Hour 3 – Mancave Vandalism, Disappointment Draft

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show

Episode: Hour 3 – Mancave Vandalism, Disappointment Draft
Date: March 19, 2026
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

Hour 3 blends Dan Patrick’s trademark sports banter, humor, and audience engagement. The key themes are lighthearted self-policing in the “Mancave,” March Madness bracket drama, the introduction of a “Disappointment Draft,” and robust listener participation, all spiced by the accidental destruction of a prized Sammy Sosa figurine. Expect a rapid-fire mix of sports talk, office shenanigans, and unique audience interactivity.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mancave Vandalism: The Sammy Sosa Figurine Incident

• Recap: Dan Patrick and his producers ("Danettes") discover that a one-of-a-kind Sammy Sosa figurine in the studio has been shattered under mysterious circumstances, prompting an on-air investigation and confessions.
• Security Footage Debrief (13:02): Mario (show staff) reviews video that implicates Weeks (cameraman) as the culprit, with Seaton quickly arriving at the scene. Discussion ensues about who should have reported the breakage and whether there was a cover-up.
• Running Jokes & Blame-Shifting:
  • Dan draws a parallel to sports scandals:

    "You guys were complicit. You heard something shatter. That was more than just Sammy Sosa. That was me and my confidence." (08:02)

  • Seaton:

    "You're very well on record saying it's the coverup, not the crime." (07:20)

• Listener Suggestions:
  • A caller (Terry, Seattle) proposes restoring the figurine using kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending pottery with gold, to highlight imperfections rather than hide them. (15:54)
  • Rhonda (Texas) offers to replace the figurine, purchasing a replica on eBay (37:18).

Notable Quotes

• Dan:

  "Can you confirm an immeasurable amount of cork that spilled out of the Sammy Sosa ankle? ... That was me and my confidence." (05:30, 08:02)

• Caller David:

  "You could assign kintsugi to repair Sammy…It highlights the cracks to show the real beauty." (15:54)

2. March Madness: Bracket Challenge and Celebrity Participation

• Bracket Submissions:
  • Dan expresses frustration over late or missing celebrity bracket picks (e.g., John Smoltz, Mark Cuban) (04:04).
  • Fritzi's complex color-coded Excel for invitees and participants leads to comedic confusion:

    "Which…says green means that they are doing it and blue means they actually submitted…" (09:50)

• Final Four Reveal:
  • The Danettes and Dan share their Final Four and championship picks, showing a mix of strategies and regrets (47:19).
  • Paulie admits:

    "One of my favorite things about this is doing mine one day and then waking up and looking at them again and being like, what the hell did I do that for?" (47:36)

3. Disappointment Draft

• Concept Introduction:
  • Dylan explains a new segment: the "Disappointment Draft", where each Danette picks high-seed March Madness teams they expect to underperform. Points are awarded based on seeds and rounds progressed—akin to a reverse office pool.

    "We're going to be taking picking teams that we do not think will be advancing…like golf scoring." (33:23)

• Picks Include:
  • Zags (Gonzaga), Yukon, Alabama, Florida, Purdue, Illinois, Michigan State, Duke, Arizona, and more.
  • Each pick is delivered with jabs and jokes about sports curses and show rivalry (34:44–36:55).

4. Listener Calls & Interactive Polls

• Naming a Child via Majority Vote:
  • Andrew in Pittsburgh allows the Dan Patrick Show to choose his unborn son’s name (Roman James vs. Calvin James), with Dan casting the tiebreaking vote for "Roman." (24:59)
  • Dan:

    “Your son will be known as Roman.” (25:05)

• Miscellaneous Calls:
  • Golf and NCAA trivia, jersey retirement debates, and March sports moments (e.g., Michael Jordan’s 1995 NBA return) (16:31, 39:12, 50:00).
• Show Polls:
  • Most exciting sports day: March Madness Day 1 edges out the Masters and Super Bowl Sunday (45:28).

5. Office Confessional & Running Gags

• Unburdening Sins:
  • Inspired by the Sosa figurine debacle, the Danettes and Dylan admit to previous minor offenses (missing/broken items, swiped dude wipes, pre-show snacking).

    “A few months ago, I broke one of your golf training sticks, but I taped it.” – Dylan (31:00)

• Pacino Impression:
  • Following a caller’s suggestion, Todd offers a mangled Al Pacino impression (from multiple movies), resulting in a collective eye-roll (32:10).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Sosa Figurine:

  "When Sammy Sosa went from a one of one figurine to many pieces of one..." – Dan (27:14)

• Listener Involvement:

  "We're down to final two names and...we're going to go with whatever is decided...[on air]." – Andrew, Pittsburgh (17:13)

• On Bracket Regret:

  "Did you wake up today and say, what the hell am I doing with these picks?" – Dan (47:55)

• On Sports Memories:

  "Michael Jordan returned to the Bulls after nearly two years of retirement...the most watched regular season game in NBA history." – Paulie (50:00)

• Show Policing:

  "I track that. Laughs per hour. Might be a top five show." – Paulie (49:50)

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 05:30–09:00 | Discovery & debate over the broken Sammy Sosa figurine | | 13:02 | Reviewing security footage of the figurine incident | | 15:54 | Caller David suggests kintsugi for the figurine | | 17:13–18:50 | Caller Andrew asks Danettes to decide baby's name | | 24:59–25:05 | Dan delivers tiebreaker: child will be named "Roman" | | 26:19–36:55 | Introduction and execution of the “Disappointment Draft” | | 37:18 | Listener Rhonda gifts Dan a Sosa figurine replacement | | 45:28 | On-air poll: best day in sports (March Madness wins, 85% chalk predicted for NCAA) | | 47:09–48:16 | Final Four bracket picks by Dan and the Danettes | | 50:00–51:14 | Sports history segment: Michael Jordan’s return, Ohio State’s national title in 1960 | | 52:53–53:18 | Show wrap-up: March Madness, MVP eligibility, closing banter |

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Summary Table: Danettes' Final Four Picks

| Name | Final Four | Winner | |----------|------------------------------------|--------------------| | Dan | UConn, Florida, Arizona, Michigan | Arizona over Florida| | Todd | Duke, Houston, Purdue, Michigan | Duke over Michigan | | Dylan* | St. John's, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan | Purdue over St. John's | | Seaton | UConn, Houston, Iowa State, Miami | UConn over Miami | | Paulie | Duke, Houston, Gonzaga, Michigan | Duke over Gonzaga |

*Dylan picking in place of Marvin.

