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Margie Murphy
In 2020, a group of young women found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare.
Dan Patrick
Someone was posting photos.
Paul Skeens
It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts.
Margie Murphy
This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope about the rise of deepfake pornography and the battle to stop it. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Colleen Witt
Are you hungry? Colleen Witt here and Eating While Broke is back for season four every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network. This season we've got a legendary lineup serving up broke dishes and even better stories. On the menu we have Tony Baker, Nick Cannon, Melissa Ford, October London, and Kerry Harper Howey turning Big Macs into big moves. Catch Eating While Broke every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network. IHeartRadio Apple Podcasts. Wherever you get your favorite shows, come hungry for season four.
AJ Jacobs
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Paul Skeens
Oh, French dressing.
AJ Jacobs
Exactly.
Paul Skeens
That's good.
AJ Jacobs
I'm AJ Jacobs and my current obsession is puzzles, and that has given birth to my podcast the Puzzler.
Steve Lapis
Something about Mary Poppins?
AJ Jacobs
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Steve Lapis
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Margie Murphy
I'm Mary Kay McBrayer, host of the podcast the Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. This season explores women from the 19th century to now. Women who were murderers and scammers, but also women who were photojournalists, lawyers, writers and more. This podcast tells more than just the brutal, gory details of horrific acts. I delve into the good, the bad, the difficult, and all the nuance I can find because these are the stories that we need to know to understand the intersection of society, justice, and the fascinating workings of the human psyche. Join me every week as I tell some of the most enthralling true crime stories about women who are not just victims, but heroes or villains or often somewhere in between. Listen to the greatest true crime stories ever told on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox sports radio. Ah, we made it to a Friday. We made it to the final hour of a Friday. It's a meat Friday. It's a different meat Friday. Maybe it's catered towards one. Danette general sells chicken, beef and broccoli, pork fried rice, beef lo mein. Who has it better than we do?
Todd Fritz
No.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Fritzi all of a sudden going out to check on the food and all of a sudden he's trying to. I see you, Todd. There's cameras everywhere. Okay. So when you go out there and you try to take a little sample there, I'm watching you.
Todd Fritz
Like yesterday when I took a deli sandwich and a bagel and a half, while I thought everybody was kind of busy doing work during a break, hoping no one saw that. With cream cheese and butter all over my cheek.
Dan Patrick
No, there's cameras all. There's 13 cameras in here.
Todd Fritz
There's a bunch of cookies back there too, that I might have dipped into a little bit.
Dan Patrick
You can have the cookies. You're fine with that. By the way, you can follow along with our bracket challenge@foxsportsradio.com Stat of the Day brought to you by panini America. Official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. Went to dinner last night. All of a sudden I get an email and then a follow up email, and then there's another email and I'm going, this is from Todd. Why didn't go into the email? I just thought, okay, maybe this is to do with today's show since Paulie's not here, Fritzi is taking over the executive producer role. And then I go in and I see the correspondence with the actress, Jennifer Lawrence's agent or representative. Yeah, Like a public in the back and. Yeah. And the back and forth we find out that they're big fans of the show. Fritz, he tried to reach out to Jennifer Lawrence, see if she wanted to be part of the bracket challenge, and they were very nice with their correspondence. So Todd, you. Maybe next year we get Jennifer Lawrence. And she's from Kentucky. She grew up with basketball, so maybe she fills out a bracket with her husband.
Todd Fritz
I did go through the stop sign a little bit just to truth be told, after she sent that note saying, you know, that there was something, I guess whatever the family situation was. And I got a note saying, dear Lord, she's on leave, but maybe down the road. Glad you're a fan. Like, you know, kind of like pump the brakes. It could be several months before we could even, you know, consider reaching her.
Dan Patrick
To see if she did they really say dear Lord?
Todd Fritz
Yeah. It says, ha, dear Lord.
Dan Patrick
Yes. That's not a good, that's not a good response, by the way. But Todd listed all of her movies. He said, you know, we're big fans. And then there's like seven or eight movies that he's listed as if her publicist needs to be reminded of what her resume is.
Todd Fritz
Well, the Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. I gave the whole script to it just to let her know that we thought that was funny about you're off putting. You should be off putting because you're fat. But that was really funny.
Dan Patrick
877-3Dp Show Email address dp@danpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP show the Pirates rookie of the year Paul Skeens will join us. The Big Ten 4. Zero in the tournament thus far. Big East 3. Zero, SEC 4 and 3. And then you have the ACC 1 and 2, Mountain West O and 2. There is a little bit of conversation about the Big east and the ACC combining talents here, which, you know, you, you're seeing this with what happened with some of the, you know, schools in the Big 12. Saw this with the Pac 12. You're, you, you kind of not divide and conquer. You want to add and conquer. And maybe the acc. Oh, trying to figure this out. Don't think they got a handle on it yet, but maybe bringing in the Big east with the acc and maybe you have something there. But a lot of tournament action last night. Kentucky was the preseason number one team. They lost in the round of 64. And now Kansas, I should say preseason number one and then they lose. They haven't been as formidable as we've expected Kansas to be since 2017. And with Bill Self, how much longer is he going to do it? But they got humbled. They got beat by Arkansas. And of course, you can't spell Arkansas without Kansas. How about that, Marvin? Yeah. Balloon. Yeah. Oh, I get a blue. Wow.
Todd Fritz
Sure do.
