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C&R talk swagger jackin' & Nimmo/Lindor's politics rumors! They take a deep dive on getting along with others even when you disagree! They take calls on the matter. Josh Hart did the "the Dirty Fonz" to Jalen Brunson! Was Stephen A. being phony about the NBA Cup? Plus, 'MIKE'S WORDS OF WISDOM,' 'MID WEAK MAJOR' & Rich makes Monse cry.. and laugh!

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my sweet this is an overshirt, Rich, But when you
look like a Vato like me, you can't really wear
a flannel.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
You just look like a down full have you?

Speaker 1 (00:42):
If you button that top button, you look like you're
gonna start doing trouble fit East Lost Homes. I look
like Aboto loco, and all it is is a nice
winter shirt man unbuttoned. It's just the nice winter shirt. Buttons,
casual winter shirt buttons. You look like you're in blood
and blood out. Yeah for real? Well, hey, Rich, let's
jump in to the ruckus. Let's get into it. I

(01:03):
already say congratulations to the Knicks. We will talk about
it because someone's faking it, and I'll tell you who
coming up. Someone is faking it? Who's faking the funk
on that nasty dunk? Who will explain? But congrats big
win over the Spurs last night. And I want to
kick it off with Rich's Mets. Now hear me out.
It's not baseball talk because I know you guys are

(01:23):
in your NBA Cup, NFL zone.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
So are we.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
But there's two stories. If it was just one story,
I wouldn't talk about your Mets. Two stories number one,
and you're not talking about Diaz and Alonzo, No, no
other Mets stories. Number one.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
I gotta say, what's the deal?

Speaker 3 (01:44):
Bra?

Speaker 1 (01:45):
You want my leftovers like a dog? I say, my
leftover is like a dog. You want my seconds, as
they say, the sloppy seconds. Here we go as of today,
Riches New York Mets Luke Weaver for a three year
deal like twenty two million or something like that reliever
Luke Weaver. He had his moment and yes that rhyme, Sam,

(02:09):
I know you like that reliever Luke Weaver. Luke Weaver,
the reliever, Rero Weaver. There you go, there got the
dream Weaver, Luke the reliever Weaver so the Yankees steal
Luke Weaver, he had an off season. I'm okay with it.
But now put together the Mets current bullpen. You have

(02:31):
our leftover in Clay Holmes. You have our leftover and
Devin Williams. Now you have our leftover in Luke Weaver.
Not to mention, you have our leftover in Juan Soto
and are gonna make a pretty generous offer apparently to
Cody Bellinger. Yeah exactly, and you're after Bellinger. Let me
say this respectfully and let me use sports terms. Get

(02:54):
off our jock, bro, what are you doing? What's the deal?
This sounds like a desperate you know, like a dude
that's obsessed with you or a woman.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
This is more of a woman tactic where a woman is.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
So obsessed And I say disrespectfully, ladies, but it's more
likely to be a woman in this case from my experience, sexist,
very sexist. But hear me out. You know how certain
women are so vengeful and caddy and petty sometimes or
maybe even obsessed with other women, Like they just copy
their style, they steal their man. Is that the whole
narrative of Bieber's wife, Like, didn't she like copy everything's

(03:29):
become obsessive. Right, it's less of a of a man quality.
I'm not saying men are above it, but I mean
the Mets are really on the Yankees. Jock here, Am
I wrong in saying that? Am? I?

Speaker 4 (03:41):
Am?

Speaker 2 (03:41):
I losing my mind?

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Okay, got the entire Yankees bullpen. I walked into our
now want the Yankees outfit? I walked into our today
and Comito goes, yo, take your team to get off
my nuts. I'm like, like, what are you talking about?

Speaker 5 (03:53):
Yo?

Speaker 1 (03:54):
And come on? And what a Mets thing to do?
On a side note, oh, here we go. I believe
Jason Smith said this, not Mike Harmon. Jason Smith. I
can never tell them apart no no, no Smith sleeves,
Harmon hat. Jason Smith wears no sleeves. Mike Harmon wears
a hat.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
I'm an ass man. He should wear he should wear slips.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
Jason Smith is also a Mets fan like you, and
he goes, what a Mets thing to do? We no
longer have the guy that hit the home run in
Pete Alnzo. We have the guy that led up the
home run ins right, like, what a Mets thing to do?
But not only that, they have all of the Yankees
like bullpen and now outfield, and it didn't work for

(04:36):
the Yankees.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
So why are the Mets doing it? That's story number one.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
Well, and it has nothing to do with the Mets Yankees.
I think that there are sometimes, Danny, have you ever
noticed that there's a team in the NBA, NFL, Major
League Baseball where there's a handful of guys that used
to be on your team and you almost look at
it like, oh, look at them. They're like it's my
oh yeah, my team liked in a way.

