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I know a lot of cops. They get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. This is Absolute Season 1 Taser Incorporated.
Lavar Arrington
I get right back there and it's bad.
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Lavar Arrington
You are listening to the Dan Patrick.
Ryan Seacrest
Show on Fox Sports Radio. Oh, hell yeah. It is the Dan Patrick show here. Fox Sports Radio, Levar Arrington, Jonas Knox with you in for Dan and the guys. You can hear Lavar and I Monday through Friday, 6:00am Eastern Time, 3:00 clock Pacific. We are the show before the Dan Patrick show alongside Brady Cor win. Brady is not with us here today, but it'll be sticks and I taking you all the way up until the end of this hour, noon Eastern Time, 9 o' clock Pacific here. And we opened up the show talking about the New York Knicks surviving, winning game three, making that a series. And I think we both feel like, yeah, listen, it was, it was good, great job. But it all comes down to Game 4. If the Knicks lose Game 4, that's a wrap, folks. That is a wrap. And the Indiana Pacers will be going on to the NBA Finals. So despite what happened last night, the Knicks still have a ton of work to do and they're going to have to do it on the road. And I would assume, I would expect that Indiana plays a little bit better down the stretch than they did last night. Did not look like the same Pacers.
Lavar Arrington
Yeah, let me do this before, before we get too far off into the show because I just want to knock it out. Julian Fleming, one of my alumni brothers that just left Penn State, obviously, you know, had a ATV accident of some sort and was injured, bed hit a deer. And I just want to send a thought and prayer out to his family and to Alyssa Boyd, who is, was Julian's girlfriend and unfortunately passed away from the accident that took place. So I just wanted to make sure I put that out there before we got too, too much further into the show because I don't know if we're going to talk about it or not, but just wanted to send out thoughts and prayers to Julian's family. And obviously to his, his, his girlfriend, Alyssa Boyd, who again, she passed away from the injuries from, from the wreck. So hate to see, but just wanted to make sure I put that out there before we go any further in the show.
Ryan Seacrest
And it was atv. And did they hit a deer?
Lavar Arrington
A deer ran into the roadway and they made contact with the deer. I think it was in the evening, maybe around 8ish or something to that effect. 8:30ish or something, but it was in the evening. ATV, you know, deers run crazy in Pennsylvania. And that was an unfortunate, untimely accident for, for Julian and his girlfriend. So, yeah, thoughts and prayers out to them, man, because that's, that's got to be the biggest nightmare ever to hear that, you know, hear a call like that come through for, for either one of them and especially for Alyssa. So, yeah, I just wanted to send that out because that's, that's weighing on me a little bit. I'm sitting here continuing to, like, kind of get, you know, information about it and, and then. So it's just kind of want to throw that out there.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, no, well said.
Lavar Arrington
Yeah, well said. All right, back to NBA, back to. To basketball, back to what's taking place. The Knicks saved themselves from being considered maybe one of the most historical disappointments to a fan base maybe in the history of basketball, maybe the history of sports. I mean, it could, it could rank pretty high up there. They saved themselves the disappointment and the embarrassment of it by winning that game last evening. It did not come without adversity. They did have to overcome a tremendous deficit. And again, I think that the deficit came from just really the idea of shooting the ball and thinking that at some point it's going to go in. And more specifically, you know, Cat, Big Cat, Carl Anthony Towns was, was putting it up there and it wasn't going in. And, and then now, you know, the Pacers were coming back down court and they were making, making their, their trips down court count much more than what the Knicks were. And, and some way, somehow, I don't know, maybe. Maybe Cat heard Shaq talking about him at halftime. Maybe he took a quick look at his social media and saw what people were saying about him. I don't know. But he came out a new man. And in the second half of that game, Carl Anthony Towns was the difference maker as he has needed to be the difference maker. Being as big an acquisition to the Knicks as he has been, there was no reason for him to do what he basically did last year with the Timberwolves, which was he Disappeared. He shot himself into a disappearance and his face onto a milk carton of missing in the game last year for the Minnesota Timberwolves. And he was heading down that same lane this past. This past game.
Ryan Seacrest
Can I, can I ask you a question? Because you mentioned, you mentioned social media.
Lavar Arrington
Yep.
Ryan Seacrest
Like, what if you had to put a percentage on what percentage of today's athletes check their social media and their mentions during games? Like when they get halftime. No, I'm saying like halftime.
Lavar Arrington
I've been so far removed. I'm so far removed from locker rooms. I don't know, man.
Ryan Seacrest
It seems ill advised. That would seem like a terrible idea.
Lavar Arrington
Athletes live on their social media for one reason or another. Whether it's trends for fashion, whether it's trends for sneakers or you know what other trends? Girls.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah.
Lavar Arrington
And if you're girls, then maybe guys and maybe for guys. Guys and girls for girls these days. You know, it's all out there these days. Yeah, it's all out there, man. But yeah, I mean, I would. If you're on social media, I would say they're always on it.
