Hour 1 – Biggest New York Sports Weekend of The Millennium

Summary

Summary of "The Dan Patrick Show" Episode: "Hour 1 – Biggest New York Sports Weekend of The Millennium"

Release Date: May 16, 2025

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Introduction and Hosts' Banter

The episode kicks off with Rich Davis and Iowa Sam engaging in their characteristic friendly banter, setting a lively tone for the discussion ahead. Rich introduces Iowa Sam, highlighting his energetic presence:

Rich Davis [03:06]: "Put perspective for people that don't know Fox Sports Radio employee Iowa Sam, who's all over the place running the boards today. He has the mannerisms of a young Conan O'Brien."

Iowa Sam humorously compares his demeanor to that of young Will Ferrell, adding a lighthearted touch to the show.

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Main Discussion: The Knicks vs. Celtics Showdown

The centerpiece of this episode revolves around the impending game between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden (MSG), hailed as potentially "the biggest event at Madison Square Garden in the 21st century."

Rich Davis [04:46]: "Tonight is the biggest event that's happening at Madison Square Garden in the 21st century."

The hosts delve into the high stakes of the game, emphasizing its significance in the current sports landscape. They reminisce about past monumental events at MSG, such as "Linsanity" and significant Billy Joel concerts, comparing them to the anticipated excitement of tonight's game.

Rich Davis [18:13]: "I think tonight you're going to see a lot of stars out. It's going to be loud. Home court advantage will be in effect."

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Competitive Edge and Speculative Sabotage

A notable segment of the discussion entertains the idea of players seeking unfair advantages, humorously speculating whether competitive athletes might resort to dubious tactics to secure a win.

Rich Davis [07:34]: "If you're a sick Jamal Murray, do you breathe a little bit on SGA?"

Iowa Sam responds with skepticism but acknowledges the lengths to which some might go in highly competitive environments.

Iowa Sam [08:16]: "But you never know. Yeah."

This speculative conversation underscores the intense rivalry and high-pressure scenarios often present in professional sports.

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Historical Comparisons and MSG's Legacy

The hosts draw parallels between the current Knicks-Celtics game and other historic moments at MSG to highlight its enduring legacy as a premier sports and entertainment venue.

Iowa Sam [21:46]: "Remember when Linsanity was happening? That's how electric it was."

They also reference past concerts and sporting events, discussing how Madison Square Garden has continuously been a hub for major happenings, reinforcing the significance of tonight's game.

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Yankees and Mets: Amplifying New York's Sports Excitement

Beyond basketball, Rich and Sam touch upon the concurrent activities of the New York Yankees and Mets, adding another layer of excitement to the weekend.

Rich Davis [20:02]: "But as a Yankees fan, it's going to be tough for you guys to win the World Series this year without Juan Soto."

They discuss the Yankees' dependency on key players and how fluctuations in player performance can significantly impact the team's success, drawing comparisons to the Atlanta Braves' World Series win in 2021 despite losing key players.

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Team Cohesion and Overcoming Challenges

A recurring theme is the importance of team dynamics, especially when facing challenges such as missing star players. The conversation highlights how teams can adapt and thrive by fostering cohesion and encouraging all members to step up.

Iowa Sam [16:07]: "We're great with him, but we're great without him, too."

They use the Celtics' potential rallying around the absence of Jayson Tatum as an example of how teams can maintain competitiveness and drive even when facing setbacks.

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Ticket Pricing and Fan Experience at MSG

The hosts humorously discuss the high cost of tickets for the Knicks vs. Celtics game, likening expensive "nosebleed" seats to premium experiences.

Rich Davis [23:33]: "800 bucks for what you would call the nosebleed."

They speculate on whether the investment is worth the unparalleled atmosphere and the electric environment that only MSG can offer during such high-stakes games.

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Conclusion and Final Thoughts

As the episode wraps up, Rich and Sam reiterate the monumental nature of the upcoming Knicks vs. Celtics game, positioning it as a must-watch event that could define New York's sports scene for the year.

Rich Davis [37:03]: "So I asked."

They encourage listeners to tune into the game, emphasizing the unique blend of sportsmanship, rivalry, and entertainment that MSG is set to deliver.

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Notable Quotes

• Rich Davis [04:46]: "Tonight is the biggest event that's happening at Madison Square Garden in the 21st century."
• Iowa Sam [07:34]: "But you never know. Yeah."
• Rich Davis [18:13]: "I think tonight you're going to see a lot of stars out. It's going to be loud. Home court advantage will be in effect."
• Iowa Sam [16:07]: "We're great with him, but we're great without him, too."
• Rich Davis [23:33]: "800 bucks for what you would call the nosebleed."

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Final Remarks

Throughout the episode, Rich Davis and Iowa Sam blend insightful sports analysis with engaging humor, providing listeners with a comprehensive overview of what promises to be an exhilarating sports weekend in New York City. Their dynamic conversation not only highlights the significance of the Knicks vs. Celtics game but also underscores the broader cultural impact of sports in fostering community and excitement.

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Transcript

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[Rich Davis]

You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, it's us. It really is. And not only that, look at those dance moves from Iowa Sam.

[Rich Davis]

He's up and at him. Look at that guy.

[Iowa Sam]

It's too early for that. How does he have the energy to.

[Rich Davis]

Put perspective for people that don't know Fox Sports Radio employee Iowa Sam, who's all over the place running the boards today. He has the mannerisms of a young Conan o' Brien.

[Iowa Sam]

Yes, yes.

[Rich Davis]

Which is great.

[Iowa Sam]

And the looks of a young Will Ferrell or something. I don't know what's going on.

[Brie]

That's high compliments.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

He's got an afro going on, I can tell you that. And I love him. And my favorite story about Iowa Sam, who's playing the xylophone so masterfully so early in the morning dancing, is that he recently told us his confirmation name, which is sort of like his middle name. He goes by is Javier. Javier.

[Rich Davis]

There he is.

[Iowa Sam]

That's the best Javier. Saying so much you don't know about me, of course, again, I'm. That is rich. We're in for the great Dan Patrick. Always a pleasure. And Brie is on the phones. What's up, Bri? Holding it down. It's great to see, Bri. What a delight.

[Rich Davis]

I know.

[Iowa Sam]

I mean, we love our producer Danny G. And all, but, Bree, you don't smell like bologna and coffee. Just kidding.

[Rich Davis]

I said it's a plus.

[Iowa Sam]

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[Rich Davis]

There is uh oh, a lot to get to today. Oh no, we're gonna talk cowbo, man. Fox might not love the Cowboys as much as you think.

[Iowa Sam]

There's some says who?

[Rich Davis]

NFL news that says me. We'll get to that. Man, I got to talk about your Yankees. I've never seen a fan base sweat a player that was on their team for one year. Get off of Juan Sotos Huevos.

