Duke's all-time choke vs. UConn in Elite 8, Tiger Woods arrested, Will Wade to LSU | 03.30

Summary

The Right Time with Bomani Jones
Episode: Duke's All-Time Choke vs. UConn in Elite 8, Tiger Woods Arrested, Will Wade to LSU
Date: March 30, 2026
Host: Bomani Jones
Co-Host: Ryan Brumbley

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into a wild weekend in sports, including Duke’s epic collapse against UConn in the Elite Eight, Tiger Woods’ recent DUI arrest, and the controversies surrounding Will Wade's return as LSU basketball coach. Bomani Jones and Ryan Brumbley blend sharp analysis, personal anecdotes, and trademark humor, also digging into coaching characters, name trends, college basketball culture, and more. Listener voicemails fuel lively side discussions on everything from youth sports to infamous name mix-ups.

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Major Segments & Key Discussion Points

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1. Duke’s “All-Time Choke” vs. UConn in the Elite Eight

• Initial Reaction
  • Bomani opens by roasting Duke fans after their stunning 15-point halftime lead dissipates and UConn snatches victory with a last-second, deep three from "White Braylon".
  • “After they blew that 15 point lead at halftime… I hit you. And I was like, yo, UConn letting us down… And then widdle by widdle, chip here, chip there, dink, ding, ding… Duke lost.” (01:25)
• The Logo Shot & “White Braylon”
  • The game turns on a “ridiculous” deep shot:
    • “He hit that shot. That was a ridiculous shot.” (02:37)
    • Differentiating “regular Braylons” versus “White Braylons”:
      “White Braylons, they from the wrong side. Like a different kind of wrong side of the tracks… If he is not actually White Braylon, I apologize.” (03:00)
• Coaching, Youth, and Pressure
  • Analysis of John Shire’s post-Krzyzewski tenure and the pressures on young players in high-stakes moments:
    • “You have to give a certain measure of blame to the coach when you blow a 15 point lead. …But man, you don't really see that much high level basketball with a dude getting trapped in the middle of the floor like that.” (07:11)
• March Madness Feel
  • Bomani and Ryan agree this year’s NCAA Tournament feels genuinely exciting—especially buzzer-beaters and emerging legends, which maintain the "college basketball charm" even in the NIL era.
    • “There’s an emotional resonance to the whole game of college basketball that is different than it’ll be in the NBA.” (10:23)
• Coaches as Characters
  • Praise for the return of big personalities like Dan Hurley and Kim Mulkey, with Bomani noting:
    • “We need these characters to make the game go… players as characters in a certain way… You don’t want them to seem like they’ve done this before.” (13:12)
• Duke’s Recent Collapses
  • Four last major losses with >95% win probability; Bomani jokes, “God don’t like ugly.” (16:02)

Timestamps:

• [01:25–16:00] Main Duke/UConn recap and cultural commentary

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2. Tiger Woods’ Arrest & Legacy

• Public Reaction to Tiger
  • Bomani notes that the public responds to Tiger’s 2026 DUI with a blend of hostility and disappointment, not typical for other aging athletes.
    • “Tiger’s being treated like he’s somebody who’s wasting his potential still… it’s like, yo, you think Tiger’s going to play in the Masters? As if he has a chance...” (15:25)
• Diagnosing the “Lost Soul” Narrative
  • Drawing on Tiger’s biography and Wright Thompson’s Navy SEAL piece, Bomani describes Tiger’s lifelong search for identity and purpose, especially post-injury and as his playing days fade:
    • “He just always been a little lost in trying to find himself… at this point in his life, he can’t even really play golf, which was the one place where he knew exactly who he was.” (18:48)
• Painkillers and Sympathy
  • Speculates Tiger may be struggling with painkiller addiction after years of brutal injuries—touching on the broader theme of pain, masculinity, and societal judgment.
    • “There are very few people who catch DUIs ...who don’t have a larger problem… if Tiger Woods was addicted to pain medication, which would make him like a significant number of people in this country.” (23:20)
• Empathy over Judgment
  • Bomani calls for compassion:
    • “This is, to me, a man who is clearly in some combination of physical, mental and emotional pain. And I think that this is a reflection of that more than anything else.” (25:10)

Timestamps:

• [16:00–25:30] Tiger Woods’ saga: sympathy, pain, and public perception

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3. Will Wade Returns to LSU

• Recapping Will Wade’s “Redemption Arc”
  • From NCAA infractions and FBI wiretaps ("strong ass offer") to bouncing through McNeese State and NC State, Will Wade “returns home” to LSU as the college basketball landscape changes.
    • “He would count as the back portion... Will Wade was a coach at LSU, he got caught on FBI wiretaps... But anyway, he’s there. Then he gets the job at NC State. And see, NC State always in a tricky position…” (30:42)
• NC State as a Stepping Stone
  • The hosts lampoon the idea that only NC State didn’t see Wade’s LSU move coming:
    • “The only people who didn’t know this were the people at NC State… at every turn he was telling them he’s not going to LSU.” (34:12)
  • Sleuthing fans identify Wade buying a house in Baton Rouge while still at NC State, signaling his plans weeks in advance.
• On Big Personalities at LSU
  • “You’re gonna have Lane Kiffin, Kim Mulkey and Will Wade in the same building. That is... you guys have decided to be the most obnoxious program in America, which, by the way, can be fun.” (36:45)
• Changing Nature of College Basketball
  • Shifting conference priorities, NIL, and how “paying players” shapes the demands on basketball coaches now versus decades past.
    • “The demands of being a basketball coach in the SEC are not nearly as bad as they used to be, because... it don't matter if your basketball team any good...” (37:08)

Timestamps:

• [30:24–38:14] Will Wade, LSU, and the new college hoops order

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4. Other Sports Headlines

• 49ers’ Injury Mysteries
  • Bomani reacts to reports about a supposed electrical substation next to San Francisco’s training facility, blamed by Internet theorists for the team’s run of injuries. The base point:
    • “Your players get hurt so much that people are looking outside for answers.” (38:14)
• Culture of Misinformation
  • The difficulty of discerning real from fake in today’s info overload, especially for young fans/players.
• NFL’s Response
  • San Francisco's investment in injury prevention staff, and how bizarre rumors can force official responses.

