C&R - Olympic Names & Rigging the Draft

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show (Covino & Rich)

Episode: "C&R - Olympic Names & Rigging the Draft"
Date: February 20, 2026
Podcast Host: Dan Patrick / Guest Hosts: Covino & Rich (Steve Covino, Rich Davis, et al.)

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Overview

This lively episode of The Dan Patrick Show, featuring guest hosts Covino & Rich, dives into the cultural impact of Olympic athletes, the peculiar celebrity of Olympians, and the latest NBA draft lottery conspiracy theories. Blending nostalgia, humor, and skepticism, the crew revisits Olympic legends, debates the plausibility of draft rigging, and engages listeners with their trademark banter. With notable contributions from Dan Byer, Sam, and Danny G, the conversation covers everything from Olympic superstars to pop culture and sports conspiracies, keeping the tone laidback and playful throughout.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Olympic Names and Celebrity

(Begin ~03:28, ends ~16:10)

The Power of Olympic Moments & Athlete Celebrity

• The crew conducts an off-the-cuff brainstorm: Who are the most memorable U.S. Olympic athletes or moments since 1980?
  • Names that come up: Mary Lou Retton, Scott Hamilton, Greg Louganis, Dan & Dave, Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding, Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Kerri Strug, Shawn Johnson, Flo Jo (Florence Griffith Joyner), Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and members of the Dream Team.
• Discussion on the strange, ephemeral celebrity of Olympic athletes:
  • Rich Davis: “It’s a weird type of celebrity... they’re amateur athletes, they’re not paid, but if they’re good enough, they’re household names and they get endorsements. And you hope they make some money because there’s nothing more aggravating... the elite of the elite at the Olympics...they don’t get paid anything, but a middle reliever in the NBA makes $50 million.” (06:59)

The Modern Olympic Moment

• The group reacts live to Alysa Liu’s (“Alyssa Liu” in transcript) gold medal in figure skating.
  • Dan Byer: “She was also in that read, by the way...Alysa Liu just won. So now her life changes, obviously, for the rest of her life.” (11:23)
  • Rich Davis: “The first time I ever heard her name, but I guarantee I will now know her.” (11:37)
• On why some Olympic moments/names resonate for decades; sometimes, nationality doesn’t matter—legends are legends.
  • Dan Byer: “Some names just pop a lot harder. They don’t have to be American names, they’re just names.” (12:41)

The Enduring Curiosity of Olympic “Randomness”

• Listeners and hosts recall other significant names: Christy Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinski, Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, Brian Boitano, Oksana Baiul, Apollo Anton Ohno, Nadia Comaneci, Mike Eruzione.
• The Tonya Harding–Nancy Kerrigan scandal is framed as almost unbelievable for younger generations—too wild to be true.
  • Rich Davis: “If you told someone...these two women were so competitive that she hired some goons to take a club to the leg of the other skater...They would think you’re telling them a fib.” (13:45)
• The contrast between “real” sports celebrity and reality TV/viral culture is drawn:
  • Rich Davis: “This is the reason you should know someone.” (14:38)

Notable Quotes & Humor

• Steve Covino: “I’m also impressed with how it must work out their posterior to be adult and professional about it.” (05:58)
• Sam: “Don’t forget Carl Lewis.” (04:41)
• Rich Davis: “If you know the cast of 'Love is Blind' but you don’t know an Olympic gold medalist, that’s shame on us, right?” (12:04)
• Dan Byer: “When you hit, you hit...Alysa Liu just won. So now her life changes, obviously, for the rest of her life.” (11:23)

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2. Sports Conspiracies & Rigging the NBA Draft

(Begins 15:59-ish, picks up at 16:10, ends ~27:17)

Pablo Torre’s Allegations & Draft Lottery Rumors

• Discussion arises on Pablo Torre’s investigative reporting and recent hints about possible NBA draft lottery rigging—specifically the Dallas Mavericks’ pick.
  • Rich Davis: “He had bumped into two anonymous owners that both are in agreement that the draft...the lottery was rigged.” (20:21)
• Evaluation of classic draft conspiracy theories: the 1985 “frozen envelope” and Patrick Ewing to the Knicks.
  • Steve Covino: “You mean to tell me out of all the teams, he could differentiate which envelope was the coldest?...That’s ridiculous.” (19:44)
• Skepticism reigns: hosts mostly do NOT buy the rigging, seeing most as coincidences or fan myths.
  • Steve Covino: “I don’t buy that...maybe you just didn’t feel a chilly one and grab it. That, oh, you got the New York Knicks and they get Patrick Ewing.” (20:06)

Other Sports Conspiracies

• The group touches on tanking, “scripts” in the NFL, and instances of weird game events (e.g., QB Sam Darnold running backward to hit the under on a Super Bowl prop).
  • Rich Davis (on “bad beats”): “Well, yeah, it happened. But this guy at the gym was trying to convince everyone that they put in the call...You really think that?” (25:23)

Notable Quotes

• Steve Covino: “Well, a bad beat doesn’t necessarily mean conspiracy or rigged either. That just means it happened.” (26:49)
• Rich Davis: “It’s hard to get current players who are fighting for their jobs and livelihood [to lose on purpose]... It’s very hard to be like, yeah, we’re just going to lose on purpose...” (24:30)
• Danny G (on college football safety causing a “bad beat”): “Mendoza just starts running towards his own end zone and runs out for a safety. And Iowa loses 20–15, 6…Even after the game, Mendoza addressed it...” (26:18)

Discussion on Which Conspiracies Sound Plausible

• Covino is more open to fight/boxing fixing than major league game rigging.
  • Steve Covino: “There's something so—I'll buy into boxing conspiracy. Like, that dude took a dive, or these judges are shady, or that was a fix...But when it comes to other sports, I'm not buying it.” (24:14)

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3. Listener Engagement & Olympic Nostalgia

(Listener call: 31:55–33:48)

• A caller (Ryan from Chico, CA) invokes Dominique Moceanu, sparking more '90s and older Olympic nostalgia.
• The hosts collectively reminisce about legends like Nadia Comaneci and Mike Eruzione.
• The universal conclusion: Olympic names can enter and stay in the national consciousness—even if, just a month ago, most casual fans never heard them.

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4. Old School & 50 Hits: Mr. Rogers Anniversary

(42:37–45:04+)

• The team marks Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood’s debut anniversary, debating his cultural importance, the show's effect on American “kindness,” and whether or not Mr. Rogers qualifies as a “nerd.”
  • Steve Covino: “I watched that guy change his shoes so many times, thousands of times, clean his fish tank, just tell boring stories. But I loved every second of it because he led with kindness. The world’s a kinder place because of Fred Rogers.” (44:07)
• Notable banter about the show's specifics—creepy puppets, childhood memories, and the show's legacy.

