The Best Of Covino & Rich

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Best Of Covino & Rich

Title: The Best Of Covino & Rich
Host/Authors: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
Release Date: April 2, 2025
Description: The Herd with Colin Cowherd is a thought-provoking, opinionated, and topic-driven journey through the top sports stories of the day.

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1. Introduction and Opening Remarks

The episode kicks off with a blend of promotional content for various podcasts under the iHeartMedia umbrella. Hosts Bob Pittman, Brendan Patrick Hughes, George M. Johnson, and Julie Swear Binks engage in light-hearted banter, setting a casual and humorous tone for the discussion.

2. Dependency on Smartphones

Bob Pittman's Phone Mishap [05:07 - 09:21]:
Bob Pittman shares a personal anecdote about accidentally dropping his phone down a parking garage crevice, leading to a shattered screen. This story segues into a broader conversation about our dependency on smartphones.

• Notable Quote:
  Bob Pittman [06:10]: “You never know when it's gonna hold. Hold your phone close.”

Discussion Points:

• The habitual nature of smartphone use, even in critical moments.
• Parental strategies to reduce phone dependency among children, such as enforcing phone-free dinners and encouraging direct communication skills.
• The psychological impact of constant connectivity and the anxiety associated with unanswered messages.

George M. Johnson's Insight [12:48 - 14:15]:
George emphasizes how modern communication habits can lead to increased anxiety, drawing parallels with how sports figures like MLB players manage their social interactions.

3. Ruined Moments in Sports

Russell Westbrook’s Foul on Jokic [22:12 - 23:12]:
A significant portion of the episode focuses on Russell Westbrook's critical foul that impacted Nikola Jokic's remarkable 61-point game. The discussion highlights how a single moment can overshadow individual achievements and alter the course of a game.

• Notable Quotes:
  Brendan Patrick Hughes [22:10]: “He ruined the game.”
  Bob Pittman [22:43]: “Are you telling me Russell Westbrook is Bob from Obama?”

Listener Calls on Ruined Moments [25:35 - 45:58]:
Callers share various instances where pivotal moments in sports were overshadowed by unforeseen events or critical errors. Examples include:

• Alfonso Soriano’s Game 7 Home Run [33:56 - 38:08]:
  Discusses how Soriano’s heroics were forgotten due to the Yankees' subsequent loss, drawing an analogy to personal life moments that are overshadowed by negative outcomes.

• The Tuck Rule Incident [38:40 - 41:09]:
  Aired a listener’s perspective on the controversial tuck rule in NFL history, questioning its fairness and impact on crucial games.

• Seiya Suzuki’s Bathroom Mishap [50:56 - 53:05]:
  Highlighted an embarrassing incident where a fan injured themselves during a halftime game, prompting discussions about event safety and responsibility.

Notable Quotes:
Brendan Patrick Hughes [38:25]: “Jim Joyce ruined the perfect game. Man, that was tough.”
George M. Johnson [40:18]: “Baseball should have fixed that, though.”

4. Personal Stories and Anecdotes

Bob Pittman’s Parking Garage Saga [03:22 - 05:07]:
Bob recounts his struggle with finding a parking spot amidst yoga enthusiasts, leading to his phone mishap. This story serves as a humorous segue into discussions about daily frustrations and the unpredictability of life.

• Notable Quote:
  Bob Pittman [04:50]: “I'm gonna be bouncing plates on my head at the halftime at the Lakers game tonight. They call me the blue Panda.”

Brendan’s High School Football Incident [43:31 - 45:05]:
Brendan shares a personal account of a high school football game where a clipping call led to a game loss, mirroring the theme of ruined moments and their lasting impact.

5. Pop Culture and Movie References

Throughout the episode, hosts weave in references to classic movies to illustrate the concept of ruined moments:

• La La Land vs. Moonlight [30:10 - 34:05]:
  Drawing parallels between Oscar mishaps and sports blunders, emphasizing how mistakes can cast long shadows over notable achievements.

• Val Kilmer’s Obituary [62:27 - 63:34]:
  A nostalgic discussion about Val Kilmer’s iconic roles, serving as a metaphor for enduring legacies despite unforeseen challenges.

Notable Quote:
George M. Johnson [30:10]: “Steve Harvey missed Miss Universe. That was embarrassing.”

6. Listener Calls and Interactive Segment

Interactive Phone Calls [34:29 - 58:57]:
Hosts engage with listeners sharing their own experiences of ruined moments, both in sports and personal life. These interactions add depth to the main discussion, highlighting the universal nature of mishaps and their repercussions.

Example Call - Jason from Springfield, Missouri [34:30 - 35:06]:
Jason identifies the movie “Blue Heaven” when prompted about the arugula reference, adding a humorous twist to the ongoing discussions.

Notable Quote:
Brendan Patrick Hughes [46:24]: “Russell Westbrook feels bad enough, but the fact that he also ruined that night for Jokic makes it worse.”

7. Major Sports Updates and Analysis

The hosts provide real-time updates and analyses on current sports events, integrating listener feedback and their own perspectives:

• Dodger Stadium Bobblehead Night [32:12 - 33:16]:
  Discusses the frenzy surrounding exclusive bobblehead giveaways, comparing it to previous fan-driven chaos.

• March Madness Relationship Struggles [56:16 - 61:05]:
  Explores how intense sports tournaments can strain personal relationships, supported by survey data highlighting common conflicts.

Notable Quote:
Brendan Patrick Hughes [60:37]: “It's major that relationships can’t withstand anything if you're fighting over, like, every March Madness game.”

8. Conclusion and Transition to Upcoming Segments

As the episode wraps up, hosts summarize the key themes of dependency on technology and the fragility of pivotal moments in sports and life. They tease upcoming segments, including further discussions on sports drafts and honoring late celebrities, maintaining engagement for listeners.

Notable Quote:
Bob Pittman [63:43]: “I'm gonna go back home. Street lights turning on.”

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Notable Quotes Highlights

• On Phone Dependency:
  Bob Pittman [06:10]: “You never know when it's gonna hold. Hold your phone close.”

• On Ruined Moments:
  Brendan Patrick Hughes [22:10]: “He ruined the game.”

• On Personal Mishaps:
  Bob Pittman [04:50]: “I'm gonna be bouncing plates on my head at the halftime at the Lakers game tonight. They call me the blue Panda.”

• On Relationship Struggles Due to Sports:
  Brendan Patrick Hughes [60:37]: “It's major that relationships can’t withstand anything if you're fighting over, like, every March Madness game.”

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Conclusion

The Best Of Covino & Rich delivers an engaging mix of personal anecdotes, in-depth sports analysis, and interactive listener segments. By intertwining humor with insightful commentary on technology dependency and the volatility of critical moments, the hosts create a rich and relatable narrative for both sports enthusiasts and general audiences. Notable quotes punctuate the discussion, providing memorable takeaways that resonate with listeners who may not have tuned in to the full episode.

Transcript

[Bob Pittman]

Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Season of my podcast Math and stories.

[Bob Pittman]

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[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Listen to math and Magic on the.

[Bob Pittman]

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[George M. Johnson]

In combat boots and wild haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in.

[Bob Pittman]

A hell bent effort to sabotage a war. J. Edgar Hoover was furious, curious. He was out of his mind and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees. Listen to Divine intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everyone?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Julie Swear Binks here, along with former.

[Bob Pittman]

NHL player Nate Thompson.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

We're doing a new podcast together. Here we go.

[Bob Pittman]

The name Energy Line with Nate and jsb.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Each week we'll get together and talk about hockey life. All topics are fair game, right?

[Bob Pittman]

Exactly.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And you'll never know who will drop.

[Bob Pittman]

By to join us.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Julie is pretty well connected. She has text threads going that you wouldn't believe. Listen to Energy Line with Nate and.

[Bob Pittman]

Jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. If you truly believe in liberation, you have to cover everybody. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a bestselling author with the second most banned book in America.

[George M. Johnson]

In this week's episode of my new.

[Bob Pittman]

Podcast, Fighting Words, I talk with the iconic act actress Gabrielle Union about some of her pivotal roles and how to be a good parent in the face of today's backlash against black and queer communities.

[George M. Johnson]

If you are more concerned about what.

[Bob Pittman]

Your fellow racists think about you, you've already lost. Listen to Fighting words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[George M. Johnson]

This is Mel Reid, LPGA Tour winner.

[Bob Pittman]

And six time ladies European tour winner and Kyra K. Dixon, NBC Sports reporter and host.

[George M. Johnson]

And we've got a new podcast, Quiet Mel and Kira.

[Bob Pittman]

We are bringing you spicy takes on sports and pop culture, some interviews with incredible people who have figured out how to make golf their superpower. And iheart WINS sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment.

[George M. Johnson]

You can find us on iHeartRadio app.

