon on what planet? Tell me and prove to me. Show me the stats. Show me the baseball reference as to how. Wnba, as to how they're an icon. Again, it was posted on socials and deleted. The tweet was deleted because of all the backlash. And then the second part of the question is, well, then who really is of icon status? Do you have to be an all time great, or can you be an up and coming great to be part of that? You know, that could be also a fair assessment. Like, hey, they're iconic, but they're on their way up. Or we believe they're going to be icons.

[Narrator/Promoter]

And by the way, Rich, the NFL.

[Rich Davis]

Is bringing back the on field social justice messaging. Serious.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Dan Beyer]

For 2025.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

What are we doing? What are we doing?

[Covino]

Dude, there's so many people missing from that. And that was a lot of the feedback too. So many people missing from the so.

[Rich Davis]

Called icons again, perhaps trickery as well. Maybe they posted this with the, with the thought of like.

[Covino]

I don't think so. I don't. But that happens a lot. You think they're potentially trolling us?

[Rich Davis]

Maybe they are. They have to be trolling.

[Covino]

I don't think so.

[Dan Beyer]

There's also a lesson in here, and it's something that I felt like we talked about behind the scenes here at Fox Sports Radio, where this is what you get when you send like a company wide thank you. It's very, very choppy waters because you're bound to leave someone out. You read an obituary, it is a ranking of who was important, who isn't, and then you get to the bottom and then there's everybody else. You send out like a thank you to staff and you forget one person or.

[Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

It's like an acceptance fee at an award show. It's like, ooh, who are they?

[Covino]

You know, it makes that even worse though. Like the in memoriam sort of thing is like who oversaw that, who had the final say and you know, who dropped the ball with something like this? You know, we're getting all up in arms, man at arms about it and we're debating it and people are mad. But for all we know, you think like some higher up had anything to do with it. It's probably some young idiot whose responsibility is social media and they put it out there just to say they did something for today and everyone's making a big deal about it. How do you know who did it? And don't you think that has something to be said about it? Maybe we're a nobody from nowhere. Bill, he just posted something because he had to.

[Rich Davis]

Maybe we're overstating the, the process over there.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Narrator/Promoter]

So.

[Covino]

But Dan Beyer makes a good point. That's why you don't do things like that, because you're going to cause a controversy. How'd you forget this person and that person?

[Rich Davis]

Like, remember when Tommy Gunn forgot to thank Rocky Balboa when he won?

[Covino]

But again, here's the real evidence as to what we're saying. Dana White just did what a pretty big deal with Paramount. Yeah.

[Ryan Seacrest]

One ufc, espn. It's Paramount, so I know. So they're not promoting their, they're not promoting rivals properties.

[Rich Davis]

That proves the point.

[Ryan Seacrest]

So they're taking. Oh, these are the, these are the icons we have in the sports that we control. That we put on our airwaves.

[Covino]

Exactly. That's. That's exactly it. So you can't really say they're icons if you're leaving out particular sports.

[Ryan Seacrest]

They're ESPN icons. There's also ESPN show hosts on there, too. So they're.

[Dan Beyer]

Then how does Chestnut not make it on there?

[Rich Davis]

I said, how do we not have Joey?

[Covino]

Yeah. Perhaps he was the biggest snub of all in that case. I think that should be the headline here. Yeah. Who is the biggest snub of all? Cavino and Rich, Dan Byer, Danny G. And Sam say Joey Chestnut.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Dan Beyer]

Friend of the program.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Ryan Seacrest]

And truthfully, maybe they look at him as a sideshow to make it very clear.

[Rich Davis]

I really don't care.

[Covino]

And by the way, if they just. Broadcasters on there. Is Gary Striesky on there? Because we happen to believe he's the best.

[Rich Davis]

I think he's the best. He's the.

[Covino]

He is the icon. Up and coming.

[Rich Davis]

But they got Brian Windhurst, right? That dude. Please.

[Covino]

BrianHorst.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Give me a break. That's me.

[Covino]

Hold on.

