May 10, 2024 • 41 mins
C&R have fun talking a very New York Knicks team, & NBA MVP, Nikola Jokic! Why the sour-puss when hearing about award? "We want more!" Or, do you like Joker just being his true, boring self? The guys discuss sports talk.. is it the best small talk on the planet? Covino has a funny story about his dad trapped in a bad chit-chat situation. Plus, the guys take calls from all over the country!
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sports save the awkward moments in your life?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I'll explain.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I got a theory about sports and over promise two hours.
All right, Well, let's start with the Joker who plays
Tomorrow Night tonight.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's one of those nights where I was like, Oh,
it's tonight, the game n It's tomorrow Night's Calves Celtics.
Celtics up one game to none, MAVs thunder again, thunder up.
That's a game game to you want to watch. But
Celtics are thirteen point favorites tonight. That might be a
clean sweeperoo. I think the Nick Celtics is destiny. Before
(03:50):
we got to Boston, New York balance battle, Well that's
what I was gonna say. Before we talk about jokicch.
Congratulate jokicch. Can we say that the Knicks also had
another great night. They're up two games to none over
the Pacers looking strong, a very New York team. Daven Chenz, Oh,
you know his team, Bronson playing like a beast. What
(04:12):
a team? Maybe that nineties exciting squad, Maybe that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Nineties next team with Ewing and Starks and Mason, and
maybe if they just had one Guido. Maybe if they
had a Dvinchenzo, seriously, someone to bring the freshman Todel.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
He was playing big and you got to give props
to them making it exciting, especially as East Coast dudes
who have been waiting to see an exciting next team
for years. True.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
True.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Now, speaking of basketball, Jokich wins his third MVP in
four years. You could say he could have won all
four years, but didn't props to him now immediately when
they announced it, before I saw the press conference and
everything else, I saw boring report. I mean, bleacher say
(05:01):
that even when he wins the MVP, he's bored. Jokich
even bored when he wins the MVP, and the headline
was I'm kind of used to it, so I don't
pay attention, Like not that thrilled. But he's not faking
excitement either. And he goes on to say more and
we'll explain, but I want you to start thinking. Fox
Sports Radio Nation eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox
(05:23):
at Covino Enriched hit us up on social media. Do
you like or dislike the honesty? Do you like or
dislike the reaction? And like when do you want him
to fake the excitement. Now, that's what I'm saying. This
is not a shtick. What Jokic does is not gimmick.
Part of me is like, yeah, fake the excitement.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
You know what it's like when you buy your kids
something for their birthday or Christmas, and you spent a
ton of money on something, or you bring your kids
to Disney, whatever the case may be, and they like
not showing any excitement, and you're thinking, like, come on, kid,
show me a little something. Do you buy your wife
or girlfriend a holiday present? And you're not getting the
action you want.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It's like we have two hours on the radio. Hey,
some shows are better than others, put it that way,
but you got two hours to bring it. Even if
I'm having a crappy day, Yo, I have a teenage
pain in the ass, I mean, daughter. You think every
day is sunshine and rainbows for me, Give me a break.
(06:23):
I got an ex wife and drama with her, and
I got annoying neighbors just like everybody else.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Can I give you one other thing that annoys you
on the regular? I'll give you three less.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I got rich, he's got me. It bothers me to
the high heavens. Well, I was gonna say, man, but sorry,
I was gonna say h o A, I got an
howay nightmare? No, I pay like almost eight hundred a
month and they do Jack Didley's squat. You should see
my common grounds. They're terrible. This is my nightmare. I'm like,
I pay that much for this for what? So Anyway,
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my point is, you know, sometimes I'm not in a
great mood. Danny g you see me, I don't even
want to look at anybody. But I got two hours,
so you know what I do. I'm not saying I
fake it, but I put myself in in a mental space.
Then I'm here to have fun. This is it. I
gotta step up. It's like Derek Jeter used to say
he might be a bad example because he's a boring
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kind of guy, at least he was back in his
playing days. But he said, look, I'm here to play baseball.
I'm gonna give it everything I got. Some kid could
be seeing me for the first time, I believe. Mickey
Mannols also famously said that some kid could be seeing
me for the first time today. I'm gonna give it
everything I got for the two hours a day that
we do to show rich. Even if I feel like, asstriaks,
(07:39):
I'm gonna give it everything I got. I mean, Kobe
had that same mindset with the Lakers, right, Dada. So
all I'm saying is, when Jokic is accepting this honor,
can't he at least have the wherewithal to bring it
just for that thirty seconds at the press conference. Maybe
you admire these true honesty. No.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I mean my very first program director staff meeting told
all of us leave your personal crap at the door.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Danny.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
There was a sign in the first radio station I
worked at on the wall that said what you just said?
That must be like a radio thing like, but I
think it said like, leave your s at the door,
leave your ego. I used to play soccer and used
to say believe right on top of the door.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
I remember that, Oh got ted you play? Yeah, I
said believe.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
What about when you were at Notre Dame he used
to tap that.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah? Yeah. I am not saying I want to make
it very clear, and then we're gonna go to your
feedback and vocals. I want to make it clear that
I'm not saying you fake the funk because I I
have problems smiling in pictures because I hate fakeness. Kivino's
allergic to fake. It bothers me, right, so I feel
disingenuous when I'm being fake. It's not about being fake.
(08:47):
It's just about stepping up in the moment, being in
the living the moment.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Right, You're one of the faces of the league.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
That's all. Just show a little excitement, exactly, Danny, are you?
Are you gonna tell me that even if he's the
most boring personality type there ever was, he can't have
a little bit of fun in the moment. I find
that impossible. I find that impossible. I bet you he's
got more to offer than meet st I. So we're
(09:15):
asking you, do you expect him the fake excitement? Do
you like or dislike his reaction? And but I have
audio to prove it. But I like what you said though.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
It's not a matter of faking it because I hate
disingenuous fakers.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
What you're saying is rich, Are you faking to your
kid or are you doing the right thing? When you're saying, oh, okay, buddy,
that's a great drawing, a great example. When my kids
like I draw a picture of Bluie. It could be
the worst. But what am I gonna say, what am
I gonna be happy? Gilmour? Those are the worst finger paintings, Like,
what are you gonna say?
Speaker 4 (09:47):
It's the closest way I've ever heard in my entire life.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Hey, can't you see dad's busy? You'll say that, or
you be like, hey, buddy, you want to play with
the claw A great job? He's not the greatest job.
You know that.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Yesterday my son, my son takes his little gymnastics Ninja
Warrior class, and I'm like trying to get something done
yesterday and he's like that five.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
I'm like, yes, buddy, what's up?
Speaker 5 (10:11):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (10:12):
He goes watch this and like every little kid, he
just does like one little karate move, Like, oh, What'll
I have to say? I was sam as a dad.
Oh buddy, you you like a little ninja?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
You're the man, buddy, Yeah, you gotta do that? So
does the joker? Does it rub you weird that he
has no enthusias?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
You like that?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Do you like the realness?
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I do?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
And it's fun to speculate on, but I think that
it would just mean this is what bothers me. Certain
things mean so much to certain people, and if let's
say someone else won they'd probably be so pumped about it,
but he's so like matter of fact about it.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Some people win an Academy warder, an Oscar or it
means everything, or a Grammy or something, and what they
do they like, I don't even.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Know where the award is. Other people display cherish it, right,
That's all I'm saying. So I do respect his honesty.
I do respect anyone who keeps it real. But part
of keeping it real is also just bringing it when
you have to. It's true, you know. And to me,
I like that he's not putting on a show for anybody,
(11:22):
and I'm conflicted, but I also think he could step
it up and show a little excitement. There's there's two clips.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
One is his reaction and then the second one is
my favorite one because it shows how little he does care.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I would say I'm hit the first one.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
I think it's a legacy for the after the career,
and I think I'm gonna be more maybe proud of
myself after a career than I'm right now.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
I do like that, you know, he's in the moment, right,
I'm like, not a time to celebrate, especially when, by
the way, the timing suspect because he's worse in like
all categories right now, three point feel goal, everything, not
playing that well this series.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
It's a bittersweet because he's coming off of arguably one
of his better seasons, but less he's last series against
the Lakers unstoppable. He just had his worst two games
followed by here's the MVP. So he's probably a little
a little torn inside.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
And you know what, there's a side story we were
all discussing with Danny g in our pre meeting recently
that you know, for a guy who's thinking like Abe
Lincoln right now, right now, two games reaction, Yeah, I know,
I know he's still not getting the criticism that other
players would have got in this moment had they been
stinking like that, because we all have this belief that
(12:38):
the t Wolves are playing hot and perhaps the Nuggets
do what they do, it will be immune from that
sort of criticism. And by the way, we all like Joker,
Let's make that clear.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
We do.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
But again, his reaction was so whole hum There is
humor in it, for sure, But do you like or
dislike his reaction? Well?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
I like his react, like his reaction to whether or
not his family would be on hand to see him
get the MVP.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
I didn't invite them. They just show up. So I'm like, who,
who wants to drive like forty five minutes here to
get it?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
He was forty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
He was saying, I didn't invite them, they just showed up,
because I would have told my family, what do you
want to drive forty five minutes?