[Bob Pittman]

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

[George M. Johnson]

Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports.

[Bob Pittman]

Hey, thanks for listening to the Best of Kavino and Rich podcast. Be sure to catch us live every day from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific, on Fox Sports Radio.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Find your local Apple station for Covino and [e-mail] or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR.

[Bob Pittman]

I'm on my way here to Fox Sports Radio. Today I park.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Is this too dreary?

[Bob Pittman]

No, this is good. This is perfect. Parking garage. You know what it all ties together? How to park on the fifth floor. Because all these damn yoga people are taking up the spots where they're next.

[George M. Johnson]

They're supposed to park 8th floor and higher.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Really?

[George M. Johnson]

Yes.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That's some BS.

[Bob Pittman]

Someone should tell them, yeah, I got a problem.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

They do not follow that warrant explanation. Here at the Fox Sports Radio studios, we share the building with a yoga studio. That's a true story. So they do. They hang up all the good spots.

[Bob Pittman]

I come into the parking garage on the first and second floor. You'll see some cute girl coming out of her car with her yoga mat. You're telling me they're supposed to be on the eighth floor? I don't think they got the bells.

[George M. Johnson]

They're supposed to be on the eighth floor and the very top of the parking garage.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I'm telling this scramble and a ding.

[Bob Pittman]

Dong they'll all here's what happened because I must have showed up at a time right when a class let out and the new people had come. So every spot was taken. I had to go up to the fifth floor. Woe is me.

[George M. Johnson]

I know I do that every day so I don't get door dinged.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, Danny G. And I show up around the same time, but he comes into the studio 15 minutes later because he parks on level 27. So.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, but look at your doors.

[Bob Pittman]

I'm balancing my phone, my keys, my gym clothes. I have like all these things in my hand.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

What are you practicing for a halftime show?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, I'm gonna be bouncing plates on my head at the halftime at the Lakers game tonight. They call me the blue Panda.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I heard Atlanta's looking for a new show.

[Bob Pittman]

So as I'm balancing all my stuff, I said, you know what? F. The elevator. Elevators for weak asses, for lazy people. Go down the stairs, and if you can't walk downstairs, then I don't know what to tell you.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You slide down the arm rail.

[Bob Pittman]

So as I'm balancing all my stuff on the fifth floor, my phone scoots out of my hand and falls in the little crevice from the fifth floor. No way down to the first floor. Oh, that's the worst. The little crevassier. Like, this is a crevice of. This isn't a big. A human. Luckily, thank God, couldn't fall down this. Because it's just this little space between.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

The stove and the counter.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Where all the rice falls. You know, where all the remnants fall. When you're cooking and when you move.

[Bob Pittman]

Into a new house, you're like, oh, my God.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

It's like the space between your car seat and the. In the console. No, what do you call that?

[Bob Pittman]

The glove compartment. Yeah. Where everything seems to fall. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Where you have to, like, jam your hand in to get anything.

[Bob Pittman]

Give me back a quarter. In slow motion, I see my phone go, bloop, bloop. And then.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Dude, that sucks.

[Bob Pittman]

Five floors down, and I see it land right on the face. So now I have to walk down five flights of stairs, knowing what awaits me at the bottom. I'm like, come on. No whammy. No whammy. No whammy. It's broke. I pick up my phone screen is shattered. It's broken. I can't even see anything. It's on, like, some frozen screen all completely shattered.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And there really is a weird story.

[George M. Johnson]

And you finally upgraded last year.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Do you have AppleCam?

[Bob Pittman]

The only apple. The bright side to this whole story is that for the first time in my adult life, I must have been in, like, a cheery mood. I let the little nerd at the Apple store convince me to get AppleCare. It's very important for the first time in my life, because I remember the phone was, like, very important. The phone was, like, 1500 bucks. And he's like, wow, sir. I'm like, yeah, little dweebus. And he's like, you know, nine bucks a month. And I'm like, you know what? I got little fingernails picking little kids. I'm like, for the first time in my life, no joke. But, like, a couple months back, sure, I'll do Apple pay.

[Julie Swear Binks]

That's either. I think it's 99 bucks to replace.

[Bob Pittman]

You know what?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Wow, that's not bad.

[Bob Pittman]

Pain in the ass. And I'll have to go to the Apple Store after work today.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

It's quick, too, but no. More like how much it costs to get that insurance.

[Bob Pittman]

Nine bucks a month.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

It's just nine extra a month?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, it's like 9.99. It's just I. Because at first I'm like, why do I keep getting charged 999 more iPhone storage in the bike. Oh, no, that's right. I. I did the Apple Care. I'm not endorsing Apple Care. Maybe you're not careless like me, maybe you're not dropping phones down elevator banks and stairwells, but when I tell you it was the.

[George M. Johnson]

If you could have just took the elevator like the rest of us instead of showing off. You think you're better than us taking the stairs.

[Bob Pittman]

All I kept thinking was like, I'm taking. What if it takes? I'm thinking, what if it takes, like, a nice infield bounce?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Like, why don't you stare at your phone as it leaps five stories?

[Bob Pittman]

And then now for the next two hours, I will realize.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You ever think your phone couldn't take you anymore and it just ended it all? It just decided to call it a day.

[Bob Pittman]

I have a terrible owner.

[George M. Johnson]

Have a jumper.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Goodbye. I was so sick of listening to Rich.

[Bob Pittman]

So wait a second. Wait. I never thought of that.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Maybe Rich's phone was like, this guy never shuts up.

[Bob Pittman]

Am I so irritating that my phone took its own life?

[Julie Swear Binks]

I need some peace and quiet, please.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Maybe. Wait, wait.

[Julie Swear Binks]

So, Spot, you said it was $99 to replace your screen? I think so. Okay, but then if it's $9 a month for this, that 9 times 12 is 108.

[Bob Pittman]

No, but I'm saying, like, I think my shot, it's not just a screen because it's not a crack screen, anything. It's a cracked screen where my phone's, like, dead.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

No, no.

[George M. Johnson]

They're gonna have to replace the phone.

[Julie Swear Binks]

That's with AppleCare. If you didn't have Apple Care, you would have to just buy a brand new phone flat out.

[Bob Pittman]

Okay? So just a reminder, investment insure. I'm not saying I'm not endorsing Apple Care. I'm just saying for the first time ever, I think I'm gonna go to the Apple Store and not have a problem. For all I know, they're gonna bamboozle me and be like, oh, sir, it's.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Still 1500 bucks, but doesn't cover, you.

[Bob Pittman]

Know, oh, it Says here.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Oh, behavior it doesn't cover phone suicide. Sorry.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, wait. Nope. Sorry. You know, bonehead behavior not covered here under. Oh, you signed the Apple agreement.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Oh, it jumped into a crevice. Oh, it says right here on line 83. Yep. We don't cover that, by the way.

[Bob Pittman]

That's how it usually is with any health insurance or car insurance or anything. It will always not cover the one thing that happens to you. So I guarantee I'm gonna go the Apple store the back. Oh, it says you didn't read in the Apple, you know, 100 page agreement that you just checked. It says exception, stairwell, crevices.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I'm hoping don't tell them how it happened.

[Bob Pittman]

Just say it happened.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, I'm hoping you're all good.

[Bob Pittman]

Lie them.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

But in all seriousness, that was. That was a weak ass story. I hate that.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, but, you know, the only silver.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Warning, it just reminds you, like, how dependent we are on our phones, because that's like, our lifeline to everything. Can I. Your bank account, your kids calling you in an emergency, your sports updates, your social media, Absolutely everything.

[Bob Pittman]

It dawned on me already. And that's. That's sort of where. Where I was going with this. Of course I want to share my clumsy story to make everyone feel okay, because that happens to everyone at least once in their life. But it didn't make me realize the minute I sat down about. About 45 minutes an hour ago when I got here to prep with you guys. Since then, do you know how many times I've picked up my phone out of just pure habit to look up a stat, a game time?

[George M. Johnson]

Oh, wait, our group chat for the show.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

When we were prepping, I'm like, oh, Danny sent me that. Oh, I can't get it.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, that really sucks.

[Bob Pittman]

You don't realize you are a prisoner to your smartphone, iPhone, Android, whatever you have. When I tell you out of that, even in nervous conversations, when you're at the school talking to parents, how many times you just look down at your phone to look down at something?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, it's just a part of what we do and what we've become. Unfortunately for good and bad, you know what?

[Bob Pittman]

I just. Robots. We become robots, Sam. I just looked at the screen. I saw, ooh, my mets are up 1 nothing. I grabbed my phone to see how they scored the run, and I'm like, I'll never know.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I saw this, like, parental challenge. You're gonna have to do, like, what little kids are being forced to do now. There's a lot of schools and parents taking initiative, where they're forcing their kids to a put the phone down during dinner, right. So you can socialize. That's a common one. But they're also having their kids order at restaurants now so they could have face to face, eye to eye contact like normal humans. So parents are forcing their kids to be like, no, no, we're at a drive through.