[Rich Davis]

I think he's great. He's knowledgeable.

[Covino]

He knows his basketball.

[Rich Davis]

Gary Striesky and Randy up there.

[Covino]

Yeah. I say include them. I think Brian does a great job. I'm not hating on him.

[Rich Davis]

I don't believe that.

[Covino]

I'm laughing at Rich's reaction. Is what?

[Rich Davis]

I believe that I think the trash.

[Covino]

No nonsense. So your thoughts? And again, the deeper question is you can't really fake the funk when it comes to sports pandering. You have stats to back that up.

[Rich Davis]

Brian wasn't Brian Winhurst, the guy that was pretending like he was LeBron. And LeBron was like, Yo, I don't know you.

[Covino]

Yeah, but that was rude.

[Rich Davis]

I thought that was funny as hell.

[Covino]

That was rude as hell, man. I thought that was very rude. So, again, if you missed it is because they took it down. That's like a side story that we thought was kind of fun today. And Rich is rolling his eyes at it, as is many people. That's why it got taken down again.

[Rich Davis]

I really am not losing sleep over this. I want to make that very clear. It's just something that we saw this morning. It's a slow sports day. Football's less than two weeks away. My Mets are stinking. I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling. I see this.

[Covino]

Your Mets are more than stinking, man. They're, like, rotting.

[Rich Davis]

Can I tell you, there's something that's really some rot.

[Covino]

I feel like the funk of 40,000 years.

[Rich Davis]

I think I genuinely feel bad.

[Covino]

They're like the great stink of 1858.

[Rich Davis]

You know that was a great stink of 1858. Do people know that?

[Covino]

I don't know if I got the year wrong, so don't quote me on it. Hold on, let's look at the Great Stink.

[Rich Davis]

The Great Stink 18.

[Covino]

Yeah, yeah, I was right.

[Rich Davis]

You know what it called the great. You want to hear about the great stink of 1858?

[Covino]

So yeah, it's the great stink of 2025.

[Rich Davis]

The great stink of 2025 is Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto.

[Covino]

Yo. There's no and the pitch.

[Rich Davis]

I forget.

[Covino]

Actually, no, there's no met on that mural. Right.

[Rich Davis]

I hope pitching staff is the great stink of 2025. The great stink.

[Covino]

At least you don't have confardo anymore. Hey, by the way, is Judge on that mural? Yeah, I did see Judge. Yeah, I don't know, I didn't see him. Yeah, he's there.

[Rich Davis]

No, Judge Judy was on the mural. The great stink of 1858. It was the hot weather of the summer of 1858 in central London. Unhumid treated waste made the whole city and the Thames river smell like doo doo. The whole city smelled like.

[Covino]

It was like contaminated.

[Dan Beyer]

So it was so bad it says it wafted into the Houses of Parliament, forcing them to take action.

[Covino]

Yeah, people were dying from the stink.

[Rich Davis]

People were dying of the stink for.

[Covino]

The great stink of 1858.

[Rich Davis]

So if your team is stinking, my favorite analogy is they're stinking like the great stink of 1858. Because that's how the Mets are. And I find myself. I hate this because I'm not usually much of a hater. I'm more of like a. Well, whatever. Your team, you're happy. Kavino and I have this Met Yankees bet. And I hate to say it, I was rooting for the Red Sox pretty hard last night. I can't let your team jump that far ahead of me. We have a thousand dollar bet. I want this to go down to the final week. I can't. I can't not be rooting for the Red Sox this weekend. I apologize. I wasn't going to.

[Covino]

And then you're a big Roman Anthony fan now.

[Rich Davis]

You see the bat flip he did?

[Covino]

It was a little aggressive, but I liked it.

[Rich Davis]

First game at Yankee Stadium.

[Covino]

See, what people need to understand is bat flips aren't personal. 90% of the time they're not. It's just part of the game. It's what you've been practicing in your backyard playing wiffle ball for your entire life. It's just part of the swing nowadays. Watch the Little League World Series. All these kids are doing the same thing. And he had a pretty aggressive yet awesome bat flip last night.