[Iowa Sam]

Everybody needs something to rally around and he's the target tonight. Going to be an action packed day for New York. Of course the Knicks play tonight. But speaking of basketball, hope you had a Denver Nuggets sort of night, a Yokich sort of night. Looks like they're back in action. Got the thunder up against the wall now. So hope you're enjoying some great basketball. We got some great baseball going on this weekend. Super pumped that it's Friday. Super pumped to be here in for Dan Patrick now while you're still in your car and on your way to work or whatever on this glorious Friday. Remember, we're on Monday through Friday anyway all the time. Nationwide, like the warehouse. We're nationwide, 2 to 4 on the west, 5 to 7 on the east. Monday through Friday. But when they say, hey, DP needs you, we're here. Always fun to hang out with you guys.

[Rich Davis]

Now we got to talk about what's going on tonight because I think, I think forget that. Hell, I know tonight is the biggest event that's happening at Madison Square garden in the 21st century. I know you might think that sounds crazy, but I'll explain a second. But before we get into Nick Celtics tonight, which is a big deal, big story, I got to ask you like the most immature dumb question, please. And it's a fun question because I was talking about this with one of the dads from my kids little league team yesterday. If you were watching the Thunder and the Nuggies, Jamal Murray going off 25 points and he was sick, not feeling well. You know, sometimes big game players come up in big spots, especially when they're not feeling so hot, right?

[Iowa Sam]

Kind of how I feel today. It's a big day, we're filling in and I feel a little out of it. You know, why not? Because I'm sick. Because I stuffed my face yesterday. So I'm like, oh, one too many meat to balls.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

Over enthused and waking up so early, my bathroom schedule's off, so I'm really.

[Rich Davis]

Like, oh, don't tell us that.

[Iowa Sam]

But yeah, man. Oh, I ate so much like a slob yesterday that I'm not feeling that great right now. I have the same thing.

[Rich Davis]

Right. A relatively immature question for you. But listen, when you play at an NBA level, a Major league baseball level, an NFL level, you're always trying to get the edge, right? Like everyone. That's a big thing in sports. You're trying to get the edge.

[Iowa Sam]

Any advantage, Right, Right.

[Rich Davis]

You've heard there's players who got stinky ass in the NFL because they, you know, they want people get away from me.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah, Any advantage. Any edge. So competitive. The most competitive people on the planet.

[Rich Davis]

So if you're a sick Jamal Murray, do you breathe a little bit on SGA? Like maybe thinking, like, if I have.

[Iowa Sam]

A little 24 hour spores. Like the last of us?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, like the last of us. If you watch the last of us, I'm just picturing those deadly green spores when she's in that elevator bank.

[Iowa Sam]

You know, it is a really dumb question. I'm glad you prefaced it, but I wouldn't put it past him.

[Rich Davis]

Dude, if the biggest.

[Iowa Sam]

Not this level. If we're talking to the most competitive people on earth, and I wouldn't be surprised that it happens in regular life because some people are just that competitive. Like, if Jonas was like, I really want to bring down C and R, I hate those guys, you know, he'd be rubbing his germs all over the microphones. I don't know how that works, you know, but we love Jonas and we love everybody here. Luckily, but you never know. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Find out. He rubbed his cheeks on your mic.

[Iowa Sam]

People are vengeful. They didn't micro run this place. They'd, like, never leave your toothbrush around people you don't know or. Yeah, something weird like that. Psych. Who runs this place?

[Rich Davis]

My point.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

My point is simple. It might sound immature, but when one of us are sick, you or our video guy spots the first. Oh, don't breathe on me.

[Iowa Sam]

Go away. Oh. I mean, Covid changed the game.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, well, I'm saying I hate to.

[Iowa Sam]

Bring up that dirty word that ruined four years of our life.

[Rich Davis]

I think that if regular people are eye rolling about, like, stay away. Don't come to work. If you're feeling sick and you have a game seven in 48 hours, you don't think it's a wild thought to be like, maybe I'll breathe a little extra on SGA. If I have a 24, 48 hour little thing going on, maybe I'll give it to them.

[Iowa Sam]

If I was a betting man, and I'm not really, I'm just more of a cheapskate, I like the action. I would say no one had this conversation at all. That's my guess.

[Rich Davis]

Because I think of these.

[Iowa Sam]

Would I put it past people in history and in the past and has it been done before as your favorite group, the Bare Naked lady said, rich, it's all been done. I'm sure it has been done before.

[Rich Davis]

It's all been done and I'm sure.

[Iowa Sam]

It'S been done in real life. Like sabotage. You think, you think these guys are above sabotage?

[Rich Davis]

I mean, people are trying to listen.

[Iowa Sam]

All of y' all. It's a sabotage.

[Rich Davis]

People are in the middle of a, you know, a pile on in the NFL and they're, you know, grabbing junk and punching guys and, you know, pulling hair.

[Iowa Sam]

I doubt this happened. But the thought is not as outrageous and goofy as you think. Okay? I bet it's happened before because people are looking for that edge like you described and sabotage and want to take people down. And it might be someone at the office, might be someone at the warehouse, might be someone at the oil patch, wherever you are, and you're trying to get ahead of that guy, the sales dude. You might have done something sneaky and creepy actually to bring him down. And when you're this competitive, I don't think it's impossible. Rich dude, isn't it probable that it happened?

[Rich Davis]

Isn't it the plotline of every dumb comedy? Like, the bad guy tries to get in the way of the good guy, like, oh, he's stuck in traffic, or oh, don't let him get to the conference. I'm just saying it's not wild.

[Iowa Sam]

Drink.

[Rich Davis]

There's not something crazy. It's not a wild thought. But hey, last night, do you think.

[Iowa Sam]

That anybody to piggyback your dumb thought here, do you think anybody on the flip side is like, I wish he wasn't playing because their health is a concern, or we passed that kind of like the Jordan flu game. No one was really like, jordan, stay away.

[Rich Davis]

I'm just saying yesterday was a biggie. We talked about it. I'm never the guy that's like, told you so. But OKC was favored by six yesterday. And I remember saying, like, not so fast. This game's in Denver. I know okc yesterday in Vegas, they were still the odds on favorite to win. The NBA title. I don't know what that looks like today. I know the Knicks and the T Wolves are. We're both plus 600, but yesterday they had OKC at minus 1 40. I think when you go to a game seven, those odds have been adjusted. But forget that series. Let's go to New York City tonight.

[Iowa Sam]

By the way, you know who I wouldn't put this past, by the way, to wrap up your previous thought? Rudy Gobert, because I think he's out to get everybody with his germs.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

He is the guy that spread Covid, if you remember.

[Rich Davis]

That's true. Hey, Bri, I was. Sam, am I crazy? I mean, you could. You could look me in the eyes and say it's a dumb thought, but you don't think players are trying to get the edge.

[Iowa Sam]

It is, but it's not impossible.

[Brie]

Seems like too much biomedical, like, the timing of it, you know, it's not going to play out the way you want. Probably you're like, I'm going to cough on this guy in game one and my game three, he'll be ill and he'll be missing the game.

[Rich Davis]

You've heard times where it's like, yeah, the clubhouse, like, half the team's, you know, not feeling well. You've heard that in sports, like, something goes through the locker room or clubhouse.

