Hour 3 – Mahomes Voluntary Pay Cut, Mid-Weak-Major

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show

Hour 3 – Mahomes Voluntary Pay Cut, Mid-Weak-Major
February 18, 2026

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Overview

In this lively third hour, guest hosts Steve Covino, Rich Davis, and their crew fill in for Dan Patrick. They blend sports news and passionate debate, focusing on Patrick Mahomes' major contract restructuring with the Chiefs, and launch into their signature “Midweek Major” segment—rating the week’s biggest (and not-so-big) pop culture and sports stories. The discussion is sprinkled with humor, nostalgic banter, and audience interaction, making for an engaging listen for sports fans and pop culture aficionados alike.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Baseball’s Salary Cap Debate

(03:39–06:43)

• Caller Mike in LA kicks off with a quick take on MLB's salary cap and how it really serves owners, not competitive balance.
  • “Salary cap has absolutely nothing to do with competitive balance and everything to do with owners dividing profits.” (Mike, 04:14)
• The crew riffs on big spenders vs. small market teams, using the Mets and Dodgers as prime examples.
  • “Spending money doesn’t always work. I’m a Mets fan. We’ve done that for years. You can’t buy chemistry.” (Rich Davis, 05:42)

2. Prolonged Sports Windows, Superstar Longevity, and Mahomes' Future

(12:21–22:29)

• After “Big Mike’s Words of Wisdom” (see below), the show pivots to the NFL and Patrick Mahomes’ contract restructuring, which frees up $43.5 million in cap space for the Chiefs.
• The central debate: Are the Chiefs’ glory days already behind them, or will Mahomes' sacrifice and new weapons keep them competing annually like Brady’s Patriots and Montana’s 49ers?
  • “The NFL has proven to be a league that changes quickly, but it’s still Patrick Mahomes.” (Steve Covino, 15:07)
  • “For the most part, elite Hall of Fame guys make the playoffs every year. Is that a crazy statement?” (Rich Davis, 16:35)
• The guys discuss how injuries, roster churn, and rising AFC competition (Chargers, Raiders, Broncos) might mean the Chiefs’ dominance could ebb sooner than fans expect.
• Audience engagement: Call for listener opinions—are KC still the team to beat?

Notable Quote:

"Spending on the right people is winning, and the Dodgers are doing it."
— Steve Covino (06:31)

3. Big Mike’s Words of Wisdom Segment

(10:21–12:08)

• Weekly bit where “Big Mike” delivers a motivational quote:
  • “Sacrifice hurts because the thing feels good, but growth happens precisely in that discomfort.” (Big Mike, 11:00)
• Listeners who can recite the phrase verbatim win show prizes.
  • Damon from Ohio nails it, winning a prize pack (20:13).

4. Pop Culture Banter—Celebrity Birthdays & Nostalgia

(07:06–09:39)

• The team enjoys guessing the ages of John Travolta and Vanna White, sidetracking into 1980s childhood nostalgia and humorous stories about Vanna.
• Also recognize Dr. Dre's 61st birthday, noting the passage of time for iconic figures.

Memorable Moment:

“Vanna White was on our show, and I was feeling a little under the weather, and she was rubbing my thigh, bro. Rubbing the thigh.”
— Steve Covino (08:09)

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Segment Breakdown with Timestamps

Mid-Week Major Segment:

(29:50–39:08) Sammy, in his “fill-in host” role, tosses out recent sports/pop culture headlines for the guys to declare “midweek” (meh) or “major” (must-watch):

• Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano Fight on Netflix
  Major: Both women coming out of retirement, playing into the trend of spectacle fights promoted by Jake Paul & Netflix.

  • “This is a fight that should have, could have, and may have happened years ago ... finally, we’re getting it.” (Steve Covino, 31:39)
  • “I guarantee it’ll break some type of female fight record for sure.” (Rich Davis, 33:18)

• Olympian Eileen Gu Competes for China, Faces Criticism Mid: Born in San Francisco, Gu represents China; the team agrees she’s within the rules, story overblown.

  • “It’s as simple as that.” (Steve Covino, 34:36)

• Tiger Woods Eyes Masters Return at 50
  Major: Even casual fans dial in when Tiger’s on the course.

  • “Tiger Woods related is major. ... Only so many GOATs in this world. If he’s gonna participate one more time ... I want to root for him hard.” (Steve Covino, 35:48)

• Lindsey Vonn Suffers Injury, Loses Dog
  Major: The crew expresses genuine sympathy for Vonn’s devastating combo of injury and her dog's death.

  • “Losing a pet is always the toughest. As they say, when it rains, it pours.” (Steve Covino, 37:43)

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Additional Fun/Energy

• The show is filled with laughter, recurring jokes (“Can I buy a D?”—Wheel of Fortune innuendo), quick-witted exchanges, and inside jokes about family, hair products for dads, and more.

  • “I think our dad’s generation ... they comb their hair after the shower and it just dries.” (Rich Davis, 44:03)

• Invites audience engagement: Calls, live chat, and social media activity (06:43; 11:30; 51:10).

Sidebars

• Banters about collectibles as investments: The hosts note Logan Paul selling a rare Pokémon card for over $16M (46:27–48:35).
• Rumor Watch: A brief rumor segment about Kirk Cousins possibly reuniting with the Vikings, lightly debated but left open-ended (48:51–51:10).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You can’t buy chemistry. It’s buying the right people.” — Rich Davis (05:42)
• “Sacrifice hurts because the thing feels good, but growth happens precisely in that discomfort.” — Big Mike (11:00)
• “For the most part, elite hall-of-fame guys make the playoffs every year. Is that a crazy statement?” — Rich Davis (16:35)
• On Logan Paul & Pokémon: “He bought a card for 5 million, 5 plus million. And they sold it for 16 plus million, let alone a stupid Pokémon card.” — Steve Covino (47:14)
• “If you watched Man in the Arena ... you realize that that early Patriots team he won with, I don’t think there was like one common roster member from the later Brady team.” — Rich Davis (19:04)

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Closing

The hour blends hardcore sports talk (Mahomes’ contract, NFL dynasties), universal pop culture themes (Tiger Woods, Rousey-Carano), and plenty of jokes and banter. Key takeaways include the ever-volatile state of NFL success, the questionable staying power of sports dynasties, and the feel-good value of growth—both literal and figurative. Covino & Rich’s engaging energy keeps the discussion light but thoughtful—perfect for sports fans and casual listeners alike.

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Suggested Listening

• [Midweek Major Segment - 29:50]
• [Big Mike’s Words of Wisdom - 10:21]
• [Mahomes Contract & Chiefs Dynasty Debate - 12:21–22:29]
• [Pop Culture Banter, Birthdays - 07:06–09:39]

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Transcript

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[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

Yo, please sit down. Relax.

[Steve Covino]

Enj Last hour. Yeah. Of the Dan Patrick Hat Trick. Three in a row. So if you missed anything Catch it at Covino and Rich fsr. We had some fun shows and we appreciate you. Cavino. Enrich everything at Covino and Rich. Steve Covino, Rich Davis, Danny G. Sam and Mike's on standby. Mike runs this place. We're giving away prizes if you repeat his words of wisdom verbatim. We do it every Wednesday.

