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Sam J.
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Ari Chambers
What's up fam? It's sports journalist Ari Chambers.
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Sam J.
Hey, what's up y'?
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Unidentified Female Speaker
All?
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Sam J.
It's your girl, Sam J.
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Ari Chambers
And we're the hosts of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast from 2gether.
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Sam J.
We're breaking down the biggest headlines, the viral moments and the stories everyone's talking about across women's sports.
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Ari Chambers
From game changing performances to culture shifting conversations. We'll give you our takes, our debates and a few laughs along the way
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Sam J.
because everyone watches women's sports. Listen to Everyone watches women's sports on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or where wherever you get your podcast.
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Dan Patrick
150 years ago, they were hunting us down to kill us. And now they're hunting down immigrants to deport them.
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Rebecca Nagle
This is First America, the true story of how the United States came to be and how we got to this present moment. Listen to First America on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Dan Patrick
Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. This season on my podcast, here's the thing. I talked to composer Marc Shaiman. It's about the hang. It's the pleasure of hanging out with the people that you're with. You know, Rob and I was always a great hang. And director Morgan Neville. Film school teaches you all the wrong things about making documentary. What do you want to say? Documentary is all about your ear. What do you hear? I feel like my job is listening really, really hard. Listen to here's the thing on the IH Heart radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. We say good morning if you're watching on Peacock. Thank you for downloading the app. And we say good morning to our radio affiliates around the country. Over 400 at last count. All right, World cup coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday. France, France and Spain. Tuesday, England and Argentina on Wednesday. And it's 3pm start and you might wonder why at 3 o' clock well, this is for the world because 3 o', clock our time, 8 o', clock, 9 o', clock, around the world for the most part. So you want to make sure that you're going to be able to capture the European market there with France in England, Spain and Argentina as well. But the time difference, you know, you can be in prime time and we seem to be okay. The numbers are pretty amazing of 3 o'. Clock. Start here in the United States. All right, we'll come up with a poll question. Play of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day is always brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. First hour, brought to you by Dude Wipes Extra Large Wet Built. To close out the game properly, you can send a free 10 pack to a TP user that you know at dudewipes.com/round card. Alrighty, a couple other things. Let me clean up something that happened in Tahoe. We talked to the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, Mike McDonald, and we had not had him on. But later I found out that he was a big fan of the show and said even when he left, hey, you ever want me on during a bye week, love to come on and talk a little bit more. We really enjoyed the conversation with Mike. Now, I kind of threw out a random question on getting help from somebody with a conflict of interest for the Super Bowl. And here is my question so you will understand it in the context of which I delivered it. Who did you seek advice from going into the super bowl that might surprise me. Well, I went out surprised. I called John Harbaugh and I talked. He was great. Probably can't mention one guy that really. That really helped us out that had some conflict of interest. Can we guess? Sure. I don't know if I'm gonna tell you, but go ahead. Bill Belichick. I'm not that cool. Oh, no, no, he wouldn't. You wouldn't have a phone call? I've had a beer with Coach Belichick.
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Unidentified Historian
And that was.
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Dan Patrick
That was a pretty cool. That was a pretty cool day. Who else would we guess? Kyle Shanahan.
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Todd
No.
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Dan Patrick
Okay. Now, he did not say who it was on the show. Once he got up, we took some pictures, I said goodbye, and I said, oh, by the way, can you tell me. And he did tell me. And it's not Tom Brady. There was a lot of speculation. Diana Rossini involved in this. If it's not Diana Rossini, the Boston media took off on this and just assumed that it was Tom Brady. Now, if you go back to super bowl week, remember, Tom said he didn't have a dog in the fight, and that bothered Patriots fans. And maybe that's why people jumped to the, well, he didn't have a dog in the fight. Maybe he didn't want New England to win because it would do something to his legacy, whatever your reasoning was. But coach did tell me who it was, and I will keep that private. But I think it got out of hand with Tom Brady. I can tell you it was not Tom Brady. And did the name surprise me of who he told me? Not necessarily. But once again, Mike is the one who has that answer if he chooses to give that up. But he did tell me as he, you know, left our stage. And I will keep that private. I just wanted to make sure because it felt like everybody was piling on Tom Brady. And I'm not here to defend Tom Brady in any way other than I'm giving you the facts of what happened. And I. I wanted to make sure that that didn't become all. All of a sudden, it becomes the truth because everybody keeps repeating it. Tom was not the person that Mike McDonald, you know, had any kind of conversation with from what he told me. There was one person, and I'll leave it at that.
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Buddha
All right.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah.
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Paulie
Paulie, like you said, this dominated Boston sports media. And I think it almost became a fact on Friday with Boston sports media going back to the super bowl when Brady said he didn't have a dog in the fight. They kind of put these two together. And I think a lot of people in Boston and Patriots fans are going to believe it's Brady no matter what is said.
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Dan Patrick
Well, all I can tell you is that, you know, the way we went about this, I did ask the question. He's the one that brought up that they're, you know, somebody with a conflict of interest. I did think that it was Belichick, and he reiterated that when we were done, you know, he said, no, it wasn't Bill, but I've had a couple of beers with Bill. But he was not the person with the conflict of interest, and neither was Tom Brady. And then people kind of ran with the Diana Rossini, and I'm like, no, no, not Diana Rossini. I didn't see that one coming. But, you know, then all of a sudden, people go, well, maybe she didn't want Mike Brable to win. And I'm like, I. I don't know anything about that other than that's not the name that Mike McDonald told me. Alrighty, Dylan. What's full question today?