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Closing

An episode filled with camaraderie, self-deprecating humor, offbeat sports analysis, and genuine audience connection—crowned by the epic saga of a shattered Sammy Sosa. This hour highlights the power of sports talk radio to turn even “mancave vandalism” into must-listen entertainment.

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Transcript

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[Seaton]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritzi]

Still have not received them. I'm shocked. He loves this time of the year in his Spartans.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. He's probably thinking he has until noon. Mark Cuban was supposed to join us. He was supposed to submit a bracket.

[Todd Fritzi]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right.

[Caller / Listener]

Fair enough.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie, would you consider granting an exemption till noon?

[Dan Patrick]

I would need to know what the reason is.

[Paulie]

Smoltz is a regular.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

And Mark Cuban, I think he's been in before, but it's been a while.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I was surprised that he was willing to do it, but, you know, I can give a sponsor's exemption. Maybe, maybe. I don't want to say I'll look the other way, but, you know, if I don't know what's going on, then I'm fine with letting it happen there. But we'll give you our Final Fours coming up. We also play the disappointment draft as well. That'll be coming up momentarily. Here is the news. Pistons announced Kate Cunningham will be reevaluated in two weeks. So he's going to let. He's going to be missing at least the next eight games. He's got a collapsed lung. Kate Cunningham has to play another five games to make all NBA. And there's 14 games left for Detroit. So it's going to be down to the wire. Now, this is a money thing because he's definitely going to be on. I, I would think first team, all NBA. And he's certainly an MVP candidate as well. In you got to play in the required 65 games. Marvin is not here today and it might be just a coincidence that he's not here Today, after a big mistake yesterday on the show, Dylan is in Seaton's chair. Seaton's in Marvin's chair. The minister of humor, Fritzi is here, and also Paulie as well. There's a lot of people who have tweeted. Some say, don't be so hard on Marvin. It's not like he was trying to burn down the man cave. That's a shot at me because I had the accident a couple of weeks ago. Can you confirm an immeasurable amount of cork that spilled out of the Sammy Sosa ankle? Wow, that's well done. That is. That is great. There was a problem earlier today. Went back, looked at security footage with a big German. We did. We did locate the moment in question where Weeks, my cameraman, was actually running some cables and there's some chachkes in front of where Seaton is se seated. And he knocked over the Sammy Sosa priceless trophy. The figurine.

[Seaton]

One of one. Really?

[Dan Patrick]

It is, yeah, one of one. And it shattered. I. I'm shocked. So, Weeks, the cameraman said, do you want me to piece it together? And I said, yeah, if you can try to do that. But it's probably in six. Six pieces there.

[Todd Fritzi]

Yes, Todd, not to make excuses, but there's so much of that stuff laying all over the place. It's amazing. It doesn't happen more often.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, it might, but nobody likes to tell me when these things happen. I noticed that something happened and I called, you know, you guys on it, and I thought there was a cover up there. Like, I'm a professional. It happens. Weeks does a great job as our cameraman. He made a mistake and he bumped into the Sammy Sosa statue. Yeah, see, you're.

[Seaton]

You're very well on record saying that it's not the. It's the COVID up, not the crime.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, it is.

[Seaton]

That's.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, it's just like Tom Brady. You know, it's not the crime. It was the COVID up. That. Yeah. This week, Sunday night basketball, the Wolves and the Celtics. That'll be seven Eastern on NBC. The playoffs are coming to NBC and Peacock. All right, I got a rally here because that was. That was a devastating moment. I don't know if, I mean, it can be fixed, but can it really be fixed in my mind of how it all played out? You guys were complicit. You guys heard it. You guys heard something shatter. And that was more than just Sammy Sosa. That was me and my confidence, morale. Wow.

[Todd Fritzi]

Wow, that was dramatic.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd. Yes, Dylan?

[Dylan]

Is it the Broken trust. That's really.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, it is. Yes, it is. But that thing shattered. It really did break.

[Seaton]

Like it shattered.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dylan]

He is headless at the moment.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, he is. And still not getting into the hall of Fame. We're going to try to piece his career back together with Cork. Stop it, Todd. That's the least of his worries was of Cork. That was just in his bat. And that was one day using his corked bat in batting practice. Because most guys do that. I like how Sammy, I think he was saying, oh, I like to put on a show in batting practice. Sammy, you hit 50 home runs. 60 home runs. It's not like, man, look at that guy. Almost hit one out. You know, it's not Greg Maddox taking bp. It's Sammy Soucer. Yeah, Paulie.

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[Paulie]

It happened during a game. I'm looking back at the play and the excuse. He said he liked to keep a backup bat that was corked just in case for batting practice again to put on a show. That's not a bad excuse in real time, though.

[Dan Patrick]

So we got George Brett in.

[Todd Fritzi]

Todd, I don't think he sent one in.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh.

[Todd Fritzi]

Which is a bummer because he's been the last few years.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait a minute. You just sent me a list that has Bryan Cranston on it. Bill Cower, you just said, here's the final list.