[Iowa Sam]

I heard that Brie wanted to produce our show for Dan Patrick on this main stage show. She's the one that got Danny G. Sick today on purpose. And it started, like two days ago. Yeah, she set him up for it. It's not impossible. It's improbable. So funny thought, though, because people are willing to take all sorts of risks for that edge. No doubt.

[Rich Davis]

All right, so let's go to tonight, Madison Square Garden. The Knicks cannot, under any circumstances, let this series go back to Boston for a game seven.

[Iowa Sam]

I'm with you.

[Rich Davis]

I can only compare it to. You know, I'm a Mets fan from New York, but I'm gonna go back to when I was a little boy, when I was my kid's age, when I was.

[Iowa Sam]

For the record, he's just a man boy right now.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, now I'm a man boy.

[Iowa Sam]

Now he's a grown man boy.

[Rich Davis]

My daughter often asked me, dad, when was the last time the Mets won the championship? And I reluctantly say, you know, your little brother who's five, six years old. When I was his age, that's when The Mets won. 1986. I was in kindergarten. I. But I do remember just from the highlights and Knowledge. The Mets were playing the Astros in the nlcs, and that was the year Mike Scott was untouchable.

[Iowa Sam]

This is the. Was Kevin Bass on that squad?

[Rich Davis]

He was on that squad. Do you remember there was speculation. Yo, is Mike Scott scuffing the ball like he's unhittable?

[Iowa Sam]

I do.

[Rich Davis]

The Mets were going to have to face him in game seven.

[Iowa Sam]

Was Jose Cruz on that squad?

[Rich Davis]

That was a big squad, man. That Astros team was good, but they were going to have to face Mike Scott in a game seven. So when they were in extra innings in game six, there was a pressure of like, yo, you got to win now, Mets, because if you face Mike Scott in game seven, I don't know if you could beat him. And I feel that way tonight. About the New York Knicks, if you want to talk New York Sports, my.

[Iowa Sam]

Buddy'S already reaching out to me. Got a few east coast friends out here in la and I dude, what are we doing for the game tonight? I'm like, well, I'm waking up, really, for Dan Patrick, so I might be taking a nap later. But, yeah, we got to get together, got to do something. So much on the line. Might be the biggest night in a long time for New York Sports with the Yankees, Mets going on tonight, and of course, the Knicks. But, Rich, I think what brings the Celtics closer together, why they're so scary is because they don't. They don't have Jayson Tatum. And I feel that forces everybody to step up and play harder, and they have a chip on their shoulder as a result. I'll give you a work analogy. Let's say it's the Covino and Rich show. We've been doing this forever. Covino and Rich here on Fox Sports Radio. Four plus years, right? But we've been working together. If Rich out of nowhere is like Cavino, I can't make it. It's not that there's extra pressure on me, but I know deep down, subconsciously, well, if Rich isn't here now, I really got to bring it.

[Rich Davis]

You're making up. Are you making up for something lost?

[Iowa Sam]

I'm trying to overcompensate because Rich isn't here. So you know what I'm doing extra effort, man. I'm really gonna bring it today. You know, I'm also subconsciously gonna say I'm gonna show everybody I don't need this guy.

[Rich Davis]

What?

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah, I mean, subconsciously, bro, I don't. Yeah, yeah. I'm not like, walking around telling everybody, but I don't need this guy. And I want Everybody to know. Oh, man, I'm full of great energy.

[Rich Davis]

And look how the Celtics are doing.

[Iowa Sam]

Whoa, vino show. I mean, but Rich will be back tomorrow. But seriously, subconsciously, all these things are going on, and you're putting extra effort into that to show that the whole team and the whole process doesn't revolve around one guy. And I think they band together just to prove that. Like, yo, it's not just the Jason Tatum show. We're great. We're great with him, but we're great without him, too. We're going to show that. That's why you don't want to take any chances. That's why the Knicks have to stomp on them tonight. Because you're right. Then it does get scary.

[Rich Davis]

Well, to quote your hero as a child, MC Hammer gaining momentum. You don't want anyone.

[Iowa Sam]

He also said, look at my eyes, man. You can't touch this.

[Rich Davis]

I think if you go back to Boston, you're toast. I just can't see how. Right. With the. With the Tatum stuff going back to Boston. You got to finish this tonight. Which is why I think it's the most important home game and the most important event at Madison Square Garden.

[Iowa Sam]

But trust me, there's another theory here.

[Rich Davis]

In the 21st century.

[Iowa Sam]

I hate agreeing with you.

[Rich Davis]

What's the other answer gonna be? Billy Joel's show. I'm a big Billy Joel fan. What, the circus? Ringling Brothers? When it comes to town.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, yeah. When Gunther Gable Williams was taming tigers and lions. That was huge.

[Rich Davis]

In the 70s, there's no big fights at the Garden like there were when our parents were younger. The Rangers haven't won a Stanley cup since 1994. And before that, remember 1940? So we're talking tonight.

[Iowa Sam]

We're reminded why it's the world's most famous arena. No diggity. No doubt. The last big event there was the Dice man selling out.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, maybe like a Big east tournament. UConn or Q back in the day did something, but I'm talking about the Mecca. Madison Square Garden. Is tonight the biggest game?

[Iowa Sam]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Since the year 2000.

[Iowa Sam]

Can you hit that high note since the year 2000. He did that so early.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you, Sam.

[Iowa Sam]

Thank you. Bringing that Conan energy. Iowa. Sam, on the ones and twos again. Breeze on the phones. 87799 on Fox. Don't be scared. Hit us up and let's chop it up, especially when we're giving away prizes. But, Rich, there's another theory as to why you don't want to go Back to Boston. And let's not forget the New York Boston rivalry. As a city, forget about the team, just as a city is so big and so fun. I call it the do for Johnny Theory. Although the team wants to step up minus Tatum, they also want to, like, rally around this. Something to rally around is scary. And I call it the dual for Johnny Theory from the movie the Outsiders. You know, they were rumbling they were ready to win. And when they're doing it for someone else, I think that's when people play big. And I know that sounds corny, but people get together like, nah, man, we got you. They're telling Tatum, we got you. We're going to do it for Jason, do it for Johnny. When you throw more factors into the mix like that, you really see people step up in different ways. It's also to tie it to sports. The Brett Favre theory, where he had his biggest game on his toughest night because he was doing it for his dad who passed away. Now, I'm not saying, you know, Tatum's never coming back, but it's reason to play for reason to rally around. I don't think you want to let another team who has all this going for them, this bonding moment, you don't want to let them gain momentum.

[Rich Davis]

Like you said, that name, you said Brett Favre.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Use it a couple more times. Because in four days, far, far, far, far, in four days, the world is going to hate him.

[Iowa Sam]

Why?

[Rich Davis]

That documentary.

[Iowa Sam]

I mean, a lot of people hate him already.

[Rich Davis]

No, but I'm saying I think everyone's going to hate him in four days.

[Iowa Sam]

There's a documentary coming out on Netflix, four days.