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Memorable Quotes

• Rich Davis (on Olympic celebrity): “When you’re the greatest in the world, you deserve those accolades. If everyone knows random idiots on dating shows...but you don’t know an Olympian gold medalist, that’s shame on us, right?” (12:05)
• Steve Covino: “I feed off that excitement, too. So thanks, Dan.” (12:18)
• Dan Byer (on post-victory): “Now her life changes, obviously, for the rest of her life.” (11:23)
• Rich Davis (on draft conspiracies): “If I told you, I don’t think I’d be able to pick the one. They’d all feel a little cold after a while.” (19:46)
• Steve Covino (on nostalgia): “When you hit, you hit. And so like, Alyssa Lou just won. So now her life changes, obviously, for the rest of her life.” (11:36)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:28–16:10: Olympic name brainstorming, why Olympic celebrity feels “different”
• 13:45–14:15: Kerrigan/Harding saga retold as an “almost unbelievable” American story
• 16:10–27:17: NBA lottery, draft conspiracies, Pablo Torre investigative reporting, broader sports “fixing” debates
• 31:55–33:48: Listener call, more Olympic nostalgia (Dominique Moceanu, Nadia Comaneci, Mike Eruzione)
• 42:37–45:04+: Old School/50 Hits – Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, legacy, kindness, debate on being a “nerd”

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Tone and Style

• Conversational and informal: The C&R crew leans into humor, self-deprecation, generational references, and playful bickering.
• Nostalgic and inclusive: Sharing childhood memories, reliving “where were you” sports moments together.
• Critical but skeptical: Open to conspiracies in sports, but mostly demystify the myths.
• Engaged: Frequent listener inclusion, challenge to guess “show & tell” items, shoutouts.

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Conclusion

This episode blends sports history, pop culture nostalgia, and modern skepticism to connect the thrill of Olympic moments with the ever-present specter of sports conspiracies. From laughing about teenage crushes on gymnasts to poking holes in draft lottery rigging theories, Covino & Rich foster warmth, debate, and classic radio energy. Whether you're a casual fan or a sports trivia whiz, their conversation makes it clear: Olympic greatness, once seen, is never forgotten—and sometimes, it’s just fun to wonder “what if?” about how the sports sausage gets made.

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Transcript

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

Hey, I want my own studio. Can I be a diva today? Why? What's the matter? I just want my own studio.

[Rich Davis]

Your microphone smell like butt cheeks.

[Steve Covino]

Smell like cheeks. Everybody messes with the buttons. I can never get situated the right way.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, look at you.

[Steve Covino]

I do want to say big thanks and shout outs to Dan Byer and Monsieur for slaying it while we were filling in for dp.

[Rich Davis]

Look at you kissing ass.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, that's no Knock on them. They're the best. It's these overnight weekends, fellas, that I'm complaining about.

[Rich Davis]

You know what you talk. I gotta turn on extra lights.

[Steve Covino]

See what I mean?

[Rich Davis]

No, Spot's not here.

[Commercial/Announcer]

And he's like.

[Rich Davis]

He turned off the lights.

[Steve Covino]

Exactly. People pressing buttons to sabotage. They tell you sabotage looks like a morgue in there, Beastie Boy style. But we're Covino Enrich and we be rockin hell. Let's go. Broadcasting live from the Fox Sports radio studio. If you miss any of today's show, you gotta catch the podcast. Search Covino Enrich, wherever you get your podcast. After the show, podcast goes up. Danny G. Works hard on it. Puts the best of out there. But you got to rate it 5 stars even if you hate it, because anything less is uncivilized. And you could watch what you hear at COVINO and RICH FSR. Watch it now. Streaming live on YouTube. KOVINO and RICH FSR. I'm the Devo, the diva, Steve Covino.

[Rich Davis]

Well, they do call us complaino and behind our back.

[Steve Covino]

That's right. And I just. I don't know, I just felt like complaining a little bit.

[Rich Davis]

Okay, cool.

[Steve Covino]

Glad I got that off my chest. You know, Cavino, that is Rish. Sam is here, Danny's here, and Dan Beyer is here with your updates. So stick around for that.

[Rich Davis]

Did you hear the enthusiasm in Dan Byer's voice? Alyssa Liu, gold medal of the Olympics.

[Dan Byer]

Absolutely.

[Rich Davis]

Could I.

[Dan Byer]

Women's figure skating.

[Rich Davis]

Can I throw out a random hypothetical? Actually, it's not even a hypothetical, just a random dumb question. All right, let's go back to 1980 until now. Let's roughly go 45, 46 years.

[Steve Covino]

Like Mary Lou Retton days.

[Rich Davis]

I'm glad you said Mary Lou Retton. If I were to tell you, Steve Covino, your homework assignment in next five minutes. What are the memorable names or moments in your lifetime? Let's go from 80 until Scott Hamilton right now, immediately. What comes to mind for me?

[Steve Covino]

Greg Louganis.

[Rich Davis]

Greg Louganis hitting his head on the diving board.

[Steve Covino]

Dan and Dave.

[Rich Davis]

Dan and Dave. I have the same ones written down. Definitely. Nancy Kerrigan and Tanya Harding.

[Steve Covino]

Usain Bolt.

[Sam]

Why?

[Rich Davis]

Bolt is a good one.

[Steve Covino]

You didn't like Scott Hamilton. I thought that was a legendary one.

[Rich Davis]

You think so?

[Steve Covino]

What?

[Rich Davis]

Yes, of course.

[Steve Covino]

Miracle.

[Dan Byer]

I agree with Cavino. Yes.

[Steve Covino]

You know, yeah, he was a big name and he's still a big commentator in the world.

[Rich Davis]

I'm a bigger fan of Hamilton, the Broadway show. Much cooler.

[Sam]

Don't forget Carl Lewis.

[Rich Davis]

Carl Lewis.

[Steve Covino]

That's a really great one.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, of course, Michael Phelps and Ryan locky as an 80s kid, though.

[Steve Covino]

And I think of the Wheaties box and all that. I think Mary Lou Retton was one of the bigger names that we grew up knowing for sure.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, who is that? Bella Carozi Didn't. Who did he train again? Kerry Scrug? Strug.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, that's a big one.

[Rich Davis]

Did I name them all? Comes to mind because I'm fresh off of that documentary on Netflix, the boys of 1980. Miracle. Not the movie. The documentary is fantastic. I mentioned it last week, but it really is good. And it's a great way to, I guess, attempt to unify a country that fights about everything.

[Steve Covino]

Well, usa. USA when it comes to speed skating.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, I'm really impressed. Jake Paul's girlfriend's ass.