Speaker 6 (04:57):
Rich It's like how the Packers have Josh Jacobs, Nate Hobbs,
a couple other Raiders. I'm like, man, I should just
start rocking the g hat.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
But you want to know why this is happening too,
And this is part two of the story. This is
kind of wild. So again, this is not about baseball.
This is an update. It's like you see something you
like and you just try to emulate it and copy
it and basically rip it off, Like I like that
dude's jacket, I like that dude's sneakers, that dude's hat,
and then you steal his whole style and swaggers swaggers
don't work that way, dude. You got Wiring Guary agents,

(05:26):
you got Clay Holmes, Devin Williams, Luke Weaver, Wan Soto,
you're going after Bellinger. My goodness, dude, part two of this.
If you don't care about the Mets Yankees, good because
Part two of this it could do with football, baseball, basketball, anything.
It's more of just a a twenty twenty five general sentiment.
Let's explain to what makes sports beautiful, makes sports great?

(05:50):
All different walks of life come to one place with
one purpose, and that purpose is to win. Right. Different ideology,
different people, different cultures, from all different walks of life,
different lands.

Speaker 2 (06:02):
And this is anational game.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
And this is on full display if and when you
do watch like the World Baseball Classic, or you're starting
to see in the NBA when they do the international
players orus the American born players. It's it's beautiful when
you see, Hey, my team's got Japanese players, black players,
white players, Latino players. It's all different. It really is.
All differences aside, and it doesn't matter what names on

(06:24):
the back, because they're all playing for the name that's
on the front. Right. All differences aside when you're in
between those lines. You got one goal, one common goal
together and has to win, so nothing else matters once
the buzzer hits. Once the game starts, you could have
went with tip off, first pitch or kickoff. Here went

(06:44):
with buzzer hits. I went with the yeah, I say, scrambling,
how does a game start? Once the game starts, all
those things are out the window. Differences no matter you won,
common goals to win. And would you believe it, that
word on the streets is as of today that your

(07:08):
boy Brandon Neimo and Lindore never saw eye to eye
and they got rid of Nimo because of political differences.
I'm not saying this hasn't existed before. I'm sure it has,
but I've never really heard it like this before in sports.
It infiltrated relationships where it never has before, and now

(07:29):
it's infiltrating sports in a way that it really hasn't before.
They couldn't put that aside, I'm assuming, and it's a
pretty good assumption what I read. And Nimo was a
Trump guy, Lindore was not. They couldn't put their political
differences aside for the sole sake of winning. In New
York that's just so lame to me, because that sort

(07:51):
of defeats with sports is all about like, well, you're
letting your political differences get in a way of winning. Here,
I listen, I'm call me old fashioned. I still believe
in the idea of, hey, we could be friends if
we have different political beliefs. But that is not a
sentiment that is popular among younger people because their mindset is, yo,

(08:14):
if you disagree with me on these big issues, then
I don't know how it could be your pal. It's
a very different mindset. You could say, well, that's the problem,
you should care and I get all that. And here's
another example. You can say, well, that's the caveman knuckle
dragon mentality of our generation. Right. Have you ever Danny
g Iowa, Sam spott, Low and cron I say this respectfully,
Fox Sports Radio Nation, Please I say this respectfully. Have

(08:37):
you ever kicked someone out of the bedroom because they
didn't line up with you politically? Have you ever had
a hot woman laying in your bedroom and said, wait
a minute, before we do this, oh, who do you support? Yeah?
Because guess what in today's world, and I've seen it
first hand, imagining you're ask getting days in the two thousand.
You're like some girls like unrobing in your bedroom. You're like,

(08:57):
hold on before this proceeds, McCain or Obama. Oh what
if she asks you?

Speaker 5 (09:03):
Right?

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Hold on? Trick question?

Speaker 1 (09:07):
Oh like you do you lie just to make it happen.
I don't vote right exactly, I'm an independent.

Speaker 2 (09:17):
If you what I'm noticed, know that it becomes you
don't vote. Oh my god, you don't care about the process.