[Rich Davis]

It points out everything that makes this guy awful. You bring up people rallying around people. I think you don't want to admit it. As a Yankees fan, it's going to be tough for you guys to win the World Series this year without Gert Cole. However, if you go back a couple of years, in 2021, the Atlanta Braves won the World Series despite Ronald Acuna Jr. Being hurt at a pivotal point and missing the season.

[Iowa Sam]

So times losing a key player actually makes the team better. That sounds crazy and ridiculous, but losing Juan Soto, for example, really did make the Yankees lineup better. Forced them to make other moves. Other players had to step up. You're a more well rounded team as opposed to relying on one player or expecting one player to bring it. So if the Celtics are able to rally around this, yeah, they're a dangerous squad still, and you're seeing it. So it puts that much Pressure on what the Knicks have to do, which is win at home. And it brings again the question up. Is this the biggest night at the garden in the 21st century?

[Rich Davis]

That's really the year 2000. Because when you think about what Dane Cook selling out the Garden, Sebastian Maniscalco.

[Iowa Sam]

Hey, I sold out 10 times. Why would you do that? I think he sold 10 nights out.

[Rich Davis]

I'm telling you.

[Iowa Sam]

Didn't he play like 10 shows?

[Rich Davis]

Since the year 2000, Conan O' Brien style, there hasn't been, there hasn't been an event of this magnitude at the Garden because everything you think of, whether it was a big fight night, all those, all those.

[Iowa Sam]

I remember the last time was electric. Sports related.

[Rich Davis]

Linsanity.

[Iowa Sam]

Linsanity. Yeah, because we lived it. Rich and I, we live in la. We're live from the barrios of the west side right now, but we're live from the mean street of la.

[Rich Davis]

We're in the valley of Sherman Oaks. Nothing mean about Sherman Oaks, everybody.

[Iowa Sam]

So we live in LA now, but we're from the east coast. And not even just the garden, just the city itself was electric. Boogie, yuggy oogie. When linsanity was going on, that's how real it was. Like it really was a huge moment. May have been a passing fleeting two weeks for you. You're like, yeah, I remember that. I mean those documentaries you've seen about linsanity was real and the garden was rocking the way it should be when that happened. That was insane.

[Rich Davis]

I hate to say it.

[Iowa Sam]

I'm sorry, Lynn Sane.

[Rich Davis]

I hate to say it because you know, we are New Yorkers originally. You know, we're original New Yorkers.

[Iowa Sam]

I mean, I'm from race to be technical. I'm a Joyce boy. I'm a New Yorker drinking my coffee. Oh, but here you grow up. New York's your backyard, your playground and where we worked.

[Rich Davis]

See, you're a Jersey guy. I'm actually a New Yorker and I look at it and say other than a stand up comedy special and linsanity, maybe the debut of Carmelo Anthony because he was like a hometown guy and people loved him.

[Iowa Sam]

I hate agreeing with this guy, but Rich is right. He didn't really win with the Knicks the way they wanted him to or we expected. But we were there for his debut and it was electric. We were there. It was one of the few times we went to a big game like that. And I remember everybody was super pumped about it.

[Rich Davis]

So the nosebleeds tonight seat geek, stubhub, all your sites, 8 hundo for like a, you know, a high up. But then again, it's a garden. It's not that big. But 800 bucks for what you would call the nosebleed. So, yeah, that's it.

[Steve Covino]

Ticket.

[Rich Davis]

That's a ticket.

[Iowa Sam]

I don't know. 800 for a nosebleed?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

I mean, you gotta, like, run that one by the wifey maybe.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, that's it.

[Iowa Sam]

Ticket, maybe.

[Rich Davis]

Honey, I'm gonna be sitting after you.

[Iowa Sam]

Buy it, of course.

[Rich Davis]

I'm sitting behind the Billy Joel sign in the rafters. 800, your thoughts. Is tonight the biggest event at the garden in the 21st century?

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah. Try to think of something bigger than that, because again, tonight is going to be electric. It's going to be what New York's supposed to be, the world's most famous arena. You have to factor in the fans tonight, the intimidation factor. It's going to be loud. Home court advantage will be in effect. At least you hope. Stars will be out.

[Rich Davis]

When you say intimidating fans, are you talking about the a mean mug from Ben Stiller?

[Iowa Sam]

I'm talking Timothy Chalamet mean mugging the Celtics tonight with his work boots on. So, yeah, the stars will be out. You'll be watching. And if anything, I'd love to hear from you. But if anything, if you don't have a horse in the race, we gave you reason to watch tonight.

[Rich Davis]

You know what? Tim in Vermont, we'll start with him. Tim. Biggest event. Biggest event at the Garden.

[Iowa Sam]

I don't know about the biggest event being this because you guys forget about the concert for 911 in the 21st century, you Communists.

[Rich Davis]

You know, I remember I worked at. I worked at Z100 in New York at that time. And they had jingle ball three months after 9 11, and they had FDNY and NYPD walking around the Garden and.

[Iowa Sam]

You mean you were there and you forgot? You ashamed?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but that was just more sentimental. I was there.

[Iowa Sam]

Rich introduced the Backstreet Boys.

[Rich Davis]

Wow. It's possible. Ladies and gentlemen, let's make some noise for Backstreet.

[Iowa Sam]

Two boys from the Backstreet.

[Rich Davis]

Do you remember that song I was saying? I don't know how quick you're on the punch, but do you remember that song Superman by five for fighting?

[Brie]

Of course.

[Rich Davis]

By the way, five for fighting got his name. That's the penalty in hockey. Five minutes for fighting. That song played at Madison Square Garden while FDNY and NYPD walked around with candles.

[Brie]

I was wondering where that voice was coming from.

[Iowa Sam]

I forgot.

[Brie]

Spot single new part of the studio now. He's out of sight. I'm like, where's that disembodied voice coming from?

[Iowa Sam]

Don't play the song. Let's Spot singing.

[Rich Davis]

Spot, you remember that though.

[Iowa Sam]

Men weren't meant to fly. Don't I know. We have this library of music with the cloud beneath their feet. Thank you, Spot.

[Rich Davis]

I'm all that I'm.

[Iowa Sam]

God. I know it's a sentimental moment, but that song is Misery.

[Rich Davis]

But that was a sentimental moment. But biggest moment tonight, Madison Square Garden. Sports related.

[Brie]

Absolutely.

[Rich Davis]

Let's go. All right, listen. We got more Covino and Rich coming up for the great Dan Patrick. Now there's a hot story. This is what did they say back in the day? Hot off the presses. There's a Caleb Williams Chicago Bear story that I feel like was so unnecessary. Like, why say anything? Caleb and your dad.

[Iowa Sam]

But, oh, when you said hot, I thought we were talking Sam Hartman next. But we'll get to him later.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, there's a lot to get to. Okay, CNR in for DP right here on Fox Sports Radio. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation.

[Steve Covino]

Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app, search FSR to listen live.

[Iowa Sam]

Hey, it's Steve Covino.

[Rich Davis]

And I'm Rich Davis, and together we're.