[Rich Davis]

I love this.

[Steve Covino]

Plus, we got midweek Major. This hour, Sam is going to be hosting Midweek Major. Sammy, sweetheart, those are the biggest stories in sports and pop culture. Are they midweek or major? We discussed together here on the show.

[Rich Davis]

But Rich, what if Sam's really good? Any Wally Pips or Tom Brady Spot he bledso.

[Sammy]

We shall see.

[Rich Davis]

He bled.

[Steve Covino]

So he bled spots.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, we'll see.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

I mean, I don't know about that. Let the people decide. Covino and Rich FSR to see us live. We also have a live chat. Yeah, we also have some live phone calls, Rich. I don't want to keep people holding. So before we get into Mike's words of wisdom and this Patrick Mahomes story.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

About his money, let's take a few phone calls and get this third hour started. All right, Kavino and Rich, 87799 on Fox. We got Mike in LA who wants to talk. Yo, salary cap. What up, Mike?

[Rich Davis]

What's up, bud?

[Steve Covino]

Morning, guys. Thanks for taking my call.

[Rich Davis]

No problem, man. I'm going to cover Quick points. I was going to say, it's just the salary cap in baseball is tricky. Right. Because as a Mets fan, I'm sure you're a Dodgers fan. You're an LA guy. You're like, yeah, spend the way. But how do small market fans feel? Right.

[Steve Covino]

Well, first of all, great job on the Cliff Notes. I got a couple quick additions for you.

[Rich Davis]

Please do.

[Steve Covino]

Number one, salary cap has absolutely nothing to do with with competitive balance and everything to do with owners dividing profits. That's your one. Number two, actually, don't think it's going to be a problem with Tony Clark stepping down because he's the executive director, not the lead negotiator. You may remember about a year ago, there was almost a coup and he was almost out. So I think Bruce Meyer continuing should be fine.

[Rich Davis]

They should bring in. They should bring in William Shatner because he needed the priceline negotiated.

[Steve Covino]

I would absolutely approve the use of William Shatner as the director President Baseball, I would agree. Moving on. The Pirates also don't have to compete with the Dodgers. They have to compete with the Cardinals, the Reds, the I don't even know who exes in the central division. The Twins, the Royals. They don't compete with the Dodgers or the Yankees. They compete with the White Sox and the Guardians, they don't have to spend at the Dodgers level. They have to spend and out beat their division.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, and then you just have to win one five or seven game series. I know what you're saying. It's not just because she spent money is not automatic because you know what I heard Colin here on the network, you know Colin, our good friend that stole Fernando Mendoza from us. Kidding. Colin stars, stars, stars, stars, stars. He made a fantastic point that, you know, it's not like the Angels didn't spend a ton of money on Ohtani Trout. All these, they put together power teams. But guess what? No one cared.

[Steve Covino]

There's no guarantee.

[Rich Davis]

He gave the analogy of like if you're, if you're good looking and broke, no one cares. If you have money and you're ugly, no one cares. But if you're rich and good looking, people hate on you. And that's the Dodgers. Right. So it's like, you know, it doesn't. Spending money doesn't always work. I'm a Mets fan.

[Steve Covino]

We've done that for years. You can't buy chemistry. It's buying the right people. Uncle Steve breaks out, we got to applaud what the Dodgers did.

[Rich Davis]

Uncle Steve breaks out the wallet for the Mets. Steve Cohen doesn't mean they're winning. They won 83 games last year. They tried. Remember the Mets tried to get. I even forget because it felt like forever ago. Remember they had Verlander and Scherzer.

[Steve Covino]

Oh yeah.

[Rich Davis]

And it was like we're going to spend 40 million on these aging pitchers.

[Steve Covino]

Didn't work.

[Rich Davis]

That didn't work out. And last year again, the Reds made the postseason over the Mets. So spending doesn't mean winning. It does make it easy.

[Steve Covino]

Spending on the right people.

[Rich Davis]

Exactly.

[Steve Covino]

Is winning and the Dodgers are doing it. So thanks for your phone calls. We still got more people chiming in. 8 7, 7, 99 on Fox. What's up, Sammy, Sweetheart.

[Sammy]

By the way, great call by Michael, but I couldn't tell where he started and ended the William Shatner impression. He got out of it slowly. I was like, is he still doing it?

[Rich Davis]

Impressed with Mike's ability to immediately jump into a Shatner.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, it was great.

[Rich Davis]

That was impressive.

[Sammy]

Great call.

[Steve Covino]

And unexplained.

[Rich Davis]

Remember, he was eating cereal in his car and we were all duped, and I was like, duh, you idiots. It's a Super bowl commercial.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Danny, Sam. Before we get to Mike's words of wisdom, Kavina, let me ask you guys. You said that today is Dr. Dre's 61st birthday, and if that doesn't make you feel old, I don't know what does.

[Steve Covino]

Michael Jordan turned 63 yesterday.

[Rich Davis]

I know. Can I give you two more? And I want you to guess who's older. Oh, two legends share a birthday today.

[Steve Covino]

Okay.

[Rich Davis]

And I want you to guess their ages and who's older, and then we'll get into Big Mike's words of wisdom. What's up, Mike?

[Steve Covino]

I'm waiting for some age jokes to come. Mike's the oldest. The oldest. There we go. Mike's 163.

[Rich Davis]

That's better. Mike was born. Mike lived in a Hooverville. He was Mike. He fought Teddy Roosevelt. All right, two people celebrating a birthday today. I want you to guess their ages and who's older. John Travolta and someone that Kavino loves. She was like a motherly, kind guest on our show once, Vanna White.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, I love Travolta, too.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Vanna White and Travolta. Two people our parents love. Our parents love both of those people.

[Steve Covino]

My dad, like, they're around the same age.

[Rich Davis]

I think my dad wanted to be Travolta and had a crush on Vanna White, so. Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. True story, man. One day, Vanna White was on our show, and I was feeling a little under the weather, and she was rubbing my thigh, bro. Rubbing the thigh.

[Rich Davis]

Not in a Tony Clark and his sister in law type of way. Like, this is the first I've heard of this dude.

[Steve Covino]

You have just gained some serious respect in my world. I say, like, motherly sort of moment. I say, ooh.

[Rich Davis]

No, it was very like, oh, sweetheart. Like, she was being like a kind mom.

[Steve Covino]

There was part of me, I was like, yeah, that's really sweet. But there was a part of me, I was like, ooh.

[Rich Davis]

Vanna White, she a little bit to the left.

[Sammy]

Vanna, she has very strong hands.

[Rich Davis]

After turning those letters.

[Steve Covino]

Honestly, though, in all fairness, she was, like, the sweetest woman. So who's older? I gotta go. I feel like there's a trick question here.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, it was weird. When Camino goes, can I buy a D?

[Steve Covino]

I mean.

[Rich Davis]

What. I mean, I mean a Val. I mean, I'm sorry.

[Steve Covino]

I'm gonna go. Travolta's deal. Yeah, I agree with you.

[Rich Davis]

And you guys are right with Travolta Alder. They're two ages. Travolta and Vanna White, two staples of our childhood. If you're a kid of the 80s or 90s, give me the ages. Oh, you can't take a guess.

