The Dan Patrick Show (Covino & Rich)

Episode: C&R - Low Budget Sports, Last One Standing
Date: March 31, 2026
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

Overview

In this lively episode of The Dan Patrick Show (featuring Covino & Rich), the hosts tackle a mixture of sports and pop-culture topics with their signature humor and camaraderie. The overarching theme is “Low Budget Sports”—inspired by a recent incident where Duke’s basketball medical staff used a can of soda as an ice pack for a player’s injury, sparking a broader conversation about improvisation and low-budget solutions in sports and everyday life. The show includes audience stories, playful banter around “bootleg” fixes, a spirited sports trivia segment ("Last One Standing"), and wraps up with a frank discussion on the cultural shift around athletes dating OnlyFans creators.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Low Budget in Sports: The Duke Soda Can Incident

[09:00 – 15:30]

• Trigger Incident: During the NCAA Tournament, Duke’s medical staff was seen using a can of soda as an ad-hoc ice pack for Cam Boozer, who took an elbow to the nose, resulting in swelling and later a black eye.
• Reaction: The hosts are both amused and appalled at the lack of preparation, joking, “Even my grade school nurse had an ice pack. You mean to tell me Duke medical staff doesn’t have one?” (Covino, 10:40).
• Banter: They riff on old-school nurse’s office memories and schoolyard injuries, highlighting the universal experience of having to improvise with what’s at hand.

2. Low Budget Solutions: Listener & Personal Stories

[15:30 – 30:00]

• Historic Parallels: Recalling the 1990 Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas fight, they discuss Tyson’s corner using a rubber glove with ice water as a makeshift cold compress due to being unprepared:

  “They didn’t have anything. They used a rubber glove filled with ice water. What are you doing? Why is this on my face?” (Covino, 17:50)

• Personal Anecdotes:
  • Covino outsmarts a tire puncture by duct-taping over a screw to slow an air leak.
  • Rich shares how he used Home Depot buckets to catch rain due to unfinished gutters on his house.
• Listener Call-ins:
  • Steve (Pennsylvania) [38:00]: Family hockey event resulted in a head injury managed with… a baby’s diaper as a compress.
  • Thomas (Texas) [39:20]: During a playoff basketball game, a player’s nosebleed was stopped with a tampon segment from the girls’ locker room:

    “That’s just resourceful!” (Rich, 39:35)

3. Everyday Low Budget/Resourceful Moves

[30:00 – 38:00]

• The team explores the concept in daily life:
  • The perils of generic (“off-brand”) grocery products, especially chips and cereal.

    “You can’t buy the generic bag of Cocoa Pebbles. It’s different!” (Rich, 34:00)

  • Car stories: tricked-out but notoriously “budget” models like Dodge Neons and Probes.
  • The “screen door socks” phenomenon—wearing holey socks until they’re unwearable, patching them to delay replacement.
  • Covino’s infamous habit of buying endless cheap phone chargers:

    “He buys the $8 gas station charger… Just buy a real charger!” (Rich, 35:15)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Medical Improvisation:
  “Can of Dr. Pepper… We were trying to do some investigative journalism, closing in on the can. Did it look like Dr. Pepper, Sam? I thought it looked like a Coke can.” — Covino, [10:50]
• Reflecting on Past Bootleg Moments:
  “That was like a big part of the Tyson story… How unprepared were you as a cornerman? You didn’t even have what you needed to take the swelling down!” — Rich, [18:20]
• On Everyday Resourcefulness:
  “I won’t throw a pair of socks away until there’s a full-on hole in it. So I got a lot of screen door socks.” — Covino, [36:20]
• Listener low budget first-aid:
  “Baby’s diaper. Put a diaper on your head. And it actually worked!” — Steve in PA, [38:20]

Important Segments & Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------------|------------| | Opening banter; Duke soda can incident | 09:00-15:30| | Mike Tyson’s corner & historic improvisation | 17:30-19:30| | Hosts’ personal low-budget fixes | 21:00-27:30| | Kicking off listener low-budget stories | 38:00-40:00| | Generic vs. name-brand products | 34:00-36:00| | Resourceful lifehacks (cheap chargers, socks) | 35:00-36:30| | “Last One Standing” Sports Trivia Game | 46:00-1:05:00| | Wrap-up & NBA OnlyFans dating discussion | 1:06:00-1:12:00|

“Last One Standing” Sports Trivia Game

[46:00 – 1:05:00]

• Format: Sports knowledge survival game; contestants have five seconds to answer and “stay in.”
• Notable Category:
  • MLB career home run leaders (“Bombs over decades”)
  • NFL teams with most 2026 cap space (“Burning a Hole”)
  • NBA teams with fewer than 30 wins (“The Under 30 Crowd”)
• Highlights:
  • Intense back-and-forth, showing off both hosts’ and callers’ chops.
  • Dan Byer is crowned champion yet again:

    “You might need to rename the game to ‘Beat the Buyer or something... Last Buyer Standing!’” (Covino, 1:05:10)

Culture & Pop Commentary: Dating, OnlyFans, & Modern Athletes

[1:06:00 – 1:12:00]

• Topic: Rumor that NBA superstar Luka Doncic is dating OnlyFans multimillionaire Sophie Rain.
• Hosts’ Take:
  • The rise of “power couples” involving athletes and digital content creators signals shifting generational norms.
  • Rich: “If they go out publicly, that’s about as official as I need it to be.”
  • Covino: “There’s a stigma depending on your age. Would you date someone with an OnlyFans?”
• Broader Insight:
  • Younger generations are seen as far more comfortable with influencers and creators as legitimate partners—signals that societal attitudes around these platforms have rapidly evolved.

Listener Engagement

• Throughout, hosts invite stories of “low-budget” improvisation via call-ins and social media (@CovinoandRich, @FoxSportsRadio).
• Strong rapport and laughter between the hosting crew, with plenty of inside jokes and playful call-outs.

Episode Tone

• Language: Casual, jokey, sometimes irreverent, filled with witty banter.
• Pace: Fast-moving (especially during the trivia segment), but welcoming to listener participation.
• Core vibe: Relatable, fun, and reflective of the “make it work” spirit—whether in pro sports, parenting, or life.

Summary

A quintessential Covino & Rich episode—funny, interactive, and authentic—with a unique take on the resourcefulness required in sports and life. From analyzing absurd sports moments to poking fun at themselves and their callers, the show delivers both laughs and relatable insights, rounded out with competitive sports trivia and a sharp eye on evolving sports/pop-culture trends.