[Todd Fritzi]

I have a list that lists everyone we invited. And if you're looking at the.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't care about who we invited. I want to know who's.

[Todd Fritzi]

I had a nice color coordinated legend which says green means that they are doing it and blue means they actually submit admitted what they said.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, never mind.

[Todd Fritzi]

Black means invited.

[Dan Patrick]

Don, you're making it worse. I just want to know.

[Todd Fritzi]

I didn't mean to complicate. I thought it was a nice, neat, organized list of who we invited and who we who.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, it's not. I don't need to know who you invited. I need to know who's involved.

[Todd Fritzi]

Okay. There's a separate email I sent that that has just the ones that are in a lovely purple.

[Dan Patrick]

Man, I got a rally. I have to rally.

[Todd Fritzi]

I shame. The ones in red are the ones

[Dan Patrick]

that said they would do it, but

[Todd Fritzi]

they didn't send it in time.

[Dan Patrick]

God, yes.

[Seaton]

Not to nitpick, but the color coordinated response. Mine says its awaiting response is purple, but I see all black in there.

[Paulie]

Yeah,

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd.

[Todd Fritzi]

I see his point there. Just say so a waiting response should be in black or all those names that didn't respond should be in Purple. One or the other. But I do have, it says a waiting response purple.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd Fritzi]

And the ones, and the ones we invited. Black. Those are the ones that are we awaiting responsible.

[Dan Patrick]

That's as close as you've come to admitting to doing something wrong in the 20 some years.

[Todd Fritzi]

That wasn't a cover up thing. That was just a honesty.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Seaton]

You know how like people do like, hey, if you sign up, you can get secret access for this stuff. Stuff like, like I said, the president just had like, hey, if you join the, you know, secret society or whatever, you could get all of my intelligence briefings. If you just donate $10 a month or whatever. What if we start a club here where you can donate $10 a month and you'll get copied on Todd's emails.

[Paulie]

How much do I pay to not get copied? Okay, I got a big wallet here.

[Seaton]

If we can hit a certain threshold, then we'll be removed off of Todd's emails. But I feel like people would love to see the stuff that we sort of obsess over.

[Dan Patrick]

Let me talk to the big German about legally doing that.

[Seaton]

We could set something up. We really could. Okay, get copied on Todd's emails.

[Todd Fritzi]

Not to mention when I send you guys emails and you're all in the room right next to me and I send an email instead of just verbalizing what I want to say.

[Dan Patrick]

Chris in Texas joins us. Hi Chris. What's on your mind?

[Caller / Listener]

And listen, the absence of Marv is showing one really important thing. I think that the, the depth chart of the nets is really being exposed here, primarily led by, by, you know, by Dylan here. So I'm sorry about that. I also was wondering, following up to yesterday, is Dylan cooking Indian food for meat Friday? Is that the reason that Traeger's parting ways?

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, that was just a coincidence there, you know.

[Caller / Listener]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but thank you. Thank you, Chris. Now we had a 10 year run with Traeger, but this is business and we move on. So we were very proud to be part or you know, be affiliated. Yes. Gonna allow that.

[Seaton]

Dylan slander, by the way. And death chart dudes doing the show here. He's got something brining in the back. There's alarms going off for him to go check something. He's doing well.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh boy. I got it. Here we go. Just heard from the eyes and ears of the show, Mario, we have footage of my cameraman breaking semi Sosa. So if there, if you're watching on peacock and nice angle of weeks from behind, he's trying to help Seton. And once again they said, oh, dear.

[Paulie]

That was tough.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Oh, dear.

[Paulie]

Okay, you need a disclaimer.

[Dan Patrick]

Seaton immediately is right there to witness it. Dylan. Oh, boy. There's some people who are culpable here. See? Seaton, you were there in a matter of, like, five seconds.

[Seaton]

Yeah, just being helpful. Oh, what, all of a sudden being helpful is a crime around here? Hey, let me help Weeks out. He just really stepped on a landmine. I better go help him out.

[Dan Patrick]

You could have explained or told me who was responsible for this.

[Dylan]

Yeah, seen crime 101. Your prints are all over that thing. You got to get out of there.

[Seaton]

Don't I get any sort of, you know, like, leeway for admitting that? Like. Well, I was kind of there. He was helping my thing. I did sort of throw myself on that grenade, too.

[Dan Patrick]

No, you could have just said, look, Weeks did it. You know, do we do a chalk outline of Sammy Sosa on the ground there?

[Seaton]

We have to figure out if. If ratting on Weeks was the right thing to do or not. Ratting on Weeks is the right thing, I think.

[Dan Patrick]

Explain.

[Seaton]

It's a sliding scale for some of us. For me, I was supposed to rat on. For everybody else who saw it happen, it's like, hey, good for you for keeping your mouth shut.

[Dan Patrick]

I think there's certain things that you need to rat on somebody in here and certain things where you just explain. Maybe if asked, you don't volunteer, but if asked, you say, I. I think I saw something. I think I heard something.

[Seaton]

I don't know if I was directly asked.

[Paulie]

Do we need a poster? See something, say something?

[Dylan]

Dan, you're sounding a lot like the district attorney right now.

[Paulie]

Yeah, I would say this. If an incident happens as serious as

[Dan Patrick]

this, I put the DA In Dan.

[Paulie]

Well, sarcasm as serious as this, serious as this, I think you give the offender a decent amount of time that day to admit it themselves and throw themselves on the grenade. I would give them a couple hours.

[Dan Patrick]

Throw himself on Sosa.

[Paulie]

Right?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, these are. These are teaching moments.

[Seaton]

It's a teachable moment.

[Paulie]

One shining moment.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Dylan, I think your.

[Dylan]

Your lawyer would tell you not to admit to anything ever. I'm gonna go with their advice.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Thank you, Jill. You're welcome. Todd rubbing off on you being in the back row there?