[Bob Pittman]

You order, come on, Gregor's talk. I don't know how to do it. Talk to another human, Little Timmy.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And, you know, because they're so used to communicating through text message and everything else, you know, there's a whole study where young people are facing all sorts of anxiety when it comes to answering phone calls. So it could be a potential job, but they're scared to answer the phone because they don't have phone communication skills. They get anxiety when it rings. There's so much involved here. You know, the Yankees also did, like a fun. You know, when players show up to the stadium, there's always some social media person that does something fun with them.

[Bob Pittman]

Like, guess how many jelly beans are in this jar. I don't know.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

How many unanswered text messages do you have? Some of the players had like, thousands, and some had a, you know, just a few.

[Bob Pittman]

If mine's not cleared, I have anxiety.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Because we're constantly communicating on our phone. So, yeah, you know, it's understandable.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Unanswered text messages.

[Bob Pittman]

Unanswered text messages are there.

[Julie Swear Binks]

We're not talking about email.

[George M. Johnson]

No, no, no. Their text messages are like our regular people email.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Getting back to people you're not responding. You got to communicate better emails. One thing, you get a bunch of junk email, like, fine, but.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, well, they're popular pro ballplayers, so.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Riches to be just by habit looking at the whole time. Yet it's completely cracked and ruined. So it is. That's the story. No match for you.

[Bob Pittman]

Good fluff.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Good for you.

[Bob Pittman]

Luckily, I got the game on here in the studio.

[George M. Johnson]

But let me tell you, you got ILO here too.

[Bob Pittman]

Ilo. He'll give you the updates, but I will say it is. You know, you're Pete Alonzo. RBI double in the top of the first, by the way. Thank you. Thank you, Polar bear Pete. And. And as if they have an iPhone.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You got an Isaac. But you know what, Rich? You're gonna have to take what I call the old fashioned. Later on, you're gonna have to use the bathroom and sit there lonely with nothing to look at. Nothing but the tiles.

[George M. Johnson]

You read the back of the can that's it. The spray can.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Just you and your thoughts and the old number two.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That's it.

[Bob Pittman]

There you go. Just a reminder that we are so addicted to our phone. Sports scores, social media, text messaging.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Oh, by the way, did you notice. Notice this? Speaking of your phone, our instinct to tie it to sports is to check your scores and things like that. Not to dump on anybody, but to just talk about my observations and what everyone's witnessing. Everybody knows that ESPN is not partnering up with mlb. Major ball dropped worse than Aaron Judge in the World Series as far as bigger ball drop. Yeah. Because baseball's hot right now.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You notice that, like, you have to scroll further to find the MLB section, right? Oh, they've you noticed that? I tell you, I think we noticed it right away.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, 100%.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Okay.

[Bob Pittman]

I'm glad ESPN listed baseball under, like, women's soccer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Stink this.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

It's not smack talk. You know, I use the app, I look at it, I get my. And I've noticed, like, oh, how weak, yo. You can't disrespect baseball like that. Baseball's hot right now.

[Bob Pittman]

Don't, don't, don't.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Baseball just got a butt lift and you're. You're dismissing it.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, come on, Bas. Baseball just got some sweet Botox. Got it.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And you're.

[Bob Pittman]

And you're putting it. And you're putting it underneath tennis highlights.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Have you seen the torpedo bat on that guy?

[Bob Pittman]

So you're skinnier now.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You're dismissing it. Get out that back got liposuction now.

[Bob Pittman]

Now here's. Here's the dilemma of how addicted to our phones we are. I know this is shinfo unnecessary information, but after the show, I had a plan. Now tell me, do you. Would you say, do you deviate. Deviate from this plan or not? My buddy asked me if I could fill in on a softball team tonight. So I was going to go to the ball field at 7.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Fill in Frank.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, I was going to, you know, that season, getting some swings in. So my buddy. Fill in Phil. So my buddy said 7:30 games. So I'm like, dude, I'm in. Perfect. I got no plans tonight. So one day I'm not coaching or doing. I'm like, I'm in.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, but aren't those nice, beautiful nights when I have nothing to do? You know what I like to do? Nothing. But. But you just had a beautiful night.

[Bob Pittman]

It's a nice, beautiful night. I'll be outdoors swinging a bat in the park.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Meaning, like when you got. Hey, I Got nothing to do. That, to me, is the beautiful part of the night. I don't need to fill that up with nonsense. That's the beauty of it.

[Bob Pittman]

I'm looking at it as. All right, I'm gonna go get some swings in tonight. It'll be nice. I haven't played since the holidays. It's been that couple month layoff, and I was gonna go to the gym right after our show. So my plan was go to the gym, go pick up my family dinner or my. Whatever my wife's cooking, then go to the game. There's no way I could wait till tomorrow. Would you be able to go, like, 12 hours without a phone?

[George M. Johnson]

No.

[Bob Pittman]

Like, I feel like this has to now trump my go to the game.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

By the way, it's also irresponsible. You have two rugrats at home. So I would say irresponsible and really irresponsible for you to play softball when you gotta go replace your phone. That's it. You have to do that. I know it sounds desperate and annoying, but you have to do that.

[Bob Pittman]

Can I go to the gym first? I can't go an hour.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Nah, yeah, you can go to the gym.

[Bob Pittman]

When we were kids, we'd be unreachable for days.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

It's not the world we live in. Because you know what you do? You're starting to set panic in for other people. Like, he's not getting back to me.

[Bob Pittman]

It's artificial pain. I had to call my wife from the Fox Sports landline four times before she was finally like, hello, who is this? I'm like, babe, it's me. And then I don't want to buy whatever you're selling.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I'm stranded.

[Bob Pittman]

Where? At work. I don't have.

[George M. Johnson]

How are you gonna talk about the show's video clip after the show if you're not available?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, how is Spock gonna figure out what to edit? So what you just said is wild. Listen, we're gonna get to other stuff, but thanks for letting me vent. My thought is, could I go to the gym for an hour after the show?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That's it, though.

[Bob Pittman]

And the debate is. Well, I don't know the crazy part about this.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Meanwhile, your dad would leave work, hit a nudie bar, not come home till 3am and we didn't know where he was.

[Bob Pittman]

We were playing Wiffle ball on the.

[George M. Johnson]

Front side piece for an hour.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah. See his mistress. We were playing Wiffle ball or street football or in our friend's driveway. And you were just waiting for dad to get home from Work. It could have been 5, 6, 37. You didn't know you mom was on standby with dinner and you were playing until dad came home. Dad left in the morning. Maybe he called mom once from work like, hey, hey, honey.

[George M. Johnson]

Secretary was in on it.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, so it's just funny to think I'm debating. Can I go an hour?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yes, you can go an hour.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Guess what our cell phones were back then. The sunset.

[Bob Pittman]

Time to go back home. Street lights.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Street lights turning on.

[Bob Pittman]

There you go. All right, well, hey, thanks for hearing my boring story out, but I thought, you know, I think we've all been there.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You know what, Rich? I'm gonna grip my phone extra tight now.

[Bob Pittman]

I want everyone to do that. Hug your phone. You never know when it's gonna hold. Hold your phone close.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

So who had a worst day? Rich Davis with no phone. Like we said. Raphael Devers. Got to watch him. And Russell Westbrook had a tough night last night, but Danny G, you got some updates.

[George M. Johnson]

Breaking news, breaking news from Fox Sports Radio. Not legit breaking news, but some funny breaking news. Now, our boy burst just came in right now. Guess what? Big Mike, you know Big Mike who runs this place?

[Bob Pittman]

Who?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Who?

[George M. Johnson]

He had to go to the garage to turn off somebody's car. Not only did Rich's phone commit suicide, Rich's car is also trying to commit suicide out there running all the gasoline. Rich, you left your running.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Are you serious?

[George M. Johnson]

Yes.

[Bob Pittman]

There's no way.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. Are you serious?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Are you sure it's his and not mine? Cuz I'm like, is it mine?

[Julie Swear Binks]

It can't be mine. I think I have to use my key to take it out. You left your car.

[Bob Pittman]

Are you serious?

[George M. Johnson]

It. Is it black?

[Bob Pittman]

Is it black or something?

[George M. Johnson]

I assumed it was Rich is because of the type of day he's having. I guess it could be Covino's too, cuz you guys are copycats.

[Bob Pittman]

We have similar rides. Is it a black car or like a silver? Oh, it's black.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Oh, that's mine. Oh, running. Are you serious?

[George M. Johnson]

God.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

The.

[Bob Pittman]

The dumbest show of all time.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

My car is running in the garage. What the hell?

[Bob Pittman]

It's trying to get away from you now.