[Iowa Sam]

Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich Davis]

You can catch us weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific, on Fox Sports Radio. And, of course, the iHeartRadio app.

[Iowa Sam]

Why should you listen to Covino and Rich?

[Rich Davis]

We talk about everything. Life, sports, relationships, what's going on in the world.

[Iowa Sam]

We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture, stories that, well, other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss.

[Rich Davis]

And the fact that we've been friends for the last 20 years and still work together, I mean, that says something, right?

[Iowa Sam]

So check us out. We like to get you involved, too. Take your phone calls, chop it up, as they say.

[Rich Davis]

I'd say the most interactive show on Fox Sports Radio, maybe the most interactive show on planet Earth.

[Iowa Sam]

Be sure to check out Covino and Rich live on Fox Sports radio and the iHeartradio app from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific.

[Rich Davis]

And if you miss any of the live show, just search Covino and Rich wherever you get your podcast. And of course, on social media, that's Covino and Rich.

[Steve Covino]

This podcast is sponsored by talkspace. May is mental health awareness month, and Talkspace the leading virtual therapy provider is telling everyone let's face it in therapy, by talking or texting with a supportive licensed therapist at Talkspace, you can face whatever is holding you back, whether it's mental health symptoms, relationship drama, past trauma, bad habits or another challenge that you need support to work through. It's easy to sign up. Just go to talkspace.com and you'll be paired with a provider, typically within 48 hours. And because you'll meet your therapist online, you don't have to take time off work or arrange childcare. You'll meet on your schedule. Plus, Talkspace is in network with most major insurers and most Insured members have a $0 copay. Make your mental health a priority and start today. If you're not covered by insurance, get $80 off your first month with Talkspace when you go to talkspace.com and enter promo code SPACE80. That's S P A CE80 to match with a licensed therapist today, go to talkspace.com and Enter promo code SPACE80.

[Unknown Host]

Made for this Mountain is a podcast that exists to empower listeners to rise above their struggles, break free from the chains of trauma and silence the negative voices that have kept them small. Through raw conversations, real stories, and actionable guidance, you can learn to face the mountain that is in front of you.

You will never be able to change or grow through the thing that you refuse to identify. The thing that you refuse to say, hey, this is my mountain. This is the struggle. This is the thing that's in front of me. You can't make that mountain move without actually diving into that.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to conquer the things that once felt impossible and step boldly into the best version of yourself, to awaken the unstoppable strength that's inside of us all. So tune into the podcast, focus on your emotional well being and climb your personal mountain.

Because it's impossible for you to be the most authentic you. It's impossible for you to love you fully if all you're doing is living to please people. Your mountain is that.

Listen to Made for this mountain on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

A lot of times the big economic forces we hear about on the news show up in our lives in small ways. Three or four days a week. I would buy two cups of banana pudding, but the price has gone up so now I only buy one.

[Max Chafkin]

The Demand Curve in Action. And that's just one of the things we'll be covering on Everybody's business from Bloomberg Business Week. I'm Max Chavkin.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

And I'm Stacey Vanek Smith. Every Friday we will be diving into the biggest stories in business, taking a look at what's going on, why it matters, and how it shows up in our everyday lives.

[Max Chafkin]

But guests like BusinessWeek editor Brad Stone, sports reporter Randall Williams, and consumer spending expert Amanda Mull. We'll take you inside the boardrooms, the back rooms, even the signal chats that make our economy tick.

[Iowa Sam]

Hey, I want to learn about vechain, I want to buy some blockchain or whatever it is that they're doing.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

So listen to everybody's business on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan Flores]

The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck, this podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best selling author and meat eater founder Stephen Rinella.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, correct my kids now and then where they'll say when cave people were here And I'll say it seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.

[Dan Flores]

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Rich Davis]

Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Clayton English]

I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lod and this is season two of the War on Drugs podcast. Sir, we are back in a big way.

[Rich Davis]

In a very big way. Real people, real perspectives.

[Clayton English]

This is kind of star studded a little bit, man. We got Ricky Williams, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner.

[Iowa Sam]

It's just the compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves. Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne For.

[Rich Davis]

Brothers Osborne, we have this misunderstanding of what this quote unquote drug fan Benny.

[Iowa Sam]

The Butcher, Brent Smith from Shinedown got be real from Cypress Hill, NHL enforcer.

[Clayton English]

Riley Cote, Marine Corps vet, MMA fighter Liz Caramouche.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

What we're doing now isn't working and.

[Rich Davis]

We need to change things. Stories matter and it brings a face to them.

[Clayton English]

It makes it real.

[Rich Davis]

It really does. It makes it real.

[Clayton English]

Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast. Season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear episodes one week early and ad free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Rich Davis]

There it is.

[Iowa Sam]

Tonight's the biggest night at the Garden since Rich was body surfing at the Barenaked Ladies show. Who was it? Bare Naked Ladies and the Proclaimers. Rich's favorite bands. Anyway, Covino and Rich. I'm joking. Actually, I wish I was joking, but I'm not.

[Rich Davis]

Here, come on.

[Iowa Sam]

Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Again, Covino and Rich. Perhaps you heard of us. We're on Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 on the east, 2 to 4 on the west. We have a bonus podcast. You could watch it called Over Promised on fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. It's all the stuff we don't have time for. Fun interviews Over Promise. Check it out. And we got a huge party that you're invited to. Everybody listening to the Dan Patrick show, everybody who's into Fox Sports Radio, anybody who's ever liked us, ever or just wants to have a good time, we'll be in Vegas doing it live, having fun, debauchery. Rich.

[Rich Davis]

Can't wait.

[Iowa Sam]

Things we shouldn't speak of. Can't wait in Vegas. June 20th, 21st and 22nd.

[Rich Davis]

Can't wait.

[Iowa Sam]

You're invited.

[Rich Davis]

Big party. All the details at Covino and Rich as we put this event together. It's going to be a lot of fun.

[Iowa Sam]

For now, just book the flight.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, and if you're new to Kavino and Rich, hey, welcome. We appreciate it. And it's always an honor to fill in for the great Dan Patrick. And before we move on to Caleb Williams, it's a story that. Yo, it's one of those. Just like, why are you saying anything? Dude, there's a Bears Caleb Williams story. It involves his dad. We're going to talk some Dallas Cowboys and a little squabble with Fox. Fox Football. So that's in the news. Yankee sweat and Juan Soto. Lots to get to. But did you think about it? Was there any event at Madison Square Garden that could compete with the intensity of a Game six where if you don't win, you got to go to Boston on Monday? Like, is anything compared to this? No. In the 21st century?

[Iowa Sam]

No. No. It's been that dead for so long. I mean, again, we worked there. We would look at it all the time. We even did a TV show right in that area. We'd interview people outside of the Garden all the time. World's Most famous arena. And I remember thinking, like, yeah, that's the Mecca. That's the Mecca of sports.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

I mean, and nothing's been going on here for. For years. It's not that the Knicks didn't have fun teams and exciting, dynamic players, because they did, but now they actually have a shot. And they're playing the Celtics tonight at home. They gotta win. Yeah. Tonight is one of the biggest nights, not only at the Garden in years, but in New York sports with the. The Yankees and Mets, two powerhouse teams, going at it. But to answer your question, Rich, I think tonight's the biggest night at the Garden in a long time.