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Dylan
Well, Dan Paulie sent this one over. In the World Cup Final Four, which we're down to now, who are you rooting for? Argentina, England, France or Spain? All the. All the big dogs.
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Dan Patrick
Well, I picked England when it started, so I'll stay with England because they've got Harry Kane. I wish Erling Holland was still. Still in there. Because when you're watching and you're not necessarily a fan, you're kind of on the periphery. You want to know what you're watching, who you're watching, because sometimes it can be a little bit challenging where you go, I don't know who's good or who should I be watching? Mbappe, you're going to be watching Messi, you're going to be watching Harry Kane, you're going to watch Jude Bellingham, you're going to be what? So you have some names and really, that's. Go back to March Madness. You kind of want to know who's special in the tournament, which team. Well, this is the final. These are the Blue Bloods. Now, you don't have Italy in there, but these are the Blue Bloods. This would be like, you know, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Bend. Throw in one more team, that's what you have here. It's the Blue Bloods for the Final Four. Also, I was told by a source over the weekend, get ready for expansion to the World Cup. We just expanded to 48. Well, now everybody realizes, man, the storylines like Cape Verd, we would not have that in previous World Cups. So now you have these opportunities from smaller countries, fun stories, they can get in like a 16 seed or it's the play in tournament in March Madness. Everybody kind of looking at this just like football is and going well. Why don't we expand? Football is going to expand. March Madness is expanding and the World cup will expand as well. Now, is it going to get crazy to 72 teams, which I asked my source and he said, I don't think so. But I wouldn't rule it out because everybody was going to make money on this. Yes, Dylan. Yeah.
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Dylan
It almost feels like the Cape Verde run alone and especially that last game against Argentina basically probably sealed the deal and that department that they're going to expand.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah. Yes. I mean, once again, I don't know if we're going to complain about war soccer. I mean, as long as it's fun this time of the year, there's nothing that's competing against it. And it's. Every four years you'll get another storyline messi's not going to be playing. Ronaldo is not going to be playing. Now you're going to get maybe Erling Holland four years from now, Mbappe four years from now, and then there's going to be stars that you haven't heard of yet, but there will be expansion with World Cup. Yeah, Paul.
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Paulie
It does feel like Erling Holland of Norway is the guy who lost but won because. World famous for the past five years. World famous. But to break through in America as a soccer star, it takes some work. And he's got the game. He's got a lot of quirky stuff about his sleep and eating habits, and he's very, very recognizable. Like, he. I think he's got a lot of. A lot of career here going forward with the media.
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Dan Patrick
Well, he's not coming here anytime soon to play, but he is sort of a. A Clay Matthews kind of guy, where he's instantly recognizable because of the hair, but he's built like, you know, soccer guys. I remember when I was in college, and you'd have, you know, friends who were on the soccer team, and usually they were like, 5, 8, 150, 140. Like, he does look like he could be Clay Matthews. He's built like Clay Matthews. Mbappe is built as well. Yes. Dylan.
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Dylan
It feels a little bit like the. The changing of the guard that's happened in tennis recently with like, as you know, like Nadal and Federer and Djokovic kind of age out Messi and Ronaldo. Now it's like Mbappe and Holland, and those guys are sort of filling the void in the soccer department.
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Buddha
Yeah.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah. But it's fun to be able to watch and know what you're watching or who you're watching. And for the most part, these matches have all been pretty contested. I mean, the one dog was probably Team USA against Belgium. That was not a good match. I mean, Belgium dominated, but, you know, Team USA putting them in, you know, kind of makes it even worse of how bad that performance was. But, you know, I think we're seeing 2, 1, 3, 2. Scoring will probably be pretty low in these final four here, but it's been fun and. And being in the United States helps out because we're able to watch it. And there's. If you don't go, you know, somebody who's probably gone to a match, you see these stadiums, you know, aside from some weather issues, it's come off pretty, pretty clean. And I think there was a lot of speculation that, like, are people going to pay these ticket prices now? I don't know what the ticket prices turned out to be. I just know that they were pretty astronomical. In fact, I went to a charity auction, Boys and Girls Club, and it was $6,000 to go and see a match at the Meadowlands. And my wife, who I left with the checkbook, she goes, it just seemed like too much. And I go. And she goes, was it? I go, actually, it probably wasn't, but it's okay. I'll watch it on tv. And I don't even think it was. You know, I'm trying to even think who was playing in it, but it wasn't a marquee game. Yes. Yes, Marvin.
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Marvin
Yeah. And I think America came off looking great, especially with all of the guys that came in from different countries talking about, man, I went to this place called Chili's, and it was amazing. And this guy cried after he had Waffle House.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah.
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Marvin
So I think everyone came off looking good.
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Paulie
Who hasn't?
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Dan Patrick
Yeah. Late at night, early morning, Waffle House. White Castle does that to me all the time. Yes. Dylan.
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Dylan
There was, I believe, a French fan who said Waffle House was an indestructible fortress of violence and syrup is a direct quote.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah. I think, you know, and you look at the fan bases, you know, the Scottish, Norway, like, they come in, they take over the entire city, and just that atmosphere, I think that makes it. And they carry that energy to the stadium, and that's what you want. You just. It's like a college football SEC atmosphere. Like, man, there is no place I'd rather be. Yeah, Dale.