[Steve Covino]

I'm just saying, the dumpies do not make me grumpy.

[Rich Davis]

What's her name? Judah.

[Commercial/Announcer]

Judah.

[Steve Covino]

All I'm saying is, if I'm ever single again, I might be hanging around the speed skating rink.

[Rich Davis]

I saw someone put together a compilation.

[Steve Covino]

If I want to work out my glutes, I think I'm going to take up a new hobby.

[Rich Davis]

I saw someone put together a compilation of how good looking these European speed skating women are. They're all in elite shape and they're like, you know, the test of how you know someone's really hot when they still look hot with that little ski cap on. Their little skating cap.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, let me preface this by saying I'm impressed with their level of skill. Of course, I'm also impressed with how it must work out their posterior to be. To be adult and professional about it. And by the way, Scott Hamilton on tv, right as we speak.

[Rich Davis]

Well, you and Dan Meyer must be freaking. You must be freaking pumped.

[Dan Byer]

This actually came up in a bit of our conversation. We had a conversation yesterday centered on the Olympics and Scott Hamilton's name came up right there.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, he's right in front of your face.

[Commercial/Announcer]

No.

[Rich Davis]

What are you, Dan by go high five right now?

[Steve Covino]

No, but you, like, downplayed it. He's on TV as you speak. How funny is that?

[Rich Davis]

Scott Hamilton. Congratulations.

[Steve Covino]

But you asked, like, who comes to mind as a kid, man, he was the guy, for sure, so. But it is funny.

[Rich Davis]

Of course. My daughter will nonstop want to watch videos of gymnastics. Who comes to mind with gymnastics? Simone Biles.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, current day for sure.

[Commercial/Announcer]

Any.

[Rich Davis]

Any other final names before we move along because it is Olympic season. You catch Gabby Douglas? Gabby Douglas was a big one.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

I tell you, it's. It's a weird type of celebrity, right? Where they're amateur athletes, they're not paid, but if they're good enough, they're household names and they get endorsements. And you hope they make some money because there's nothing more aggravating. They want some, like, listen, I get anyone that goes to the pros deserves it. But when you see like, the elite of the elite at the Olympics and you're like, they don't get paid anything but a middle reliever or like, the guy on the bench in the NBA makes $50 million, you're like, but this guy or girl makes nothing. I know it's for the love of the sport, but they should make something.

[Steve Covino]

But I get it.

[Rich Davis]

I get it.

[Danny G]

I have to give a shout out to someone from Iowa. Do you guys remember Shawn Johnson, the gymnast woman? She goes. Now goes by Shawn Johnson East.

[Steve Covino]

You know, she was very, very. What make it she believe she won

[Rich Davis]

a gold medal If I said, yeah, of course.

[Dan Byer]

Been in some reality TV stuff as well.

[Danny G]

This is going all the way back to 2008.

[Rich Davis]

I only know people that are on traitors.

[Danny G]

I just got nothing but crickets from you guys.

[Steve Covino]

There's a woman runner that. It's not mind for me, but I'm like, how am I not thinking of this?

[Commercial/Announcer]

Who?

[Sam]

Flo Jo.

[Steve Covino]

There you go, Swan. But is that what I was thinking of, though? I feel like it was more current day than I'm thinking of Danny Joyner, Kersey. There you go. There's another one.

[Rich Davis]

All right. And we have this whole conversation. And because they're pros and it was allowed, we forgot the hype of the original Dream Team. Was there anything more mammoth when we were kids? And it's like, wait, you're telling me I think it. You're telling me that Michael Jordan level

[Steve Covino]

of pedigree, once they hit professional level. Like, when I think of fighters, I think of a lot of, you know, the George Foreman's of the world, the Muhammad Ali's of the world.

[Rich Davis]

But, I mean, you're downplaying what I just said. I said, when we saw Michael Jordan take the court with Magic and Bird and Barkley and Ewing, that wasn't for a little boy.

[Steve Covino]

De La Hoya, the golden boy.

[Dan Byer]

So this kind of ties in. So our angle yesterday was I was watching the men's free skate the night or the. Excuse me, the women's short program the night before. And I just said, I think that figure skating is the ultimate Olympic sport. And so when we were talking about the sports, everybody kind of had their nominee, but basketball and hockey were put aside because of the professionalism of it. There's no doubt they were exciting to watch. But when you're talking about, like, how we look at the Olympics or the Olympians, I think we look at those teams different as we would a Michael Phelps or a Flo Jo.

[Rich Davis]

Figure skating will mesmerize me. I am fascinated by the skill, the finesse, the beauty of it. I know that sounds corny, but when you watch two people that are so in sync on the ice, flipping and dipping, and the guy's throwing her up and she does three, like, would they be like triple lutzes? Is that the word?

[Steve Covino]

Triple Lindy.

[Rich Davis]

The Lindy's.

[Steve Covino]

Lindy's.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, the triple Lindy.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. That's a technical term.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. I am fascinated, and I will never fake knowing much about the Olympics. And anyone that does is either a fanatic or they're faking it, because when this comes around every four years, we're all sort of amateur fans. Like, don't tell me you knew any of these names. Who's the main guy that let everyone. Let everyone down. That's mean. That let himself down. Who was the guy that.

[Dan Byer]

Ilya Malinin.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, the quad guy.

[Rich Davis]

We had to do a commercial read and I was like, yeah, I hope she does well. And they're like, it's a dude. If you know Ilya Malone's name before the Olympics, then you just must be very into skating because we. These are the names that jump out of you. You learn them and then everyone knows him.

[Steve Covino]

But before the Olympics, how about Sean White?

[Rich Davis]

Shaun White?

[Steve Covino]

I mean, yeah, three time.

[Rich Davis]

Three time gold medals, but I think the Olympics are very special in that all of a sudden you're given these names that you never heard before, and all of a sudden it's like, I love them.

[Dan Byer]

I also think that it's interesting and specifically just because we're on the heels of the figure skating and how the names resonate still to this day. So if I were to say, and I know she's not American, but Katarina. Katarina Vit was. Of course, everybody. Everybody knows her name.

[Steve Covino]

Yep.

[Dan Byer]

Tara Lipinsky. Traitors, but also traitors.

[Rich Davis]

Are you a traitor?

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Dan Byer]

Christy Yamaguchi.

[Rich Davis]

You know, Danbire, I feel like you'd be a loyal. You're not a traitor. You're. Is he faithful?

[Dan Byer]

I'd be a faithful.

[Rich Davis]

Faithful. Oh, he's a.

[Dan Byer]

Maybe I'd be recruited to be a.

[Rich Davis]

A traitor.

[Dan Byer]

You Never know. But we know these names.

[Rich Davis]

Johnny Weir. I mean, of course.

