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That's the very stressful game that we play on Mondays. Are you the last one standing? If so, you win the stainless steel Swiggy. By the way, you can get one if you come visit us in Vegas later this month. Yeah, not only stainless steel Swiggies, we're going to load up Big Mike's truck because Big Mike who runs this place. Who? Mike the truck he's driving with Iowa Sam, which by the way, I think should be live streamed for all four hours. Those two in a car. Oh man, it's actually been on video for about 25 years. It's called Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. So that went straight to dvd. We're in back country, aren't we? I, I think we're going to load up Mike's truck with old school T shirts, Koozies, bottle open is like every Cavino and Rich piece of swag over the years that we just have leftover of. Yeah, I mean we also have new stuff. Yeah, we're not just handing out junk but we're giving away prizes. Lots of giveaways and a live broadcast. June 20, 21st, 22nd. I'm sorry, 20th, 21st, 22nd. We'll see you in Vegas at Circa. This is your invite. But anyway, hope you had a nice weekend and can I just say, rest in peace. John Brankus lost John Brankus of ESPN Sports Science over the weekend. Always a real nice guy on our show and if we do have time we'll pay a little bit of a tribute of some of the things you learned. Either way, I wanted to get that out. He was always a nice dude. Mental health is wealth. Lost his battle with depression at the age of 54. But really always a kind guy and always enjoyed what he did on espn. Well on today's show let me give you a little tease, a little taste of what's coming up. We are going to give away prizes with last one standing. We're going to talk about those weak ass bets you've made or the times in life where you've thrown away money, where you've invested in the dumbest thing or maybe just said, wait, I just gave money to this guy for what? And it didn't work out. So we'll talk about wasting money. We're going to talk about Libby Dunn. She's calling out all the middle aged creepers. I'll say, sure. But I have a question. Like you, I have a question to start the show with that has nothing to do with Libby Dunn's the perfect gymnast body or Josh Allen's wedding or anything. Perfect gymnast body. Oh, you said it that way. I mean, yeah. Rich was one of those creepers in our pre show meeting. Yeah. Just because he was smiling when he said it doesn't make him not a creep. Perfect body. I'm sorry, what is she like? Not in shape? She not the, you know, talented gymnast. Beautiful gymnastics. But what has she been known for over the last week? I don't know. Posing for Sports Illustrated and looking all good looking. No. Yeah. As we were discussing the story about creepers, Rich was showing us pictures on his phone. Look at this one. Look at this one. Lucky Paul Skeens. Anyway, we'll get to all that. But I do want to start with a question that might sound like a no brainer. So I'm going to take an element out of it because sometimes a hypothetical is too easy because it's like, well obviously this one for, you know, the financial reason. So I'm taking away money. How about that? Salary taken away. OK, salary taken away. Currently in 2025. Right now. Right now. Would you rather be a Colorado Rocky or Savannah Banana? Right now on Dos de Junio. Would you rather be a Banana or a Rocky? And I said the caveat. Take the salary away. Because you could say, well obviously Rich, you know, you're a major league baseball player with any tenure you'll make millions, blah, blah, blah. I get. So take away the millions of dollars. I'm talking about simply the fun playing ball. What's going on? Would you rather be a Savannah Banana or a Colorado Rock? It's a great question because we're coming off the weekend where there was so much buzz out here on the west side. So much buzz period for the Savannah Bananas. They played in Anaheim. Sold out crowd. The Great Hambino was there. Patrick Rena showed up and he was calling his shots. So cool. The Hambino from, you know, the Sultan of Swat. The Great Hambino from the sandlot. I'm baking like a toasted cheeser out Here. And it was a lot of pressure on him to at least make contact, and he did. But the crowd went nuts. There's always a sold out crowd nowadays. They sold out Fenway. They're selling out everywhere. So think about all the buzz and all the fun they're having. Women love them, by the way. Women love the Savannah Bananas. And the Colorado Rockies are 9,50 right now, last in the, in the NL West. Got to factor in how much it sucks to lose. Can you repeat that record for the people in the cheap seats? They're nine and 50. Double that up. They're on pace for being 18 and 100 with like 40 games to go. They're on an eight game losing streak. Third fastest team in MLB history to get to 50 losses. They're one in nine in their last 10. So think about how dismal Les Miserables, how frustrating it must be to make it to the big leagues, right? Like you're one of the few, you're. You're one of the chosen. You made it to the big leagues and you're playing for this team where it's almost like bittersweet because you're playing major league baseball. But you're the weakest. You're the worst. I'm a big baseball fan. Everyone on that team probably hates each other. You and I are big baseball fans. But my son, his first year in T ball, he happened to be his team is the Rockies. And he's like, dad, who's on the real Rockies? And I'm like, no one knows, buddy. Dude, the only thing cool about the Rockies is that their logo is CNR Covino and Red. But I got to ask, for real, take away the money, would you rather still be able to say, I'm a big leaguer, I'm in the Rockies, or is there something so cool about being a Savannah banana right now? And I say that because everywhere they go, they sell out. As Drago's wife said, oh, I'm sorry. His trainer, everything he hits, he destroys. Everywhere they go, they sell out. Our buddy Drew Mac in the Astral just hit us up saying, Guys, three weeks ago they sold out Titan Stadium, which holds 60 plus thousand people in minutes. The incredible Titan Stadium. We say they're the current day Globetrotters, but I'm not sure the Globetrotters could ever do that ever. This weekend, could they? I don't know. This weekend in Los Angeles, you had the Yankees coming to town. And I'm not saying it was a bigger ticket, but I heard just as many people talking about How? Hey, my. You know, one of the kids went down to Anaheim. The, you know, Savannah Bananas were playing where the Angels play. It almost had equal level of chit chat, by the way. That's a goofy point, but a true one. It really is. We're out here on the west coast. I went to the Yankees game yesterday. A World Series rematch. A World Series rematch where the Dodgers just embarrassed the Yankees. But then the Yankees won the last one with Yamamoto on the mound. So that was cool. I was there. It was a beautiful day. And you're right, Rich, there was more buzz about the Savannah Bananas than there was about the Yankees Dodgers. That's no joke. At least from what I experienced and what I heard people talking about in my algorithm. And I'm a Yankees fan. In my algorithm, I saw more people commenting on Patrick Rena, the great Hambino, then Shohei Ohtani sleeping in the dugoutani. Maybe because both Judge and Shohei. Well, they put on a show the first two, but they were both hitless in yesterday's game. So they were like an oh for eight combined yesterday or something like that. But either way, we do pose this question. I would even. Well, I don't know. I was pushing it. You think Savannah Bananas could beat the Rockies at this point? No, that's what I'm thinking. Just outside spirit alone, they could, you know what? Maybe on spirit alone, maybe if they on stilts with flaming bats, maybe. I don't know. But it. I think that question sort of goes to, you know when they say, could Alabama beat the Panthers? And it's like, no, the Panthers or whoever would be, you know, taking it overboard. But they really stink. You got just a couple of weekends ago, they beat your Yankees at least once. It was heartbreaking to get their ninth win. I know. And that feels like forever ago, Danny. That was the last time they won. Now it sounds like you're comparing the Rockies like the Washington General. I know, I'm joking, but the Rockies or the Bananas, My ego gets in the way if you take money out of it. There's still so much clout and. And cool in saying that you're major league big leaguer also, you could maybe be the one to help them turn it around. Yeah, I would have to still pick the Rockies even though Savannah Bananas, they really are rock stars. Let me give you the flip. I was gonna say if you're a Savannah Banana and the people that follow them are starting to really know the guys on the team, like household names, right? If you go to an arena or stadium or ballpark where 50, 60,000 people are watching you, music's playing, they're getting involved. How does that feel versus 8,000 people maybe watching you? Lackluster performance in Colorado. Yeah. They're pulling a way bigger crowd, and they're pulling way more women. That's the truth. So if you're a single guy on the prowl. Did you call me the perv earlier? I'm just saying that has to factor into it, because you're right. 