Dan Patrick
Come on. Yeah. Oh, Todd, you should have thought of that. That's a, that's, that's worthy of a blue. But Kansas, wow. Don't make me hit you. Yeah. All right. So ACC 1 and 2, the Mountain West, Owen 2. We'll talk to Steve Lapis, one of the analysts for CBS he does a great job. And it feels like every year when I listen to him, I say, we should get Steve Lapis on. And then yesterday I said to Fritzi, I'm remembering it now in real time, let's get Steve Lapis on. He has passion and so he had St. John's winning and he had the Arkansas game as well. So Steve Lapis will join us. Coming up. Paul schemes. He is one of three MLB the Show 25 cover athletes. This is the 20th anniversary honoring two decades of baseball history. Ellie Dela Cruz and Gunner Henderson are on the COVID as well. The Pirates Rookie of the year joining us on the program. What did you learn from your rookie year or what do you wish that you had known in your rookie year or when you were in the, in college minor leagues? Coming up to the Pirates?
Paul Skeens
Yeah, I mean the, the biggest thing I learned from, from getting to the big leagues is that the game is a lot more similar than I thought in terms of the actual, the baseball, you know, play. Everything that's added on makes it a lot harder. So traveling cross country. We had a couple cross country flights last year. Our travel within the division's pretty good. You know, our hour long or less than an hour long flights for the most part within our division, but still, I mean, you got the media in the, in the locker room every day. The food is different. It's, it's better, but there's more of it. So it's easy to, you know, overindulge. Just a lot, a lot of little stuff like that that makes it, just makes it makes it different and probably makes it a little bit harder.
Dan Patrick
What's the strangest thing you've thought of while you were on the mound?
Paul Skeens
Oh, man. Probably like doing math problems or something like that. I don't know if you've ever seen, I think it was Major league OR Major League 2. The catcher is, is, you know, learning to get over the yips and he like memorizes a Playboy magazine or something like that. And I do that with math problems rather than, you know, Playboy magazines.
Dan Patrick
But how does that help you?
Paul Skeens
I mean, because it's, it's very. So it's very easy to like focus too hard and try to execute a pitch, you know, too much and then you just completely sail it or like pull a slider or sail a heater or something like that. So like having your mind not, you know, solely focused on, on that pitch, like a little bit of distraction is sometimes a good thing.
Dan Patrick
Give me the guy that you keep an eye on. In the on deck circle that, you know he's coming to the plate.
Paul Skeens
It's probably one per team. Usually it's like the three hitter or something like that. Maybe it's to a team it's because we kind of like bucket hitters a little bit to where we can pitch them similarly to get them out. But there's always like one guy in the lineup that's like, hey, this guy doesn't beat us. So, I mean, it's the Juan Sotos, the Ellie De La Cruz, Cody Bellinger, those types of guys, I mean, you know, they're coming up.
Dan Patrick
What do you do when you disagree with your catcher?
Paul Skeens
Just shake. I wear a pitchcom too, and I'll punch it in sometimes, but yeah, just shake there. No, there are no hard feelings there.
Dan Patrick
But you have final say.
Paul Skeens
Yeah, I mean, if, if I, my, my experience is generally if I throw a pitch that I don't wholly believe in, it doesn't end well. So I have to, you know, throw pitches that I, I believe in out there with, you know, full conviction, and then it generally ends, ends pretty well.
Dan Patrick
But when you give up a big hit or a home run in college, it's one thing, but when you have thousands and thousands of people and you know it's going to end up on SportsCenter, like, how do you process that differently, if you can, than when you were in college and you gave up a home run?
Paul Skeens
Yeah, honestly. And I think this is probably more of a, a change for me, but I think I took it, like, took it harder, took it, took it more personally when I was in college than I do now. And I think there are probably a couple reasons for that. I think I've matured, grown up a little bit. But also we get to do it more often now in college. It's like, you know, the SEC is the biggest thing in the world and nothing else matters. Like that's, that's the, that's what they feed you. Right? So when I give up a home run at Ole Miss and the beer's flying everywhere, like, it feels like the end of the world a little bit more than, than it does now when I give up a home run and you know, Dodger Stadium or something like that, it's just. And I think, I think part of that's because it's, it's so routine now. But I think a lot of it's because I have just like grown up.
Dan Patrick
Too, talking to Paul skeens, and he's one of three MLB the Show 25 cover athletes you got Gunner Henderson and Ellie Dela Cruz. Tell us about the honor. When. How did you find out?
Paul Skeens
Yeah, I can't remember exactly when I found out. There was something that I think, you know, we were in the talks for. For, I don't know, probably last summer, last September, around there kind of blends together when we're in season. But it was cool when I, you know, found out that it's, you know, no kidding happening. I mean, definitely some satisfaction there is. It's. It's pretty cool. I've, you know, grown up seeing, you know, the COVID athletes of the show and seeing the game. It's been a. A huge part of a lot of people's childhood, I think, as like the game that they want to play when they. When they get to play video games. So cool.
Dan Patrick
What else are you a gamer of?
Paul Skeens
I'm not. I'm not really a gamer at all.
Dan Patrick
Really. Okay.
Paul Skeens
So, yeah, so the only time I would play the show, because I never had a PlayStation or Xbox or anything, the only time I would play the show is when I, like, went to, you know, my. My buddy's house or something like that, and they had it. But I've always been terrible at it. And if I'm the kind of person, like, if I'm not good at something, I just won't. I'll just stop doing it. Yeah. I'm the take my ball and go home type of guy.
Dan Patrick
How territorial are you when it comes to the SEC, whether it's football? 14 schools are in the NCAA tournament. The baseball with the SEC. Are you annoying to be around when it's conversations about the sec?
Paul Skeens
No, because I'm a. I'm a baseball guy. First football I could kind of care less about. I mean, I'm a true believer that. Because I'm an SEC guy, but I'm a Mountain west guy, too, and I'm a true believer that the Mountain west just breeds winners. So probably more territorial about the Mountain west because it's not a. You know, people don't. People don't know about the. The Mountain west, but that's where. That's where champions are made. I believe that.