[Dan Byer]

Yeah. Another skater as well that we know.

[Danny G]

Apollo Anton Ono.

[Rich Davis]

You know, what would.

[Steve Covino]

Brian Boitano.

[Dan Byer]

He's a speed skater.

[Danny G]

I'm just throwing out names.

[Dan Byer]

Yes. But my point is, from what like, you guys are talking about, like, there are celebrity. Like, when you hit, you hit. Yes, yes. And so like, Alyssa Lou just won. So now her life changes, obviously, for the rest of her life.

[Rich Davis]

Can I be honest with you?

[Steve Covino]

I.

[Rich Davis]

This is. This is just real talk. When I heard your excitement at the top of the hour and you're like, alyssa Lou, gold medal. I got pumped. That's. It might be embarrassing. We are on a sports channel. The first time I ever heard her name, but I guarantee I will now know her.

[Dan Byer]

She was also in that read, by the way. So it was Ilya Malin and Amber Glenn and Alyssa Lou.

[Rich Davis]

I let him do that line. But no, I get excited because I feel like they do deserve these props.

[Steve Covino]

Sure.

[Rich Davis]

When you're the greatest in the world, you deserve those accolades. If everyone knows random idiots on dating shows, if you know the cast of Love is Blind, but you don't know an Olympian gold medalist, that's shame on us, right?

[Steve Covino]

Absolutely. So, yeah, I feed off that excitement, too. So thanks, Dan.

[Rich Davis]

Yo, Dan Byer. I know you're not a Rich Davis guy, but your excitement with that read worked. I was like, man, Dan Biar's pumped.

[Dan Byer]

It also just happened and I think we're past the days. I mean, it was shown on tv, so the old days of. Spoiler alert, don't watch it until this evening. You'll get to see it this evening, but it was on tv. If you wanted to watch it right

[Steve Covino]

now, a name that you'll remember moving forward, you could add to the list. But Dan Byer is right too, in the sense that some names just pop a lot harder. They don't have to be American names, they're just names.

[Rich Davis]

You remember Katerina Vit? Yeah, right.

[Steve Covino]

From the Olympics, for sure.

[Rich Davis]

Yamaguchi. I just saw something on like Yahoo News or something or Yahoo Sports where It was like 20 something years later.

[Dan Byer]

And Sasha Cohen was female skater Michelle Kwan. They didn't even win gold, but Michelle Kwan. Yeah, yeah.

[Rich Davis]

You know, fun fact, Nancy Kerrigan won silver and then bronze in two different games, but never a gold medal. But that to me is a story that looking back, you know, when you. I'll keep it clean. Don't worry. Sam, get your hand off the button. You know, when you try to describe to A kid now, what happened with Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky? They would think you're lying. You're like, no, no. There was like a blue dress and a cigar and what cigar? They would think you're lying. You're like, no, no, no. The president then in the Oval Office. They would think you're telling them a fib. If you told someone that, like, yeah. And then like, you know, these two women were so competitive that she hired some goons to take a club to the leg of the other skater.

[Steve Covino]

Jeff Gillooly and his Goons. Yeah, man. That is one of the wildest stories ever.

[Rich Davis]

Gillooly and his Goons are now.

[Steve Covino]

You're inspiring.

[Rich Davis]

That would be a great indie rock band, right? Galooly and his Goons.

[Steve Covino]

You're inspiring me to watch.

[Rich Davis]

I Tonya tonight, perhaps, but isn't that hard to believe? And then Tonya Harding's saying, I don't know what you're talking about. Nancy Garrett, Nancy Kerrigan. Why?

[Steve Covino]

Why?

[Rich Davis]

And goes to win a medal.

[Danny G]

She like shook it off.

[Sam]

She was.

[Danny G]

She was fine like a day later.

[Rich Davis]

Dude, it's like a, like a almost unbelievable story. And while I can't fake the funk, I'm not a big Olympics fan. I do think there's a, like Dan Byer said, a cool celebrity that comes along and a well deserved one. When you perform well on the. Not only the national, the world stage, it's just a cool, well deserved. In a world where there's so many people we know that let's be honest, it's not really well deserved. Like, you know people because they're on Onlyfans. You know people because they have a hot ass. You know someone because they're a dumb reality star. This is the reason you should know someone.

[Steve Covino]

Agreed. So congrats, man.

[Rich Davis]

We live in the Upside Down.

[Danny G]

We're shallow people.

[Rich Davis]

We live in the Upside down where there's so many people, you know, that realistically you shouldn't. Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

For the most ridiculous reasons. We're good at that as Americans, unfortunately.

[Rich Davis]

You know the crazy contestant on the Bachelor, but you don't know the best figure skater in the world. This is when I think these moments are cool and the backstories are great.

[Steve Covino]

Shakur Stevenson, Olympian. Yeah, I know all the fighters. As far as Winter Olympics, I named all mine. Shaun White was the last one I could think of.

[Danny G]

I got another good name.

[Steve Covino]

Go ahead. Sam from the 90s.

[Danny G]

This just sticks in my brain forever. Oksana Bayul.

[Rich Davis]

Dude. Oksana Bayul is definitely.

[Steve Covino]

I totally remember That I do. You're right.

[Danny G]

Just a name. That Ukrainian figure skater.

[Steve Covino]

That's a good one. All right, so enjoy your Olympics. Your Winter Olympics.

[Rich Davis]

I hope you got. Thank you, guys, for rolling with that. I know we had no thought of talking about the Olympics, but I think these names. And I was. Sam, thank you for bringing it home with that one, because Oksana Bayou.

[Steve Covino]

Totally remember that.

[Rich Davis]

What a random name.

[Steve Covino]

And that leads us to something called. Was it rigged? Do you believe in it? What conspiracies do you buy into? Because according to Pablo Torre.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, he moved off of Belichick and Hudson.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. This guy gets fixated. Apparently, Pablo just, like, gets fixated on one thing and blows up a story. He's got a good formula going on.

[Sam]

And see, Rich ignored the Kawhi Clipper story as well. He acted like that didn't happen.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I don't know what he's talking about.

[Steve Covino]

Pablo Tory, one of the guys. One of the only guys I don't think we ever met when we worked at espn.

[Rich Davis]

He's a talented guy.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Super.

[Steve Covino]

Great investigator. He's a writer, journalist.

[Rich Davis]

Can I tell you this? Maybe for the wrong reasons, because I think Pablo Torre, I'll give him props. Super talented, investigative type of guy, but I'm not a big fan of, like, gotcha type of people.

[Steve Covino]

Well, it seems like he found his niche, like, his new formula, his blueprint seems to be. Let me investigate something. I'll find something juicy. And it becomes something he fixates on. And for whatever reason, these stories seem to become a big deal. So based on that, we think we might have the next big story, the hot story, based on his findings and blueprint and discoveries.