[Steve Covino]

All right, Travolta.

[Rich Davis]

Three years apart.

[Steve Covino]

He's around my parents age, so I'd say He's. He might be 74. 73.

[Rich Davis]

Ish.

[Steve Covino]

70. I'm gonna say 74. Okay, I'm gonna. I'll go lower. I'll say 73. My dad's age. Okay. And Vanna White is.

[Rich Davis]

I said three years difference, so there you go.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Okay.

[Steve Covino]

So she's like 71.

[Rich Davis]

Travolta, 72. Vanna White, 69.

[Steve Covino]

So there you go, 69. Happy birthday to them.

[Rich Davis]

And of course, Dr. Dre. Hey, kids, he's not just a headphone guy. One of the greatest producers of all time.

[Steve Covino]

61. Yeah. Kids, download the album the Chronic. Oh, yeah. Classic of all classic. Change your life.

[Sammy]

Dr. Dre was, like, in a coma. Wasn't that. Didn't that happen?

[Steve Covino]

He had an aneurysm.

[Sammy]

Yeah, he had some major health scares. So we're certainly happy he's still with.

[Steve Covino]

Us, celebrating Dr. Dre here on the show. Sam, maybe cue up some.

[Rich Davis]

How about I need a doctor?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, some. Dr. Dre will pay more of him.

[Rich Davis]

All right, you know what? You want to do this. It is Wednesday. He's here. He's sitting right to my left, the guy who runs. The guy who runs iHeart and Fox Sports Radio, Big Mike. He gives us words of wisdom every week. Let's do it, Sam.

[Steve Covino]

It's time for the guy that runs this place. Just for clarification, guys, Big Mike does not run this place. He is not in charge of everything. He has no power over really, anybody here. He does not run this place. It's Big Mike's words of wisdom on a Wednesday.

[Rich Davis]

Mike taught us a valuable lesson, by the way, when we first started here. If someone new starts at your office, if you pretend like you run the place, the new guy will think you run the place.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, that was our impression when we started here. That's how it happened.

[Rich Davis]

To be honest, we spread the word that Mike does run. That is because I do, in fact, run this place, contrary to what Danbire has to say. All right, what do you got for us today, Mike?

[Steve Covino]

All right, here we go. In honor of LeBron and all the.

[Rich Davis]

Sacrifices he's been Making. Oh, cookies and red wine.

[Sammy]

Okay.

[Rich Davis]

Sacrifice hurts because the thing feels good, but growth happens precisely in that discomfort.

[Steve Covino]

Wow, wow, wow, wow. So the rules are simple. If you could repeat that verbatim. And by the way, it's early, and I don't know, you know about DP's audience here. That means word for word.

[Rich Davis]

The Dan answers are gonna come for you.

[Steve Covino]

I'm just trying to get him to call, man.

[Rich Davis]

All right.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, this is an intellectual audience. Yeah, I was just joking. Gu. I'm just kidding. If you could repeat that word for word, you win a prize, man. A CNR prize pack. Just trying to give back and say, we love you, Dan Patrick Nation.

[Rich Davis]

I think we got to hear it one more time.

[Steve Covino]

You want to hit us with one more time? All right, let me bust out the flute.

[Rich Davis]

Sacrifice hurts because the thing feels good, but growth happens precisely in that discomfort. Wow. Wow, wow, wow.

[Steve Covino]

Great job with the going, Sam.

[Rich Davis]

Wowie.

[Steve Covino]

Wow. Everything brings it home. Wow.

[Rich Davis]

All right, so I give that a big Owen Wilson. Wow.

[Steve Covino]

Wow. So what you're saying is it must hurt LeBron to give up the wine and chocolate chip cookies, but growth happens as a result.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

And that was the whole point he was trying to prepare for this season.

[Rich Davis]

87799 on Fox. If you could repeat it, you win that prize pack here at Fox Sports Radio. Now, before we get to Sam and midweek, Major, I did want to talk some NFL for a second. Let's shift gears. We talked some baseball. We talked some NBA. Football still came. I mean, the ratings were absurd. This year, we're going international. Games around the world. Next year, before you know it, we'll have 18 games NFL in the. In the playoffs. Even games that were lackluster had like 40, 50 million people watching. I mean, there's no denying the NFL is just pure domination.

[Steve Covino]

Right? And this goes back to what we were talking about earlier as far as what you would give up for Lent and LeBron James, because the Chiefs are restructuring Mahomes contract to free up, what, 43.5 million in cap relief? 43.56 million, in fact. And it goes back to what I said about you, Rich. Think of how much cat relief you'd give up if you just gave up Starbucks. That's. Oh, you're spending almost 200 bucks a month.

[Rich Davis]

I just have. We all have our luxuries.

[Steve Covino]

It came out to 168. 170. But that's not even counting with coffees he buys for his wife when he's there. The cake Pops, that your kids? Kanye.

[Rich Davis]

I get it, dude.

[Steve Covino]

All those little egg bites. Don't forget the extra gas to get over to Starbucks every time.

[Rich Davis]

That's what I'm saying.

[Steve Covino]

Well over 200.

[Rich Davis]

I'm a sucker for luxuries. Little pumpkin loaf.

[Steve Covino]

Think of all the cap space I know you'd free up. You could use that 2, 300 bucks for. For anything, bro.

[Rich Davis]

The cap space in that large hat.

[Steve Covino]

Of yours, that's a car payment for some people.

[Rich Davis]

So let's. Let's break this down.

[Steve Covino]

Another car.

[Rich Davis]

Mahomes restructuring the deal. I don't. I'm not worried about the contract. I don't want to have more, you know, numbers. Talk about salary caps and numbers. We talked about baseball and what's going on there. Here's my question for all the NFL fans, which is like, everyone, are we assuming that this past season for the Chiefs was the anomaly where, you know what, the ball just bounced the other way for a change? Mahomes got hurt at the end of the year. Things just weren't right all along. But you know what? Next year, they're right back in the mix. Or are you looking at it like, listen, the Raiders are going to get Fernando Mendoza. They got Clint Kubiak as their head coach. They're going to draft lineman. They got Bowers, Genti in his second year. So they're going to get significantly better. The Chargers just got Mike McDaniel as their OC. They're going to get some weapons for Herbert. They're going to make a. They're going to make a splash. And the Broncos were one quarterback injury away from likely going to the Super Bowl.

[Steve Covino]

That.

[Rich Davis]

So why are we.

[Steve Covino]

Why are we assuming that the NFL has proven to be a league that changes quickly, but it's still Patrick Mahomes.

[Rich Davis]

It's still a generational guy, but who.

[Steve Covino]

Are they getting to build around them?

[Rich Davis]

There were years where. I want you to think about this. There were years where, you know, Drew Brees was 500 and didn't necessarily make a playoff run.

[Steve Covino]

Dude, I'm not hating on Patrick Mahomes, but he's not getting younger either.

[Rich Davis]

Can I, can I ask you guys this? Outside of their early seasons, when they stunk. When they stunk. Before Montana was elite, the Niners had a couple struggle years, and then Montana, just like that, was super bowl bound and never went a year without sniffing the playoffs. Once Peyton Manning became Peyton Manning, they made the playoffs every year.