[Dylan]

It's a proximity thing.

[Dan Patrick]

David in Phoenix joining us. Hi, David. What's on your mind today?

[Caller / Listener]

Hey, Dan. In regards to Sammy being broken, you're looking at this the wrong way. You could assign Conceigi two weeks to repair Sammy, that is the traditional Japanese technique where usually it's broken pottery, but in this case it would be a figurine where they mix lacquer with powdered gold, silver or platinum. And instead of hiding the cracks, it highlights them to show the real beauty of this.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Thank you, David.

[Caller / Listener]

You're welcome.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Scott in Arizona. Hi, Scott. What's on your mind today, Dan?

[Caller / Listener]

You guys were talking about the NBA one on one championship, and I believe the winner of that was Bob the Big Cat Lanier.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. Yeah. For some reason I thought it was Mike Newlin out of the Houston Rockets. Yeah, Paulie, you're both right.

[Paulie]

It happened over two years. In the early 70s, the NBA had a one on one contest and it would be played kind of during Wild World of Sports and places like this on Saturdays and Sundays during halftime. So it's taped. I think Bob McAdoo won it. Bob. Bob Lanier and then the guy you mentioned, Mike Newland.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. You wouldn't think Mike Newland would be the best one on one player in that tournament. Andrew in Pittsburgh. Andrew, what's on your mind?

[Caller / Listener]

Yeah, hi, Dan. I have a pretty weighty poll question for you guys. Hoping you can entertain it. My wife and I are having trouble naming our son who gets here in May. And we're down to final two names and we are at peace with calling in and leaving it to a majority vote amongst you and the Dan. That's. We're going to go with whatever is decided.

[Dan Patrick]

What's your last name? Andrew Bondi.

[Caller / Listener]

B, O, N, D, I.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. It's a rough year to have. And that is your last name. I.

[Caller / Listener]

No relation.

[Paulie]

Think about a bigger change.

[Dan Patrick]

I'd change your last name.

[Paulie]

Drop the I. It's an easy fix.

[Dan Patrick]

Drop the I. Yeah, just Bond.

[Caller / Listener]

Okay, so that. So the two names are Roman James and Calvin James.

[Dan Patrick]

Calvin would go by Cal or cj.

[Caller / Listener]

Hopefully not.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. You have no choice over that. Kids will give him a nickname. Okay, so this is Binding Andrew. Is that what you're saying? You'll be able to send me the birth certificate?

[Caller / Listener]

Yes, in fact, I will be able to see you guys at the draft as well.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, good.

[Caller / Listener]

It'll be. It'll be close with the arrival. Don't think he'll be here quite yet, but I'll hold up a big sign that says either Roman or Calvin. Thanks you.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Todd Roman or Calvin Bondi? Roman Dylan, Cal Seaton.

[Seaton]

And it was. It was Roman James Bondi and.

[Dan Patrick]

Or Calvin James. Oh, boy.

[Seaton]

I'm gonna say Calvin two cows, one row.

[Paulie]

Paul, quick question. Are you guys Italian?

[Caller / Listener]

I am, yes.

[Paulie]

Roman Bondi.

[Dan Patrick]

And that means two Romans, two Calvins. Find out after the break. Are you kidding me?

[Todd Fritzi]

What are you doing right now?

[Dan Patrick]

Back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.

[Seaton]

Hey, this is Jason McIntyre.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Seaton]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Paulie]

Today's podcast is brought to you by Ferguson Home. Whether you're a homeowner creating your dream space or a pro managing multiple projects, Ferguson Home is where it all comes together. Ferguson Home is designed for the way you want to shop. Experience today's top products by brands like Thermador first hand by visiting a Ferguson Home showroom where you'll explore stunning displays featuring today's latest products and innovations, or browse their extended collections of products online. Ferguson Home understands that every project is made up of countless decisions and that's why their expert consultants are committed to helping homeowners, builders, contractors and designers bringing all the details together. You can count on support from start to finish by choosing the right products to coordinate deliveries with your project schedule. Book a one on one consultation at your local Ferguson Home showroom or shop [e-mail] whether you're working on a new kitchen, a new bathroom or a whole home remodel, you'll find the latest designs and technologies from the brands that you trust at Ferguson home. Fergusonhome.com all right guys, two words for you.

[Dan Patrick]

Prostate exam. Yeah, you just clenched up a little bit. Are you imagining the finger right now? Yeah, relax. Prostate cancer screening starts with a simple finger free blood test. Around one in eight men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. But that's no reason to re clench. When caught early. At localized or even regional stages, prostate cancer can have over a 99% five year relative survival rate. Did your tight end just relax? Good. If you're over 40, 40 or older and have a prostate visit, relax. It's a blood test.com you'll find out if a PSA blood test is right for you. The PSA blood test can be the first step in screening. Talk to your doctor to evaluate your risk, determine when to get tested and discuss screening options and the next steps. Sponsored by Novartis when we last left you, we were talking to Andrew in Pittsburgh. Andrew and his wife are getting ready for the birth of a child, a son, and he says that we will be able to be the last votes on. On what name they go with, and it's going to be a boy. And we could choose between Calvin, James, and Roman. And we had two of the Danets went with Roman, two went with Calvin, and that left it up to me for the tiebreaker. Andrew, how tense is it at the household with you and your wife?

[Caller / Listener]

Honestly, Dan, like I said, we're at peace. I'm good. I'm good either way. I'm just excited for. For the decision here. Grand reveal.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Your son will be known as Roman.

[Caller / Listener]

Thank you. Thank you very much, guys. And, Dan, can I ask, did you announce where you guys will be for the draft yet in Pittsburgh?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't have the official location, but I'm going to. I'm going to talk to the big German and I'll let you know, Andrew, and we look forward to seeing you there, but we've. We've got a great space. I just. I don't know if we finalized everything, but thank you, Andrew. More importantly, good luck to you and your wife with little Roman, and we look forward to seeing you at the draft.