Ryan Seacrest
Jonas, you remember Pablo Sandoval? Lee, I think this, can you double check this? I think Pablo Sandoval was during a major, during a game, and I think he was with the Red Sox at this time. He was caught liking photos on Instagram while he went into the clubhouse to use the toilet. So he's literally sitting on the toilet and he's just, he's just double tapping.
Lavar Arrington
That's what. And that's what I'm saying. They on them. I don't know if they're looking at like, I don't know if. Cat went into the locker room, was like, give me a water, hand me my cell phones. Thank you. Oh, no. Oh, no. What? Why are they saying this about me? Well, I don't understand why they're saying this about me.
Ryan Seacrest
Hey, what is at John Starks fan05848 saying about me? Like, hey, what, what's, what's that guy saying?
Lavar Arrington
I didn't even know Patrick Ewing was on social media. Like, why is he saying this about me?
Ryan Seacrest
Spike Lee's burner attacking me again because I'm shooting too many threes. Lee, do we have an update?
Lavar Arrington
You know what his message to Carl Anthony was?
Ryan Seacrest
What's that?
Lavar Arrington
Do the right thing.
Ryan Seacrest
Damn. Lee, do you have an update on Pablo Sandoval getting horned up while in a stall?
Lee Dilap
Yeah, yeah, 2015 in a loss to the Braves. Yeah. Was double tapping on a bunch of girls photos.
Lavar Arrington
Oh, God.
Lee Dilap
And of course it was creeping. And yeah, he got suspended for one game.
Ryan Seacrest
One man stalls another man's batting cage. You know what I mean?
Lee Dilap
Although I can see the photos, I can see why he did.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh, yeah, yeah. I mean, out of, out of, for the sake of show research, could you at least pass those along, please?
Lee Dilap
Yeah, you got it.
Ryan Seacrest
But that being said, I just was wondering, like, is that, is that a thing? Because I, I, it would not surprise me, but I think Kevin Garnett, I heard he was doing an interview with, I think him and Paul Pierce might have been talking. And he was making the point that when he went back to Minnesota and I, I think he, I think he spent a year back with Minnesota, but when he went back there, he was kind of a mentor role and he was talking about how, you know, Ricky Rubio was another veteran that was there and he would go into the locker room and guys would all just be on their phone. Like, he would get into the locker room and it'd be halftime of a game. You would think, all right, you know, let's spend a couple of minutes before the coaches get in here. Let's go over adjustments, what we need to do better. And he would walk in there and guys are just sitting there on their phone, like, could not wait to get on their phone at halftime. And that was back then. I mean, I can only imagine it's gotten even worse now, so.
Lavar Arrington
Well, whatever happened? And you know, sports culture is funny too. Like, I'll give you a story, right? I remember my freshman year. I wasn't good enough to beat out Aaron Collins, fifth year senior, number six, super dope dude. Learned a lot from him. He is in front of me. So I played special teams and I just remember I came out to a game and OJ McDuffie and Kijana Carter were on the sideline, right? So all I get is kickoffs and, and punts. That's all I get. Jonas. Like, I don't get in there. Like, I'm looking at, I'm like, dang, the OG Legends is up in here. Like, dang, I don't get to go on the field and show him I can play. I said, but I damn sure could show them on, on kickoff, right? So I was like, in my mind, I was like, I will be the first person in, in the, in the end zone when the ball is kicked, if it goes out of the end zone or I am going to take somebody's life if they come in my way. For me, going to the ball, whether it's the Wedge, whether it's the ball carrier himself, I am going to, I am going to put it on so that when I come off this field, O.J. mcDuffie and Kijana Carter knew like, who, who is he? Right? And that's what happened. I went down that joint and I was blowing cats up, like, up. And when I was coming off to the sideline, Kijana was like looking at me like, yeah, bruh, yeah, bruh. And I was looking at him like, yeah, bruh, yeah. There's the point of the story. Somebody was up in that locker room like, Shaq ain't liking how you planned. Hey, hey, hey. Patrick Ewing sitting in the stands and he's saying that he ain't. They ain't liking how you playing big dog. Like you a big man. Play like a big man. My guy, somebody got to him. And, and if I listen, that man wants respect. He wants to be respected as one of the, the, the, the players that are, are bright stars in this league. That's the reputation that Carl Anthony Towns wants. He wants to be seen as the go to guy. He wants to be that franchise guy. So if I, if I'm, if I'm gauging this the right way, somebody got to him, man, and was like, bruh, they calling you soft as some Charmin toilet tissue out here. They say you can't fight your way out of a wet paper bag, bro. Like, it ain't good, man. They just talking bad about you.
Ryan Seacrest
Carl.
