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All right, Holiday weekend freaking weekend. I'm still thinking about Joey Chestnut saying how his weight could fluctuate 25 pounds before or after eating 70 hot dogs. That's wild. I had so many thoughts, Rich. I was in the bathroom, I had an epiphany and I was stroking my beard and I got deep thoughts about it. Now. I'll let you know what they were. Did you wash your hands first? I did wash my hands. Did you wash your Jack Handies? I did and then I washed my beard. That's Iowa. Sam, we got Danny G. Here. And guess what? FOX Sports Radio Nation is Friday. Friday, Friday. I know it's earlier than usual for us, but it is Friday and we're fired up for the week's soccer chant. Was a little off there. Yeah, I know. We weren't in unison. Today's Friday. Today's Friday. Today's Friday. Today's Friday. There's only one C and R show. Just one C and R show. All right, we're Covino and Rich. Normally on Monday through Friday, 2 to 4 on the west, 5 to 7 on the east, everything at CovineOneRich on social media. And we're streaming live on YouTube @COVineNRICH. FSR. Join the fun. All of our shows are there. Our bonus podcast over promised. It's all there now this hour, giving away prizes. Brain Wave. It's the game that's sweeping the nation. Taking the world by storm and scattered showers. Brain Wave. Are you on our Brain Wave, winner of Summer Prize pack. Plus weekend hobnobbing this hour, what you need to watch. But like Joey Chestnut, we talked about the perks and yeah, he's known for eating hot dogs, but I think everybody knows the name and he sort of downplayed it and that's nice because you want to be humble and have humility or whatever. Well, you think move to name drop as well. But we were saying, like Ken's name dropping. It's his name. Right? So even if he's on customer service. And he's like. And they're like, sir, can you give me your name? And he's like, joey Chestnut. He doesn't get like, wait, hold on. Like, the hot dog guy? Come on. Of course, like, when you're a different level of celebrity, like if you're LeBron James, who everybody's talking about again today, I don't think he handles his own bills and customer service. I don't think he's waiting on hold, listening to weight music, you know, telling him, yeah, it's LeBron James. And there's a. I didn't make this charge on my credit card. I think he's probably got some people doing that for him. But when you're Joey Chestnut, I imagine he's, you know, he's using his own name to do things like that. And people probably say, wait, the hot dog guy. Wait, hold on. Yeah, yeah, I'm calling to make a reservation. Okay, Name, sir? Chestnut. Joey. Wait, the hot dog guy? Absolutely. You know, I feel like you need to be his agent because you were talking about some endorsement deals. I am shocked that he hasn't had, like, a hot dog brand or bun or, you know, something like condiments or some. Something, right? I mean, Guy Fieri's our good pal in the cooking world, and he has, like, a thousand products. I mean, not to sound gross, but he should have a fourth of July weekend endorsement with dude wipes or something. I think in the past, he has had, like, a one. I'm gonna send him a brown car. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he's great, man. He's great. And he's going for title 18. If you missed it, catch it on YouTube as well. Thank you guys for hanging out with us live. Steelo and Stockton. Mouser and Cincy. Gabe Moreno, Ric Flair. Whoa. There's a guy named Ric Flair on our chat. Colin in Colorado, west in Idaho. A lot of people chatting live on our live stream at Covino and Rich. FSR Now, Rich. Stephen A. You want to talk about Stephen A. Because he's. He's doubling down. He is doubling down, and that's what this comes down to. He's getting a lot of criticism on social media. He's basically talking about what the world now is calling the Snowtime Lakers. And if you missed it, we have the original audio of what Stephen A. Smith said. We'll put our spin on it, and we'll get your feedback going at 87799 on Fox. Here's Stephen A. On the Lakers. Where the hell The Los Angeles Lakers think they going with a bunch of white dudes. Somebody had to say it, so I'm saying it. Your three top players are white dudes. Really? This ain't golf. This ain't baseball. Hell, it ain't even soccer. And we got a whole bunch of brothers on Team usa What y' all think this is? Basketball? This is basketball. In NBA history, we. When have you seen your three most prominent players on a basketball team all be white, man? Well, you know what? There's a lot of foreign white dudes making some big impact in the NBA nowadays. White people. Yeah. So listen, it's rubbing people. And the NBA rookie of the year, and he's not an international. Yeah, NBA rookie of the year. You got these international superstars. You got Jokic, you got Luca. There's so many big time players that, you know, it's. It's. I feel like this is an old thing to say or to think. I think. I think this applied more 10, 20 something years ago. However, I mean, I. I