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Daddy?
Speaker 3 (13:23):
It sounded like Rob Manfred It's just a piece of metal,
like why would you why.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Would you want to drive forty five minutes to see
you know that your family member win the MVP forty
five minutes trafficking third one?
Speaker 1 (13:34):
And by the way, there's a difference between humble and boring, right,
so you could be humble, like, man, he's won three
MVPs out of four years. That's amazing. Yeah, yeah, you know,
so not to take you can't take that away from him.
That's incredible. And it's best to let other people praise
you than say I what, that just proves I'm the greatest.
We would hate that too if he was like draggy
(13:56):
about it. But there's a middle ground of man, I'm
humbled and this is great honor, and you know, I'm
really happy to be acknowledged in this way, but we
still got business to handle. Like there's a way to
do it where you could show an ounce of personality,
man an ounce.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm sorry, Sam, I was gonna say my friend Anthony
lives in Denver, big Nuggets fan. Was that game one?
He even admits. He says, look, I love what he
does for our team on the court, but he is boring.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Yeah, he's boring.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Yeah. Look in today's world, like, hey, we're radio hosts, right,
we can't just be radio hosts. We can't rich and
I have a podcast, we do a bonus show. We're
trying to host other things all the time because you
got to you gotta offer more, you gotta do social media.
You can't just do one thing anymore. In his world
and in his game, yeah, of course he could survive,
(14:44):
survive and make millions of dollars in the NBA, But
we expect more from our superstars. Like you said, Danny
g as the face or the potential face of the league.
But he can't he be great on the court. He
has to shine a little bit off because he does
have a little We want that. That's why we criticize
Mike trou But for him though.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
He he has that you know, foreign mindset of this
is my job.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
You want more no matter how much you give of
your personal life, right, don't people always want more? Do
they want to see what you have in your fridge?
They want to know? We want more?
Speaker 7 (15:18):
I want more from let's see your house and poke around.
Let me just say this though, there's something about Eastern
European players, and he's Serbian. They're just they seem and
just like Eastern Europeans I've met over the years in general,
they just seem more mellow like they're just kind of
like just like low key mellow, like I have a cigarette,
you know, just just relaxed.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Man. This is right though. I mean, by my that's
a lot of my family.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
My dad's wife is very rich, was never has my
dad ever Hugby.
Speaker 8 (15:46):
Maybe you guys talk a lot about Andrew Dice Clay.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Do you want him to break that sort of character.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
And just be unbelieved. I do like that he stays
a character.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
I like his new stick where he goes up to
people like, oh, you want to picture?
Speaker 1 (16:05):
That's that's the thing. Dan. I don't want him to fade. No,
I don't want him to be dis ingenuous. That's that's
the word I'm sticking with. But I do want him
to show another level of excitement. I mean, we're not
just all one level of excitement, are We think of
Steven A. Smith. Sometimes you have Steve, you have SA
(16:25):
you have There's levels of a personality the fact, right,
there's levels of a person you you see when he's
like the nixt did it again? Ah, and he's all
sad or whatever, and then there's levels of somebody dancing
on the cowboy's grave. You're gonna tell me that Jokic
(16:47):
has one boring ass level. That's it. That's it, And
that doesn't make me not like him, that doesn't make
me not respect him. In fact, I think it's incredible
what he's what he's doing. I wish that he leaned
into that little bit and just said, Yo, I'm honored
and this is really cool and you know, but again,
I'm still focused on the series right now, but yes,
(17:08):
what an honor. And I can't I can't wait to
look back and really take it in. It's just a
way in which he says it. Let's let's say what's
up to D in Florida? What's up d? Kevin on wretch.
Speaker 9 (17:19):
What's going on?
Speaker 5 (17:19):
Man?
Speaker 10 (17:21):
I'm the head of security out of middle school and
my first principal told me one thing, No matter what's
going on in the crib, you have to turn it
on because.
Speaker 9 (17:29):
These kids live, live and.
Speaker 10 (17:30):
Die wat it for you.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
They are who you bring.
Speaker 9 (17:33):
So it's like, no matter what's going on, you have
to be the best you you can be.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
That's that's not being fake, dude. That's the thing. I'm
with you. That's not being fake. That's just you turning
it on, right, That's all I think.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
This is his horses though.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Yeah, my services to want to go home, no parade.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
But that guy, that guy's right, d is right because
sounds silly, but you know, when you coach little kids,
when I when I coach it's sports, how could be
having an annoying day?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
You know? I want to strangle Spot or Cavino or
you know, just a long day. When those little kids
are a practice, you gotta like, hey, kids like.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
You gotta you know what am I gonna bring up?
Bring a sour attitude to a girl's t ball? You
can't gotta step it up, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
And then again, of course I feel what Dan Byer
was saying, too, you don't want him to break the
character if that's who he is. I just find it
hard to believe he's that boring all the time.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
But it's sort of like now it's reversing where it's
sort of like he's so over the top apathetic that
there's charm in that, like it's it's that's the funny,
Like it's he's.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
A nihilist man, like from The Big Lebowski.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
They don't care about nothing.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Do you like or dislike the reactions should he? I
can't use fake because I don't want anyone to fake anything,
but exactly you show some excitement, a little bit your thoughts,
and that being said, that's our observation, just the minor
criticism because in the beginning, middle, and end of the day,
(19:01):
what he produces on the core is what matters most,
no doubt, that's obvious, man, And what he's doing is
amazing to watch, and it's almost underappreciated what he's doing
because it's like, man, who's the last guy who win
three out of four years?
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Like that?
Speaker 2 (19:19):
You know, let me for one last look caveat in
there when it comes to the Joker, based on what
you're saying you don't want anyone to fake it. A
lot of times, whether you want to admit this or not,
you're compared to your peers at work, socially, in the
dating scene, You're you're you're constantly comparing or being compared
when it's not necessarily the right thing to do. But
(19:41):
the n b A is full of flash and personality
and social media and young guys that are dressing with.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Na kicks on and welcome personality.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
The NBA is personality plus, so I think his apathy
and hilarious it stands out even more.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Rights balance, that's balance, that's true.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
But I'm saying like, if you were a baseball player,
would be like, yeah, he's just another random baseball player.
But the fact that he's mixed in with that personality
major contract, you know everybody else. Yeah, It's like if
there's a ten ripped guys and you got a dad bod,
you're gonna stick out a bit more. Right, Like, he's
not in a good way, that not a he's just
surrounded by He's surrounded by guys that all have their
own podcast, that think they're superstars, that are beefing, that
(20:23):
are you know, debuting their new sneakers. They got blaing
and necklaces and diamonds, and Jokich is like, I missed
my hoses.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah you know. I guess you could appreciate him for that,
for keeping it real, but hey, you could argue just
another random personality in the world of sports.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
So enjoy the NBA Playoffs. You got two games tonight,
the Celtics Calves. I almost feel like they should just
be like, yeah, let's just call the series. And I
have no interest in watching that series at all. However,
later tonight, tell me you don't want to watch Oka
ce Dallas. That's that's something to watch. But the Celtics.
For the Calves to win, I think the Calves if
(21:00):
you want to throw away your money, I think if
you even bet, it's like plus a bazillion for them
to win this series. No one has the Cavs going anywhere.
In fact, a lot of people think clean sweep, let's
just move on. So of all the of all the
basketball going on right now, is it's safe to say
Nick Celtics would be really fun. And then on the
(21:21):
other side of things, Danny, what tickles you more?
Speaker 1 (21:23):
T Wolves?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Okay, see the two young teams or t Wolves, Luca
Kyrie getting their chance.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
I think you know you want the young teams. Yeah,
because Anthony Edwards an SGA. I want to see those
two do battle.
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Speaker 1 (24:12):
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to the podcast, you're not hearing the music. But catch
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Speaker 2 (25:13):
Question for you, yes, and I say you Covino, you
can answer, but the collective you eight seven seven nine
nine on Fox.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
You'm talking to you, Darvish.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Sports talk, not radio, not TV, just in general talking
about sports.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Is it the best small talk?
Speaker 2 (25:34):
And I bring this up because I'm at the car
dealership yesterday. Even if you make in the most painless
situation of all time, it's still a good hour and
a half two hours from the time you get there
and walk away with your car. If you're paying them
with a stack of cash or one certified check and
say no more negotiating, just give me the car.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
It's still hours when you finance. You might be there
three four hours. Danny, You've you've been there. I was, Sam.
You've been to a car dealership for hours of your
life right now. While you're sitting with strangers, you're gonna
feel awkward if you don't talk about anything. And the
guy that was selling me my car yesterday, I gotta
(26:18):
give him props because he had the NBA Playoffs on
the TV behind him and he's like, Yo, what do
you think? Joke er MVP? And I'm thinking to myself,
how about those Nicks? Am I right?
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Easiest way to have conversations with strangers. It could be
dads at the school.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
It could be yeah, but you get that weienie dad
who has no idea what you're talking about. I don't know.
How about a bunch of a sports guy, and then
you're trying to scramble and figure out, well, what's this
guy into? Bro. I remember when I first met my wife,
her dad's a big football fan. He's a Packers guy.
And then I remember being like at the time, like
Aaron Rodgers, huh. Like you could talk to in laws,
(26:56):
dads at school, coworkers. That awkward moment where where you're
stuck with someone. It could be a double date where
your wife says like, you know my friend Stephanie from work,
We're gonna go out with her and her husband, and
you're like, oh, you gotta hang on her born now
hanging out with Jokich if.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Her husband is a guy that could at least chop
it up with you about the NBA or football or something.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Thank God.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
So I ask you, is there any topic or any
genre that is as good small talk as sports? I
think it's the ace in the hall. Put that in
your back pocket, Danny g. If you're daycare with co
any year from now and you're stuck talking to some
dad Lakers Dodgers, that you're out every time.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
This actually happened yesterday morning. There was a like a
mobile coffee truck at the middle school that our daughter
goes to, and the dean of the school was out there,
who I'm cool with. He's always rocking Lakers Dodgers. He
had a Kobe hat on, and so what do we
talk about? We were talking about the Lakers and how
we both wanted the Tea Wolves to smash on the Nuggets.
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The couple the principal was next to us, and the
couple to the left of us. One set of people
were talking about yard work. I could hear, and the
principal was talking about some lame show. She was watching
Like a Chick flick she had watched on Netflix, and yes, Rich,
he would have been bored had I talked about one
of those other two topics.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
It's the ultimate icebreaker. I just feel like you just
gotta make sure you're dealing with the right guy, because
just because he's wearing a Kobe hat doesn't mean that
he is into basketball. He'll be lame. That'll be blame
if he was. I was some dude did some bodywork
on my car and he was wearing a Kiss T
shirt and I was like, ah, man, kiss, And you
(28:47):
just try to find that common ground, right, so hey,
kiss my right. Paul Stanley Jeans sold their catilloc for
three hundred million dollars.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
You're right about that.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
But those are the younger kids where like the def
Leppard shirt came back and was real popular. They saw
older guy at Starbucks and the girl was wearing a
Deaf Leppard shirt and he's like, oh this, and he's
talking about songs and the lead singer.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
She had no idea what he was talking.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
This was an old, dusty dude, and I'm like, he
definitely likes kiss. He's wearing a kid He goes, I
never saw him live. I don't care. I just bought
this shirt out of thrift shop. I was like, you
know what, sorry for even bothering. Get back to working.
It's not always gonna work. But I do think rich
you're onto something because when you think of all the
other small talk options, Hey, are you watching rain? What
(29:33):
is it called baby Rain? Are you watching baby? Or
on Netflix? You know what is now? Hey? What are
you watching?
Speaker 5 (29:38):
Man?
Speaker 1 (29:38):
You're watching Nephli? Hulu? What do you watch? There's too
many things on, but you're never gonna find You're not
always gonna find that common ground. I guess it's too
many things, who many shows, too many options, Disney Plus, Hulu, Netflix, HBO.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Recently, like, like I said, I talked to someone, one
of the dads about the Tom Brady roast. If you
could find those commonalities, that's one thing. But I think
sports might be the easiest small talk. So I will
tell you Mike runs his place, who Mike, who runs
this place? Mike the Bear, doctor Love Love Doctor, Michael
runs this place. Said it might be the safest option.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
And he said, the only type of small talk, and
it might be the only type of small talk nowadays,
because you don't know what's offending somebody. You don't know
if religion is you know, well, like I said, religion
and politics used to be something that was off the
table all the time, but it seems like something people
lean into more than you want to talk about. You
really wanted the small talk you want to have, and
you want to chop it up about Trump to some
(30:34):
car guy you're never gonna see again.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
I don't know about that.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Hey, Trump and Biden not the best conversation to have.
The like the weather, have you guys ever?
Speaker 7 (30:43):
Like just tried to randomly chat up a stranger and
was something fairly innocuous sports, weather or whatever, and then
they just go in on something really weird and completely
out of left field.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
You're like, I did not ask for this.
Speaker 7 (30:54):
I did not ask for theory on like pizza gates
or something due.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Get away from me. Yes, you know what, Dan Bayern,
what you got?
Speaker 8 (31:02):
That actually happens with Sam every single day, and so
when I started, he just goes off on this Canda.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Okay, Sam, You're like, sorry, I'm sorry. I engaged Sam.
Before we get to Dan Buyer's update, Cavino, please can
you just give the thirty second version of the classic
Pavaratti story. Because if if you've been if you saw
me laugh out of nowhere else, it's because I thought
of exactly what he just said. So that's why you
need to be careful on what you're putting out there.
(31:28):
My dad exact same story Rich alluded to before. When
I was a kid, My dad came to pick me
up at my buddy's house, right, and he had to
have that small talk conversation with my buddy's dad while
we were downstairs still horsing around, right.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
You were wrapping up your game of Techmobile. We were
wrapping up our game, and you know, he's stuck there, like, hey,
come on, we gotta go, right, and I'm like, I'll
be upstairs the.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
Game, dad.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
So my dad is trying to think of some small
talk and he looks at this. My dad was like
a blue collar just a kind of dad. This dad
was like a real, real sophisticated dad. Right. Yeah. So
my dad's they're like lay with his work boots on,
and he sees that this guy, the dad has a
(32:16):
painting of Pavatti in the living room. Pavaarati, dude, and
it's lit up and you know it has a light
over it and everything painting, and my dad somehow had
seen a documentary or something about Pavaratti. My dad knows
nothing about Pavarotti. I doubt he knew how to say
his name correctly, and he, by mistake said to his dad, Hey,
(32:36):
who's that is that? The uh? That opera guy, Pa Pavarucci. Guy, Oh,
I didn't know, mister Cavino, you were such a fan
of the opera and Pavarotti. Dude. I walked upstairs as
a kid and I walked in on a conversation of
my dad and this dude talking about Pavarotti, and I said, Dad,
I didn't know you about Pavarotti. He goes, Hey, don't
(32:58):
leave me alone with these guys, and he he was
all mad at me. He was all mad at I
would big televos your dad, because my dad knew nothing
about that stuff. And that's when you get caught in
those awkward conversation and you're trying to pretend.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Sports is the answer. At least I think that's I
think sports easiest small talk. And with that said, let's
go to the guy giving you the sports update, our buddy,
Dan Bayer.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Sorry for the Pavarati story. That's all right.
Speaker 8 (33:23):
Frank Vogel appreciates it because otherwise we'd be talking about
him getting fired today, which is he was by the
Phoenix Suns Don't after just one season forty nine and
thirty three, but that season ended after being swept by
the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the Western
Conference playoffs and name to watch. Multiple reports say that
former Bucks and Hawk's head coach Mike Budenholzer could be
a candidate to replace Vogel in Phoenix playoff news. New
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York Knicks forward og Anerobi's been ruled out of their
Game three against the Pacers because of a hamstring strain.
Game two tonight Calves and Celtics seven Eastern MAVs and
Thunder nine thirty Eastern Time. The Charlotte Hornets aren't hiring
Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee to be their new head coach,
getting a four year deal Freezer Wide receiver Allen Robinson
has agreed to terms with the New York Giants on
a contract.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
Well.
Speaker 8 (34:07):
The Maple Leaves today fired head coach Sheldon Keief after
five seasons with the team. Leaves were eliminated in the
postseason by Boston, losing their playoff series in seven games.
Day Baseball, the Twins took it to the Mariners eleven
to one.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Diamondbacks sweeped the Reds, winning five to four.
Speaker 8 (34:24):
Rocky Salvage the final game of a three game set
at home against the Giants, winning nine to one, and
Camino's Yankees right now trail the Astros by a score
of three to nothing. Your Nelvarez and John Singleton homeward
in the first for the Yank or for the Astros.
Singleton's home run estimated to travel four hundred and forty
two feet. Xanders Shoffley as the lead at the Wells
Fargo first round play. He's at seven under par.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Guys, back to you, thank you, d b to Dashrow's
got twelve wins and are beating your Yanks. Strowman's getting
messed up a little bit. Two winnings, three runs. Did
you see if Sean Carlos, Stanton, Judge and Soto went
yard yesterday? So that's that line up stacked. They're in
every game.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
So I mean I told you when you said it yesterday.
When you get to see a guy play day in
and day out. Juan Soto is a guy I knew
you would love.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
I knew it. I was like Cavina, I'm gonna love
watching this guy. I didn't know, man, he was that
that electricable player, you know. So the question is Fox
Sports Radio Nation, because we're still getting phone calls. I
want you to think about it. In today's world, especially
when everybody has so many different views, so many different
TV options, some people are sensitive to a lot of
(35:33):
different topics of discussion. Is sports the best small talk,
the safest, or maybe even the only small talk? H
think about that.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
We'll take your feedback next plus when fifty Hits will
go old school On a Thursday.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
Fox Sports Radio with Kavinoon Rich. Hey, man, you're a
big Kiss fan. Nah, I just read at the shirt anyway?
Now of course you five hundred books? Okay, nice conversation. Way,
we want to talk about the weather. Hey is Cavino
(36:09):
and Rich. By the way, I play Kiss every Saturday
and Sunday morning on Ozzy's Boneyard. Your old stinky Uncle's rock,
I've come around on Kiss. Well, if you're wondering old
stinky Uncle's rock, I don't got an old stink uncle
that means you're the old stink yard o nice, You're
the old dusty guy that likes kiss. And by the way,
I love Kiss, but I'm not a big Kiss fan.
(36:31):
So I play a lot of GNR and Van Halen
and Twisted Sister on Ozzie's Bone heard a lot of
Ozzy obviously Saturday Sunday mornings on Ozzy's Bone Yard. I'm
the same guy's Davis.
Speaker 4 (36:40):
Why oh?
Speaker 3 (36:41):
I saw Rich's face on the Serious Exam app recently too,
Pop two K Countdown.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
No, he's on Pop two pay oh. By the way,
By the way, I want to add that music is
also a great groundbreaking conversation of smalter. Hey, hey man,
Kendrick and Drake, have you been following that?
Speaker 2 (37:02):
But here's the deal with parents or other adults. I
know it sounds lame, but some people mentally checked out
of music. We in this studio have stayed up on music.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
But if you tell most parents at the school, oh, Kendrick, Lamarin,
Drake or you can't even say something like, hey have
you heard the new ed Sheer and her food Fighters?
A lot of parents are like, I haven't bought new
music since Pearl Jam. That's a good point several.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Times with music conversations in the barbershop. Last night, I
saw my tattoo guy and they had really good East
Coast hip hop on and they were talking about hip
hop the whole time I was there.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
So it's great small talk. But you're right, you're taking
a chance at their up on stuff. So again we're
saying sports talk is the best small talk, and use
it's your advantage to build that common commonality and common
ground with the in laws, the father in law, the
boss Rich does it all the time. He's always buttering
up to the boss on a sports common ground. I've
seen him do it for years. By the way, Oh
(37:53):
I heard your big, big Celtics fan. So anyway, going
to the phones, this up eighty nine on Fox. Let's
say hi to Ben in Ontario. What's up? Ben?
Speaker 9 (38:06):
Hey, what's going on?
Speaker 8 (38:08):
Fellas?
Speaker 1 (38:08):
What's up, buddy? What do you think?
Speaker 4 (38:10):
Man?
Speaker 10 (38:10):
Is uh?
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Is sports the easy small talk in your life? Oh?
Speaker 9 (38:15):
Man? I'll tell you what one story that sticks out completely.
About ten years ago, my wife was having a difficult birth.
The guy next to me the exact same thing, but
my ring tone went off and it was the autumn wind.
By the Raiders and all of a sudden boom and
(38:37):
long story short, the babies came out. Fine, they're healthy,
they're paining the you know what. But but it was
the ring tone, the autumn wind, and we we were strangers,
but we talked for like five hours to take our
mind off of it.
Speaker 1 (38:56):
And you know what, that sports and bonds people.
Speaker 4 (39:00):
He does.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
I love Canada and I love the boot out of
the Raiders there. Yeah, And like Mike said, who runs
this place is the safest and maybe nowadays the only
small talk to have because you don't know who you're
talking to, and that might be the best bet. One
more phone calls. Let's go to West Virginians. I had
a Fred, Hey, Fred, you're one.
Speaker 10 (39:19):
Hundred percent right, and you just about hit it a
wall ago talking about the T shirt guy, the kiss guy.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Yeah, I assume I've got a theory.
Speaker 10 (39:26):
I've got a theory. T shirt guy, you're running a wrist.
They don't know anything about what T shirt, but hat
guy he knows what he's talking.
Speaker 1 (39:34):
About because you buy it. You can buy a T
shirt at Target for nine to ninety nine that has
that has like pink Floyd on it.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
And I sort of like a investment nowadays.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Yeah, you're not buying a week hat. I will say this, Danny,
I don't really know much about Pink Floyd. A question
chess doesn't mean as much as on your head.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
I have owned a Pink Floyd T shirt, and I
probably could tell you very little about them. I'm that guy.
Uh damn buyer. I know you had one one last
thought's up.
Speaker 8 (40:00):
I actually feel like I'm in the minority here because
but it also maybe because of the profession that we're in. Yeah,
in talking sports all the time, Like it's sometimes great
to not talk sports, oh yeah, but to branch off
on even what Sam was Sam and someone has a
stupid sports opinion, Like I'm even just of like, why
would you even think that? Like I don't even want
(40:21):
to go down that road, so you don't even engage. Yeah,
I couldn't even be Yeah, it's the ultimate.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
Yeah, that's that's where you and I are different, because
I can't take it if I'm in a barbershop, airport, supermarket,
if I hear someone spouting out some incorrect stuff like well,
if I was at Ralphs the supermarket here and I
heard some idiot in Aisle three faintly in the background, like, well,
the Nuggets are tied up one to one with I'd
be like, sir, it's two oh.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
The series is two oh. Now check this out. Start
thinking things your younger siblings got that you didn't get.
This is a story about Aaron Rodgers, and we're gonna
do it delayed version of old school and fifty hits.
All right, we're runn late. We're having too much fun.
Things your younger siblings got that you didn't get. Start
thinking about it. I was the oldest. I feel like
(41:06):
I got everything same. But we have a theory, all right,
So it doesn't have to be siblings either. Maybe family
members younger family members.
Speaker 2 (41:13):
Oh cool, So we'll get to all that when fifty
hits on a throwback Thursday, some more NBA playoffs. We're
less than a week away until the NFL schedule comes out,
So a lot to get to your Bud's Covino on
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join in on the Fun next Friday. We will be
doing our show live from Eugene, Oregon, on Friday the seventeenth,
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and I'll be there, Coveno will be there, Danny g
And I just got word oh that Iowa Sam's gonna
be coming on. Irish Sam, you got to kickoff.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
You got to kick off our live broadcast next week
in Eugene with a Greeto.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
I think.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Actually, Rich, I already had a list going of games
and prizes for the live broadcast and on that.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
List is Greeto Challenge.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Oh so we're gonna save it because we're gonna have
listeners our battle Iowa Sam.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I can't wait.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
And if they can do a greeto anywhere near him,
they'll win a prize.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
And by the way, if you don't know, if you're
a gringo local forever, that's basically a Mexican yee. But
Sam really brings a good one. I don't know if
you've heard do you want to hear Sam's take a listen.