[Rich Davis]

So Yanks, if you don't know what we're talking about. As far as that mural, though, at Rich Davis at Coving on Rich, I don't know if you posted.

[Covino]

You can't leave out sports, you can't leave out baseball. You can't leave out fighting. How many soccer players? That's a pretty big international sport. I think there's like two soccer players.

[Rich Davis]

There was one soccer player, one soccer player, three baseball players, and 10 WNBA.

[Covino]

Players blaring, what are you doing? Agenda of these are the sports we cover. So therefore, these are the icons that we choose. And people sniff that out a mile away.

[Rich Davis]

I think we live in a world.

[Covino]

Now where no one.

[Rich Davis]

No, it's like no one likes when people are full of baloney. That's a nice way to say it.

[Covino]

There you go.

[Rich Davis]

Full baloney.

[Covino]

Give me the stats. Before we move on, though, as far as how many athletes of each sport.

[Rich Davis]

I said there were three. Baseball.

[Covino]

No.

[Rich Davis]

Golfers? No. Ufc. One soccer player. No. Hockey players from a winning NHL team.

[Covino]

No.

[Dan Beyer]

Mike Tyson.

[Rich Davis]

No Mike Tyson. No Joey Chestnut.

[Dan Beyer]

There were a few more soccer players. But the point again, if icons, if you can't recognize who they are right away, I think that defeats the point as well.

[Covino]

And, you know, for the sake of conversation too, you're always trying to win over new fans and a new audience and young people.

[Rich Davis]

You're being very kind.

[Covino]

No, no, no. But if you're putting old icons up there, some of these young people are like, yeah, aren't we done with, like, the Babe Ruth's of the world? Like, can we find some other icons? Maybe they're just trying to pander to a younger audience, just to be fair.

[Dan Beyer]

Again, don't use that word then.

[Covino]

Maybe they're trying to cater Rising Star.

[Rich Davis]

Cater. No, no, he's saying icons.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Okay, guys.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Ryan Seacrest]

All aboard the Panda Express.

[Covino]

Let's go.

[Rich Davis]

I've been holding on to that for 20 minutes.

[Covino]

Should have held on for 25 minutes while we were Marshall. We should have held on till after four on the west side. Like another hour and a half, maybe.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Holding in a fart there.

[Covino]

Thank you, Sam.

[Rich Davis]

I let it out. Thank you, Sam.

[Covino]

So anyway, it's a funny story. Nobody's mad at it.

[Rich Davis]

Well, hey, we're gonna talk some NFL. We got other stuff to. Too but it was just on the radar this morning. So hey, enjoy. We got more Kavino and Rich having fun on Friday here at Fox Sports Radio.

[Covino]

The reviews and ratings are in and.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Covino]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Covino]

This is the game no one wants to lose and there's no crying in the Big Three. The action starts with the Big Three eighth Annual All Star Game.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Covino]

You Dan Stevenson, Jordan Crawford, Greg Monroe.

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[Narrator/Promoter]

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[Covino]

On three basketball players in the world.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Big Three's exciting all star game plus the crowning of a new Big Three champion. The no holds part action starts Sunday at 2pm Eastern, 11 Pacific only on.

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

All right, C&R on FSR. Covino and Rich sweeping the nation. Having fun. Yeah. Loving the fact that it's Friday.

[Rich Davis]

I'm loving the fact that tonight. Anthony Roman. Another bat flip or what? Today's Friday.

[Covino]

I hate that guy.

[Rich Davis]

That bat flip last night against the Yanks. It was his way of saying I'm going to own your asses for the next decade in the Bronx.

[Covino]

That was in the upper deck last night. Live from the FOX Sports Radio studio. If you miss any of today's show, you got to catch the podcast. Search Covino and Rich wherever you get your podcast. And after the show, our best of is posted. And every Saturday, what time Danny G Does the best of the week drop drop 6:00am Eastern. Drop. You know what else dropped today for the Rock fans? New Deftones dropped today and a brand new over promised has dropped. That's our bonus podcast and a new Dexter Today.