don't take offense to what Stephen A. Said I did. You know, people get all butthurt and politically correct and. And I think that's a silly way to take this. I think I totally understand what he's saying. Like, an NBA team with, like, the whole, like, more than half the starting lineup being white dudes doesn't traditionally work in the NBA. Like, why we can't pretend we don't know what he means. And then there's people that are like, well, if someone said that about any other race, that that's. I don't care about that. I don't care. I just think it's funny how you're not talking about Danny Anges on the court, though. Like, do you seriously look at an international guy like Luca and be like, oh, there's a white hayseed, or whatever, you know, people want to say about the 80 Celtics and things like that, which obviously they had a ball in team back there. And the NBA has changed a lot. But white dudes with. With dad moves on the playground. Yeah, this is. This is not rich with a wide open three at the ymca. You know, the old white guy with the tube socks doing the hook shot at the gym. That's not this. Right? So. And that's what we're thinking. Like, yeah, we kind of understand, but I don't know if he should have said that. I don't know if it was a good move. But in today's world, maybe it's the best move because awful's the new awesome. And you say things for the clicks just to say them. And he even says, like, since no one else is saying, I guess I'll be the one. And I think you're saying this because you know deep down that it's going to go viral and everybody's going to talk about it, you know, even though you know you shouldn't say it. It's like you can't say. But all right, now, Violin. These kids know they shouldn't be doing it, but for the sake of good tv, they're doing it. Ratings, I tell you. Well, there's things we observe that we just don't say out loud because you're like, yeah, that might not be politically correct, or let me think of it, that might be insensitive. But if you tell me you didn't, it didn't crush your mind. Also, that's like, I got a lot of white guys now. Like, I think, I think everyone thought it, but it's a different NBA game now. You can't tell me when Danny's like, yeah, we got the big man from Utah. I'm like, yeah, in my mind, I'm like, man, it's a lot of white. They also signed Colin Sexton and they also stole Grimes away from the Sixers. But these narratives and images you see on social media the past 48 hours have been like singling out all the white players on the Lakers and putting them as like the face of the team. Luca is a bad man. He's not matter what color he is. Yeah, it doesn't matter. NBA's leading scorer, Luka is one of the top players in the NBA. So regardless of color, who's going to not want Luka on their team? A healthy Luka, right? Bad Stephen A. Should be saying he's a bad man because he is. Regardless of color. You got Austin Reaves. Regardless of COVID look. His, his, he's unassuming. If anything, forget about color. He just looks kind of nerdy, right? But the guy could ball and that's all that matters. The headband actually makes him cool. Hey, Austin Reeves got a headband. You know what? Bad man. Because you don't expect that. And he brings it. And then Walker Kessler, 7 foot 2, Bohemia center from the Jazz, size that they needed, right? So it makes sense. And I understand what you're saying too, Rich, but here's like the question here. When it comes to the snow time Lakers, which is really funny. It's really like, I get what Rich is saying too. I'm not offended because it's Funny, Whatever. Yeah, I'm not offended. I think. I think there is a double standard. I think it's funny there's a double standard, but I don't care about that. I'm not so. But that's not even what we're going to focus on, because after this, there's a backlash and aftermath. And I could picture Steve, and he's not a dumb guy. He's a very smart guy. He's sitting there. I don't know. Did it. President Trump said he's not intelligent. Yeah. No. When it comes to this, he knows what he's doing. And he's no dummy and he's no rookie at this. And he's sitting there rubbing his hands together like a fly in excitement, knowing that the world is going to talk about it. That's all that matters at the beginning, middle, and end of the day in today's world. And everybody is talking about it. So he's like, all right, well, what's the next move? Because now everyone's calling me out on this. But good, I got everybody's attention. I'm still the top dog in this game. You. You said just a couple mornings ago on DP here that you respected Acho. You've met him. Yeah, you guys, bro hugged it out, but he had the worst take probably of the year with the Caitlyn Clark stuff. Said the WNBA would be better off without Kate Clark, and I couldn't. Yeah, it was ridiculous. He's been one of the big, big voices right now saying Stephen A. Is racist for saying all this. Yeah. I mean, because you know why, too, though? He's got to come at the big dog. As much as I think Acho's also great and good at what he does, and