Lavar Arrington
And Carl responded. Some cats, some cats shy away from the challenges. Some cats get scared of the challenges. Carl Anthony Towns answered the bell. He answered the bell. And, and in doing so, Jonas, I got to tell you, they might have found their secret weapon in terms of being able to not only even up the series, but possibly come back and win the series. And that's Carl Anthony Towns playing like a big man. Oh, my gosh. Breaking news on the Dan Patrick Show. Carl Anthony Towns discovers that he's a seven foot basketball player and can actually do damage to the Indiana Pacers. In the download post. In.
Ryan Seacrest
By the way, there's in, in the.
Lavar Arrington
What is it called? What's, what's the lane called? What's that, what's that called? I don't know. It's the post. But what, what is that? The square. I don't know what it's called.
Ryan Seacrest
And the paint way.
Lavar Arrington
The paint. The paint. I like that.
Ryan Seacrest
By the way. I gotta, I gotta look, I gotta look this up. I want to see if they have it available yet because I want, I'm not, I'm not even looking like three points made in the game. I want to look at the over under on three points attempted by Carl Anthony Towns in the upcoming game. There's got, there's got to be it because I'm telling you right now, we can celebrate him for finding the pain again. The guy's going to stand back and he's going to shoot threes. It's just what he's going to do.
Lavar Arrington
Like how many how. But here's what it is because you're right. The question is how many threes will he make or how many threes will he miss to figure out that he's got to stop and go down low before, like before he comes to that conclusion, how many will he shoot? It costed them and, and I don't want to put that all on Carl Anthony Towns.
Ryan Seacrest
Why not?
Lavar Arrington
Okay, well you could put some of it on him, but I will say he shot so many threes and missed so many that the lead started ballooning. And, and so to me, my thing is are you going to miss two threes? Are you going to miss five threes? Are you going to miss one three before you like up missed that one. I'll come back to that. Let's go establish it down low. Let's not get behind. Let's, let's, you know, let me do what I need to do down low so the other guys, you know, Brunson can do what he needs to do. You know, Anunoby can do what he needs to do. You know, let's, let's just see what we need to do. Michael Bridges, we see what we need to do. Imma go down low and I'm gonna get in these trenches, right? But is it going to take one or is it going to take 10 three pointers to. And now if he's making them, that's a whole nother story. If he's making them threes, ain't nobody gonna say nothing about it. But I feel like it creates this false sense of security because you just never know when Carl Anthony Towns is going to go cold from the outside and he makes it no point to go down low and get it, get it out the mud, get it in the dirty ways. But he did this last game and that might have been what they needed was to discover that he might have needed to discover that. You know what? I can indeed go inside and make layups and three point continuation plays and different things like that to help my team. And, and that's what he did. So if he keeps doing that, Indiana could find themselves in a world of trouble. Because Brunson, he holds that ball right. He's going to move, he's going to facilitate, he's going to direct things. And if the only, only contribution you're getting from Carl Anthony Towns is him waiting up top, throwing a pick, doing a lazy ass little shuffle and spin the, to get the ball to shoot a three and brick it, that ain't going, you ain't going to win that way. You're making it easy on Indiana to be able to do what they need to do. And, and I wonder if that's the, the message, the overarching message for all of them is don't get caught up into just shooting threes. All God dang game. Let's run a set. Let's get it down low, let's pound it down low. We got an advantage. We got a guy that's seven foot that could play inside, outside on our team. We got a guy that can handle the ball the way that Brunson does and facilitate. We have the advantage. Let's not just give it away.
Ryan Seacrest
I got it.
Lavar Arrington
I give it away.
Ryan Seacrest
So I want to just ask you something here before we, before we get out of the segment because I do think this is important to bring up. Obviously we're talking about the NBA and I wanted to ask you because you would be the expert on this. For those that are not familiar, lavar Arrington is a WNBA season ticket holder. And so I was just wondering for what team. I was just, you know, I don't know, but I was just wondering. So I saw the latest story out of the wnba while the NBA celebrating their playoffs. The wnba. The latest story is that Brittney Griner might have mouthed a. Something.
Lavar Arrington
Yeah.
Ryan Seacrest
Racial.
Lavar Arrington
Racial slur.
Ryan Seacrest
Like, you know, trash ass white girls or whatever.
Lavar Arrington
Yeah, something like that.
Ryan Seacrest
Like that. It might have been, but there's, you know, lip reading going on. Who knows if she actually said it. And this is an honest question. And, and you would be the one to ask on this. Like, are there any highlights from like games or anything like that? Like, like, do they actually play games or is this all like a reality show? Because all I keep hearing about is racial storylines.
Lavar Arrington
Yeah.
Ryan Seacrest
People in the media using that to like settle past beefs. Caitlyn Clark and, and people not appreciating the fact that she brought it.
Lavar Arrington
They're calling Caitlyn Clark the, the Jackie Robinson of W. Okay.