[Rich Davis]

If you watch Dexter Resurrection, we're happy.

[Covino]

Being your dark passenger while you drive home. Hopefully. Hope you had a great day. Let's have a great weekend. But again, live from Fox Sports Studios in Los Angeles, the number is 87799 on Fox News. To wrap up the final discussion, the last discussion. Yeah, what makes this mural, the controversial mural that was taken down today on ESPN's Twitter is that it says all the icons all. So we think, well, where's the, like, legendary icons? And the thing is, there really aren't any. Like, if you think of old school, there's no old school icons. So maybe they're saying this is the new stuff, but either way, it caused a big stir, and if you missed it, boom. You didn't miss much.

[Rich Davis]

You didn't miss much at all. Hey, before we get to Jim Harbaugh, I know everyone's going to disagree on this one. Should he be suspended? We'll get to that. But I do want to say that if you are a baseball fan and you're excited that we got 30 games left and then the postseason will be here. You said that my Mets are playing like, the great stink of 1858.

[Covino]

Yeah. Like, they're really bad. They're rotting. The pitching is so terrible.

[Rich Davis]

Do you know that if they lose tonight and the Cincinnati Reds win, the Mets are on the outside looking in for that third wild card? That's how they have.

[Covino]

They're like Aaron Lewis abstained, man.

[Rich Davis]

I don't want to be on the outside looking in.

[Covino]

They're sad. They're a sad squad right now. Yeah, well, but can they turn it around? Probably not. If I were you, I'd get ready for your 49ers. Yeah, I know.

[Rich Davis]

All right, you know, let's talk some football. Now, I saw Urban Meyer. I. I'm more of an NFL guy than a college football guy.

[Covino]

But I'm wondering what I'm Oscar Mayer guy.

[Rich Davis]

I'm wondering, what am I missing here? There is a speculation that should Jim Harbaugh be suspended in the NFL for something he did in college football? And I can't even connect the dots on this. That would be like, la, la, la, la. Connect the dots. I can't even connect the dots. Pee Wee Herman style. I can't even think about how this makes sense. Meaning that would be like if I worked at Walgreens, you know, work at a drugstore and I got fired, and then I worked at Chipotle, and Chipotle wanted to punish me for something I had done when I worked at Walgreens. I don't get how you would equate the University of Michigan to the Los Angeles Chargers.

[Covino]

Same sport. But I agree. Unless I am convinced otherwise. Yeah, I'm very much in the middle of this one, to be honest, because I heard you and Danny G. Going back and forth, but it's the same sport. But to me, Completely different things.

[Rich Davis]

Let's hear it. Danny. I don't even know the other side of this argument. I can't even fathom it.

[Dan Beyer]

I mean, should he be suspended by the NFL that it seems kind of ridiculous except for the fact there's precedent here. And Jim Trestle was fined.

[Rich Davis]

Right.

[Covino]

And suspended. Or did he?

[Dan Beyer]

He was fired. He was fired by Ohio State of the tattoo scandal that occurred at the school. Part of the NCAA's punishments were a ban for Trestle, who is no longer in the college game. His next job was with the Colts as a replay assistant, an analyst sort of job. Not only did he serve a six game suspension, Terrell Pryor, who was a part of that scandal as well, ended up being drafted by Danny's Raiders and served a five game suspension at the start of his NFL career because of the penalties that were handed down in Colle. That's where the precedent is.

[Rich Davis]

It's really interesting that there is a precedent because in my mind, legally, I would imagine good luck trying to enforce that. I mean, again, what you're saying makes sense. I'm not doubting the credibility and thoughts of what Dan Byer said, but to me, Camino, that would be like if you did something terrible here at Fox Sports Radio and Scott Shapiro and Don Martin and Julie and everyone's like, Cavino, you're fired. You, you know, or you just left and they found out, you know, Kavino was cheating the whole time or doing something in Fox Sports and then you got hired by NBC Sports.