Dan Patrick
Okay, but you're in Pittsburgh. They love their football there. Do you go to. You care about. You go to games?
Paul Skeens
Yeah, but I mean, because I look at college baseball and call and. And pro baseball is two different sports. I. I never played football. I don't understand what's going on out there. I know that you're supposed to move the ball down the field, but I view College football and pro football as two different sports, too. So I've gone to a Steelers game. It was, it was really cool. I want to go back. I'm a Steelers fan, you know, now I bleed black and gold, so. But yeah, I don't, I don't. They're fun. The games are fun to go to.
Dan Patrick
Are you going to be okay with the automatic strike zone?
Paul Skeens
Hey, it's not in there this year, so I'm happy with that. I haven't, I haven't challenged anything this spring. It's not going to be in there this year. When it comes, it comes. I, I like the human aspect of the game because I, I think that, you know, there are games where the umpire zone is big and there are games where the umpire zone is small. Obviously, catchers, you, you bring in the automatic strike zone, then it completely devalues framing, which, you know, effectively eliminates the catching position. So I, I have mixed feelings toward it. I, I do like the, the human aspect of the game. But there's definitely something to be said about, you know, being objective with the strike zone.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, but when you're at the plate and all of a sudden there's a, you know, a star pitcher and he gets a call, you're okay with that. And it's not a strike. But because of who he is, Justin Verlander is going to get that call.
Paul Skeens
Yeah, I mean, I prefer it that way. I don't have to hit anymore.
Dan Patrick
Do you want to hit?
Paul Skeens
No. Maybe BP occasionally, but I, I don't want to face Justin Verlander. I don't want to face any of these other guys. They're too, they're too, they're too good.
Dan Patrick
If you were building the perfect pitcher. So you gave me fastball, slider, curveball, changeup. Who's using your fastball?
Paul Skeens
Yeah, I'd like to think all four of those are, you know, mine, but.
Dan Patrick
That'S just not the case. I'm glad you think that way.
Paul Skeens
Yeah. I mean, because you can't use my fastball with like, because I would say, like, my fastball and Clayton Kershaw's curveball or something like that. But, like, we're the exact opposite pitchers, basically. I, I, I'd like to thank my fastball, Kershaw's curveball for sure. Just a straight up and down curveball Change up scubal those are two lefties. Slider.
Steve Lapis
Man.
Paul Skeens
There's so many good ones. I think a nice, like, for, for me, like a downer. A downer slider, like a degrom. Like a shorter downer slider because that's something I don't have. But there's, I mean, striders slider. There's so many, so many ways, so many different ways to have a good slider, though. So specifically a slider.
Dan Patrick
Isn'T it amazing that these guys can hit this stuff? I mean, they talk about hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do. And there are guys that are hitting 100 miles an hour and it's like, so what?
Paul Skeens
Yeah, I don't, I don't know how they do it. I'll let them do it. That's why I'm not going to try to try to get back in the box.
Dan Patrick
Congratulations. Opening Day. Congratulations on mlb the show. That's the COVID with Ellie Dela Cruz, Gunner Henderson. And this is honoring the 20th anniversary of that. Great to talk to you again, Paul. Thanks for joining us.
Paul Skeens
Yeah, no, really appreciate it.
Dan Patrick
Paul Skeens, Pirate rookie of the year last year. And I think he's working on a couple of new pitches that ought to please the rest of the hitters in baseball. We'll take a break. We'll talk about your brackets coming up. Steve Lapis, he's an analyst for March Madness, and he'll join us here coming up next. DAN PATRICK show, Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. Hey, it's Steve Covino. And I'm Rich Davis. And together we're Covino and Rich on FOX Sports Radio. You can catch us weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and of course, the iHeartRadio Apple. Why should you listen to Covino and Rich? We talk about everything, life, sports, relationships, what's going on in the world. We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture, stories that, well, other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss. And the fact that we've been friends for the last 20 years and still work together, I mean, that says something, right? So check us out. We like to get you involved, too. Take your phone calls, chop it up, as they say. I'd say the most interactive show on Fox Sports Radio, maybe the most interactive show on planet Earth. Be sure to check out Covino and Rich live on Fox Sports radio and the iHeartradio app from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific. And if you miss any of the live show. Just search Covino and Rich wherever you get your podcast. And of course on social media, that's Covino and Rich.
Steve Lapis
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AJ Jacobs
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Steve Lapis
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AJ Jacobs
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Steve Lapis
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Colleen Witt
Love at first swipe? I highly doubt it. What's your biggest red flag? No, no, no. What's your ultimate green flag? These days reality TV and social media have thinking love is instant. We're marrying strangers at first sight, we're finding love through walls, or we're even judging people by balloon pops. But what really makes a relationship last? On this episode of Dope Labs, poet, author and relationship expert Young Pueblo breaks down the psychology and biology of loving better and he provides eye opening insights and advice that we all need.
Todd Fritz
It's a big realization moment that you should not be postponing your happiness. Like your greatest happiness is not necessarily going to like come from a relationship. Your partner, they should add to your happiness, but your happiness is really coming from within you.
Colleen Witt
Listen to Dope labs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
AJ Jacobs
Ever wonder what it would be like to be mentored by today's top business leaders? My podcast this is Working can help with here's some advice from Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, on standing out from the leadership crowd.
Steve Lapis
Develop your eq. A lot of people have plenty of brains, but EQ is do you trust me? Do I communicate well? You know, when you walk in a room, do people feel good you're there? Are you responsive to people? Do people know you have a heart? Develop the team. Develop the people. Create a system of trust. And it works over time.