8,000 show up to see the Rockies. You get 60. How many thousand people to watch the Savannah Bananas? And a lot of them are families, but beautiful women. Even my girlfriend's like, I want to see the Savannah Bananas. And I'm like, for what? Why? Who's in your algorithm? Your Savannah Banana's not good enough. No. But, Danny G. Women find these guys hot. And they're entertaining, they're charming. They think it's, like, a fun event because they're hearing that it's the thing to go do, and they are seeing these reels. Yeah, it's the hot ticket. And it sounds like such bs, but on social media, the popular guys on the Bananas have, like, millions of followers where, if you're. If you're on the Rockies, like, again, you could be a big baseball fan and maybe name a few guys on that team. It really is a. I'm just giving the Bananas some ammo because it seems obvious that playing in the big leagues would be the number one answer. Everybody's childhood dream said, take the money away. Yeah, but you can't take away my childhood dream of wanting to play me. And that's why we have to always keep in mind that you want to be on the team with the worst record in baseball history. No, I'm saying people on sports radio, us included, are always talking about these guys who we dreamt of being someday. So always keep that in mind. Like, what we say is really coming from a place of no matter what, they're still doing what we all dreamt about doing. So I would say Rockies all day. Even though the Sven Bananas are the hot answer. You know what adds to the allure of the Bananas, too? You know how if there's a girl that you're like, eh, feeling about, but, like, let's say she can sing really well, she has a talent, and that sucks you in. Makes her even hotter. Makes her even hotter. The Savannah Bananas. Let me get. Don't get me wrong. They're very attractive. Yeah. Handsome fellas. Handsome fellas. But the fact that they can, like, dance and do you know flips and have bats on fire? It's like that element just makes them like a hundred times more alluring. Hey, baby, I can do a backflip. Hey. Exactly. And along those lines, guys, as you're talking, doing some random Twitter research and a young lady posted about a banana named Jackson Olson, quote, just met the modern day Prince Charming, Jackson Olsen. He's even more perfect and charming in person. And he promised me more Jonas Brothers bananas content is coming, whatever that means. They're rock stars, man. You know who's not getting that attention? Hunter Goodman. And you're thinking, who's Hunter Goodman? Who? The guy with the highest batting average and most home runs on the Rockies with a.265 batting average in seven home runs. 265 nowadays is like 330. So that's not too bad. So answer the question, Isaac Loewenkron. Would you rather be, money aside, a banana or a Rocky? I'd rather be a banana than a Rocky. And we did not arrange this before, but for reference, Jackson Olson, I'm looking at it right now, has four times more X followers than Hunter Goodman. Not making that up, which matters in today's world. I know there's a lot of people like, who cares? Hey, people care. 60 something thousand people are going to see him. They sold out Anaheim this weekend. The Great Hambino, the. The. The Sultan of Swat. So you say Rocky Isaac, I say Rock Danny G. What says you? I'm with Covino. I would go Rocky Isaac, Lone Cron and me are on the same page because I rather be a Savannah banana. For real, dude. For real, for real. For real. We get their appeal. Good one. My wife livestown with a banana. Well, Rich loves karaoke, so they're hold on. In itself. We knew his answer would be a banana. Putting on a show. And I feel like this is a show. Tap dancing. They're putting on a show. And you know what? I went to the Yankee game yesterday and it was a great game against the Dodgers. You know what I like, they're doing something. I'd never seen this before. Danny, you probably saw it was called Cardio Cam. You know how every stadium does the great city subway race or the sausage race or Kiss Cam. They did cardio Cam and they had all these little fat vato kids run in as fast as they could in place. And they were going around the stadium was so much fun. I was dying. And you're trying to put that up against a banana. Banana. But I was telling my girlfriend, like oh, that's funny. She's like, why don't they have cheerleaders? I'm like, why would they have cheerleaders? And she goes, well, I don't know. Entertainment factor. It's a ball game. People are here having fun, and there's 50,000 men. I don't know. And she's looking at all the Japanese advertisements at Dodger Stadium. They have cheerleaders in Japan. She's like, maybe they would do that. Just make it more entertaining, like the Savannah Bananas and like they do in Japan. I'm like, well, you know what? Maybe based on all the popularity the Savannah Bananas have given and how good that is for baseball, I imagine, because little kids are like, oh, the bananas. They're going to get into baseball. I hope, as a result, maybe baseball, MLB takes a page, whatever it is, but takes a page for the entertainment value of the game. You know who. I don't know what that is, but maybe they do learn something from it because there's a lot of people showing up. You know who is down in Anaheim? Who. Not at the Yankees, Dodgers. At the Bananas game. Our buddy, Coach Ball Game. Coach Ball Game. Who's getting all these kids involved in the game? I was. Sam, what is your answer? Would you rather be a Rocky or a Banana? I would rather be a Rocky, I think, you know, if you don't have the pitching to be a good team or even a decent team, but every game you can go to the plate and you can try to get hits, you can try to get runs and maybe eke out a couple of wins. This isn't football. But I'm saying. I'm saying if money's not a factor. Right, right, right. If you could show up to the ballpark every night and play with 60,000 people, music's playing, cheerleaders, bats on fire, stunts, all this stuff versus all the Rockies are 9 and 50. What it is really back to Course, what I'm saying is you can. You have the chance to probably eke out a couple more wins for the Rockies. And what is that? You're still a big leaguer. You're a big league. And your career is not going to be defined just this one. It's a matter of how much that means to you. Because if you're going to compare fun to misery, you can't even compare the two. Look how much fun the Bananas are having. And how miserable do you think the Rockies are? I mean, the Rockies, it's fun being a banana, but would a Rocky take. Switch places with a banana? No, never. No. But a banana would switch places with a Rocky. You know why, though? Money only or dream come true? Money only because. No, they weren't. I'll tell you why. Money only. Because the goal is to play baseball professionally. And you play the game you love, a children's game that you get paid for. What do you rather do? Have fun or be on a dreadfully worst team in the history of baseball? Yeah, I'm sure tension's high in Colorado, but I'm keeping my answer, which is Colorado, Rocky, they're 9 and 50 right now. But tell me, give me a reason other than the money. Pride. But what does that even mean? Because you're playing with the best. And that was the goal, to make it to the big leagues. You made it. But your day in and day out is fun