[Covino]

They're not going to suspend me. Like he was cheating on last one standing. Yeah, like if you like, yeah, I was accused of that. I was insulted when you. Yeah, I think he made a solid point off the air. And Danny G. I'll just say it. And you could back it up. You said something along the lines of, yeah, but that's also to prevent other college coaches from doing illegal things knowing they could still get promoted into the NFL. I think it's a good, remember he was investigated and penalized. Shouldn't be an escape plan, scouting and sign stealing. And he was, you know, he was going rogue in college football. In the back of his mind, he's probably thinking, what happens? They suspend me, I don't care, I'll go back to the NFL. And that's what Danny G. Was explaining. Like there should be a precedent set that, hey, you can't do it on this level and then think you could just go away and avoid the penalties. And even though it's not the NFL.

[Dan Beyer]

Rich, it is in essence, the minor leagues to the NFL. So the two are related. You can't say, oh, Walmart and Target.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Or whatever your example was.

[Dan Beyer]

That's not a correct analogy. There's also a timing thing of it as well, where before the penalty is handed out, the person has already left or has been dismissed from their job and has moved on to another one. So, like, Harbaugh took the Charger's job, has been there for a year and a half now, and we didn't finally come to find out what the penalties were until recently.

[Rich Davis]

You know, that would be like. It would be like an ex girlfriend of mine finding out that I cheated on her at spring break. Meanwhile, like, I'm married with children, she's married with children. It's 20 years later and like, me being held accountable. Like, well, when you were in Acapulco with Covino, I know what you did. It's like, yeah, it's 20 years later.

[Narrator/Promoter]

This wasn't 20 years later, though.

[Rich Davis]

But I'm just saying, it's just like, if I'm Jim Harbaugh, I'd be laughing at this. Like, are you kidding me? I'm the head coach of the Chargers. Beat it, college kiddos.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah, you said something that this makes sense. And I don't think anybody thinks that it does, but it happened before. Just like I don't think people thought it made sense 15 years ago when this happened. And here's the other thing with it. Jim Trestle lost his job. Jim Harbaugh didn't lose his job at Michigan. He just went and took another one that put him in the NFL.

[Covino]

That's the other thing with that line of thinking, though, Right. He would have been fined and suspended in college, right?

[Dan Beyer]

Yes.

[Covino]

So you're saying, well, he should be suspended in the NFL.

[Rich Davis]

Give him credit for getting ahead of him.

[Covino]

If someone got fired for doing that. Right. What are you gonna say? They can't ever get hired again because they were fired from the previous job? If the previous job matters and this guy was fired, then with that line of thinking, he should never be hired again.

[Dan Beyer]

Well, you're right. What was crazy with the Trestle thing was not only was he fired, but then he was still suspended because of what went. Even though I would say that losing your job was probably punishment enough.

[Rich Davis]

Like, this happens in boxing, in UFC once a while. Ryan Garcia was drunk or on drugs or something. Allegedly. Who knows? But remember he said some terribly racial stuff on like, an Instagram live and sort of lost a little bit. Remember Ryan Garcia and then There was accusations of drugs. When he fought. Who?

[Covino]

When he fought Ryan Garcia.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Remember?

[Covino]

Well, it wasn't Tank because he was emaciated in that fight. Who the hell did he fight?

[Rich Davis]

Remember Ryan Garcia won.

[Covino]

Garcia, then in between Romero. Who did he fight? I forget.

[Rich Davis]

He beat someone that he wasn't expected to beat. Come on, you're the boxing guy.

[Covino]

I don't know, man. I forget.

[Rich Davis]

We were at the fight.

[Covino]

He was on Osterine. Who did he fight anyway?

[Rich Davis]

Point was Ryan Garcia.

[Covino]

He had like, a small, tiny percentage of Osterine in the system. Devin Haney. Yeah, he beat. He annihilated Devin Haney.