Ryan Seacrest
I mean, listen, I'm just trying to figure out like, are there actually games.
Lavar Arrington
That are playing actual games.
Ryan Seacrest
Yes. And highlight.
Lavar Arrington
Clark has been cooking, man. I mean, there have been actual games that have been taking place.
Ryan Seacrest
Okay. I was just wondering because all I hear about is this.
Lavar Arrington
They're. They're not dominating the. They're not dominating the media circuit. Like, you're just not. You're not getting like, what are we doing here? Yeah.
Ryan Seacrest
Every, like, every time there's a WNBA storyline, it's like so and so. In a scuffle with Angel Reese, Brittney Griner uses a racial slur.
Lavar Arrington
Look at her face.
Ryan Seacrest
RG3 and Ryan Clark are trading barbs over Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark. It's like, dude, what. What's going on here?
Lavar Arrington
You're right. I mean, it's. It's a very, very assertive effort to, I would assume, lean into what is relevant for them. They're playing the hits. And, and that's a sad and unfortunate reality that watching Brit, like, I found my. I'm guilty as charged. I was reading her lips. It looked like she said what they wrote. She said. I don't know, because I've seen enough lip reading the, the. Those videos that they put out where they had the dude saying something and it's not what they said, but it, like, it's what they said and it'd be something funny like, hey, I saw your mom walk across the street the other day. Oh, I mean, that's what it looks like he said.
Ryan Seacrest
By the way, how do we know she wasn't speaking in Russian again? And I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this stuff. I just want to know what's going on.
Lavar Arrington
Go there.
Ryan Seacrest
I just want to know what's going on.
Lavar Arrington
She run. She learned a little Russian during her time there.
Ryan Seacrest
I think it's important that we get the facts here. Okay. So we can, so we can have a clear discussion about what's going on. But the point is.
Lavar Arrington
No, is the links are undefeated right now. Just in case anybody was interested. They do play tomorrow, I believe at five o' clock. They. They play the Storm. Yeah. I mean, there's been some. Some pretty good basketball taking place.
Ryan Seacrest
We don't hear about any of that, though. None of that matters.
Lavar Arrington
No, no, because obviously the, the needle is being moved by the. And, and by the way, those two stories that you throw out there, you know, the Ryan Clark RG3 beef. It's. It's connected back to Caitlin Clark. Yeah, the. The big, big Brittney Griner who runs around with her shirt off now and, and, and takes pictures and videos that way. She's talking about Caitlin Clark. Like, the bottom line is, is that Caitlin Clark. And. And it's funny because something happened where Caitlin Clark got. They. They showed a highlight of her getting. Getting a foul, and. And it was like a charge, but she really, like, broke the girl's ankles down and her ankles were weak and. And her body couldn't handle it, and she went down to the ground, and then the referee called a charge, you know, called an offense foul. Da, da, da. Like, it almost looks as though Caitlin Clark is being targeted.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh, no.
Lavar Arrington
You and I both know, generally speaking, you do not see a person of the background and descent of Caitlin Clark being targeted.
Ryan Seacrest
It's a great point.
Lavar Arrington
Imagine that.
Ryan Seacrest
It's a great point.
Lavar Arrington
We live in a world where Caitlin Clark is being targeted. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, but. But she's the tide. She's the rising tide. And I think people know that. So I don't think Brittney Griner says she was that to. To. To make headlines. I mean, she's done enough making headlines on her own without any help.
Ryan Seacrest
Right.
Lavar Arrington
You know?
Ryan Seacrest
Right.
Lavar Arrington
But I don't think she did that on purpose, but I do think it is purposeful. I do believe it is intentional that Caitlin Clark is at the epicenter of every single major story that is coming out of the WNBA right now.
Ryan Seacrest
It's incredible, man. It's incredible. It is the Dan Patrick show here on Fox Sports Radio. By the way, are you looking to get more out of your car wash? Try McGuire's new Hybrid Ceramic wash and wax in a bucket or foam cannon. Boost protection with extreme water. Breed boating technology the next time you wash your car or truck, Meguiar's reflect your passion. All right, so coming up next here on the Dan Patrick show with Lavar Arrington and Jonas Knox, we are going to get into the weird. All right, there is. There's a story, a football story that should really just be about football, and it's completely been hijacked. We'll get into that for you right here on fsr. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 to noon Eastern or 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for the Dan patrick Show at foxsportsradio. Or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching fsr.t mobile.
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I'll correct my kids now and then they'll say when cave people were here and I'll say it seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.
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Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Well, here on the Dan Patrick show, we are gonna introduce you to something called Lee's Leftovers that'll be yours here in a little over 15 minutes from now. Speaking of love, I would say this. I believe that Bill Belichick, and that's.
Lavar Arrington
Where you're going with it.
Ryan Seacrest
I believe that Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson are in love with, you know, I really. Yeah. And I think their love is strong. And I think their love is strong. I think it's strong enough to elicit weird behavior from people in the media. The very latest weird turn is the fact that Pablo Torre, who has been doing deep dives on this for weeks and weeks now, apparently he's pissed off Jordan Hudson. She made a, a comment and I think she might have deleted the comment. He defended his reporting afterwards and all that. But you know, she was not happy about the fact that you remember that, that ring camera video of Bill Belichick walking around shirtless in Nantucket. So Pablo Torre went to that Airbnb, got on the camera himself to show that he was at that same Airbnb and even Spoke to the owners of the Airbnb who admitted that they were a little bit concerned about Jordan Hudson and Bill Belichick because apparently that was. They rented that Hudson and Belichick, that's why he was there and decided to go there and interview the people who ran the Airbnb and owned the place about their potential concerns about the age difference between the two. And so she responded, didn't like that, deleted the response. He responded to her, et cetera, et cetera. Mike Florio's done something on Belichick seemingly every single day for the past, you know, however many weeks has gone on. And I've just, at some point. Is anybody going to acknowledge that the coverage of this is weird? Like, is anybody going to acknowledge other than us?
Lavar Arrington
I feel like I make it a point to talk about how weird it is to be in a man's purse, but I said, why it's weird? It's weird because either you're one of those guys, you're one of these media members that has never. Because a lot of them are geeks, a lot of media members are geeks. And, and your only relevance is that you write really well or you do really well in, in reporting and a journalist and you see a situation play out where a guy that's tremendously, ridiculously older than other people book a young shorty that's super fly. And you got an issue with it.
Ryan Seacrest
By the way, you ever seen that movie Never Been Kissed? I think it's with Drew Barrymore where she's this nerd, she's a nerd writer. And she, this jock makes her think that he's picking her up for prom. And the limo pulls up and he pops out of the sunroof of the limo and she's on the porch going, hi, Billy. And he says, why don't you write a poem about this geek? And he throws an egg at her. It's so good.
Lavar Arrington
I think that's what we're dealing with here. There's a bunch of weirdos that can't handle the fact that an old man could actually find love with a young good looking lady. That's what I. And it could be. I feel like it's just that simple. I tell stories all the time about people, praise and talk all these different superlatives about these coaches and what they represent and this, that and other them coaches got ugly wives and don't want to go home. They don't want to go home. They want to stay. They want to stay away and stay around an environment that they want to stay in and they act like they love the game. And it ain't about the game. It's about not having to go home. Like, I, I seen it a ton of times and, and I'm sorry, I don't want to sound like a D bag to, to these guys's wives, but you ain't, you ain't cute. Like, it just is what it is. You're not a good looking person. Like, by aesthetics, you know, measurement, you're not pretty. And so you get used to this just certain type of way of how coaches handle things. And you think that that's the way that it's supposed to be. And then every so often you run up on one that, that you see him and then you see his wife and you like, dang, that's a bad mother lover right there. Every single time. And whether people want to admit it or not, I'm here to tell you the truth today. I'm sorry, Dan, we got your spot. So if I jacked up for you, I apologize, but I'm just here to keep it real. Every single time we see a coach that has a banging ass girlfriend or wife, what do we do? We lose our minds. Cliff Kingsbury, y' all lost y' all minds over Cliff Kingsbury, McVeigh, y' all lost y' all minds over McVeigh. This is not the first time. This is a habit of the media getting caught up and getting lost into how beautiful a coach's chick is when she's beautiful because you don't see it often. And now what you don't see even more so you don't see often is an old ass coach with a banging ass young, young woman that's his girlfriend. You don't see that often. And you definitely don't see it with the greatest coach of all time to ever coach in the National Football League. You don't see it. So you locked up in it and you should have just said, okay, he's got a younger girlfriend. Boom, boom, boom. She's a good looking woman, model type woman. Bill Belichick wins on the field and Bill Belichick wins off the field. Done be done. Move on from it. But the fact that y' all keep digging to this and writing stories and making us have to talk about it. Y' all some weirdos, man. And you need to accept that you are a weirdo. Writing about this man in his personal life. What do you want to be there? Do you want to get the play by play in the bedroom? Like, what is your Motivation.
Ryan Seacrest
Move on.
Lavar Arrington
We're like two months away. We're 100 some days away from the college season starting. Talk about the football team. This is one of the greatest coaches of all time in the history of sports and is now coaching at the college level. Talk about all of the storylines that surround Bill Belichick being at the University of North Carolina.
Ryan Seacrest
And by the way, you know who else is an idiot? Actually, both idiots. Those two booger eaters who own the Airbnb, Those two owners there who did the interview with Pablo Torre basically aired out Belichick and, and then gave away the. Like let the video get out of their hands so it could make the rounds. Oh, well, we, we didn't have anything to do with. Why would anybody stay at that place again when you know you got a couple of weirdos that are running the place that are going to let the video of you coming in and out of the property around to public places if necessary.