[Julie Swear Binks]

They say never be the smartest person in the room. See you guys tomorrow. Carbon monoxide poisoning.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Oh my goodness. Yeah, it's trying to drive away on its own.

[George M. Johnson]

They're alive.

[Julie Swear Binks]

They have sentient beings.

[Bob Pittman]

I've had enough of this guy.

[Julie Swear Binks]

He keeps farting on my seat.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Wow.

[Bob Pittman]

All right, no more. No more.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Please get me away from these guys.

[Bob Pittman]

This Show's not good for our reputation, huh?

[Julie Swear Binks]

I believe this is how Terminator started.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I was in such a rush. Get here today and have fun with you guys. I must have forgot.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, that's what it is.

[Julie Swear Binks]

The cars are built and the phones are built.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

What a bird brain. I feel like.

[Julie Swear Binks]

So rise of the machines.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I have no idea. I don't know.

[George M. Johnson]

Well, you can't be. You can't be too hard on Westbrook.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Now, how's that even possible? But anyway, Russell Westbrook, now I gotta thank Danny G. Again with the assist. Everybody should have a friend. Everybody should be that friend that when something cool's going on, you alert your buddies to it. It. If there's a no hitter, you know, in the works, hey, there's a no hitter, you know, you want your friends to tune in, not miss out on it. Hey, yo, the fight's starting. Oh, thanks, man. Thanks.

[George M. Johnson]

Well, no hitter, you can't say the words. It just say, oh, man, he's throwing a gem.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

There you go.

[Bob Pittman]

My buddies will always be like, you might want to turn the game on.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

There you go.

[Bob Pittman]

But Kavino's right. We have a good buddy on the east coast that will always hit us up with the. Hey, just so you know, fights about. The main card's about to start, and when you have that, Frank, sometimes these foreign fights that Saudi prince has put on, they end up starting like 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Exactly. Right? So you need that, that update, the heads up. So Danny G. Hit us up yesterday with the. Yo, man, this is one hell of a game. All right, cool.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, there were. There was four minutes left in the fourth quarter, and there had already been like 16 or 17 lead changes. Winds up going to double overtime, double OT.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And I was able to tune in to watch. You know what turned out to be a horrible night for Westbrook for several reasons. Bad decision making lost the game for the team and ruined Jokic his night. Like the joker had a night 61 points. Playing his hard out like it was a battle. When you take a game that far into it and you get double overtime, like losing hurts that much more and you don't want to make a stupid mistake. And it all happened so fast, it's hard to say it was like a mental error, but, like, you don't foul in that moment. And Westbrook fouled Alexander walker on his three point attempts. A three point attempt with 0.1 seconds left. And he gets his shots. They win the game. 140, 139.

[George M. Johnson]

So Westbrook jumped into the shooter's landing.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Space jump right into him. And yeah, it was the easy call, but it was suspenseful, too, because they were. It felt like forever before they were deciding on what to happen. They kept showing close ups of Westbrook's face, and he was just hoping that something went his way. Yeah. 141, 39. Big, big win from Denver and deflating loss. I'm sorry. Big, big win for the Timberwolves. And big, big loss for the Nuggets.

[Bob Pittman]

You say Wolves.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I said Timberwolves in tribute. So, 140, 139, the Timberwolves win. But like I said, multiple layers to the story in regards to Westbrook. Now, he's a great player. He's allowed a bad night, but it was such a big night for Jokic. 61 points. And that makes us think about when people ruin the moment, because that's the story today. Yeah, he ruined the game. He had a big game. 61 points in Westbrook, ruined the forum.

[Bob Pittman]

It could be a beautiful night out with your friends and one of your buddies just drinks too much. And what. What started out as a fun night of everyone at the bar having drinks, watching the ball game and you. This, this happened in your 20s a lot. Think back to your college days and.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Those days where, oh, it was a great night. Until Bart got into a fight.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah. Or, oh, man, Drew's been drinking too much and now we got to carry him out of here.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

He yacked all over. Hey, you know what makes me think of. This is one of my favorite movies, in fact, that they're redoing. They're redoing a classic. Everybody. I don't know if you know this. We're talking about ruined moments again. Westbrook, essentially, he ruined the game and he ruined Jokic's moment. No one's gonna care about his big night when they lost the game. Remember in the movie La Bamba, Richie Valens is having like this big showcase. The record label guys there, all his friends are there. He's performing. Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go. A little. He's doing all his songs.

[George M. Johnson]

By the way, one quick stat for you guys. Not only did he ruin a 61 point night, he ruined NBA history because the joker, the triple double. Yeah, I mean, it was a over 60 point triple double, which has only happened a handful of times in NBA history.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

61 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists. Jokic was putting out. And again, the back and forth battle of.

[Bob Pittman]

So you tell me, are you telling me Russell Westbrook is Bob from Obama.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That's exactly what I was getting at. You remember? So Richie Valance is having this, this show of a lifetime. Richie and his flying guitar. His mom rented out the VFW hall. All his friends were there. And Bob comes in all drunk with his motorcycle friends starting fights. That dude's my brother. And he's punching people in the face. And he ruins Richie's whole night.

[Bob Pittman]

Much like another movie. A Star is born with Lady Gaga. I know it was a remake, but Bradley Cooper's character, like, you know, the wash country star, Remember he there at the award show and he like stumbles on stage at the Grammys or you.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Ever go to a wedding and someone like makes a fool of themselves on the dance floor the whole night and bride's all mad about it.

[Bob Pittman]

Uncle Hank. Yeah, Uncle Hank drank a little too much.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Here's the challenge. Fox Sports Radio Nation based on Russell. Let's take some heat off of Russell Westbrook. Brooke, let's talk about other ruined moments could be in sports. I could think of a few sports examples could be in life. Times at the moment was ruined. 87799 on Fox.

[Bob Pittman]

ILO for an update. Isaac Lowen Cron, what's up, man? All right, guys, we'll start in the NBA where ESPN reports that the NBA is looking into Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant for making finger gun motions towards the Golden State warriors bench during their game last night. Here now a Fox Sports Radio of the alleged incident. Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew. Man, what's going to happen to Shooter McGavin on the PGA Tour there? I'll be checking his Twitter feed. He has a great Twitter feed out there by the way. NBA also reportedly also looking into a prior gesture that was made before that by Golden State's Buddy Heald in Major League Baseball. Multiple outlets report that Arizona Diamondbacks all star second baseman Cattel Marte has agreed to a new six year, $116 million extension. On the field right now, the Mets stake to an early lead at Miami and an RBI double by Pete Alonso on the top of the first inning. However, unfortunately Rich, they are now behind 2 to 1 to the Marlins in the top half of the fourth inning. The terrible error by Mark Vientos and he's a chance of redemption. Now he's up with a runner on third. Two outs. He he they so man on third bouncer to him. A third threw to home had this guy an easy rundown. He overthrew the catcher by like 10ft. So Mets have had some weak defense over the first week of the season. That's pretty good for a guy who doesn't have a phone right now. Good for you. Some good Insight earlier today. St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yvonne Herrera, three home runs and six RBI and a 125 win over the Angels. Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season one.

[George M. Johnson]

I just knew him as a kid.

[Bob Pittman]

Long silent voices from his past came forward and he was just staring at me. And they had secrets of their own to share. Gilbert King I'm the son of Jeremy Lynn Scott. I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it. Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil. I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known. If the cops and everything would have done the job properly, my dad would have been in jail. I would have never existed. I never expected to find myself in this place. Now I need to tell you how I got here. At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer. Bone Valley Season 2 Jeremy, Jeremy, I want to tell you something. Listen to new episodes of bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad free with exclusive content starting April 9th. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

What else comes to mind when it comes to ruined moments?

[Bob Pittman]

I have a few sports ones. Let me throw them out there. You said Russell Westbrook. How about the other Russell Westbrook? Russell Wilson? Everyone In Seattle, the 12th. Man, everyone's all fired up. We're about to win back to back Super Bowls. You know, the glory of Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson and that whole squad got ruined by a New England Patriots interception on the one yard line.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I start thinking of things that are forgotten because it never mattered. Like your Andy Chavez moment.

[Bob Pittman]

It's on my list. Andy Chavez made arguably the greatest catch in playoff baseball history. Jumping over the fence, ice cream, coning a game seven ball. And then the Mets lose in the ninth inning and Carlos Beltrans down looking, ruining that moment.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Meaning if the Mets ended up winning. Right. It all goes back to that Andy Chavez moment. Like oh man, when he made that catch, that was it.

[Bob Pittman]

The best.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

The best example because they lose. It's a forgotten highlight.

[Bob Pittman]

The best example of is what you just said. Meaning you may not even remember that catch. But I promise you this. If the Mets Go on to win that series and maybe even win the World Series. We're calling that a top five greatest catch of all time.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And it's double forgotten because it turned out that it didn't matter. And you never want to look back and remember the highlight because they lost. Anyway.