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Dylan
It's actually been great for, like, bad teams in American sports, like my Mets, for example. The Norwegian fans took over Citi Field a few times, doing, like, the rowing stuff. And Matt's social media was, like, perfect, we have something to post.
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Dan Patrick
Yes, Todd.
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Todd
And seeing how other parts of the world cheer, which is very different at times. You know, like Dylan said, the rowing and they're singing and they've got their own songs based on their country. Just very refreshing. Other than the regular cheers you would get from the American fan base.
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Dan Patrick
What kind of poll question do we have? Dill.
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Dylan
So we got that one up. Todd sent me one over.
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Dan Patrick
Okay.
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Dylan
How interested are you and where LeBron plays basketball next? Extremely. Been tossing and turning in bed. Mild or not at all? Just pick a team already.
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Dan Patrick
All right, so who are you rooting for in the World Cup? One poll question. And how interested are you with LeBron? You know, for a guy in Hollywood and wants to be in Hollywood, he's not doing a Good job with trying to come up with that Hollywood ending here. Now, the Hollywood ending would be with the Lakers. I'm talking about like, it's a cliffhanger kind of. But it's going to get to the point where we're kind of like, okay, I know how this ends now. I keep thinking Cleveland. And it feels like every day, every other day, hey, Miami, hey. Hadn't rolled out. Golden State, hey, what about Philadelphia at this point? He's playing one year. He's going to do a documentary on this. And that's where he's probably saying, what is the ending going to be like? You know? Yes, Marvin.
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Marvin
I'm surprised with a lot of people in New York because I saw Lebron actually this weekend. I saw him at Yankee Stadium. LeBron to the Knicks. Question mark, question, mark, question mark. I'm shocked. I didn't lead off ESPN. Get up.
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Dan Patrick
Okay. Did LeBron go to the Jay Z concert?
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Marvin
He did. I saw him there.
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Dan Patrick
Okay. Oh, were you there?
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Marvin
I was.
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Dan Patrick
Whoa. Okay. Now, were you working or a guest of Jay Z?
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Marvin
I was not a guest of Jay Z. I just went there as a fan.
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Dan Patrick
Okay.
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Marvin
And now I've come to the realization that LeBron and I, he's our favorite rapper. Our favorite rapper now is a legacy act.
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Dan Patrick
Okay?
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Marvin
I come to the realization like, oh, when's the new music? Fine, just give me the old stuff and I'm good to go. He's basically Billy Joel.
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Dan Patrick
Okay. But Eminem was out there to introduce him.
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Marvin
So Eminem came out, he did a song with him called Renegade. And then he did Lose Yourself. The stadium was rocking when Lose Yourself came on. It was unbelievable being in there.
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Dan Patrick
I still go back to that quote from Charles Barkley. He said, who would ever thought, and I'm going to paraphrase that the best golfer would be black and the best rapper would be white. Tiger and Eminem. We saw Barkley in Tahoe.
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Paulie
I didn't heard that before.
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Ben Maller
Oh, you never.
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Dan Patrick
I didn't hear that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Charles. Yeah. Who would have thought? Best golfer's black and the best rapper is white. We'll come back. I have more information. Well, I'll save it, but. But it has to do with USA Soccer. Got some information for you that I think you'll find very interesting, but we'll get to your phone calls coming up. Best and worst of the weekend. We're back after this Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific on Fox Sports. Radio and the iHeartRadio app.
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Ben Maller
Hey, it's Ben, host of the Fifth Hour with Ben Maller. Would mean a lot to have you join us on our weekly auditory journey. You're asking, what in God's name is the fifth Hour?
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Dylan
I'll tell you.
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Ben Maller
It's a spin off of the Ben Mather Show, a cult hit overnights on fsr. Why should you listen? Picture, if you will, a world where we chat with captains of industry in media, sports and more every week. Explore some amazing facts about human nature and more. Listen to the fifth hour with Ben Mather on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you you get your podcast
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Dan Patrick
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Ari Chambers
What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers.
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Sam J.
Hey, what's up, y'?
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Unidentified Female Speaker
All?
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Sam J.
It's your girl, Sam J.
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Ari Chambers
And we're the host of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast from Together. And I heart women's sports because, let's
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Sam J.
be real, women's sports is giving us way too much to talk about these days.
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Ari Chambers
The highlights, the rivalries, the breakout stars, the moments that take over your entire
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Sam J.
timeline and the conversations that start during the game and somehow keep going all week.
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Ari Chambers
Every week, we're breaking down the biggest stories across women's sports.
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Sam J.
We'll give you our takes, our debates, and probably a few disagreements.
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Ari Chambers
We'll talk to athletes, celebrate big moments, and get into what's happening on and off the Field, court, track, and beyond.
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Sam J.
Because we're not just interested in what happened. We're interested in why everyone's talking about it. Because everyone watches women's sports. So if you're already a fan or
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Ari Chambers
you're just getting into the game, there's a seat for you right here.
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Sam J.
Here, listen to Everyone watches women's Sports on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
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Unidentified Historian
The Declaration, which is full of these beautifully rendered, you know, sentences and paragraphs about enlightenment ideals, does also have this
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Dan Patrick
darker history to it.
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Rebecca Nagle
Why is it important for the darker part of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution? Why is it important that Americans know about it?