Speaker 1 (09:21):
I'm neutral now if that neutral is even worse, because
then you're quote wish she watched. Oh no, I screwed
this up. Let me tell you. I would say. My
brother is single again. He recently got divorced. Unfortunately.

Speaker 2 (09:31):
Yeah, meeting someone is hard enough.

Speaker 1 (09:33):
My brother, my brother has had to fake the funk
so many times because girls on dating profiles will be like,
unless you like hate President Trump, don't respond to my
brother's like, I don't hate President Trump. But she has
a fine ass. Like you know, you're like, it's right,
just like you got to put differences aside between the
lines for the greater good of winning. Sometimes you got

(09:54):
to put your differences aside to make a relationship work right,
and you connect on other things and it's okay to disagree.
That's how we were brought up, at least to think.
Now I'm seeing younger people and younger relationships, they don't
deal with it. Dude, I have a teenage daughter and
I was like, whatever happened to uh Kirby? I don't
know the kids name? I can't give way to kids

(10:15):
name anyway, weird, weird, millennial name, weenial name, larynth whatever
happened to larynx, Cayden because kids don't have normal names.
We're having a Cayden, nice kid. They didn't line up
politically or he set them off the wall sort of
views that he that didn't agree with my daughters. So
they're like they called it done. Though, I'm like, what
why are you guys worrying about that? You're sixteen years old.

(10:37):
You could say that we're You could say, hey, Kevina Rich,
you guys are dummies. That's been said before. That's possible.
But think about it. If you were a single guy
in the nineties, two thousands, if you're an older school
dude seventies or eighties, did you ever one time when
you were in high school even no care or think
about the political thoughts of a girl you had a crush. No,

(10:58):
never worry when you were when you were on your
come up, did you ever think of a girl who
you asked out on a date. If high school girl
asked me what my thoughts of the Gaza Strip, where
I would be thinking is that a steak?

Speaker 2 (11:09):
I wouldn't know.

Speaker 1 (11:10):
I wouldn't I wouldn't have known what she was talking
about because I was a teenage idiot. These kids about
the Gaza Strip, of the style she had going on
somewhere kids today, and you could say, well, then that's
better for them, because you should line up. I don't
know about that. It's infiltrating relationships. How many young single

(11:30):
people are out there because of all the difference is
it's hard enough to find someone. Now you're adding another layer.
And now it's infiltrating sports, the old that the old
adage of opposites attract. I think people have sort of
poo pooed that idea. And you know what, the tell
mc scatcat the I will let Paula Abdul not know.

(11:52):
I feel like it's very almost counterproductive in old school
when Cavino and I genuinely say something like yeah, man,
I'm sort of down the guy because you know what happens.
Then every Republican friend you have is like, what are
you some liberal? Uh wimp? And then every liberal friend
you have is like, what are you some trumper? You're
on an island you can't win, Like when you're when

(12:14):
you're a middle guy where you're like, hey, you know
what I don't. I don't love or hate this. You're
considered wishy washya. Can I tell you I saw our
buddy KFC from Barstool point out something great. He's a
good dude. He was on our bonus pod recently over
promised KFC from Barstool said, the biggest problem we ever
did when it comes to politics is we started treating

(12:37):
politics the way we treat sports. How you will like fanatically,
like Cavino you're a Yankees fan, Danny g you're a
Dodgers fan, you will hate the Padres no matter what,
undeniably Cavino, the Red Sox could do no right in
your mind right, that is fanatical, that's fanatical, ridiculous behavior.

(12:58):
You hate your rival. If you're a Lakers fan, the Celtics,
even though.

Speaker 2 (13:07):
They do something good, is the point?

Speaker 1 (13:08):
Yeah, yeah, you hate them. You hate them because you
have to. Gary Vaynerchuk talks about this are pal motivational
speaker and influencer. Gary Vee talks about how he knows
as a Jets fan, he's illogical and that's what it seems.
A fanatic, right because of sports whatever. But when you
take politics and you you treat controllably and undeniably agree

(13:30):
with one hundred percent of something someone does or says,
because you're treating politics like you're a fan, no offense,
Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden. They're not the Raiders
or the Padres, or the Patriots and the Cardinals. It's
a politician. So it really upset me to see that
Nimo and lindor whether the rumors are true or not.
The fact that the Mets clubhouse was divided politically, dude,