versus not. I know. I mean that you asked me for my answer. I don't think there's a right or wrong answer. I'd rather have way less fun just to be like, I'm a big believer. Yeah, that was the goal. Was your goal to pitch on stilts? What if I told you you're the main Savannah banana? You make five mil a year versus your middle. No, Money was not a factor. No, no. But let's say. But let's say money was a factor and it was equal money. And all of a sudden the bananas were making as much. There's credibility and clout being a big league player. I think that makes the conversation different. Yeah. Oh, it does. Of course it does. So because. So if money didn't play a factor in the beginning, why am I saying now? When the bananas make money, you're like, well, now, hold on now. I'm not changing my argument, but we do open it up to Fox Sports Radio Nation. It's a changing world. No, all I'm saying. I'm not saying one way or the other, Rich. I'm just saying you said no money involved in this scenario. I'm not saying. The only reason why, most people would say, well, still the Rockies. Because if you. If you're a bunk ass Rockies player, you're still making millions. No, in my mind, I'm thinking you just get to hear your. Your name announced and you walk up to bat in a major league game in a beautiful stadium. I know they're losing, but have you ever. With 2,000 people there. Okay, Rich, but let me tell you this. When we go do remotes, we do the same exact show whether there's 10 or 200. So that doesn't change our Experience now I have a way better time with the 200. I. What do you think? I think that it doesn't make the experience any less beautiful, though. If that's your dream to get to the big time. I think it would be 80, 20. That would be my guess. We should put up a poll. FoxSportsRadio.com Honestly, we're coming off a pretty significant weekend. Yankees, Dodgers. Yeah. And Rich isn't that far off in saying that there was so much buzz and just check social media. Yeah. On the Savannah Bananas, Rich, I think the listeners are going to agree with you because of the fun. I think because of the fun aspect a of people click on the Bananas. So many people listen would be. I think 80% of the fox Sports listeners would be like, yeah, I'd rather be in the big leagues. Give me a break. You're choosing prestige over popularity. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's every kid's dream to play in the big leagues. Yeah. But I'll give you this. Every kid was your dream to play for the Bananas. They didn't exist. Yeah. Because. And I still wouldn't think that if you ask kids. I think it would be different if you asked a kid. Kids now are like, yo, man, these guys are awesome. I talked to one of the parents at the school this morning. Hey, how was your weekend? We took the kids down to Anaheim, went to see the Savannah Bananas. And I said, how was it? You know what the dad told me? He goes, I'll be honest. It's going to be tough to bring them to a Dodgers game now because there's so much excitement every inning, music fire, cheerleaders dancing, that he goes to get my little boys to get to be as engaged as the Savannah Banana. Dodger Stadium is loud and fast moving. That cardio cam was pretty fun. Yeah. Yeah. But they got, they got to take some of that showmanship. Guess which hat the balls under. That's. That's not the only form of. I mean, they roll ice cube out in a lowrider. They're in the World Series. Not just the World Series home opener. And there's lots of big popular giveaway nights at the stadium. That stadium is rocking, I think for a lot of people listening right now. Hey, who can they. More candies. You, Max Muncie, go to the big screen. You're talking like it's like a boring baseball team in the 1970s. I think there's a lot of people listening probably right now that are shocked by the popularity of the Bananas. Not everybody lives in social media. World that we live or has kids that are in tune with this stuff. So we're just telling you they're the modern day Globetrotters guys and what we say is true and this is a real thing they got going on. I'm amazed by what they've accomplished in such a short period of time. I think it's an incredible story. I'm a fan of what they do, but I would still pick the big leagues over that. I have two thoughts. Go ahead, Spotty. Think of how the world has changed though. Okay. Okay. Right. In order to. In order to be popular, let's say even like 20 years ago, you used to have to be either a movie star, a musician, or maybe even on tv. Barely on tv. Kill somebody now. Or a morning show dj. Right. Or a morning show dj. Yeah. Like Jack. Now it's like if you're an influencer, you can be more popular than a person that's in a blockbuster movie over the weekend. Yeah. So it's like the times, they are changing. I know baseball has made efforts to be a little bit more exciting. You asked me, I'm in my 40s. If you ask a 10 year old nose picker, I don't know if that's who you're talking to. But if you ask a 10 year old, they may have a different answer. Like Rich, I'm not going to change my mind. Two layers. Number one, what's the most popular form of boxing? Now you could deny. You could be like, like this weekend. Camino goes. Yo, did you see who Charlo fought? Who fought? Caleb Plant. Caleb Plant. Charlo won. Caleb Plant lost. Yeah. Guess what? More Charlo was fighting. Yeah. Charo. Charo from the 80s. From the 80s. The day. Yes. Elder abuse. Charlo, Caleb Plant. But guess what? People are more talking about Jake Paul fighting. Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. Ninnies. Whatever, man. That's the world you want to live in. Then go right ahead. Wrap it up by answering this question. We'll take your feedback next. If you were offered today Steve Covino. Yes. To throw out the first pitch at the Savannah Bananas game or a Colorado Rock. This is the easiest answer in the world. Colorado Rockies. Are you serious? You're talking to a guy in his 40s. I'm not 10 years old. You would. Yes. That's Major League Baseball. So you tell me you know the logo. Mlb. I appreciate everything the Bananas do, but I'm not trying to be a circus star. Are you serious right now? Yes, 100%. You would be honored. I would have a great time that's not the Downplay this van Bananas. I admire everything they do, but we're talking big league baseball. Yes. Packed. You get out of here, man. That's cool. A pack stadium with hydro. I don't care about that. I would love to be a part of it. I'm not trying to downplay it. In fact, like I said, I often promote this banana Bananas. But that's not major league baseball. All right. Hey, Gimmicks versus game. It's like playing flag football. Now back to your phone calls. 877-99-NOX over the weekend, a World Series rematch. I went to yesterday's game. I had a great time. But you know what? It does lack? And baseball's popping. You know, we're big baseball fans. Baseball's definitely popping. Baseball. But it does lack entertainment factor. It does showmanship. And that's where this van of bananas are really slaying it. Yeah. Really doing a great job. So I commend them. But based on their appearance here in la, in Anaheim, actually, over the weekend. My point was, over the weekend, I heard equal number of people buzzing about and Savannah Bananas are down in Anaheim. They sold the place out. It's nuts. It's crazy that as many people were talking about that as the Dodgers, Yankees, which was like a little note. I was like, you know this. So Rich is saying, would you rather have fun with the bananas who are selling out 60,000 plus? Everybody's loving them. Women love them, families love them. They're having a blast. Fun, fun. Have a miserable time. You're also out, though. If you pop up and a fan catches it. That's true. Or would you rather have a miserable time losing? But you're in the bigs with the rockies, who are 9 and 50 right now. And the rub was, take away money because you can't be like, well, I want to be a big leaguer. The money. If the Rockies didn't make a lot of money or the Bananas were all millionaires too, then. Then the conversation is different. But we're taking away money. So Mike, who runs this place, came in. Who? Mike. Just a little while ago. The guy was just here. Never heard of him. Basically what you're asking is, would you rather be a WWE champion. Yep. Or a gold medal winner in