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Unidentified Historian
Well, if we don't understand the full context in which our nation was founded, we won't understand the full context in which our nation now finds itself.
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Rebecca Nagle
I'm Rebecca Nagle. Gohin tawa don Tchelecayatli. Que la citizen of Cherokee Nation.
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Ari Chambers
Are you guys big Chiefs fans?
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Dan Patrick
Hell, yeah.
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Rebecca Nagle
This is First America, the true story of how the United States came to be and how we got to this present moment. Listen to First America on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Bill
Bill, why is my eye twitching? Does this mean I'm in perimenopause? Maybe I have adult adhd. I need to look this up. Where's my phone?
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Juliana
Juliana, your phone is hot to the touch. I think it's asking you for a break.
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Bill
You know what? Maybe I should just ask ChatGPT.
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Juliana
Or maybe we can ask an actual human.
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Bill
Yes, like a couple sex therapist.
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Juliana
Whoa, that escalated quickly.
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Bill
But okay, because I have questions.
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Juliana
We have questions.
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Bill
And I bet everyone has questions like, is it normal to sleep in separate bedrooms? We do that.
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Juliana
How about this one? Is bribing your kids bad parenting or just negotiating?
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Bill
Oh, and I still do need to know, why was my poop green that one time?
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Juliana
Hypothetically. Right. Okay. Well, instead of letting the Internet guess, we've got actual people answering these exact
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Bill
questions and laughing with us has got to be better than spending three hours down a rabbit hole online.
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Juliana
Listen to Bill and the podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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Dan Patrick
I'm wondering, with LeBron, do you wait for a team, or do you decide that you're gonna go to a team and then see what they do in free agency? But we'll discuss that coming up in a moment. 877-3DP shows. We always do every Monday. Best and worst of the weekend. I got this information over the weekend. The FIFA disciplinary committee is comprised of 18 members. Now, remember with Flo Baligan with the automatic ban and then it was lifted, the USA striker. So when that decision was made to lift the automatic ban, which is an unprecedented action, it was done by one person and one person only. From what I'm told, Chairman Mohammed Al Kamali of the United Arab Emirates, the committee was neither informed nor consulted. The UAE is a top tier relation to the Trump families, business interest and government relationships. This was one person who made this decision. So when President Trump said he is the one that made this happen, he probably did. But my source said that this, this came from the chairman, Muhammad Al Kamali of the United Arab Emirates. So the committee wasn't even told of this. And that's why there was this pushback from the committee to say, you know, there's going to be issues here, there's going to be trouble here. But the committee was neither informed nor consulted. This was one person who made that decision and that's 18 members of the disciplinary committee and they didn't even know about it. One person made that decision and President Trump did say that he, you know, is the reason for it. And from what my source told me, probably true. Okay, Paula, you got a poll question for LeBron or just a question about LeBron?
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Paulie
I'm just kind of soaking in what you just told us because that, that changes a lot of stuff.
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Dan Patrick
Well, that's why the reaction was wait a minute here. And then there was. Okay, from what I was also told, there was going to be repercussions from the United States and the President towards FIFA and the other way around. So it was almost like, you know, two forces colliding here. And then all of a sudden, I think cooler heads prevailed and they're like, okay, we're gonna let him. But I think we're not gonna forget that you're going to lift this ban because that's unprecedented what happened. And then what I was told, it was one person who went above everybody here. And this is a person who has relationships with the Trump family and business relationships as well.
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Paulie
Yeah, that's really interesting because all the reports I've seen is that there is a tool for FIFA to right a perceived wrong during the World cup, but it's committee based and they can get together and say like, that thing was not adjudicated. Right. And fix it if it was not done well in the match. That's wild. So my LeBron question for you, it kind of goes back to what you said if you were LeBron. Do you sign with your team as early in the free agency process as possible? So you can now help pick the supporting characters?
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Dan Patrick
Is free agency going on right now?
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Ben Maller
Yes.
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Dan Patrick
Okay. So I don't know if Cleveland resigned donovan Mitchell, the 76ers, they made the trade for Jalen Brown. So we've been in free agency for a week. July 6th, I think it started. I don't know. You know, Miami made the trade for Giannis, by the way. What a strange headline. Bam out of Bio and Tyler Hero. And apparently they got into an altercation and Bam out of bio, punched Tyler hero, gave him a black eye. They were in Vegas. And then the jokes were that Bam out of bio landed more punches than Conor McGregor did technically.
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Paulie
True.
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Dan Patrick
Yes, it was. What a bizarre. Like, I'm not a Conor McGregor fan. I just like saying his name. Conor McGregor. He hadn't fought for a while. Okay. They're gonna, you know, trot him out there. What is he, 36, 37. Trying to do things maybe you could do when you're 26, 27. And then it ended. Wait a minute, what happened here? Wait, it's over. And all of a sudden you go, yeah, it's over. And I go, okay. And then all of a sudden you're going, well, wait a minute here. Was he injured prior to the fight? And all I can remember is when they had the weigh in and he ran out and he got right in. What, Holloway's, you know, mug their grill. And I thought, wait. Seemed like he was, you know, spright and lively and active. But then the knee injury there, you know, it's like old people, like, we'll have things that happen to us. And I'm like, what happened? I have no idea. I like my hip. I gotta get a hip surgery here. Yes, Marvin.
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Marvin
Conor McGregor's return was kind of like Aaron Rodgers when he first got to the Jets. Came out with the American flag. Oh, no. And that was about three and a half plays and it was over.
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Dan Patrick
He lasted longer than Conor McGregor did. So he's worth $200 million. He's 37. He hadn't competed in MMA since 2021. I mean, that's an eternity. He's now one in four since 2018. Khabib. Dustin Poor. He lost to Dustin twice in Max Holloway as well. Yes, Dylan.
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Dylan
And the. The cheapest tickets for that were about a grand. So it's, you know, you go there for a nice fight night and then it is over immediately.
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Dan Patrick
Well, yeah, the prelims, though. Yeah, like it's worth that for the prelims. I remember if you watch, there is a fight at the Garden with Ken Norton, and it ended like people were coming in with drinks or food and it's over. So they. They were out getting. I think it was Ken Norton at the Garden. And I'm trying to think, was Jerry Cooney in that fight?
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Paulie
Paulie, you've got a good memory, but there's three of them. The great heavyweight Ken Norton had three first round knockouts at Madison Square Garden in his career. Jerry Cooney, 81. Ernie Shavers, who liked him.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah, the big acorn.
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Paulie
Yep.
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Dan Patrick
No, his head looked like an acorn.
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Ben Maller
Yes.
- [28:48]
Paulie
It was pointed.
- [28:49]
Dan Patrick
Yeah. They come and he might have been the hardest puncher in boxing history.
- [28:52]
Paulie
He was really cool. 1979. And Dwayne bobicked out Bobic in 77.
- [28:58]
Dan Patrick
Yes. But you see these people bringing food in and. And all of a sudden they go, wait, what happened? And Jerry Cooney is slumped in the corner, and I. And that was it. Like Mike Tyson fights. I would always tell people, get in your seat. Like, get in your seat early. And especially when we were in Atlantic City and I saw Michael Spinks go down in the first round and Marvis Frazier go down in the first round, and you'd have people who were still coming in, and you turn around and go, yeah, it's over. Wait, it's over. Yes, Dylan.
- [29:29]
Unidentified Historian
Yeah.
- [29:30]
Dylan
I think with mma, a lot of times the undercard is actually better than the main event, but it is there. I would almost guarantee you there are people who are like, oh, we got to get back to our seats. McGregor's about what?
- [29:42]
Dan Patrick
Didn't Drake put a million dollars on Conor McGregor?
- [29:44]
Dylan
That historically has not worked out well.
- [29:47]
Dan Patrick
He's not a good gambler, but he must have some kind of reciprocation with a gambling site because it feels like. Like him and Floyd Mayweather, it feels like they lose a lot. Yes. Paulie.
- [29:59]
Paulie
I was watching the McGregor fight with a bunch of MMA guys, and when McGregor came out, it almost looked like a boxer trying that first punch knockout, those jump kicks he was doing. But three times in a row, he, like, slipped and went to the canvas. And the announcers, you could hear him go, I don't know what's going on here, but he's. He's not stable. They said that right in the moment, too. It just. It looked weird in the moment.
- [30:20]
Buddha
Yes.
- [30:20]
Todd
Todd, do you still sit down with your tray of food even though everyone's leaving and the fight's over? You bring it out to the lobby. Do you ask for a bag and take it to the car?
- [30:27]
Dan Patrick
I would. I would sit there, yeah. Can I finish my drink here? Yeah. That was wild. I'm not the biggest MMA fan, but I understand, you know, the attraction to it, and I haven't been to one. And, you know, people say, and it's kind of like hockey. You gotta go. Because it's. Hockey's just different when you're there. Nascar, there's certain sports that are different when you are there. And I would say any kind of auto racing, certainly nascar, hockey. And I'm going to. Now, I've been to a lot of boxing matches, A lot. Lot of them. And I've. I've seen Tyson, interviewed Tyson when he was 1986. First time I met Mike. So I've been around all of those boxers. Boom Boom Mancini to Vito, and a firmo to, you know, Sugar Ray Duran, Leonard, you know, all of those boxers. But boxing might be the most magical moment where you're in it. That bell rings and it's two guys, and one guy is probably not going to walk out of the ring. There's just something about it now. Horse racing is another one in person now. It's exciting on TV because they make it exciting, you know, the camera angles and the announcing. But when you're there and it's two minutes and all of a sudden it's like, there they go to. Here they come. And just those final 12 to 15 seconds. I'm going to go to Saratoga in a couple of weeks for some horse racing. I'm gonna go up there, I think, for that. Saturday in a couple of weeks. Yes, Marvin.
- [32:13]
Marvin
I've did a. I've done a couple Terrence Crawford fights, and there's kind of still a level of pageantry that comes with boxing, where the guys are suited and booted in tuxes and they're bringing their, you know, beautiful women with them. It just feels like that would have been that times 10 in the 70s and 80s when boxing was at its peak.
- [32:31]
Dan Patrick
Oh, man. There are some characters that I witnessed. Whoo. At the Garden, Atlantic City. Like, you're seeing. You're probably seeing some made men. I mean, there was some stuff like you're like. And a guy who was Bert Sugar, you know, legendary Bird Sugar chronicled the sport. And he would always say, he'd have his cigar with him, and he'd say, my man, there's certain things you don't ask about. And I'd be like, hey, who's that Is that his wife? And I remember him saying, my man, there's certain things you just don't ask.