[George M. Johnson]

I wanted to think outside the box on a couple here ruined moments for sure. How about Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announcing La La Land as the winner for best picture? And the cast gets up there on stage and then they have to explain to them it's a mistake. What was it, Spot? It was supposed to be Moon. Moonlight.

[Bob Pittman]

Moonlight.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, that's right.

[Bob Pittman]

And Steve Harvey.

[George M. Johnson]

Steve Harvey. The wrong Miss Universe.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That was embarrassing. And how about Adele Dazee?

[Bob Pittman]

That lives on, though. That lives on.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Okay, I got one in the same vein as your Andy Chavez moment. Plus the rest of your phone calls. We're gonna get to that ruined moments in sports and in life based on last night' Westbrook foul.

[Bob Pittman]

You know, when it comes to sports. Yeah, I. We mentioned it yesterday, so it was fresh on my mind. Some of the greatest teams of all time fell short in the final game or the final series. The fact that the Warriors, 73 and nine, the most unbeatable regular season team in NBA history. LeBron, just the huge comeback. Down three one.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Oh, yeah, yeah. We mentioned Seattle.

[Bob Pittman]

We mentioned the 18 oh Patriots.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, those are ruined moments for sure.

[Bob Pittman]

Because they could have made history. Yeah, his story. That's how I say it, dude. They ruined his story. Wow, that's very sexy.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Sexiest way of story. No, we got Danny G on the phones at 87799 on Fox.

[Bob Pittman]

Iowa.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Sam, always great.

[Julie Swear Binks]

You know, I love some tractor supply.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Why, what do you love?

[Bob Pittman]

I mean, I'm from Iowa.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Go in there and spend that one day.

[George M. Johnson]

What does your family grow?

[Bob Pittman]

Anything from arugula to zinnia.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Nice.

[Bob Pittman]

Wait. Arugula.

[George M. Johnson]

Arugula.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, it's a vegetable.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Vegetable.

[Bob Pittman]

Name the movie. I don't know. Sir, are we missing anything here? Yeah, Arugula. What's arugula? It's a vegetable. If you don't know, you know what. 87799 on Fox. I will be generous enough to give away a swiggy for the first person that knows that movie. First person that knows that movie. Arugula. It's a vegetable.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I know. Loewencrun knows. He's on your update. Spotty's getting ready for midweek. Major and Rich, while we get ready for the phone calls. Do you know It's Shohei Ohtani MVP bobblehead night for the first 40,000 people at the stadium today. So major, major traffic jams and people.

[Bob Pittman]

Freaking out to get to Dodger Stadium. I was gonna go to the Apple store right next to Dodger Stadium.

[George M. Johnson]

True story. I left KOA in his stroller in for a place in line this morning. I hope the people behind me are pushing it.

[Bob Pittman]

Yo, do you know again, AD D radio @ its finest. Did you know a dad got arrested? He went to run an errand and he left his kids at the McDonald's Play Place. He went for a job interview or meeting and he's like, yeah, no one will know. He just dumped his kids at the McDonald's, like, ball pit. And he thought no one would notice.

[George M. Johnson]

It's what our moms used to do with us at Toys R Us.

[Bob Pittman]

That's true. Hey, look around for a while. I'm gonna go to Caldor.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

So, hey, drive safe and look out for stories later on because I'm predicting, you know, we're talking about ruined moments. It's supposed to be a nice family night. I think some fights, there's gonna be throwdowns, you know, people for these bobbleheads.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, it's the first 40,000, and these are so exclusive. One of the reasons why a lot of people save one from their family and then they'll sell, they'll resell the other for triple the price of what it should cost.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

We'll keep you posted on that. But speaking of baseball and ruined moments, all because Westbrook, he ruined the great game with a weak ass foul. He ruined Jokic's triple double. He ruined Jokic's 61 point night because the Nuggets ended up losing other ruined moments in the world of sports and life. Now, Rich, you meant that you mentioned Andy Chavez's catch.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

It's forgotten because the Mets lost that series. So a ruined moment. If they would have won, that would have went down, like you said, as one of the greatest catches of all time. I have a story that happened in 2001 in the world of sports 2001. And I'll tell you that right after the phone call.

[Bob Pittman]

You know what? Before we get to the phone calls about ruined moments, do we have a winner for who knew? The arugula reference.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, the first one to get in on that mike in Ohio.

[Bob Pittman]

Yo, Mikey, what's up, man? What movie? The following quote. Are we missing anything, sir? Arugula. What's arugula? A vegetable. What's the movie, Mikey? My Cousin Vinny.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

No, good guess.

[Bob Pittman]

But my cousin Vinnie. Not the answer. Good guess, though.

[George M. Johnson]

Let's go to the next line here. Who's calling? Yo, it's Fox Sports Radio. Who's this?

[Bob Pittman]

This is Jason.

[George M. Johnson]

Where are you calling from?

[Bob Pittman]

Jason calling from Springfield, Missouri.

[George M. Johnson]

Got an answer to Rich's question.

[Bob Pittman]

What movie? The. The movie is one of my all time favorites. It's. It is my Blue Heaven. My Blue Heaven. Steve Martin.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Steve Martin is in the like witness Protection program. He's. He's like Henry Hill, basically.

[Julie Swear Binks]

I have seen that.

[Bob Pittman]

And he's, you know, the guy, his parole officer, I guess is. Is Rick Moranis. Great 80s movie. And he goes to a supermarket in the middle of nowhere. Think about it. He's like a New York east coast Italian guy.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

He's a mobster.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

And he goes to the supermarket and he's looking for arugula.

[George M. Johnson]

Congratulations, brother. Hang on the line. We'll send a swiggy out to.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, you missed my favorite line from that movie. When they asked him why he robbed the truck. Of 39 books, he says, in case I want to read it more than once. The best line. Sarah, you have 39 copies. Whatever. What if I want to read it more than once? All right. Ruined moments. Kavino, want to go to Matt, not Alaska.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I want to tell my story.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, tell your story. And Matt could stand by so Maddie.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Matt and everybody else. 87799 on Fox. We're getting to your phone calls. Other ones that come to mind, sports or personally. In 2001, you remember the Yankees nightmare? I think the world for the first time was pulling for the Yankees to win the World Series. It was a rough year. 9, 11 just happened. Yankees got a chance to win it all. Alfonso Soriano hit a go ahead home run off of Kurt schilling in Game 7 against the Diamondbacks. And the Yankees brought it up last night. Paul O'Neill was talking about it last night. Yankees are playing the Diamondbacks as we speak. And even he said, like that home run. Had they won, the World Series would have gone down as one of the most historical go ahead home runs in World Series history. Alfonso Soriano would have forever been a Yankee legend. But they went on.

[Bob Pittman]

Meanwhile, people forget he was a Yankee.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

People forget not only that he was Yankee. Like they forget this moment because they want to forget the fact that the Yankees lost. It was a nothing burger. What could have been the most heroic.

[Bob Pittman]

Moment ever is almost forgotten completely. Not to rub it in, being that you're a Yankees fan. Take me back 24 years. Are we Mid game, late innings. When did Soriano hit this bomb?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I forget what inning it was, but.

[Bob Pittman]

See, because it was.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, try to forget. I got the facts here though. Crucial game seven. Soriano hit an oh 2 pitch from Shilling given the Yankees the lead and eventually they lost the game. It was eighth inning. Okay. And it was. I think they went three two or something like that ahead the Yankees two one. Went ahead two to one.

[Bob Pittman]

Your facts about your own team. That's what I hate about Yankees fans. They win so much that they're like, I don't know the details. It was just another year.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Well, I'm proving the point too. These are moments that. That you forget because they were unimportant to you as a fan. It's a ruined moment. What could have been, it should have been a historical moment for Yankees fans. Ended up being ruined by Gonzo's weak ass blooper.

[Bob Pittman]

That was the best weak ass. And for. I get it.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

There's two sides. Every story for the Diamondbacks, man, you got the best of Mo Rivera with a bloop single whoopity do when they win. But that moment, which was. Was. I remember the moment, obviously, like no way. Soriano and everyone's cheering, going wild. They lost. Forgotten. That's like one of the most forgotten moments.

[Bob Pittman]

So forgotten fans even forget. And for real, that's like the truth.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And you're asking me the score in the moment and everything else. I don't forget the moment, but I don't try to relive that day. I don't try to relive that game seven. I just know in my head and my heart that Soriano was this close to becoming a hero legend.

[Bob Pittman]

A hero.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

A hero.

[Bob Pittman]

John in Idaho Falls. What's up, John? The tuck rule game with Charles Woodson and the fumble hit on Tom Brady, that was a great moment. And they took it back with the tuck rule. Raiders would have went to the super bowl or advanced, right?