wrestling? It's. I'm glad I said gold medal winner in wrestling. You'd rather be Geno Petrovillo. Yeah. From Georgia, by Russia. Yeah. Because you know what? Instead of John Cena, I could easily explain this. If money's not a factor, I'M more into real winning than pretend winning. Thank you. You know what? Hit. Hit the Kurt angle theme, because he was both. Yes, I think this is fair to say. When I think of Steve Covino and your take on this, you suck. Why? Because I choose to be a professional, not a circus clown. I don't know. I don't think I'm alone here. You suck. I think more people would choose the big leagues than the Savannah Bananas. And I say that respectfully. You know, let's go to Trip in Vegas. I'm just saying, money aside, there's something really fun, exciting about going to work every day. Hey, Trip. Let's go to Tripp. Tripp, are you into real winning or pretend winning? Stop it. Oh, no. Absolutely would want to be a Rocky, and here's why. If you're a Rocky, you could always be a Savannah Banana. But it doesn't go the other way around. And also, I'd much rather be the WWE Champion than a gold medal winner. So you're mixed on it, right? I mean, okay, but if you're a Rocky, right? You can always be traded. Who's cooler? And you're playing with the best in the world, dude. No one can ever take that away from you. You have a baseball reference, some gold medal, gold medal winning grappler. Or, you know, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Who's cooler? A gold medal winner, man. You go down in history, dude. You leave your mark. That's awesome. Who else does? Stone Cold Steve Austin, One of the greatest entertainers. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Hulk Hogan. Come on. Again. But one's real, one's pretend. Who cares, Rich? Since 1876, there's been 20,000 major league ballplayers. Think about that. And only 47 bananas. Not a good fight. Riches of clown. His uncle was Bozo. Rich is a clown. So it's no surprise that you would want to be the Savannah. Do you rather be a bench player on the mill? Do you rather be a bench player on, like, the Milwaukee bucks in the 80s? Or do you rather be Curly Neil, the most famous globetrotter? I'd rather be Curly Neil in the 80s. Would you have rather been Michael Jackson or Weird Al Yankovic? See? But eat it or beat it. Yeah, because the Savannahs are. Eat it. They're the comedy version of the real thing. Ding dong, man. Ding dong. But Danny, give me someone that's not one of the greatest three entertainers of all time. If you told me, do I rather be Weird Al or. I don't know, give me a real performer. Flock a Seagull? Yes. They're pros though. Perlman, the violinist? Yes. Would you rather be Yo Yo Ma? Yes, it is. No, it's not. Hey, guys, fight. Nice, man. We're not. We're supposed to be having fun like the bananas. Sean in Sacramento, do you rather be a banana or a Rocky? Yeah. What's up, banana bro? It was a big weekend for the Bananas, man. I don't know. Kato and your banana bro posse a. It's a huge weekend, man. And Rich, I gotta. I gotta give it to you, man. I was just telling Daddy G, you gotta be stirred up on this topic, bro. I'm glad you took that sativa edible earlier and you had this whole conversation, but I can't agree with you on this one, man. It feels like, you know, the guy who plays baseball wants to end up a rocket because he knows to Cavino's point, he knows he's playing against the best in the world. He reached his dream goal. And I bet you there's a couple of Savannah Bananas right now who are tired of hitting the gritty from first to second, who are tired of hitting the cha cha slides in between and ends and not being taken serious. Yo, dude, that's a great point, Sean. You just hit the nail on the head. Ready? Here's why I'm right. I said before, yeah, I'm into real winning, not pretend winning. Right? And that's no disrespect. I admire what they're doing. I can't make that any more clear. But I guarantee you, I, George Foreman, guarantee the highest form of sports guarantee there is. I, George Foreman, guarantee you that every Savannah banana would trade places to be in the big leagues. Every one of them. For the money. Right there is the proof. For the money? No, for the dream. They all wanted to play in the big leagues, but they weren't good enough. But right now there's a layer of social media, entertainment selling out arenas, stadiums everywhere. The Savannah Bananas are hot right now. And you know, I want to. I want to give one quick music analogy and then we'll go to Isaac for an update. You're. You rather be the authentic rocker that plays in front of 13 people at a club instead of the rocker that's like, hey, we're going to give you a pop image. And he's playing Sofi. They are so hot right now. Think about it, Think about it. We'll get to rest your feedback and other hard hitting issues here on the CNR Experience. But first, Isaac, the guy's the best. Hold on. I got two theories on this. This is really interesting. The other, the other part of the question is, would the Rockies want to trade places with the bananas? Never. I mean, I mean, again, if money wasn't a thing and you see how much fun people are having, we forget, man. Sometimes you see someone, you think they're living the greatest life, but they're having a boring life. Right. I'm just saying. There you go. It speaks to something I think all of us, and I include listeners, can identify with. Would you go to a high, high, high paying job that sucks the soul out of you, but you get a humongous, ginormous paycheck or a considerably less paycheck? But you coworkers, you have fun, Dude. One of the dudes on one of the coaches, that's what's going on. You're right. One of the dads on my kids baseball team, I don't come out, but he's a surgeon. Guy probably has a beautiful house, makes a ton of money, but the guy is the most stressed, tired guy. He looks miserable all the time. Anyway, anyway, back to you. 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Join us on Dope Labs where we break it all down in the lab like only we can listen to Dope Labs on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time for our tire rack play of the day. The Mariners walked it off against the Twins yesterday. 11 tie, bottom of the 9th inning, the stretch, the 21 pitch. Swinging the ground ball up the middle, base hit the Mariners with it. Randy Arozareno jumps on first base. A walk off single. Julio scores. And the Mariners win it 2 to 1 over the Minnesota Twins. Seattle now sitting atop the AL West 32 and 26, courtesy of the Mariners radio network. And that's our tyrack play of the day. And there's another Randy in Seattle. Randy Johnson. Perhaps you heard of him? Oh, I thought you could say Randy Watson. No, Randy Johnson. Randall Watson. They're retiring as number 51 in 2026. They just announced it. Quite the honor and well deserved and long overdue if you ask me. Randy Johnson. Great mullet. Great mullet. Great baseball name. Bird killer. I'm not even joking. That was a great walk off a Rosa Rania. One of the best in the bigs. Is he the best Rain. But. But the reality is a bigger moment this weekend. To wrap it up was Hambino. The great hambino. Patrick Rena from the sandlot. I will never getting an at bat for the Savannah Bananas. I'm not going to downplay the amount of pressure he probably had on him to make contact in that moment. I thought that was big and he's a real good dude. I'm glad he had that awesome moment. Anyway, hey, enjoy both, as you said, as a little tortilla girl said. And Steve Covino, the grown tortilla boy. Crunchy or soft tortilla? Why not both? Why not both? So you can love the Bananas. And the Rockies baseball is popping right now because not only the Savannah bananas popping. I was looking at the NL standings and I don't care about your Yankees in the al. The NL right now. Danny G. Is it. Could it get hotter than. Dodgers, Padres, Mets, Phillies and the Cubs are right back in the mix. They're all, like, practically at the same record. Log jam, dude. It's a log jam in the best way that if you're a baseball fan, come October, knock on wood. I hope we get all those teams going five or seven games right. Sleep on the Cardinals. Did you say the Cardinals? Cardinals are hot, too. They're going to be a wild card, possibly four games behind the Cubs. So they're up there. By the way, as far as the right