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Paulie
Yeah, Paulie, Right along that storyline, Frank Sinatra, the great singer, he was a credentialed journalist, a photographer for Life magazine. With the Ali Frazier Fight of the century, March 8th of 71, you could see him right next to all the other photographers taking pictures.
- [33:27]
Dan Patrick
Thank you, Paulie, for telling us who Frank Sinatra was. Oh, just legendary singer, old school people,
- [33:31]
Paulie
you know, 20 year olds.
- [33:32]
Dan Patrick
Frank Sinatra was there in Lewiston, Maine when Ollie fought Sonny Liston. Like, Sinatra loved boxing. And I think he might have taken Ava Gardner, his girlfriend at the time. Maybe. I don't know if he married or not. Google her. Spectacular. But yeah, he was there in Lewiston, Maine when they had the. Ollie, that. That's the Phantom punch. Do you know that they created a beer called the Phantom Punch? Or it's Punch. And. And I got it up in Lewiston, Maine. Somebody gave me a case of Phantom Punch. Yes, Todd.
- [34:11]
Todd
And no matter how much you hype up player introductions in any other sport, when you see them come into the arena and they're slowly marching their way up and especially the champion holding up the belt and they've got their entourage and they're leading their way into the ring, I don't think anything can match.
- [34:24]
Dan Patrick
I know what you're doing.
- [34:25]
Todd
What am I doing?
- [34:26]
Dan Patrick
You want to do your Rocky and
- [34:27]
Todd
I absolutely was not. I've been to a few fights, not as many as you do.
- [34:31]
Dan Patrick
You want to do your Mills Lane?
- [34:32]
Todd
Let's get it on. Mike, you better. Mike, you better. That's a point.
- [34:38]
Dan Patrick
How many boxing matches have you been to, Todd?
- [34:40]
Todd
I'd say like four.
- [34:42]
Dan Patrick
Really?
- [34:42]
Todd
Yeah, three or four. I saw a de La Hoya fight in la. I saw one of the Holyfield bows.
- [34:48]
Dan Patrick
Oh, okay.
- [34:49]
Todd
I saw like a Norris McCallum or something fight. Is there about three or four?
- [34:52]
Dan Patrick
Yeah, but when I worked in New York, there was always something going on at the Garden. Always fights. And then, you know, when they started doing Atlantic City, that was when they. When Ali came in. What. What was the chant? Ali boombaye. And you just hear this. And once again, I brought this up before, but since we're on the topic of boxing, it's got to be one of the top five moments I've ever witnessed in, in my life in sports that you just heard this. It. It started, you know, Ali Mumbai Aliba. And he came in and this was for a Tyson fight. And he had all of these people, hundreds of people behind him. And it was so powerful. And the fact that he. He came in and fight didn't last very long. But that moments has stayed with me for what, 40 years? Yes.
- [35:54]
Marvin
Marvin Ali's such an interesting figure to you. When did he become a beloved figure?
- [36:00]
Dan Patrick
The Olympics in Atlantic Atlanta. It took a long, long time, but when people saw him out there with Parkinson's and trembling and lighting the torch, that's when I think America looked at him differently. Because when he, you know, he wasn't going to go into the war, he didn't want. He said, look, I don't have any problem. I forget what the phrase was. I don't have any problem with the Viet Cong and his religion. And he said, no, I. And look, they took away his title for three years. Even when he came back to fight Joe Frazier, it felt like America was rooting for Joe Frazier, because Joe Frazier was America. Who's this Muhammad Ali? Cassius Clay, flamboyant, like all of these other guys are all imposters when it comes to. I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. I'm not afraid to like Joe Namath in 1968, 69. Like, I guarantee, like, Ali did that with every fight. He was Joe Namath for every fight. I'm going to tell you when I'm going to knock you out. I'm going to write a poem about knocking you out. There's nobody like him. And considering, you know, the turbulent times with war and protest, African American like you had to be there. And look, I. I wasn't old enough to have covered that. Later on in life, I had a chance to spend time with Muhammad. In fact, I was at the hospital when he checked in, in New York with Parkinson's.
- [37:34]
Dylan
And.
- [37:34]
Dan Patrick
And I had to do a story on that, you know, kind of finding out what Parkinson's was. And then it turns out Howard Cosell had Parkinson's. And one of the saddest moments I ever had was I was with My boss, Bill McPhail, who ran CNN Sports, and he was friends with Ali or with Howard Cosell. And we were. We were at a press conference. I think the baseball strike had just ended. And I remember Howard was trying to pour himself water, and you could see him shaking. And then my boss said, hey. Pours water and. And so I picked up the pitcher from him, and then I poured his water, but his hands were shaking so badly. And, you know, he's spilling the water now. It was just us three at this table, but, man, I. I just. The fact that Ali and then, you know, Howard Cosell. All right, let me take a break. We've turned on the. The. The blinker from the right lane going all the way to the hov. We'll come back, we'll update our poll results, and we'll get to your phone calls. Best and worst to the weekend after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.
- [39:05]
Ari Chambers
What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers.
- [39:08]
Sam J.
Hey, what's up, y'?
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Paulie
All?
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Sam J.
It's your girl, Sam J.
- [39:10]
Ari Chambers
And we're the hosts of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast from Together. And I heart women's sports because, let's
- [39:16]
Sam J.
be real, women's sports is giving us way too much to. To talk about these days.