Lavar Arrington
Crazy.
Ryan Seacrest
Like what? The whole thing is wild.
Lavar Arrington
Like, I, I swear Barrymore's dressing is movies.
Ryan Seacrest
Why'd you write a poem about this geek? It's one of my favorite parts of a movie ever.
Lavar Arrington
Oh, no. Oh, no. She took it hard, too. She ain't take it the right way. She took it hard. She took it. The heart hurt.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, whatever.
Lavar Arrington
It really hurt her feeling.
Ryan Seacrest
Hey, omelet face, go get a mop.
Lavar Arrington
You got a good aim.
Ryan Seacrest
By the way.
Lavar Arrington
I wish Bill Belichick could. Could throw eggs at the people writing these stories about this, this whole thing.
Ryan Seacrest
Imagine Belichick and Jordan Hudson popping out of the sunroof of a limo and.
Lavar Arrington
Belichick firing it, throwing articles on his geek.
Ryan Seacrest
And Mike Florio saying, hey, write an article about this geek. That's so good.
Lavar Arrington
You see the hair on my chest? You can never get it to look like this.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh, by the way, North Carolina, the win total is seven and a half, if anybody cares about football. Jesus.
Lavar Arrington
All right, fine. Boy, she is fine. Coach Belichick, you ain't you. You didn't, you didn't slack on your, your SC report, you did not slack on your pre draft grade, and you certainly are justified with taking her with the first overall pick in your draft.
Ryan Seacrest
Well done, coach. Well done.
Lavar Arrington
You'll never be accused of not knowing how to recognize talent, sir.
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It is the Dan Patrick show here on fox Sports Radio. LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox in for Dan and the guys. Coming up next, though, we are going to close up shop with a little something we do called Lee's left leftovers. And it's a special Memorial Day edition of Lee's Leftovers. Find out what it is next here on fsr. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 until noon Eastern, 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app.
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I'll correct my kids now and then with where they'll say when cave people were here. And I'll say it seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.
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It's Lee's leftovers.
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All right, lead to lab. What do we got?
Lee Dilap
Well, of course it is Memorial Days where we remember our fallen veterans and our heroes. But it also is a day where we as, as Americans usually put a few hot dogs on the Barbie, some burgers, if you will. By the way, did you guys watch the Wienermobile 500 the. At the Indy 500, Riggy's track over the weekend?
Ryan Seacrest
No, but I heard the. The play by play call. Isaac Lone Crom played it on Saturday and it's like I. It's borderline inappropriate, but just, you know, the way it was edited was. Was very misleading. But I heard that it was an exciting event. Was it slaw dog who won it?
Lee Dilap
It was indeed the slaw dog representing the Southeast. You know, they had six different mobiles representing different regions of the country. They had the chili dog or no, excuse me, the shy dog from the Midwest, the New York dog from the east, the Sonoran dog from the Southwest. I'm not even sure what that means. Chili dog from the south and the Seattle dog from the Northwest.
Ryan Seacrest
And the slaw dog.
Lavar Arrington
One.
Lee Dilap
Slaw dog, one.
Lavar Arrington
And I don't know why that even matters.
Lee Dilap
Well, it matters because. What kind of hot dog do you like, Bar? What are you going to be eating today for Memorial Day?
Lavar Arrington
I don't know that we're going to be eating. Eating hot dogs on Memorial Day. I'm not sure. I'm not sure what we're going to do today.
Ryan Seacrest
I'm a. So I love Chicago dogs, but Chicago dogs you don't do on the grill. You boil them. So you know, Mark knows that Chicago dogs, you boil those. Right, Mark? Absolutely. Yeah. You don't. You can't do it on the grill. Just kind of takes away from. From the. From what's going on there.
Lee Dilap
Sacrilegious, huh?
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah. So if you. We'll probably do some burgers. I don't know.
Lavar Arrington
Maybe hot water. Hot dogs.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, boil. You gotta boil the hot dogs to make them. Chicago.
Lavar Arrington
I know how you do boiling hot dogs, but there's. It can't, bro. If you smoke. Shouts out to Traeger, too, by the way. If you smoke hot dogs at a low temperature for about an hour or two, bruh, Change your life, man.
Ryan Seacrest
Wait a second. You're gonna leave a hot dog in the smoker for an hour?
Lavar Arrington
Yes.
Ryan Seacrest
What, are you trying to blow the place up?
Lavar Arrington
Try it.
Ryan Seacrest
A hot dog takes an hour to smoke.
Lavar Arrington
Try it.
Ryan Seacrest
Really?
Lee Dilap
I mean, I'll leave it on the grill or leave it there low.
Lavar Arrington
At a low. At a low smoker temperature. Try it.
Ryan Seacrest
Hot dogs cook fast.
Lavar Arrington
They're already cooked. Smoke them. Listen to what I'm saying, mate. Smoke them.