[Caller / Listener]

Thanks, guys.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Yeah, we have a location there. I don't know how many people can come in and watch, but we're working on that right now. Big German has gone out to Pittsburgh a couple of times, and I think we found a beautiful place, and we look forward to going to Pittsburgh for the draft. We'll be there for three shows. So it'll be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of draft week. Yes.

[Todd Fritzi]

Todd, instead of a crib, do they build a mini coliseum for Roman, which would be kind of cute, like Roman replica. And that's where you put him instead of a bassinet.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you, Todd.

[Todd Fritzi]

That'd be fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Do they have a bassinet or a playpen that's called a coliseum? Or maybe they make it like a coliseum.

[Todd Fritzi]

That'll be a cute thing to do.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you, Todd. All right, it's time for the disappointment draft. All right, this is the first annual disappointment draft. So Dylan, who's part of the gambling podcast, a fresh edition [e-mail] with Shane Irving and bad Larry. All right, Dylan, explain the disappointment draft.

[Dylan]

So basically, we're going to take all of the top.

[Dan Patrick]

By the way. By the way, social media is all over this Sammy Sosa accident in quotation marks because a Sammy Sosa figurine that I've had for decades fell off Seaton's desk. And some say Sammy might have jumped. Others, you know, Weeks, my cameraman who does a great job, he accidentally knocked the Sammy Sosa figurine off and shattered. But social media is coming to his defense.

[Seaton]

Yes, Buddy Jeff in Saskatoon. He has stated that Mr. Weeks was simply waiting until the show was over to confess. He cares that much about the vibe of the show. He didn't want to undermine the standard. The defense rests.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. When Sammy Sosa went from a one of one figurine to many pieces of one, the cameraman Weeks was honoring Sosa by later acknowledging that he, quote, made mistakes like Sammy did in 2024. Would have to think that your cameraman Weeks knew nothing about the Sammy crash, given his head was buried deep under the desk at the time. Seaton has to own this one. That's from Dennis to Man. It was a loud crash. The Sammy Sosa figurine. Mr. Weeks was waiting until after the show to confess because he cares more about the vibe of the show. The defense rest. Thank you. Social media is all over this. Who would have thought Sammy Sosa figurine. It's all about content. Alrighty. Yes.

[Seaton]

Now, see, this is already starting to, like, a perception is reality kind of thing. Could you imagine if Fritzi saw the figurine break instead of Seaton? The fallout would be brutal and the show would be hilarious. Lots of people saw it break. I was just the one person that got up to try to help.

[Dan Patrick]

So you guys saw this.

[Seaton]

There's many other people milling about in that video. I'm just the one that was like, oh, let me go help Weeks out.

[Dan Patrick]

Hmm. Did you guys. Be honest. Did you guys think that I would not notice the Sammy Sosa figurine had shattered on the floor?

[Paulie]

Paul, I know you would notice everything. I saw a football turn this morning, and I went to turn it back, and then I thought better of it.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

And I didn't touch it.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah. Seaton.

[Seaton]

You know what? I'll admit something.

[Caller / Listener]

Okay.

[Seaton]

You want me to. Do you want me to do this?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know what you're going to admit.

[Seaton]

Okay, hold on one second. This. This. This is the 2019 MVP AUAA 3 on 3 league trophy that I believe was given to Andrew Perloff.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Seaton]

A few weeks ago, I knocked this off the thing and it shattered. And I had Jay in the back glue it back together, and he did such a good job that I was like, oh, it's no big deal. I'll just put it back there. But I. I saved you the despair. And look, you can't tell. Look, it's back together. No big deal.

[Dan Patrick]

And plus, it was for McLovin.

[Seaton]

Yeah, and his Andrew, and I don't care. Yeah, who cares about it?

[Dan Patrick]

Is there anything else that you guys would like to mention? Now's the time. Now. Clean sweep. All right. I move forward with everything, but if I find out after the fact, then we'll have issues. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

I mean, I do have something to admit. I was sitting right here, and I had no idea that that thing broke or that anything was going on over there, which might be more of a different indictment, but I had no clue, Todd.

[Todd Fritzi]

I may have taken a couple of packs of dude wipes that were meant for the studio, and I may have taken it for home use.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, that's okay.

[Todd Fritzi]

Which is kind of like, you know, criminal activity.

[Dan Patrick]

You got. This is a, you know, one time. One time clean. Clean slate. Paul.

[Paulie]

I wolfed down a piece of soda bread before we went to the food last week. A little quarter of soda bread. It smelled so good.

[Seaton]

That is a massive violation.

[Paulie]

And I'm pretty sure it was on camera.

[Todd Fritzi]

Yeah. Why does the host get to eat first anyway?

[Dan Patrick]

Everything is on camera, right? Everything is on camera. Dylan, you got anything else?

[Dylan]

Well, a few months ago, I broke one of your golf training sticks, but I taped it.

[Dan Patrick]

I noticed that you taped it.

[Dylan]

You did?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Dylan]

I did exactly what they said was gonna happen.

[Dan Patrick]

The tape part of it gave it away. That you broke something.

[Dylan]

Yeah, I whacked it by accident.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

A bunch of years ago, when we had our first few fill in hosts for you, someone moved some stuff on your desk, and it was a red alert around here, and Seaton and I were scrambling to get your desk back together. We actually took aerial photos of your desk just in case an incident like that happens again.