[Rich Davis]

And then when he got suspended from boxing, I remember the speculation was like, all right, he'll just fight the UFC or go do something else or fight on another card. People do that all the time. Like, you get fired, you get in trouble. Yeah. You leave, you try to get ahead of it and go somewhere else.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I feel like in the past, college coaches, and I'm struggling to come up with an example, but I feel like it has happened. College coaches will leave their old program in the dust, and then there's, like, repercussions that come out, and then they just go to the NFL and they just go on their merry way and do their job.

[Dan Beyer]

Carol. Yeah, There you go.

[Ryan Seacrest]

That's the one.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Thank you, Dan.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know. Let's. Let's go to Dan by for an update. I'm having a hard time understanding why anyone thinks Harbaugh is going to have any consequence.

[Dan Beyer]

I think it's because of the precedent.

[Rich Davis]

I know.

[Covino]

You know.

[Dan Beyer]

Yes, it's. That's. That's the reason why. Anyway, I know you have your endearment for Jim Harbaugh because of a former 49ers ED coach. So there's. There's probably that. There's also probably some news with the 49ers that you're interested in. They acquired Brian Robinson Jr. Today in a trade from the Washington Commanders. Commanders getting a sixth round pick from the Niners as part of that deal.

[Rich Davis]

Well, the Niners are light at the wide receiver position to start the season with IUK still sidelined. And Juwan Jennings. Well, everyone's a little banged up, so this is probably good for the 49ers.

[Dan Beyer]

For the early portfolio. He's a running back, though. Running back Brian Robinson. Yes. Yes. But they're always injured there as well, so that's a tradition unlike any other. Yes. The Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers have had talks about a trade that would send wide Receiver Adam Thielen back to the Vikings. Panthers give right tackle Taylor Moten a two year extension contract. News at Baseball the Orioles and catcher Samuel Basayo have agreed on an eight year, $67 million extension. He was just called up last weekend. Texas Rangers center fielder Evan Carter could miss the rest of the season because of a fractured right wrist. Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark dealing with a bone bruise on her left ankle suffered in a workout earlier this month. She missed the month of action because of a right groin injury and has not returned to practice engulfed to her championship. Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley lead after two rounds at 13 under Scotty Scheffler five back Rory McIlroy six back. Back to you guys.

[Rich Davis]

DB appreciate you my friend.

[Covino]

DB was talking about tattoos before from Fantasy Island. No, not that tattoo.

[Rich Davis]

The plane, boss.

[Covino]

The plane. Actual tattoos. What do you think about family tattoos? What do you think about matching tattoos and matching outfits? What do you think about stuff like that?

[Rich Davis]

Interesting.

[Covino]

Well, one of the all time icons is in the news when it comes.

[Rich Davis]

To it and I agree this guy's an icon so we'll get to that. Plus something there's something that is rubbing Covino the wrong way and we need to take the temperature of the Fox Sports Radio Nation. It's something I do at a fast food restaurant that Covino has a major problem with and I feel like it's totally fine.

[Covino]

You think it's totally fine? You know why? Cuz you think you're the greatest guy in the world and everything you do is great. And that's the real core of why it's even more wrong. Wow. The fact that you can't even recognize that.

[Rich Davis]

Can't wait to discuss this. Hey, more Covino and Rich next right here on Fox Sports.

[Narrator/Promoter]

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[Rich Davis]

Let me tell you, if the Mets lose tonight, they will be on the outside looking in like the National League.

[Covino]

Like I said, Aaron Lewis, National League.

[Rich Davis]

Wild card up for grabs. And by the way, your Yankees, they're no better. They're no better. And they have the defensive skills of like a high school team.

[Covino]

Dude, they have more errors in their games than Little League World Series games.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Yesterday I was looking at the box score. Sorry. I was rooting for the Sox and I was like, it's three.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Three.

[Rich Davis]

And the Yankees have four errors.

[Covino]

Four errors, walk nine batters. That's just a regular Thursday night for them. I'm not even joking.

[Rich Davis]

You.

[Covino]

Little League teams have less errors and less mental errors than the Yankees.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Did you guys watch what I sent to you? Dan sent that to me and Jason and Doug. That was hilarious. It was like Aaron Boone at the podium.

[Covino]

Oh, it was a.