market teams, no offense to the smaller market teams, but if you told me the NL was going to be Mets, Phillies, Dodgers, Padres, Cubs, Cardinals. That is like. That's like the dream that Rob Manfred has every night when he goes to bed. I had a nightmare watching the Yankees lose to the Dodgers. And what I have learned from watching that. Oh, Shohei was thinking of sugar plums in his sleep. No. But what I learned watching them. Oh, Tiny. Closely. Is that they're just so impossible to beat. I think even with their worst out there, they had no ace on the mound. They had no mookie bets, he stubbed his toe or whatever. They're the team to beat, man. They're so good. We'll see how the Mets do this week. Because the Mets won two out of three in New York and now they play the next four days. They're so good here at Dodger Stadium. So as a Mets fan, Danny, I'm hoping for a split. Like there's no, you know. If you could get. If you could beat the Dodgers. Banana split. A banana split, in fact. There you go. Thank you. I was. Thank you. Sam. Quick NBA question, Rich. Yep. As we get ready for Thursday. Pacers thunder. Super pumped about that. That's on Cinco de juio. Tell me the truth, by the way. What do you mean when you said you're super excited about it? Yeah. Because ratings doesn't equal anything as far as we might get a great matchup. I mean, some great games, mildly excited about it. The networks are probably not excited about it. What do I care about what they think? Are you? We might get a great matchup. Super. We might get great games. I think we will. I think it's gonna be exciting. Matchup, just not big in the ratings. Yeah, it's gonna be fast. Paced on the floor. I'm gonna see two young teams going at it. I think we're gonna see some battles, man. And I'm not saying it's the gauge of it, but it'll be the lowest ratings of the 21st century. Right, but therefore, you're downselling. Downplaying the fact that we're gonna get some really sweet matchups. I think we're gonna get battles, and it's gonna be exciting, so we'll have exciting things to talk about. I'm gonna watch. That sounded so dramatic. Rich. You were, like, the lowest ratings of the 21st century. That good. This is going to be. I mean, are you working for the network? I'm not, so what do I give a fooey? No. And I. I think it's. I think it's kind of refreshing that there's new blood in the finals and that one of these small markets is going to get to hoist the trophy. That's the thing, right? The parody of the NFL based on the Finals. The parody of the NBA. You mean what I say? I'm so used to you saying that. Yeah. The parody of the NBA NFL parody. The western finals mvp when they announced it. Eastern. Yes, Eastern. Pascal Siakam. He's the winner. Do you think Tyrese Halliburton really thought he was going to win? It was when. So awkward. Do you remember in Rocky? Because I was shocked myself that it was Siakam. Do you guys remember in the movie Rocky 5, which I know we all agree is the worst Rocky, but you remember when Tommy Gunn wins the belt, and he's like, I want to thank the man that helped get me here. And Rocky Balboa is watching. He's like, yo, he's gonna save me. And he's like, Mr. George Washington Duke. I feel like Halliburton thought they were gonna say Tyrese Haliburton. I think he was kind of playing it up to the camera. He knew the camera was on him. I don't know. It looked like he was being kind of joking. Cause his. His teammate was ribbing him, like, looking at him, like, really? They're gonna diss you like that? Yeah, but even I thought I hit you up immediately. I'm like, siakam. All right. Deserving for sure. It was really close. It was close. Was off by one. But I thought that it was going to be Halliburton just because of the moments he had and, you know, the way he played. He was, to me, the leader of the series. So he was the face of the Series, too. You know, it was close, but I really thought he would win it. I mean, the. The first of all, the choke. Right. And just his feud with New York fans and everything. I thought Halliburton meant more to the bigger picture. So did Halliburton really think he was going to win the Eastern Finals mvp? He was. Rocky Balboa. Or did he just play it up? Or was that just a weird coincidence that he looked like one of these? Yeah, you know, the going for the handshake. But, oh, the assist leader. The assist leader in a series never gets as much love as the scoring champion in a series. Hey, but props to Siakam, though, man. That was awesome. Well, in Halliburton, that the way they beat the Knicks on Saturday was getting that. I was going to say pace, because, you know, we got the double entendre there. But the pace of this, Rich, is going to be what is interesting because you saw when Indiana ran down the floor for those easy layups for Siakam and other guys on the court. That's when they were at their best. In fact, check out these numbers for Halliburton. He had 63 assists this series. Wow. The most assists in a conference final series win since Magic Johnson in 1991. So the way he's been getting everybody involved, and I think Covino, that's why he probably really, truly doesn't care all that much, because they like the fact that the focus is not just on one player on their team. Well, his reaction went viral over the weekend, but congrats again to them and looking forward to Thursday for sure. Did you say Thursday? I did. I'm going to try to take a flight to Portugal to watch the Harlem Globetrotters. More my speed. You know the international superstars of basketball. The Harlem Globetrotters. Yeah. And every one of them, we've interviewed the Harlem Globetrotters. We've done videos, and they're great, and they're family fun and they're legends. They've been around forever. Every one of those dudes would trade everything to be in the NBA. So your thoughts, your participation, it's all welcome at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. All right, now, before we get to a little more NBA and what's going on in the world of sports on this day, a couple things we could look back upon. It was the day that George Herman Ruth, Babe Ruth, said, I'm done with baseball. He announced his retirement from Major League Baseball. Was he the Hambino or Bambino? I forget. I believe Bambino. But Double check that. So it was the gray. The great bambino George Herman Ruth retired from baseball, announced it. Today was also the day in the year 2002 for a lot of HBO fans. Everyone loves the Wire. It's one of the most talked about shows ever that debuted 23 years ago. But I want to give everyone a quick quiz in the studio. Does anyone know what comedy this fun scene is from? Good Mom. Excellent. And Gary on the kick drum. Come, come on the kick drum. Come, come. That's Gary. Come, come with the kick drum. Come, come, come on the kick drum. Gary. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Anderson. The breakup John Michael Higgins 19 years ago 06 can you believe that? Time is freaking flying. Remember how a lot of people didn't like the way that movie ended? It ended. Really. It was too realistic. Yeah, yeah. Newsflash. I know. 20 years later. Spoiler. They. They broke up. Everyone expected like they're gonna get back together. And it's like, no, the movie's called the Breakup. Move yourself. Because they see each other always live your life. They cross paths at the end of the movie and you think, oh, this is gonna where they get back together. They realize their life was better together. It's not like that. They. They brought like peace out. Never thinking of the future. Rap, tap, tappy rap tap, tap. Prove yourself. Come, come on the kick drum. That's funny, man. So yeah. How many years ago? 19 years ago. Owner of a Lonely Butt 19 years ago. Can you believe that? 06. So I still feel like an underrated one. And you're right, Danny G. I liked it it because it was a realistic ending. Not every ending has to be cheesy. I still believe in that. The meme that says wasn't 30 years ago in 1970. I. That's. That's how I act in my mind. Yeah, the 70s. Well, 30 years ago. If you need something fun to watch tonight, maybe check that out because you got no NBA or the finale. Danny of Friends and Neighbors. Oh, man. Did you watch Jon Hamm is a G? Of course. And did not want that season to come to an end. You know what the problem is? I say things and Covino just because