AJ Jacobs
I'm Dan Roth, LinkedIn's editor in chief. On my podcast this Is Working, leaders like Jamie Dimon, Mark Cuban and Richard Branson share strategies for success and the real lessons that have shaped them. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Margie Murphy
In 2020, a group of young women in a tidy suburb of New York City found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare.
Dan Patrick
Someone was posting photos.
Paul Skeens
It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts on my body parts that looked exactly like my own.
Margie Murphy
I wanted to throw up. I wanted to scream. It happened in Levittown, New York. But reporting the series took us through the darkest corners of the Internet and to the front lines of a global battle against deepfake pornography.
Colleen Witt
This should be illegal, but what is this?
Margie Murphy
This is a story about a technology that's moving faster than the law and about vigilantes trying to stem the tide. I'm Margie Murphy. And I'm Olivia Carville. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Bob Pittman
Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new season of my podcast, Math and Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. I'm having conversations with some interesting folks across a wide range of industries to hear how they reach the top of their fields and the lessons they learned along the way that everyone can use. I'll be joined by innovative leaders like chairman and CEO of Health Beauty, Tarang Amin.
Dan Patrick
The way I approach risk is constantly.
AJ Jacobs
Try things and actually make it okay to fail.
Bob Pittman
I'm sitting down with legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist Jewel.
Dan Patrick
I wanted a way to do something.
Margie Murphy
That I loved for the rest of my life.
Bob Pittman
We're also hearing how leaders brought their businesses out of unprecedented times, like Stefan Bonsell, CEO of Moderna.
Dan Patrick
It becomes a human decision to decide to throw by the window your business strategy and to do what you think is the right thing for the world.
Bob Pittman
Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math, and the ever important creative spark, the magic. Listen to Math and Magic stories from the frontiers of Marketing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.
Dan Patrick
It was on this date in 1959 that California beat West Virginia for the NCAA championship. Jerry west played for West Virginia. He didn't win the title, but he was still named the most outstanding player. Jerry was also, I think, the MVP of an NBA Finals when the Lakers played the Celtics. I'm sure that Jerry west doesn't like that distinction. May rest in peace. But imagine you're so good, you did everything you could possibly do. You just didn't win. So I think 1969, he was the MVP of the NBA Finals and they lost that championship. Steve Lappis joining us on loan from CBS Sports studio analyst and college basketball analyst, former college hoop coach at Manhattan, Villanova and UMass. You've done a great job, and I've been meaning to reach out to you the last couple years. Every time I hear you in the tournament, and I always go, we should get Steve Lapis on. I love the energy that you have. It's great to see you again, Coach. How you doing?
Steve Lapis
Great to see you, Dan. It's been a long time.
Dan Patrick
I think I go back to when was the first time I met you. Villanova, probably Villanova.
Steve Lapis
Maybe even Villanova is an assistant coach, as I was from 85 to 88, so probably back then.
Dan Patrick
So you came up with the game plan to beat Georgetown in the NCAA finals.
Steve Lapis
You know what that. Dan, as an assistant coach, I came from high school the year before, and I. People ask me about that all the time. I said, boy, what did you do? I said, well, I was getting the coffee, the sneakers. I was doing all those things in my first year.
Dan Patrick
And I always maintain when people talk about that as one of the great upsets of all time. And I said, I don't think it is. I think NC State beating Houston was a bigger upset. Villanova, you had played Georgetown, and I think he lost by six or eight points. So you knew what you. You know, you knew the battle, you knew the Big east, you knew Georgetown. And therefore, I don't view it as that big of an upset. Even though you guys had to play pretty much the perfect game. How do you view it, Dan?
Steve Lapis
I tell people that all the time. I know. You know, it's great for us that we were part of this greatest upset ever, but you're 100% right. We played them twice that year, lost by four, lost by six. The year before that, when I wasn't there, they beat Georgetown, Villanova. Eddie, pick me as a SOB. Where had 22 points and 20 rebounds against Patrick Ewing in a game that was an epic. So we knew. We didn't feel it like getting ready for the game. I mean, we knew we had to play well. There's no question. That was an unbelievable team. And let's understand this. We shot 79%. We won by. We won by two. So you know what I mean? That tells you how good they were. But I can't agree with you more. You know, when you play somebody twice a year. We had seen Patrick Ewing nine times before that. They would have intimidated anybody else. They played. And I'll be honest with you, we were happy we weren't playing. St. John's was the worst matchup for us because we were a matchup zone team and Chris Mullen was obviously one of the best shooters in the world. Georgetown wasn't a good shooting team. We liked that matchup better than St.
Dan Patrick
John's you know, you start to look at the all time greats in college basketball. I don't know if Christian Laettner is the last of the all time greats because they're not staying three or four years. It's usually if you're really good, I mean, Cooper Flagg could be one of the great players of all time, but he's just going to be a footnote of a one and done at Duke and maybe they win a national title.
Steve Lapis
You know, there's no doubt this is a new age. You know, we're not going to see the Bill Waltons and the Luel Cinders and you know, the even, you know, Christian Laettner who was a good pro but wasn't like obviously Bill Walton or Lu Alcindor. Yeah, or even Patrick Ewing was one of the greatest college players there ever was. So, you know, it's just a different age now. And even now it's even gotten crazier with this nil and transfer portal. Even schools themselves, forget about the general public. It's hard for schools themselves to honor guys that are only at their school for one year and then they're gone.
Dan Patrick
I wondered about this. I brought it up with Dan Dockage and I said Indiana never reached out to Steve Alford to coach there because, you know, Clyde Drexler was at Houston, Mullen was at St. John's Patrick Ewing at Georgetown. You can't hire somebody unless, you know, you can fire them. And I'm just, I was always curious why Steve Alford never got the opportunity to coach Indiana.