(13:52):
just sort of sucks. With the holidays coming up, you
go on a Hono Dinners or you know, my family's
coming in town for Christmas. You're telling me you think
your family all aligns politically, Get out of here. You
have some family members that lover hate the same guy. Right,
and by the way, think of polarizing figures in sports,

(14:14):
like in history, like like a Kurt Shilling, right, you
think everyone in the locker room lined up with that guy?
Absolutely not, but they put it aside to win. How
did they not do that? I give this sort of
thing needs to stop because you'll never line up with everybody.
You think everyone here Fox Sports Radio lines up the

(14:34):
same way. No, but we want to do great radio
and we want to have fun throughout the day. We
want to connect and put all that aside. Your Mets
can do that. I hope it stops there, because your
boy Lindor is part of two weekast stories. Him and
Nimo couldn't line up politically, They fought about it, they
got rid of Nemo, and then the side story is
a total side note. Him and Soto didn't vibe and

(14:56):
that was part of the problem this year too. Well,
you know what, let me take it to my football team,
since I'm only going to talk about my team's Danny.
But you've heard this story too, where forty nine ers injured. Unfortunately,
Ed Rusher and one of the best defensive players in
the league, Nick Bosa, is very openly a Donald Trump supporter. Yeah,
and they made it very clear that his teammates are like, yeah, dude,

(15:19):
I might not agree with you, but you're a boy.
The Niners and other athletes have overcome what has been
around forever political differences. But now we seem to think, well,
I can't hang with that person. We don't see eye
to eye and everything when you can see that third
because what happens is Lindor then says, and again I'm
painting in broad strokes here, I don't know this to

(15:41):
be fact. Yeah, this is automatically doesn't like NIMO because
we treat it in a fanatical way, like hold on,
I don't care if you're a good guy. I don't
care if you're a nice family man. I don't care
if you're a great base. If you like that guy
you're against Trump, you don't like me. I hate you. Therefore,
no chemistry. So if this is this might not be
the first time this has happened. You don't think, bro,

(16:04):
You don't think in the NFL when people were kneeling
during the anthem, Oh yeah, you don't think that that
divided different races and cultures and southern people in East coast,
northern people. You don't think there was divide during that.
Oh there had to be.

Speaker 2 (16:19):
There were there were, There were definitely locker room conversation.

Speaker 1 (16:24):
I'm sorry, when you're getting paid that kind of money
as a professional, you have to put it aside for
the fans. Dude, it's not you don't have to hang
out and like the guy. You have to win together.
It's as simple as that you're on the team. Not
everyone's gonna love each other and get along and line
up in life and in sports. I think it's a
shame they couldn't put those differences aside. I have a

(16:46):
question for the same and I hope it doesn't continue
to be like a like a trend, because political politics
is now like an everyday mainstream conversation. Hey, let me
let me put you guys on the spot, Isaac Danny
g I was saying, do you think politics will remain
a focal point? Do you think we're just going through
one of the ebbs and flows in history where it's
where it's a out in front of you thing. Do

(17:07):
you think we've just had some polarizing politicians or do
you think, hey, we went through the Vietnam era that
the country was divided, then you you know, do you
think it's an ebb and flow or do you think
moving forward, every generation will be this politically motivated.

Speaker 7 (17:20):
I'll answer first because I have balls. Please do I mean,
the most accurate answer I can give is I honestly
don't know. I hope it's an ebb and flow because
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (17:34):
You hear people say we're more divided than ever, and
then like your dad might be like, oh, you aren't
around Sundaer in Vietnam or something there.

Speaker 7 (17:40):
The sixties were pretty interesting, but in a different way
than it is now because of different issues.

Speaker 1 (17:46):
He tell us about the sixties.

Speaker 7 (17:49):
I did a lot of lds or LSD.

Speaker 1 (17:53):
Sorry, let me let me just say it's it's wild,
because again, it's a weird take in twenty twenty five
where I could genuinely tell you I have friends that
think Trump is the greatest guy in the world, and
I have friends that think Trump is the worst guy
in the world. And I've never been like, you know,
I don't think we could be friends because of your
political take. I just I may say, yeah, I don't
agree with you on that.

Speaker 2 (18:13):
In fact, I may or maybe we don't vibe socially.