[Steve Covino]

Did you feel windows are a little smaller now, though?

[Rich Davis]

The Patriots never missed the playoffs with Tom Brady one year when Matt Castle took over and they were still like 10 and 6 and missed the wild card.

[Steve Covino]

I feel like things, things change a lot quicker nowadays in the NFL.

[Rich Davis]

We watched the Elway documentary and the.

[Steve Covino]

Chiefs had their time, they had their window.

[Rich Davis]

There was a window though Elway is one of my examples, where there was a time where in between the super bowl losses and the back to back super bowl wins, there was a time where Elway was on a adequate average, not really great team, and they were 500, a little under 500. But for the most part, elite hall of Fame guys make the playoffs every year. Is that a crazy statement?

[Steve Covino]

That's not crazy.

[Rich Davis]

So with that said, if we think Mahomes is the. The next thing, you know, the next thing next to Tom Brady, as far as goat status, if you're like, yo, Mahomes is. He's elite. The guy was the first.

[Steve Covino]

But he's also coming off injury.

[Rich Davis]

He went for a three peat, missed it. Right. Montana got knocked out in the NFC championship game. Going for a three peat. Going for a three peat was wild.

[Steve Covino]

Maybe they also had. They made it to Jerry Riley, you know, he had a lot of key players that. It wasn't just Joe Montana saying they.

[Rich Davis]

Made it to the super bowl, what, five years in a row? Like five out of seven years or something. Ridiculous. Yes. Montana had rice and weapons. Tom Brady had Belichick and a great defense some years. My question is, are the Chiefs back next year? How important is it they get Tyree Kill? Because that's, that is. Well, it's important that they make some improvements. Yeah, I mean that's really. I don't think the bottom line. I don't think it's. I don't think you could just run it back.

[Steve Covino]

I don't think so either. That's how I feel about it. And that's why this restructuring.

[Rich Davis]

Well, that's why, that's why Brady's run was so impressive. Because what the Patriots were doing was continually resuppl. Applying him. It wasn't always. Some years it was with defense. Some years it was with Randy Moss or. You know what I mean? Like they were. They were trying to continually evolve as they went through it.

[Steve Covino]

And that's what makes superstars out of little white receivers he made.

[Rich Davis]

You know what I mean?

[Steve Covino]

Exactly. Welker.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, at one point we're like.

[Steve Covino]

Hogan Edelman, he was great at making these role players into superstars. I'm not saying that Patrick Mahomes can't. Yeah. But he took less and they gained more. I'd be real surprised. I'm not rooting against it. I love Patrick Mahomes. I think he's cool.

[Rich Davis]

If you watch, I would love to.

[Steve Covino]

See him continue to do his thing, but I think the league's much different now. And, and like we said, I think the windows close real quick. And I don't know, man. I, I. It felt just based on feel. Rich, what do we know? It felt like last year we saw the. Oh, the end of that run.

[Rich Davis]

End of that run. But you know what?

[Steve Covino]

And we're going to see the start of other ones now.

[Narrator/Promoter]

There.

[Rich Davis]

Here's the thing.

[Steve Covino]

Tom Brady, that's how it felt.

[Rich Davis]

If you watched man in the arena, which I thought was a great documentary, it was very strokey of Tom Brady. But I loved man in the Arena. I loved Last Dance. I love all these sports documentaries. But man in the arena, the Tom Brady one, you love watching guys get stroked. I do. That's what I love. Tom Brady, it was a stroke fest because he was behind it. But it really was emotional. His family, There's a stroke fest.

[Steve Covino]

Rich is there.

[Rich Davis]

If you watch this documentary, you realize that that early Patriots team he won with, I don't think there was like one common roster member from the later Brady team. So he, him and Belichick just kept revamping along this long run and just having those two guys in place, which is why it was so special. They found their way to get back there. But we forget there was a decade of no Super Bowls. Tom Brady played for so long that between those early ones where unfortunately, they beat your Panthers and they beat the greatest show on turf, they breath. They beat Donovan McNabb after that, it was a minute before they won again. But they still made the playoffs. That's the thing. They still made the playoffs. Will the Chiefs, your thoughts? But before we get your thoughts, let's get a winner for Mike's words of wisdom. Let's start with Damon in Ohio.

[Steve Covino]

Damon, you're on the Covino and Richon for Dan Patrick. If you could repeat Mike's words verbatim, you would.

[Rich Davis]

What's up, Damon?

[Steve Covino]

What's up? How you guys doing? Hey, buddy.

[Rich Davis]

Man, you think you got this or what?

[Steve Covino]

If you start the flute. He knows some flute. Yeah, he knows our show.

[Rich Davis]

I love it. All right, Damon, whenever you're ready, buddy.

[Steve Covino]

Sacrifice hurts because the thing feels good, but growth happens precisely in that discomfort. Oh, there you go. Right off the bat. Winner, winner, winner, chicken dinner. The man deserved the first flute.

[Rich Davis]

Damon, Damon, Damon.

[Steve Covino]

Damon, great job.

[Rich Davis]

Damon, congrats. We're going to put you on hold. Danny G. Is going to send you off some koozies, some football, some prizes, some goodies and spread wisdom.

[Steve Covino]

We give prizes. I mean, it's a win. Well done, sir.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, thanks, Damon.

[Steve Covino]

Thank you. Thank you very much.

[Rich Davis]

All right.

[Steve Covino]

Appreciate it. And by the way, if you want to qualify for a CNR prize pack, again, Nerf footballs and koozies, the whole deal. Just leave a review where you stream your podcast. Apple Podcast Search Covino and Richard, leave a review. And Danny G. Picks names here and there or just check out our show Monday through Friday. We're always playing games, giving things away, so appreciate it.

[Rich Davis]

You know what? Final thoughts on Mahomes and the Chiefs. It just, it's football unlike, you know, we had this argument like baseball with the salary cap and the NBA, there's, you know, other narratives about tanking now, you know, how do you fix tanking in the NBA? Football is remarkable in that a team could look awful and a year later make the postseason. It's, it's inevitable that the Super Bowl. Yeah, you, you could, you could make the Super bowl. You could be 3 and 14 or 4 and 13 and the next year win 10 games and be like, wow, we totally changed the narrative of this team.

[Steve Covino]

How did the Chiefs do that? Let me ask this or pose this question. If you free up 43.5 million in cap relief, what do they do with it?

[Rich Davis]

Tyree Kill and protection. I don't know. Get a tight end.

[Steve Covino]

That's what I'm right. Is it, is it receivers? Is it, is it linemen? Offensive linemen?

[Rich Davis]

They're a year. They're a year removed from almost three peating.

[Steve Covino]

I would love to see Mahomes prove us wrong and still be the man.

[Rich Davis]

They move so fast. Things move so fast that we're a year removed from them. Almost three peating and we're talking about the dynasties done and Danny G's Raiders got a lot better. I'm really. You know what? I'm really intrigued to see what Mike McDaniel does with Justin Herbert, because I don't know if they've ever really had a system in, in Los Angeles of the Chargers that is Mike McDaniel style. That could be exciting like that. Well, to be fair, the AFC west.