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, well, they had a Super bowl caliber team.

[Bob Pittman]

They would have advanced in the next round. And by advancing to the next round, that Raiders team had a trajectory of winning. Keep in mind they were like a year removed from being in the super bowl. So. So that that Raiders team got the short ends of that Woodson would have been, you know, that would have been a memorable Raiders moment. Ends up the creation of a weak tuck rule. Matt in Alaska. What's up?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

What up, Matt?

[Bob Pittman]

What's going on, boys? Hey, I heard on the day, I heard on the Dan Byer show that Some Los Angeles Dodgers fans got to the game eight hours early only to find out that the Dodgers are actually giving bobbleheads to everyone that comes tonight. Talk about being angry. Anyways, my moment is, oh, my God, that's the worst.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. Because I read 40,000 this morning.

[Bob Pittman]

I did, too. I did, too. The Dan Buyer show said that everybody's getting one. Not Dan Byron. Doug Gottlieb, Jim Joyce, first base umpire.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Dude, number one answer.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

And Andrew, we were saving that for a caller.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Dude.

[Bob Pittman]

Now not in the record books because.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Of one answer on the board. Without a doubt, Jim Joyce, who, again, he. He couldn't have been more sympathetic to the mistake. He admitted his error in that moment.

[Bob Pittman]

But I always argue.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

But he went with his gut, and what he thought in the moment was right.

[Bob Pittman]

I always argue, Kavino, that perhaps that made it even a bigger moment in sports history. So maybe there's like, a layer where it's like, I couldn't name all the perfect games in MLB history, but I can name the one that was robbed.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That was a heartbreaker.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

So what, you're putting it in the Pete Rose category where maybe it was better that he didn't get in because he got more attention.

[Bob Pittman]

Maybe so.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And they both handled it. So, like, the way. Yeah, the way they handle that was. Was almost like, shocking.

[George M. Johnson]

Baseball should have fixed that, though. Why can't they? Yeah. Even if it was last year, the year before that, they should have fixed it.

[Bob Pittman]

Honestly, Daddy, sometimes we forget it's a game. And there's no, like, statute of limitations. It's not. We're not in court. This is not, you know, charges against someone. Hey, we realized it was wrong with his replay. Now, I know you could say that's a slippery slope of like, well, then let's replay this and that. But why can't we just all agree it was a perfect game.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Jim Joyce ruined the perfect game. Man, that was tough.

[Bob Pittman]

But they go down in his career.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

A lifetime, like, moment, you know, and we. You and I were watching that, Rich, together. We were.

[Bob Pittman]

Kavino. They were. They're forever linked. Much like, you know, for years, Mookie Wilson and Bill Buckner would do autograph signings together. Jim Joyce and Galarraga are forever. Almost like brothers in a way. Right?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Like connected.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Connected through history, for sure. Rich, I know you have, like, personal. Other personal examples, but again, it happens in sports, it happens in life. Someone has a little too much to drink at the family reunion.

[Bob Pittman]

I'm in a good mood, so I'm in a good Mood. So I don't want to talk about how Spot gave the worst best man speech at my wedding.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Like, he made your wife cry.

[Bob Pittman]

It was like a failed roast instead of a bed. Best man speak. But we won't talk about that.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Oh, yeah, we don't have to talk about it. Let's get back to the phone.

[Bob Pittman]

Let's go to Todd in Missouri. Hey, Todd.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Hey, Todd.

[Bob Pittman]

How much Westbrook messed that up, man? He took the shot on the possession before. Missed the layup. Or they could have just ran some. So wait, say it again, bud. Just how much Westbrook, he missed that layup on the possession right before. He could have just ran the clock and. Or at least not missed the layup. So he just really messed that up.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah. And the coach defended him, almost, you know, doubled down on both of his mental errors.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

So he just had a rough night, man. I don't know what was going on there.

[Bob Pittman]

Drew and Cincy, what's up? We'll take, like, three more. What's up, Drew? Hey, guys. Hey. So Super Bowl 51, Patriots and Falcons, obviously most known for the Falcons blowing the game. But deep in the fourth quarter, Julio Jones had one of the most incredible catches. I don't know if you all remember. I do remember this. Yeah. Down the sideline, just perfect. Moss, the guy got both feet in bounds. And what did the Falcons do? Sack penalty, punt, and the rest is history. Yeah, when they. When you. I remember that moment only because that's. That's the part you remember where all the Falcons needed to do was put any points on the board just to distance themselves a little more. And the fact that they were in field goal range and somehow sack penalty, just pushed themselves back. I was like, oh, my God, the Patriots are going to do this. That was terrible. Let's go to Neil in Tennessee. Neil Covino, Rich, you guys, I don't know if it would have made a difference, but the Weber timeout in the championship game. Say it again.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

The Weber. Chris Weber timeout.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, that's always going to be. We talked about. For sure.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I actually, you know, our last call, that reminded me of something else. When I was playing high school football, there was. I forget what the play was, but it was a winning touchdown on our end. It was a JV game. And then there was a clipping call on me that took it back. We ended up losing that game. So I was like, oh, it was like this heroic touchdown at my buddy Tom scored and I. And everyone's mad at you, dude. When you get called for Something like that there. Everyone's mad at you for that. You feel like the worst because you ruined the party.

[Bob Pittman]

You're like the. Like the tight end on the Ravens.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah. I was like, what?

[Bob Pittman]

Mark Andrews? You know, there are some times when something gets blown, there is a silver lining because you never know. Is it Tom Brady? You know, Tom Brady tells that story on his documentary, the Story of the Chinese Farmer. How in the moment, you might think something's bad, but it might be good, and something good might actually be bad. It's a great. What would you call it? A great fable. There was a New York Yankee. I can't quite remember which Yankee. You'll fill in the blanks. He would have been on a plane that crashed in New York had the Yankees won the World Series. And he forever thanks Mariano Rivera for blowing that game. There was a Yankee. Let me explain. Game seven, the Yankees lose. He was going to his plane. Let's just say his travel arrangements changed because it was wait around for the parade or go home.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Wasn't that the Seth MacFarlane story, too?

[Bob Pittman]

Seth MacFarlane just overslept for 9 11. But Yankee avoids plane crash 2001, not 9 11. Remember a month later, a plane crashed in the Rockaways off of. Right off of jfk. There was a New York Yankee that was going to be on that plane, but said, I don't need to be on that plane anymore. No parade. I'm going home early.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That's the story of Enrique Wilson. Yeah, he was a great player. He just a utility guy and he played big, played well for the Yanks. He credits Mariano's blown save for saving his life.

[Bob Pittman]

He was booked on a plane.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, flight 587.

[Bob Pittman]

He was booked on a plane that crashed everyone.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

587.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, yeah. Flight 587. And because the Yankees weren't gonna have a celebrating parade like he booked the plane ticket, assuming the Yankees. Yankees, we're going to win and have a parade. When the Yankees lost Game 7, he's like, I'm going back to his home country.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

So ruined. Yeah. I believe is a Dominican.

[Bob Pittman]

Dominican, yeah.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Ruined moments in sports. We saw one last night. You know, Russell Will. Russell Westbrook feels bad enough, but the fact that he also ruined that night for Joker makes it worse. And that's really what it comes down to. So we gave you plenty of examples. And we'll take one last phone call now and you can chime in at Covino and Rich.

[Bob Pittman]

And just for the record, I've looked at my phone eight times during that Conversation. Realizing I don't have a phone.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yep. Rich broke his phone today.

[Bob Pittman]

I was like, you know that, Yankee? Hold on, let me. Oh, phone. All right, let's say hi to Jason in Missouri and then spot Scott midweek. Major coming up. What's up, Jason? Thanks for hanging with Kavino and Rich. Hey, for me, and don't ask me why I'm a Seahawks fan in the middle of Missouri. But this stupid pass play at the end of the super bowl when you've got dude, that would make me sick. Listen, my team has lost a lot of dumb games, but that, to me, Seahawk fans honestly must think about that way more than we think. That really was one of the most sickening ways to lose a game. It really was. You have Marshawn Lynch. I don't need to repeat it. It just. If you're a Seahawks fan, how do you not annoyingly think of that nightmare?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That's just a nightmare.

[Bob Pittman]

That's got to be number one as far as, like, what's going on.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You probably still wake up some days wondering if you could if really happened.

[George M. Johnson]

Pete Carroll better make wiser decisions with Ashton Genty.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I know, right?

[Bob Pittman]

So you think that's where they're going?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

We got to talk about him, too, if we have time.

[Bob Pittman]

This is my nightmare, so.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

By the way, he's smaller than I thought. I was looking him up. He's only five nine. Danny.

[George M. Johnson]

Dude, he five nine.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Two, 15.