I don't agree with all of his takes, obviously, I think it's the opposite. I think. I think Caitlin Clark might be better off without the wnba. He's got to go at Stephen A. Right to make some noise. We're not even doing that. We're giving you the story. But here's what we're getting at. Stephen A. Now has to figure out, well, what's the next move? I got everybody's attention. Everybody in the palm of my hand now. What? Blasphemy. I'm gonna double down. So he doubles down on A. Everybody's mad at me for what I said. What? I ain't taking it back. I apologize. He pulls a Conor McGregor. I apologize to absolutely nobody. He's like. He's doubling down on what he said. He's like, look, you know me. And I think he could also get away. Like, you know me. I'm Stephen A. A. I'm Stephen A. I'm not racist. This is what my eyes see. Am I wrong? Right? He's pulling that kind of move, but he's doubling down on what he said. So the question is, think about this. In life, is it best to double down or to apologize? Like, sort of surrender, just to move on? Oh, I know your answer. Cavino is. Covino is a double. You. You might as well be at a blackjack table. Could you double down more than anyone I know? Well, it's a matter of how strong are you? Kfc Double down. Think about this. Think about this. In Stephen A's heart of hearts. And again, I'm. I'm just guessing here, right? I'm speaking on behalf of. I'm Stephen A. Covino. Stephen Anthony Covino. Stephen A. Speaking on behalf of Stephen A. We've worked with the guy. We've had him on our show a bunch of times. We've met and broadcasted with Stephen A. We get the point for him to double down. He knows in his heart of hearts I'm not racist. I'm not racist. I'm just telling you how I see it. So in here, you know, when I double down the most rich, when I know in my heart of hearts, I don't mean anything bad about what I'm saying. Like, this is really how I feel. I'm not. I'm not coming from a malicious place. And I know in my heart I think I'm right. So that's when I double down. Like, yo, this is my opinion or how I feel, or I know to be right. I'm not hurting anybody by what I'm saying, because I know who I am and where I'm coming from. That's when I double down. So I have to imagine that's where Stephen A's coming from. I see what Stephen A. Seeing. There's a lot of white on that court. I. I see. I see what he's saying. I'm not offended by it. Somebody gave me some sunglasses. I get the double down. It's too damn right. In Los Angeles, it's a lot of fluorescent bulbs. I get what he's saying. I'm not offended by it. I mean. I mean, I don't know who would. We're all, you know, sensitive pants. However, Kof, I think, in sports takes in media, on social media, doubling down, man, it's fun. It's all game. Everyone's just Practicing their little debate game. Right? But I'm telling you, in real life, in a marriage at work, with your family, doubling down too much results in no bueno. Yeah, but what happens? Like, even on these stupid dating shows and Love island, it's like, everybody. Everybody wants an apology. Double down. I'm so double feel. You're right. Do you double down or do you just surrender to move on? Like, all right, you're right. I did it. Even though you did it, and you're like, all right, I'm moving on now. I just said it should. Damn ears, Kavina. Should Stephen A. Put the fires out and move on, or should he lean in sports in hot takes on freaking Love island or whatever you. All these things. Yes. Doubling down is great entertainment. Great, great, entire. Because, wow, the person's so stubborn, they're not giving it at all. But in real life, well, what do we want? We want disingenuous apologies. Rich. No. If you're doubling down on arguments or takes or situations with your wife, your girlfriend, your kids, your mama, guess what's going to happen. You're going to lose relationships. And those people end up divorced, lonely, sad, going through a lot of stuff because they're too stubborn to say. Someone once told me what's more important. Winning the argument or peace and harmony and happiness. And sometimes people are so stubborn that it's like, dude, you care more about winning the argument than. Than, like, getting along with your girl. All right, so best to double down or apologize and move on. Eight, seven. Professionally double down. Fox, professionally double down. Personally, do not double down. And Sam has something to say. But let me tell you my last thought on this. I think there's more than meets the eye, because we're transforming. The nation's changing man. And I think that Stephen A. I mean, he's on the pulse of what's going on. He knows what he can get away with. He knows what he could say. He. He also has credibility, a resume, reputation. People know him. Cancel culture's gone. Cancel culture seems to be dead. Oh, comedians are breaking out words. Comedians are breaking out words. I'm sorry. Louis CK Has a Netflix special out. Didn't everybody hate him a few years ago? Right? So, like, he knows that I could say what I want. What are they going to do