[Dan Patrick]

Terry in Seattle. Hi, Terry. What's on your mind,

[Caller / Listener]

listener? With regard to the Sammy incident, I think that there's some culpability with whoever placed Sammy on the desk in the first place. It wasn't securely attached to the desk. And also, you could bring in Al Pacino and have him reenact his scene from Scent of a Woman and have him do a defense for the Sammy incident.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, let me see if Al Pacino can join us.

[Todd Fritzi]

Let me tell you something. Every inch is a foot. Every foot's a yard. We're gonna fight for every one of those inches because that's the Difference between winning and losing. Now I can't do it for you. Now get out there and let's get that inch.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Terry. Thank you.

[Seaton]

Is that the right movie?

[Dan Patrick]

No, definitely not.

[Paulie]

That was four different movies.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, it's time for the disappoint.

[Todd Fritzi]

I think that was any given Sunday.

[Dan Patrick]

No, of course that's the one you do any given h. Look but don't touch. That's the one. That's the one. That's the devil. Sensible woman.

[Todd Fritzi]

No, the look but don't touch. Touch but don't touch. Devil inside

[Dan Patrick]

Devil, but don't touch.

[Todd Fritzi]

Touch but don't taste. Taste but don't swallow. And he's up there giggling up there at you.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, I can't quit this show.

[Seaton]

Is that an announcement?

[Dan Patrick]

No. For the next two years. I can't quit this show. All right, Dylan. The disappointment draft. Let's explain the disappointment draft.

[Dylan]

All right, so basically, Dan, how it works is we're going to be taking picking teams that we do not think will be advancing. So one through four seeds. It's going to be more akin to golf scoring. So if you take a one seed, you'll start with minus four points, two seed, minus three points.

[Dan Patrick]

So the more aggressive you are, the more points. And therefore total points wins.

[Dylan]

Correct. And you want to be lower. So more in the negative or closer to zero is better. And for each, like, if that team advances, you get a point added on.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, so we should start with the biggest loser. Todd, you go first.

[Caller / Listener]

Wow.

[Paulie]

Wait, Paul, what do you mean loser? Like sports loser? Because I would throw my name in the ring.

[Dan Patrick]

No, just a loser.

[Paulie]

Oh, okay. Now I'm not.

[Dylan]

Yeah, I'd talk to Al Pacino like that.

[Todd Fritzi]

Hoo.

[Dan Patrick]

Ha. All right, so, Todd, who's your pick now? This is the disappointment draft. They're going to disappoint.

[Todd Fritzi]

Yes. I'm going to go a little less brave with my first pick and say the Zags are going to bow out quickly. I know by going with a three or four seed, you get less credit.

[Dan Patrick]

Just pick the team.

[Todd Fritzi]

The Zags will disappoint.

[Dylan]

Dylan, since I'm kind of picking for Marvin here and I know he would be upset by this. I'm gonna take Yukon.

[Caller / Listener]

Wow.

[Dan Patrick]

Marvin not here today. Suspended. I mean, out for a day. Seaton

[Seaton]

Earl.

[Paulie]

Tied.

[Dan Patrick]

Roll Tide. Oh, that's an easy one. They're four seed, Paul.

[Paulie]

The Florida Gators a oner based off almost nothing.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, gonna. I'm gonna knock out a number two

[Paulie]

brought to you by Dude Wipes.

[Dan Patrick]

I'M gonna knock out a number two seed, Purdue. Purdued wipes. Wow. See what I did with that Purdue wipes.

[Caller / Listener]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Produce veteran laden, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, I know. And then I'm gonna come back around and go Illinois as a three seed.

[Caller / Listener]

Nice,

[Dan Patrick]

Paul.

[Paulie]

Hate to do it. Michigan State is a three seed.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, John Smoltz would be disappointed. Satan. Duke Blue Devils.

[Seaton]

That's right.

[Caller / Listener]

Whoa.

[Dan Patrick]

That's right, Dylan.

[Dylan]

I'm sorry, Dan, but I gotta go Arizona.

[Dan Patrick]

The namesake original Wildcats. My pick to win it all. Todd, you got two picks.

[Todd Fritzi]

I'm gonna go with the Iowa State Cyclones. And I'm gonna go with the Virginia Cavaliers.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Dylan.

[Dylan]

Since they've never won a tournament game, Dan, I'm gonna go Nebraska.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, we love Nebraska.

[Dylan]

No, no knock.

[Dan Patrick]

We're huge in Lincoln.

[Seaton]

Seaton, Kansas.

[Todd Fritzi]

J.

[Dan Patrick]

You probably thought I was gonna take Kansas, didn't you?

[Seaton]

I wanted to swoop in there.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you did. Paul,

[Paulie]

is Virginia still on the board?

[Dan Patrick]

No. Yucks.

[Paulie]

I'll go Houston.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, so it's either Michigan or Arkansas. See, Arkansas shouldn't be a four. I'll go Michigan just for the potential points there. So Arkansas is the only team that didn't get selected in the disappointment draft? Yes.

[Paulie]

Paul, we're going to watch the games way different.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, I know, I know. Oh, man.

[Dylan]

Does that mean Arkansas bows out round one?

[Dan Patrick]

I hope not. Nobody picked them though. When we come back, we'll give you our final four picks. A couple more phone calls. Rhonda in Texas. Good morning, Rhonda. What's on your mind?

[Caller / Listener]

Good morning, Dan and the Danette. I'm always going to start my conversation with this. So here goes. Six foot tall, 160. I'm a model. Present day retired golf player. My husband and I play golf two or three times a week. We love your show. I just wanted to share with you we were sorry to hear about Sammy Sosa's accident. And I just got off of ebay and I found a replica that looks very similar to the one that was shattered. And I am gifting that to you, so it's on its way to you. Love your show.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you.

[Caller / Listener]

Appreciate y'. All. Thank you.

[Todd Fritzi]

That's so sweet.

[Dan Patrick]

That's very nice of Rhonda. Maybe we find something and we can send it to her. She's a. She's a former model. Yes, Todd.