Steve Lapis
You know, that's a great point because here's a guy who's won 700 games in his career. He's been a tremendous coach his whole life. From a young age. He obviously was one of the greatest players in the history of the school. You know, winning the championship in 87 and yeah, it's just a surprising thing. I think probably part of it has to do with the fact that he did coach at Iowa that may got that job when he was younger. And maybe that hurt him a little bit that he coached another Big Ten school. But he's a tremendous coach and you know, would have been a great one at I. At Indiana, no question.
Dan Patrick
All right, you called games in Providence. So you had Arkansas over Kansas, you had St. John's over Omaha, and that sets up pitino caliperi where did that relationship go sideways between those two?
Steve Lapis
You know, I think it went sideways like a long time ago, to be honest. I think it's actually a little better now. You know, I think part of it was when John Caliper got the UMass job. Rick Pitino is a UMass graduate and he had some input into, you know, who was going to coach the school. And it started got out that Rick Pitino was not in Caliper, his corner for Caliper to get the job he wanted somebody else to get. So I think that's kind of where it started. And we all knew each other. We all met each other at the Five Star basketball camp back in 1980. So, you know, he go, we go back a long way. Those two guys go back a long way. And I think that's where. And then the rivalry just grew because, you know, John, they're both big personalities, as we know, and they both, you know, feel like they're great basketball coaches, which they are. And you know, I think the rivalry just grew from there. But I think it started with the.
Dan Patrick
UMass job and I forget who we had on, but they, they said Jim Boeheim and Boeheim said, you can put Pitino there with Mike Krzyevsky, like he's, he's on that level. Nobody's where Wooden is, you know, for obvious reasons. But he said as far as modern day basketball coaches, greatest of all time, he would put Patino right there with Coach K. What about you?
Steve Lapis
Absolutely, Dan. No question. I mean, think about it. Besides the fact he's got the 875 whatever wins, think about all the years he spent in the NBA. So he would have a lot more wins in college. He's got two titles. You know, I always tell people, me personally, like people ask me all the time, if you had the one game you got to win one game, who would you want to coach? I said, there's two people, Bob Knight and Rick Patino. If I got to win one game.
Dan Patrick
Well, it's high praise there. Not, not Coach K. I, you know.
Steve Lapis
Here, Coach K was a great coach. I look at those guys different. See Coach K, he was maybe the greatest leader of all time. That was his thing, his leadership. Not that he was a next to no guy. Knight and Pitino, those guys were tinkerers. They were excellent. I'm not pleased. I don't want anybody to take this like, oh, what are you talking about? Mike? Mike's all time the best, one of the best. But those two guys were like, they would Tinker for game plans. Mike's philosophy was, this is what we do and we will do it better than what you do and we're going to win. These guys, they would change things. They would change the scout and report. They tweak this, tweak that. That's why, I mean, one game, those guys will game plan to make it hard for you to win.
Dan Patrick
Steve Lapis, CBS Sports college basketball analyst. He has McNE State in Purdue and Arkansas in St. John. Wait, are you working in. Are you the early game here?
Steve Lapis
No, no, tomorrow, My game.
Dan Patrick
Oh, tomorrow. I was going to say. Oh, yeah. Okay. I was like, boy, I'm holding you back here.
Steve Lapis
No, no, I had the four yesterday.
Dan Patrick
Okay. Do you have any problem with Will Wade coaching in the tournament, knowing that he's going to take another job?
Steve Lapis
Yeah, I mean, let's face it, it's. It's not a great situation, you know, for the kids, school or anybody. I will say this about Will Wade, though. He was very honest. I was shocked. You know, you know how it is, Dan. You've been doing this for so long. People say, well, you know, I don't want to talk about that now, or whatever. He was very open. He said. We asked him, he said at the practice the day before, he said, yeah, I'm talking to NC State. He says, but I told my players that, and my players, I'm going to help them get to the next level if guys want to transfer. We talk very openly about this. So I don't like it, but I give the guy credit that he hasn't hidden from it. They were honest, they didn't lie, and, you know, you got it. There's something to be said for that, too.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I'm okay with the transparency. I just find it a little weird that he's helping the university, but he might hurt the university because maybe he takes some of these players with him to NC State, maybe part of the coaching staff as well. So, yes, you're helping, but then he could be hurting here in a week or two.
Steve Lapis
There's no definite. There's no, there's no doubt that if we were going to put a scale which, which way is worse than the other, there's no doubt that the fact that this came out that he's going is worse for the school and everybody involved. The only thing I'm saying is it's a bad situation and he didn't lie about it. That's all I could say.
Dan Patrick
What's it like to get fired?
Steve Lapis
You know, it's. It's It's. It's a. It's. That's an interesting question. Obviously, it stinks, as we know, but the. The thing that. That gets you more than anything else is that you spend your whole life doing this thing that you think you're pretty good at, and it's kind of been your dream, and then all of a sudden, you know, it could be over. And so you spent all your life from when you're a kid. You know, I know for me, from when I was a kid, all I wanted to do was coach, coach, coach. I grew up in New York City and I coached in high school. Jv. I came up the ranks. And then, you know, when that happens, it's a jolt because this is what you want to do. And now you don't even know if you're going to be able to keep doing it. And it's not like, you know, if you're an accountant and you get let go as an accountant, you'll probably find another accountant job. Unless you were scaling or something, you'll find another account job. This business is very small and, you know, I mean, unfortunately, college coaches don't get recycled the way they do in the NBA. So, you know, I had to kind of remake myself, you know, by getting into tv. And it's worked out unbelievable. CBS has been great to me. And the other thing about it, Dan, is, you know, publicly, it's embarrassing. You know what I mean? You know, it's in. Something happens to you like that's in the newspapers. It's, you know, everybody knows it. Everybody knows it. It's not like, you know, again, you work in an accounting firm or whatever, and something happened. You can not say anything to anybody. Nobody will know. Everybody knows. And let's face it. And I. I don't think so. I think I got cut short of UMass big time. I think we were on the. On the right road. But, you know, what happens is, you know, that's my story. The story on the outside is this guy wasn't good enough. And that's sucks.