Timestamps:

• [38:14–41:00] 49ers substation conspiracy, NFL injuries, and digital misinformation

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5. HBCUs: An Edge for Black Alumni Health

• Study Shows Cognitive Health Benefits
  • Recent research found Black adults who attended HBCUs have better memory and cognitive function than counterparts from predominantly white institutions.
    • “After I graduated from Clark Atlanta… I spent two years there… we had a much better time over there than they were having there… So, no, it does not surprise me. Them schools be…” (41:00)
• Personal Anecdotes
  • Bomani reflects on his own college trajectory, differentiating the mental burden for Black students at PWIs vs. HBCUs, and attributes the latter's positive findings to a less stressful environment.

Timestamps:

• [41:00–43:08] HBCUs and Black student well-being

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Notable Quotes & Moments

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• Bomani on March Madness magic:
  “It still looked like a game that was being played by people who were engaging in the coolest thing that they were ever going to do.” (10:36)
• Ryan: “You just want to be better… there's no explanation for why we can't be better. All of those things. Totally get it.” (33:03)
• On tracking the Will Wade/LSU saga:
  “There’s reason to believe that Will Wade put... got under contract on a house February 23rd.” (35:01)
• On NCAA hypocrisy:
  “Whether or not you thought amateurism was important, it was a lynchpin of what they sold... the idea that these guys are in it for the love of the game was huge.” (11:05)
• On names and culture:
  • Long riff on “old person” names shifting each generation and the shared experience of “black names” showing up across cultural lines, sparking entertaining sidebars. (04:41 and 55:16)
• On Tiger’s addiction and empathy:
  “I would not be surprised if Tiger Woods was addicted to pain medication, which would make him like a significant number of people in this country.” (23:20)
• On conspiracy culture in the NFL:
  “People are asking me... but I got pretty good powers of discernment. I can't imagine what it's like for kids... being so inundated with information that they have no idea how to tell.” (38:54)

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Listener Voicemails & Lightning Round (43:08–End)

• Joel Anderson: Certified Hater
  • Listeners and fellow podcasters agree on Joel’s “hater” credentials; Bomani and Ryan humorously unpack the ongoing joke.
    • “He said he just had to do it. And by the way, all his points were valid. I agreed with every word that he had to say. But he says it’s my fault.” (45:20)
• Private Equity in Youth Sports
  • Critique of youth sports commercialization—Bomani:
    • “What has private equity made better? ...Sports will not long be a way for people to flip their economic fortunes in this country as they have been previous.” (47:37)
• Should a Black fan root for Duke?
  • Universally agreed: “Yes, there’s something wrong with it. But luckily the point is moot because they lost.” (49:47)
• Dewey, the Inspirational Quadruple Amputee
  • Hilarious, heartfelt breakdown of local legend Dewey and his various accomplishments, including bowling leagues.
    • “Now I understand why people’s writing articles about him... That boy Dewey.” (52:16)
• Name Roulette at The Casino
  • Entertaining calls about white folks with stereotypically Black names, sparking stories about cultural assumptions and regular surprise.
    • “You understand what time it is here. You know what I’m saying? Like, wow, what a time. What a time.” (56:08)

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Conclusion

This episode was a rollercoaster of analysis, humor, and genuine cultural observation. Bomani and Ryan keep the conversational energy high, taking listeners from NCAA heartbreak and redemption arcs, to broader topics about pain, identity, and community. Between name jokes and NCAA hot takes, the central message remains: sports are intertwined with society’s deepest questions—about money, race, aging, mental health, and why we root the way we do.

Recommended Segments:

• [01:25–16:00] — Duke vs. UConn breakdown
• [16:00–25:30] — Tiger Woods’ challenges and public perception
• [30:24–38:14] — The Will Wade/LSU sage
• [43:08–End] — Listener voicemails: names, youth sports, and Black college life

Signature Quote:
"God don't like ugly." — Bomani Jones, on Duke's string of miraculous losses (16:02)

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For New Listeners

Even if you missed the games or recent news, Bomani’s humor, perspective, and the show’s vibrant flow make this a can’t-miss listen for sports fans and cultural critics alike.

Transcript

[Bomani Jones]

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[Ryan Brumbley]

Duke lost in embarrassing fashion.

[Bomani Jones]

Yo, yo, yo, hold on, hold on. Not just embarrassing fashion. The most embarrassing fashion possible when you think about it, if you are a Duke, right? They lost on a play that seemed to be a demonstration of weak will and poor fundamentals, which is getting trapped in the middle of the floor. And then the younger boozer gave up the booty, right? Couldn't throw the ball over the trap. It got deflected. And then Duke took the L when White Braylon hit A shot from the logo.

[Ryan Brumbley]

35 footer.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. Not just any logo. That big ass NCAA logo. There's barely any. Any wood spots on the floor. With all the they got on the floor. He hit that shot. That was a ridiculous shot. That was people like ice water in his veins. That was not that broken blocks. No, that was not ice water. That was a hot potato. Like, oh. Like, it wasn't. Like, he got it. Like, cave turned his shoulder squared off. He got it. He dropped his feet back to where it was. He plugged that thing halfway there. I was like, oh, snap, it's going in. That was before I even knew his name was White Braylon. I don't feel like Duke would take all the white Braylon. Like, I know they done got around to regular Braylons, but white Braylons, they from the wrong side. Like a different kind of wrong side of the tracks. You understand what I mean? I don't know nothing about that boy, by the way, except he's from some little town in Indiana. If he is not actually White Braylon, I apologize. I have not bothered to Google up his parents. But, like, white Braylon is another step, right? Like, I think Ryan just took himself off the screen so he could get on the case. I was. I was looking at his hair. I won't tell you the other thing I was going to say. But anyway, whoo, boy, that was fun. That felt good. I was so glad that game was not, like, at 11:00 o' clock at night, because I might have woke up one of my neighbors and I try to be a good neighbor, you know what I'm saying? I don't do that. I can't believe that way I was out here rooting for Danny Hurley. Danny Hurley is not my type of hype in about eight different ways, man. Listen, that they was losing that game so bad at halftime, I was like, he better go in there and fire they ass up. That's right. Yeah, dude. Do what it takes, you know what I'm saying?

[Ryan Brumbley]

Apparently they did Josh and Katie Mullins. I think we can go.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah, I think we're. I think we're safe. I mean, I'd like to know the other names that were on the list, right? Like, when you want to. With a White Braylon, I'm like, so I guess. I guess Andre is an old people's name now.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

So, like, like, there's all kinds of those days, like, like Andre Kareem, right? Like, I think they. They are. They are the new Buellas, right? They're the new Gertrudes. They're. They're the new Daves that have just got, like, Earl.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah. There's kind of, you know, gone in the ether as the generations passed.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. It was really weird that you look up one day and it's like, yo, this is an old person name now.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

So maybe that's the case, but I don't know. I want to know what other names they were thinking before they settled on Braylon. And good thing if he. Good thing, he could hoop. In fact, I bet that did great things for him in the hoop thing, where. I mean, I didn't know people got access to video and everything, but when they reading down the list of who the players are and you hear that the boy Braylon is out here killing it, you're like, oh, shit, let me get a look at him. You know what I'm saying? And they don't even know. Like, it's the people that probably showed up to get a look at his game that wouldn't have done so otherwise you. If his name was. I don't even know what counts as a white person name anymore.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Brandon. I don't know. Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

I don't know. Yeah. I think there are both ways.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. I mean. I mean, Brandon Ingram is brand.

[Ryan Brumbley]

That's true. Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

Went to Duke status. Still the most unlikely occurrence.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes.

[Bomani Jones]

Of my entire life. And I've seen Donald Trump get elected twice. You understand what I'm saying? Like. Like, like, like, this is. Oh, boy. Never saw it. Never saw a comment. Never saw it coming. But anyway, man, I don't even know. Like, I. I don't know if I got some analysis for you. It's been a really. I will say this, it has felt like a very exciting NCAA Tournament. My brother and Vinnie had come over to the crib. We were watching games on Saturday night, and we were talking about just how exciting the tournament has been. And my brother said he feels like he says that every year. And, Ryan, that's interesting to me because I actually don't feel like I say that every year. Like, I think most years have some potential. But, like, even that Illinois Iowa game, it wound up being a spread, but I was a really good, like, entertaining

[Ryan Brumbley]

game to watch and also creating new characters. I mean, that Iowa coach that's come out of nowhere who's like, you know.

[Bomani Jones]

Yes.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Like the Big Tens, like, dominance of all sports since nil. I mean, speaking of Michigan, whoa, boy,

[Bomani Jones]

they beat the brakes off Tennessee. And I had sent you a text during the day, and I was like, am I going to have to do something about how Rick Barnes actually turned into a good coach. Well, I mean, I could, but I don't have to.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah, we don't have to anymore. And speaking of coaches who are struggling in these tournament rounds, John Shire.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah, my one of my good buddies said, what are we going to admit? That Josh Shire simply has warning track power. And I don't feel like we could. I mean, I don't know what. Yes, you have to give a certain measure of blame to the coach when you blow a 15 point lead.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes.

[Bomani Jones]

Right. But what happened at the end of that game, at least it felt to me was just kind of, ah, college students, college freshmen, no less, moment got a little bit too big for him. But man, you don't really see that much high level basketball with a dude getting trapped in the middle of the floor like that. Like, I get why, why he would not want to throw it back.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Right.

[Bomani Jones]

Under any circumstance. If we can just get this ball across half court, we're straight. But there was at no point in that possession did I think that the way it was going to go is that the ball was going to go the other way right from where it went. Like, I didn't, I did not think.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Especially on like the fourth pass.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah, I didn't think right.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Someone, occasionally, someone, you know, steals the inbounds or something gets deflected there as a five second. But that turn of events almost never happened.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah, I didn't think that. I did not think they were going to force a turnover. And as we're sitting here, buddy of mine, buddy Jason Text, that said the difference between comedy and tragedy is who it happens to

[Ryan Brumbley]

correct.

[Bomani Jones]

So real.

[Ryan Brumbley]

I mean, coming up later in the show, Tiger woods, man, look, I got

[Bomani Jones]

so loud when the shot went in, I, I could. And then I turned conspiracy brother because it was 0.3 seconds on the clock. And then they put it to 04 because as you know, you cannot do catch and shoot on point, but you can on point four. Like, there they go.

[Ryan Brumbley]

You see how they do it?

[Bomani Jones]

There they go. That's, that's, that, that's the shit. That's what we be talking about. See that, that's what they do. That's what they do. But yeah, no, that was, that was a really good, I mean, tournament. All good with me. I mean, honestly, to me, that was like the championship game. No, I mean, I guess, I guess I could watch the final four. It's, it's, it's, it's an option I have.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Right.

[Bomani Jones]

I don't Know, but we gonna see. But shout out to Illinois. You know what I'm saying? The, the, the, the. The. Their. Mary Band of Eastern Europeans getting it done. They look really happy, too.

[Voicemail Callers]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

Like, I will say that something that I do think counts and applies when it comes to college basketball, and that will not change, even with the money, apparently, is the ages, by and large, of the players. Now, of course, we, you know, we got some dudes like that dude that Michigan got who apparently is almost a pharmacist.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

At this point. But. And maybe I'm just reaching that age, but them boys at Illinois, when they won that game and they, you know, with the coach and everything, it still looked like what you'd idealistically like for college basketball to look like. And I do think that when you watch these games, like, up through your 20s and maybe even your early 30s, it doesn't hit the same as it does once. You're literally twice as old as the guys who are out there. And now they, like, you do really start seeing, like, the youthful aspect of all of this.

[Ryan Brumbley]

They just start to look younger and younger and younger.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. But there's an emotional resonance to the whole game of college basketball that is different than it'll be in the NBA. And even if these guys are getting money, this is still, for a bunch of them, the coolest shit that they're ever going to do in their lives.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes. Even a stage they're going to be on, by far.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. And even if they got a bunch of money in their pockets over it, it's still the coolest shit that they've ever done. And it still looked like a game that was being played by people who were engaging in the coolest thing that they were ever going to do. And again, maybe this is simply a perspective that I had to age into, but there is a charm to that. And I have been a person who has said the player should absolutely get paid. Right. But it was going to make things a little bit less fun.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Right.

[Bomani Jones]

There was no way around that. So, like, for example, Darren Peterson was unaffected by losing in the second round of that game in a way that I don't think happens in a world before all this money. I just, as somebody who clearly cares about winning and stuff like that. Right. Like, I don't. I don't think that's how that winds up going. But I did. I saw this also with the Michigan guys. After they won, I didn't really get a chance to watch the Kentucky, the UConn celebration because I was too busy Having one of my own. But, you know, I imagine that they was over there, like pretty happy too. It does still feel like the NCAA tournament, which is very important for the ncaa. I have understood more than I think most people who share my views do. The reason that they kind of viewed all this money as an existential threat to the game, because it was counter to the branding that they had sold. Like, whether or not you thought amateurism was important, it was a lynchpin of what they sold. And the idea that these guys are in it for the love of the game was huge. And they are clearly not just in this for the love of the game. They might love it too. But this is not. This is not a noble spartan pursuit at this point. But it still felt like it with these games at the end, it still felt like it with these buzzer beaters that we saw. And that's important for all these parties involved, that it still feels that way because otherwise the basketball simply is not good enough to support this without the trappings that are around it. Like that big boy Reed that played for Yukon, it was amazing. He had great footwork, he had great post moves, but he could never get it done. On the first one they was like, goddamn, just go up. Nope, I got a dream shake a couple more times. And then eventually he'd always get there. But it was just like, oh, yeah, that's right. These guys aren't that good at basketball. It's just fun to watch them play it.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Right. Do you think part of that is the characters of the coaches kind of reemerging themselves? Obviously Rick Pitino made a big run. Calpari went far. Dan Hurley is now becoming moving up in the ranks of great college basketball coaches.

[Bomani Jones]

Yes, it helps. It helps. I mean, look, I was thinking about this and we'll talk a little bit more about Ryan's messy ass school in a little bit.

[Ryan Brumbley]

We'll get there.

[Bomani Jones]

But I am a person who does not. I'm a person who loves Kim Mulkey because I love that Kim Mulkey exists. Not because I agree with Kim Mulkey on a bunch of things or whatever it is. I love the fact that she exists. I love the fact that she'd be out there wearing them crazy get ups. Yeah, I love how obnoxious she is about her political views and the things she says at the daisy, stuff like that. Because we need more of those. That is the thing with Dan Hurley. Dan Hurley has taken it upon himself to be like, there aren't that many full on left. He's out there asking referees if they want Lasik. Yeah, like, he's like. Like he's a fan. Like, he's heckling the refs. Dude, you can't do that. What are you talking about? But we need. These characters are necessary to make this game go. The players as characters in a certain way. We don't. You don't want them to see. Seem like they've done this before. You don't want it, and it doesn't look like that. And again, this is a huge nail in the coffin for the ncaa, because I thought they were right in believing that that would be affected or changed by all this. But, no, actually, it has not. And maybe, if we're being honest, I think that's true. Though I could be wrong just because I'm so, so happy that Duke lost. Listen to this. Listen to this. Man just sent me a text. The homie Jason. So Duke has had the last four losses, which goes into last season because this is only the third loss they had this year. This was the peak in game win probability for those last four losses in the final four. Against Houston in 2025. 97.5. December 2025. Against Texas Tech, 97.8. February against Carolina, 95.1. Today against UConn, 98.7. And I'm not like about that. Church life just never really been my bag. However, it's clear that there's only one reasonable explanation for that. God don't like ugly. Tiger Woods. I was at a memorial service on Friday when the word came down to Tiger Woods. I got busted for dui, and I'm there, and somebody who had previously been very invested in Tiger woods just loudly says, man, fuck him. I was like, whoa. Like, the. The news of Tiger Getting this DUI, like, it's interesting because Tiger's 50 years old, but you normally see that sort of hostility. And he's not the only person that had such a feeling. And maybe I think a certain part of that is the stigma that's associated with dui. But it's like Tiger's being treated like he's somebody who's wasting his potential still, because that's the thing that normally brings it out of people. I had a conversation with my good buddy Michael Collins the other day, and we were talking about the fact that people still think Tiger woods can win golf tournaments, right? He's 50 years old. He's got all these issues and everything else, and it's like, yo, you think Tiger's going to play in the Masters? As if he has A chance to play. Like Nobody cared in 1992 if Jack Nicklaus was going to play in the Masters. Like, oh, he's going to play. We're going to watch. Right. But that's how it feels like people view tigers like, oh, we still think that he can win this or whatever. And so therefore, when he has these things happen, the thought is he's, it's. The thought is in line with his recklessness and his selfishness. Right. I not inclined to go there. Now, an important detail is I haven't read any of these books that are about Tiger woods and are like. Or even I did not read that really lengthy Wright Thompson story. Did you read that one about Tiger and the Navy SEAL stuff?

[Ryan Brumbley]

I also read the. The unauthorized biography that came out about five years ago.

[Bomani Jones]

Okay. So I know the right Thompson beast. That's the one about him trying to be a Navy SEAL and all stuff. Right. And so it's kind of his 30s were spent kind of chasing these hyper masculine pursuits.

[Voicemail Callers]

Right.

[Bomani Jones]

Many of which messed up his body. Like, is that a fair characterization?

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes. Yeah. Messed up his back and his knees. Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

And then I guess he was 34 in 09 or right around 34 because his birthday is at the very end of the year when he crashed the car in the driveway and all of these things. Um, but I saw somebody who was just like, I forget what they said about his 20s and his 30s was, you know, chasing these macho things or whatever. And then, you know, it gets to the 40s. And I think I understand wanting to dismiss him because of, you know, like the idea of that simple sort of masculinity. I understand why people think it's stupid, but I also understand why somebody would chase it, you know, because in the end, man, as stupid, as silly as people think that macho stuff is, man, macho dudes who pull it off, they test really well, People really like them, including the people that claim they think

[Ryan Brumbley]

is stupid and they achieve a lot of great things that other people don't.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah, yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's a thing. I get why one would chase it, especially somebody like him who, for what we do, for what you can know about him without having read all the books and read all the articles, he just always been a little lost in trying to find himself. Right. Like that, that Campbell, that camp, that's a lost person trying to find himself. And at this point in his life where he can't even really play golf, which is the one place where he knew exactly who he was. He was Tiger Woods. You can't even really do that. Like, the fact that Tiger woods is out there on that. That virtual golf shit they be showing. You see that y. The fact that he participates in this. Yeah.

[Ryan Brumbley]

I mean, he's a big part of the reason he exists.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. This is kind of beneath you. Except golf. It's. It's the place where he gets it. It's the place where he knows. And so the idea that he wouldn't know what to do with himself makes sense. Right. Like, I would if I had to guess the biggest reason. LeBron James still playing basketball because what else he gonna do? And you. And we can have all our arguments about you could run a business, you could do this, you could do that. All these things that we could say. But nothing else in the world is going for. LeBron James is going to feel like LeBron James feels playing basketball. You know, like. And I'm not saying LeBron doesn't know who he is because I think he has a much clearer sense of who he is. Right. And his. His role and stuff. I think he's very aware of those things. I don't. He is. He is not a lost soul in the way that I feel that Tiger woods has been a lost soul. But Alan Shipnuk, the golf rider, I don't know if you saw the tweet that he put out about the car wreck Tiger had in California five years ago. Yes. And the big point that he made was that that was not. That was not a wreck that you get in because you fell asleep like the accelerator was down. There are different questions to ask about what. Remember when Junior say y' all had that car wreck Right. Now, Junior Seow, I think we can safely say, especially considering, you know, how things ended for him, Junior Seow was trying to kill himself. I am not comfortable saying that Tiger woods is trying to kill himself. I'm just telling you that the. The way that he described that accident, that was. This is a man with problems, I guess, is what I'm saying. And I'm not so inclined to chastise people with problems. Now, I also think that it became clear and we'll see what it all shakes out. If Tiger woods was impaired, he blew a 000 on the breathalyzer, which is to say if he was impaired, it was from pills. And he refused to take a urine test. It was from pills. And I will point this out. I've had multiple people make this point that I'm about to make. That they from personal experience would not wish back pain upon their worst enemy. And that back pain has made them sincerely think about killing themselves. Like the level of back pain that we're talking about and all these back surgeries that he's had. And I didn't realize this, Ryan, that there is, there's a school of thought where there are like questions about whether back surgery is a scam.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes.

[Bomani Jones]

Like which, whoa, boy, what a terrible scam, terrible con that would be to play on me. Right, right. Like, oh my God. But imagine being lost in everything else and then you have all this back pain which certainly sends you to taking these pills. Cause Tiger woods, don't he seem like he's too square to, you know, smoke weed?

[Ryan Brumbley]

I mean, you can see it. You can see it by the way he's been walking. Yeah. For five, he walks like a seven year old football player. Yes. Like, it is like he is in pain every moment of his life.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. And so my inclination is not. My inclination about DUI is typically not to judge as quickly as others. And I get why people do. But I also think that some of that judgment or the inclination to do so has a lot to do with our society's difficulty figuring out how it actually feels about alcohol. Right, right. I don't need, as a non drinker, I don't need to find these ways to try to rationalize the presence of alcohol and that when people do dumb things because they've been using alcohol, it's not the alcohol's fault, it's a personal responsibility shit. Right. Like, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't have to try to square all these ideas at the same time. I can look at it. And what I can look at it though and say is there are very few people who catch DUIs, like outside of Scottsdale, Arizona, where they just give everybody a DUI. Maricopa County. Right. But there aren't that many people who are getting DUIs who don't have a larger problem, you know, and so from there, to me it's like, yes, obviously this person has done something that was selfish. They playing poorly, everything else. But it's more to it when it gets there with this. I would not be surprised if the answer was that Tiger woods was addicted to pain medication, which would make him like a significant number of people in this country. And I doubt that was something that he ever wanted to do if that's how it ended up. But I think it's very easy for us to understand how such a thing could happen. I mean, it happened to Prince, you know, like it's happened to so many people, you know, who at Prince had been a like basic teetotaler basically forever up until that point. Like, these things get people and they get a hold of them and they can even get a hold of Tiger woods and then if it gets a hold of him and then we talk about all the other compounding factors that come with it. Man, I just came away from that, like feeling bad for him, you know. So I don't know. I guess I'm not, I'm not saying that is any sort of like statement against anybody that views his situation judgmentally. At least that's not what I appear to. That's not what I want to do because I know how people could reach that conclusion. But I do think it's worth noting or worth looking at him is that even though this is a larger than life figure, this is to me a man who is clearly in physical, some, some combination of physical, mental and emotional pain. And I think that this is a reflection of that more than it is anything else. It's time to slide your glass slippers over your lucky socks and hope for a fairy tale ending. It starts when you put in $10 on FanDuel Predicts and we match it with a $10 bonus. Buckle up for the buzzer beaters that break brackets, shots that silence arenas and runs their rewrite history. Take a position on the spread, total points or the winning team. Follow the action in real time. March matchups are on FanDuel Predicts offered

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[Ryan Brumbley]

All right, Bo, if you haven't heard, Will Wade's gonna be the new basketball coach at LSU. He returns after spending 2017-2022 being, let's call it dismiss and disgrace, having two quick stops at McNee State and NC State in the meantime. Bo, what was your reaction to the story?

[Bomani Jones]

So this is like one of them things where, like if he was in the reefer business, how, like in New York with the reefer business, they giving jobs to all the people who they busted for reefer offenses back in the day as kind of like an equity situation, right? Is that all those guys that were caught up in that scandal that Will Wade got caught up in?

[Ryan Brumbley]

Rick Patino.

[Bomani Jones]

Rick Patino back at St. John's Will Wade got himself back up to NC State, like that would count as the back portion. What's my man's name? Sean Miller. He is at Texas. He went back to Xavier. He took a step down. But then after the world changed, everybody was kind of like, yeah, yeah, what are we talking about here right now? Is that going to apply to those assistants? All those, all those black guys? We will see. But for those of you who don't know, Will Wade was a coach at lsu, but he got caught on FBI wiretaps talking about the, quote, strong ass offer, unquote, that he had made to some player. LSU had to let him go. He was kind of lost in the hinterlands. And then he got a job at McNe State, which, by the way, five years of not working, go work at McNe State makes perfect sense, right? Like, I think that's a reasonable. You've learned your lesson. And. And he was playing the game like he wasn't doing anything that jumped out as being beyond the pale of what is actually accepted behavior there. But anyway, he's there. Then he gets the job at NC State. And see NC State always in a tricky position, man. Because I mean Ryan, you're an LSU guy. You watch. He appears to be a good coach. Is that fair to say?

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes. He certainly a better coach than they've had in a long time.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Certainly the best coach they've had and probably since Dale Brown. Yeah. Post Dale.

[Bomani Jones]

Okay. So I mean that's right. You guys had. John Brady was the immediate Postdale higher. Okay. Dale Brown's a very good man. So I'm not going to say what I was just about to say. But anyway, so NC State gets real weight, man. This dude, he taking pictures like that are like remakes of like Jim Valvano stuff.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

And all of this. And NC State's a really hard job. Like I'm trying to say this without joking on them and it's always so

[Ryan Brumbley]

easy to do, but I understand this is a feet of self control for you.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah, yeah. But no but I mean they're 20 minutes away from Carolina, 20 minutes away from Duke. Like they're in and look and used to be on par with those schools. They went on probation at the absolute worst time which was in the explosion of cable television changed college basketball. And that's when they got in trouble and they fell behind and they never caught up. And they just want to be better. Right. I don't think their fans are nearly as unrealistic as people make them out to be. They just want to be better. They're like there's no explanation for why we can't be better. All of those things. Totally get it. And they had Will Wade and it was looking for a while. Like guys, I think Will Wade is going to go back to lsu.

[Voicemail Callers]

Right.

[Bomani Jones]

And apparently the only people who didn't know this were the people at NC State in part because Will Wade at every turn was telling them he's not going to go back to lsu. And then LSU had already hired the athletic. Was it already hired the president from McNe State and then hired the athletic director.

[Ryan Brumbley]

I. So I'm lost in the deals but clearly went and got his guy from McNeese State. Yes.

[Bomani Jones]

Was that the president or the ad?

[Ryan Brumbley]

The ad.

[Bomani Jones]

Okay. So they went and got the ad and I think the president also came from McNeese.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

Everybody had a connection to Will Wade is my point. And then Will Wade after apparently the day before telling the AD at NC State just talking about what they were going to do. Then his agent let him know that he was leaving and it went back to lsu.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Send me emails, will Wade's not coming back.

[Bomani Jones]

And there were reports for days, will Wade's gonna go to lsu. The thing was, at that time, LSU had a coach.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

They had not fired their coach yet. And everybody knew that this was going to happen. And then the Internet got to sleuthing, and this is the most amazing one. There's reason to believe that Will Wade put. Got under contract on a house February 23rd.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes. This is. This is peak college. College message board stuff.

[Bomani Jones]

But he.

[Ryan Brumbley]

He.

[Bomani Jones]

He bought the house. Like this. This is. He bought the. He bought a house. I'm sorry, a house in Baton Rouge. Yeah, I didn't see specify that part. North Carolina State is in Raleigh, North Carolina. He put on the house on February 23rd.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Over a month ago.

[Bomani Jones]

Over a month ago. Over a month ago, he bought a house. And I want to look at this with my own eyes. And this is exactly how it went, Ryan. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. After that, NC State went 1 in 6.

[Ryan Brumbley]

So the players clearly knew they cleared.

[Bomani Jones]

And not just one in six. They lost by 29 to Virginia. They lost to an awful Notre Dame team. They lost by 29 to Duke. They lost to. Okay, Stanford wasn't awful, but they only lost to them by one point. Way to go. They beat Pitt. Good job. And then they lost to Virginia, and then they got to the first four, and then they lost again, coincidentally, their coach. By the way, this is coming off of beating the brakes off Carolina. And then coincidentally, it seems their coach bought a house in Baton Rood. In bed. LSU is looking. And look, I don't blame LSU on the Lane Kiffin thing. I don't think they did anything wrong. But they did hire Lane Kiffin.

[Ryan Brumbley]

You're gonna have something we mentioned earlier in the program. You're gonna have Lane Kiffin, Kim Mulkey and Will Wade in the same building.

[Bomani Jones]

That is that. This. This is LSU coaching right here. This is. This is. You guys have decided to be the most obnoxious program in America, which, by the way, can be fun. The. The. Here's the thing. I'd say, though, Lane Kiffin has to win.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes.

[Bomani Jones]

Will Wade simply needs to put forth a respectable product.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Correct? Correct. Like Will Wade has to make the tournament every couple of years.

[Bomani Jones]

Honestly, the demands of being a basketball coach in the SEC are not nearly as bad as they used to be, because it used to be important to have a good basketball team so that you could recruit. Now you just need to pay them. It don't matter if your basketball team any good or anybody's at the back, you know, Cause they take them to basketball games on the visit. Yeah, so like, Nick Saban was like, hey man, we got to get Alabama basketball back to what it used to be. We need to have a, a building that's popping. When we take the people, man, they like, how about we just give them some money? What you think of that?

[Ryan Brumbley]

You know how you get that money? By having a good football team.

[Bomani Jones]

That's it. There we go.

[Ryan Brumbley]

All right, let's move on to the NFL. John 49ers general manager John lynch has had to come out and, you know, debunk the rumors about the substation near the PRAC facility. Came out and said it was a big nothing burger. However, they have provided tangible steps to reduce future injuries. They've hired more PT on their staff, responding to bad reports from report cards from the NFL. Pa, Bo, what was your reaction to this news?

[Bomani Jones]

So I gotta say this about the, the, the, the substation thing because for people who don't know, there's a, there's a thought that there's some kind of electrical substation that's near the 49ers training facility and that, that the Internet has long said that's the reason why their players keep getting hurt so much. It's because it weakens their bones.

[Ryan Brumbley]

People are frightened of Bluetooth and these Wi Fi signals. Like that's not just these, like Christian McCaffrey was talking about. He has a, he has a switch in his house, turns the WI fi off at night.

[Bomani Jones]

Uh huh.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Like he's one of the like people, you know, they clearly had to get ahead of it because it got to the point where the players started to believe it.

[Bomani Jones]

Right. But I think this is the other part. Your players get hurt so much that people are looking outside for answers. That's my question, like, what is it about you guys where your guys seem to get hurt? And it's anecdotal. Like I haven't looked and done the test, you know, the, the done any like, quantitative testing on injuries, but it feels like their guys are always hurt in a league where everybody else is always hurt too, but it really feels like their guys are always hurt. So part of this is people don't know what to believe on the Internet because I have received a few is this real question mark texts about that one? But also, and I say this as a person with like, people are asking me But I got pretty good powers of discernment. I can't imagine what it's like for kids that have grown up in this world of just being so inundated with information that they have no idea how to tell. Right. Like, people who grow up in it, that's part of it. But the other part is y' all need to do something about the fact that people get hurt so bad so much for your team that people need explanations. Right?

[Ryan Brumbley]

Like, you know, if people like. And this is a story that was, like, started out as, like, a fun, silly thing in the middle of the season when some of these injuries started to pile up and has now gotten to the point where John lynch is having to have press conference, answer press conferences about it in March. Yes, yes.

[Bomani Jones]

Like, this is. Sigh.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Yes, there's a lot. It's a lot. It's a football story, it's an Internet story. There is a lot going on there. And finally, it turns out that attending an HBCU might be beneficial for your health. So a study sampled nearly 2,000 Black adults who attended college between 1940, 1980, 85 attended an HBCU, and those who attended one had better cognition. Amongst all three of those different time periods, HXU Black adults who attended an HBCU had better memory and better cognitive function than those who attended a pwi. Bo, what was your reaction to this news?

[Bomani Jones]

Hey, man, let me tell you something. After I graduated from Clark, Atlanta, wound up going to graduate school in Claremont, California. I had never heard of Claremont, California before when I got there, but I got there, and it was a consortium. I was a graduate school, but in a consortium of undergraduate institutions. And I' ma just tell you, man, I got off that plane, stayed in the hotel I went to. We were doing, like, an orientation for my program. And I just remember being there, and I was surrounded by, like, generally speaking, whiteness in a way that I had not in a very long time. And just kind of the vibes and the way I felt, people looking at me. And I just remember I left and I walked out and I saw a sign in front of a house. It said, the Office of Black Student Affairs. I walked in there, and they said, can I help you? And I was like, it just felt like I need to be here right now. You understand what I'm saying? I spent two years there, and I was around like, I was young enough still, like, kicking with the undergrads. And I'm looking at them and I'm like, you guys did this on purpose, huh? Like, it was so different than the world I had spent the previous four years in. And it was very clear to me that we had a much better time over there than they were having there. Then when I came to North Carolina and I was around those schools and I saw a level of alcohol consumption that I had never seen before when I got around those schools. I say all that to say I am not surprised at all that those numbers work out that way, because it really seemed like my black friends who went to white schools and had a whole lot more on their minds and a lot more to deal with than me and mine that was over here at these black schools, only to, by the way, typically end up with maybe similar outcomes, not necessarily superior. So, no, it does not. It does not surprise me. Them schools be. Hey, Dead Prez had a song about it, but them schools be driving y' all crazy. Keep up the fight, you know what I'm saying? Keep hope alive. I hear you.

[Ryan Brumbley]

All right, Bo. A lot of good voicemails this week. Start off with a favorite topic of the show.

[Voicemail Callers]

Hey, Bomani Jones, longtime listener, just calling in. Just wrapped up the episode of Van Lathan, and it is almost a little reassuring to hear that our good friend Joel Anderson is indeed the world's biggest hater. Know some haters, but you know that story Van Lazen told, and I was like, man, this dude. Oh, Mani ain't just ripping on him. He's just. He's just a born hater. Motivated, out of sight. I'm here for that 100 meter dash, that 40. Whatever I want to do. I think it'd be a great idea. Reminds me of the Ben Johnson Don Van Bailey situation. He's giving me Ben Johnson vibes. I feel if he's losing, he about to pull up, say his hanging hurts and whatnot. But, you know, I think it's vindication for you. Joel is a hater. We now know it. It has been confirmed across the world. Love the show. Keep hating. Keep doing your thing. Have a good day, man.

[Bomani Jones]

Yo, so I appreciate this, but I need you to understand something. First of all, I need Joel to understand. Ryan picked that, so you don't blame that on me. Number two, I need. Joel really believes that it's my fault. Like, he truly believes that.

[Ryan Brumbley]

If not for me, Van confirmed this independently. We did not ask.

[Bomani Jones]

Right, Right. Like everything. Joel took a video this weekend.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Oh, yeah.

[Bomani Jones]

Did you see it? Yes. Okay. For those of you. For those of you who did. I see this because they. They've been coming at Joel like they be coming at me about this Jay Z thing, right? I'm getting called all kind of Uncle Tom and fake black man and all of this stuff, right? Like, it is, it is wild. But anyway, they've been coming at Joel too, because Joel had some similar thoughts to thoughts that I had. They had Joel so heated that Joel was in the front seat of his car ashy, and he said he was

[Ryan Brumbley]

ashy with the baby in the back.

[Bomani Jones]

With no baby went in the back. The baby was in his lap and he, and he rolled for five minutes. And at the top of it, you know, these stereotypes that my friends Bomani Jones and Van Lathan have been stereotypes about him. Just think about that for a moment. A stereotype about one man. These stereotypes that Bomani Jones and Van Lathan saying about me about how I, you know, can't let us, you know, I gotta respond to every slight. But. And then he said he just had to do it. And by the way, all his points were valid. I agreed with every word that he had to say. But he says it's my fault.

[Ryan Brumbley]

I will say I, I, I, I love Joel. I love Joel on every pod he's on.

[Bomani Jones]

You didn't, you didn't do it.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Joel responding his critics. That's the podcast I enjoy the most, Joe. Joel going. I hate to make this comparison because it's going to make him very mad. Full Stephen, A yo that I hadn't thought about this.

[Bomani Jones]

We need to see Joe one of them suits and like a stack of funny money so that he could come out here and start throwing money on the ground when the time comes.

[Ryan Brumbley]

That's, that's, that's my favorite podcast that Joel's on. That's including.

[Bomani Jones]

Should I start, like, maybe I should do that once or twice to like entertain the fans or something, right? I just, I, nah, I won't.

[Ryan Brumbley]

All right, here's our next one.

[Voicemail Callers]

Hey, Bomani. This is Edmund in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm a fifth grade teacher and I watch my students engage in this horrible youth sports culture. And I was hanging with a friend of mine in Denver this past weekend. His sister is a big time player in wealth management in Denver and she was explaining to me that private equity is all over youth sports right now, investing into youth sports. And I just want to kind of hear your opinions on that. It did not surprise me at all because as you said on the podcast many times, what has private equity made better? Anyway, just love to hear what you think about it. Big fan of show.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah, my buddy Jay Caspian Kang of the New Yorker wrote A very interesting piece about this last June.

[Ryan Brumbley]

I think he has a book coming out.

[Bomani Jones]

Yeah. As I say, if I'm not mistaken, he is writing a book about this very topic. I think my thoughts on this are exactly what you would think that my thoughts were on this. That it's bad. But we're also seeing is. I mean, we see this playing out now. These games are being played by middle class and upper middle class kids more so like sports is. Sports will not long be a way for people to flip their economic fortunes in this country as they have been previous. Right. And this is. And I think this becomes a much more acute situation now that there's money to be made in college. Like there is room to create what is actually and truly generational wealth for a lot of people on a level playing field because of the money that's now there for playing college sports. But the same people that always got the money trying to figure out ways to keep it and to take it from other people now aren't they all

[Ryan Brumbley]

right, here's our next one.

