Hour 1 – U.S.A.! U.S.A.!, LeBron Won’t Go Away

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show (Hour 1 – U.S.A.! U.S.A.!, LeBron Won’t Go Away)

Date: July 2, 2026
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show
Hosts: Covino and Rich (in for Dan Patrick, with Danny G and Iowa Sam)
Producer: Fox Sports Radio / iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This lively hour of The Dan Patrick Show covers Team USA’s controversial World Cup win over Bosnia, the fallout from a decisive red card, and speculation over LeBron James’ NBA future. Covino and Rich—filling in for Dan—bring their trademark banter, humor, and digressive sports talk energy. They wrestle with what it means to be a “casual” soccer fan, question officiating integrity, commiserate (and celebrate) as fans, and make room for NBA drama and pop culture crossovers.

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Main Themes & Key Points

1. Team USA’s Controversial Soccer Victory

• Team USA’s big, but controversial, World Cup win over Bosnia is the talk of the segment.
  • Covino and Rich admit up front: “We’re not soccer experts, but we got the fever, dude.” (03:01)
• Immediate focus on the red card incident that benched a key US player for the next game.
  • The penalty and its aftermath are dissected: was it truly “force and malice” or an overreaction by VAR/replay officials?
  • The theme of frustration with inconsistent review processes on the global stage is a running topic.

2. Red Card Debate, VAR, and American Entitlement

• Hosts discuss VAR (Video Assistant Referee) misuse—showing officials a damaging still image rather than considering context or intent (10:36–16:08).
  • “That’s not the right way you use VAR there. ... It was just a play on the ball and did not deserve a red card.” – Iowa Sam (10:36)
  • “I think it’s a matter of intent, and I do think it was bad, but there was no intent, no malicious intent.” – Covino (16:08)
• Frustration with the lack of an appeal process:
  • “If you make a mistake and it could be changed, you would change it, right?” – Rich (12:59)
  • “We’re being like sad baby Americans ... screaming, not fair. Tough tatas.” – Covino (13:11)
• The sense that Americans are “entitled” to a fair outcome, and that FIFA is “corrupt” or biased against the US, is considered and teased.

3. Officiating & Technology in Sports: Consistency or Chaos?

• The conversation broadens to review/appeals across all sports:
  • Baseball: Aaron Boone ejection, clear video evidence ignored (17:44)
  • Little League: parents recording games, yet umpires stick with original calls (18:50–19:51)
• “If there’s proof of something, I can never understand why we wouldn’t want to overturn it.” – Rich (18:50)

4. Soccer Culture, Casual Fans, and “CVS Jerseys”

• The crew pokes fun at their own soccer ignorance and the sudden national interest due to World Cup fever.
• A running joke: everyone is wearing fake/bootleg USA jerseys from CVS.
  • “If wearing a bootleg jersey from CVS is cool, consider us Miles Davis.” – Rich (23:31)
• Laments over missing players, with hope: “It’s an opportunity for someone else to step up.” – Covino (24:01)
• Discussing playing shorthanded in other sports and how it’s “next man up.” (24:24–25:04)

5. Notable/Memorable Moments and Quotes

• VAR Protocols and the Still Image Scandal (10:36–16:08)
  • “VAR made their recommendation ... based on slow motion and still replays, which is not aligned with VAR protocols... Once at the screen, however, it would have been a surprise if the referee did not send off Balogun, considering the pictures he was presented.” – Iowa Sam (15:01)
  • “It did look vicious.” – Covino (15:36)
• U.S. Soccer “entitlement” and conspiracies:
  • “Are we entitled little bitch? Yeah, a little bit.” – Rich and Covino (14:15–14:21)
• Iconic soccer goal call (Telemundo’s Andrés Cantor) replayed and praised:
  • “Props, major props to Andrés Cantor, 63 years old with the call. That was awesome.” – Covino (34:24)
• On being amateur soccer fans:
  • “I don't want to be that guy ... acting like we know what constitutes a red card.” – Rich (36:47)
  • “We can't casually step into the World Cup and act like we know the rules.” – Covino (35:03)

6. LeBron James’ NBA Future

• LeBron’s future: Will he leave the Lakers and, if so, for whom?
• Cavino suggests LeBron could be a mentoring figure for youth-heavy teams like the Spurs.
  • “San Antonio needs leadership the same way LeBron needs youth and a team that can contend... It seemed like a pipe dream, but now it's a real possibility.” – Covino (48:06)
• Open speculation on his willingness to take a veteran minimum contract.
  • “If he would have taken the league minimum, he could have stayed in LA.” – Covino (46:57)
• Noting “ideologies” between LeBron and Lakers ownership may not match up.

7. Additional Light-hearted & Nostalgic Segments

• Gym class nostalgia and the grossness of high school “pinnies” (jerseys) and TSA airport trays. (06:38–08:12, 37:43–39:43)
• Self-deprecating banter about being fans who “don’t really know soccer.”
• NBA trade talk, Jalen Brown, and celebrity wedding invites (Taylor Swift & Knicks) teased for next segment.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Topic / Quote | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:18 | Show opens; USA soccer pride, bootleg CVS jerseys jokes | | 03:01 | “We got the fever, dude...” - World Cup fever hits | | 08:12–09:05 | “Force and malice” red card: what makes a red card? | | 10:36–16:08 | VAR/shady replay critique, ESPN rules cited, context matters | | 13:11 | “We’re being like sad baby Americans ... tough tatas.” – Covino| | 14:15–14:21 | “Are we entitled little bitch? Yeah, a little bit.” | | 15:01 | ESPN report on misuse of VAR technology | | 16:08 | “I think it’s a matter of intent...” – Covino | | 17:44–19:51 | Instant Replay in baseball/Little League: Why not get it right? | | 23:31 | “If wearing a bootleg jersey from CVS is cool...” – Rich | | 24:01 | “Other people step up. This is an opportunity...” – Covino | | 34:24 | Andrés Cantor’s legendary goal call replay | | 35:03 | “We can't casually step into the World Cup and act like we know the rules.” | | 36:47 | “I don't want to be that guy... we looked it up, force and malice...” – Rich | | 46:00 | LeBron James open to any team – are we seeing a new trend? | | 48:06 | “San Antonio needs leadership the same way LeBron needs youth...” – Covino |