This is fantastic. If you could beat his prize, is
(02:38):
your way. I think he left his body. I have
more to give. He lifted out of his shoes. I
saw it in person on Secret O Myo weekend. But
again Eugene, Oregon. Not this Friday, not tomorrow now, Minyana,
next Friday, see you they're live. And then the following
week the same thing in Tempe, Arizona on the twenty fourth.
So bringing the show on the road to hang out
with you now lots to get to today. Old school
(03:00):
fifty hits. We do it every Thursday. We throw it
back on a Thursday and we reminisce. So we have
an old school topic of discussion. I'll let you know
what that is later. Plus what about consequences and repercussion? Man,
the NBA, are there no repercussions.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
We'll get to that some NBA playoffs, Plus how does
sports save the awkward moments in your life?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I'll explain.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I got a theory about sports and over promise two hours.
All right, Well, let's start with the Joker who plays
Tomorrow Night tonight.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's one of those nights where I was like, Oh,
it's tonight, the game n It's tomorrow Night's Calves Celtics.
Celtics up one game to none, MAVs thunder again, thunder up.
That's a game game to you want to watch. But
Celtics are thirteen point favorites tonight. That might be a
clean sweeperoo. I think the Nick Celtics is destiny. Before
(03:50):
we got to Boston, New York balance battle, Well that's
what I was gonna say. Before we talk about jokicch.
Congratulate jokicch. Can we say that the Knicks also had
another great night. They're up two games to none over
the Pacers looking strong, a very New York team. Daven Chenz, Oh,
you know his team, Bronson playing like a beast. What
(04:12):
a team? Maybe that nineties exciting squad, Maybe that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Nineties next team with Ewing and Starks and Mason, and
maybe if they just had one Guido. Maybe if they
had a Dvinchenzo, seriously, someone to bring the freshman Todel.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
He was playing big and you got to give props
to them making it exciting, especially as East Coast dudes
who have been waiting to see an exciting next team
for years. True.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
True.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Now, speaking of basketball, Jokich wins his third MVP in
four years. You could say he could have won all
four years, but didn't props to him now immediately when
they announced it, before I saw the press conference and
everything else, I saw boring report. I mean, bleacher say
(05:01):
that even when he wins the MVP, he's bored. Jokich
even bored when he wins the MVP, and the headline
was I'm kind of used to it, so I don't
pay attention, Like not that thrilled. But he's not faking
excitement either. And he goes on to say more and
we'll explain, but I want you to start thinking. Fox
Sports Radio Nation eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox
(05:23):
at Covino Enriched hit us up on social media. Do
you like or dislike the honesty? Do you like or
dislike the reaction? And like when do you want him
to fake the excitement. Now, that's what I'm saying. This
is not a shtick. What Jokic does is not gimmick.
Part of me is like, yeah, fake the excitement.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
You know what it's like when you buy your kids
something for their birthday or Christmas, and you spent a
ton of money on something, or you bring your kids
to Disney, whatever the case may be, and they like
not showing any excitement, and you're thinking, like, come on, kid,
show me a little something. Do you buy your wife
or girlfriend a holiday present? And you're not getting the
action you want.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It's like we have two hours on the radio. Hey,
some shows are better than others, put it that way,
but you got two hours to bring it. Even if
I'm having a crappy day, Yo, I have a teenage
pain in the ass, I mean, daughter. You think every
day is sunshine and rainbows for me, Give me a break.
(06:23):
I got an ex wife and drama with her, and
I got annoying neighbors just like everybody else.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Can I give you one other thing that annoys you
on the regular? I'll give you three less.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I got rich, he's got me. It bothers me to
the high heavens. Well, I was gonna say, man, but sorry,
I was gonna say h o A, I got an
howay nightmare? No, I pay like almost eight hundred a
month and they do Jack Didley's squat. You should see
my common grounds. They're terrible. This is my nightmare. I'm like,
I pay that much for this for what? So Anyway,
(06:57):
my point is, you know, sometimes I'm not in a
great mood. Danny g you see me, I don't even
want to look at anybody. But I got two hours,
so you know what I do. I'm not saying I
fake it, but I put myself in in a mental space.
Then I'm here to have fun. This is it. I
gotta step up. It's like Derek Jeter used to say
he might be a bad example because he's a boring
(07:18):
kind of guy, at least he was back in his
playing days. But he said, look, I'm here to play baseball.
I'm gonna give it everything I got. Some kid could
be seeing me for the first time, I believe. Mickey
Mannols also famously said that some kid could be seeing
me for the first time today. I'm gonna give it
everything I got for the two hours a day that
we do to show rich. Even if I feel like, asstriaks,
(07:39):
I'm gonna give it everything I got. I mean, Kobe
had that same mindset with the Lakers, right, Dada. So
all I'm saying is, when Jokic is accepting this honor,
can't he at least have the wherewithal to bring it
just for that thirty seconds at the press conference. Maybe
you admire these true honesty. No.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I mean my very first program director staff meeting told
all of us leave your personal crap at the door.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Danny.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
There was a sign in the first radio station I
worked at on the wall that said what you just said?
That must be like a radio thing like, but I
think it said like, leave your s at the door,
leave your ego. I used to play soccer and used
to say believe right on top of the door.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
I remember that, Oh got ted you play? Yeah, I
said believe.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
What about when you were at Notre Dame he used
to tap that.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah? Yeah. I am not saying I want to make
it very clear, and then we're gonna go to your
feedback and vocals. I want to make it clear that
I'm not saying you fake the funk because I I
have problems smiling in pictures because I hate fakeness. Kivino's
allergic to fake. It bothers me, right, so I feel
disingenuous when I'm being fake. It's not about being fake.
(08:47):
It's just about stepping up in the moment, being in
the living the moment.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Right, You're one of the faces of the league.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
That's all. Just show a little excitement, exactly, Danny, are you?
Are you gonna tell me that even if he's the
most boring personality type there ever was, he can't have
a little bit of fun in the moment. I find
that impossible. I find that impossible. I bet you he's
got more to offer than meet st I. So we're
(09:15):
asking you, do you expect him the fake excitement? Do
you like or dislike his reaction? And but I have
audio to prove it. But I like what you said though.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
It's not a matter of faking it because I hate
disingenuous fakers.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
What you're saying is rich, Are you faking to your
kid or are you doing the right thing? When you're saying, oh, okay, buddy,
that's a great drawing, a great example. When my kids
like I draw a picture of Bluie. It could be
the worst. But what am I gonna say, what am
I gonna be happy? Gilmour? Those are the worst finger paintings, Like,
what are you gonna say?
Speaker 4 (09:47):
It's the closest way I've ever heard in my entire life.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Hey, can't you see dad's busy? You'll say that, or
you be like, hey, buddy, you want to play with
the claw A great job? He's not the greatest job.
You know that.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Yesterday my son, my son takes his little gymnastics Ninja
Warrior class, and I'm like trying to get something done
yesterday and he's like that five.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
I'm like, yes, buddy, what's up?
Speaker 5 (10:11):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (10:12):
He goes watch this and like every little kid, he
just does like one little karate move, Like, oh, What'll
I have to say? I was sam as a dad.
Oh buddy, you you like a little ninja?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
You're the man, buddy, Yeah, you gotta do that? So
does the joker? Does it rub you weird that he
has no enthusias?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
You like that?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Do you like the realness?
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I do?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
And it's fun to speculate on, but I think that
it would just mean this is what bothers me. Certain
things mean so much to certain people, and if let's
say someone else won they'd probably be so pumped about it,
but he's so like matter of fact about it.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Some people win an Academy warder, an Oscar or it
means everything, or a Grammy or something, and what they
do they like, I don't even.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Know where the award is. Other people display cherish it, right,
That's all I'm saying. So I do respect his honesty.