[Steve Covino]

Is stronger now than it has been in many years. Yeah. So, hey, so the Chiefs restructure Mahomes contract and they have all this money freed up. What do they do with it? Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio wax. Fox Sports Radio is taking over YouTube and you can be a part of it. Pay attention. Just go to YouTube and search Fox Sports Radio. Hit that subscribe button and smash that notification bell and catch all the videos from your favorite shows. Two pros and a cup of Joe, Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd, Doug Gottlieb, Kavino and Rich the Odd Couple with Rob.

[Rich Davis]

Parker and Kelvin Washington, the Jason Smith.

[Steve Covino]

Show with Mike Harmon and the Ben Maller Show. Fox sports radio on YouTube. Subscribe hit that thumbs up icon hit and comment away.

[Rich Davis]

This month, iHeartRadio is celebrating the stars.

[Steve Covino]

Of the 2026 Winter Games.

[Rich Davis]

Hailing from Vail, Colorado, Michaela Shiffrin might just be the greatest Alpine skier of all time. With over 100 World cup victories. The youngest Olympic slalom winner arrives in Milano, Cortina to further cement her legacy. Her technical precision in the slalom and fearless speed in the downhill make her.

[Steve Covino]

A threat in every race as she.

[Rich Davis]

Takes to the slopes to chase more Olympic hardware. For more Winter Games gold, search olympics.

[Steve Covino]

On the iHeartRadio app.

[Narrator/Promoter]

What if Mind control is real?

[Rich Davis]

If you could control the behavior of.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car?

[Steve Covino]

When you look at your car, you're.

[Rich Davis]

Gonna become overwhelmed with such good feelings.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you?

[Steve Covino]

I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Can you get someone to join your culture? NLP was used on me to access my subconscious. Nlp, AKA Neuro Linguistic Programming, is a blend of hypnosis, linguistics, and psychology. Fans say it's like finally getting a user manual for your brain.

[Sammy]

It's about engineering consciousness.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Mind Games is the story of nlp, its crazy cast of disciples, and the fake doctor who invented it at a New Age commune and sold it to guys in suits. He stood trial for murder and got acquitted. The biggest mind game of all, nlp, might actually work. This is wild. Listen to Mind Games on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey everyone, it's Emily Simpson and Shane Simpson from the Legally Brunette podcast.

[Steve Covino]

Each week we're bringing you true crime through a legal lens.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Whether you want all the facts on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie or Or you still need to wrap your head around the Diddy verdict, we're breaking it all down step by step.

[Steve Covino]

And we're not just lawyers. We're also Husband and wife. It makes for some pretty entertaining episodes.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Listen to Legally Brunette on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. On June 11, 1998, a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went missing. It's an all out manhunt for John Ajay. Every search and rescue team in LA county has been called in to help. Within days, tips started flooding into the sheriff's department. The rumor around the drug scene was that a deputy was taken care of. Is this the story of a man who just got lost in the desert? Or of a cover up inside the nation's largest sheriff's department?

[Steve Covino]

A homicide captain saying, detective, do not find out if this guy's guilty or innocent. Who does that?

[Narrator/Promoter]

Valley of Shadows, a new series from Pushkin Industries about crime and corruption in California's high desert. Do you have any advice for us while looking into this disappearance?

[Steve Covino]

I wouldn't do it alone.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Listen to Valley of shadows on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Segregation in the day, integration at night. When segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner had his own rules. We didn't worry about what went on outside. It was like stepping in another world. Inside Charlie's Place, black and white people danced together. But not everyone was happy about it.

[Rich Davis]

You saw the kkk.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Yeah, they was dressed up in their uniform.

[Steve Covino]

The KKK set out to raid Charlie.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Take him away from here.

[Steve Covino]

Charlie was an example. Power they had to crush him.

[Narrator/Promoter]

From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch and visit Myrtle beach comes Charlie's place. A story that was nearly lost to time. Until now. Listen to Charlie's place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Steve Covino]

All right, we're back. We're on the air, bro. Quit yapping. Rich doing a show on and off the air, he never stops.

[Rich Davis]

Talkative guy, never stop. I'm the same guy on and off the air. On the air. On the air you bring him, but off the air, you're a dud.

[Steve Covino]

No, that's called reserving my energy to keep up with your hyper ass. Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. You're abnormally hyper. So I think you're the oddball.

[Rich Davis]

You know when your phone battery.

[Steve Covino]

Watch out for yourself. Rich is the most jittery guy you've ever seen. You know when I introduced Rich to my hometown friends. True story. This is early 2000s. Hey, there's this guy. Radio. Radio guy. I'm teaming up with when Rich met my friends, they're like, is this guy for real? What is he on speed or something? They never met. I never met anybody like him.

[Rich Davis]

You know when your phone, you know your phone is dying, Danny G. And you, you do all the tricks. Like you, but you pull the.

[Steve Covino]

You put your battery on low percentage.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. And make the brightness of the screen go down.

[Sammy]

That's what I do.

[Rich Davis]

That's Covino. The 22 other hours of the day.

[Steve Covino]

That's called being a normal person. You got. You never stop. You, You. This guy snorts coffee beans. He needs to stop.

[Sammy]

Rich wakes up and he goes, give me sugar.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. And water. Like, you try to see. He's gaslighting. Trying to make me out like I'm the crazy guy. You think I'm supposed to be in radio mode 24 7.

[Rich Davis]

That's you. You're crazy.

[Sammy]

All right, stop hovering now.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, sorry, guys. We're on the air.

[Rich Davis]

I saw. I saw a meme.

[Sammy]

Stop fighting.

[Rich Davis]

I saw a meme and it has to do with relationships. And it said, just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I'm gaslighting you or I'm a narcissist.

[Steve Covino]

No, it is when you're trying to make me disagree, like I'm the crazy one. And when it's actually you, then, yeah, that's gaslighting. Anyway, live from the Fox Sports Radio studio, we are Covino and Rich in for Dan Patrick. And if you have trouble sleeping, Z Kleiner, dude. Z Kleiner. Get me one of these bad boys. The revolutionary recliner designed by Flexsteel. Not to sound sexist, because Z. Kleiner for everybody, but, man, I think every dude deserves their own chair. And if your dog's on it or your kid's on it, get at it. Companies there is like, get at it. Like your Archie, your modern day Archie Bunker. Like his mind. Beat it.

[Rich Davis]

Well, the Z. Kleiner was engineered with restful sleep in mind, making it the ideal bed alternative. A healthy life starts with a healthy night's sleep. Visit z kleiner.com danpatrick today to find Z. Kleiner at a store near you. And we do this every Wednesday. It's called Midweek Major. Let's go. Covino.

[Steve Covino]

And Rich gets you over the middle of the week with Midweek Major.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, I love that.

[Steve Covino]

We throw sports and pop culture headlines and topics at the fellas. And it's like the kids say, that's so mid. We definitely major C and R scoring Midweek Major. Aw, yeah, we wish Spotty a speedy Recovery. Before I hand things over to the number one and only fill in host of the segment, we roll the two big red love dice in the main studio. This is to see who gets first take. Are they extra sticky because you use them for Valentine's weekend?