- [39:20]
Ari Chambers
The highlights, the rivalries, the breakout stars, the moments that take over your entire
- [39:24]
Sam J.
timeline and the conversations that start during the game and somehow keep going all week.
- [39:29]
Ari Chambers
Every week, we're breaking down the biggest stories across women's sports.
- [39:32]
Sam J.
We'll give you our takes, our debates, and probably a few disagreements.
- [39:36]
Ari Chambers
We'll talk to athletes, celebrate big moments, and get into what's happening on and off the field, court, track, and beyond.
- [39:42]
Sam J.
Because we're not just interested in what happened. We're interested in why everyone's talking about it, because everyone watches women's sports. So if you're already a fan or
- [39:52]
Ari Chambers
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- [39:56]
Sam J.
Listen to Everyone Watches women's Sports on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.
- [40:06]
Unidentified Historian
The Declaration, which is full of these beautifully rendered, you know, sentences and paragraphs about enlightenment ideals, does also have this
- [40:15]
Dan Patrick
darker history to it.
- [40:17]
Rebecca Nagle
Why is it important for the darker part of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution? Why is it important that Americans know about it?
- [40:28]
Unidentified Historian
Well, if we don't understand the full context in which our nation was founded, we won't understand the full context in which our nation now finds itself.
- [40:39]
Rebecca Nagle
I'm Rebecca Nagel Gohin Tawadon, JL Citizen of Cherokee Nation.
- [40:45]
Ari Chambers
Are you guys big Chiefs fans?
- [40:46]
Dan Patrick
Hell, yeah.
- [40:48]
Rebecca Nagle
This is First America, the true story of how the United States came to be and how we got to this present moment. Listen to First America on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Bill
Bill, why is my eye twitching? Does this mean I'm in perimenopause Maybe I have adult adhd. I need to look this up. Where's my phone?
- [41:12]
Juliana
Juliana, your phone is hot to the touch. I think it's asking you for a break.
- [41:16]
Bill
You know what? Maybe I should just ask ChatGPT.
- [41:19]
Juliana
Or maybe we can ask an actual human.
- [41:21]
Bill
Yes, like a couple sex therapist.
- [41:23]
Ben Maller
Whoa.
- [41:23]
Juliana
That escalated quickly.
- [41:25]
Bill
But okay, because I have questions.
- [41:27]
Juliana
We have questions.
- [41:28]
Bill
And I bet everyone has questions like, is it normal to sleep in separate bedrooms? We do that.
- [41:34]
Juliana
How about this one? Is bribing your kids bad parenting or just negotiating?
- [41:38]
Bill
Oh, and I still do need to know, why was my poop green that one time?
- [41:41]
Juliana
Hypothetically. Right? Okay, well, instead of letting the Internet guess, we've got actual people answering these
- [41:48]
Bill
exact questions and laughing with us has got to be better than spending three hours down a rabbit hole online.
- [41:54]
Juliana
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Dan Patrick
What's the get in price for the World cup matches Tuesday and Wednesday?
- [42:38]
Paulie
Paul, we're playing guess the get in price. We'll start with Tuesday, 3pm Eastern, France versus Spain in Arlington, Texas.
- [42:49]
Sam J.
Dan.
- [42:49]
Paulie
All right, what is the lowest price for a single ticket?
- [42:52]
Dan Patrick
Well, Spain is stacked. $2,300.
- [42:57]
Paulie
Anyone want to go higher or lower?
- [43:00]
Dan Patrick
Yes. Yes.
- [43:00]
Todd
Todd, I'm gonna go higher and say $3100.
- [43:04]
Dan Patrick
Okay.
- [43:05]
Dylan
Dylan, I'm gonna go low and say 1700.
- [43:08]
Marvin
All right, Marvin, I'm gonna say 2200.
- [43:14]
Paulie
You can get into France versus Spain for 1490 bucks.
- [43:19]
Ari Chambers
That's it.
- [43:19]
Paulie
That's friendly.
- [43:20]
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
- [43:22]
Paulie
Here we go. Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. England versus Argentina. Guess the price.
- [43:29]
Dan Patrick
$3,400. Todd.
- [43:33]
Todd
28.50.
- [43:35]
Dan Patrick
Dylan.
- [43:37]
Dylan
24. 50.
- [43:39]
Chris
Marvin.
- [43:40]
Marvin
3,028.
- [43:42]
Paulie
95.
- [43:45]
Unidentified Historian
Whoa.
- [43:46]
Dan Patrick
Todd.
- [43:47]
Todd
I'll take both showcases there.
- [43:49]
Dan Patrick
How about the final?
- [43:50]
Paulie
Oh, okay. Now, this includes. This is in East Rutherford, New Jersey, not West Rutherford at MetLife Stadium.
- [43:56]
Dan Patrick
Nobody ever talks about West Rutherford.
- [43:58]
Paulie
It's the best. Okay, the bonus coverage is there's a halftime show of BTS Shakira and Justin Bieber, not just the Match. Okay, guess the get in price.
- [44:10]
Dan Patrick
$5,600.
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Todd
Todd, 4,720.
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Dylan
Dylan, 7,100.
- [44:19]
Marvin
Marvin, 6,500.
- [44:22]
Paulie
$6,749.
- [44:26]
Dan Patrick
Congratulations. That's the get in prices for the semifinals and the final. All right, couple of phone calls. Chris and Syracuse. Good morning, Chris. Best and worst of the weekend.