I do respect anyone who keeps it real. But part
of keeping it real is also just bringing it when
you have to. It's true, you know. And to me,
I like that he's not putting on a show for anybody,
(11:22):
and I'm conflicted, but I also think he could step
it up and show a little excitement. There's there's two clips.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
One is his reaction and then the second one is
my favorite one because it shows how little he does care.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I would say I'm hit the first one.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
I think it's a legacy for the after the career,
and I think I'm gonna be more maybe proud of
myself after a career than I'm right now.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
I do like that, you know, he's in the moment, right,
I'm like, not a time to celebrate, especially when, by
the way, the timing suspect because he's worse in like
all categories right now, three point feel goal, everything, not
playing that well this series.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
It's a bittersweet because he's coming off of arguably one
of his better seasons, but less he's last series against
the Lakers unstoppable. He just had his worst two games
followed by here's the MVP. So he's probably a little
a little torn inside.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
And you know what, there's a side story we were
all discussing with Danny g in our pre meeting recently
that you know, for a guy who's thinking like Abe
Lincoln right now, right now, two games reaction, Yeah, I know,
I know he's still not getting the criticism that other
players would have got in this moment had they been
stinking like that, because we all have this belief that
(12:38):
the t Wolves are playing hot and perhaps the Nuggets
do what they do, it will be immune from that
sort of criticism. And by the way, we all like Joker,
Let's make that clear.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
We do.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
But again, his reaction was so whole hum There is
humor in it, for sure, But do you like or
dislike his reaction? Well?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
I like his react, like his reaction to whether or
not his family would be on hand to see him
get the MVP.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
I didn't invite them. They just show up. So I'm like, who,
who wants to drive like forty five minutes here to
get it?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
He was forty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
He was saying, I didn't invite them, they just showed up,
because I would have told my family, what do you
want to drive forty five minutes?
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Daddy?
Speaker 3 (13:23):
It sounded like Rob Manfred It's just a piece of metal,
like why would you why.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Would you want to drive forty five minutes to see
you know that your family member win the MVP forty
five minutes trafficking third one?
Speaker 1 (13:34):
And by the way, there's a difference between humble and boring, right,
so you could be humble, like, man, he's won three
MVPs out of four years. That's amazing. Yeah, yeah, you know,
so not to take you can't take that away from him.
That's incredible. And it's best to let other people praise
you than say I what, that just proves I'm the greatest.
We would hate that too if he was like draggy
(13:56):
about it. But there's a middle ground of man, I'm
humbled and this is great honor, and you know, I'm
really happy to be acknowledged in this way, but we
still got business to handle. Like there's a way to
do it where you could show an ounce of personality,
man an ounce.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm sorry, Sam, I was gonna say my friend Anthony
lives in Denver, big Nuggets fan. Was that game one?
He even admits. He says, look, I love what he
does for our team on the court, but he is boring.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Yeah, he's boring.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Yeah. Look in today's world, like, hey, we're radio hosts, right,
we can't just be radio hosts. We can't rich and
I have a podcast, we do a bonus show. We're
trying to host other things all the time because you
got to you gotta offer more, you gotta do social media.
You can't just do one thing anymore. In his world
and in his game, yeah, of course he could survive,
(14:44):
survive and make millions of dollars in the NBA, But
we expect more from our superstars. Like you said, Danny
g as the face or the potential face of the league.
But he can't he be great on the court. He
has to shine a little bit off because he does
have a little We want that. That's why we criticize
Mike trou But for him though.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
He he has that you know, foreign mindset of this
is my job.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
You want more no matter how much you give of
your personal life, right, don't people always want more? Do
they want to see what you have in your fridge?
They want to know? We want more?
Speaker 7 (15:18):
I want more from let's see your house and poke around.
Let me just say this though, there's something about Eastern
European players, and he's Serbian. They're just they seem and
just like Eastern Europeans I've met over the years in general,
they just seem more mellow like they're just kind of
like just like low key mellow, like I have a cigarette,
you know, just just relaxed.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Man. This is right though. I mean, by my that's
a lot of my family.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
My dad's wife is very rich, was never has my
dad ever Hugby.
Speaker 8 (15:46):
Maybe you guys talk a lot about Andrew Dice Clay.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Do you want him to break that sort of character.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
And just be unbelieved. I do like that he stays
a character.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
I like his new stick where he goes up to
people like, oh, you want to picture?
Speaker 1 (16:05):
That's that's the thing. Dan. I don't want him to fade. No,
I don't want him to be dis ingenuous. That's that's
the word I'm sticking with. But I do want him
to show another level of excitement. I mean, we're not
just all one level of excitement, are We think of
Steven A. Smith. Sometimes you have Steve, you have SA
(16:25):
you have There's levels of a personality the fact, right,
there's levels of a person you you see when he's
like the nixt did it again? Ah, and he's all
sad or whatever, and then there's levels of somebody dancing
on the cowboy's grave. You're gonna tell me that Jokic
(16:47):
has one boring ass level. That's it. That's it, And
that doesn't make me not like him, that doesn't make
me not respect him. In fact, I think it's incredible
what he's what he's doing. I wish that he leaned
into that little bit and just said, Yo, I'm honored
and this is really cool and you know, but again,
I'm still focused on the series right now, but yes,
(17:08):
what an honor. And I can't I can't wait to
look back and really take it in. It's just a
way in which he says it. Let's let's say what's
up to D in Florida? What's up d? Kevin on wretch.
Speaker 9 (17:19):
What's going on?
Speaker 5 (17:19):
Man?
Speaker 10 (17:21):
I'm the head of security out of middle school and
my first principal told me one thing, No matter what's
going on in the crib, you have to turn it
on because.
Speaker 9 (17:29):
These kids live, live and.
Speaker 10 (17:30):
Die wat it for you.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
They are who you bring.
Speaker 9 (17:33):
So it's like, no matter what's going on, you have
to be the best you you can be.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
That's that's not being fake, dude. That's the thing. I'm
with you. That's not being fake. That's just you turning
it on, right, That's all I think.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
This is his horses though.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Yeah, my services to want to go home, no parade.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
But that guy, that guy's right, d is right because
sounds silly, but you know, when you coach little kids,
when I when I coach it's sports, how could be
having an annoying day?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
You know? I want to strangle Spot or Cavino or
you know, just a long day. When those little kids
are a practice, you gotta like, hey, kids like.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
You gotta you know what am I gonna bring up?
Bring a sour attitude to a girl's t ball? You
can't gotta step it up, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
And then again, of course I feel what Dan Byer
was saying, too, you don't want him to break the
character if that's who he is. I just find it
hard to believe he's that boring all the time.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
But it's sort of like now it's reversing where it's
sort of like he's so over the top apathetic that
there's charm in that, like it's it's that's the funny,
Like it's he's.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
A nihilist man, like from The Big Lebowski.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
They don't care about nothing.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Do you like or dislike the reactions should he? I
can't use fake because I don't want anyone to fake anything,
but exactly you show some excitement, a little bit your thoughts,
and that being said, that's our observation, just the minor
criticism because in the beginning, middle, and end of the day,
(19:01):
what he produces on the core is what matters most,
no doubt, that's obvious, man, And what he's doing is
amazing to watch, and it's almost underappreciated what he's doing
because it's like, man, who's the last guy who win
three out of four years?
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Like that?
Speaker 2 (19:19):
You know, let me for one last look caveat in
there when it comes to the Joker, based on what
you're saying you don't want anyone to fake it. A
lot of times, whether you want to admit this or not,
you're compared to your peers at work, socially, in the
dating scene, You're you're you're constantly comparing or being compared
when it's not necessarily the right thing to do. But
(19:41):
the n b A is full of flash and personality
and social media and young guys that are dressing with.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Na kicks on and welcome personality.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
The NBA is personality plus, so I think his apathy
and hilarious it stands out even more.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Rights balance, that's balance, that's true.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
But I'm saying like, if you were a baseball player,
would be like, yeah, he's just another random baseball player.
But the fact that he's mixed in with that personality
major contract, you know everybody else. Yeah, It's like if
there's a ten ripped guys and you got a dad bod,
you're gonna stick out a bit more. Right, Like, he's
not in a good way, that not a he's just
surrounded by He's surrounded by guys that all have their
own podcast, that think they're superstars, that are beefing, that
(20:23):
are you know, debuting their new sneakers. They got blaing
and necklaces and diamonds, and Jokich is like, I missed
my hoses.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah you know. I guess you could appreciate him for that,
for keeping it real, but hey, you could argue just
another random personality in the world of sports.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
So enjoy the NBA Playoffs. You got two games tonight,
the Celtics Calves. I almost feel like they should just
be like, yeah, let's just call the series. And I
have no interest in watching that series at all. However,
later tonight, tell me you don't want to watch Oka
ce Dallas. That's that's something to watch. But the Celtics.