it's me, he's reluctant. So maybe if you tell Covino while he waits for the NBA Finals. Jon Hamm, your friends and neighbors, please. Can you tell him it's a good show. Covino, that's the best show streaming right now. Honestly. Well, I got Apple TV because the Yankees and Dodgers were on Apple. So he wouldn't buy it. He wouldn't buy it for anything else. He wouldn't buy it for anything else. But he's like the Yankees. You bought it for one game. I did 9.99 for one game for one month. So this is the guy that I'll check out something. You. You ain't started severance when you. When you ain't kidding when you say that you watch 162 Yankee games, huh? I mean, this is fun to have on. I hear you. Yeah, I love it. So before we get into the last one standing, let's do a choose your own adventure. Rich, you want to talk about Shohei sleeping on the job? Livy Dunn. We got a guy fired for sleeping on the job. Not meaning it. I know. Fun story, by the way. What was Shohei Otani doing there? For real? Like, he wasn't really sleeping. What was he taking a little nap? Remember resting his eyes? Remember, he does have a newborn at home. I know, I know. You know, he's not getting a lot of sleep. I mean, he was resting his eyes. Sleep at a Savannah Bananas game. I'll tell you that. That's true. When your team's down, team's ahead by two touchdowns. 18 to 2. Rat kill. He closed his eyes, and then a few seconds later, he. He opened him up. So he wasn't in a full. Now there's a viral image of Shohei, like, sleeping with his head resting on the dugout. We got a guy Ohtani. We got a guy fired once. I'll tell the quick story. One of our producers who he loved was, like, taking a little nap, and we thought it would be funny. He's sort of sipping back on grandpa's cough syrup, though. You know, he was having some hard nights prior, but this guy, like, dozed off in the TV studio. And as a joke, as we went to commercial, we're like. Like, pan to him. It's funny, like, making fun of ourselves. Like, our. Our guy sleeping. We thought it was funny. Everyone thought it was funny. But that was the boss's final straw. Like, and he's sleeping on the job. Like, oh, no. Yeah. We felt so unintentionally. Listen, it would have happened anyway because we liked him as a dude. Like, we didn't care he fell asleep. Negotiate for him to get his job back. No, that was like, the final straw. Yeah, they were looking for a reason, and we. We provided the reason, unfortunately. Careful, careful, Sam. They have a lot of cameras on you right now. Yeah, I'm standing up. I'm not gonna fall asleep. No, this is also coming from the clown, Rich Davis, the banana. Top banana, who fell asleep during a live broadcast that, like, Nerdcon. We were at. What convention were we. We were at the most miserable convention one time, and we looked over like, where's Rich? He fell asleep because it was the most glum, boring convention we had ever broadcast at Siriusx at one time. They're like, can you guys do your show live from. It wasn't Comic Con. It was really something. Like, it was like Nerd Techcon. Yeah. Soggy. I'll do. Yeah. You ever go. I'm kidding. It was like, Nerd Tech Con. And I did fall asleep. He fell asleep. We have pictures that we still, like, you know, pass around till this day as a joke. Anyway. Choose my own adventure. I'm not gonna choose sleeping. I'm gonna choose Josh Allen and Haley Steinfeld. Okay. Congrats to Josh Allen. They got married over the weekend. You're maddied. You're, you know, top level. Some argue the best quarterback in the National Football league. Josh Allen, 13 and 4 last year. One game shy of a bill. Super bowl appearance. I think he'll get there in the next couple years. I hope so for the bill's sake. Why are you talking like Donald Trump? You said three things in that sentence like Donald Trump. What do you think you are? You have an identity crisis or what? Shohei Ohtani, for the bill's sake, listen back to that. Everything you said was in Trump inflection. This guy. Who are you? This guy who goes. Doesn't realize when he goes into Sebastian Maniscalco, me all the time. I'm watching China over the weekend. China, Haley Steinfeld. Haley Steinfeld and Josh Allen tie the knot over the weekend. Yeah. Now, K, congrats to them. It just brings up a story that Danny G sent us. There's some jabroni. Now, listen, you could argue that every time I do a parlay that's over four legs, I'm throwing away my money. You could argue that anytime you see some guy that's like, I did a 12 for 12, you know, football parlay. Yeah, good luck with that, buddy. You're not winning. It's funny because we're seeing some Bills highlights on right now in front of us. There was a better in Illinois that wagered $100 on the bills to have the worst record in the NFL this year. This coming season. The potential payout, $75,000. But you're basically, in Danny G's words, saying, here, here's $100. You're throwing $100 right out the window. Give me that $100 bill, please. Yeah, it's safe to say Josh Allen would have to have his leg broken, you know, in the first game of the season. Like, what happened to Tom Brady years ago. But I even think then, Danny, they might be, like, six in the last. They still may not be the worst team. You're right. But without being the show, that's like, everyone give us your worst bet. Because everyone's got a bad bet they made. Listen, we've all made dumb bets. Like, there have been times, Danny, where a good team is losing, like, 14 nothing. So I'll go live bet. I'll be like, they'll come back. And the odds are pretty decent. Like, like, oh, the Chiefs are down, you know, 21 7. Y' all bet they'll come back. And a lot of times they don't. You're like, what an idiot I am. Your baseball team's losing 4:1 in the eighth, and you're like, Ooh, plus 900. Let me put 20 bucks on it. It never really works. But I want to ask you, betting aside, what was the worst money you ever just, quote, threw away? Like, Danny, you were telling me a story about one of our radio pals, FSR alumni. Your old pal. Why am I forgetting his name? No, wait, I thought you were being dramatic. Yeah, so. So did I. Drum roll, please. Oh, Clay. Travis. You know what I kept doing? Travis Matthews. No, I pal Travis Matthew. I kept saying, it's so true. In my mind, I was going, travis. Travis Matthews. Our. Our incredible sponsor, Clay Travis is a show that Danny G. Once produced. Yeah. He told a story on the air about how his wife was mad at him because he took a bunch of their savings and invested in this pants company that he thought was going to be thriving within a year. Other right wing host, Glenn Beck. He did. I think he had some success with jeans. So maybe that's where he was going with jeans. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe that's what he was doing. Needless to say, he did not get his money back from that investment. Are Jean company or pant company. I heard those Glenn Beck jeans came with a lifetime guarantee. Well, lifetime guarantee. No booty for a lifetime guarantee. You're probably wearing them right now. Your trump delivery. I'm wearing Glenn Beck jeans. The best jeans I'll give you on how I threw away money. If everyone has a story, I'll share embarrassment. Everybody has a story. It's like. It's like throwing away $100 betting against Josh Allen had The worst record in the NFL. Honestly, that's just asinine. That would be like saying I'm betting on Patrick Mahomes to have statistically the worst starting quarterback season in the NFL. It's just not going to happen. My example would be in spite you remember this because you may have done the same dumb thing. I don't know. In the early days before it was I heart, I heart, which we work for now with Fox Sports Radio and Premiere. I heart used to be a company called Clear Channel. Do you guys remember when Clear Channel was a big company? Yeah. Back then they started selling like hey guys, dot coms are gonna run out and everyone's gonna start going to websites Dot cc. Okay. And they like. I remember people talk about like you could buy the domains and I mean how many people lost money buying domains? For sure. But I bought like I was like what could I. Dog Food cc. And I'm like, someone's gonna give me a million dollars for this domain one day. I probably spent $1,000 as a 20 something year old buying domains. You're still the owner. Dot CC. They've since