- [44:38]
Chris
Hey, thanks. And yeah, I got a best and worse. And a couple comments. Yeah, Muhammad Ali was the king of the nicknames. I think my favorite was Ernie Shavers as the Acorn. And Dan in my area, a lot of Buffalo Bill fans. And they all can't wait for the new stadium opening up and a lot of the Bill's history to be displayed at their new digs. And it's not a surprise, but not a mention of maybe the greatest Bill of all time, O.J. simpson. It's as if he's been erased from Bill's history. And I guess sometimes you can separate the art from the artist, but in this case, yeah, the juice just isn't worth the squeeze. And the best, as you mentioned, Dan, at the World cup this weekend, it turned out pretty much all chalk, all the favorites in the semis. And like you always say with the NCAA basketball tournament, you root for the underdogs early. But when you get to the Final Four, you want to see four great teams. And that's what we have in this year's Cup. And another best, maybe the most anticipated game in Washington Wizards history this weekend, which just happened to be a summer league game lived up to the hype. Both top picks look great in a wor. No Misarowski, Paul Skeins or Shohei pitching for NL in Tuesday's All Star Game. That's too bad.
- [45:42]
Dan Patrick
Thank you, Chris. Buddha in San Francisco. Hi, Buddha.
- [45:47]
Buddha
Happy Monday, boys. Big shout out to the BRGs, Jade and Joe. Let's go, Marvin. Damn, what a great week in Lake Tahoe. It was so fun hanging out with you guys, seeing some of DP Nation come out to Edgewood, check out the show. Super special, man. Best of the weekend, seeing Nate Bar Gatsby on Saturday night. Dan in Tahoe, he had Ray Romano open up for him and he killed it. He didn't go blue. He never put his hands in his pants and everyone was laughing. You see what I did there, Fritzi? And worse of the weekend, Conor McGregor going down in the first 90 seconds.
- [46:29]
Dan Patrick
What?
- [46:30]
Buddha
I didn't even know he was still fighting. I mean, he left me shaking my head and just thinking, not good.
- [46:37]
Dan Patrick
Thank you, Buddha. Great seeing you as well. Cody in Texas. Hi, Cody.
- [46:42]
Unidentified Female Speaker
Hey, good morning, Dan. Just piggybacking off of Buddha there.
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Chris
Yeah.
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Unidentified Female Speaker
Worst of the weekends, definitely. Conor McGregor kind of reminded me, especially with the hype of the Tyson McNeely. You know, Tyson was coming back and then, you know, I think, you know, like, you're speaking earlier. Ten seconds later, the fight's over and everyone's kind of sitting there, you know, kind of what's going on. But, man, best of the weekend. Looking forward to it. Actually. Going to the Spain France match tomorrow will be my first match. Looking forward to it.
- [47:12]
Dan Patrick
All right, thank you, Cody. The ESPYs are this week, right, Aren't they? Like Wednesday night then. It used to be the greatest night in sports. I remember when I worked there, we'd always have to be. We had to say, hey, the ESPY's the greatest night in sports. Yes, Dylan.
- [47:29]
Dylan
Does anyone have any idea who's hosting it?
- [47:31]
Dan Patrick
I was just going to ask that question. I don't know who was hosting the ESPYs. What time?
- [47:38]
Todd
It's that SNL. I can't think of his name. Paul. He may have it.
- [47:42]
Paulie
Yeah, Paul Marcelo Hernandez.
- [47:45]
Dan Patrick
Okay.
- [47:46]
Paulie
It's live. July 15, 2026.
- [47:50]
Dan Patrick
Live, live.
- [47:51]
Chris
They.
- [47:53]
Paulie
I. I have live. It's been taped in the past. This one appears to be live live.
- [47:57]
Dan Patrick
Yes.
- [47:57]
Todd
Todd, is it the best night when almost nothing's going on in sports? Granted, this year is the World cup, but usually that would be the part of the sense that should be in there.
- [48:05]
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I'm fine with it. And, you know, usually they have a couple of great awards, you know, that you focus on somebody who's done something remarkable. You know, we've certainly had other moments. Craig Sager and Stuart Scott, Jim Valvano. There's usually one of Those moments every ESPYs. Yes. Marvin.
- [48:25]
Marvin
Don't. Don't forget Michael Jordan come back from baseball.
- [48:27]
Dan Patrick
Oh, my God.
- [48:29]
Marvin
Monica Sell is getting stabbed. Michael Jordan came back from curveballs.
- [48:33]
Dan Patrick
I. I had to give out that award with Bill Murray to Michael Jordan for comeback athlete of the year. And Bill Murray even says to Michael Jordan because we had an interview with Jordan and Bill's like, but Monica Sellers got stabbed and Jordan, like, had that uncomfortable laugh because Michael Jordan, comeback athlete of the year. Yeah, Paulie.
- [48:58]
Paulie
I think one of my favorite moments was host was Jamie Foxx and he sang tennis ball to Serena Williams. Yeah, that was cool.
- [49:07]
Buddha
All right.
- [49:07]
Dan Patrick
One hour in the books. Two more to go on this Monday. More phone calls. Update the poll results. 8, 7, 7, 3, DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Fritzi, Dylan, Marv, Paulie, yours truly, Paulie. You'll be in the confessional right after this.
- [49:25]
Sam J.
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