[Rich Davis]

Look, the last two times the Knicks made it this far, one of those two times, we were watching OJ In a car chase. That's how long it's been. And then the strike season, they got, you know, whooped by the spurs in a season where they probably shouldn't have been there anyway. So for New York Knicks fans and east coast basketball fans, you know how a lot of times you hate to say it, but baseball's a little better when the Yankees and Red Sox are good. Football is a little better when the Cowboys are competitive, because there's teams to love and hate. When basketball in New York is good, it brings another layer to the National Basketball Association.

[Iowa Sam]

No diggity. No diggity.

[Rich Davis]

And I think tonight you're going to see a lot of stars out. Tickets, like I said, 8 hundo for the nosebleeds.

[Iowa Sam]

Even the casual fan is going to watch and have a little, little case of the FOMO and say, man, I wish I was there. It looks fun tonight.

[Rich Davis]

So I asked.

[Iowa Sam]

Lots of fun. Yeah, it's the place you ought to be tonight. I don't know if I want to spend $800 for the weakest seat in the house, but it's definitely the place you want to be.

[Rich Davis]

Let me ask you there, Steve, and I'm going to start calling you Steve instead of Kavino, because the name Steve is back now because of Minecraft.

[Iowa Sam]

Steve's lava chicken. It's tasty as hell.

[Rich Davis]

It's not an old guy name anymore.

[Iowa Sam]

No, it's coming back. Steve. Yeah. Steve.

[Rich Davis]

Being that you and I, you and I are big Mets, Yankees fans. I'm a, I'm a Mets guy. You're a Yankees guy. I. I'm almost saying that the Met Yankees gets my phone and the Knicks game gets the tv.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, that's a whole other question.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, you don't need to think too hard about it. I mean, You're a diehard Yankees fan. You're the guy that watches 162 games.

[Iowa Sam]

I have a question for you though. With all the technological advances, right? What happened? Picture in picture, what happened to that like split screen option that your TV would offer? Like, can't you do that anymore?

[Rich Davis]

That's sort of like with all the.

[Iowa Sam]

Apps, like, you've lost that integration.

[Rich Davis]

You know me, during NFL season, I got. I roll in. I. No joke, Bri. I would say you've been to my house. I roll in other TVs. Like, like I'm a sports bar and.

[Brie]

I have TVs on wheels.

[Rich Davis]

I have TVs on wheels.

[Brie]

Like you're the substitute teacher.

[Rich Davis]

Well, you know why? Because you go to like Walmart or target and a 50 inch TV, they're so cheap now. They're so cheap. It's like I bought 3.

[Iowa Sam]

When you have 100 inch screen TV.

[Rich Davis]

Why can't you split it?

[Iowa Sam]

You can't have a split screen for a big night like tonight, which is.

[Rich Davis]

Big TV screen of the week.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah. You have to have two TVs. We were doing that, you know, 20 years ago.

[Rich Davis]

Now we can't. I know what you're saying. For Sunday ticket, you could split it four ways. Two ways. But you're right, if you want to watch the Knicks game and the Yankees.

[Iowa Sam]

All the advancements in technology, we lost this somewhere. Because now you're right, I do have to resort to the. The. Believe it or not, I'm doing the Knicks on the phone, which I know is a bigger game and bigger stakes, but I'm such a Yankees fan and I want them to beat Rich's Mets so bad.

[Rich Davis]

You want to see every fiber of.

[Iowa Sam]

My being that I want to see as big as possible.

[Rich Davis]

He wants to see Juan Soto rip a line drive down the right field line for a home run in the first inning.

[Iowa Sam]

No, I want to see tv. I want to see these jabronis out tonight. These bacha galoops, these New York boneheads, these meatheads booing him in full stereo sound on the big screen.

[Rich Davis]

I actually have three TVs in my apartment.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

I have 155 and I have two.

[Rich Davis]

32 inches on the wall. So I have three. Wow. Brie.

[Iowa Sam]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

It's like a Brie bar.

[Iowa Sam]

You were rolling like that?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

They paying you here?

[Rich Davis]

We just said how cheap TVs are. They really are. Honestly, they're.

[Iowa Sam]

They're monitors nowadays. Yeah, they're just screens.

[Rich Davis]

I know. I think like a 55 inch TV is like 2 to $300. So you buy a couple of those, you wheel them out, put them to the left and the right of the big screen, and you do it that way. But Kavino's right. The problem is this.

[Iowa Sam]

The problem is you have three different.

[Rich Davis]

Apps going on precisely, buddy boy. Like, if I'm watching the Mets game tonight, MLB tv, if I'm watching the Knicks game, it's on Hulu for me. Hulu Live. So you're right, you can't do it that way.

[Brie]

It's still not customizable, if that's even a word. Enough on YouTube TV, where like I could watch a Indiana Fever game and like a. An NBA playoff game at the same time. You can like mix and match NHL with some NBA, but you can't get exactly what you want yet. If you're like a YouTube TV, you.

[Iowa Sam]

Got your sweet MLB package and all your other streaming services, but you lost your picture in picture.

[Rich Davis]

I was Sam. You ever have a dream that Caitlin Clark wants you?

[Brie]

No, I've not had that. I am wearing a Caitlin Clark shirt today.

[Rich Davis]

I know. Honestly, I wonder if I was Sam, like, has like, he wakes up in a hot sweat. He's like, oh, Caitlyn. Oh. Oh.

[Brie]

They are starting their season tomorrow, so I'll be tuning in for that.

[Rich Davis]

Is she, is she going to take that team next level this year or what?

[Brie]

I think so. They're definitely going to go up another level, but they're hosting the Chicago Chicago Sky. So you got Angel Reese coming to town. It's gonna be great.

[Iowa Sam]

Definitely. Watching her on his big screen.

[Brie]

Yeah, that sounded creepy.

[Rich Davis]

It's weird. He watches the game in a pair of Iowa tidy whities.

[Brie]

How would you know?

[Rich Davis]

So, hey, good luck tonight to the Knicks and Celtics fans. Yankees fans, not so much. Let's go Mets. Now there's a story in the NFL that I want to get to next. And this story is everything if you ask me.

[Iowa Sam]

Really?

[Rich Davis]

You know what it reminds me of? Bear with me a second. For all the sports I watch, I do love some good trash tv. Not Vanderpump housewife nonsense. I enjoy a good.

[Iowa Sam]

Is that one you're watching now? Smut Island.

[Rich Davis]

Stop it.

[Iowa Sam]

I like the ones that gotta watch Smut Island.

[Rich Davis]

I like the ones the smuttiest of all the trash TV that's too hot to handle. There's some of these reality shows. Now these 20 somethings are on islands and they're told like, you can't have sex. And they're like, no, but I've Got to. It's been 24 hours. You're on this island for three weeks, and you can make bugging out, like.