Ryan Seacrest
Damn.
Lavar Arrington
Yeah, I did that. Which sausages? Pause and. Yeah, they came out really nice, man.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, we're gonna. We'll fire it up. We'll do something today.
Lavar Arrington
Okay.
Ryan Seacrest
I have a burger recipe that involves blue cheese crumbles and jalapenos mixed in. Mixed in the burger.
Lee Dilap
My favorite. Blue cheese crumble, bacon burger. Black and blue.
Lavar Arrington
Okay. Of course. You like them black and blue.
Lee Dilap
Oh, you know it. Yes, you do.
Ryan Seacrest
And then he ends up black and blue.
Lee Dilap
Hey.
Lavar Arrington
45 minutes. 45 minutes at about 225 degrees Fahrenheit, I'm telling you. Yeah, it says 45 to an hour. I. I did an hour. I did like an hour and 10 hour and 15 minutes. I'm just telling you, it is the flame.
Ryan Seacrest
By the way, do you. Do you guys feel the same about this when it comes to barbecues? If you're going to like, whatever you. If you drink a soda, if you drink a beer, if you drink whatever. I mean, whatever it is, it has to be out of a cooler, right? Like, for a Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day.
Lavar Arrington
Feels better coming out of a cooler.
Ryan Seacrest
What is it about? Is it something about, like, just reaching in, ripping it from the clutches of the ice that has.
Lavar Arrington
Like, they're colder, too, though.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, they are. They're colder. And there's just something about the can.
Lavar Arrington
Ice chips.
Ryan Seacrest
As you pull it out of the.
Lavar Arrington
As you pull out, you eat them.
Lee Dilap
No, but, like, the precipitate. Like, you get a nice frost on the outside of your beer.
Lavar Arrington
When I was young, I used to eat ice chips out of the ice. Out of the.
Ryan Seacrest
I did, too.
Lavar Arrington
And I realized how freaking disgusting that is.
Ryan Seacrest
Like, by the way, I think that's where covet Started.
Lavar Arrington
Oh, God, it is ice cooler.
Ryan Seacrest
It is so disgusting because everybody's grimy, smelly, dirty hands are reaching in there to grab it. Oh, God.
Lavar Arrington
Nasty.
Ryan Seacrest
What else you got on the. The docket there, Lee?
Lee Dilap
Well, you know, I am a big sucker for going to the movie theater. And this was actually a record breaking weekend for movie theaters, the most of any record. You know, they, they count the money for a four day weekend, so it's kind of cheating.
Ryan Seacrest
You count today what most geeks in one building at one time.
Lee Dilap
That is right. So Lilo and Stitch debuted. It's got $183 million estimated including today, Mission Impossible had its best installment of the franchise at $77 million. So it was like over $250 million, 260 domestically for the Memorial Day weekend. That's pretty great. Good job for the movie theaters.
Ryan Seacrest
Did you see either of those?
Lee Dilap
I did see Mission Impossible. It was better than I thought it was going to be.
Lavar Arrington
I heard it was good.
Lee Dilap
It was good.
Lavar Arrington
It was good. Jesse Letta, you know my guy that used to play for the Cardinal, he went to go see it last night. He said he liked it. So.
Lee Dilap
Yeah, it's. It's 2 hours, 40 minutes.
Lavar Arrington
I'm not a Mission Impossible fan. I'm not as good though.
Lee Dilap
Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of the franchise.
Lavar Arrington
It's.
Lee Dilap
I'd say it's in the top half of the eight films they've put out there there. Probably the fourth best.
Ryan Seacrest
They've done eight Mission Impossibles, bro. Who do you think you are? Fast and furious.
Lavar Arrington
Still running around. Still jumping from top of buildings onto lamp poles and onto helicopters and planes and just running. Why Tom Cruise always running, though? Running?
Ryan Seacrest
I don't know.
Lavar Arrington
Did he run in this movie?
Lee Dilap
Of course he did.
Lavar Arrington
Of course he did.
Lee Dilap
It's in the contract. Also flying from a. From a plane, hanging off a plane. That's in the contract as well. So, yeah, I might go see Lilo and Stitch. Live action. And happy birthday to Dracula. It's Dracula's 130th birthday.
Lavar Arrington
Happy birthday to Jonas's cousin. Happy birthday, Dracula.
Ryan Seacrest
Love you, Pops.
Lavar Arrington
Love you, pops.
Ryan Seacrest
Thanks. Hey, thanks for. Thanks for the complexion.
Lavar Arrington
Appreciate it, Dan. I hope you let us come back on your show again, man. Have a great day, everybody.
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I know a lot of cops. They get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. This is Absolute Season 11 Taser Incorporated.