Dan Patrick
What do you see with Cooper? Flag if I said maybe question marks with him of what he's going to take to the NBA about his game.
Steve Lapis
Question marks, boy, it's really hard to find them. You know, you wonder because he's so skilled, you know, we're talking about a guy who leads his team in every category. So, I mean, here's a 6, 9, 610 kid who, you know, not only shoots, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks me, does it all. Now, college basketball is different today than it was, you know, 20 years ago. There's no doubt about it. But, you know, I would say, how's he going to hold up physically? If I had to pick something, that's probably where I would go is, how's he going to hold up physically?
Dan Patrick
I don't know if you had conversations or you've talked to coaches who've had these conversations when a kid thinks he's ready. I. I remember talking to Jim Boeheim about this, and he had a player who wanted to go, and he said, don't go. And the player went and didn't succeed. But he said, you know, I. I'm. I'm assessing your talent. Do I want you to go if you're ready to go? Yes. But I think the player may have thought that Jim was being selfish by saying, no, you're not ready to go. But it turns out, you know, the. The kid wasn't ready to go. That's a tough conversation to have, I would think, because it's a kid, and then you have parents who are involved in this. So. Do you have any background stories on that?
Steve Lapis
Yeah, I mean, I had. I had two kids. I had, you know, Tim Thomas and Kerry Kittles, and. And Tim was one of the first guys to leave after a year. He left in 1997. He stayed one year. He left. And that. I didn't think he was ready. And I'll tell you what I told him. I said, tim, here's the thing I think you need. Because that team that he was on his freshman year, we had three seniors who were really good players who had been there for four years and won a lot of games. And so he was obviously a big part of the scouting report, but he wasn't the part of the scouting report. And I said, I think you need a year where this thing is going to focus on you. You are the. We had these other three seniors that were all good players. So it was hard for you to just get all of the attention in a scouting report or whatever. I said, I think you need a year of being the man here. It's on you. You got to get this done for us to win. It's not like last year. We go into the background and we can still win here. It's about you. Now, the difference for Tim was his mom was older, she was cleaning houses, you know. You know, so, you know, from a financial standpoint, he had to go. He wasn't ready. From a basketball standpoint, he had a good career. Don't get me wrong. He made a lot of money. I don't know if Tim ever really became. I thought he could be an NBA all Star. He wasn't. He was a really good player. And I'm not saying that's why he wasn't. But you know, it's funny, Dan, he came back to me like two years later, said, boy, coach, I wish I would have stayed because not, not so much for the, not so much for the basketball even. But just to be a college kid for another year is not the worst thing in the world.
Dan Patrick
I give me the team that could make it to the Final Four where we'll look back and say, I'll be damned. Steve Lapis knew what he was talking about.
Steve Lapis
Maryland. You know, Maryland is a team and it's kind of under the radar. I mean, I can easily give you, you know, Houston, Auburn, Duke, but a team that you got to keep your eye on is Maryland. Maryland starting five is as good as any starting five in the country. They have no bench. So now could that get them in the end? Yeah, if they get into some foul trouble, whatever. And you know, this thing, this tournament, one game, you're out. But you take, you keep an eye on Maryland in terms of what they do now you watch the lose today. You know what, Dan, in my house, we used to have a pool every year. Me, my wife and my two kids. I was last every year of the four of us. So that tells you where this thing is at.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I like Maryland, but I don't like what's going on with the coach and the athletic director there. It feels like both are out the door. Door. And now you're going to face Grand Canyon. And I know you're ten and a half point favorites, but I just, if you're not focused, man, it just, it'll bite you right in the ass. That, that would be my big concern with Maryland.
Steve Lapis
Well, you know what, that was my concern about McNe yesterday and I said it. Look what they did. They couldn't have played any better. So, you know, you're right. And I said the same thing yesterday. I'm not saying it again because the McNeese, they burnt me.
Dan Patrick
Yes. Keep the, keep the passion, keep the enthusiasm. And thanks for joining us, Steve.
Steve Lapis
Hey, thanks for having me, Danny. It's an honor to be on with you. Thank you.
Dan Patrick
Thank you, bud. Steve Lapis, CBS Sports College basketball analyst yeah, I was there when Villanova won the title there for the parade, when he was there with Raleigh Massimino. I think that's first time I met him in the mid-80s. We'll take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learned what's in store for Monday? Dylan gets a pie to the face coming up. And also it's a meat Friday as well. We'll have all of that coming up next here. Dan Patrick Show 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.
Colleen Witt
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Todd Fritz
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Colleen Witt
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AJ Jacobs
Ever wonder what it would be like to be mentored by today's top business leaders? My podcast this Is Working can help with that. Here's advice from Google CMO Lorraine Twohill on how to treat AI like a partner.
Dan Patrick
I see AI as an incredible copilot. You may use different tools or toys to get the work done, but ultimately, as editor, as creator, as maker, you own it.
Paul Skeens
And it's needs to be good. AI is just the latest flavor of that. You're still the judge of what good looks like.