[Rich Davis]

Oh, stop it.

[Steve Covino]

It's Danny G's sticky red love dice. I put them in the washing machine.

[Rich Davis]

I'll say.

[Steve Covino]

I.

[Rich Davis]

Boom.

[Steve Covino]

What I got here? What's that? Oh, six, baby. Six. All right, now time for a rich roll. And he got a interference.

[Rich Davis]

A rich roll. Not as cool as a Rick roll.

[Steve Covino]

That means Covino gets to go first. And now the most famous person besides BJ Armstrong from Iowa City. Iowa. Iowa. Sam.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, Sammy.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, Sam.

[Sammy]

BJ Armstrong actually from Iowa City.

[Rich Davis]

He played there.

[Sammy]

Former Hawkeye. Well, you guys brought this up at the top of hour two here on the Dan Patrick Show. If you thought Tyson and May. The Tyson Mayweather announcement was the flashy fight news of the last few days, we're in store for more. Guys, hold on to your hats as Ronda Rousey and Gina Carter Carano will square off in the Octagon May 16 on Netflix at the Intuit Dome in LA. Jake Paul is behind the promotion of the fight. They'll go five rounds. Rousey has not fought since late December 2016, and even longer for Carano, 2009. So they're both coming out of retirement of sorts. And they've both been involved in various acting and entertainment projects since their fighting days ended midweek or major.

[Steve Covino]

Yo, this is major, man.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Definitely major.

[Steve Covino]

Gina Carano, last we heard of her, she was on Mandalorian. Remember, she got hosed for her political statements.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

And now she gets this sort of comeback fight. She hasn't fought since my daughter was born as a timestamp. So over 16 years ago, Ronda Rousey, like he said, 2016. Now, what I've noticed is, and again, what's major about this is that, well, we live in a world of spectacle fights. Right. I don't know how competitive it's gonna be or how much it matters, I should say, but both haven't fought in a long time. But this is a fight that should have, could have, and may have happened years ago if they could have worked it out. And we're finally getting it right. So it's fun. I dig it. But we're seeing that Gina Carano looks a lot bigger than Ronda Rousey. So if Ronda Rousey could figure out an arm bar, it's over. But if Gina Carano could use her Size and power as an advantage. This might be a fun competitive fight because Rousey, not much of a. Not much of a puncher striker, she's always got that arm bar on standby. I think it's gonna be fun and not to mention fun to watch because people love looking at both of these women fight.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, listen, I think it's major.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Definitely major.

[Rich Davis]

I think people love spectacles. We talked about it yesterday. Like Sam said, Tyson, Mike Tyson, Mayweather, that's happening possibly in April and then in May, like you said, Gina Carano, Ronda Rousey. What I thought was interesting is they said they went to Dana White with this and he was sort of maybe not interested or didn't want to give them the money they wanted. So they're going the Netflix Paul brothers route. And you know what? We're all going to watch. I guarantee it'll break some type of female fight record for sure.

[Steve Covino]

A lot for women's mixed martial arts.

[Rich Davis]

I bet you. I bet you it makes not as much money as Tyson Jake Paul, but I bet it will make more money than the one we recently watched. Jake Paul, who do you fight?

[Steve Covino]

I already forgot.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, yeah, Anthony Joshua. I bet you it'll make more money than that.

[Steve Covino]

I really do.

[Rich Davis]

I think more viewers, so I think it's awesome.

[Sammy]

All right, guys, pressing along here now, let's travel to the sometimes turbulent space where politics in the Olympics meet.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Oh.

[Sammy]

Freestyle skier Eileen Goo, who has won. She's won two silver medals during this Winter Olympics while representing China.

[Rich Davis]

China.

[Sammy]

She has drawn criticism From Vice President J.D. vance, among others, who recently in an interview called into question the fact that Gu was born in San Francisco and attends Stanford, but represents China. Gu's mother is from China, her father from the United States. She speaks English and Mandarin. Gu also represented China in the 2022 Winter Games where she won a gold medal. Gu has said that the US Already has plenty of Olympic representation in the sport and that she hopes her participation can grow, can help grow popularity of skiing in China. She's among the highest compensated Winter Games athletes. Midweek or major?

[Steve Covino]

I think this is a mid story.

[Narrator/Promoter]

That's so mid.

[Steve Covino]

It's not weak. It's not major. Eileen Gu is representing China.

[Rich Davis]

Her mom was born there.

[Steve Covino]

She's playing by the rules here. I don't think we. We need her to represent usa.

[Rich Davis]

Katie Vance, do you want to hear or not?

[Steve Covino]

The rules are the rules.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Hey, listen, it's like the World Baseball Classic, right? A lot of these, A lot of these players are in the United States, but they're representing their home countries. And that. That's totally normal ethnic background.

[Steve Covino]

Even though she is from here, her mom is from China. It's as simple as that.

[Rich Davis]

I think it's a. No offense to you, Stem. I think it's a non story that people are making a bigger deal out of. So I would say middle. Well, that's so mid.

[Sammy]

Fair.

[Rich Davis]

Fair.

[Sammy]

All right, guys, Golf news. Tiger woods may have turned the big five zero last December, but he is not ruling out return to the Masters in April. He said this yesterday.

[Rich Davis]

Final thing with you in regards to your recovery. Is the Masters off the table for you?

[Steve Covino]

No.

[Sammy]

And that surprised a lot of people. Woods, of course, has sustained a number of injuries and undergone a number of surgeries around the years. He has worked through an Achilles injury he suffered in March of last year. He has not golfed in an event since the Open Championship in 2024. Tiger woods another go at the Masters mid week or major?

[Steve Covino]

Major.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Anything definitely major.

[Steve Covino]

Tiger woods related is major. I mean, you know, there's only so many goats in this world. Living goats. Tiger woods is up there with. With the Michael Jordan of the world. So if he's gonna participate one more time and maybe go out on top, like, how do you not root for. Even when he's doing well, he'll get the casual fan tuned in because you start rooting for this guy. And as he gets older and as we get older, man, I want to root for him hard. 50 years old. Let's see him do it. I love it.

[Rich Davis]

I think it's major.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Definitely major.

[Rich Davis]

There's a lot of speculation what will the NBA be once guys like LeBron and Steph walk away? I think if Tiger woods isn't in golf, I know there's other stars, but seeing him be part of the Masters is just fun for everyone. Whether you love him, especially, you know, people root for a success. I think he should do what they did in. You guys see Happy Gilmore, too, with our pal the Sandman?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Remember the maxi golfers? They got that special surgery where they could drive the ball like five or 600 yards. Maybe that's how he gets the edge at 50.

[Steve Covino]

He gets that extra little extra little, little extra. And he looks at you.

[Rich Davis]

Why not, right?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. All right, one more.

[Rich Davis]

Let's do it.

[Sammy]

And I'm going to end this edition of Midweek. Major being Debbie Downer here. Olympic skier Lindsey Von. She's been through it. She's been through it, guys, right?

[Steve Covino]

She's been through it all out.