For the Calves to win, I think the Calves if
(21:00):
you want to throw away your money, I think if
you even bet, it's like plus a bazillion for them
to win this series. No one has the Cavs going anywhere.
In fact, a lot of people think clean sweep, let's
just move on. So of all the of all the
basketball going on right now, is it's safe to say
Nick Celtics would be really fun. And then on the
(21:21):
other side of things, Danny, what tickles you more?
Speaker 1 (21:23):
T Wolves?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Okay, see the two young teams or t Wolves, Luca
Kyrie getting their chance.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
I think you know you want the young teams. Yeah,
because Anthony Edwards an SGA. I want to see those
two do battle.
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Speaker 2 (25:13):
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Speaker 1 (25:20):
You'm talking to you, Darvish.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Sports talk, not radio, not TV, just in general talking
about sports.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Is it the best small talk?
Speaker 2 (25:34):
And I bring this up because I'm at the car
dealership yesterday. Even if you make in the most painless
situation of all time, it's still a good hour and
a half two hours from the time you get there
and walk away with your car. If you're paying them
with a stack of cash or one certified check and
say no more negotiating, just give me the car.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
It's still hours when you finance. You might be there
three four hours. Danny, You've you've been there. I was, Sam.
You've been to a car dealership for hours of your
life right now. While you're sitting with strangers, you're gonna
feel awkward if you don't talk about anything. And the
guy that was selling me my car yesterday, I gotta
(26:18):
give him props because he had the NBA Playoffs on
the TV behind him and he's like, Yo, what do
you think? Joke er MVP? And I'm thinking to myself,
how about those Nicks? Am I right?
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Easiest way to have conversations with strangers. It could be
dads at the school.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
It could be yeah, but you get that weienie dad
who has no idea what you're talking about. I don't know.
How about a bunch of a sports guy, and then
you're trying to scramble and figure out, well, what's this
guy into? Bro. I remember when I first met my wife,
her dad's a big football fan. He's a Packers guy.
And then I remember being like at the time, like
Aaron Rodgers, huh. Like you could talk to in laws,
(26:56):
dads at school, coworkers. That awkward moment where where you're
stuck with someone. It could be a double date where
your wife says like, you know my friend Stephanie from work,
We're gonna go out with her and her husband, and
you're like, oh, you gotta hang on her born now
hanging out with Jokich if.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Her husband is a guy that could at least chop
it up with you about the NBA or football or something.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Thank God.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
So I ask you, is there any topic or any
genre that is as good small talk as sports? I
think it's the ace in the hall. Put that in
your back pocket, Danny g. If you're daycare with co
any year from now and you're stuck talking to some
dad Lakers Dodgers, that you're out every time.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
This actually happened yesterday morning. There was a like a
mobile coffee truck at the middle school that our daughter
goes to, and the dean of the school was out there,
who I'm cool with. He's always rocking Lakers Dodgers. He
had a Kobe hat on, and so what do we
talk about? We were talking about the Lakers and how
we both wanted the Tea Wolves to smash on the Nuggets.
(28:05):
The couple the principal was next to us, and the
couple to the left of us. One set of people
were talking about yard work. I could hear, and the
principal was talking about some lame show. She was watching
Like a Chick flick she had watched on Netflix, and yes, Rich,
he would have been bored had I talked about one
of those other two topics.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
It's the ultimate icebreaker. I just feel like you just
gotta make sure you're dealing with the right guy, because
just because he's wearing a Kobe hat doesn't mean that
he is into basketball. He'll be lame. That'll be blame
if he was. I was some dude did some bodywork
on my car and he was wearing a Kiss T
shirt and I was like, ah, man, kiss, And you
(28:47):
just try to find that common ground, right, so hey,
kiss my right. Paul Stanley Jeans sold their catilloc for
three hundred million dollars.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
You're right about that.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
But those are the younger kids where like the def
Leppard shirt came back and was real popular. They saw
older guy at Starbucks and the girl was wearing a
Deaf Leppard shirt and he's like, oh this, and he's
talking about songs and the lead singer.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
She had no idea what he was talking.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
This was an old, dusty dude, and I'm like, he
definitely likes kiss. He's wearing a kid He goes, I
never saw him live. I don't care. I just bought
this shirt out of thrift shop. I was like, you
know what, sorry for even bothering. Get back to working.
It's not always gonna work. But I do think rich
you're onto something because when you think of all the
other small talk options, Hey, are you watching rain? What
(29:33):
is it called baby Rain? Are you watching baby? Or
on Netflix? You know what is now? Hey? What are
you watching?
Speaker 5 (29:38):
Man?
Speaker 1 (29:38):
You're watching Nephli? Hulu? What do you watch? There's too
many things on, but you're never gonna find You're not
always gonna find that common ground. I guess it's too
many things, who many shows, too many options, Disney Plus, Hulu, Netflix, HBO.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Recently, like, like I said, I talked to someone, one
of the dads about the Tom Brady roast. If you
could find those commonalities, that's one thing. But I think
sports might be the easiest small talk. So I will
tell you Mike runs his place, who Mike, who runs
this place? Mike the Bear, doctor Love Love Doctor, Michael
runs this place. Said it might be the safest option.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
And he said, the only type of small talk, and
it might be the only type of small talk nowadays,
because you don't know what's offending somebody. You don't know
if religion is you know, well, like I said, religion
and politics used to be something that was off the
table all the time, but it seems like something people
lean into more than you want to talk about. You
really wanted the small talk you want to have, and
you want to chop it up about Trump to some
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car guy you're never gonna see again.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
I don't know about that.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Hey, Trump and Biden not the best conversation to have.
The like the weather, have you guys ever?
Speaker 7 (30:43):
Like just tried to randomly chat up a stranger and
was something fairly innocuous sports, weather or whatever, and then
they just go in on something really weird and completely
out of left field.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
You're like, I did not ask for this.
Speaker 7 (30:54):
I did not ask for theory on like pizza gates
or something due.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Get away from me. Yes, you know what, Dan Bayern,
what you got?
Speaker 8 (31:02):
That actually happens with Sam every single day, and so
when I started, he just goes off on this Canda.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Okay, Sam, You're like, sorry, I'm sorry. I engaged Sam.
Before we get to Dan Buyer's update, Cavino, please can
you just give the thirty second version of the classic
Pavaratti story. Because if if you've been if you saw
me laugh out of nowhere else, it's because I thought
of exactly what he just said. So that's why you
need to be careful on what you're putting out there.
(31:28):
My dad exact same story Rich alluded to before. When
I was a kid, My dad came to pick me
up at my buddy's house, right, and he had to
have that small talk conversation with my buddy's dad while
we were downstairs still horsing around, right.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
You were wrapping up your game of Techmobile. We were
wrapping up our game, and you know, he's stuck there, like, hey,
come on, we gotta go, right, and I'm like, I'll
be upstairs the.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
Game, dad.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
So my dad is trying to think of some small
talk and he looks at this. My dad was like
a blue collar just a kind of dad. This dad
was like a real, real sophisticated dad. Right. Yeah. So
my dad's they're like lay with his work boots on,
and he sees that this guy, the dad has a
(32:16):
painting of Pavatti in the living room. Pavaarati, dude, and
it's lit up and you know it has a light
over it and everything painting, and my dad somehow had
seen a documentary or something about Pavaratti. My dad knows
nothing about Pavarotti. I doubt he knew how to say
his name correctly, and he, by mistake said to his dad, Hey,
(32:36):
who's that is that? The uh? That opera guy, Pa Pavarucci. Guy, Oh,
I didn't know, mister Cavino, you were such a fan
of the opera and Pavarotti. Dude. I walked upstairs as
a kid and I walked in on a conversation of
my dad and this dude talking about Pavarotti, and I said, Dad,
I didn't know you about Pavarotti. He goes, Hey, don't
(32:58):
leave me alone with these guys, and he he was
all mad at me. He was all mad at I
would big televos your dad, because my dad knew nothing
about that stuff. And that's when you get caught in
those awkward conversation and you're trying to pretend.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Sports is the answer. At least I think that's I
think sports easiest small talk. And with that said, let's
go to the guy giving you the sports update, our buddy,
Dan Bayer.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Sorry for the Pavarati story. That's all right.
Speaker 8 (33:23):
Frank Vogel appreciates it because otherwise we'd be talking about
him getting fired today, which is he was by the
Phoenix Suns Don't after just one season forty nine and
thirty three, but that season ended after being swept by
the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the Western
Conference playoffs and name to watch. Multiple reports say that
former Bucks and Hawk's head coach Mike Budenholzer could be
a candidate to replace Vogel in Phoenix playoff news. New
(33:47):
York Knicks forward og Anerobi's been ruled out of their
Game three against the Pacers because of a hamstring strain.
Game two tonight Calves and Celtics seven Eastern MAVs and
Thunder nine thirty Eastern Time. The Charlotte Hornets aren't hiring
Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee to be their new head coach,
getting a four year deal Freezer Wide receiver Allen Robinson
has agreed to terms with the New York Giants on
a contract.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
Well.
Speaker 8 (34:07):
The Maple Leaves today fired head coach Sheldon Keief after
five seasons with the team. Leaves were eliminated in the
postseason by Boston, losing their playoff series in seven games.
Day Baseball, the Twins took it to the Mariners eleven
to one.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Diamondbacks sweeped the Reds, winning five to four.
Speaker 8 (34:24):
Rocky Salvage the final game of a three game set
at home against the Giants, winning nine to one, and
Camino's Yankees right now trail the Astros by a score
of three to nothing. Your Nelvarez and John Singleton homeward
in the first for the Yank or for the Astros.
Singleton's home run estimated to travel four hundred and forty
two feet. Xanders Shoffley as the lead at the Wells
Fargo first round play. He's at seven under par.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Guys, back to you, thank you, d b to Dashrow's
got twelve wins and are beating your Yanks. Strowman's getting
messed up a little bit. Two winnings, three runs. Did
you see if Sean Carlos, Stanton, Judge and Soto went
yard yesterday? So that's that line up stacked. They're in
every game.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
So I mean I told you when you said it yesterday.
When you get to see a guy play day in
and day out. Juan Soto is a guy I knew
you would love.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
I knew it. I was like Cavina, I'm gonna love
watching this guy. I didn't know, man, he was that
that electricable player, you know. So the question is Fox
Sports Radio Nation, because we're still getting phone calls. I
want you to think about it. In today's world, especially
when everybody has so many different views, so many different
TV options, some people are sensitive to a lot of
(35:33):
different topics of discussion. Is sports the best small talk,
the safest, or maybe even the only small talk? H
think about that.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
We'll take your feedback next plus when fifty Hits will
go old school On a Thursday.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
Fox Sports Radio with Kavinoon Rich. Hey, man, you're a
big Kiss fan. Nah, I just read at the shirt anyway?
Now of course you five hundred books? Okay, nice conversation. Way,
we want to talk about the weather. Hey is Cavino
(36:09):
and Rich. By the way, I play Kiss every Saturday
and Sunday morning on Ozzy's Boneyard. Your old stinky Uncle's rock,
I've come around on Kiss. Well, if you're wondering old
stinky Uncle's rock, I don't got an old stink uncle
that means you're the old stink yard o nice, You're
the old dusty guy that likes kiss. And by the way,
I love Kiss, but I'm not a big Kiss fan.
(36:31):
So I play a lot of GNR and Van Halen
and Twisted Sister on Ozzie's Bone heard a lot of
Ozzy obviously Saturday Sunday mornings on Ozzy's Bone Yard. I'm
the same guy's Davis.
Speaker 4 (36:40):
Why oh?
Speaker 3 (36:41):
I saw Rich's face on the Serious Exam app recently too,
Pop two K Countdown.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
No, he's on Pop two pay oh. By the way,
By the way, I want to add that music is
also a great groundbreaking conversation of smalter. Hey, hey man,
Kendrick and Drake, have you been following that?
Speaker 2 (37:02):
But here's the deal with parents or other adults. I
know it sounds lame, but some people mentally checked out
of music. We in this studio have stayed up on music.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
But if you tell most parents at the school, oh, Kendrick, Lamarin,
Drake or you can't even say something like, hey have
you heard the new ed Sheer and her food Fighters?
A lot of parents are like, I haven't bought new
music since Pearl Jam. That's a good point several.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Times with music conversations in the barbershop. Last night, I
saw my tattoo guy and they had really good East
Coast hip hop on and they were talking about hip
hop the whole time I was there.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
So it's great small talk. But you're right, you're taking
a chance at their up on stuff. So again we're
saying sports talk is the best small talk, and use
it's your advantage to build that common commonality and common
ground with the in laws, the father in law, the
boss Rich does it all the time. He's always buttering
up to the boss on a sports common ground. I've
seen him do it for years. By the way, Oh
(37:53):
I heard your big, big Celtics fan. So anyway, going
to the phones, this up eighty nine on Fox. Let's
say hi to Ben in Ontario. What's up? Ben?
Speaker 9 (38:06):
Hey, what's going on?
Speaker 8 (38:08):
Fellas?
Speaker 1 (38:08):
What's up, buddy? What do you think?
Speaker 4 (38:10):
Man?
Speaker 10 (38:10):
Is uh?
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Is sports the easy small talk in your life? Oh?
Speaker 9 (38:15):
Man? I'll tell you what one story that sticks out completely.
About ten years ago, my wife was having a difficult birth.
The guy next to me the exact same thing, but
my ring tone went off and it was the autumn wind.
By the Raiders and all of a sudden boom and
(38:37):
long story short, the babies came out. Fine, they're healthy,
they're paining the you know what. But but it was
the ring tone, the autumn wind, and we we were strangers,
but we talked for like five hours to take our
mind off of it.
Speaker 1 (38:56):
And you know what, that sports and bonds people.
Speaker 4 (39:00):
He does.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
I love Canada and I love the boot out of
the Raiders there. Yeah, And like Mike said, who runs
this place is the safest and maybe nowadays the only
small talk to have because you don't know who you're
talking to, and that might be the best bet. One
more phone calls. Let's go to West Virginians. I had
a Fred, Hey, Fred, you're one.
Speaker 10 (39:19):
Hundred percent right, and you just about hit it a
wall ago talking about the T shirt guy, the kiss guy.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Yeah, I assume I've got a theory.
Speaker 10 (39:26):
I've got a theory. T shirt guy, you're running a wrist.
They don't know anything about what T shirt, but hat
guy he knows what he's talking.
Speaker 1 (39:34):
About because you buy it. You can buy a T
shirt at Target for nine to ninety nine that has
that has like pink Floyd on it.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
And I sort of like a investment nowadays.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Yeah, you're not buying a week hat. I will say this, Danny,
I don't really know much about Pink Floyd. A question
chess doesn't mean as much as on your head.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
I have owned a Pink Floyd T shirt, and I
probably could tell you very little about them. I'm that guy.
Uh damn buyer. I know you had one one last
thought's up.
Speaker 8 (40:00):
I actually feel like I'm in the minority here because
but it also maybe because of the profession that we're in. Yeah,
in talking sports all the time, Like it's sometimes great
to not talk sports, oh yeah, but to branch off
on even what Sam was Sam and someone has a
stupid sports opinion, Like I'm even just of like, why
would you even think that? Like I don't even want
(40:21):
to go down that road, so you don't even engage. Yeah,
I couldn't even be Yeah, it's the ultimate.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
Yeah, that's that's where you and I are different, because
I can't take it if I'm in a barbershop, airport, supermarket,
if I hear someone spouting out some incorrect stuff like well,
if I was at Ralphs the supermarket here and I
heard some idiot in Aisle three faintly in the background, like, well,
the Nuggets are tied up one to one with I'd
be like, sir, it's two oh.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
The series is two oh. Now check this out. Start
thinking things your younger siblings got that you didn't get.
This is a story about Aaron Rodgers, and we're gonna
do it delayed version of old school and fifty hits.
All right, we're runn late. We're having too much fun.
Things your younger siblings got that you didn't get. Start
thinking about it. I was the oldest. I feel like
(41:06):
I got everything same. But we have a theory, all right,
So it doesn't have to be siblings either. Maybe family
members younger family members.
Speaker 2 (41:13):
Oh cool, So we'll get to all that when fifty
hits on a throwback Thursday, some more NBA playoffs. We're
less than a week away until the NFL schedule comes out,
So a lot to get to your Bud's Covino on
Rich right here on Fox Sports Radio, and don't forget
you can always hit us up at Covino and Rich
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