if anything? This is just good, because people are talking about me and the show and everything else. I'll be honest. You watch. You watch a bunch of comedy like Kavino and I do. There. There's words. There are popular 80s and 90s playground phrases. And words that you thought no one would ever say again, and they are in comedy specials. Even at the Kevin Hart Roast, Dwayne the Rock Johnson was using the. The R word for special needs kit. Another great. All of a sudden, that's like, back in the mix, you know, so he's sort of knocking that door down on his show, talking about this freely, knowing the temperature of our culture right now. And I think that as a result, and seeing him double down, we're going to see more and more and more takes like this because people are like, you know, we pushed the cancel stuff too far, that now it's going the opposite way. All right, so now, Sam, your thoughts? I was just going to say that, you know, doubling down, if you know you're wrong in the back of your mind, you know you're wrong. It's just. It's a symptom of having an unhealthy ego. You know, it's like you're. You should just seek out the truth if you know in the back of mind, you're wrong. It's, It's. It takes a big person to come to the table and say, you know what? I was wrong. Let's move on. And as we always said, your ego's not your amigo. And, Danny G, you're the resident Lakers fan here, man. What are your thoughts on this? Well, I instantly thought about Becky Hammond because about a month ago on Midweek Major with Sam, he. He gave the story about her. Take that Jalen Brunson was too small. No NBA team has ever won a championship with a guy his height. And the headline just nine days ago, becky Hammond won't back down from terrible Jalen Brunson. Take. She doubles down. She. She said, prove me wrong. She got proved wrong. You're allowed to have an opinion that is eventually proved me wrong. Like, that's fine. That means that he did it. He overcame that, and he was able to prove it. Yeah, but Sam. But her. Her stubbornness is something I'm not down with. I think she was just standing by her comments. She's like, go out there and prove that a smaller guy can lead a team and get it done. And she said, the history and stats will show you that. Yeah, my opinion was correct in that moment. He proved me wrong. And I'm happy for. I'm not going to take back what I said. Yeah, but you. But, but you know what she could have said in a more fun, light, more likable way, because there's nothing likable about her whole Persona with that. She could have just been like, oh, she could have just been like, yeah, you know, I said it, and, man, I was wrong. Yo, Brunson, you're the man. I was wrong. I'm. You know, it's. You know, it's what feels nice sometimes to say you're wrong and not feel like. Like Sam said, like, don't let your ego control you're. When your ego controls you, there's this weird feeling of, well, I don't want anyone to think I'm wrong or didn't get it right. Yeah, I like that. I like that about you. Five years ago, when we started on the network here on Sunday nights, you guys would come on the next Sunday and be like, we were wrong about that and calling. That was one of the things I liked about him. His segment where Colin was right. Where Colin was wrong. Yeah. Colin says opinions should change with new information. And I. I think if you have that mindset, it's liberating. It's like, yeah, at the time, I thought this. Now I think this because there's new information out there. Isn't that crazy? Why are we so stubborn cove? Yeah, we're not fortune tellers. Nobody is. I don't care how great of a sport expert or sports investigator you are, there's good. You're gonna be wrong about a lot of things. But why do we take ourselves so serious? Because again, you're gonna be wrong a lot. Like, my favorite thing is I love to laugh when we were all so wrong on something. Like, know what I find hilarious as a Niners fan? This video out there. Me. That you could probably find if you scroll back enough on TikTok or Instagram where when the 49ers drafted Trey Lance, I was like, yeah, how about you bet me $1,000 that the Mets would beat the Yankees as far as record this year? Could you be any more wrong? I can't see the future. Like, you don't have Biff Sports Almanac. Dude, we're not in the locker room. I hate that I'm gonna have to give you $1,000. But you know what I think is really funny? If we listen back to that audio at the end of the season, and I'm like, dude, the Mets are gonna do it this year. How could I not laugh at myself? Like, if I double down, I'm like, well, it's a front office and it's there, and it's that, like, dude, don't take yourself so serious. Yeah. So the Stephen A. Story is definitely continuing to grow. Believe it or not. And I think we're living in a culture where I don't think it matters, really, if you're offended by it. Yeah. I've known you a long time. You've dated people. Oh boy. Or maybe even married them that double down on art, that double down on arguments when they were wrong. And you can never win with someone that refuses to be vulnerable and doesn't put aside their ego. All right, so your thoughts on Stephen A. And really, the question is best to double down or apologize even when you think you're right. Just to move on. At 87799 on Fox is Cavino and Rich. We'll get to your feedback and phone calls next right here on FOX Sports Radio. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox News Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's me, Rob Parker. Check out my weekly MLB podcast, Inside the Parker for 22 minutes of piping hot baseball talk featuring the biggest names and newsmakers in the sport. 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Mike can't dance. Can't not dance to snow. Informer. It's good jam. Mike don't know Informer. So we're Covino and Rich in for Dan Patrick live from the Fox sports radio studio. And everybody's searching for ways to save on insurance. Switch to Liberty Mutual and they'll customize your auto and home insurance so you only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Get a quote@libertymutual.com or with your local independent agent. Now, if you're on hold to talk about Stephen A. Or your thoughts about the snowtime Lakers, we're going to try to get to your phone calls, but we got. We got to play this game. The game that's sweeping the nation is called Brain Wave. And it's pretty simple. Danny G, our host of Brain wave, will give you the rules. You just got to be on the same brainwave as Covino, Rich, Mike, who runs this place, who Mike? Never heard of him. And of course, Danny G and Sam. But if you're on the same brainwave, you win the summer prize pack. Danny G. Will tell you all about it. Let's do it. It's brainwave. Do Covino and Rich really share the same brain? Doris Day Rich and Johnny Rain is there crew not far behind? We're one. Welcome to Brain wave. Try to make sense of the brain. It's easy. We drop fun, sports, music and entertainment questions. And if you match with enough of these bos ups, you win. I love that. On the count of three, reveal Brainwave. One, two, three. Yeah, you guys are on the same wavelength right now. All right. Happy Friday. The questions. Yep. The questions in this game are all subjective. You just got to try and match the brain of cnr and the crew gonna get our contestant from the studio lines and I'll explain the rules first one through Cody. What up? Cody in Idaho. Hey, Cody. Hey, I'm back. Cody, what do you do for a living there in Idaho? I work for Verizon. Okay, cool. All right, I have five rounds ready to go. Our contestant needs to win two of them to be the champ and walk away with a CNR summer grill and apron. I'm going to ask a question, then give three debatable answers to choose from the five of us from the show will write down our answers on dry erase boards for our YouTube channel. And then on the count of three, Cody, that's when you shout. Shout out your answers, Try to get in our brain, and you got a match with three out of the five of us to win the round. Or no matter his answer, if all five of us happen to match, it's an automatic round for the caller. Are you ready? Let's go. I'm ready. All right, round one. Let's start with the freedom on the fourth category. And I gave you guys each a menu in the studio, so I'm hungry. So you can look at these options. Cody, listen closely. Which plate would you rather have this weekend at a barbecue? Plate one. One burger, one hot dog, and macaroni salad. Plate two. Two hot dogs. Corn and potato salad or plate three? Two burgers, Mac and cheese, and a garden salad. All right, so you're in Rich's backyard. He's barbecuing. Plate one. Plate two or plate three? All right, I'm locked in. All right, Cody, Plate one. One burger, one hot dog, macaroni salad. Plate two. Two hot dogs, corn and potato salad or plate three. Two burgers, Mac and cheese, and a garden salad and. Dude, my pen's not working. We. Oh, no. What'd Cody say? What? Hang on. He didn't. He didn't answer yet. Big Mike said his pen's not working. I'm sitting in Rich's seat. See? Guess what? I'm. I'm sitting in your seat. Rich, how's it feel, bro? I left it on purpose. All right, let's go. I borrowed. I borrowed coke. I'm good. I'm ready. All right. I ran. That was fast. Okay, Cody, we need your answer on the count of three. One, two, three. I'm gonna have to go with plate three. He says plate three. We start with Steve Covino. I thought there was more variety on. Sorry, Cody. Plate one. One burger, one dog. Macaroni salad says plate one. Rich Davis, what say you? I mean, you want a little variety in the plate, right? You don't want. And two burgers. Is that the third or two burgers? Get out of here. You gotta go plate one. You get a little of everything there right there. What did you say? Big mike? Yeah, concur. And for all the same reasons. All right, we're three for three. Going for the back door. Yeah. Plate three was like a gluttonous meal. Two burgers, Mac and cheese, and garden salad. That was the artery clog, right? Call me. Call Me, a glutton. I agreed with Cody