[George M. Johnson]

He's not big in stature, he's not a tall guy, but he's built like a rock. He's a brick. They, in fact, they showed him at his pro day.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

He's a brick.

[George M. Johnson]

How you should have saw, like, people were blown away because, you know, they're just basically in their speedos running around, and he looks like he's built out of bricks.

[Bob Pittman]

Damn. All right, well, listen, we're going to talk some NFL and so on. Plus, we got spots midweek. Major. Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley season one.

[George M. Johnson]

I just knew him as a kid.

[Bob Pittman]

Long, silent voices from his past came forward, and he was just staring at me. And they had secrets of their own to share. Gilbert King. I'm the son of Jeremy Lynn Scott. I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it. Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil. I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known. If the cops and everything would have done their job properly, my dad would have been in jail. I would have never existed. I never expected to find myself in this place. Now I need to tell you how I got here. At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer. Bone Valley Season 2 Jeremy. Jeremy, I want to tell you something. Listen to new episodes of bone Valley Season 2 starting April 9 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad free with exclusive content starting April 9th. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Now it's time for Spotty Boy and his Midweek Major Covino.

[Bob Pittman]

And Rich gets you over the middle.

[George M. Johnson]

Of the week with midweek Major.

[Bob Pittman]

Major O. I love that we throw.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Sports and pop culture headlines and topics at the fellas.

[George M. Johnson]

And it's like the kids say, that's.

[Bob Pittman]

So mid week definitely major CNR scoring Midweek Major.

[George M. Johnson]

I'm gonna still go fast because we're gonna do the impossible and give Spotty 10 minutes.

[Julie Swear Binks]

What is this is lies?

[George M. Johnson]

Yes, 10 minutes. All right, before we hand things over to the number one, one and only host of the segment, we roll a two big red love dice in the main studio.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, buddy. I just rolled a 12. So Rich, I don't even know if.

[Bob Pittman]

I want to roll. You might as well. You go first. It's not your day, Rich. No.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Well, yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

That means Covino's gonna get the first take. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the most famous person besides Judy Blume from Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Spotty Boy.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Hey, guys.

[Bob Pittman]

Hey, spud.

[Julie Swear Binks]

How are you? All right, so one Atlanta Hawks fan is going to have to stay off his feet for a while. After Tuesday night's game. During an intermission in the Hawks vs Trailblazers game at State Farm arena, two fans were invited on the court to participate in a basketball version of tic tac toe. So while one of the opponents was about to hit a few layups before before his competitor, his knee gave out while he was approaching the basket. He was running up and just like immediately went to the ground and slid down. Fan was laying on the court clutching his knee in pain with an apparent ACL injury.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Ah, my neck.

[Bob Pittman]

Now I was going say before Camino goes midweek Major, I know you get first take on this, but just for people that don't understand, if you get a layup, then you get to run and put an X or O down. So it's like a race of layups. Cuz you if you get a shot then you get to play Tic tac, toe.

[Julie Swear Binks]

So the game.

[Bob Pittman]

So there's urgency as well.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Right, right. So that he was running up, slip fell a bit, emergency personnel came out, had to, like, surrounded him on the court. The game had to be paused. Like they couldn't even continue with the game. And something that was just supposed to be in the intermission. Even the nearby players were just staring at this whole thing in disbelief. The man is actually a season ticket holder in the Hawks. That said, they reached out to him, said that he's in good spirits and expects a full recovery. No word on who's covering the medical bills. So midweek or major?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Major he. Because it brings up so many questions like who should cover the medical bills? And that's the Hawks, in our opinion. In my opinion. But there's so many major moments here. He's a season ticket holder. How embarrassing. Like, he falls and it looks like he slips, which in my opinion, again, gives more reason for the Hawks to cover these bills because I think they could be facing potential lawsuit because he could be like, yo, I got hurt in this game. Look on the video. I slipped. And I think it also leads to another conversation of is it even worth it? Having the fans out there on the court, like, have the unicycle person with the balls on their head. It's just as good. Like, I think this may lead to other conversations where it's not even worth it.

[Bob Pittman]

I think it's major. Yeah, definitely major. I think the Atlanta Hawks. I think the Atlanta Hawks need to cover 100% of this. It's all optics. Right? You're a billion dollar franchise. You have personnel, medical teams on staff for the players. This is a. Give this guy free medical coverage, like, have your people take care of his acl.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Maybe this is the last we see of something specifically like this.

[Bob Pittman]

But I think, you know, a basketball team is a great example of someone that does have on standby, on retainer. I guess you would say a whole crew of medical personnel cover this guy's bill. And with the little slippy dippy as I wrote that. Slippy, dippy, slippy, dippy.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

The fact that Spotty said his knee gave out, but it looks like he slips.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, it looks like there might have been some sweat or condensation. So with that being said, Hawks cover it. Do the right thing. And I agree that there is something a little embarrassing. It reminds me, a couple weeks ago, almost as embarrassing, I was at a Knicks game a few weeks ago with my buddy Tracy, and he threw up on the court.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

So embarrassing.

[Bob Pittman]

True. Story.

[George M. Johnson]

By the way, Rich, the latest valuation for the Hawks, 3.8 billion.

[Bob Pittman]

You're a $3.8 billion company, essentially.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

Pay for the guys, they handle it.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And make it right and avoid a PR nightmare.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Kind of a bad reflection on humanity, though. Humans can no longer step foot on a court without hurting themselves.

[Bob Pittman]

I know.

[Julie Swear Binks]

They're very slippery.

[George M. Johnson]

The game is over.

[Julie Swear Binks]

All right. We spoke yesterday how Brown's owner Jimmy Haslam commented on Deshaun Watson being a swing and a miss for the team when they acquired him, as with a five year, $230 million contract. Well, Watson appears to have fired back on social media after the comments went public with a cryptic post on his Instagram filled with photos of him training at the team's gym with the caption, maybe if I weren't built for this, I'd let it faze me. Watson is still recovering from his torn Achilles. His Achilles. And no word on whether he'll start next season. But Cleveland does have the second overall picked in the in the upcoming draft, so we'll see how that plays out. Midweek or Major?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Everything major.

[Bob Pittman]

Definitely major.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Major on every level. You got an owner talking about a player that's still on the team. Awkward burgers, right? You. You see a sense of honesty that is refreshing because we're not even. It's refreshing and awkward. Like, wow, he's talking that kind of smack about a current player, a player that deserves to be smack. Talked about, in my opinion. So much expectation placed on him to be one of the worst quarterbacks in the league. And an embarrassment. Talk about embarrassing. That's an embarrassment in itself. And then he has the nerve to fire back. Dude, you stink. Everything about this is major.

[Bob Pittman]

I mean, I think it's major, definitely major, because the guy is still on the team. But I wonder if there is a way for DeShawn Watson to. To massage the situation.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Oh, wow, you're over 2 on that.

[Bob Pittman]

To sort of.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Again, that's why I'm saying, I don't know, dude, when. When you already have a bad reputation. Like, I would just deal with it. I wouldn't be talking back at the owner and. And firing back or anything like that. He's in this position. Collect your money because of a reputation that he sort of set for himself.

[Bob Pittman]

Collect your money and, you know, be thankful that you sort of bamboozled everyone.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And dude, do we love comeback stories.

[Bob Pittman]

Of course.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Hey, you know how you shut everybody up?

[Julie Swear Binks]

How?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Deliver.

[George M. Johnson]

All right.

[Julie Swear Binks]

As you know, the A's have left Oakland as they prepare to Move to their future home in Las Vegas. But they have their few season pit stop in Sacramento at Sutter Health Park. Venue shares is a minor league venue that shares it with the River Cats capacity of of 14,000. Well, one feature they seem to be missing is a bathroom for the visiting team. You may have. There was a clip floating around where Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki was forced to run across the outfield.

[George M. Johnson]

They called it the walk of shame.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Into the walk of shame in between innings to make a trip to the bathroom because the visiting dugout is not connected to the clubhouse. In addition, apparently the A's are going to have to use a metal shed to have their press conferences. So so far things are going great. In 2nd Sacramento, they lost 183 in their home opener midweek or major?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I think it's major. These are major league ball players, right? You don't have these things figured out before you have the Cubs come and visit. It's embarrassing.

[George M. Johnson]

They did work for a couple of months straight on upgrading the stadium to at least, you know, have it somewhere near.

[Julie Swear Binks]

You would think a bathroom would be.

[Bob Pittman]

Important, but I'm just like, honestly, like.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

If a. Yeah, especially for these high profile players. I mean it would, it would.

[Julie Swear Binks]

I know the games are only two, what, two hours and something, 20 minutes.

[Bob Pittman]

It would look trashy. It would look trashy. But like put a portage out of the dugout, like something, right.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Grab a metal bucket from that shed.

[Bob Pittman]

And they can go in that. How about that?