[Voicemail Callers]

What's going on, Bo? I grew up playing soccer, attended a Division 1 school in the Carolinas in the late 2010s. College basketball was never top of my radar. My freshman year in College was 2013. Duke had a team that I was drawn towards, and I believe the starting five was all black. And I believe that year they won the national championship. I've never really had a team to pull for. I liked that Duke team. I tend to pay attention to them. I understand historically that's not really the team that I should ride with. Should I feel bad rooting for this Duke team?

[Bomani Jones]

Yes.

[Voicemail Callers]

To win a national championship? If I'm entirely off base here,

[Bomani Jones]

hell yeah. So what was it, the 99 team he said he rooted for before or the 2015?

[Ryan Brumbley]

I think it's a 2015 team.

[Bomani Jones]

They had Grayson Allen. I understand they starting fals off like, hey, Justice Winslow kicking people into. Was he stepping on people to kicking people in the nuts? He was doing something real dooky like. Like Graves at Allen hadn't even got his footing under him yet. To. To. To. To become that guy. Yes. Yes. The answer to your question is there's something wrong with it. But luckily the point is moot because they lost. They lost when White Braylon frantically heaved a three pointer from the logo and it went straight through your heart because Lil Boozer. Well, I have. Somebody hit me on the text. Booze and lose, baby. Booze and lose.

[Ryan Brumbley]

All right, here's our next one.

[Voicemail Callers]

Yo, Bomani. This is Nestor calling you from Maryland. So I live real close to DC, about 15 minutes away. But this boy Dewey, he's also from Maryland, but he's from Charles County, Maryland. So what you need to know about Charles county is people that are close to D.C. we said we need to catch a flight out to Charles County. Like, it's pretty far away. But my boy, he knew Dewey. And so this whole Dewey situation, you know, got. Got cracking. And so me and my boys, the group chat, we were like, yo, this boy from Maryland. This is crazy. This is that. And so, you know, I, I think that something you didn't touch on that needs to be kind of investigated is how did they handcuff my boy? And so one of my boys said, yo, I mean, they, they must have wrapped him up, you know what I mean, like a little burrito type, because you can't really put handcuffs on that boy. Another person said, yo, I mean, they caught him red handed, apparently. But all jokes aside, my. What's really interesting is one of my homies, the homie that lives in Charles county, told us that he, Dewey, was part of his bowling league. So not only was this quadruple amputee playing the bags, murdering people, but apparently he could also do a little bit of bowling. Love the show. Peace.

[Bomani Jones]

I'm not gonna lie. Dewey sounds like, legitimately inspirational. Like, if Dewey could, if Dewey could have just held it in the road, like, now I understand why people's writing articles about him. Like y' all keep talking about Jay Z talking about, I will not lose. Won't let nothing stop him. Look where he came. That boy, Dewey.

[Ryan Brumbley]

Are you saying Dewey pulled himself up by his own bootstraps?

[Bomani Jones]

Yes. Yes, I am. That's. That He's. That's America right there. Let me tell you what. I guarantee you Dewey wouldn't do. Do it either. Dewey wouldn't vote for no goddamn Democrats. I tell you that right now. Dewey. Dewey got himself where he was from, how he did and all this stuff. Let me tell you who ain't trying to hear none of your excuses. Dewey. Think how mad Dewey was when they wouldn't help him with the bite. If he's like, fine, I'll do it myself like I do everything else, because I do everything. You don't do everything. But I do.

[Ryan Brumbley]

You're saying Dewey wasn't asking for a handout?

[Bomani Jones]

I'm not going to break. Not gonna break.

[Ryan Brumbley]

I mean, if he was still out there, are you not concerned that he would be armed and dangerous?

[Bomani Jones]

He would be dangerous. He sure would.

[Ryan Brumbley]

All right, here's our last one.

[Bomani Jones]

Good job, though. Nice try.

[Voicemail Callers]

Hey, Bo, how's it going? This is Jason from Vegas, longtime listener. Ever since you got on around the horn, I've been following you reconfant all over the place. You know, I love what you do, and I appreciate it. So I'm calling because of funny names. So I work in a casino as a supervisor, and I had these two women sit down on my table, one black, one white, and they both hand me their player cards. Now, while the player cards are sitting on the table, so I go to swipe them in, and as I hand the cards back to them, I hand the car to the white girl, Martha. I hand the cards, the black girl, Tanisha. They look at me and they tell me, oh, you gave us the wrong cards. And I was like, excuse me. Yes. This white girl's name was Kanesha. K U N E F A Kanisha. That. That was one that drew me. I had another instance real quick, mega fast, where I had another little white girl sit down on the game. She handed me her players card. The name on the card was L A C R E I A. And I'm sitting here looking at this name like I know the same what I think it is. And I asked her, and I was like, miss, how do I say your name? She looked me ben face, and she said, my name is Lucretia. And I just started laughing about. I couldn't get over it. Another boyfriend looked at me and he's like, what's so funny? I was like, because that's a very black name for a very white girl. Anyway, Paul, love what you do. Appreciate it. Keep doing your thing.

[Bomani Jones]

First of all, boyfriend, why you asking questions? You know, what he answered to hasn't come up before you did the same thing. Man. I remember if I told you about this one, one of my partners, he might be listening. We never got around to talking about it, but we was out one night. I was out somewhere, and he was with this girl. And I had met her before, and he introduced me to her, and he was like, hey, this is Bomani. And she goes, hi, I'm Lakeisha. And I'm like, I'm sorry, what did you say? Lakeisha. Oh, nice to meet you. But that. What did you say? Was the most sincere thing I'd ever said in my life. Because it wasn't. Was no way. Was no way. And I'm like, damn, I bet you go through this every time. All right, this has to. This.

[Ryan Brumbley]

This has to come up regularly.

[Bomani Jones]

This is. Yeah, yeah. Like, you. You. You understand what time it is here. You know what I'm saying? Like, wow, what a time. What a time. But, ladies and gentlemen, thanks so much for joining us here on the Right time. We do this four days a week. Ryan Brumbley and everything behind the scenes. Thank you, sir. He hit the voicemail line. 323-5967-767. Remember, follow the right time. Subscribe like, rate us, review us, give us five stars. You only give us four stars. I'm inclined to believe you are a hater. We'll talk to you guys in a couple of days. Take it easy.