because, guys. Because that salad. The. The salad to me, balances things with the ranch dressing especially. There's no dog, though. And the dog. I. I would pull an Iowa. Sam. I'd take a hot dog home. All right, here's the thing, though. I thought play three looked great, but I ended up going because I want that hot dog. I went with plate one. So if Danny was just on the same. Come on, Danny. Plate one. I even drew it. Plate. Sorry, sorry. Well, I actually agreed with Cody. All right, so you guys are the ruiners. All right, we go to round two. Whatever. Let's go to. Show me the candles. Today, Tom Cruise turns 64. Wow. Which of these three movies is his most underrated film? Collateral, American made or War of the Worlds? Most underrated Tom Cruise movie out of those three. American made is so good. Do Collateral and War. They're all. Collateral is also excellent. All right, we're all writing our answers down. Okay. Locked in. Locked in. All right. Sam's writing his answer down still. I'm still sitting in your seat, Rich. I just wanted you to make sure, you know, Mike, don't fart too much. Oh, too late for that, Cody. We need your answer on such a mature show. We need your answer on the count of three. One, two, three. I have to say War of the Worlds. It's so underrated and so good. He says War of the Worlds. We go in reverse order. Iowa sand. You know, I ruled out War of the Worlds. It was between Collateral and American Made. I went with Collateral because, I mean, honestly, that's one of the best, I think, best movies ever made. Dude, I agree with you. I also said Collateral. All right, we go to Big Mike. I'm on the collateral train. Oh, there we go. Oh, we got something going here. Who's next, Rich Davis? I'm gonna say Collateral, so it comes down to me. Door cover. Wow. This is Wild Covino. So American Made, War of the Worlds. I hear a lot of people talk about those movies, and I don't hear anyone talk about Collateral. That's what I'm talking about. Back door, dude. Back door. Back Door Cody with the back door action. All right. That's how you start a weekend, Cody. You're halfway to one of those popular CNR grilling aprons for the summer. You need one more win. I can't believe we were all on the same brain wave, right? Such a good Jamie Foxx. Oh, man. All right, guys. Very underrated, I must say. Yeah, let's go back to some more 4th of July fun. Call this no JPP. How would you rather partake in 4th of July explosions, fireworks show put on by your own city, personal fireworks you set off on your street? Or a drone show at a sporting event? Or Mike, who runs this place, sitting in Rich's chair? Stop it. I'm sorry. I need those options. How would you rather partake in fourth of July explosions this weekend? Fireworks show put on by your town, personal fireworks you set off on your street? Or a drone show at a sporting event? All right, I'm locked in. All right, everybody locked in. Yeah. Almost Lucky doodle dandy. All right, Cody, we need your answer on the count of three. One, two, three. I always think three is best. So, city light show, he says, so you put on by your own city. All right, Steve Covino, what say you? I'm going. I want to hear the oohs and ahs of the community. I like going out there. I'm going. Fireworks at the town. Yeah, I like that feeling of, you know, getting out there and. And watching it with everybody in town. Rich Davis. The drone show is too futuristic for me, I think. I'm not a trashy Joe Dirt type of guy. I'm not lighting off Husker Do's and Husker Don'ts. You've got to go for the fireworks by the hometown. Yeah, that's fun for me. All right. And Big Mike, which are you? I gotta say, I. I hate crowds. And I live in California where I can never do my own personal fireworks, which I would love to do. So I'm going with my own personal. Big Mike blowing up his cul de sac. Mike with some bottle rockets. Thinks that's awesome. Well, you know what, Cody? Back it up, Mike. Back it up. I said my city. Yeah. So that's three, right? There you go. Yeah. Boom. Well, guess what, guys? I also said city display. Let's go. Wow. Damn. I was trying to ruin. I'm coming around to the drone show. The drone shows are becoming amazing. Really? And they're less polluting. They don't. Yeah, but creep out dogs and vets. Fireworks. Hey, it doesn't matter. I don't even want 30 years of firework displays. I was gonna pick Mike, who runs this place? As I answer first, but. Yeah, right. Let me tell you, anyone that. Anyone that's mad about their pets, I got a major problem with that. It's once a year. You're. I love pets, but little. Little whiffles could worry about, could deal with one day of fireworks. We Got to do fireworks. Yeah. And look, I like lighting off your own on the street. That's fun, but it's dangerous. If you got property, a farm or something, it's always that's a great time. Yeah, but who you a grouchy brother? What's the stat, rich? Like 13,000 injuries every 4th of July. 13,000 people every 4th of July. Go to the emergency room. Careful with the alcohol. It's a lot of fun. But be safe. But hey, winner. Cody wins the summer prize pack. Hang on the line there in Idaho. Be mailing out a CNR grilling apron to you. Wow, I can't believe it. I can't believe you won that. I thought for sure it'd be fireworks, but I was wrong. 