[Sammy]

Imagine Dealing with the emotions of competing the Olympics, then suffering more catastrophic leg injuries, ending up in the hospital getting surgeries. And all the while. And all the while this is happening. You have to say goodbye to your dog of 13 years. Lindsay took to Instagram today to announce that she said goodbye to her dog Leo on February 9 from her hospital bed midweek or major.

[Steve Covino]

Major. Dude, that's the worst. I forget what comedian says it, Rich, but you quote it all the time. Something along the lines of, here you go, Here's a new dog. Here's heartbreak in 10 years.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, it's true. It's awful.

[Steve Covino]

Losing a pet is always the toughest. And as they say, I always say, when it rains, it pours. And it seems like she's got all these injuries, all these leg surgeries, and now the dog dies. That's terrible. Yeah, horrible. And I wish her the best. So I'd say that's major.

[Rich Davis]

Listen, in a world where people sometimes value pets as much or more than people, this is major.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Definitely major.

[Rich Davis]

Imagine you break your leg in, like, five places. Like she described how this is like breaking your leg is minuscule compared to what happened to Lindsey Vonn in this, you know, really brutal injury at the Olympics. To think of that, on top of that, you lose your dog of 13 years.

[Steve Covino]

That's.

[Sammy]

She says it's been among the hardest days of her life.

[Steve Covino]

I bet, I bet.

[Rich Davis]

Listen, we lost our family dog in December two months ago, and my wife still is upset every day or so. She's like, I miss our dog. Listen, it's part of the family. And especially when you're going through something, that's when you want your dog by your side and your dog died. So, hey, I think it's awful. And I, for the first time ever, I felt this two months ago when you lose that family pet off. So, hey, wishing her the best.

[Steve Covino]

All the best. Lindsey Vaughn. And by the way, I was saying, great job. Feeling a midweek. Major, do you agree or disagree with those stories midweek or Major, Let us know at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. FOX Sports Radio has the best sports.

[Rich Davis]

Talk lineup in the nation.

[Steve Covino]

Catch all of our shows@fox sportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

[Narrator/Promoter]

What if mind control is real?

[Rich Davis]

If you could control the behavior of.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car?

[Steve Covino]

When you look at your car, you're.

[Rich Davis]

Gonna become overwhelmed with such good feelings.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you.

[Steve Covino]

I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Can you get someone to join your culture? NLP was used on me to access my subconscious. Nlp, AKA Neuro linguistic programming, is a blend of hypnosis, linguistics and psychology. Fans say it's like finally getting a user manual for your brain.

[Sammy]

It's about engineering consciousness.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Mind Games is the story of nlp, its crazy cast of disciples, and the fake doctor who invented it at a new age commune and sold it to guys in suits. He stood trial for murder and got acquitted. The biggest mind game of all, NLP might actually work. This is wild. Listen to Mind Games on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey everyone, it's Emily Simpson and Shane Simpson from the Legally Brunette podcast.

[Steve Covino]

Each week we're bringing you true crime through a legal lens.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Whether you want all the facts on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie or you still need to wrap your head around the Diddy verdict, we're breaking it all down step by step.

[Steve Covino]

And we're not just lawyers. We're also husband and wife. It makes for some pretty entertaining episodes.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Listen to Legally Brunette on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On June 11, 1998, a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went missing. It's an all out manhunt for John Awjay. Every search and rescue team in LA county has been called in to help. Within days, tips started flooding into the sheriff's department. They rumor around the drug scene was that a deputy was taken care of. Is this the story of a man who just got lost in the desert? Or of a cover up inside the nation's largest sheriff's department?

[Steve Covino]

A homicide captain saying, detective, do not find out if this guy's guilty or innocent. Who does that?

[Narrator/Promoter]

Valley of Shadows, a new series from Pushkin Industries about crime and corruption in California's high desert. Do you have any advice for us while looking into this disappearance?

[Steve Covino]

I wouldn't do it alone.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Listen to Valley of shadows on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Segregation in the day, Integration at night. When segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner his own rules. We didn't worry about what went on outside. It was like stepping in another world. Inside Charlie's place, black and white people danced together. But not everyone was happy about it.

[Rich Davis]

You saw the kkk?

[Narrator/Promoter]

Yeah. They was dressed up in their uniform.

[Steve Covino]

The KKK set out to raid Charlie.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Take him Away from here, Charlie was.

[Steve Covino]

An example power they had to crush him.

[Narrator/Promoter]

From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch and visit Myrtle beach comes Charlie's place, a story that was nearly lost to time. Until now. Listen to Charlie's place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Rich Davis]

And the winner of the iHeart Podcast Award is.

[Steve Covino]

You can decide who takes home the 2026 I Heart Podcast Awards PO of the Year by [e-mail] now through February 22nd. See all the nominees and place your.

[Narrator/Promoter]

Vote at iheartpodcastawards.com Audible is a proud sponsor of the Audible Audio Pioneer award. Explore the best selection of audiobooks, podcasts and originals all in one easy app. Audible. There's more to imagine when you listen. Sign up for a free [e-mail] Happy.

[Steve Covino]

Birthday to Vanna White. I wonder if she still thinks about me. And Happy birthday to Dr. Dre as.

[Rich Davis]

Much as you still think about Pat Sajak.

[Steve Covino]

John Travolta. I think about Sajak's hair all the time and how Rudy was the guests.

[Rich Davis]

Sajak and his daughter are very funny on TikTok and Instagram. He's a legend.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, he's a legend.

[Rich Davis]

His daughter's cute.

[Steve Covino]

Got to bring Pat Sajak into this on her day, huh? Let her have her shine. Happy birthday, Vanna White.

[Rich Davis]

You know, Pat Sajak is cut from the cloth of our parents generation. Pat Sajak is like our dad's.

[Steve Covino]

I feel like you. I feel like your dad and Sajak go to the same hairdresser.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I was gonna say I think our dad's generation. If you're Pat Sajak, the Pat Sajak.

[Steve Covino]

Please.

[Rich Davis]

No, but what they do is they comb their hair after the shower and it just dries.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but my dad looks like Silvio from the Sopranos.

[Rich Davis]

But you notice how like our parents generation doesn't.

[Steve Covino]

My dad has holy walnuts.

[Rich Davis]

There's no product like 70 year old dads just.

[Steve Covino]

Just tries all poofy.

[Sammy]

The structure of the hair.

[Rich Davis]

They comb it straight dries and that' no clay. No, you know, no gel or anything. No pomade. Nothing.

[Steve Covino]

Nothing.

[Rich Davis]

Old natural boomers are like no product for me.

[Steve Covino]

So we're covino and rich in for Dan Patrick. It's been a pleasure. Day three of the Dan Patrick Hatrick. It's Ash Wednesday. It's a hump day. Gonna turn your hump day into a hump night. We wish you all the humpty hump love on your Wednesday. Live from The Fox Sports Radio studio. And you want the vibe of a drink. That smooth, warming kick, especially on game day, without the hangover. Hangovers. That's RK zero proof. World's first zero proof spirits with their patented worm molecule. Same feel, zero alcohol. All the cheers. None of the regrets. Or the regerts. None of the regrets. Try it at rk0proof.com rk0proof.com I'm Cavino. That is rich. Big thanks to super producer Danny G. For just being a super producer of the show again. He produces our show, our best of podcast, everything But. Join us Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 on the east, 2 to 4 on the west, right here on Fox Sports Radio. Rich and I also have a Patreon you guys could check out. Monday through Thursday, uncensored Unleashed. Patreon.com kavinohenrich Iowa Sam, great job today, everybody hanging out with us. We appreciate it. The whole Fox Sports Radio team. It's always fun filling in for dp. Thanks again to the Dan Patrick nation. Rich, before we wrap it up with this football rumor.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, you do.