[Rich Davis]

And I'll tell you what, man. Like, I get it. I'm just telling you.

[Steve Covino]

Me.

[Rich Davis]

I'll quote Sebastian Maniscalco when he talks about leaving bad reviews on Yelp. It's like, if you have the salmon and you don't like it. What are you, a tattletail?

[Dan Byer]

I'm not.

[Rich Davis]

I'm not a guy. Like, I'm not the type of guy you see if you see someone, you know, I don't know, cheating on their husband or wife at a restaurant out of town. Are you the type of person that goes back and tells their spouse? Are you like, I'm gonna mind my own business. I'm gonna mind my own business.

[Steve Covino]

Didn't you see one of your childhood friends?

[Rich Davis]

True story.

[Steve Covino]

Their dads at Denny's or eating at a local diner with another woman.

[Rich Davis]

It's close. It wasn't A Denny's. It was an ihop. Get this. I was Sam. I saw one of my neighbors, one of my neighborhood kids, a kid I played like, you know, kill the man with the ball, tackle football. One of the neighborhood kids. I saw his dad at a Long island ihop. But he wasn't with the wife.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but you know what he saw me. Your childhood brain could just make stuff up. Maybe it was his sister. Maybe it was a family member. Maybe he was with a co worker.

[Rich Davis]

I saw him. I saw him across the ihop. I hid behind the syrups.

[Danny G]

Private investigator Rich Davis. Like a local gumshoe.

[Steve Covino]

Didn't he look at you point and give you a throat slit?

[Rich Davis]

He looked at me.

[Danny G]

You don't see nothing.

[Rich Davis]

He looked at me, gave me the. Gave me the nothing.

[Steve Covino]

Got it, kid.

[Rich Davis]

You see nothing, kid. And then I was like, yes. Hold on. Yes. Rudy Tootie, freshman, fruity. Thank you. Wait a minute.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, my God.

[Rich Davis]

I can't believe it. That's John's dad. John Gad's a cheater. But guess what I didn't do? I didn't come back with a film crew and expose the guy. I'm like, yeah, maybe Joey Grecos. In my mind, I'm like, yeah, maybe his wife's not giving it up.

[Steve Covino]

So let him do his.

[Rich Davis]

Let him mind his own business.

[Steve Covino]

The story that Pablo Torrey heard from other people, that the Dallas Mavericks draft pick was rigged. In the past year, I never bought into the frozen envelope, let alone this one. That is. I don't buy into it.

[Rich Davis]

That is one.

[Steve Covino]

I do find it.

[Rich Davis]

Come on, you don't play the one.

[Steve Covino]

I find it to be coincidental. Like, oh, the same year Nico Harrison makes these whack ass trades. Oh, they get the first round draft pick and it saves the Mavericks and everything. It did seem interesting and odd. Like the timing was. Was making me say, hmm, a little sus. Was a little suspect. But I don't buy into it. Just like I don't buy into 1990, 1985 frozen envelope. The New York Knicks get Patrick Ewing. You mean to tell me out of all the teams, he could differentiate which envelope was the coldest?

[Rich Davis]

If I.

[Steve Covino]

That's ridiculous.

[Rich Davis]

If I told you, I don't think

[Steve Covino]

I'd be able to pick the one. They'd all feel a little cold after a while.

[Dan Byer]

Dry ice.

[Danny G]

Dry ice is very cold.

[Rich Davis]

You tell me.

[Danny G]

Burn your hand.

[Rich Davis]

You tell me. If I was Sam.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Took, I don't know, 20 something envelopes or how many there were. Put them in a little Spinny thing,

[Steve Covino]

and you're just, you know, spinning them around. You think you could find that one that quick?

[Rich Davis]

Get out of here.

[Danny G]

Rubbing my meat hooks all over the envelopes.

[Steve Covino]

I don't buy that. And then you're putting all that faith into the fact that you did get the right one and maybe you just didn't feel a chili one and grab it. That, oh, you got the New York Knicks and they get Patrick Ewing.

[Rich Davis]

No way.

[Steve Covino]

So I find that just, again, based

[Rich Davis]

on the investigative reporting of Pablo Torrey, he said that right after that lottery, he was at an event. And I think I got this right. He had bumped into two anonymous owners that both are in agreement that the draft. Not the draft, the. The lottery was rigged. We talk about the 1985 envelope. There's other things. Now, if there were to ever be a rigged NBA lottery, which I'm not accusing anyone of anything, knowing it should have been, and I think we could all agree, when Zion before Zion, I'm not saying Zion's a bust, but when we thought Zion was the next thing, it would have made sense for the Knicks or a big market team to get him. When he ended up in New Orleans, that to me was like, well, if you're going to rig something, this is what they should have rigged. Like the fact that Zion ended up where Anthony Davis desperately was trying to get out of. I was like another good guy, another big time future star goes to.

[Steve Covino]

If you think everything's so rigged, then explain things like that.

[Sam]

Well, we couldn't rig it for every up and coming star. Yeah, I guess that would draw too much attention.

[Rich Davis]

But I thought, if anything, Danny in that draft, the world was hoping like, all right, because we didn't know Zion would end up being good, but not a, you know, everyone thought he was the next thing made sense to go to a cool team. No offense to New Orleans. You're not that cool team. Any other sports conspiracies, then it always

[Steve Covino]

brings me back to, well, referees were shady in the NBA, so maybe there is more to stuff like that.

[Sam]

Bloody sock comes to mind. That's something people argue about, right?

[Steve Covino]

Are there ones that you buy into these conspiracy conspiracies? And are you buying into this Pablo Tory story? And do you think this will be one of those exploding investigative stories that break the glass on some controversy in the NBA?

[Sam]

I mean, he just mentioned it on a podcast, so I think it'd be different if he had put out like a story and a headline on it. You know what I mean?

[Steve Covino]

This is how things Become a story.

[Sam]

True.

[Steve Covino]

So do you think that this was. Or the lottery, like Rich said was rigged? That's the story right now. Are there other ones you believe, conspiracies you buy into? You know, I'll always buy into those alien stories. I mean, Obama admitted this past week that he walked.

[Rich Davis]

That he walked it back.

[Steve Covino]

Nah, he said it, man. Aliens exist. He didn't say in what form or, you know, for all we know, they're tiny little nothings. Right?

[Sam]

He said they're real.

[Steve Covino]

You know, who knows? I don't think they're walking around or. He said he's never seen him anyway.

[Danny G]

They walk among us like men in black.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, we don't know. He did say it, though. He did say it. And the controversy was that the interviewer of the podcast didn't really follow up on it. His next question was, and when he became president, what was the first thing you wanted to know? And he's like, well, do aliens exist?