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Make note we're on from 5 to 7 on the east, 2 to 4 on the west Monday through Friday. But we'll be back on the seventh in for dp and we still got things to get to, but have a great, great holiday weekend. Cavino and Rich, the hottest rookies, biggest superstars and all time greats. The only place to collect them all is Panini trading cards, the official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. For instant classics, autograph cards, memorabilia cards, rare inserts and more. Start your collection or continue it@pinnityamerica.net now before we get to Weekend Hobnobbin, we got a couple quick phone calls about the Snowtime Lakers and Stephen A doubling down saying that the Lakers are too white now. Or you could say there's a lot of white boys making big impact. I mean, even in the wnba there's a, there's a few white girls, an international game that a lot of Europeans making some noise, man. Yeah. So let's go to your thoughts on that because Stephen A's doubling down and we posed a question. Best to double down or just to surrender and move. On your thoughts? We got two more phone calls. Let's do it. Danny G. Who we got? Let's go to Jim in Michigan. Hey, Jim. Hey guys. I've been a, I've been a basketball fan my whole life. I'm a white guy. And you know, I understand what he's saying totally. And you know, but whatever, my feelings are hurt a little bit, even though I totally understand what he's saying. Okay. But like my kids like was, was born a girl and she changed, she wanted to change her name to Alex, you know, so because it's you unisex and so she did. And I mean, she had to go to a lot of therapy because a lot of kids in school were, like, making fun of her because she changed her name. Like, you know, because he's talking about the temperature, the Of. Of, like the. The society the way it is. You know, it's just different, right? I mean, like, yeah, there's things that usually just. You cannot say. I mean, I can't have my kid listening to that. You know, she'll. Or, you know, I can. You know, she listens to Trump, you know, all his stupid crap, you know, whatever. But, like, you know, just. There's things that you can't say, and there is things you can't say. Well, I think things like this stand out even more because for the past five plus years prior, you know, everyone was watching what they said real carefully, and now we're seeing those things change. Like Rich said in comedy roasts, I don't know if that's a good. Like the. The whole R word thing. I don't know if that's a good thing. I think we're kind of. But it hits the ears even harder after, you know, it's like, oh, I can say it now. I'm gonna say it just because I can't. I was. Sam. I. I don't necessarily think it's a good thing, I'm saying. But you have noticed, though, that in comedy and television and streaming, things like, all of a sudden words that were like, ooh, are now back, right? Like, yeah, yeah. So I'm thinking based on this, we're just going to see more and more of it. People just seeing what they can get away with. All right, one last quick call. Wayne in LA wants to wrap this topic. Thank you. What's up, Wayne? Hey, good morning, you guys. Thanks so much for taking my call. And quickly. I just want to expound on this ignorance. It's time for this country to come together. Tomorrow is the 4th of July, the Declaration of Independence. When you're independent, that means you want to come together as a nation. I'm sick and tired of all this racism. I don't care if it's from Trump or Stephen A. Stephen A. Was talking about running for president. He must be crazy. Who's gonna vote for another racist to be in office to take the place of another racist? We are tired as the people of this racism. And I'm gonna speak for black. I'm a black man, but I'm gonna speak for white people. Cause I know white people that sick of it. And. And I do Have a lot of white friends, real friends, and they really are friends. And we are sick of this BS going down, man. You know, we want one Nation undergroove. You know what? I love that. One Nation underground. Underground. Getting down just for the funk of it, man. I love that call. I think it's great. And one thing I do dislike is like race baiting in sports, man. That's the weakest. Like, it sticks out so, so much to me when I see it. So I don't like that either. Right. So, hey, thanks. Appreciate that. Great call to end on. Thank you, guys. If you want to chime in, we're still on social media at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio, but something we do every Friday on our show. We get you ready with Weekend Hobnobbin. Let's go live in for the weekend. You're winning bets for talking points. If you get stuck socializing. 