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Summary of "The Dan Patrick Show" Episode: Hour 3 - Weirdos Into Belichick’s Business
Release Date: May 26, 2025
Host: Dan Patrick (iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network)
Episode Title: Hour 3 - Weirdos Into Belichick’s Business
The episode kicks off with hosts Ryan Seacrest and Lavar Arrington discussing the intense NBA playoff series between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers. They analyze the Knicks' recent victory in Game 3, which was pivotal in keeping the Knicks' playoff hopes alive.
Notable Discussion Points:
Game 4 Cruciality: Both hosts agree that the upcoming Game 4 is critical. A loss would likely result in the Pacers advancing to the NBA Finals. Ryan states, "But it all comes down to Game 4. If the Knicks lose Game 4, that's a wrap, folks" (04:05).
Carl Anthony Towns' Impact: Lavar highlights Carl Anthony Towns' significant performance shift. Initially hesitant, Towns becomes a game-changer in the second half, demonstrating his versatility and commitment. Lavar remarks, "Carl Anthony Towns was the difference maker as he has needed to be the difference maker" (07:45).
The conversation shifts to the influence of social media on athletes during halftime and games. Ryan raises concerns about athletes potentially getting distracted by social media, which could affect their performance on the court.
Key Points:
Distractions and Performance: Jonas shares an anecdote about Pablo Sandoval, who was caught liking photos on Instagram while in the clubhouse restroom, leading to disciplinary action. Lavar adds, "They [athletes] are always on it" (09:26).
Impact on Team Dynamics: The hosts discuss how excessive focus on social media can disrupt team cohesion and in-game strategies. Lavar emphasizes the need for athletes to stay focused, stating, "They just talking bad about you" (10:33).
Moving beyond the NBA, the hosts delve into recent controversies in the WNBA, particularly involving Brittney Griner and Caitlin Clark. They examine how media narratives are shaping public perception and overshadowing the actual gameplay.
Highlights:
Racial Tensions and Media Bias: Lavar critiques the media's focus on racial slurs and personal conflicts rather than on the athletic performance and games themselves. He states, "They are calling Caitlin Clark the Jackie Robinson of WNBA" (19:59).
Impact on Player Image: The discussion touches on how Caitlin Clark is being unfairly targeted, affecting her reputation and the overall narrative of the WNBA. Lavar asserts, "Caitlin Clark is being targeted" (24:14).
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to the unusual media scrutiny surrounding Bill Belichick and his relationship with Jordan Hudson. The hosts express frustration over the invasive nature of media coverage into the personal lives of sports figures.
Key Insights:
Media Obsession: Ryan and Lavar criticize how media outlets have fixated on Belichick's personal relationship, leading to sensational stories that distract from his professional achievements. Lavar remarks, "You are some weirdos writing stories about this man in his personal life" (32:56).
Public and Personal Boundaries: The hosts argue that there is an overreach in reporting, with media trying to uncover and broadcast intimate details without substantial relevance to Belichick's coaching career. Lavar emphasizes, "What do you want to be there? Do you want to get the play by play in the bedroom?" (36:22).
Relationship Dynamics: They discuss the age difference and societal perceptions of such relationships, suggesting that media narratives are often rooted in discomfort with unconventional relationships. Lavar states, "Weirdos that can't handle the fact that an old man could actually find love with a young good looking lady" (33:20).
In a lighter segment, "Lee's Leftovers," the hosts transition to discussing Memorial Day traditions, including grilling preferences and recent movie releases over the weekend.
Highlights:
Memorial Day Grilling Tips: Lee Dilap and Lavar Arrington exchange grilling techniques, debating the merits of smoking hot dogs versus traditional boiling methods. Lavar humorously shares his attempt at smoking hot dogs, saying, "Try it. It really is the flame." (47:46).
Movie Weekend Recap: The hosts review the Memorial Day weekend's box office performance, noting the success of "Lilo and Stitch" and the latest installment of "Mission Impossible." Lee comments, "Mission Impossible had its best installment of the franchise at $77 million." (50:25).
Ryan Seacrest on Game 4 Importance:
"But it all comes down to Game 4. If the Knicks lose Game 4, that's a wrap, folks." (04:05)
Lavar Arrington on Carl Anthony Towns:
"Carl Anthony Towns was the difference maker as he has needed to be the difference maker." (07:45)
Lavar Arrington on Media Intrusion:
"You are some weirdos writing stories about this man in his personal life." (32:56)
Lavar Arrington on Caitlin Clark Being Targeted:
"Caitlin Clark is being targeted." (24:14)
Lavar Arrington on Smoking Hot Dogs:
"Try it. It really is the flame." (47:46)
The episode provides a thorough analysis of current NBA and WNBA events, emphasizing the impact of player behavior both on and off the court. The hosts critique the invasive nature of media coverage into personal lives, particularly highlighting the case of Bill Belichick. Additionally, the episode balances serious sports discussions with lighter segments like "Lee's Leftovers," offering listeners a well-rounded and engaging experience.
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