Speaker 1 (18:16):
Right. Hey, we don't have to go out and chop
it up and be best friends or besties having drinks
in high five do you think? But when you're professionals,
you have to put that aside. So do you think,
let's just be real here, do you think like a
forty year old nerdy punter is socially hanging out with

(18:37):
some twenty two year old draft pick who who just
entered the NFL and is like, you know, Chase an
s No, you think do you think? You know, we
talked about that with Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford, you know,
the possible MVP this year. Remember like a year ago,
his beautiful wife was doing her podcast and said that, hey,
it's a little tricky because it's hard to relate to
everyone in a locker room because some guys are in

(18:59):
there close to forty and married other guys or Chase
it ass you know, political differences everyone's gonna have.

Speaker 2 (19:05):
And here's the shame of it, right, different thoughts.

Speaker 1 (19:06):
Absolutely, the biggest shame of it too is in the
world of dating and relationships and friendships, it's hard enough
to find people to relate to, and you're adding one
more layer to it, right. The same in sports, it's
so hard to build chemistry. We see it, right, it's
so hard to build that winning team and that magic
and that chemistry, and now you're adding one more annoying
layer that doesn't even belong there anyway. This is sports,

(19:28):
This isn't politics. Keep it out of the locker room.

Speaker 2 (19:31):
He used to be.

Speaker 1 (19:31):
Keep it out of the Thanksgiving or Christmas or Hanuka table.
Keep it off the table, keep it out of the holiday.
Now you got to keep it out of the locker room.
It's just one more layer that interferes with the chemistry
and winning of a team.

Speaker 2 (19:43):
I mean, who's great at making serious issues very light?
The great Larry David. Right are you guys fans of CURB.

Speaker 1 (19:49):
I was gonna say us, I mean weep us too,
but pretty maybe close to Larry David but not Larry
David does a great episode where he's hooking up with
this beautiful girl but she hates Jewish people and he's like,
but it's like but but it's you know, so satirical.
But I mean, we are you know, that's a humorous,

(20:12):
you know, TV show.

Speaker 7 (20:13):
But he didn't have a problem with Then Marty had
the problem with.

Speaker 1 (20:15):
Yeah, funck Houser fuckus was like the late great funk Causer.
But your thoughts hey, let's open it up. Let's let's
have some real talk here on a Rando Cavino on
Rich Wednesday, and we are going to get to midweek
Major and the NBA Cup. You know NBA Cup. Someone's
someone's full of someone's full of it, someone's faking the funk.
I'm gonna call someone out today. And also we talked

(20:37):
about there being like five games this weekend where the
steaks are so high. I want to go over those
games that you guys and really break them down. Oh steaks.
I'll have the guysa strip with that medium medium. Well, uh,
Danny g keep everyone on hold. I see the phones
are hot. Thank you, buddy. We got more CNR next
right here on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (21:00):
Fernando Mendoza. I don't know where he lines up politically.

Speaker 1 (21:03):
I have no idea, but I hear how his teammates
talk about him. You could see how likable he is,
right Yeah, everything he's saying, especially for Hispanic players and everything,
I'm like, this guy is amazing. He's the best. I
love this guy. He's lovable. I want to getim a hug.
A lot of his teammates are like I would run
through a wall for this guy because he's such a
good dude. I love him in this net and you

(21:26):
could see the chemistry. You could see they play for
that dude. They're protecting that dude. You want to protect
the guy you don't like, you know what I mean.
It's hard to like somebody if you're leading with politics
and you disagree all the time.

Speaker 2 (21:38):
That chemistry is not there. It's not going to be
the same chemistry.

Speaker 1 (21:41):
Killer. And it's a shame that we're letting politics infiltrate
our relationships in this way.

Speaker 2 (21:47):
And again, our buddy Jeff who hit us up and
said that also a little younger than us.

Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeap. I never was sizing up a woman. And you
could say I'm wrong for that, and I understand where
you're coming from, and maybe that is the problem.

Speaker 2 (21:58):
But I never was sizing up a woman. I think
she was sizing me up, me thinking.

Speaker 1 (22:01):
Oh, I wonder what party he belongs to, because I'll
tell you which, one Taco party of one? You know, like,
it wasn't that deep for me. Did we get along?
Cavino's biggest choice was not a Republican or Democrat. It
was soft shell or hearts right flour or corn and
It's just a shame because political differences shouldn't infiltrate your

(22:23):
sports team. Just either just added to the list of
things that can mess with chemistry inside of locker room. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (22:27):
When I was a little kid here in East LA,
my mom was really cautious about colors that she put
on me and my brother. Yeah, and that's what we
were thinking about. And some people treat politics like that now, Yeah,
like gang colors. You're absolutely right, and that's a shame.