[Iowa Sam]

Five hours into it. It's been five hours since I've had sex.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know what I'm gonna do. Don't worry, Chad.

[Iowa Sam]

Hey, I'm Kyler. I like sex.

[Rich Davis]

I'm Jessica. I'm a boss bitch, and I love Kyler.

[Iowa Sam]

Five hours later is like. Is freaking out. Cause he needs some action.

[Rich Davis]

So I do love a good, trashy reality show. My wife and I, you know, the kids go to sleep. You pop one of those on for brainless tv. So. So I'm going to make an analogy here, okay? Kyler Murray. Not Kyler Murray. Why am I thinking of him?

[Iowa Sam]

Because I said Kyler from smut island.

[Rich Davis]

Why am I thinking Kyler Murray? He has nothing to do with this.

[Iowa Sam]

Hey, I'm Kyler. I love threesomes. Wait.

[Rich Davis]

And I'm on this island, and I can't have sex. Caleb Williams. I'm going to compare him to Love is Blind. And you're going to be like, how are you going to do this, you idiot? And I'll tell you how.

[Iowa Sam]

Well, if you're going to do it, do it in the form of Colin Cowherd, because he has the best analogy.

[Rich Davis]

Stars, stars, other stars. Stars, stars, stars. Colin Cowherd. Here. Kyler. Jesus. Caleb Williams is sort of like, Love is Blind on Love is Blind. They're in these stupid pods, and they try to fall in love without seeing each other. And without fail, every season, some guys like, Jessica, I think I love you. I don't know if I love you, Braxton. All right, fine. And then he'll, like, go in another pot and be like, I've always loved you, Tiffany. And then undeniably, that girl will find out, wait, I wasn't your first choice. And then there's dilemma of. Do you want to know the backstory? Do you want to know I wasn't your first choice?

[Iowa Sam]

Are any of us listening and hanging out here our significant other's first choice? Probably not.

[Rich Davis]

I'd like to think so.

[Iowa Sam]

I don't doubt it. It just ended up that way.

[Rich Davis]

I think that if you connect with someone, it's like, wow, I found you.

[Iowa Sam]

I mean, dude, you could pat yourself on the back like you're Barry Horowitz all day. You really think that their first choice. First choice. Millions and billions of people on this earth, Rich was the first choice?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

I mean, it's. I can't say it's Impossible. But I'm not gonna say.

[Rich Davis]

I think.

[Iowa Sam]

I think I was her first choice always.

[Rich Davis]

I think there's plenty of matches for everyone on planet Earth. But I'm just saying, do you want to know, like, Bri, if you were dating some dude and you found out, like, he was talking to you and some other girl and he was like, you know, vanessa, I love you. And she's like, I don't like you. And he's like. And then he goes, Then he goes, hey, Bri, you want a date? Like, do you want to know that?

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

I don't want to know because I.

[Rich Davis]

Feel like then you're just settling for me.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

I'm not like, second place.

[Iowa Sam]

We always say, yeah, don't be a pilgrim because you're not a settler.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

Do you have buckles on your shoes? Don't be a pilgrim.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

That is true.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah, don't be a settler. Don't settle. So, but here's what I think. I think, you know, we're everybody's choice, but it's not a guarantee that we were the first choice. So. Yeah. Did my girlfriend choose me yet? Yeah. Was I the first guy she chose? Probably not. I was just good enough. And, yeah, I choose this guy. He's okay.

[Rich Davis]

All right, well, with that thought, I'm going to get into the details next of this Caleb Williams story and his dad and what they thought about the Chicago Bears and the organization and everything before draft day a year ago. We'll get to that next right here on FOX Sports Radio. Your buds Kavino and Rich, filling in for the great Dan Patrick.

[Steve Covino]

Be sure to catch the live edition.

[Rich Davis]

Of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.

[Steve Covino]

This podcast is sponsored by Talkspace. May is mental health awareness Month, and Talkspace, the leading virtual therapy provider, is telling everyone, let's face it, in therapy, by talking or texting with a supportive licensed therapist at Talkspace, you can face whatever is holding you back, whether it's mental health symptoms, relationship drama, past trauma, bad habits, or another challenge that you need support to work through, it's easy to sign up. Just go to talkspace.com and you'll be paired with a provider, typically within 48 hours. And because you'll meet your therapist online, you don't have to take time off work or arrange childcare. You'll meet on your schedule. Plus, Talkspace is in network with most major insurers and most insured members have a zero dollar copay. Make your mental health a priority and start today. If you're not covered by insurance, get $80 off your first month with Talkspace when you go to talkspace.com and enter promo code SPACE80. That's S P A CE80 to match with a licensed therapist today, go to talkspace.com and Enter promo code SPACE80.

[Unknown Host]

Made for this Mountain is a podcast that exists to empower listeners to rise above their struggles, break free from the chains of trauma and silence the negative voices that have kept them small. Through raw conversations, real stories and actionable guidance, you can learn to face the mountain mountain that is in front of you.

You will never be able to change or grow through the thing that you refuse to identify, the thing that you refuse to say. Hey, this is my mountain. This is the struggle. This is the thing that's in front of me. You can't make that mountain move without actually diving into that.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to conquer the things that once felt impossible and step boldly into the best version of yourself, to awaken the unstoppable strength that's inside of us all. So tune into the Podcast podcast, focus on your emotional well being and climb your personal mountain.

Because it's impossible for you to be the most authentic you. It's impossible for you to love you fully if all you're doing is living to please people. Your mountain is that.

Listen to Made for this mountain on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

A lot of times, the big economic forces we hear about on the news show up in our lives in small ways. Three or four days a week, I would buy two cups of banana pudding, but the price has gone up, so now I only buy one.

[Max Chafkin]

The demand curve in action. And that's just one of the things we'll be covering on everybody's business. From Bloomberg Business Week, I'm Max Chavkin.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

And I'm Stacey Vanek Smith. Every Friday we will be diving into the biggest stories in business, taking a look at what's going on, why it matters, and how it shows up in our everyday lives.

[Max Chafkin]

Guests like BusinessWeek editor Brad Stone, sports reporter Randall Williams, and consumer spending expert Amanda Mull. We'll take you inside the boardrooms, the back rooms, even the signal chats that make our economy tick.

[Iowa Sam]

Hey, I want to learn about vechain. I want to buy some blockchain or whatever it is that they're doing.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

So listen to everybody's business on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you.

[Dan Flores]

Get your Podcasts the American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck, this podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best selling author and Meat eater founder Stephen Rinella.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, correct me kids now and then where they'll say when cave people were here. And I'll say it seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.

[Dan Flores]

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Rich Davis]

Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever, wherever you get your podcasts.

[Clayton English]

I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lodd and this is season two of the War on Drugs podcast. We are back in a big way.

[Rich Davis]

In a very big way. Real people, real perspectives.

[Clayton English]

This is kind of star studded a little bit, man. We got Ricky Williams, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner.

[Iowa Sam]

It's just the compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves. Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne from Brothers Osborne.