AJ Jacobs
I'm Dan Roth, LinkedIn's editor in chief. On my podcast this Is Working, leaders like Indra Nooyi, Ray Dalio and Rich Paul share strategies for success and the real lessons that have shaped them. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Margie Murphy
In 2020, a group of young women in a tidy suburb of New York City found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare.
Dan Patrick
Someone was posting photos.
Paul Skeens
It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts on my body parts that looked exactly like my own.
Margie Murphy
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Colleen Witt
But what is this?
Margie Murphy
This is a story about a technology that's moving faster than the law and about vigilantes trying to stem the tide. I'm Margie Murphy. And I'm Olivia Carvel. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts, Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's big tape podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Steve Lapis
Something about Mary Poppins?
AJ Jacobs
Something about Mary Poppins? Exactly.
Margie Murphy
Oh, man, this is fun.
AJ Jacobs
I'm AJ Jacobs and I am an author and a journalist, and I tend to get obsessed with stuff, and my current obsession is puzzles. And that has given birth to my podcast, the Puzzler Dressing Blessing.
Paul Skeens
French dressing.
AJ Jacobs
Exactly.
Paul Skeens
Oh, that's good.
AJ Jacobs
Now you can get your daily puzzle nuggets delivered straight to your ears.
Colleen Witt
I thought to myself, I bet I know what this is. And now I definitely know what this is.
Steve Lapis
This is so weird. This is fun.
AJ Jacobs
Let's try this one. Our brand new season features special guests like Chuck Bryant, Mayim Bialik, Julie Bowen, Sam Sanders, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and lots more. Listen to the Puzzler every day on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
That's awful and I should have seen it coming.
Bob Pittman
Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new season of my podcast, Math and Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. I'm having conversations with some interesting folks across a wide range of industries to hear how they reach the top of their fields and the lessons they learned along the way that everyone can use. I'll be joined by innovative leaders like chairman and CEO of Elf Beauty, Tarang Amin.
Dan Patrick
The way I approach risk is constantly.
AJ Jacobs
Try things and actually make it okay to fail.
Bob Pittman
I'm sitting down with legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist Jewel.
Dan Patrick
I wanted a way to do something.
Margie Murphy
That I loved for the rest of my life.
Bob Pittman
We're also hearing how leaders brought their businesses out of unprecedented times. Like Stefan Bonsell, CEO of Moderna.
Dan Patrick
It becomes a human decision to decide.
Paul Skeens
To throw by the window your business.
Dan Patrick
Strategy and to do what you think.
Steve Lapis
Is the right thing for the world.
Bob Pittman
Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math, and the ever important creative spark, the magic. Listen to math and magic stories from the front tiers of Marketing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.
Dan Patrick
Oh, wrapping up the show here on a meat Friday. Chinese food looked really good. General Sal's chicken, beef and broccoli, pork fried rice, beef lo mein. Save some for the other guys. Fritzi saying, I got a big mound.
Todd Fritz
Of food out there.
Dan Patrick
You know what you need? Load management. I think, wow.
Todd Fritz
It's true.
Dan Patrick
When it comes, when it comes to Chinese food, you need a little load management here. All right, final results of the poll question. Seaton. Yep, final results.
Paul Skeens
We got a couple of them up there.
Dan Patrick
I root four upsets all the time, top teams to make the final four or my bracket. Right now, Upsets all the time has 48% of the vote followed by bracket. Nobody roots for the top team teams. Maryland gets almost 85% of its points from its starters. That's most of any team in the tournament. And you know, you start to think about being so top heavy and not having any depth. And it feels like when you're playing that many games and, you know, kind of a truncated amount of time, you're going to need somebody or somebody's off the bench to help you. But the starting five is a wonderful starting five. Just feels like they're going to need a little more depth. And then they're facing Grand Canyon. And Grand Canyon is, you know, that's a good, that's a good program. Been a good program for a while. 10 and a half point underdogs here. Jay Billis will join us on the program on Monday. This day in sports history. Paulie's not here. I'll do the honors. UCLA beat Duke in 1964. They went 30 and oh, their first championship. 1970, UCLA beat Jacksonville. That was UCLA's fourth consecutive championship. That's when you had Artis Gilmore and Pembroke Burroughs iii. They had another, then another player, Vaughn Wedeking. He was in Rex Morgan. Rex Morgan. So they, they had some names. Joe Williams, I believe was the head coach at Jacksonville back then. But that's when Sydney Wicks. Sydney Wicks was not afraid of Artist Gilmore and he took it to him. 1984. Do you remember when the NFL owners passed the anti celebration rule? Did this have to do with the fun bunch in Washington with those wide receivers with Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders, Art Monk? I don't know if they were the reason that they decided that no celebrating. What is, what is sports? I mean, sports is about celebrating, isn't it? I mean, it. Has it gotten out of hand? Absolutely. But like true celebration, I gotta miss that. Just feels like maybe it Was the fun bunch who. They took the fun out of the fun bunch. Yes, Dylan. Well, you get the act like you've been there before. A crowd kind of raining on the parade, I think. Yeah. Yeah. I never bought into that. 1991. I remember doing the highlight on SportsCenter. The Quebec Nordics goaltender Ron Tugnut set a modern NHL record most saves in a regular season game. He saved 70 out of 73 shots. I remember saying that he saw more rubber than a tire salesman that night. They ended up with a tie with the Bruins. Ron Tug Nut between him and Dick Trickle. I had fun doing SportsCenter highlights. Yes. Seaton. Somebody asked on social media yesterday, at.
Paul Skeens
What point, like, what is the threshold.
Dan Patrick
For an upset, especially in the tournament. Yes. If a 9 beats an 8, it's an upset kinda. Right. But where do you truly get the, like, shock the world kind of upset? Was there a number designation that feels more upsetty? 13. 4. That's replaced the 12. 5. Yeah. 134 has. Yes. Todd.