[Rich Davis]

He went back to it.

[Steve Covino]

He went back to it. So he did say. Yeah. So of course I'm always gonna believe that, even though we don't have any, like, sort of physical proof in front of us.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, Kavino, you did tell me you thought that lizard people lived amongst us.

[Steve Covino]

I never said that. That's an X File sort of thing. I think David Duchovny said that.

[Rich Davis]

What do you guys think?

[Sam]

Dude, how about the Tuck rule? I'm a Raiders fan. I got to ask you guys about that. Was it a code red that was called in? Did the NFL want the Patriots, when it comes no. To advance?

[Steve Covino]

I don't buy those because I think

[Rich Davis]

the Raiders at that time.

[Steve Covino]

Shadiness, I find in sports is in the world of fighting, I find that people take dives, judges are paid off. It's a shady world. Like, Rich and I have done a lot in the world and you too, Danny G. In the past few years. You know, you see how shady the fight game could be.

[Sam]

You have the script every year for the boxing world.

[Steve Covino]

Yes, in fact, yes, I do get a script every year. But it feels like it's a shadier atmosphere.

[Rich Davis]

Right or wrong, Rich, There.

[Steve Covino]

There's something so, like, I'll buy into boxing conspiracy. Like that dude took a dive. Or these judges are shady. Or that was a. That was a fix. Or that was a total robbery because the fix was in. When it comes to other sports, I'm not buying it. I just. I'm not.

[Rich Davis]

It's. It's hard to. It's hard to get current players who are fighting for their jobs and their livelihood.

[Steve Covino]

You know what else I would buy

[Rich Davis]

it maybe like a horse race to not. Well, Kavino. To not. To not give it your all. Like when people say, oh, that team's tanking. The NBA is the easiest sport to put out a whack roster and just not be able to compete. But when you have 53 guys on an NFL roster, it's very hard to be like, yeah, we're just going to lose on purpose because guys are going to try to sack the quarterback, Guys are going to try to make catches. Guys have incentives. Guys have a reason and keep it secret.

[Steve Covino]

You know, you got to. Yeah, I don't believe too many people involved. Too many moving parts.

[Rich Davis]

You know what? There was a guy that I have. I told you guys about the unfortunate sauna talks I have to have or that I hear at my gym. My goodness. Some of the biggest boneheads in the world just start yapping. And I'm not one of those boneheads.

[Steve Covino]

Believe it or not, for once, this

[Rich Davis]

guy was talking to any. Anyone who would listen to him. And he was trying to sell some conspiracy that Sam Darnold in the super bowl, his rushing total went over. So they told Sam Darnold to run backwards 5 yards, negative yards and get negative yards so that the under could hit.

[Steve Covino]

Well, that did happen.

[Rich Davis]

Well, yeah, it happened. But this guy at the gym was trying to convince everyone that he's like, yeah, because they. You know what they did? They. They put in the call. Mike and I. I so badly want to be like, so you think that Mike McDonald got a phone call on the sideline? It was like, yeah. Hey, Mike, people really do think I know the game. I know that. I know it's a Super bowl. And you know, the game's without a re. With it would not within reach anymore. Can you have Sam Darnold run backwards 7 yards and taking the. That way the under could hit. You really think that?

[Danny G]

I blame Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve for this.

[Rich Davis]

And that beats bad Beats is a great segment.

[Dan Byer]

Oh, it is.

[Danny G]

It's great. Can I. So when Indiana and Fernando Mendoza played Iowa earlier this year, I think they. I think Indiana was like a six and a half point favorite and they were leading 20 to 13 and to kill clock. And they were. They were. The game was over. They just needed to take a knee. Mendoza just starts running towards his own end zone and runs out for a safety. And Iowa loses 20 to 15, 6. I think even after the. After the game, Mendoza like addressed it. He's like, I'm sorry about the two points there. And everyone's like, huh?

[Dan Byer]

What's going on?

[Steve Covino]

Well, a bad beat doesn't necessarily mean conspiracy or rigged either. That just means it happened. And I don't think that someone made a call ever. But when it comes to NFL and football, people always come back to the script. The script. So conspiracies you buy into Are you buying into this Dallas Mavericks story, according to Pablo Torre? And we got old school and 50 bucks and more. We're going to talk some World Baseball classic right here on the Cavino and Rich Show, Fox Sports Radio.

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[Rich Davis]

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[Rich Davis]

Hey Sal. Hank, what's going on? We haven't worked a case in years. I just bought my car at Carvana and it was so easy.

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Too easy.

[Dan Byer]

Think something's up?

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[Rich Davis]

They got thousands of options, found a great car at a great price and it got delivered the next day. Sounds like Carvana just makes it easy to buy your car, Hank. Yeah, you're right. Case closed. Buy your car today on Carvana. Delivery fees may apply.

[Steve Covino]

Telling you people are trying to sabotage us here in the studio. But we're back. Hey, if you missed us the past three days, we did the Dan Patrick hat trick. All of our Dan Patrick fill in shows are at covinoenrich fsr. Covino Enrich fsr. It's where you can see us streaming live right now. It's also where you can see our bonus podcast right after the show at 4pm on the west, seven on the east. Over promised. Episode 128 debuts today and we're going to talk some fights, some big fights this weekend and more. Whatever we don't have time for today. We'll be talking on over promised again. That's our bonus podcast because Rich Blubber Lipstavis over promises things we never get to but we will get to old school and 50 hits in about 15 minutes. We throw it back on a Thursday. We get you involved 87799 on Fox. Again, we're Cavino and Rich. Congrats to Alyssa, Lou and everybody and Jordan Stoltz.

[Rich Davis]

Men's US hockey knocked by in overtime yesterday.

[Steve Covino]

Olympics 2026 medal count up to 27 after their victory. So props to them. Names you'll never forget probably moving forward because they had their moment and we have one phone call about that. Danny G's on the phones at 87799 on Fox, Iowa. Sam, Dan Byers. Got your update in a few minutes. Who do we got?

[Sam]

Let's go to Chico, California. It's Ryan.

[Rich Davis]

Yo, Ryan, buddy. What's up?

[Commercial/Announcer]

Very much.

[Steve Covino]

I listen to you every day.

[Rich Davis]

Hey.

[Steve Covino]

92 Olympics gymnastics. Dominique Macchiano. Most beautiful girl you'll ever see.

[Rich Davis]

I gotta look her up.

[Sam]

Yeah, it's spelled M, O, C, E,

[Rich Davis]

A, N, U. I'll look that up. Did Dan Byer. You got some insight on this young lady?

[Dan Byer]

She was 1996. She was, like, 14 at the time.

[Rich Davis]

What's this guy doing?

[Steve Covino]

I got.

[Sam]

Well, Ryan.

[Rich Davis]

Ryan.

[Danny G]

How old were you?

[Commercial/Announcer]

I was older.

[Rich Davis]

Oh.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, maybe he was a teenager.

[Rich Davis]

How old were you?

[Steve Covino]

Excuse?

[Rich Davis]

Ryan. Ryan. Take a seat. Chris Hansen's here.

[Sam]

Ryan says he was 12.

[Steve Covino]

Did anyone say this name? How about this name? This name just popped into my brain right now. Nadia Comanici. Remember that?

[Dan Byer]

Yeah. Yes.

[Steve Covino]

You don't remember that name?

[Rich Davis]

Legendary Nadia Comanici?

[Steve Covino]

Nadia Comanici wasn't a Romanian gymnast or something?

[Rich Davis]

Let's see if you remember. You watch a documentary. Who's your favorite Italian guy? 1980.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, the captain of Miracle Team.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Come on.

[Steve Covino]

Eurozioni. You're Arousian Aruzzi. Oh, what's his first name?

[Dan Byer]

Mike.

[Steve Covino]

Mike Aruzioni. Did I get that right?

[Dan Byer]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Mike Aruzioni.

[Steve Covino]

See, there you go.

[Danny G]

I like that you guys didn't give Ryan a chance to clear his name. He just talked over him. He's like, I don't know.

[Sam]

To Clarify, he was 12 years old.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Point is, names like Alyssa Liu are going to be remembered moving forward. And, hey, rewind, just a few months ago, you might not have known her. That's the weird part of the Olympics. And these are the names that stood out to us. And Dan Byer made a great point. A lot of them aren't even American names. It's just they were so dominant that we remember that.

[Rich Davis]

Well. I said to Covino during the break, I said, it's fun to shout out these random Olympians. He's like, yeah, but doesn't it make you look like you don't know these people? I'm like, because we don't. I'm not pretending to say I knew them, because I think if you were to tell me, going into the Olympics, you know, all the Olympians, you're full of it. We just got done with the football season. NBA's at the halfway point. We're getting ready for baseball spring training. Don't you dare lie to me and tell me that, you know, the bobsled team members now, if they win gold and it's a cool story, they become names. That's the cool part. That's the cool part.

[Dan Byer]

What's up, DB and they change. Their lives, change overnight.

[Rich Davis]

I love it.

[Dan Byer]

That's like, truly like. It is like Alyssa Lou's life is just completely now changed.

[Rich Davis]

And that's amazing.

[Dan Byer]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

And well deserved. And like everything. Forever gold medal winner, everything she's worked

[Dan Byer]

for, it's amazing in that marquee sport as well, in that, like, there's just. There's some sports that stand out. You mentioned Usain Bolt. You know, when you're. When you're the track star and the 100 meters and 200 meters, it just. It happens. And there is a time like Alyssa Lute, now we know her name, maybe she skates at the next one and tries to go again to win. Back to back. So she'll be the biggest star heading into the next games, but leading into this one. Not that she was an afterthought, but it took something for us to really get familiar with.

[Rich Davis]

So funny. Bolt. What makes him special is there's something. So I guess you would say overemphasized when we're kids about who's fast. I saw one of the dudes from Barstool.

[Steve Covino]

The name helped, of course.

[Rich Davis]

I saw one of the dudes from Barstool. He was going over things that we thought would play a bigger role in adult life. And he went over the typical ones, like, what do people say? Oh, quicksands and this and that. Stop, drop and roll. Like, things we thought, like, we'd have to actually.

[Steve Covino]

Fool's gold.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, Fool's on the list. And it's so true. When you're a kid, there was such an emphasis on who's the fastest kid.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, no doubt. That was the first sort of competition you had in the playground.

[Rich Davis]

But I'm saying, like, when you're an adult, like, unless you're playing rec sports. And even then it's like, yeah, does speed matter? But when you were a kid, was there anything more important than being the fastest kid on the playground?

[Steve Covino]

Nothing. No. And then it was maybe like an arm wrestling match as you got a little older, but that was your first. Like, where do I stand amongst everybody else? Who's the fastest? Absolutely. So again, we're Covino and Rich live from Fox Sports Radio Studio. Have you ever wiped with a piece of dry toilet paper, Rich? And wondered, is this as good as it gets? Well, it's not Switch to life changing. Wet Extra large flushable Dude Wipes. Is that. Is that Shay Shay butter I smell?

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[Rich Davis]

Now it's time to go to our friend and yours, Dan Beyer for an update. Db, what's going on?

[Dan Byer]

So I'm going to get to the Olympic stuff in just a second, but there is a report from ESPN saying that NBA commissioner Adam Silver has told the league's general managers that they will have anti tanking rules in place for next season.

[Steve Covino]

Wow.

[Dan Byer]

There are a variety of options that they could go, but some of them laid out include lottery odds, freezing at the trade deadline or possibly a later date. Another suggestion, teams can't pick in the top four the year after they make the conference finals. Indiana's in that situation. This time around, the lottery could be extended to include all the play in teams. So 7 through 10. Just some of the things that they're looking at. Maybe even eliminating the odds for lottery teams altogether, which is what I support. Or maybe even doing it on a two year span. So something to watch. But apparently anti tanking rules coming to the NBA. And apparently Steph Curry still out with that knee issue. Swelling in the knee, according to espn is going to keep him out indefinitely as the warriors don't know when he will return. Now onto the Winter Olympics gold medal game. Women's hockey USA against Canada.

[Sam]

Canada.

[Dan Byer]

They're in overtime and this happens.

[Steve Covino]

Canada gets fresh skaters on the ice.

[Rich Davis]

The outlet pass for Keller.

[Tire Rack Announcer]

A defenseman. Nice move. Cuts to the net score. Megan Keller, the overtime hero. The United States wins gold at the line.

[Dan Byer]

NBC Universal USA Network Kenny Albert with the call. US wins their third gold in Olympic history. Canada settles for the silver, losing that overtime game. Switzerland won bronze. We mentioned American Alyssa Liu won gold in the women's figure skating event. While in men's speed skating, Jordan Stoles took home silver in the 1500 meters. Finally, guys, talks to expand the men's and women's NCAA tournaments have been put on hold. Those talks are expected to resume after this year's tournaments. Back to you.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, D.B. i saw, you know, as we expand the NFL schedule internationally, which is a big objective for the NFL.

[Commercial/Announcer]

I.

[Rich Davis]

You don't have to look it up, but can you remember any team traveling internationally twice in the same season? My 49ers. I know. Looks like Mexico City and Australia. That's two big trips, no?

[Dan Byer]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

And unprecedented, I think possibly, right?

[Dan Byer]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

There's nine games this year. So there's more chance of that happening.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Nine international, four.

[Dan Byer]

Yes. But it's also. It's not like they're going to Europe and going to Australia.

[Rich Davis]

Mexico City is pretty close. That's actually closer than. And possibly some other domestic places. Okay, cool. Just. I was in Charles, like, you know what? I just saw that. I'm like. Because our buddy's like, we should go to Mexico City for the next.

[Steve Covino]

When I hear things like that, I think more reason to take some international travel. More reason to get your passport updated.

[Rich Davis]

I know our boss, who's a Vikings fan, he took the international trip to see the Vikings and he said it was amazing.

[Steve Covino]

I think we got to do that.

[Rich Davis]

Maybe in the cards.

[Steve Covino]

All right.

[Rich Davis]

Maybe you think the boss would be cool if I went to Australia for the Niners?

[Steve Covino]

I'll go with you.

[Rich Davis]

I'll call in and say, what's up, guys?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, we'll do a broadcast.

[Rich Davis]

Good night, mate.

[Steve Covino]

Now, check this out. I want to remind everybody we're streaming live. Covino and Rich FSR and we're going to be giving prizes away today. If you can guess what we brought in for show and tell, I have my item here. Rich, you're going to get yours and put it on the console here, right?

[Rich Davis]

Oh, yeah.

[Steve Covino]

If you can guess what it is and you say something fun and creative, if Danny G. Calls your name later, you win a prize. We're going to reveal what it is that we brought in on Thursday. And we got old school when 50 hits next. Old school and 50 hits. We're throwing it back. And let's just say it goes back to your childhood television. Oh, all right.

[Rich Davis]

Can't wait. We got more CNR next right here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, if you're watching a stream live right now, you can see what we brought in for show and tell it back on a Thursday. We're going to tell you what it is at the end of the show. But if you can guess right now, if you can guess accurately and, I don't know, say something funny, as long as you can stand out, Danny G. Might call your name and you win a prize.

[Commercial/Announcer]

All right.

[Steve Covino]

But we're live from the Fox Sports Radio studio, Covino and Rich. And if you missed us, make sure to catch the podcast. We did the Dan Patrick hat trick.

[Rich Davis]

Gotta love that, Rich. FSR to DP and be back, though. Dan, it's. You know what it's time for? It's time for our FOX Sports Radio studio tyrack Play of the day. And we had an upset in college hoops.

[Tire Rack Announcer]

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[Steve Covino]

He got holy cow. I didn't hear holy cow. Did he say that?

[Rich Davis]

No, he said moly cow. He threw them all.

[Steve Covino]

Did he say Toledo? Holy Toledo. Did he say holy Mary, mother of

[Rich Davis]

God said them all. That guy was more fired up than. More fired up than Doug Gotley.

[Steve Covino]

He didn't say holes, did he? I didn't hear that one. But he said most of them. That was excitement right there.

[Rich Davis]

Guacamole in there.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

And I just want to throw one quick little fun fact that we're going to go old school and 50 hits. They started doing the challenges for balls and strikes in baseball now. Yeah. And dugouts are erupting with laughter in spring training. Like, the whole deal is like, if a guy challenges all the teammates apparently, like.

[Tire Rack Announcer]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

And Castellanos for the Padres just did it. And the video has gone a little viral. I saw your boy Aaron Boone saying that they don't want to save them for the end of the game. He thinks what's going to happen is everyone assumes I gotta save it for the bottom of the ninth when judges up with two on and two out. And he's like, games are gonna go by and no one's gonna use him. So he's like, if it's a ball that's called a strike in the third inning challenge, use it. So we'll see what happens. It's gonna be very interesting. All right, let's do this. We do it every Thursday. 50 when old school hits.

[Steve Covino]

There's a search.

[Rich Davis]

Yay. What we gonna do right here is

[Dan Byer]

go back

[Rich Davis]

back into time.

[Commercial/Announcer]

Throwing it back for a Thursday old

[Steve Covino]

school when 50 hits.

[Commercial/Announcer]

At 50 after C and R, give you the time capsule topic and we reminisce together.

[Rich Davis]

Or As I said, 50 when old school hits.

[Sam]

Wait, stop. Reverse that.

[Steve Covino]

It's okay.

[Rich Davis]

Same thing.

[Steve Covino]

Richard's losing his mind and we're reaping all the benefits.

[Rich Davis]

Well, today is an anniversary of plenty of things. Today's the anniversary of the movie off Office Space. Get those TPS reports in.

[Danny G]

Classic.

[Rich Davis]

Hope you don't work for a Lumberg. But it's also the anniversary of someone Covino and I loved as a kid. I know Covino more so than me. Hey, neighbor. Mr. Rogers.

[Steve Covino]

Love me some Mr. Rogers.

[Rich Davis]

Fred Rogers.

[Steve Covino]

His show debuted on this day nationwide. Nationwide on this day in 1967 and 1968. Well, there's controversy. Is it 67 or 68?

[Rich Davis]

It's 68.

[Sam]

Yeah, the Wikipedia says 68. A couple other websites say 67.

[Steve Covino]

Sticking with. Sticking with the eight. So 1968 on this day, Mr. Rogers. And I was very much a Mr. Rogers kid growing up. Loved the land of make believe. I loved everything but Lady Elaine because she freaked me out. Oh, dude, same. She looked like Barbara Corcoran on crack.

[Sam]

The whole train thing was creepy.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, I was scared of that robo puff.

[Rich Davis]

Do you think Barbara Corcoran said, one day I'm gonna grow up and look like Lydia Lane?

[Steve Covino]

I don't know. I don't like that hobo looking puppet that he had. But I was a fan of the rest of the show. I mean, I watched that guy change his shoes so many times, thousands of times, clean his fish tank, just tell boring stories. But I loved every second of it because he led with kindness.

[Rich Davis]

Man.

[Steve Covino]

The world's a kinder place because of Fred Rogers.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, the guy, you know, broke down boundaries with. With race. He was breakdancing.

[Steve Covino]

He was.

[Rich Davis]

Fred Rogers was a great man.

[Steve Covino]

Now I see him all over AI with Bob Ross.

[Rich Davis]

I'll tell you this, if you got little kids. Daniel Tiger's neighborhood. A spin off of Mr. Rogers, the cartoon Daniel Tiger, obviously based off of Mr. Rogers. So we had a big debate in the studio before the show, and it's whether or not you would call Mr. Rogers a nerd. Will explain. And it brings up a good debate and a good old school. We'll do it next.

[Steve Covino]

Start thinking of other nerds, though.

[Rich Davis]

Mr. Rogers legend. We'll talk more next.

[Steve Covino]

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