expired, I'm sure. But I was convinced that we were all. That's why five guys couldn't get their own website. I thought that dot ccs were gonna take off. You know what you can say. Can't blame you, man. By the way, I wasn't this stupid. So you weren't involved in this? You weren't involved. Thanks. Spot Rich is the proud owner. Food cc. Spot, the guy that I believe when we both boug a bitcoin when it was $7,000, you said it's not going anywhere and you sold it for a loss. I am that stupid. Okay. All right, good. Okay, now $104,000. There was a guy who bought pizzas with bitcoin. The guy that bought pizzas with bitcoin. That guy, I'm surprised he hasn't hung himself. So we ask you Fox Sports Radio Nation in tribute in honor of the guy that just threw a hundred dollar bill right out the bet. $100 for Josh Allen to be the worst essentially again to win. What was it? $75,000. Potential payout of $75,000. What's the, what's the time you threw your money away? I'd have to say I went on a streak at one point. Maybe it was. Oh, your ex wife. No, no, no, no. That was a whole different lifetime. Even before that. Maybe it was under the influence. The time of life. I was in college days. Right. You're up late, you're watching infomercials. It's that sort of mindset. And you're like, yeah, man, I think I'm gonna buy and sell properties, no money down. And we've talked about this. Eric Estrada. No, not Eric Estrada. What about swampland? Swampland in Florida? No, you remember, like, Carlton Sheets. I always bring this up. Carlton Sheets would, you know, try to sell you on his business plan, and you could be a business owner, no money down, like the Don laprese of the world. All these infomercial items late at night. I remember spending like 3 to $500 on these programs where I was gonna buy and sell real estate or classified ads and be a businessman. I think I bought all of them. These little people were selling real estate programs. I bought that one. I brought every infomercial item possible just because I wanted to find a shortcut, I guess, in life. So throwing money away, Carlton Sheets, not only did I not make my millions buying and selling real estate with no money down, I don't think I ever opened the VHS it came in. I don't think I ever looked at it. But I had it there. Like, yeah, but no motivation ever to even move forward on it. So just basically do it. Do my money away, period. I got one that I guarantee. This one. At least. At least one guaranteed, but perhaps thousands listening that dove into this a little bit, and they're like, what was I doing? Because I think we all believe for a second that it was gonna go somewhere. Do you guys remember a couple years ago when digital art, NFTs and all that stuff started taking off? Oh, yeah. Did you know anyone that was like, I bought the nft. Remember, you could buy, like, moments like the NFT of Jordan's dunk. Yeah, right. It was like digital sports clip. Like digital sports moments. And it's like, I own the nft. Even then, Gary Vaynerchuk probably still believes in it. You know, Gary Vee, that for all his great steps, that was a misstep, because I don't see that coming back. I was gonna say, is there any sign of that coming back at all? Spot? Didn't Jake, Paul and the Paul brothers do all that? Like the monkey. That famous monkey art like that? Oh, the bored ape. The bored ape. I believe it'll come back. Says I'm Gary Vee. NFTs are still a thing, but the initial hype obviously has subsided. They're now being used in a broader range of apps, including gaming, digital identity, and as a way to represent real world Assets. I bought the one of the doink off of Conseco's head. Yeah, I own that. Cavino spent 12 grand for it. It's now worth $4. That's a good one. But NFTs, by the way, anniversary, I think was last week of that clip. I got one that. That's not wasted money. But Spot had money and didn't cash out. You didn't buy any infomercial stuff that you regret though. I can't. I bought a Flavorwave oven. Did it work? No, it didn't. But our video producer, Spot, there was an app, no joke. I was saying maybe two or three years ago, crypto still flourishing, but you know, all these little cryptos are popping up. There was one, there was an app called Stepn where you would earn crypto when you would just walk. You'd actually earn money by walking. I lost at least two and at one point Spot was like my walking. My walking step. IT account had like 25 grand in it. And then like I made a thousand dollars a day and Spot was making a thousand dollars a day but never cashed out. And then all said, it was like, I know how $4. So I mean, I lost money on that too though. Yeah, I did. I was like, all right. You know what though? It got me out. I was taking walks every day. I remember Camino hit me up. He was like, I just made 150 bucks. So yeah, that was a thing for a minute. Your biggest waste of money, throwing money away. I love this. Better from Illinois. I think worse than all that is betting $100 that Josh Allen the Bills will have the worst record in the NFL. And again, that is impossible. You can send 100 bucks, but it's impossible. It's just $100. And I say that lightly. Right? People are check to check, but it really is. You might as well have given Iowa Sam $100. The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best selling author and meat eater founder Stephen Rinella. I'll correct my kids now and then 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. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I know a lot of cops and 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. Across the country, cops called this Taser the Revolution. But not everyone was convinced it was that simple. Cops believed everything that Taser told them. From Lava For Good and the team that brought you Bone Valley comes a story about what happened when a multi billion dollar company dedicated itself to one visionary mission. This is Absolute Season one, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. It's really, really, really bad. Listen to new episodes of Absolute Season 1 Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge episodes 1, 2 and 3 on May 21 and episodes 4, 5 and 6 on June 4 ad free at Lava for Good. Plus on Apple Podcasts. Foreign I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lodd. And this is season two of the War on Drugs podcast. Sir, we are back in a big way. In a very big way. Real people, real perspectives. This is kind of star studded a little bit, man. We got Ricky Williams, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner. It's just the compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves. Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne for Brothers Osborne. We have this misunderstanding of what this quote unquote drug thing is. Benny the Butcher, Brent Smith from Shinedown. Got be real from Cypress Hill, NHL enforcer Riley Cote, Marine Corps vet, MMA fighter Liz Caramouche. What we're doing now isn't working and we need to change things. Stories matter and it brings a face to them. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs Podcast, Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear episodes one week early and ad free with exclusive content. Subscribe to Lava For Good. Plus on Apple Podcasts. Your gut microbiome and those healthy bacteria can actually have positive effects throughout your body. Not just your gut, but your mental health, your metabolism, your immunity, your risk of cancer, cancer, heart disease, almost any disease under the sun. Yep, you heard right. Probiotics might actually impact everything from your brain to your heart. So what's science and what's just really good marketing? On this episode of Dope Labs, me and Zakiya cut through the hype and get into the real deal behind probiotics, with help from gastroenterologist Dr. Roshi Raj. 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This regime is coming down on us, and I don't want to just survive. I want to thrive. You'll hear from trailblazers like Bob the drag Queen to freedom Angelica Ross. We ready to fight. I'm ready to fight. And Gabrielle Union. Hi, George. And storytellers with wisdom to spare. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And now it's time for last one Standing. You have five seconds to battle for your sports trivia life. Oh, I got it. Yeah, I don't got it. Put your electronic devices down and pick your sports knowledge. It's CNR's last one standing. Last one standing. All right, I have four categories ready to go if needed. A tiebreaker. Each contestant gets five seconds to stay alive in the round. If you run out of time or you answer incorrectly, Iowa, Sam will take you out with his famous buck buzzer. Don't want to hear that. We keep battling until you are the last one standing. If you win two of the rounds, you are the top dog. Here are the contestants. Seven time winner, Steve Covino right over there. Let's go to his right. 10 time winner, Rich Davis. Champion, champion status. And in for 28 time winner, Dan Byer is Isaac Loincron. Hey, Isaac. All right, we're gonna go to the studio line right now. Playing for. Playing for a CNR stainless steel Swiggy. Is Mike in Reno? Hey, Mike. Hey, Mike. Hey, Mike. Hey, what's going on, guys? Mikey, what do you do for a living there? I'm a delivery driver grabbing out packages. Nice. All right. By the way, Spot is the fact checker during this game. I hate it. A lot of anxiety. Thanks, Spot. All right, when I say your name, the clock is going to begin. Here is the first category. He's a bad man in more ways than one. You have five seconds to name an NFL team that Brett Favre beat at least five times in his career. An NFL team that Brett Favre beat at least five times in his career. Think about it. All right, Covino, you're going to be up first as soon as the timer starts. Now, the giants. Giants five times, rich. The bears. The bears 23 times. Holy moly. Lohengkron. The lions. The lions 26 times. Mike. Vikings. Vik. Vikings. 17 times. Yes, sir. Covino. Saints. Saints. Not on the list. Rich. Falcons. Falcons. Not on the list. Low and Cron. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They used to be in the same division. Oh, yeah. 15 times. Good thinking, Mikey. Niners. Niners. 11 times, Rich. Supposed to forget about that. I know. I was forgetting all those do, do, do, do, do. Lo and Kron. Co. Cowboys. Not on the list. Wow. Mike is halfway to a Swiggy. Way to go, Mike. And Reno. Some of those other teams spotting miss the Bengals, Bills, Cardinals, Chargers, Eagles, Rams and Redskins. You know, I'll see the Bills. We're watching the Bills game right now. You know what, Spot? It's. It was more of a good guessing game because outside of your division, you're just sort of guessing like, who do they play like? But Isaac was the. Used his brain for the Bucks. Who used to. I mean, that's not the point of the game. Use your brain. Yeah. I'm saying beyond your. I know. You know what? It's. It's a. You know, we're so quick to Google nowadays. This is a reminder to use your brain. Yep. Put your device down and turn your brain on. Yeah. Second category is always in position. You have five seconds to name a player who has the most career games played in the NBA Finals. Top 25, guys. We'll take the top 25. So. So name a player who has the most career games played in the NBA Finals. Thank you. Thank you. We'll take the top 25. Mike, you are going to be first in Reno. As soon as the timer starts. Now. Jordan. 35 times. Yes. Lohan. Kron. At number twee. 23, by the way. Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson. 50. 50. Wow. Rich. Number seven. LeBron James. LeBron James. He had. He's on the list, by the way. 55. Number four, KO. You know, Shaquille O' Neal. Shaq not on the list. What? I can't believe. I can't believe it. Mike. That's some BS. Colby. Kobe. Yeah. 37. At number 18. All right. Lo and cry. Bob Ory. Bob Ory. Robert Ory. Robert Ory. Sorry, sorry. He is trying to be flippant. You were. You were. Okay, 37. Yes. Rich. Full names, please. Timmy Duncan. Timothy Duncan. Thank you. Timothy Duncan or Tim Duncan? Not on the list. Not in the list. Wait, how is Shaq and Tim Duncan. Is this the right list? How is Tim Duncan not on the list? It's players with the most career games in NBA finals. How can that. But there's 20 something more than them. Okay. Yeah, a lot of players played Mike. I mean, Derek Fisher. Derek Fisher. Yeah. On the list. Derek Fisher played in more than Tim Duncan. Crazy. Lowen. Kron. Oh, sorry. Bill Russell. Yeah. Number one. 70. Good poll, Mikey. Robert Parish. What he say? Robert Parish. Robert Parish. The Chief. No, not. Oh. Lon is the last standing in that round. I mean, so someone just said Scotty Paris. I'm gonna give you start from the top. Wait, is it over? Yeah, yeah. You won that round. I was gonna say Scotty Pippen. Bob Koozie. Yeah. Here's some of the other names. Dennis Rodman, Steve Kerr. Said Bill Russell. Sam Jones. Kareem. Oh, Kareem. Yeah. Jerry West. Well, I would have lost anyway. I would have said in more finals games than Tim Duncan. Wow. Oh, yeah. Elgin Baylor. But even though Tim that that's first team went to six or seven games a couple times. That's interesting. All right, third category. 32 and up. By the way, Mike and lone crown. The two on the board so far. 32 and up. You have five seconds to name an MLB team who has at least 32 wins so far this season. 14 answers on the board. 32 and up. Covino, you are going to be first as soon as the timer starts. Now, I saw him this weekend. Yankees, Yankees, 36. Yes, sir. Rich. Mets, Mets, 37. Lo and Cron. Dodger. Dodgers, 36. Mike. Detroit Tigers. Tigers, 39. Tigres, Covino, 3. Let's do the Cardinals. Cardinals 33. Lowen Kron. Padres, Padres, 33. Mike you keep skipping me. Oh, I'm sorry, Rich. Sorry about that. That's okay. Cubs. Cubs, 37. Yeah. Lo and cron. Ah. Phillies. Phillies 30. Mikey. Three, two, one. Nah. Yeah. Sorry. Nonetheless. Covino. Twins. Twins nonetheless. Oh, man, they're right under. They're in third, aren't they, in that division? It's between Rich and Low and Cron. Rich. The Mariners. Mariners 32. Dammit. Giant. Giants. Giants 33. Back to Rich. 3, 2, 1. That's it. Lo and Cron is the last one. Station is not on the list. By the way, you missed the astro. Astros at 32, brewers at 32, and guardians at 32. I wouldn't have guessed the Brewers. I wouldn't guess them either. Yeah, it's great. Not a lot of people knew the Mariners. Yeah, until we did our play the day last hour. And for the record, I said the twins, they got 31 wins. They're 31 and 27. Close. Lowen. KRON gets his first ever victory. Last one standing. And Lo and Cron. You know what? Mike and Reno, he was hanging in there. You want to still send your Swiggy? It's all yours, Mike, baby. There you go. Enjoy Reno. Thank you, Mike. Take me, not the guys. Hey, could I have answered 4? Rocky's team, so Savannah Bananas. You could have said that. How dare you. Why is a soap opera western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 absolutely Absolute Season one, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there, and it's bad. Listen to Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lodd, and this is season two of the War on Drugs podcast. Last year, a lot of the problems of the drug war. This year, a lot of the biggest names in music and sports, this kind of star studded a little bit, man. We met them at their homes, we met them at the recording studios. Stories matter and it brings a face to it. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs Podcast Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Michael Casson, founder and CEO of 3C Ventures and your guide on Good Company, the podcast where I sit down with the boldest innovators shaping what's next. In this episode, I'm joined by Angeli Su, CEO of Tubi. We dive into the competitive world of streaming. What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. There's so many stories out there, and if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen. Listen to Good company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Foreign microbiome and those healthy bacteria can actually have positive effects. Your mental health, your immunity, your risk of cancer, almost any disease under the sun. This week on Dope Labs, TT and I dive into the world of probiotics. The hype, the science, and what your gut bacteria are really doing behind the scenes. From drinks and gummies to probiotic pillows. Yes, really probiotic pillows. We're breaking down what's legit and what's just brilliant marketing with expert Insight from gastroenterologist Dr. Roshi Raj. Listen to Dope Labs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an I Heart podcast.