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Final Thoughts

• The lively first hour exudes classic summer-sports radio energy: casual camaraderie, patriotic hype, and sharp fan frustration diluted with nostalgia and humor.
• There’s a strong meta-awareness—the hosts poke fun at their own bandwagon soccer fandom, America’s “instant expert” attitude, and sports hot takes in general.
• The show ends the first hour by shifting from complaining about injustices to celebrating both the victory and “next man up” mentality (“Let’s go USA!”).
• NBA speculation, pop culture, and wedding invite drama are teased for the next hour.

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Notable Quotes

• Rich: “Maybe I’m a crybaby American.” [21:28]
• Covino: “It’s an opportunity for somebody to step up. That’s how the story’s written.” [24:01]
• Iowa Sam: “They showed Messi doing the same thing to another guy; he didn’t even get a yellow card.” [16:03]
• Covino: “We can’t casually step into the World Cup ... and act like we know the rules.” [35:03]
• Covino: “San Antonio needs leadership, same way LeBron needs youth ... It seemed like a pipe dream, but now it’s real.” [48:06]

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For fans looking to relive the big talking points, have a laugh, or catch up before the next game, this episode is a rich mix of sports debate, cultural commentary, and the ever-reliable lighter side of sports radio.

Transcript

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[Rich]

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

[Covino]

Good morning. I'm still mopping the place down. Mop, mop mop. All day long mop mop Mop while I sing my song.

[Rich]

What's up, buddy? How are you?

[Covino]

I'm wiping down the studios. Not because people here are funk defied, because radio studios are the dirtiest places in the business. By the way, you're looking handsome rich. Look at us. Look at us with our USA pride.

[Rich]

Usa. We got our bootleg USA jerseys from cbs thanks to Iowa Sam.

[Commercial Announcer / Miller Lite Ad Voice]

Bootleg?

[Covino]

What are you talking about?

[Rich]

This is the look right here.

[Covino]

Iowa Sam, I have a thought on you. Iowa Sam is on the glockenspiel. And we're in for Dan Patrick. Day two of the DP3, the Dan Patrick hatrick with super producer Danny G. What up, Danny G. Yeah. Y877 99 on Fox. Danny G's on standby. He's rocking the USA colors. The pride is here. We're feeling it today. And yeah, USA with the big win yesterday, controversial win. So, yeah, we'll talk a little bit about it. Kavino and Rich, not soccer experts, but we got the fever, dude. Somebody get us the tussin. Because we got the fever, dude. We got the soccer world cup fever. And the USA and USA fever and Rich. I want to welcome everybody to what we do. We are on Fox Sports Radio Monday through Friday, right? But now we're hitting all these different markets, all these different cities. Shout out to the affiliates. Hey, we do this Monday through Friday, 2 to 4 on the west, 5 to 7 on the east, and everything's at Covino and Rich. And we're streaming live. All of our shows are on YouTube at covino and rich.fsr on YouTube. We're chatting it up right now. But on Thursdays, we throw it back. We get everybody involved and we reminisce because that's kind of fun to live in nostalgia. But remember, as Tony Soprano said, rich, remember when is the lowest form of conversation?

[Rich]

So, no, no offense, Tom, but.

[Covino]

Oh, gabagool. So woke up this morning, got some gabagool, and we came up with an idea for today. So I want to give the Dan Patrick crew a head start. Start thinking about the biggest comebacks in sports and entertainment because it's somebody's birthday today and we'll talk about it and celebrate old school win 50 hits. We do that on our show on Thursdays. But how you feeling, man? Tell everybody where you're at.

[Rich]

I'm down in Texas for the 4th of July only because is there a better place in the United States than Texas for the 4th? I don't think so.

[Covino]

Is that why you're so rooting in tootin in America, all of a sudden

[Rich]

I'm rooting, I'm tooting, I'm tired as hell, but I'm ready, I'm pumped up. I got my Team USA bootleg jersey on, like I said. But I gotta tell you, I gotta tell you this as I see you wipe down the studio like, like it's 2020 and you're Covid boy with wet wipe.

[Covino]

Well, wipes and napkins, that sort of set standard. Yeah, I wasn't always that way. But radio studios need a wipe down because you got people, you know, loudmouths, spitting into the microphone all day and. Yeah, it's gross. Yeah, exactly.

[Rich]

While you wipe it down, I do want to give everyone a fourth of July travel heads up. And I did notice this when I was at the airport last night. They say the dirtiest places and things to touch are office keyboards. You ever take a keyboard at the office and hold it upside down and tap it and everyone's crumbs from the last 15 years fall out of the keyboard.

[Covino]

Isn't that how trail mix was invented?

[Rich]

No, that's what a dad went in the backseat of a car and shook out his kid's car seat.

[Covino]

I know, I know, I know the origins, bro.

[Rich]

They say a keyboard at an office, which is disgusting, especially like if a

[Covino]

guy with a beard rocks that keyboard. There's like beard pubes all inside. There's a work boot stuck in there, an old rubber tire.

[Rich]

There's like, oh, is that a license plate?

[Covino]

Yeah, there's all sorts of stuff. Grime too. Rick Grimes is in there, so the

[Danny G]

Lakers signed him yesterday.

[Rich]

Oh yeah, A keyboard at the workplace. You always say a radio studio is pretty gross. A toilet bowl. And you know what they say, those trays at TSA at the airport, because they never clean them. Danny G. I know you're a little bit of a germaphobe with your neck pillow and sunglasses and you know, blankie. My blanket. Woohoo.