[Todd Fritzi]

And usually it's helped me, Rhonda, but she's helping you.

[Dan Patrick]

Adam in New Jersey. Hi, Adam. What's on your mind?

[Caller / Listener]

Well, you still there?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Caller / Listener]

Okay, I heard a beep. 6, 1, 2, 15. Long time. No, long time. Second time. Obviously. Obviously your employees do not listen to Kathleen Madigan. Kathleen Madigan's father told her, if you ever are in a situation where you were questioned, I do not recall and I want an attorney. She claims she used it in the confessional.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. But we have no court here. It's just the court of public opinion

[Caller / Listener]

matter if you're being questioned. I have no recollection. I won an attorney.

[Dylan]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Adam. Greg in Kalamazoo. Hi, Greg. What's on your mind?

[Caller / Listener]

I heard a comment on Matt Leinert's situation. I think you know what they could really do because I agree with Paulie. They're going to run out of numbers if they keep retiring stuff as it keeps going. I think they should not retire the jersey, but honor it. Display just as they have, but put Leonard's name on it because I think Matt might find out if he goes to a SC game. Now, about 90% of the people aren't going to know who number 11 is.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you, Greg Tripp in Vegas before we take a break night trip.

[Caller / Listener]

Hey, good morning, Dan. Good to speak with y'. All. I wanted to talk about the USC jersey too because I thought it was ironic with Reggie Bush that when they took his Heisman away, they wouldn't let anybody use his jersey out of respect for his performance. But then this is a possible stat of the day. So when they gave him a re retired his jersey. He's the first player in NCAA history to have his jersey retired twice. There's been five teams that retired a jersey for two players and then three teams. Three teams that retired a number for three players.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, thank you, Tripp. All right, when we come back, we will unveil our final four. Last call for phone calls. What we learned, what's in store tomorrow right after this. 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

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[Paulie]

Today's podcast is brought to you by Ferguson Home. Whether you're a homeowner creating your dream space or a pro managing multiple projects, Ferguson Home is where it all comes together. Ferguson Home is designed for the way you want to shop. Experience today's top products by brands like Thermador firsthand by visiting a Ferguson Home showroom where you'll explore stunning displays featuring today's latest products and innovations or browse their extended collections of products online. Ferguson Home understands that every project is made up of countless decisions and that's why their expert consultants are committed to helping homeowners, builders, contractors and designers bringing all the details together. You can count on support from start to finish by choosing the right products to coordinate deliveries with your project schedule. Book a one on one consultation at your local Ferguson Home showroom or shop [e-mail] whether you're working on a new kitchen, a new bathroom or a whole home remodel, you'll find the latest designs and technologies from the brands that you trust at Ferguson home. Fergusonhome.com all right guys, two words for you.

[Dan Patrick]

Prostate exam. Yeah, you just clenched up a little bit. Are you imagining the finger right now? Yeah. Relax. Prostate cancer screening starts with a simple finger free blood test. Around one in eight men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. But that's no reason to re clench when caught early. At localized or even regional stages, prostate cancer can have over a 99% five year relative survival rate. Did your tight end just relax? Good. If you're over 40, 40 or older and have a prostate visit, relax. It's a blood test.com you'll find out if a PSA blood test is right for you. The PSA Blood test can be the first step in screening. Talk to your doctor to evaluate your risk, determine when to get tested, and discuss screening options. And the next steps. Sponsored by Novartis. It's only natural. You see, these golfers mistaken the true green lawns for an actual golf course. Have you noticed that?

[Caller / Listener]

Come on.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, I'm serious. Happens all the time. And, you know, they're the official lawn care treatment provider, the PGA Tour. So they know what it takes to get golf course quality lawns.

[Seaton]

So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?

[Dan Patrick]

No, I mean, we could make. Yeah, I guess we can. If Trugreen's doing all the work. No one makes it easier. They handle the treatments, the timing, everything.

[Paulie]

I feel like you see them everywhere.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Beautiful lawns. And you know it's true. Green America's number one lawn care company. And chances are they're already in your neighborhood.

[Todd Fritzi]

I'll play, but I'm not mowing.

[Dan Patrick]

I didn't think you were. Your wife, Will or your son. Get your own golf course quality [e-mail] truegreen.com Let the pros handle the lawn. Just don't be surprised when golfers show up. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. Dylan did a great job filling in for Marvin. Just a coincidence, he had a bad day yesterday and he's not here today. Seaton in Marvin's chair. Paulie, Fritzi, yours truly in the back room. Guys, we'll give you our final four picks, final results of the poll questions, if you can.

[Seaton]

Yeah, we got up there two of them right now. This year's NTA tournament will be mostly chalk, or not chalk. That's at 85% chalk. And then the single best day in sports, March Madness, day one. Super Bowl Sunday, Sunday at the Masters, or the New Year's Day bowl games. I'm sorry to say, Paul, that New Year's Day bowl games is in last place. It's only got 8% of the vote. That's a travesty. March Madness, day one, has about half of the vote.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

Followed by Sunday at the Masters. Super Bowl. Sunday's in third place there.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Seaton]

How about that?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. All right. John in Illinois. Good morning, John. What's on your mind?

[Caller / Listener]

I gotta tell you, I got some questions here. This cameraman is working for Seaton on this. If Seaton is simply at that location because Marvin's gone, does that make this Marvin's fault? And further, if Marvin's not there because you benched Him. Is this partly your fault?

[Dan Patrick]

Yep, yep, yep. You might be right.