Todd Fritz
Yeah. There's been so many twelves beating fives. I think Adam Lefkoe said, like, 34 of the last 40 years, at least one 12, beta 5. So you probably start with 13.
Dan Patrick
But an 11 beating at 6 is a hell of an upset. Right. I was gonna say that's the. I think that's the upset benchmark. 710. It's kind of.
AJ Jacobs
Once you get 7, 10, 9, 8, then.
Dan Patrick
A little too close. Yeah. 6, 11, though. 611 is good. That's legit. Mike in Wisconsin. Mike, thanks for holding. What's on your mind?
Steve Lapis
Hey, Dan. Reaching out. I know this topic's important to you.
Dan Patrick
And you can influence change.
Steve Lapis
You got a lot of pull. So I'm watching the tournament games, and I can't tell you how many times I yelled at the tv. Travel.
Dan Patrick
Carry travel. Gary, it's out of control. It's out of control, man. Mike, I've tried. I talked to the NBA commissioner about this. I. I mean, it's. It's so obvious. And I just go, how can you not get your shot? How can you not get around somebody? If I get to carry the ball the way they do, they're dribbling. Baker and Bozeman. Hi, Baker and Bozeman. How can I help you? Danny, Happy Friday.
Steve Lapis
Listen, I just wanted to quickly.
Dan Patrick
I know we're about out of time, but I wanted to really jock the.
Steve Lapis
The back room guys. And specifically, I know he's not a backroom guy anymore, but Marvin hosted last Friday's 12:15 podcast, and he was awesome. He was a natural facilitator.
Dan Patrick
He was a bullion.
Steve Lapis
And I wanted to. And by the way, the professor of.
Dan Patrick
The parlay, Dylan, can substantiate this because.
Steve Lapis
He was sitting next to him in that podcast. And so anyway, I wanted to just give kudos to Marvin for being a.
Dan Patrick
Fantastic host of last Friday's 12:15 podcast. All right. Love it. All right. All right. Thank you, Baker. 12:15 podcast. The back room guys get to dish on everything that'll be coming up@danpatrick.com Todd, what did I learn on today's award nominated program?
Todd Fritz
When Coach k visited C Web's home for a recruiting visit, the neighborhood chanted 103.73, which was the final score of the 1990 national title game when Duke got crushed by the running rebs of unlv.
Dan Patrick
That's a great story, Dylan. Thank you for filling in for Paulie Todd, the king of comedy, Seton Marv, yours truly. Have a great weekend, everybody.
Margie Murphy
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Dan Patrick
Someone was posting photos.
Paul Skeens
It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts.
Margie Murphy
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Dressing. Dressing.
Paul Skeens
Oh, French dressing.
AJ Jacobs
Exactly.
Paul Skeens
Oh, that's good.
AJ Jacobs
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Steve Lapis
Something about Mary Poppins?
AJ Jacobs
Exactly.
Steve Lapis
This is fun.
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AJ Jacobs
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Steve Lapis
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Dan Patrick
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Steve Lapis
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Bob Pittman
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Margie Murphy
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Bob Pittman
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Steve Lapis
I figured out the formula.
AJ Jacobs
I just have to work hard.
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Summary of "The Dan Patrick Show" – Episode: Hour 3 with Paul Skenes and Steve Lappas
Release Date: March 21, 2025
Podcast Information:
The episode begins with Dan Patrick humorously discussing "Meat Friday," highlighting catered food options like General Sal's chicken, beef and broccoli, pork fried rice, and beef lo mein. This lighthearted introduction sets a casual tone for the show.
Timestamp: 03:03 - 19:10
Paul Skenes, the Pittsburgh Pirates' Rookie of the Year and one of the three MLB The Show 25 cover athletes, joins Dan Patrick to discuss his journey and experiences in Major League Baseball.
Key Discussions:
Transition to the Big Leagues:
Managing Pressure and Focus:
Handling Public Criticism:
MLB The Show 25 Cover Athlete Honor:
Gaming and Personal Interests:
Territoriality in Sports:
Attitude Towards Automatic Strike Zones:
Favorite Pitching Strategies:
Hitting Challenges Against Star Pitchers:
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Timestamp: 24:00 - 41:45
Steve Lappas, a seasoned college basketball analyst and former coach at Manhattan, Villanova, and UMass, joins Dan Patrick to delve into the intricacies of college basketball, coaching dynamics, and tournament strategies.
Key Discussions:
Reflecting on Villanova’s Championship:
Evaluating Modern College Basketball Coaches:
Impact of Coaching Changes:
Challenges of Being Fired:
Prospects of Young Players:
Final Four Predictions and Team Strategies:
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Additional Insights:
After the interviews, Dan Patrick and his guests engage in broader discussions about the NCAA tournament dynamics, upsets, and team strategies. They analyze team performances, historical upsets, and the potential impact of coaching decisions on tournament outcomes.
Key Points:
Bracket Challenges and Upsets:
Team Depth and Performance:
Fan Engagement and Poll Results:
Notable Quotes:
The episode wraps up with Dan Patrick summarizing the discussions, acknowledging the contributions of his guests, and teasing upcoming segments and guest appearances. He emphasizes the importance of team depth, strategic planning, and maintaining enthusiasm throughout the tournament.
Throughout the transcript, various advertisements and promotions for other podcasts, shows, and sponsorships are interspersed. These sections have been intentionally omitted to maintain focus on the core content of the episode.
Overall Takeaways:
Recommended for listeners who want:
Note: All quotes are accurately transcribed with corresponding timestamps for reference.