[Danny G]

Get that right. It's a Dodgers blankie.

[Covino]

Dodger sucks. About when Danny G. Has to take off his Dodgers hoodie and throw it in that disgusting bin that's never clean because people are putting their weak ass dirty shoes in that thing all day for years and years. That's what it is. I thought you were gonna say the dirtiest thing ever were high school pennies because they never clean those either.

[Rich]

High school pennies are the top 10 list. Don't worry, Camino.

[Covino]

But that's what we're wearing right now. It feels like we're wearing them they're recycling.

[Iowa Sam]

That's why they have a little odor to them.

[Covino]

Yeah, they're recycled pinnies. That's what these are. These cheap jerseys.

[Rich]

That's what they made that. You're right. They say that those bins at the airport are never cleaned. And when you think about it, you put your dirty ass shoes in, you put your belongings and then it gets to the end of the little carousel and it goes to that little bin and they just do it again and they're saying they never clean them.

[Covino]

Well, where there's crisis, there's opportunity. And I feel like any young kid out there with a power washer should start a little business and get in cahoots with the airports and make a difference and get on this because. Seems like a problem. Well, thanks for the fun fact, Rich. I know Rich is traveling. He's a traveling man and he's traveling more than James Harden, more than LeBron James. And where is LeBron James traveling? We're going to talk him too. Because there's like so much debate and controversy going on about LeBron James and, and his, I guess his status with the late. Not his status, his legacy. Legacy with the Lakers. That's his status. I was thinking stature. I don't know.

[Rich]

What did they say back in the day? It's complicated. Yeah, it's. It's fre. Complicated. So we're going to get to LeBron. But I want to ask you a question as we get into the meat of the show in for the great Dan Patrick, Kavino and Rich, what is in your mind? Force and Malice. Because I'm. I'm headed to the airport yesterday and truth be told, I missed the. I missed the second half of Team USA and I'm watching on my phone and I see everyone from athletes to celebrities to everyday doofuses.

[Covino]

Force and Malice sounds like a hip hop group from the 90s.

[Rich]

Danny G used to produce Force and Malice.

[Covino]

Sounds like they open. Yeah, they opened up for Smith and Wesson back in the day.

[Rich]

Yeah, where did the opening effort run? Dmc.

[Covino]

They opened up for nice and smooth hip hop junkie.

[Rich]

Force and Malice not only is a great name for a hip hop duo, but that is what they say is necessary.

[Covino]

Rich, weren't you in a hip hop group called Nerdy by Nature? You know what? I couldn't sleep last night. I was thinking about that all night long.

[Danny G]

No, Rich was in the Young Black Teenagers.

[Covino]

Yeah, he was. He was the whitest guy.

[Rich]

Force and Malice. I'm so white. I'm on the Lakers Yeah. So there's apparently force and malice needed to give someone a red card. And I feel like the world yesterday responded as if they were all football experts as to. That's not a red card. Wait, this dude suspended. I don't know what was forceful and I don't know what was malice, but at full speed, the play in question sometimes wouldn't even get a yellow card, is what I'm. What I'm reading and what I'm thinking. Because again, we can't all pretend to be football soccer experts.

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No.

[Covino]

But USA did get the win. That's first and first, mostly the most important here over Bosnia. So congrats to them. And it was a lot of fun, man. It was. It was a really fun game. That's why we came in rocking our CVS jerseys, which do deserve some explanation. We'll get to that. What's up, Danny G? Danny G. Were you watching?

[Danny G]

Oh, yeah, I watched every minute.

[Covino]

Sam, were you watching?

[Iowa Sam]

Absolutely. I was texting you guys during it.

[Covino]

What were your thoughts? Were you here still when that was going on? Like, what was the reaction? Because social media's reaction was like, man, that is insane. That. How could that be a red card?

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah. So, like, they're only supposed to use the va. From what I read, they're only supposed to use the var for like, when they slow it down and put it in still shot or in slow. That's only for like point of contact for determining who's. So, like when they presented the still shot or whatever to the ref on the field, I mean, stop me if I'm wrong here, but like, that he was like, that wasn't the right thing, the right way. You use var there. So he was just going for the ball and he hit the guy's ankle.

[Covino]

Wasn't looking at him. So it didn't look.

[Iowa Sam]

It wasn't like extra malicious. Like, it was just a play on the ball and did not deserve a red card.

[Covino]

More malicious intent in the NBA Finals when Wemby was stomping on people, not getting a foul call.

[Rich]

Go. If we were a duo, would you be force or malice? Which would you be in our hip hop duo?

[Covino]

Force. Yeah, Force.

[Rich]

So force. And look at you.

[Covino]

You're an outlaw, bro. You're malice.

[Rich]

Force and malice is what's needed. Phallus and I just got.

[Covino]

Yeah, it has a better ring to it. Force and phallus. Yeah, that's a good one, Danny. We're going to roll with that.

[Rich]

But Danny, I always think about in sports when a call is Made and you have a chance to make it right. I don't think there's anything more frustrating than when they don't. Like, in baseball, when they go to New York and you're like, oh, they clearly will be overturned and it's not. Or they go to the booth in the NFL and you're like, wait, we saw his foot in bounds. Like, when they can't get it right. I feel like us as fans need further explanation. Like, I don't think you could just chalk it up to, as Sam said, the ref got maybe not the best look. Red card. This determines a World cup game and something that happens every four years. And this is apparently Team USA one of their better players, right?

[Covino]

Yeah. Very, very sticky situation, Rich. And now you're down a guy, you know, an important piece of the puzzle moving forward. So it's just like any other sport, though, I think because the stakes are so high and everybody's tuning in, we're thinking they could change it or something. And that's not what's going to happen here. They've already said that, like, it is what it is. They're not like, oh, you know what? We're sorry, guys. Upon further review, they're already denied that. That, that option.