[Seaton]

That's a guy who gets it right there. Yeah, that is a guy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I see what he's doing, connecting the dots. But I have to blame Matt Leinert because Matt Leinert's the one who dropped the F bomb and Marvin didn't bleep it out. Therefore, Matt Leinert, if he doesn't use the F bomb, Marvin doesn't get suspended. And then Seaton's not in Marvin's chair. Yeah, Matt Leinert. Damn. Matt Leinert. Final four picks. Toddler, you had yours filled out yesterday.

[Todd Fritzi]

My final four picks are Duke, Houston on the left side of the bracket, Purdue in Michigan on the right side with Duke beating Michigan in the championship game.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Mar. Dylan.

[Dylan]

All right, then I've got the Johnny's, St. John's Illinois, Purdue, and Michigan with Purdue over St. John's Wow.

[Dan Patrick]

Seton final Four.

[Seaton]

One of my favorite things about this, by the way, is doing mine one day and then waking up and looking at them again and being like, what the hell did I do that for? Anywho, that was my experience this morning. My final four is UConn, Houston, Iowa State, Miami, and I have UConn beating Miami in the final. Wow. That's right.

[Dan Patrick]

You sure you didn't wake up today and say, what the hell am I doing with these picks?

[Seaton]

Yeah, no, that's what I did do yesterday. I did them, and then today I woke up and I was like, why the hell did I do that?

[Dan Patrick]

But you stayed with your yesterday's picks today.

[Seaton]

Yeah, I'm not going to change.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, Paulie, Final four picks.

[Paulie]

Duke, Houston, Gonzaga, Michigan. Duke over Gonzaga in the title game.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. I have Yukon, Florida, Arizona, Michigan. Arizona over Florida to win it all. Yeah. Bracket challenge. You can follow [e-mail] Nick in the Ozarks. Hi, Nick. What's on your mind today?

[Caller / Listener]

Well, Dan, I think an exciting sport moment would be the last day of the Iditarod, watching all the mushers come over the finish line. Especially if there was another moose killing incident where a dog was suspended.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Of course, Nick. Thank you. Didn't make the poll question.

[Paulie]

Yes, Paulie, they do call it Mush madness, though. They do. I did not make that up.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. I was going to give you credit there.

[Paulie]

They've been calling it Mush Madness up in. No, my people in Nome told me that you were huge in Gnome.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Dylan]

Yes, Dylan, I've been dying to go to the Iditarod Is that something we like?

[Dan Patrick]

Literally, literally dying. Well, you could go there and die.

[Dylan]

That might happen. Actually. It's pretty. It's rough sledding out there, as they say.

[Paulie]

No dog eat dog world.

[Dylan]

But just a possible remote idea. Dan, if you're interested, that we send

[Dan Patrick]

you to the Iditarod or everyone. No, no, we're not all going.

[Paulie]

There's no chance of that.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no chance.

[Paulie]

On these for years.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you. I like that Todd repeats your line, so maybe get some spillover credit.

[Todd Fritzi]

Not spillover. I'm acknowledging that it was funny. How about why do you got to make everything like you do?

[Dan Patrick]

Hijack though you do.

[Paulie]

This has been a very funny day. Laughs per hour. Might be a top five show.

[Dan Patrick]

And I track that this day in sports history. Paul.

[Paulie]

1995, Michael Jordan returned to the Bulls after nearly two years of retirement. He scored 19 and a loss to the Pacers. However, the game on NBC was the most watched regular season game in NBA history with over 35 million viewers.

[Dan Patrick]

And wearing number 45 was somebody wearing 23 at the time.

[Paulie]

It had something to do with his baseball number.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, that's right, he wore. Yeah, 45 baseball. Okay. On this date, 1960, Ohio State won the national title. Jerry Lucas named the most outstanding player. Also on this day, 1955, Bill Russell named the most outstanding players. San Francisco beat LaSalle and Bill Russell and those San Francisco, the Dons is what they're called the Dons in Ohio State. So Bob Knight, Jerry Lucas, I think they had Larry Siegfried on that team. Was Bill Hoskitt on that team who went to the Knicks, 1960. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paulie, Jerry Lucas, Larry Siegfried, John Havilchek, Mel Noel.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep.

[Paulie]

And then Bob Knight and a bunch of other players.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, so Bill or Bill Hoskett was not on that team.

[Paulie]

No, I don't have him on there.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Yeah. Remember him at Ohio State? Yeah. Havilchek wasn't the best player on Ohio State.

[Paulie]

Jerry Lucas was the first team all American.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And Larry Siegfried I think was considered their second best player. Here's Havalchek, who would end up scoring almost 27,000 points, won eight titles, never lost in the NBA Finals. Let's see anything else at Jim in Indiana. Hey Jim, what's on your mind today?

[Caller / Listener]

Hey, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Caller / Listener]

I'm really disappointed in you. I think you're the Roger Goodell of NFL football. These arbitrarily standing out punishments and non punishments really got my goat. Todd Fritz is acting like the prima donna wide receiver. They get nothing for the Ross Tucker debacle today. Sammy Sosa. It was the the cameraman who's the premier offensive lineman protecting your show. And then we have poor Marvin. He's the practice squad tight end and you can't give him a suspension.

[Dan Patrick]

And no, it's a coincidence that he's not. Jim, thank you. It was a coincidence that Marvin is not here today. Just a coincidence. And I do have the commissioner's exempt list in this show. Todd, what did you learn today?

[Todd Fritzi]

Learned a lot, but I'm going to go with that. Kate Cunningham is A collapsed lung could make him ineligible for a league MVP if unable to play in the required number of games.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritzi]

I'm not. That's just. I'm chewing on my tongue, I guess.

[Seaton]

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[Dan Patrick]

You were eating food.

[Todd Fritzi]

I was not. That was like 10 minutes ago. I had a granola bar, but I think it's stuck in my salivary glands or something. Did you learn? Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker and Luke are among those Tracy McGrady things could get to Bam's 83 points.

[Dan Patrick]

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