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He's the guy with a really smiley face, kind of Seinfeld in his delivery. Ryan Hamilton, some comedy this weekend. Now in the World cup this weekend, I'm saying the game to watch is Mexico, England. Not just because I'm a Vato Loco forever, but because I think it's gonna be a really good game. There's great games. Yeah, there's gonna be tons of great games. But who's your guy? Rock me like a Harry Kane. Harry Kane. Rock me like a hurricane. But can Harry Kane. Could England do their thing with that altitude in Mexico? Mexico City, right? That's the thing, man. So the altitude plays a big time. Are they going to be kept up all night by vuvuzelas and honking horns and drums. Yeah. And. And people are thinking Mexico could beat this England team at home. So that's 8pm Eastern Standard Time this weekend. That's, I believe, on Sunday. Now, in the movies, Minions. I'm sure you're going to talk about that. Rich in Toy Story, there's a big box office weekend, holiday weekend. 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I finished I will find you with Sam Worthington on Netflix about the guy that was, you know, put in jail for killing his kid. But is his kid still alive? Eight episodes. I thought it was good enough to watch. There's a comedy with John Cena and Eric Andre, little brother. And if you're in the USA spirit, the American Experiment. It's five episodes. It's a docu series about the foundational tensions of the early days of our country. And if you're into. If you're a history buff and you like that stuff. I do. I think that's a fun. It's produced by Tom Hanks. It was on the History Channel. Now it's on Netflix. So, yeah, American Experiment. Rich. One of our OG shows on Apple TV is finally back for a third season. Silo. Yes. Oh, I totally forgot. You're right. Silo's back. A lot of people been waiting for this. It's a science fiction mystery set 10, 10,000 people on Earth live inside this gigantic underground silo. It's awesome. Check out season one and two if you haven't seen it yet. 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Date: July 3, 2026
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
Hosted by: Covino & Rich (in for Dan Patrick)
Featured Contributors: Iowa Sam, Danny G, Big Mike
Main Theme: Debating Stephen A. Smith’s “Snowtime Lakers” take, the media trend of doubling down on controversial statements, and a lively round of the “Brainwave” game.
This episode dives into the social media controversy around Stephen A. Smith’s recent comments on the Los Angeles Lakers’ roster being unusually “white,” nicknamed the “Snowtime Lakers.” Covino and Rich dissect the backlash, the art (and consequences) of doubling down on a take versus apologizing, and the shifting boundaries of what’s said in sports and comedy. Alongside these debates, the crew host interactive segments with listeners, particularly the Brainwave game, and wrap up with their “weekend hobnobbing” entertainment picks.
(Segment starts ~06:30)
“Where the hell The Los Angeles Lakers think they going with a bunch of white dudes. Somebody had to say it, so I’m saying it. Your three top players are white dudes. Really? This ain’t golf. This ain’t baseball. Hell, it ain’t even soccer…”
(Stephen A. Smith, 12:00)
"I think everyone thought it, but it's a different NBA game now. Can't pretend we don't know what he means."
"An NBA team with more than half the starting lineup being white dudes doesn’t traditionally work in the NBA… But I’m not offended. It’s funny, whatever."
Memorable Moment:
The segment pivots from whether the comment is offensive to what it says about current media – is it about being “awful for the clicks”?
"Maybe it's the best move because awful's the new awesome. You say things for the clicks just to say them." (21:00)
Imagery from Social Media:
(Segment starts ~26:00)
"What? I ain’t taking it back. I apologize to absolutely nobody."
(Paraphrased, 26:45)
"You know when I double down the most, Rich? When I know in my heart of hearts, I don’t mean anything bad about what I’m saying."
"In sports takes, in media, on social media, doubling down, man, it’s fun, it’s all game. In real life? Doubling down too much results in no bueno."
Notable Quote:
(Segment starts ~40:00)
"Comedians are breaking out words… Cancel culture’s gone. Cancel culture seems to be dead." (42:00)
"It’s time for this country to come together… I’m sick and tired of all this racism… We want One Nation Under a Groove." (1:43:00)
(Segment starts ~1:04:00)
(Segment starts ~1:51:00)
"We want one Nation undergroove. … I have a lot of white friends, real friends, and we are sick of this BS going down, man." (1:43:00)
This episode of The Dan Patrick Show, with Covino & Rich, delivers a dynamic blend of pop culture and sports hot takes, focusing on the boundaries of commentary in 2026’s shifting media climate. The debate is nuanced but engaging, with the hosts prioritizing humor and authenticity over political correctness, and encouraging listeners to keep perspective and not take themselves too seriously—both in media and in life.
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