[Rich Davis]

We have have this misunderstanding of what this quote unquote drug thing is.

[Clayton English]

Benny the Butcher, Brent Smith from Shinedown Got be real from Cypress Hill, NHL enforcer Riley Cote, Marine Corps vet, MMA fighter Liz Caramouche.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

What we're doing now isn't working and.

[Rich Davis]

We need to change things. Stories matter and it brings a face to them.

[Clayton English]

It makes it real.

[Rich Davis]

It really does. It makes it real.

[Clayton English]

Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs Podcast Season 2 from the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear episodes one week early and ad free with exclusive content. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Iowa Sam]

Guten Morgen. Good day is CNR Covino and Rich again. Huge party next month, June 20th, 21st and 22nd in Vegas. This is your invite. Yep, details coming soon but book your tickets, want to see you there. Live broadcast and more in for the great Dan Patrick right now live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. And after the show the DP podcast goes up. So if you miss any of our show, be sure to listen to the podcast. Just search Covino and Rich wherever you get your podcasts. And on Saturday Morning. Danny G. Has our best of the week drop. And so follow rate and review the podcast search Covino and Rich wherever you stream. We appreciate it. And speaking of producing, Bri is on the phones. 87799 on Fox. She's a delight. It's great to have her. Hi, Bri. Iowa. Sam spots on the videos, Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. And again, we're Cavino and Rich.

[Rich Davis]

You know, when you go on a date and you know, a lot of times if you're treating a woman, you don't, she doesn't want to order the most expensive thing because she's trying to be nice, man.

[Iowa Sam]

You date those nice girls, huh? Good for you, man.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, that's right. You went on a date once with that when you were first single.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

After you're divorced, that one girl was ordering the highest end alcohol, all top shelf stuff.

[Iowa Sam]

It's like she swindled me. My bill is like $600 on like top shelf drinks. That was just drinks before dinner.

[Rich Davis]

Brie is the opposite because this morning I said, coffee on me. And she goes, I'll have a tall. Who orders a tall at Starbucks? That was like. That was like the.

[Iowa Sam]

I was impressed she said tall because I always say small. Anyway.

[Rich Davis]

You're the guy that won't say it. Huh?

[Iowa Sam]

I won't do it. I said, I really won't. It's not a natural because I'm still confused a little bit.

[Rich Davis]

You're the medium. Do you mean grande, sir? Nope, medium.

[Iowa Sam]

I'm good.

[Rich Davis]

He's that guy Steve Cavino. All right. Hey, a lot to get to today. Filling it for Dan Patrick. But back to this Chicago Bear story. Nothing's hotter.

[Iowa Sam]

This is the Seth Wickerham story. Is that what this is?

[Rich Davis]

Yep.

[Iowa Sam]

It's about Caleb Williams and his dad, Wickers. I say wicker ham. Wicker sham. Okay.

[Brie]

I just want to make sure you're joking.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Why don't you go wicker ham. Bam.

[Iowa Sam]

Wicker wicker hammer, lamb and ding dong wicker sham. So Caleb Williams and his dad, it's about. Do you really want to know the backstory to anything?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

Like, yeah. The reason, you know, the reason Covino and Rich are filling in for Dan Patrick is because, well, someone else didn't want to be here. Oh, that doesn't make me feel good. Right. You want to believe that you were the first choice.

[Rich Davis]

Of course. You want to think that you're loved in a relationship. You don't want to find out that, you know, you're your wife. Was in love with some dude, and he's like, I don't want to marry you. And she's like, all right, I guess I'll date you. Like, that's. Not that. You don't want to know that.

[Iowa Sam]

You don't want to know that, but it's okay to assume that. Sometimes that's just life. It doesn't take away from where you're at right now. Maybe things worked out if you're the star, but. It's an old saying, Rich, that we've had for years. For me, I've always lived by it, and I find it to be true.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, wait. It's not cheating if you keep your socks on.

[Iowa Sam]

Not that.

[Rich Davis]

What other sayings does Kavina live by? If there's no ring on your finger, your junk could linger.

[Iowa Sam]

That's a good one. But no, no.

[Rich Davis]

What is the other?

[Iowa Sam]

Less history, more mystery. Now, I'm not saying you turn a blind eye to the career criminal you're in bed with, Right? You know, this person used to be lady of the night. I'm not saying that.

[Rich Davis]

Lady of the night?

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah, she's a big time floozy, so you shouldn't care. I think your past does matter, but, like, their dating history and. And who they were with and. And everything that led you to this point, I don't think all of it's important. I don't think you need to know everything.

[Rich Davis]

Well, think of it. If you're a big Hollywood star and you make it because you're the star of a big movie, do you want to know that? The casting process. Pick someone else. And they were like, yeah, it's not gonna work out. So they went with you. How many times does that happen? Like, someone gets their breakout role. We wanted Tom Cruise, but he didn't do it, so we gave it to you. And there's a story out of Chicago. You said that Wickersham article where Caleb Williams dad, Carl. Carl Williams, said, Chicago is the place quarterbacks go to die. Caleb Williams had wondered to confidants, do I want to go there? I don't think I could do it. In fact, at one point, he said, I don't want to blow up that city, but I might go to the ufl. I want to play somewhere else. Chicago, where people go to die in the NFL. And, you know, is it okay now because he's there and he's turning the franchise around, or should he not have said this? We're going to go over more quotes from that story, plus, we're giving away prizes no diggity, no doubt. Hey, Friday, CNR in for the great Dan Patrick right here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Iowa Sam]

Let's go, buddy.

[Steve Covino]

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[Stacey Vanek Smith]

A lot of times, big economic forces show up in our lives in small ways. Four days a week, I would buy two cups of banana pudding, but the price has gone up, so now I only buy one.

[Max Chafkin]

Small but important ways from tech billionaires to the bond market to yeah, banana pudding. If it's happening in business, our new podcast is on it. I'm Max Chafton.

[Stacey Vanek Smith]

And I'm Stacey Vanek Smith. So listen to everybody's business on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Unknown Host]

The Made for this Mountain podcast exists to empower listeners to rise above their inner struggles and face the mountain in front of them. So during Mental Health Awareness Month, tune into the podcast, focus on your emotional well being and then climb that mountain.

You will never be able to change or grow through the thing that you refuse to identify. The thing that you refuse to say. Hey, this is my mountain. This is the struggle.

Listen to Made for this mountain on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Rich Davis]

I think it's a sign of great mental health to acknowledge the dark wolf inside you.

[Steve Covino]

It's Mental Health Awareness Month and on a recent episode of the World, Josh Radner from How I Met yout Mother joins us to talk about fame, self acceptance, aging, and finding peace in discomfort.

[Rich Davis]

That is the mercy of time. That time it is a healer.

[Steve Covino]

To hear this and more on healing.

[Rich Davis]

Identity, and the wisdom of slowing down.

[Steve Covino]

Open your free iHeartRadio app. Search 1. You feed and listen now.

[Dan Flores]

Why is a soap opera Western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Rich Davis]

Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to an iHeart podcast.