[Julie Swear Binks]

Yeah, yeah, that's fine.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Cubs are dominating. Looking really strong out there though.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Nice job, spot.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

So we're gonna be out.

[Bob Pittman]

Is that your first curse? First wasn't that bad, but it had to go.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

It's all good. We're gonna actually be out there on the 13th. Rich and I are going just to watch a game. I hope there's a bathroom we could use.

[Bob Pittman]

Man, I hope there's a place for Francisco Lindor to drop a deuce.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Yeah, he's got to. He's got to try to cross the outfield.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I know. Oh, man.

[Bob Pittman]

We know what he's doing.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Oh, man. All right. Sticking with baseball. Not everyone a fan of the torpedo bats that are all the rage with the Yankees and is probably going to be spreading to other teams. Well, Phillies reliever Matt Strom posted on his X account sharing his thoughts. Thoughts which just seemed to be catching wind and going viral. He said let them use whatever they want, but let's allow pitchers to use whatever hitters have in the on deck circle and not check us like we're Criminals every time we walk on or off the field. He said, I'm just a pitcher, but I'm assuming better grip helps you swing harder. So he's looking for some fair balance here between pitchers and hitters. He said the umps conduct numerous hand checks on pitchers throughout the game game for sticky substances. He's not saying he specifically said, not looking to bring back some sticky stuff. But we still want to have that better grip just like the batters.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

That's called cheating. And everything that they did with the bat is legal on every level. Stop comparing it with steroid usage and anything like that. Pine tar is also a legal substance since the beginning of time of baseball. So to all of a sudden expect pitchers to be allowed to use spider tack or pine tar or anything, a foreign substance on a ball just to balance out the torpedo bat. It's just silly talk.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, agreed. I think it's.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I think it's weak. You know what, I think it's sort.

[Bob Pittman]

Of weak too because there's still this misconception by some bozos that the Yankees or anyone for that matter is doing anything wrong. You know who I feel bad for the most? Not the Yankees, not the creators of the torpedo bat. I feel bad for all the parents. These like overzealous travel baseball teams. Every little kid's probably like, I need a torpedo bat. I need a torpedo bat.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

You know, there's a speculation. You know how they gave credit to that? The physicist that designed it, Lenny Easton, had a version of a torpedo bat years ago.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah. The more you're seeing things, it was like under our nose the whole time.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Right. All right, let's see. I mean, it's in full swing, so we'll go to March Madness. It can be quite a time for college hoops fans, but not so great for their relationships. I know, pretty obvious there, but in a recent survey of a thousand couples, apparently 28% of fans have said that fights have been started because of the tournament. As far to go as far as one sportsbook Betty Bet Us is offering the College Basketball Championship 2025 Prenuptial Agreement. Might be a bit late for that that but the Hoops in Harmony contract has couples decide how many games they're allowed to watch. Each party has to agree to coordinate viewing schedules, prioritize shared activities and responsibilities. And apparently among the Gen Z range, which is 18 to 24, they 1 in 4 have said they've thought about ending their relationship because of the tournament. 26 of couples say that watching habits, sports watching habits are relationship Deal breaker. And people and how they feel neglected during games. And 24% of men are unwilling to budge on their viewing habits. So not in a great time for dating, midweek or major?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Well, in the grand scheme of relationships, it's major, but I think the story's kind of mid because I think young people, you said from the ages of 18 to 24, they're willing to break up over anything. Relationships don't matter.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, my gosh. They gave me the ick.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, they're so fickle. If someone blows their nose the wrong way, they have to move on because they can't get past it. So I'm not surprised by this.

[Bob Pittman]

Now, this is weak sauce, first of all.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, but it is major that relationships.

[Bob Pittman]

Can'T withstand anything if you're fighting over, like, every March Madness game. And guess what? Get a life. Honestly, get a life. I do think you have to date someone a full calendar year before you marry them, because I think. I think you do need to see their habits.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

But how about this?

[Julie Swear Binks]

When you're, like, vetting someone to date, hey, do you like March Madness? Do you like sports? If they say yes, then that's a good starting point.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah. Ashton Genty. I want to put that conversation off till tomorrow because the draft is in three weeks.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

In the meantime, you could check out Ashton Genty and see how. How stacked this dude is. Five foot nine, full of muscle, as.

[Bob Pittman]

Danny and others have described, the possible speed of a McCaffrey with the muscles of a DK Metcalf. So we'll talk draft and some. Some prospects tomorrow.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And again, the rumor is Raiders.

[George M. Johnson]

Raiders. Yeah, well, the story was about the. The general manager's son and what he said.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, well, we'll get to that tomorrow. I don't want to rush that. But in. In honor of the late, great Val Kilmer, could we just go around the room? And when I say Val Kilmer, I. I thought it was interesting that every obituary led with something different, like the New York Times. Val Kilmer. Come on, Batman. You know, the New York Post might have said Top Gun. Someone else said, you know, for playing Jim Morrison, when I say Val Kilmer, what do you think of man? I think Iceman, Top Gun. That's like.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

To me, I think his most famous role was in Tombstone, personally. But I think of the Doors because it was always crazy, uncanny for me to see not only the performance, but just how much he looked like Jim Morrison and became Jim Morrison. Like, he looked more like Jim Morrison than Jim Morrison to me. Like, when I think of that Doors poster and album cover. I think of Val Kilmer's face.

[Bob Pittman]

I hate to say this, I've never seen that movie.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Yeah, he did a great job to.

[Bob Pittman]

Me, to me, I think Iceman and I think how even when he was sick at the end, he was in the new Top Gun Maverick movie and he had a pretty cool moment there with Tom Cruise. So I think Iceman and I also think Batman.

[George M. Johnson]

I think of him as an action star, actually. Late 80s. A movie we had on a VHS tape that we wore out. Willow.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh no, that's right. Anything come to mind for you? Heat and the Saints.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

I love Saints Shoe.

[Julie Swear Binks]

Great movie.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

So many great movies.

[Julie Swear Binks]

I'm gonna go way back. The film, real genius. Good one. Where he was in college. He was like a smart guy. The guy from White Lotus is in that movie.

[Bob Pittman]

All right, I got mine. Yeah, what you got?

[Julie Swear Binks]

Sam with Michael Douglas. The Ghost and the Darkness. Excellent movie.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

See, that means so many. And if you want to chime in with yours, hit us up. Ovinonerch. We actually posted a picture of us with him.

[Bob Pittman]

All right, we'll see you tomorrow. Arrivederchie, baby.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

See you in the promised land.

[Bob Pittman]

My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention. This is a story about radical nuns.

[George M. Johnson]

In combat boots and wild haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in.

[Bob Pittman]

A hell bent effort to sabotage a war. J. Edgar Hoover was furious. He was out of his mind and he wanted wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees. Listen to Divine intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everyone?

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Julie Swearbinks here along with former NHL player Nate Thompson. We're doing a new podcast together. Here we go.

[Bob Pittman]

The name Energy Line with Nate and jsb.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Each week we'll get together and talk about hockey life. All topics are fair game, right?

[Bob Pittman]

Exactly.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

And you'll never know who will drop by to join us. Julie is pretty well connected. She has text threads going that you wouldn't believe. Listen to Energy Line with Nate and.

[Bob Pittman]

JSB on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. If you truly believe in liberation, if you have to cover everybody. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a best selling author with the second most banned book in America. In this week's episode of my new podcast, Fighting Words, I talk with the iconic actress Gabrielle Union about some of her pivotal roles and how to be a good parent in the face of today's backlash against black and queer communities.

[George M. Johnson]

If you are more concerned about what.

[Bob Pittman]

Your fellow racists think about you, you've already lost. Listen to Fighting words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new.

[Brendan Patrick Hughes]

Season of my Pod Math and stories.

[Bob Pittman]

From the frontiers of marketing. I'm having conversations with some folks across a wide range of industries to hear how they reach the top of their fields and the lessons they learned along the way that everyone can use. I'll be joined by innovative leaders like Chairman and CEO of Elf Beauty, Tarang Amin, legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist Jewel Being a rock star is very fun, but helping people is way more fun. And Damian Maldonado, CEO of America. I figured out the formula. I just have to work hard then that's magic. Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math and the ever important creative spark, the magic. Listen to math and Magic on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[George M. Johnson]

This is Mel Reed, LPGA Tour winner.

[Bob Pittman]

And six time Lady Jupine Tour winner and Kyra K. Dixon, NBC Sports Reporter and host.

[George M. Johnson]

And we've got a new podcast, Quiet.

[Bob Pittman]

Please with Mel and Kira. We are bringing you spicy takes on sports and pop culture, some interviews with incredible people who have figured out how to make golf their superpower and iheart WINS Sports Production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment.

[George M. Johnson]

You can find us on iHeartRadio app.

[Bob Pittman]

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

[George M. Johnson]

Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports.