C&R - Godfather of Games & 9/11 Love

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show (C&R) – "Godfather of Games & 9/11 Love"

Date: September 12, 2025
Host: Steve Covino, Rich Davis (with Dan Byer, Garrett, callers)

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Overview

This episode of "The Dan Patrick Show" (Covino & Rich edition) blends nostalgic sports and pop culture talk with reflections on the evolution of gaming, childhood hobbies, and the way sports helped heal after 9/11. Covino and Rich, with producers and callers, dive into personal stories about early gaming consoles, favorite youthful pastimes, and the role of sports in national recovery. The 49th anniversary of the Atari 2600 launch and 24th anniversary of 9/11 serve as the jumping-off points for wide-ranging, heartfelt, and often hilarious conversations.

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Main Discussion Themes

1. The Cultural Impact & Evolution of Video Games
2. Nostalgic Reminiscing on Old-School Hobbies
3. How Sports Helped Heal Post-9/11, Spotlighting Key Emotional Moments
4. Light Pop Culture Banter & Listener Connections

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Detailed Breakdown & Timestamps

The Rise of Gaming: From Atari to Streaming

[05:14–07:04]

• Atari 2600's Anniversary (1977):
  • Covino: “Everything to me was not Pong or anything like that…It was Atari 2600.”
  • Rich and Covino compare influence of first consoles: Atari for Gen X, Sega/Nintendo for Millennials.
• Video Games as Career & Hobby:
  • Covino: “That hobby became a job for a lot of people.”
  • Guest Ryan “Big Sexy” McBain shares experience as a Twitch streamer who gets paid to play, especially horror games.
  • Rich jokes about the generational disconnect: “My kids…watch people play Minecraft and I’m like, how about you play Minecraft?”

Why Do People Like Watching Streamers?

[07:06–08:20]

• Covino: “Is that really the pull, though? People like to watch this? I don’t get it.”
• Rich: “I can’t understand why someone would want to watch it.”
• Ryan McBain: “Because people love to see me get scared because I play a lot of horror games.”

Childhood Hobbies: Cards, Bikes, RC Cars & More

[09:12–20:32]

• Baseball Cards & Hobby Shops:
  • Rich’s only major hobby as a kid; tells stories of "Rare Coins," his local Long Island card shop run by Val.
  • Memorable quote:
    • Val: “Life sucks, then you die!” [11:10]
• Nerd? Or Just a Hobbyist?
  • Debate over what hobbies were “cool”:
    • Covino: “Some hobbies…were all hobbies cool or were some cooler than others? …Some kids were into trains—alright, nerd.”
• Remote Controlled Cars/Early Tech:
  • Nostalgic call-ins about graduated interests—RC cars, airplanes, drone connection today.
  • Garrett: “Do you think a lot of those little kids that love the RC stuff are now flying drones?” [14:04]
• Street Sports, BMX, and Status:
  • Iconic bike brands like GT Performer, Mongoose, Diamondback.
  • Covino: “If you had a decent bike, it was still costing you $100.”
  • Rich: “My parents got me a 10-speed Lance Armstrong…you just made me so uncool.” [18:40]
  • Memories of bikes being stolen—a mark of neighborhood drama.

More Old-School Hobbies & Listener Calls

[20:42–28:23]

• Nintendo & the Magic of Game Codes:
  • Callers recall time with NES, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out (“King Hippo was the hardest…”).
  • Covino flexes his memory:
    • “Remember the code to fight Mike Tyson was 007 373 5963.” [21:42]
• Collectibles: Hot Wheels, Matchbox Cars, Pogs, Garbage Pail Kids:
  • Collectibles as early “hustle,” the precursor to today’s unboxing/fandom economies.
  • Dan Byer recalls forced Barbie play due to older sibling, finds joy in “blowing up the furniture.”
• Pogs and 90’s Fads:
  • Javier: “Do you guys remember Pogs and Slammers?”
  • Covino: “A little after my time. That’s more early 90s…”

9/11 Remembrance: How Sports Helped Heal

[36:00–54:20]

• Personal Memories:

  • Covino and Rich recount being in NYC/on the east coast during 9/11.
  • Covino: “I was working at KROQ New York, home of Howard Stern… at the tunnel…they said, turn around, we’re not letting you in.”
  • Rich: “I was in Union Square…shooting for Nickelodeon…camera guy’s like ‘I gotta go, I live across the street from World Trade.’”
  • Covino: “Everybody knew somebody [lost]... I'll give a shout out to Thomas J. Fisher…my neighbor across the street… the street’s named after him.”

• Sports as a Pathway to Normalcy:

  • The sensitivity of music/entertainment in NYC after 9/11:
    • Covino: “Afroman was a big deal…pulled from playlist. Drowning Pool's ‘Bodies’—pulled because the lyrics were ‘let the bodies hit the floor.’”
    • Garrett: “We also could no longer play Gap Band, ‘You Dropped a Bomb on Me.’”
  • Three Key Sporting Moments That Helped Us Heal:
    1. Mike Piazza’s Home Run – September 21, 2001 (New York Mets vs Braves)
       • “Piazza hit a blast…Mets lead 3–2.” [41:20]
       • Rich: “There was a sense of, okay, you’re cheering. I could…yeah. Okay, it’s okay.”
    2. Sammy Sosa Running with the Flag:
       • Rich: “I was thinking of Sammy Sosa running out with the American flag. That’s an iconic moment.” [50:59]
    3. President George W. Bush’s First Pitch at Yankee Stadium – World Series Game 3
       • Rich: “Derek Jeter told President Bush, ‘You have to throw it from the mound. And you better not bounce it.’” [52:50]
       • Covino: "Perfect strike from the rubber, from the mound…and that was the first pitch of Game 3. It meant so much in that moment…and it was a strike thrown by our president, George W. Bush. An amazing first pitch. Probably the best first pitch in history." [53:51]

• Honorable Mentions:

  • Creed’s halftime “Higher” at Thanksgiving Cowboys–Broncos, 2001 — "the most patriotic thing of all time." (Call with Zach [51:40])
  • Boston Red Sox fans singing "New York, New York" in solidarity.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Generational Gaming:
  • Covino: “Everything to me was not Pong…It was Atari 2600. I had it. I loved it.” [05:27]
• On Hobby Shop Life Lessons:
  • Val, Rich’s card shop owner: “Life sucks, then you die!” [11:06]
• On Collecting Baseball Cards:
  • Covino: “No, you wanted that Conseco rated rookie, that Mark McGwire USA card, those Griffey rookies.” [10:30]
• On Post-9/11 Sports:
  • Covino: “There were a few moments that brought us back to normal…it made us realize that, yeah, I guess life moves forward and we’ll be okay.” [39:35]
• On Mike Piazza’s Home Run:
  • Rich: “Piazza hit a blast…look at Bobby Valentine, all the players…Mets lead 3–2.” [41:20]
• On President Bush’s First Pitch:
  • Rich: “Derek Jeter told President Bush, ‘You have to throw it from the mound. And you better not bounce it.’” [52:50]
  • Covino: “Perfect strike…that was the first pitch of Game 3. It meant so much in that moment…an amazing first pitch. Probably the best in history.” [53:51]

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Additional Fun: Banter, Gags & Rapid Fire Hobbies

• Friendly jabs about BMX bike status, “uncool” 10-speeds, and the trauma of childhood bikes being stolen.
• Nerdy nostalgia: marble fights, RC planes, slot cars, collecting action figures, and even reminiscing about "Pogo Ball" and "Skip It."
• Hosts and callers poke fun at themselves—Rich on being the only one who never learned to rollerblade or BMX, Covino joking about failed tricks.

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Episode Tone

• Playful, fast-paced, and deeply nostalgic, yet sensitive and heartfelt when discussing 9/11.
• Effortlessly blends humor (“My favorite app? Chicken fingers.” [04:17]) and poignancy, especially in remembrance sections and talk about sports as healing.
• Inclusive with audience, incorporating many listener calls and personal stories.

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Key Timestamps

• 05:14 – Atari 2600 & genesis of home gaming conversation.
• 07:06 – Twitch, streaming, and why watching games is compelling.
• 09:12–20:32 – Deep dive on childhood hobbies, baseball cards, bikes, and retro toy culture.
• 21:10 – NES nostalgia, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out.
• 36:00–54:20 – 9/11 remembrances, turning points in sports culture post-attack.
• 41:16 & 53:02 – Playing audio of Mike Piazza's home run & reflection on George W. Bush's first pitch.

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Conclusion

"Godfather of Games & 9/11 Love" beautifully marries nostalgia and national memory, showing how personal passions (from video games to baseball cards) shape us as much as collective tragedy and triumph. Covino & Rich’s warmth and humor invite listeners to reminisce, celebrate simple joys, and respect the unifying power of sports in even the darkest of times.

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For more stories, debates, and good vibes:
Tweet or call in at @CovinoAndRich and catch all Covino & Rich shows and replays on Fox Sports Radio.

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[Rich Davis]

Rich, what's your favorite app? Chicken fingers.

[Steve Covino]

The sampler from Bennigan's Buffalo Chicken Strips back in the day, had the cheese sticks, the wings you could mix, match the whole thing, spin off, dip the broccoli bites. I used to work at Bennigan's and I used to say, I want out of this place. And I stopped caring. Kind of like Mike McDaniel.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, when you, when you know it's over. Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

They're like, hey, don't you care about your job? And I was like, well, such like, yeah, I guess maybe such like, no. Mm. Mm. Not really. So thank you guys. I'm happy to be here on Fox Sports Radio though. Steve Covino, Rich Davis, super producer, superstar, Danny G. He's on the phones at 87799 on Fox. I'm glad Big sexy Ryan is here today because he is a gamer and we gotta talk about that in a few minutes and how far it's come. DB's got your updates, spots on the videos. Spotty Boy at Spot center now we'll talk about 9, 11. Cause we'll never forget. It was a terrible time for everybody. But we were actually there on a few coast.

[Rich Davis]

A few moments in the sports helped everyone sort of heal. We got to. Got to look back because they were. There were some would say three. I'm going to say, I may add a third. There might be three moments. Three moments that helped everyone heal.

[Steve Covino]

Okay. And if we have time, something really interesting about this football Sunday, because there's a lot of revenge going on. If we have time, we got to talk about it. But right now, old school. When 50 hits on this day, 1977, Atari 2600 became a thing and rich. You brought up the old school nes, much like you. I was classically trained on that as well. I really feel like that's what really changed everything. But we really started. Everything to me was not Pong or anything like that. None of the handheld games. It was Atari 2600. I had it. I loved it. We're talking Pac man and Pitfall.

[Rich Davis]

I feel like unless you're a true lifetime gamer, you. You really connect with one console. Like your first was Atari. My siblings would say Sega Genesis. I would say.

[Steve Covino]

I would say nes, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis. But yeah, what hobbies were you into as a kid? Because this was a hobby. It became a hobby, right? This is what your parents complained about. The same way you complain about your kids being on their tablet was what your parents were saying about you in front of the TV playing video games. But that became a multi billion dollar industry where people actually make money. So that hobby became a job for a lot of people. And big sexy Ryan is a gamer that makes money. Can you please just give us a little insight on that, Ryan? And you're on Twitch, right? Yeah, I stream on Twitch. Ryan McBain on Twitch. Drop me a follow. But yeah, Ryan McBain, I see you all the time playing your games and you make money doing that.

[Rich Davis]

A little bit of money. Because people love to see me get.

[Steve Covino]

Scared because I play a lot of horror games. Is that really the poll, though? First off, people like to watch this. Like we like to watch. I don't get.

[Rich Davis]

I don't get it at all. I can't understand why someone would want.

[Steve Covino]

To watch it though.

[Rich Davis]

The hook is like, not you in general. My kid. My kids watch people play Minecraft and I'm like, how about you play Minecraft? You know, my kids will watch this. The. I forget their Milo and something. I don't know. They watch these kids or cartoon people play Minecraft I'll never understand it. What's up, Dan Buyer?

[Dan Byers]

Imagine loading up TECMO super bowl and being like, I gotta go to work. Like that's like, that's amazing. I gotta play week six, seven and eight tonight on my season. That would be the worst, wouldn't it?

[Steve Covino]

So old school hobbies. If you want to chime in on the game stuff and the impact they had on you, by all means, go right ahead.

[Rich Davis]

I'll play Dan Byer and TECMO Super Bowl. Not. Not Super Tecmo ball, which is a big mistake people make.

[Dan Byers]

It's correct.

[Rich Davis]

It's TECMO super bowl, which is better than the OG Tech Mobile. People don't talk about that enough. Four more plays. Four, eight plays instead of four.

[Dan Byers]

And all the teams.

[Rich Davis]

And all the teams. Can you imagine though, watching other people play? I can't. It's. I. Ryan. God bless you.

[Steve Covino]

Imagine investing now in Roblox. Now on the market.

[Rich Davis]

You gotta be a little entertaining too. Me personally, I get hammered and I just like talk about things now I want to watch.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. So people love that. I want to see Ryan get scared. You know what? That's funny. I didn't know that was like your. Your hook though, like he just plays scary because I see his clips all the time again. Ryan McBain on Twitch. He's making money on this. You could invest money in it now. It's a big deal. I saw someone say, man, our kids got a lot of nerve asking us for Robux on their Roblox. Robux? I don't even have Earth bucks and you want Robux? Get out of my face. But these hobbies have turned into multi billion dollar industries and ways for you to make money. What were some crazy hobbies you got into as a kid? Aside from the obvious baseball card collection and your scratch and sniff stickers?

[Rich Davis]

Besides all that, you just named my one and only hobby.

[Steve Covino]

Really? I was the only one.

[Rich Davis]

Baseball card collector? Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

You didn't do like karate or anything else, like extracurricular? That was like a hobby. You weren't in Cobra Kai?

[Rich Davis]

There was no Miyagi do in my hometown. But no, I hung out at the baseball card shop and that was like.

[Garrett]

What was the name of it?

[Rich Davis]

It was called Rare Coins only because it was just an old, like some.

[Garrett]

Old dude smoking a cigar.

[Rich Davis]

There was an old guy named Val. I remember this guy rest in peace. Like, no way he's still alive.

[Steve Covino]

Or no. Maybe 135.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, maybe he's 110. He's the oldest guy ever. But I remember this guy, Val, owned rare coins in Franklin Square, Long Island. And he realized that I'm not really making much money on rare coins. But it was the baseball card explosion of the late 80s, early 90s. So he's like, I guess I'm just gonna do all baseball cards. But he still called it rare coins. And his wife would come by every day.

[Steve Covino]

It was like a hobby shop. Really?

[Rich Davis]

A hobby shop.

[Garrett]

But Innovator died.

[Rich Davis]

There was like one little thing of coins and the rest was baseball cards. And we even told them, like, val, you need to get video games. He got a street fighter, NBA Jam, and his place became the Hang. But every day, without fail, you went there after school or on the weekend, you'd be playing, you know, NBA Jam, getting some upper deck. 1990s.

[Steve Covino]

No, you wanted that Conseco rated rookie, that Mark McGuire USA card, those Griffey rookies.

[Rich Davis]

I wanted some nice card, like stadium club cards.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, they came out. The upper decks came out. That was closer to 90, 91 though, right?

[Rich Davis]

No, there was 89. Yeah, late 80s. So Val's wife would come in every day and all she would do is yell at him, curse him out, put him down, and then leave. And then he would look at us kids and go, let me tell you.

[Steve Covino]

Kids, I think all moms and ladies of the 80s did that. My mom did that to my dad.

[Rich Davis]

Let me tell you kids. We were like, yes, Val.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, why you busting my chops? Atencia.

[Rich Davis]

He'd say the lesson, kids, life sucks, then you die.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, man.

[Rich Davis]

And I was like, what a great lesson. Thanks. And you tell all the kids that life sucks, then you die.

[Steve Covino]

By the way, do you have a Greg Jeffries scorecard?

[Rich Davis]

Do you have a future star, Dave Magadan?

[Steve Covino]

Did you have friends? Like, some hobbies. Are all hobbies cool or were some cooler than others? Because there were some kids who were into trains. I'm like, all right, nerd. And then there was other kids.

[Garrett]

There were some kids who collected marbles, remember?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, no, for real.

[Garrett]

Did marble fighting.

[Steve Covino]

It was marble fighting.

[Dan Byers]

Oh, marbles are great.

[Steve Covino]

I do remember that. I mean, I think we all had them though, right?

[Rich Davis]

Like everybod.

[Garrett]

Oh, my older brother had a huge bag of them. He'd bring them to school, and there'd be kids on the elementary school playground trying to steal each other's marbles in their marble battles.

[Steve Covino]

Because some were really cool, right?

[Dan Byers]

There were steelies.

[Garrett]

Those are the steel ones, the boulders.

[Rich Davis]

Do you have any friends that were early on the whole, like, Try to find rare action figures and, like, resell them at those type of shops, like baseball card shops.

[Steve Covino]

But they were ahead of the game.

[Rich Davis]

I remember the one that was popular was. Is it Marvel or X Men? Iceman, Whatever. Iceman was, was the. That was the one that was chuckled out. Yeah. Chuck Lindell.

[Steve Covino]

You know what?

[Rich Davis]

There were certain ones that were hard to get.

[Steve Covino]

I. I always envied at the time because again, we're talking about when we were kids, 80s, whatever that generation is for you. Throwback Thursday, old school and 50 hits. Hobbies. Because today is when Atari came out. And look, that hobby became probably the biggest thing in our world. One of the biggest things in our world, remote controlled cars was. Was a big deal back in the 80s. Oh, really? You know, if you got one at Radio Shack, you were lucky. But people that took it serious. Yeah, you'd see theirs. You're like, oh, my God, so jealous. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take your answer. Jack. What's up, bud?

[Rich Davis]

Hey, bud.

[Caller]

Hey, what's going on, guys?

[Steve Covino]

What's up, man? Tell us about it. I remember my buddy had, like, one called the Frog, and.

[Caller]

Yeah, those are the old tamiya. I had one. It was a Rough Rider and then the old Volkswagen one. And that kind of was a springboard for me to get into RC airplanes. And I still do that.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, dude, they were. You know, when you got something next level yet entry level, like the frog, you. You knew that you weren't playing on that game. You had, like, a toy. They had a real remote control car. Do you. That's awesome, man, that you still do that for fun. You know, you. You want to set your kids up with fun hobbies like that, too, that they could take into their adulthood.

[Rich Davis]

Do you guys remember the worst remote control car of all time? The animal. Remember they had claws? Claws came out of the wheels. And it was supposed to be able to climb over all terrain. I told everybody remembers that nothing could stop. Well, anything could stop.

[Steve Covino]

Everything stopped.

[Rich Davis]

The animal, it was. You couldn't. They made it seem like it could go through a jungle or forest. Meanwhile, it couldn't get over a little, you know, some weeds on your front lawn. The animal was a great. A great one.

[Garrett]

Rich, do you think a lot of those little kids that love the RC stuff are now flying drones?

[Steve Covino]

Yes, that's basically what I was thinking when he said that, you know, he's flying these planes. I bet you it's the same kids that were doing that are doing the drone stuff, because I don't I feel.

[Rich Davis]

Like I resisted a lot of these things. You guys are having these conversations, and I had friends that would do this stuff, and I'd be like, yeah, later.

[Steve Covino]

You know why, though? Because you were probably running around playing Wiffle Mall or football on the street.

[Rich Davis]

My childhood was more street sports and Nintendo.

[Steve Covino]

Same.

[Rich Davis]

Because I had a buddy that was way into. You guys ever hear of, like, slot cars? Yeah, you race. Like, do you like them? Like, you race these cars. You could go to places and race, Like, I guess you would say they're little wooden type of cars that maybe six inches to a foot long, and you'd bring them to places and race them. I'm like, yeah, no, thanks.

[Steve Covino]

Old school hobbies. And what else ties into this in a funny way? I don't know if you missed it, but yesterday we found out that I was Sam. You know we're Talking about the trifencing.org right? USA Fencing and Iowa Sam started telling us about how he used to fence when he was a kid. We're like, what?

[Garrett]

Against adults? And he was a child.

[Steve Covino]

He said he was a little kid with the whole uniform on, fencing other people. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

We made a joke that he was like Kramer with the little kids. He goes, no, I was the little kid fencing with adults.

[Steve Covino]

But we never knew that. So we figured that was a nice tie in with the Atari anniversary. What were some other hobbies? I know one for you of the previous generations.

[Rich Davis]

Didn't he go through a phase where you would rollerblade around town with a cutoff shirt?

[Steve Covino]

I tried, no. The answer to that is no.

[Garrett]

Pull me home.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but people did Rollerblade.

[Steve Covino]

I had Rollerblades. And I put them on, like, once and busted my ass and never tried them again.

[Garrett]

A huge hobby was BMX biking, skateboarding, obviously.

[Steve Covino]

I don't know if I ever considered that a hobby, though. I was just like, how I got around. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Can you guys remember? Because I can remember a couple names. Do you remember the GT performer?

[Steve Covino]

The Mongoose?

[Rich Davis]

The Mongoose, The Diamondback.

[Garrett]

We all wanted a Diamondback.

[Steve Covino]

You had a Huffy. You were kind of weak, but you knew everybody had one at one point.

[Rich Davis]

I have to tell you guys the quick story. I may have told it before on Fox Sports Radio, but if you're going to talk about all those great bikes back in the day, the Mongoose, the dyno. Remember the dyno, right? Wasn't the dyno one of them?

[Steve Covino]

You know, it was big. I think it was called the Kuwahara Bike, I got to double check it. But it was the one that Elliot rode in ET and because of that became a big deal for a minute.

[Rich Davis]

But when I'm talking about GT and the Mongoose and all those, I wanted one of those so bad.

[Steve Covino]

The GT Performer, man, the gt. And they really did ride smooth. I had a Columbia, had a rally racer and a Columbia, and I liked my bike. But when you felt a gt, it did feel next level. And you wanted one so bad and your parents made you feel like it was so expensive and. And they were like 135 bucks.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. My buddy Paul loves to point out.

[Steve Covino]

I know that's expensive then, but they weren't that expensive.

[Rich Davis]

My childhood friend loves to point out how, like, the rich kid in town had the GT Performer or the Mongoose special edition. And the reality was that bike is the price of a good dinner. Now, like, like you go out with your wife for a nice dinner and that's the price of what it costs. Meanwhile, your parents made it seem like.

[Steve Covino]

But if you had a decent bike, it was still costing you 100 bucks.

[Rich Davis]

Do you remember that? Remember that weird neighborhood feeling when someone got their bike stolen?

[Steve Covino]

I did.

[Rich Davis]

And it was like an investigation. Like, Johnny got his. John got his bike stolen.

[Steve Covino]

It was a horrible feeling. Happened to me. Yeah, it's like your lifeline. Everyone in the neighborhood made a big beat, bro.

[Rich Davis]

It was so weird. I had a friend who really loved his bike and it got stolen. And he went to major extent, you know, major leaps and bounds to try to find this bike. Do you know P.W. herman?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah, I remember. It was in the basement of the Alamo or something. Right? Oh, by the way, Redline was another major brand when we were kids. Redline, BMX bikes. Oh, but I get it. Some people, guys like you and I, rich, you had your friend on the back of the pegs. Maybe you rode around the neighborhood. You built some ramps here and there. I never was doing tricks and made it into a hobby. I just rode my bike around. But it was a hobby for a lot of kids.

[Rich Davis]

The biggest trick I might be able to do was go off a curb and turn my handlebars around one time.

[Steve Covino]

Fast skid around, something like that.

[Rich Davis]

But my story real quick was I wanted one of these Danny G. So bad for Christmas. Mom, Dad, I need a new bike. I'm thinking GT performer, Mongoose, Dyno, any of those Premier, I'd say 1990ish bikes. My parents got me like a 10 speed Lance Armstrong.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, the weakest.

[Rich Davis]

Not even a mountain bike. It was like you were either in one or two stages. You either had a cool little dirt bike or you, you know, graduated to a cool mountain bike. My parents got me a 10 speed, and I remember thinking like, you just made me so uncool.

[Caller]

Lame.

[Rich Davis]

There was a time I remember riding around the neighborhood.

[Steve Covino]

That bike came with a lifetime guarantee. No ass and a wedgie for a lifetime.

[Garrett]

Garrett get you one of those little specialized hats too, Like a vi.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I might as well wear bike pants and a visor.

[Steve Covino]

My buddy Barnando, you know, wanted a mountain bike because after the bmx, he wanted the mountain bike.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Steve Covino]

And his parents put him like a huffy with a newspaper rack on the back. And it had the news and, man, he could not. He lost all cool points riding that bad boy. But yeah, BMX biking was a hobby, just not for me.

[Rich Davis]

Could I admit something embarrassing? That is a goal of mine in the next six months. My kids don't ride bikes. That's crazy, because we. We live on a hill, right? And then it just never. With all their activities and sports and dance and baseball and this. That we. My kids are. I mean, they're only five and eight.

[Steve Covino]

But still, like, they're at the age now.

[Rich Davis]

It's all good. Yeah. But in my mind, I'm like, gosh, I should have already taught them how to ride a bike. But my kids don't know how to ride a bike. It just. In our neck of the woods, it's not a thing.

[Garrett]

Did they do big wheels and tricycles?

[Rich Davis]

I guess, like little, you know, the motorized things you charge.

[Steve Covino]

Don't sleep on the fact that. That ET did have a big part on us wanting to ride BMX bikes. We saw those kids see Thomas Howell and what's his face, Henry Thomas. And all those ET Kids riding around the neighborhood, flying across the moon. That was sort of every kid's fantasy to just drive around, right around the town the way they were in that movie.

[Garrett]

Now there was also that movie, I think it was called Rad.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, Rad. Yeah. So it really took that and skateboarding next level.

[Rich Davis]

That was your fantasy. My fantasies are a bit different than yours.

[Steve Covino]

You didn't want to just ride around those hills like that. No, that was cool. Old school hobbies based on the video games. Now we turn it over to you and then we reminisce about 9, 11.

[Rich Davis]

Old school hobbies. Let's go. Rapid fire. We'll start with Reese in Kentucky.

[Caller]

Hey, Reese, what's up, guys? I loved all this. I had a hutch, by the way, but not getting into that. But I have three brothers or two brothers. Three of us. And we're all uber competitive. I'm 50 now. I'm the middle. So when the Nintendo came out, we couldn't just have one, so they gave us all one in the game. It was Mike Tyson punch out.

[Steve Covino]

Oh.

[Caller]

We had to go downstairs in the basement. They gave it to 12 inch TV. We had to plug it in, do all that. So we had to watch each other to go through this. King Hippo was the. The hardest one until you figured out.

[Steve Covino]

Until you got him in the mouth.

[Caller]

It was the easiest after that.

[Rich Davis]

But remember, there was that. You weren't calling your friends and fit. You had to figure it out. And until you figured out how to.

[Steve Covino]

Be, you had the Nintendo hotline. That is true. If you were stumped, you can call.

[Rich Davis]

Them up, no doubt. Reese. That's a go at King Hip Hop, by the way.

[Steve Covino]

Mike Tyson here. Remember the code to fight Mike tyson with double oh. 7, 3, 7, 3, 5, 9, 6 3.

[Rich Davis]

When we actually had.

[Steve Covino]

You never beat Mike Tyson.

[Rich Davis]

One of the times we've had Tyson actually on the show. He's so clueless on that game. He's like, who? The guy? He called him Blast Joe.

[Steve Covino]

He did?

[Garrett]

Yeah. Because he didn't play it.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, he never played it. I never played it.

[Rich Davis]

All right, Andy and Mississippi. What's up, Andy?

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Got a couple real quick. Yeah, I had an intelligent, intelligent intellivision.

[Steve Covino]

Colecovision. Yeah. My uncle was doing well in the 80s.

[Caller]

He had an intelligent twitch.

[Steve Covino]

Okay.

[Caller]

To follow Ryan.

[Steve Covino]

Nice.

[Caller]

And I was jealous of a kid in my neighborhood, had an Evel Knievel bike and had a handlebar that you can rev. And it was like, that's pretty dope.

[Rich Davis]

That's cool.

[Steve Covino]

You want to hear something crazy, History Boy Here. Do you know how Evel Knievel got his name?

[Rich Davis]

Evil Knievel? No, how?

[Steve Covino]

His last name's Knievel, right? Yeah, but he was in prison with a guy named Awful Knoffel.

[Rich Davis]

Is that for real?

[Steve Covino]

Look at awful. I had to talk about it on the History Channel. So he's like, yeah, I'll just be Evil Knievel. And he became. He became a therapist.

[Rich Davis]

Awful knob.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, look it up.

[Rich Davis]

I don't believe it.

[Steve Covino]

I made it up. Maybe I dreamt it.

[Rich Davis]

Javier.

[Steve Covino]

Thank you.

[Rich Davis]

In Vegas. What's up, Javier? Oh, let's go to Derek. Derek in Iowa. Derek, what's up, man?

[Caller]

Yeah, so I'M going to start with video games for sure. The N64 is the first one I owned, and Hot Wheels was a great game. I don't know if you all played that. Hot wheels on the N64 was amazing.

[Steve Covino]

No, but I collected Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.

[Rich Davis]

Does anyone remember collecting Matchbox cars in, like, that blue foamy case? Oh, yeah, you had a handle, like a little suitcase.

[Steve Covino]

The yellow handle.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, the yellow handle.

[Steve Covino]

Still got it.

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

He used to have an Xbox car.

[Garrett]

Wash. That's something Koa is into right now. And he's got so many Hot Wheels.

[Steve Covino]

You know, that's a hobby, collecting those. I still got mine.

[Rich Davis]

You know what? I'm going to Covino. I'm going to steal something from him because he brought this up maybe like a month ago on our patreon and I forgot it existed. And he unlocked a memory. So I'm going to unlock a memory for all of you right now. Do you remember if you were baller enough and your parents were cool enough to get this? Do you remember that your Matchbox cars, they had a little car wash you could buy for your Matchbox cars? It was like. It was like a little setup.

[Garrett]

I remember seeing the TV commercial.

[Rich Davis]

You could. You could have a car wash for your Matchbox cars. Look it up and I guarantee you'll unlock a memory like, oh, my God. I remember that.

[Steve Covino]

Those are great. I think those are a hobby because you would collect them.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

So if you were collecting them, I think that's. That's definitely considered a hobby.

[Rich Davis]

What's up, Dan Buyer?

[Dan Byers]

I had an older sister, so I was forced to play Barbie, but they gave me like a Ken doll. Okay, but it was Donny Osmond.

[Steve Covino]

Yes, yes.

[Dan Byers]

But my favorite part about it was blowing up the furniture. I don't know. She had a whole big. So you mentioned the car wash thing. And I'm like, I had to endure playing Barbie because I had an older sister, dude.

[Steve Covino]

Is that why you stayed at the Harrows in Vegas recently to see Donny Osmond?

[Rich Davis]

I thought that's why when you go to his house, he calls it Dan Byers dream house.

[Dan Byers]

Yet to see Barbie but love Donny Oswald.

[Rich Davis]

You want to go to Illinois? Say hi to Baker. Oh, we'll go to Javier now.

[Garrett]

Now you're trying to skip Javier.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, what's up, Javier?

[Caller]

What's up, guys? Love you guys. Show you guys every day.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you, man.

[Caller]

Yeah, but do you guys remember Pogs and Slammers?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, absolutely. I remember not understanding them. They're a little after our. Like, after my time. That's more. Early 90s, right.

[Rich Davis]

My siblings were in the Pogs, so.

[Steve Covino]

I was chasing, you know, women and playing baseball, I guess, at that time. But I totally remember how big that was for so many people. The sl. Like you said, Slammers. I still don't understand how that game was played, but I remember how people collected them in a major way.

[Garrett]

Oh, I was going to say that. That unlocked a memory. My older brother got in trouble when my mom found his collection of Garbage Pail Kids.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, huge.

[Garrett]

Yeah. Was it for him? That was a hobby.

[Rich Davis]

Do you remember yours? I was. Mine was Itchy Richie. What was the Steve one?

[Steve Covino]

Kavino. I don't know. Sexy Steve, I think.

[Rich Davis]

I don't think it was. I don't think it was.

[Steve Covino]

Studly Steve.

[Rich Davis]

I don't think that was it. Oh, Seductive Steve. No, I don't think that's who it was.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. Oh, Sports. Sporty Steve.

[Rich Davis]

Sporty Steve.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

All right. You want to take one last call or what?

[Steve Covino]

Sports talk Steve.

[Rich Davis]

Want to say hi to Baker? Yeah. Rapid in Illinois. What's up, Baker?

[Caller]

Hello. Hey.

[Rich Davis]

Hey. You're on Baker.

[Caller]

Sorry.

[Rich Davis]

Not sorry.

[Caller]

I know. I have incoming poll. So I just wanted to watch video games and smy. My brothers, they had snowmobiles and three wheelers, and they were nine and 12 years older than me, and they had an Atari. And by the time I was grown, the Atari was broken and the Legos were smashed.

[Steve Covino]

Let's HEAR From Mike McDaniel, everybody. Thank you, Mike. Appreciate it.

[Rich Davis]

Well done.

[Garrett]

Hey, how about.

[Rich Davis]

He said.

[Garrett]

He mentioned three wheelers, though. There were some kids in the neighborhood that had the little motorcycles.

[Steve Covino]

Nah, Rich had a pogo stick.

[Rich Davis]

That's how I got around town.

[Steve Covino]

Just pogo around. Yeah, they called them pogo. I heard he could leave one street at a time.

[Rich Davis]

People would be like, people like, where's Rich? And all of a sudden, you hear, boing.

[Steve Covino]

You know what if we want to take it back, though? Pogo ball was a thing.

[Rich Davis]

You did love pogo ball.

[Steve Covino]

I was pretty good.

[Rich Davis]

Did you ever use your sister? Skip it.

[Steve Covino]

No, no. But I was a big pogo boy.

[Garrett]

Did either of you ever have a dirt bike? Because I know a lot of us bugged our parents.

[Steve Covino]

See, it's funny because you're talking like, a motorized motocross dirt bike. Growing up in the suburbs of New Jersey, we called the BMX bike a dirt bike. That's just what we call them. But no, an actual dirt bike. I did not. No.

[Rich Davis]

No.

[Steve Covino]

But I wish I Did same. Wish I did.

[Rich Davis]

Well, hey listen.

[Steve Covino]

So old school hobbies, props to the Colecovisions and the Intellivisions and all the old school consoles. Atari came out 2600 came out on this day, 1977. It exploded in the 80s and now it's the hobby is now someone's job. It's the biggest industry going. And props to the come up because we all witnessed it.

[Rich Davis]

So wait, Ryan, you have a Twitch and an only fans.

[Commercial Narrator]

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[Rich Davis]

Both.

[Steve Covino]

Okay, you're not supposed to know about that Ryan McBain. If you want to follow him on Twitch, it is funny to see. So there you have it. Thank you guys for chiming in the rest of your answers at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich Davis]

Now buddy, you know that this Sunday, week two of the NFL. And I know what you're going to be doing. You're going to be sitting around watching football. But you'll be glued to your couch watching on that sweet TCL screen.

[Steve Covino]

That big giant TCL screen. The pictures unreal. TCL's QD Mini LED makes every play pop. The brightness, the smooth motion. Yeah, I hate that. Like stutter segmented. Weird.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, you're not getting that.

[Steve Covino]

Not with the tcl. Feels like you're right on the field. And here's the kicker. TCL is the official TV partner of the NFL.

[Rich Davis]

And you know, it's the time of year where people are thinking, oh, what a perfect time to upgrade my tv because you're watching multiple games, you're trying to do the split screen, maybe with Sunday ticket. So no better time than right now. It's the ultimate football experience. TCL is making it even sweeter. You could score up to 50% off select models.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

Hey, this is Matt Jones and I'm.

[Matt Jones]

Drew Franklin and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be should be informative and entertaining and twice a week that is exactly what you're going to get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different.

[Steve Covino]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

[Matt Jones]

What was that?

[Steve Covino]

Looks like something that should not be sold.

[Matt Jones]

Oh my.

[Steve Covino]

So that was my other big Colts takeaway.

[Matt Jones]

They sold that?

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Might want to go back to the Colts stadium.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Might want to go back to the drawing board on that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

I thought the shape we had with pretzels was working pretty well.

[Steve Covino]

It's worked for generations.

[Matt Jones]

We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go.

[Steve Covino]

I hope I'm as youthful as Pete Carol is at his age. He's a young 73.

[Matt Jones]

He is a young 73. He is spry.

[Steve Covino]

I wouldn't fight him.

[Matt Jones]

I would listen. NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Daniel Jeremiah]

What's up everybody? Daniel Jeremiah here and I'm Bucky Brooks on Move the Sticks. We take you inside the game. From scouting reports and to team building.

[Rich Davis]

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[Daniel Jeremiah]

Every week we study the tape, talk to decision makers and share the insights you won't find anywhere else.

[Rich Davis]

It's the kind of conversation that connects the dots. From college football prospects to the NFL stars of tomorrow.

[Daniel Jeremiah]

We break down the draft, analyze matchups and evaluate how teams put it all together on game day.

[Rich Davis]

Plus, we dig into coaching strategies, roster construction, and the trends that shape the league year after year.

[Daniel Jeremiah]

Whether you're a die hard fan or just love understanding the game, On a deeper level, we give you the full picture.

[Rich Davis]

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[Daniel Jeremiah]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Tyler]

College football season is here and you know what that means.

[Rich Davis]

Your team is going to break your heart three times, probably before Halloween. Uh huh.

[Tyler]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Tyler]

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Who you picking?

[Steve Covino]

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[Steve Covino]

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I'm going to look into one of these because I do all the, the walk up music for the kids for softball and baseball. Yeah, maybe I got to get the LG Boom. Get some better sound.

[Steve Covino]

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[Steve Covino]

All right, so today it's a tough day.

[Rich Davis]

Yep.

[Steve Covino]

And I do want to thank you guys for having fun with us as we do our show. If you still want to chime in on the old school hobbies, talk about the video games that impacted you, hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. But on this day, all Those years ago, 2001, Rich and I were on the East Coast.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Our stories, we've told it every year since because you never want to forget on our Patreon at SiriusXM. But here on Fox Sports Radio, I'll make it simple. I was working at kroc New York, home of Howard Stern, and woke up that morning and I'm hearing Howard talking about what's going on? You're like, what? Like, do I even go in? What ha, what's going on? And got on the bus from Jersey heading into New York and right at the tunnel. True story. Right at the tunnel, right there. About that. Because we didn't, I didn't know what was going on. We didn't know it was a terrorist act at the time. They said, turn around, we're not letting you in. Turned around, continued listening to the Stern broadcast. Him and my buddy, old buddy, crazy cabbie, were talking about this guy, Osama bin Laden, who I really had never heard of at the time. Dude. Yeah. I was a young dude, didn't care about that stuff. An innocence, if you will. Because life changed.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Got back to my hometown, put on the tv, continued watching this horror. Ran up the hill in my hometown of Union, New Jersey, Was able to see the Twin towers up in smoke. My buddy Barry. And then tragedy happened. I never made it into the city, but we had to live with the aftermath because that's where we worked. That was our backyard. And everybody knew somebody that had passed away or that was affected. And I'll just say this, I'll give a shout out to Thomas J. Fisher. He was my neighbor right across the street till this day. My parents Live on the street named after him because he passed away that day.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Our neighbors, our colleagues, their family members, high school kids, shout out to my buddy, Khalid Shahid. Khalid Shahid. I saw him the night before. We played pool. Never saw him again. Everybody knew somebody. It was a horrific, horrific day. But we did get back to normal, and we'll tell you about that in a few minutes. Rich, you were in the city doing Nickelodeon stuff.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I was. I was in Union Square, which is like 10, 15, you know, 10, 20 blocks away from World Trade. And I remember I was. I was doing an 8 in the morning shoot for Nickelodeon at the time. I was doing little videos.

[Steve Covino]

Rich was the host of Blue's Clues, the original.

[Rich Davis]

In between all like Keenan and Kel and the Amanda show and all that. I was the guy, like, coming up next on Nickelodeon. So I was in the middle of a shoot, and the camera guy's like, yeah, guys, I gotta go.

[Caller]

And.

[Rich Davis]

And we're like, where are you going? It's like 8 in the morning. He said, I live across the street from World Trade. And my wife said, there's a fire. I gotta leave. Sorry, man. And he ran out of there. And I just remember being stuck in the city all day and you go outside and everyone was walking up from downtown, like, away from disaster. I remember I couldn't get home until that night. And again, everyone knows someone. So Mike Kiefer is the neighbor and friend we lost in our. In our block, in our streets.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, everybody was affected. Life was never the same. You guys know the deal, whether it be at the airport. But for us working in New York, it was just constant security for years. Dudes in army gear with machine guns. And that became the new normal. However, there were a few moments that brought us back to normal.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

And made us realize that, yeah, I guess life moves forward and we'll be okay.

[Rich Davis]

Because there was a sense of when could I laugh again, when could I cheer again? When could I do anything?

[Steve Covino]

Radio. I mean, I imagine a lot of people listening to Fox Sports Radio would find it interesting that we had to pull songs off the playlist because they were insensitive. At the time, Afroman was a big deal. We were playing it on the rock radio station, man.

[Rich Davis]

No one's worried about getting high then.

[Steve Covino]

Because I got high. Gone Drowning Pool Bodies was one of our biggest songs.

[Rich Davis]

The lyrics was Let the bodies hit the floor, pulled from the playlist because.

[Steve Covino]

It was deemed insensitive. So even the music industry, these bands, these artists, everybody was impacted in some way.

[Rich Davis]

Insensitive lyrics were pulled.

[Garrett]

We had to edit a Notorious B.I.G song, and we also could no longer play Gap Band. You dropped a bomb on me.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah. Like anything that had an insensitive reference or that made people think of it, you had to make the adjustments. You had to pivot.

[Rich Davis]

The song in heavy rotation was, remember Enrique Iglesia's hero?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

And they would put all the little clips of FDNY and NYPD in the song.

[Steve Covino]

Yep, yep.

[Rich Davis]

But, yeah, just there were a couple sports moments that really helped the healing process and.

[Steve Covino]

Well, I'll set up the one because I know that you have more thoughts about it than I do because you're a Mets fan.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, my feeling is that the Mets were not really competitive as we wanted that year.

[Steve Covino]

But on September 21, 10 days later, 10 days after the terror attacks, Piazza, Mike Piazza came to the plate at shea Stadium. The eighth inning, the Mets trailing the rival Braves 2 to 1.

[Rich Davis]

And Piazza.

[Steve Covino]

It was the first sporting event in the city since the attack.

[Rich Davis]

And Piazza hit a blast.

[Daniel Jeremiah]

Lopez wants it away.

[Rich Davis]

And it's hit deep to left center. Andrew Jones on the run. This one has a chance to run. Mike Piazza. And The Knicks lead 3 to 2.

[Steve Covino]

41,000 fans in attendance going wild. He took Steve Carse deep to left center with a go ahead two run home run. And everybody at home watching that because, remember, everyone was rocking the fdny.

[Rich Davis]

Look at Bobby Valentine, all the players spots. Playing the video now on the emotional moment.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, I mean, New York went wild. And you know what? It did give everybody the feeling like, oh, we could cheer again. We could cheer again.

[Rich Davis]

There was a. There was a sense of, okay, you're cheering. I could. Yeah. Okay, it's okay.

[Steve Covino]

And that's the power of sports. There's a lot of people that poo poo sports like it means nothing. No, it means. Means a lot more than people really realize.

[Rich Davis]

And the, the other moments we're going to talk about, we'll get to after Dan Byers update. Db. What's up, man?

[Dan Byers]

Guys, tonight it is the start of Week 2 in the NFL season with the Commanders and Packers from Lambeau. Kickoff comes up at 8:15 Eastern Time. NFL Network reported earlier today that 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy could miss two to five weeks with a turf toe injury as he's likely to miss games against the Saints and Cardinals. According to the report, Vikings quarterback J.J. mcCarthy missed practice today because his wife was giving bir their baby boy. Raiders tight end Brock Bowers missed practice. He has a knee injury Raiders have an extra day. They're hosting the Chargers on Monday Night Football, the first of two games on Monday night. Chief say wide receiver Xavier Worthy was a limited participant in practice today because of his shoulder injury suffered against the Chargers in Week one while in advance of their AFC east showdown. Bills and Jets a little bit dinged up. Sauce Gardner limited in practice for New York because of a groin issue at Oliver practice. He's got an ankle injury. The NFL says they won't punish Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson for shoving a fan on Sunday night after that fan shoved Jackson and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins during a touchdown celebration. And finally in baseball today in Toronto.

[Rich Davis]

On the ground at first pick by Vladdy, he goes to the back and Kevin Gosman has pitched a shutout.

[Matt Jones]

Six nothing the Blue Jays win complete game two.

[Dan Byers]

Hitter struck out nine on the Blue Jays radio network. You heard the six nothing win. But maybe more importantly, Blue Jays up three and a half now on the Yankees in the AL east while the Astros are just a half game up on the Mariners in the AL west following the loss. Guys, back to you.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks Dan Buyer. Have a good night, bud.

[Steve Covino]

Thank you DB So we're Covino and Rich. Appreciate all the feedback at Covino Enrich. There's a few other sports moments that brought some normalcy back to our lives around this time all those years ago. 9 11, 2001 we told you about Mike Piazza. There's like two or three more that really started to bring us back.

[Rich Davis]

We'll hit on those and tonight.

[Steve Covino]

Tonight is your night bro.

[Rich Davis]

A real good Thursday Night Football. Do you have a read or feel on this game at all? We'll discuss Washington Green Bay in just a few Right here, Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

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[Steve Covino]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

[Matt Jones]

What was that?

[Steve Covino]

Looks like something that should not be sold.

[Matt Jones]

Oh my.

[Steve Covino]

So that was my other big Colts takeaway.

[Matt Jones]

They sold that?

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

I might want to go back to.

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Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that.

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Yeah.

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I thought the shape we had with pretzels was working pretty well for generations.

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Now, in regards to the 24th anniversary of a tragic day 9 11, we talked about some of the sports moments that brought the world back to a bit of normalcy. Of course, that Mike Piazza home run against the Braves 10 days later, the other, I said I was thinking of two others, and I don't think that the ones you had for me. I was thinking of Sammy Sosa running out with the American flag.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, that's a cool one.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I had not thought about. Then I saw a feedback. Someone said, sammy Sosa.

[Steve Covino]

It's an iconic moment for sure. But as a Yankees fan, remember, they made the World Series that year.

[Rich Davis]

The only year, the only year I rooted for them and they lost.

[Steve Covino]

Well, not only you, even the Boston fans, instead of singing Sweet Caroline, they sang New York, New York.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

And that was kind of cool. It's like, all right, look, this is uniting people, at least that's good. We're cheering for Mike Piazza. We started feeling normal again, thanks to sports. And there's another moment, too Rich, that Zach wanted to bring up. Zach and Kansas City are on the Covino and Rich show.

[Rich Davis]

What's up, man?

[Caller]

Hey, what's up, guys? Big fan of the show.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you.

[Caller]

Yeah, I was. I was in second grade during 9 11, but I remember pretty vividly all the Thanksgiving Day game. November 22, 2001, Dallas Cowboys versus the Denver Broncos. When Creed performed higher during the halftime show, that was like the most patriotic thing of all time. And I remember, I mean, the clips still circulate around social media all the time. And that's just what I wanted to bring up. That's what I remember.

[Steve Covino]

Great call. It really is. It's an unforgotten, actually. The clip lives on, like he says, but people forget that. That's what it's from in that moment. And it was a majestic performance of can you who Take Me High? And people are flying around a stadium and the American flag Scott said was wearing the Cowboys jersey. He's not kidding. That was a big moment, and it still lives on. But the coolest moment, I think we saved for last.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

But thank you, Zach. That's a great one.

[Rich Davis]

The coolest moment happened to your stadium with the guidance of the captain, Derek Jeter.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, the backstory is awesome.

[Rich Davis]

When they're in the. When they're in the tunnels getting ready for this moment, it was Derek Jeter who told President Bush, you have to throw it from the mound. And you better not bounce it and.

[Steve Covino]

You better not bounce it.

[Rich Davis]

And, and I mean, George W. Bush throwing out a perfect strike with a bulletproof vest on.

[Steve Covino]

I always thought the queen of England in the Naked Gun movie had the coolest first pitch.

[Rich Davis]

Well, that was a great screwball.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, it was an amazing screwball. But this one with the pressure of that moment and how much it meant to the world because this was the first game at Yankee stadium in the 2001 World Series. Everybody's watching this.

[Rich Davis]

What a sense of composure and power and strength. I know it sounds ridiculous because you're saying it's only your first pitch, but imagine the difference if he threw like a 50 cent or Baba Bowie pitch in that moment. It would have been terrible.

[Steve Covino]

Perfect strike.

[Rich Davis]

It would have been really bad.

[Steve Covino]

Perfect strike from the rubber, from the mound. And that was the first pitch of game three.

[Garrett]

It like showed the strength of our country.

[Steve Covino]

It did. It meant so much in that moment. And it was, it was a strike thrown by the. Our president, George W. Bush. An amazing first pitch. Probably the best first pitch in history.

[Rich Davis]

More, more accurate than Devin Williams as of late, right?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah. That's not saying a lot, though. So, hey, share your memories, share your thoughts. And we, we thank these moments for putting us back on track. But we'll never forget 2001 9, 11 again. Covino and Rich. All your feedback at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich Davis]

Now, as far as tonight, I got no read on this game. Maybe take the points if you're a Washington fan. Plus three and a half. But I don't know, it's going to be a good one. We'll see you tomorrow. Arrivederci, baby.

[Steve Covino]

See you in the over promised land. We do that next.

[Rich Davis]

Goodbye.

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Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

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What was that?

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Oh, my.

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