[Rich]

A weird. I'm not saying a pride thing, but there's no, the, the idea of.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah, the no appeal part is awful.

[Rich]

When you're in a marriage, a relationship, a business partnership, anything in life, if you make a mistake and it's very clear and it could be changed, you would change it, right?

[Covino]

Yeah, but they're not rolling with that. Like, we're being like sad baby Americans. Like, we're screaming, not fair. And they're saying, well, tough tatas. That's really it.

[Rich]

That's not fair.

[Covino]

And then there's, you know, again, there's always the controversy of FIFA's corrupt. That's nothing new. And that people are against the US and they don't want us to win. And that becomes the narrative. I don't know how true that is. What do I know? I'm just the guy in a $10 CVS jersey. CVS USA jersey.

[Danny G]

I looked up FIFA's disciplinary code. It says it cannot be reduced or overturned appeal unless the ban is extended to more than one game.

[Covino]

Right. So it is. And you're going to hate this is what it is. As the vato say, it just is what it is.

[Rich]

I mean, listen, there's no.

[Covino]

There's no changing it because we think, see, there's like an entitlement That a lot of casual Americans feel is like,

[Rich]

well, that's not fair. And they're just like, well, honestly, there's a question itself. Are we entitled little bitch?

[Covino]

Yeah, a little bit. A little bit. Or we're quick to go to conspiracy. We're quick to say, you know, that everybody's against us and FIFA doesn't want us to win and all that stuff. We've been great hosts. I don't think that's the case. I do think it's an unfair call. I do think it wasn't malicious. I think it was just. He wasn't even looking at the dude.

[Danny G]

A yellow card wasn't even pulled on the play.

[Covino]

There should have been, maybe in real time. Even though rich of. Of that era. I think yellow card is the weakest of the bands. Can I be the most popular?

[Rich]

But I thought Ocean Avenue is a good.

[Covino]

I think it's like some 41 newfound glory, you know, yellow cards somewhere, you know, down below.

[Iowa Sam]

Can I read this to you guys?

[Covino]

Sure.

[Iowa Sam]

This is from ESPN last night. This is from someone I believe has a referee background. VAR made their recommendation. So that's a person who is using the video upstairs. It's actual person. VAR made the recommendation to the referee based on slow motion and still replays, which is not aligned with VAR protocols, as these should be used for only point of contact purposes in a red card tackle situation. Once at the screen, however, it would have been a surprise if the referee on the field did not send off Belugin, considering the pictures he was presented by VAR being like, oh, he stuck his cleats right in the guy's ankle.

[Covino]

I mean, that is what happened, though. And it did look vicious.

[Iowa Sam]

It looked bad if it was stopped or slowed down. But in real time, it didn't.

[Covino]

Uh, yeah, but I mean, that's why people came back. That's the problem. We can't speak out of both sides of our mouth, too, because people say that about Caitlin Clark, too. And it's like, hey, regardless, she still had a fist in her neck. Yeah, but in real time, it wasn't as bad when, you know, the facts still remain. It was bad. It's just what was the intent is what's in question.

[Commercial Announcer / Miller Lite Ad Voice]

Right?

[Iowa Sam]

They showed. They showed Messi. They showed Messi doing the same thing to another guy. He didn't even get a yellow card for that dude.

[Covino]

I think it's a matter of intent, and I do think it was bad. I do think we saw that guy's whole ankle roll like he's cleats The Belugan, like, stomped him with his cleat right into the back of the ankle. And, yeah, that's bad, but there was no intent there. No malicious intent. It was not done deliberately. I think that's the difference here.

[Rich]

Well, that's the difference in everything in society. When someone says or does the wrong thing, you know, some.

[Covino]

And again, there's proof that he wasn't even looking at. And Adam in that direction when it happened.

[Rich]

An athlete, a comedian, someone says something questionable. Kavino. And I always say it's funny how no one ever looks at intent. They look at results. And, dude, someone could say something questionable, and you're like, yo, if they didn't mean it, if the intent wasn't there, I don't understand how this. This play could just be upheld. Like, yeah, you know, one dude decided, hey, let's take a look. And now Beluga's out for a game.

[Covino]

You're basically saying, in this world of 20, where we all could see, we all have social media, we all could get it right and watch the replay if we can get it right. How do they not use the technology available and the ways in which we appreciate sports nowadays and use it on the biggest stage, biggest worldwide platform in sports, which is the World Cup? I get what you're saying.

[Rich]

I have two examples for you. I have two examples for you. One will speak to you because you're a Yankees fan. I'm sorry. They've lost seven in a row. Sorry. Not sorry.

[Covino]

It's the June swoon. But Too bad it's July 2nd, seven in a row.

[Rich]

Remember that play where Aaron Boone got thrown out of the game because someone in the crowd was chirping at the umpire? And Aaron Boone's like, what the hell? I didn't even say a word. And everything shows, replays, everything. That Aaron Boone didn't say anything. If you could get it right, why are you sticking to your guns? I mean, your worst trait.

[Covino]

Join me on FIFA council and make a change. Rich, I don't know what to tell you.

[Rich]

You're the first guy.

[Covino]

It is what it is. That's just it. You know, they. They. They make the call. There's no appeal as. As Sam read to you. And that's just how it is. There's no. We can't say, you know, hey, all right, do over. They don't. It can't hit. They don't hit the reset button in these moments.

[Rich]

But I'm just saying, we. We. We as a society, you know, it is.

[Covino]

You're just a Soft American, who's used to hitting the reset button. Or you have a bad frame to start off your bowling game, and you're like, you know what? Let me do that over. It just. It happened. And they roll with it and they don't take it back. Not in this situation.

[Rich]

But if there's proof of something I can never understand. I saw a clip the other day. John Boy was breaking down. Some dude got ejected from a baseball game because the umpire, again, thought he said something, and he didn't. If there's proof right there in the moment or something to overturn something, why. Why would we not want that? The whole idea of replay, the whole idea of having the technology we have today is to, what, get it right at a kid's Little League or Ponyball game, right? Kavina, this is a good one. Every mom or dad, someone sets up something called Game Changer. And I guarantee millions of Dan Patrick audience members like, yeah, I use Game Changer. If on Game Changer, let's say little Johnny gets called out because he missed second base. Like, runner miss second out. And 25 parents have on their phone, Like, I have video right here of Johnny touching second base. Why would you be like, nope, I thought I saw it. Like, I don't get why.

[Covino]

I think maybe because regard. All right, how about this? Regardless of intent, it still happened, right? So maybe that's the way they're looking at it and they don't want to go back on it. Like, all right, feedback's coming in, and we appreciate all the phone calls. As we speculate, I think we need to focus on the victory here, right? We're focusing on the negative. The positive is, we won.

[Danny G]

And the Tillman kick.

[Covino]

Oh, awesome. We won. It was awesome. It was a lot of fun. We all got World cup fever, so let's appreciate the victory. But for example, if you got any opinions. 87799 on fox. 87799 on fox. Mercer man hits us up. He says, it's an opinion. It might rub people the wrong way, but it was red card worthy. He goes on to say, this is

[Rich]

on our red card and all we got with these $10 CVS shirts.

[Covino]

Zip it. You might get a brown card, bro. You got the better deal now. He also continues to say, and this is on our YouTube live chat. We're streaming and you can chat live. YouTube.com richfsr the dude scraped his spikes down his whole entire leg, then stomped on his foot. Stepped on his foot. Whether he meant to do it or not. You have to Be in control of your feet.

[Rich]

I mean, that is, that is true.

[Covino]

And he said the ball was on the other guy's foot. So how's he going for the ball? But he really wasn't looking at that direction. But do you have to, to know where someone's foot is going to be? You know, the vicinity?

[Rich]

Maybe I'm a. Maybe I'm a crybaby American.

[Covino]

Or maybe these officials have, you know, we've seen it all. We know what he. What was going on.

[Rich]

You know, listen, maybe in. Maybe on sports talk radio and podcast in other lands, they're all talking about how we're a bunch of crybaby. Like, oh, yeah, I don't believe that FIFA.

[Covino]

I don't believe that FIFA's out to get us.

[Iowa Sam]

We have problems with referees in every sport.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

Come on. Yeah, they're, they're, they are trying to do their best, but sometimes they get things wrong.

[Covino]

Everybody, everybody does. But, yeah, we're here to celebrate Rich. And we'll get to your phone calls and feedback and.

[Danny G]

Nobody got me a shirt at cvs.

[Covino]

No.

[Danny G]

Nomina in the chat, she's like, danny couldn't join the crew visually and be part of what's going on with the show.

[Iowa Sam]

You at least have. You're wearing like, you, you.

[Covino]

I did the color scheme.

[Commercial Announcer / Wells Fargo Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

You're thinking ahead.

[Danny G]

But I went to my local cvs. They were sold out. They did not have a shirt. Rich found.

[Rich]

It's a hot item, dude.

[Danny G]

Yeah, Rich found.

[Iowa Sam]

Hard to find.

[Covino]

Kind of.

[Danny G]

Rich found one for him and Covino at his local cvs.

[Rich]

Yeah, Danny, there was a third one.

[Iowa Sam]

Danny, you're at least on the same page here.

[Rich]

Danny, there was a third one. Would you have been okay if I bought you the men's small that they.

[Danny G]

Yeah, for my left thigh.

[Covino]

Yeah. For his first two year old. You know, people are like, go to Dick's Sporting Goods and get an official jersey. And we were like, nah, they're not

[Iowa Sam]

going to have these knockoff babies.

[Covino]

Yeah. No, we go to CVS to buy our CVS$10 specials. But in reality, you know what it is? Iowa Sam. If you missed it yesterday, Iowa Sam was wearing his. And we're like, what is that? So in solidarity. It's kind of like when Ernie went in his pants. In solidarity, we're all wearing these jerseys. Like, you know what, Sam? You're not going to be the only guy. In fact, you're a trendsetter. So we're all rocking them today in unison in celebration of Team USA's victory. So anyway, we expressed. We expressed how upset I think the world seems to be or America seems to be on that call the red card because it affects you moving forward. What are your thoughts on it? How do we handle it? Ok. I think it's time for people to step up. That's just how it is.

[Rich]

If we're in a bootleg jersey from CVS is cool. Consider us Miles Davis.

[Covino]

I'll give you one quick example to think about, Rich. It's like when my girlfriend says to me, God forbid something ever happened to me, you would starve to death. You know what I say? No, I'd be just fine. I mean, I'd be sad if something happened to you, but I'd survive. I'd be okay.

[Danny G]

You have to make your own scrambled eggs.

[Covino]

No, because people step up if someone goes down. Yeah. Guess who has to make their own scrambled eg.

[Commercial Announcer / Miller Lite Ad Voice]

Me.

[Covino]

Other people step up. This is an opportunity for other people to step up.

[Iowa Sam]

Steve, I love your optimism as once the shine of that the victory kind of faded. Or like you're thinking about the next game against Belgium. You're like, you're frustrated if you're rooting for the USA because you haven't been at full strength since the first game against Paraguay where Pulisic left with a calf injury and then now you have beluga, now can't play against Belgium. So it's like they haven't been full strength. And it's just frustrating because you're like,

[Covino]

this is not fair for this full belugum difference maker. But what happens even in regular American football, right? Your players are hurt. What next man up. Because everybody's players are hurt, you know, so it's just a tough, a tough situation.

[Rich]

If we lose to a country that's best known for their waffles, then we got bigger problems. Are we favored to beat Belgium?

[Covino]

Yeah. You got to look at it this way, guys. This is a rally, rally cry. People pull together, power and numbers. They're like, yeah, now they got something to play for and be fired up even more. Not that anyone needed added motivation, but let it motivate them.

[Rich]

Well, hey, we got more thoughts on not only the World cup, but there's a. There's a big wedding in the world of celebrity and sports. And I had a question about going to a wedding where you don't really know the people involved. There's a story involving Taylor Swift and the Knicks. We're going to get to plus we're going to throw it back. Go old school. Stephen. A saying some dumb stuff Covino's mad about. We're going to get to a bunch. Okay, right here, Kavino and Rich in for the great Dan Patrick. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at

[Covino]

9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports

[Rich]

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[Covino]

All right, welcome back to the show. Covino and Rich in for DP Dan Patrick. We got Iowa Sam on the ones and twos. Danny G on the phones now at 87799 on F. He's our executive producer. We got hop along. Rich Davis with his 40 gallon hat and his USA jersey. He's in Texas right now. We're live from the Fox Sports radio studios in LA. And for over 40 years, Tire Rack has been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive. Shipped fast and free, backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tire rack. Tire rack.com the way tire buying should be. Here's the deal. The deal is everyone's all upset and everyone's like, how is this possible?

[Rich]

Red card.

[Covino]

Where was the yellow card? Unjust? Conspiracy, Unfair. FIFA hates us. They're corrupt. The world doesn't want us to win. First of all, the world hasn't been been embracing the USA like we haven't seen it in a long time, right? And the truth is there was a cleat to the ankle and it was pretty vicious.

[Rich]

I felt it when I watch, like

[Covino]

I get upset and I get hurt. My Feel get hurt when Danny G gives me a flat tire and steps on the back of my sneakers, right? I'm like, ah, dude. Yeah, this was. They had to do something.

[Danny G]

I've never smudged your Pumas.

[Covino]

Look, should have been, could have been, whatever, right? My point here is we're looking at it wrong. We won. We got to think about what's next, and we gotta think about Belgium and moving forward and who's gonna step up. Is it. Is it right? Is it Ricardo Pepe? So someone has to step up now. And for all we know, they have the game of their life. Rich, you always act like. And you're the first to say it. I don't know how to put your theory into words. It's the Rich Davis theory of your big star goes down. Let's say he's down for a week or two.

[Rich]

I know what you're talking about.

[Covino]

If the guy who steps up behind him hits a few home runs or something, is it that different than what the big star would have done in that moment?

[Rich]

No harm, no foul. I always use that analogy with starting pitchers when they're like, hey, Cam Schlitler or, you know, Zach Wheeler or some big star scubal is going to miss four starts. I always say, hey, if that replacement spot starter wins two or three of those four games, did you lose that much? They just need to win the next game and it's no harm, no foul.

[Covino]

Like I said, it's a little bittersweet and it seems a little unfair, but it is what it is. We got to stop crying about it and focus on the positives of, man. We're playing tough, and if bluegun is there, how much better you are moving forward. They just got to get to the next game and you got to focus on the positives. Like Tillman with that sweet goal. Rich, you got to hear the Telemundo. Andres Cantor call of. Of the. Of the. Of the goal yesterday.

[Rich]

Got some pipes right now.

[Covino]

He's just showing up,

[Danny G]

still going.

[Commercial Announcer / Miller Lite Ad Voice]

Another one.

[Rich]

Is right.

[Covino]

I think he said something about our sweet jerseys after that.

[Danny G]

It's like one of Rich's conversations down the hallway when we're in a break.

[Covino]

Yeah, my Spanish isn't that great. But Andres Cantor, the legendary sportscaster broadcaster, calling the goal again, positives. Tillman with the goal yesterday, I had to look it up because I was like, that was impressive. That impressed me more than the win yesterday. 63 years old. I thought he was a little older, to be honest, but still, to have pipes like that, I can't do that.

[Rich]

I thought you were going to tell me how many seconds. I was like at least 15 seconds.

[Covino]

I counted at least 103 seconds there. Radio seconds. That felt like forever.

[Rich]

Can I tell you, it's interesting to me because the late, great John Sterling.

[Covino]

Dude.

[Rich]

Who you loved for all those years, right, Dude?

[Commercial Announcer / Miller Lite Ad Voice]

That's right.

[Rich]

It's so funny when it comes to soccer. When it comes to soccer, we love the most preposterous calls. But John Sterling gave us that every day in baseball. And I don't even like the Yankees. And people made fun of John Sterling, and I'm like, how could you like that? How could you be like, man, Andres Cantor, but then make fun of John Sterling?

[Covino]

Because we're hypocrites. We're hypocrites. That dude took a foul ball to the head to the dome. Oh, oh. Ow. It's expected.

[Danny G]

It's expected in soccer. That's part of the culture.

[Covino]

Yeah, well, he was trying to start a different culture. He was trying to bring fun to sports. So, yeah, Rest in peace, John Sterling. And props, major props to Andres Cantor, 63 years old with the call. And that was awesome. So again, I'm trying to give you the positives because everyone's so positive about it.

[Rich]

Everyone.

[Covino]

You can't be what you hate the most, right? What happens? There's a new virus in town and everyone's an expert overnight, right? Or there's a news story and everyone's some sort of forensic expert overnight. It's like you knew nothing. Or there's a new health fad and now you're a Peptides expert overnight, right? Get it?

[Rich]

I don't want to be that guy. So you know what I'm going to say?

[Covino]

Stepping into soccer on a World cup level. And it's not like we've never interviewed all the greats and we know nothing. Guys, we've been in the same rooms, the rooms where it happens with David Beckham's and Chicharitos of the world, okay? And that's the truth. But we can't casually step into the World cup all excited because it's in our backyard and all of a sudden they're kicking in. Or as my dad would say, rich bitching and moaning. Hey, you can't come here bitching and moaning and like, we know the rules.

[Rich]

And bro, you know, I'm gonna be the. I'll be the first to say we're not the expert. I'm done complaining. Because I don't. I'm. I'm not. I'm Never the guy that leads with complaining. In fact, I'm almost like too positive at times. So you know what? Hey, let's go USA Monday.

[Covino]

My spin on Belgium is let's think positive and let someone step up.

[Rich]

But you know what it is, Kavino? It's. Yeah, I don't want to be that guy that doesn't really know much about soccer being like, how is that a red card? Because no, it's more irritating when you have that casual fan watching with you a sport that you don't know. Like if you're a boxing fan or an MMA fan and you have some jabroni watching with you that doesn't know the fight game and they're like, well, how does he not get out of that move? Or why would he. Why would he go to the ground game? Or like, I don't know, it's. Or why is he not throwing punches? When someone that doesn't know what they're talking about commentates on a sport, it's annoying. So I don't want to be that guy for soccer. You know what? I don't know. I'm gonna.

[Covino]

Ricardo Pepe right now. Caccio De Pepe. Ricardo Pepe looks like he could handle the job. 23 year old stud or Sam, they were saying maybe, right? Could also be the guy. Haji Wright could also be the guy moving forward, he looks.

[Rich]

Guys, do you follow me on that? Like, while we want to be involved in the conversation, us acting like we know what constitutes a red card. I told you, we looked it up. I saw some clips and force and malice and not saying opinion.

[Covino]

I'm just saying, you know, you can

[Rich]

have an opinion, but at the end of the day, what do we really know? You're right. It's like someone that never watches a fight and all sudden they're, you know, Jim Lampley. Like I get. You know, maybe we just proceed. And we're still favored over Belgium, by the way. We're still favored. That is Monday night. So listen, after a nice long holiday, Fourth of July weekend, Monday night we got another game. We move on to the round of.

[Covino]

See, now you're thinking positive, right?

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There it is.

[Rich]

And I get to wear this jersey one more time, by the way, for every time we get to where this jersey cove, divide it by the $10 that we spent on it. So now $5 a wear if we get to wear it today and then on Monday.

[Covino]

Definitely smells like an old high school penny from the 70s. Remember in high school they bust out that giant sack of pennies and you had a rummage through them and they were never washed. And you had to pick one which

[Iowa Sam]

were washed more, the pennies or the trays at tsa?

[Covino]

I think the trays at tsa, maybe.

[Rich]

I was saying we've, we've, we've brought up not only those pennies at gym class, but where you went to school in Iowa. Because I don't know how you operate in Iowa. I just know how I operated.

[Covino]

We didn't have school.

[Rich]

We straight to the farm fields. So did you in high school bring gym clothes to school, change into them, and then you would just have stanky ass gym clothes that sat in your locker?

[Covino]

Yes, yes. The worst part is you went to social studies with a sweaty ass after running a mile dripping, you know, and there was no air conditioning. We had those Ben Franklin poles that you had to open a window up with. Right. You were in the cinder block prison of school sweating your ass off. They expect you to run a mile and then you're sitting there in your own stank for the rest of the day.

[Rich]

But, but Danny G, do you remember those days of like, you'd had like, you probably had like a, an old Dodgers T shirt and gym shorts and then you put in your locker and the next time you had gym class, you broke out that crusty same gross gym clothes.

[Danny G]

I got to give my mom a lot of credit though, because she said every Friday you bring your gym clothes home. You are not gonna.

[Covino]

You know what I mean?

[Danny G]

And I, and I listened to her every, Every Friday, man. I made sure that on the next Monday I was gonna be so fresh and so clean.

[Rich]

We were a bunch of teenagers. We all smelled like Fritos rich.

[Danny G]

There were kids that went three, four weeks without bringing those clothes home to get washed.

[Rich]

Dude, Danny, know what it's like not to be, not to gross people out, but freshman year of college, how many of your buddies were like, oh, wait, I'm supposed to change my sheets?

[Covino]

Yeah, that's an issue.

[Rich]

Yeah, that's an issue.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Danny G. To make sure your, your, your college age sons are changing their bed sheets at school, Please can't be having gross people.

[Covino]

Yeah, that's just ridiculous. But again, wishing Team USA the best moving forward. It was a big night of soccer, a big night in the NBA.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Jalen Brown had a night. A lot of controversy there. People are saying the weakest trade of all time in the NBA. The Lakers are making moves. What's LeBron?

[Rich]

You know what, let's talk about maybe that weakest trade of all time. Let's, let's talk about Jalen Brown. Let's talk about some trades. And also speaking of the NBA, did you see who was invited to Taylor Swift's wedding? The Knicks, starting five. And I got thoughts. I think this is hilarious. So we'll, we'll talk a little NBA. We'll talk a little wedding etiquette and more coming up right here. Kavino and Rich in for the great Dan Patrick. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. He's dribbling the ball with everything on the line. He's driving down the pitch.

[Covino]

He's facing price hikes and cuts past him.

[Rich]

Carrier contracts, tries to block him.

[Covino]

Oh, he leaves him in the dust. He's at the edge of the box. He cuts past the non stop group chat trash talk.

[Rich]

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[Covino]

Man, I have the hottest take, I think, of the day. Stephen A. Smith can say. Stephen A. Can say whatever he wants about the white Lakers or were they called the Snowtime Lakers? I have a hotter take and it involves John Denver. I don't know if I'm ready for it right now. I'm still revving up Cavino and Rich in for dp.

[Rich]

It's annoying. It's annoying.

[Danny G]

Get ready for awful announcing dot com.

[Covino]

Oh, boy.

[Rich]

Dude. Cavino's musical taste is like, if it's not rocking enough, it's. He's. Oh, God, you're so iro.