[Ryan Seacrest]

It was AI, but it was.

[Covino]

Every night there's an AI oh, so good video of Aaron Bo saying crazy things.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Call him Aaron Fudge.

[Covino]

My mom thinks they're real, by the way. Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio.

[Rich Davis]

I believe what Aaron Boone said, Mom.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Still, we're past that now.

[Covino]

Yeah. He called Aaron Fudge. It's so funny. It's time for our tire rack play of the day. Jackson Dart continued to light up the preseason.

[Rich Davis]

Takes the snap, stands in the pocket, fires over the middle. Caught touchdown. It's Dulcich Dart hooking up with Dulcich in consecutive games. And the giants strike first. 3 minutes and 1 second into the game.

[Covino]

And Jameis Winston was eating the W, bro. Eating the win. Eating the W. That's courtesy of the Giants radio network. And that was our tire rack play of the day. For over 40 years, Tire Rack has been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive ship fast and free backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tire rack.com the way tire buying should be again, as Cavino Enrich and if you just joined us, Danny G. Thinks Jim Harbaugh should be suspended from what he did in college. Rich Davis says absolutely not. Two completely different things. What he did in college should have no weight on what he does in the NFL. No consequence. And that's why he moved on.

[Rich Davis]

You'll remember.

[Covino]

Well, that's why you shouldn't do it because then you have reason to move on.

[Rich Davis]

But you'll remember that that is a part of the person's character.

[Covino]

Right?

[Rich Davis]

Like it's, it's not a good thing for Jim Harbaugh's reputation. But there's no real, you know, punishment. Like I said, I use the girlfriend analogy. If you cheated on your college girlfriend when you're on spring break in Acapulco, yeah, you're sort of a dirtbag. But if you're married with kids and happy now, that would be like paying the price for, you know, being a dumb 20 year old kid. Like, I know it was only a couple years ago, but still.

[Covino]

Well, here's what's coming up. Yeah, we got to talk LeBron. We got to play Chipotle worker or WNBA player trying to familiarize with all these icons.

[Rich Davis]

Speaking of Chipotle, you have a problem with something? I do and I want to get to that in a second. But I got to say hi to Chuck because he nails it on our in show thread on the Fox Sports Radio Cavino Enrich YouTube page, which, by the way, you could play along with streaming live now. What's up everybody?

[Covino]

There's a live chat if you go to COVINO and Rich FSR on YouTube.

[Rich Davis]

And Chuck said, Loving the YouTube feed. I get home from work, throw this on, pours himself a drink and watches us. So look at that. Thank you.

[Covino]

Speaking of, we're going to give you other things to watch later today on weekend hobnobbing.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I do something at Chipotle that Covino has a major problem with and I think it's worth setting up now. We'll dive into more.

[Covino]

It's kind of gross.

[Rich Davis]

I don't think it's gross at all. I go to Chipotle twice a week because I think it's the best fast food place. This is not a commercial. I'm giving them props.

[Covino]

Yeah, it's great.

[Rich Davis]

I think if you're going to eat crappy, it's not really that crappy. It's like, what do you get? A chicken ball with guac and rice.

[Covino]

It's heavy though. It is salty. I always feel like heavy, but. But it's good.

[Rich Davis]

If I'm getting a burrito bowl or burrito for my wife and I, it's like 35, $40.

[Covino]

Okay, so what?

[Rich Davis]

Overpriced but delicious.

[Covino]

It doesn't give you a right to do what you're about to say.

[Rich Davis]

I'm a Chipotle fan. Cavino has a problem.

[Narrator/Promoter]

You got a problem with this.

[Rich Davis]

Camino has a problem that my little f you back to Chipotle is I grab a big pile of forks and a huge stack of napkins.

[Covino]

Stacks and handfuls of utensils. Handfuls like barrels of utensils he has collected and condiments. Because you're taking the food to a picnic. There's a reason. Yeah, there's a reason. There's a $35 burrito because of him.

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[Rich Davis]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Rich Davis]

You get the clam chowder.

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Covino]

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