[Steve Covino]

I have to change my mindset on investments? What'd you think I was gonna say? My Choney's?

[Rich Davis]

I think you're gonna say everything about everything.

[Steve Covino]

About you. No, no, because I, you know, I'm here thinking.

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

No, I'm thinking like thinking about money and investments and, you know, one day, if I have enough money to invest.

[Rich Davis]

What are you gonna buy? Gold bricks at Costco? I mean, gold did go up a lot in the last year.

[Steve Covino]

You know what else went up a lot? This Pikachu illustrator. It's insane. I just want you to put this in perspective. We can move on. Yeah, I'll make it quick. Logan Paul bought a Pokemon card. The Pokemon Pikachu illustrator. One of the rarest cards.

[Rich Davis]

Gotta catch them all.

[Steve Covino]

One of like 39, one of 30 something cards, right? But it was graded a 10. You guys may remember he wore it at WrestleMania 38. So he added more value to it because he bought it. It became a big deal. But it was already a big deal. He bought it for 5.275 million in 2021. So he spent 5 million in 2021 on this card. He and that weirdo Ken golden got together. And I say weirdo respectfully. I like his show. King of collectibles. They sold that card this week for $16.5 million, bro. To a venture capitalist, some guy named AJ Scaramucci. AJ Scaramucci.

[Rich Davis]

Did you see the article where Cam Scatterboo Was like, yo, I'll give you 500 bucks for it. He's like, what are you talking about?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but dude, honestly, think about it for one second. He bought a card for 5 million, 5 plus million. And they sold it for 16 plus million, let alone a stupid Pokemon card.

[Rich Davis]

I know what you're saying. That's better than any real estate investment someone could have made. Exactly.

[Steve Covino]

So, like, think about the hassles of buying property and investments when you have a stupid card. You know, should we really be rethinking this? In fact, if you want more information, we interviewed Gary Vaynerchuk at Super Bowl. All of our interviews are on YouTube. Check him out. Kovino Enrich FSR he talked a lot about grading and cards in the future and where they're going, but it really is next level insanity.

[Rich Davis]

Sam, you're. You're a bit younger than us. Were you ever part of the Pokemon rage when you were a kid or.

[Sammy]

No, No, I wasn't. I just wasn't into that.

[Rich Davis]

My kids, that's particularly my son going.

[Sammy]

Strong for 30 plus years.

[Rich Davis]

My son knows all of them. Like, he, like, he's a little wizard. His favorite is Mudkip. He's like Charizard and, you know, Bulbasaur.

[Sammy]

It's like Magic the Gathering. Like, I never got into like the card games really.

[Steve Covino]

But you know what? It doesn't matter. Right? It's investments. You gotta look at it like investing.

[Sammy]

Like all kinds of things.

[Steve Covino]

Think of the overhead, the headache that not of a property. Right. When you could have a stupid card and a piece of plastic. I know you said to be gaining all this equity and money. We think property and real estate. It's like this guy just made $15 million on a stupid card.

[Rich Davis]

I think, I think that's more of the anomaly. But cards do have the value.

[Steve Covino]

They're. They're booming, dude. Business is booming again.

[Rich Davis]

Didn't you.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Didn't you get a Bulbasaur in college once, dude, that.

[Steve Covino]

Keep your squirtle in your pants, buddy.

[Sammy]

There's a story about that one for a second.

[Rich Davis]

There's a story that is sort of gaining some steam on social media, which means it must be true.

[Steve Covino]

Has to be true.

[Rich Davis]

But a lot of people retweeting that there could be a reunion reunited.

[Steve Covino]

And it feels so good.

[Rich Davis]

Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota Vikings. I see it making sense, right?

[Steve Covino]

I mean, I like that.

[Rich Davis]

Assuming Cousins will take any deal worth market value. He's 38. He'll be 38 when the season begins. The Vikings are in a spot where maybe this is a, a short term solution. Do you get the feeling, guys, that JJ McCarthy's not the answer there? Or is it. Was it just a rough campaign, a rough go?

[Steve Covino]

Just seems like he needs a little more time on the sidelines.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, I don't think it would be fair to give up on this kid this soon. But there was a lot of high hopes for J.J. mcCarthy. And then you saw, you know, because you saw Sam Darnold in there.

[Steve Covino]

I was going to say he could have a Sam Darnold story, hopefully.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, you saw Sam Donald kicking ass and he thought, oh, maybe you. Just because OConnell's a quarterback whisperer, then he goes to Seattle, wins a Super Bowl. So I don't know, J.J. mcCarthy, they put their eggs in his basket. I don't think he give up on him. But I mean, Kirk Cousins, if you watch quarterback, he's a great dude.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, I don't like his haircut choices.

[Rich Davis]

Could be a great mentor. Gets his shirts at Kohl's, right?

[Steve Covino]

Gets a Pat Sajak at Supercuts. Where does he go?

[Rich Davis]

I think he goes sport clips.

[Steve Covino]

Sports clips? Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Hot towels. Yeah. I think he thinks he has to go because he's in sports. You don't have to go to Sports club.

[Steve Covino]

He's such a likable dude.

[Rich Davis]

But I'm saying for a guy, if he knew the role like, you know, when you take a job, you're like, I know the job. If he knew the job was, I'm going to start. And then if the opportunity presents itself for J.J. mcCarthy, if he's ready, if he's like starter slash mentor for a team that he's very well known for, the Vikings. You don't think that's a sweet role for Kirk Cousins?

[Steve Covino]

I absolutely do. Yeah, but, but J.J. mcCarthy, you're going to throw the towel in after one mid season?

[Rich Davis]

No, but I'm saying, like, what if?

[Steve Covino]

No, I mean, maybe it's one of those, like they compete for the job. That's what I'm saying.

[Rich Davis]

And if cousin starts the year and then it's like sign of struggle, hey, bring in J.J. mcCarthy. It could make sense.

[Steve Covino]

You know what, I'm sure, I'm sure.

[Rich Davis]

You'Ll hear more about that today. Hey, thanks for hanging with us for the Dan Patrick hat trick at Kobe, Nonrich at Rich Davis at Steve Kivino. Hey, give a follow, check out our YouTube channel.

[Steve Covino]

We appreciate it.

[Rich Davis]

See you guys tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. Dan Patrick and the Danettes. Ariva Dare she baby, we'll see you.

[Steve Covino]

In the promised land.

[Rich Davis]

Have a great Wednesday.

[Steve Covino]

Later, guys.

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[Steve Covino]

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Hey, if they'll kill a cop and.

[Rich Davis]

Bury him, what are they gonna do to me?

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