[Covino]

That's so false. You sound like my Uncle Bill who I found out behind my back. Said he likes Limp Bizkit. What does he know? I'm a music snob, okay? So I have what they call taste. You have the opposite. That's nice. No taste. So I don't want to hear from you, but yeah, everyone was singing. Focus right now, Rich. I want to focus on the positives. I don't want to go against my own theory here. Where Cavino and wretch in for dp. We got Danny G. We got Iowa Sam. When I was Sam goes down. Yeah, it's not the same, but sexy Ryan steps up, and that sexy Ryan in this case is going to be Ricardo Pepe or Haji Wright or someone else has to step up, okay? For Team usa, it's an opportunity for someone else. That's how the story's written. And it's gonna. It's gonna be great for Team usa. We're gonna look back and be like, yeah, because that's his moment.

[Rich]

Okay, listen, I just. I can't believe you don't think. You don't think Country Road's the jam.

[Covino]

I'm gonna explain how I feel about Country Road. But right now we're live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. And after the show, remember, the podcast goes up, our stream goes up, our best of the week goes up, everything goes up. Even the YouTube is streaming live now at Covino and Rich FSR. But just search Covino Enrich C O V I N O Covino and Rich, wherever you get your podcast. And be sure to follow, rate and review. Five stars, please. Thank you. And if you leave a nice comment, Danny G might email you and you qualify for a summer prize pack. All right, we got prizes. We got bribes for you guys. Cause we appreciate being here for DP. Now the NBA.

[Rich]

Oh, the NBA. Obviously we talked about LeBron at at length yesterday. Where should he go? Is the best move Miami with Giannis? Is it Golden State? And then, you know, yesterday, Camino, after we had that conversation, you saw that LeBron said he is open to hearing from any team. So like now all of a sudden, like that conversation maybe opens up and broadens more. I don't know if it does, but

[Covino]

dude, that's wild actually, that, that needs explanation. Pause on that for a second. Because my immediate response or thought, and I know it's not a correct thought, but my thought was, well, if he's willing to take the league minimum, that's a horse of a different color. Why wouldn't you just stay with the Lakers? Because just they're on different pages, different parts.

[Danny G]

We need different like an ego thing. Like, okay, I can't get a max contract from the Lakers. So now I'm going to be a mercenary and say I'll just go to whoever I want to go to. Even if it's the vet minimum.

[Covino]

That's so, you know, I think that

[Danny G]

why not take the vet minimum for the Lakers?

[Covino]

I think that's but PR lip service. I don't know if there's truth to that. I'll believe it when I see it. Because if he would have taken the league minimum, he could have stayed in LA with his family, which is priority, played with his son, use that extra money to get the pieces that they need to run it back and make a move.

[Danny G]

I think there's more to the story that we're going to find out later. The new Lakers ownership in LeBron probably just didn't match up with what, you know, each side wanted going forward.

[Rich]

Ideologies and Cavino, I know Kavino's Got this big thought that others would shut down right away. But Covino loves The idea of LeBron being that veteran presence in San Antonio, and I just can't see it, but I know I'm down here in San Antonio Camino. I'll.

[Covino]

I'm not the only guy saying it, though.

[Rich]

I'll take the temperature of the people later. How about that?

[Covino]

No, because it was. It was a theory. It was a hypothetical. Let's give credit where it's due. We. Courtesy of Danny G, too, in our meetings, we're like, Danny G. Is like, man, this would be perfect. Because San Antonio needs leadership the same way LeBron James needs youth and. And a team that can contend. He wants to play for a contender, not a pretender. He doesn't want, you know, the whole thing on him. It was like, it's a perfect match. But it seemed like a pipe dream when we were talking about that.

[Danny G]

We talked about it during the NBA Finals.

[Covino]

Now this is a strong, strong possibility. And now we're not the only one saying it. When we were saying it, people were like, laughing about it, like, yeah, that's never going to happen. And I remember Danny G saying, but why, man? They need the wisdom. That's where they fell short in the Finals. LeBron could bring the wisdom, they could bring the youth that would be a perfect pairing to take them back to the finals. And it's way closer to happening than anyone thinks. And we. I gotta be honest, we're not the, hey, we said it first show, but I think we said it first.

[Rich]

Yeah, listen, listen, you and I, we both agree, though, that the sentiment of, if LeBron's on a team, they don't. The other team does not come back down 29. But, like, you know, there was a composure the spurs were lacking that LeBron has, and it sounded preposterous, but you're right. Now that LeBron's like, I'm open to anything.

[Covino]

I was reading about it on Yahoo. Sports for real, too. I'm like, oh, but we were the clowns with this crazy hypothetical when we were talking about it. Now it's a real possibility if he's willing to take league minimums and really wants to play for a contender, really is willing to put ego aside to go at it, you know, go for one more run at a chip, you know, is that. Is that selfish or is that just awesome? I don't, you know, that's for you to decide.

[Rich]

Can I give you one thing where I am I told you so?

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[Covino]

It's not bragging. If it's true.

[Rich]

No. I mean, I'm never that guy because I hate that type of broadcast or podcast. Right there.

[Danny G]

Usually point out where Rich is wrong.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

If anything, Danny G. It's sort of fun to point out when you're wrong because it's sort of funny in a way. But I remember saying months ago to Covino and he, we all, we both agreed. I was like, you think ABC is going to eat the money and not air that train wreck of a bachelorette, you know, the Mormon wife one?

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I said, remember they canceled it because she, you know, had some, you know, some troubles. I said, wait a few months until the next news cycle. And ABC was losing millions. They're going to air this because Love island and all these trashy shows, it's almost like the more scandalous, the better. I'm like, I guarantee this is not done.

[Covino]

If Peacock is getting away with manipulating these kids on Love island the way they are, yeah, I think ABC could lean into the Taylor, Frankie Paul controversies. Ratings, baby. Ratings gold, baby.

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[Rich]

All right. Well, hey, coming up, we are going to talk Celtics. Jalen Brown. What a, what a farewell. What do you think of some of the big trades that went down in the NBA? We'll get to that. Plus, invited to a high profile wedding, do you automatically go, the Knicks were invited to Taylor and Travis's wedding. We'll get to that in a bunch more right here in for DP Kavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

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