Speaker 1 (22:43):
You know who. I blame them, you're boiling door. I
do because I think he's a really likable guy. And
I'm surprised. That's why I'm hard. This is all speculation
from Mike Francesse evaculation. But the story is Lindor was
not vibe Mo Soto and politically different with Nimo, and
that's why he's not there again allegedly whatever.

Speaker 2 (23:01):
But I'm sure this happens.

Speaker 1 (23:02):
I'm sure it happens, and people don't want to talk
about it moving forward, what happens between lines, you know,
politics should not infiltrate that.

Speaker 2 (23:12):
All right, let's go to your feedback.

Speaker 1 (23:14):
Danny G Who do we got the phones of the
phones of CNR, phones of CNR and I can't log
in here.

Speaker 6 (23:20):
Let's how the phones have been on fire. Let's start
in Fresno, California with Cody Cody.

Speaker 8 (23:27):
Hey, guys, this just happened to my brother two weeks ago.
He's twenty years old, younger than us. Yeah, went on
a date with a girl, a great date, went back
to her place. They're hanging out. She goes, oh, I
forgot to ask who did you vote for? And he
said it, and she goes, I'm gonna have to ask
you to leave kick them out watch him on Instagram.
Then she went to the t app and said that

(23:47):
he's a fascist and make sure not to date this guy.

Speaker 1 (23:49):
Dude, I'm not surprised to hear that. It's not stuff
we had to deal with, and it makes it more
difficult for young people and that's why they're all single. Yeah,
but I'm not surprised to hear that is my point.
I was more surprised that it's happening in sports. But
thanks for sharing. Now, let's go to Bruno in Brooklyn's stop.

Speaker 3 (24:10):
Gentlemen, good afternoon or good morning?

Speaker 1 (24:12):
Hey, how are you listen? Guys?

Speaker 4 (24:15):
Well, hey listen.

Speaker 3 (24:15):
I just want to say first and foremost happy holidays
and all the crew at C and OR.

Speaker 1 (24:19):
I love you guys, Thank you man.

Speaker 3 (24:22):
Last of the year and.

Speaker 4 (24:22):
It's been fantastic.

Speaker 9 (24:24):
Hey back to the point here.

Speaker 3 (24:26):
One thing I think that.

Speaker 9 (24:27):
Changed between with you guys with myself was there was
no social media.

Speaker 10 (24:32):
Man.

Speaker 9 (24:32):
Now, let me just say that we were growing up,
you didn't have You didn't know what everybody thought that
you hung out with. Now everybody has a platform and
they're they're posting every day, every night, and it's starting fires.

Speaker 3 (24:44):
People are getting fired up and they're saying, I can't
hang with this guy because he agrees with this or that.
We didn't have that.

Speaker 1 (24:50):
I never one time, But you're right, social media may,
you know, propel kids into politics earlier, and then again
we have had some divisive and to date it's more
so than ever. Right, But like Esteban, I don't I'm
not following him. I'm looking at the feedback. He goes
fifty to fifty really, and I'm like, yeah, we've had
the last few elections, people that have won the electoral

(25:11):
have lost a popular and vice versa. Like we're talking
about a country that's very divided. So by that theory,
fifty percent of the people you meet could likely be
people you don't necessarily agree with. That means you're not
going to be friends with fifty percent of the people
you meet. That's crazy. Let's go to Long Island and Kristina.
This is also if you want to think a little
deeper too. This falls hard on coaching staffs and managers

(25:34):
and things like that. Get the piece like, it's just
one added layer again because you have to deal with
different personalities and different people that these younger players also
their political difference. To back up what Bruno said, they
also have to deal with social media another layer, like
you said, GM trying to create a team based on
like their political affiliations. Just to keep the chemistry alive.

(25:56):
Let's go to Long Island High, Kristin.

Speaker 11 (26:00):
I like your show, by the way, thank you and
the happy holidays. See you guys. I just want to
stay on here. And I have a friend named Eric,
I also call him e Yeah, and he's the best
friend I've always had. But I also love your music
and I do not like politics.

Speaker 2 (26:21):
How about my shirt? Are you watching episode right?

Speaker 1 (26:24):
Shirt? And I appreciate Thank you Beck, Greg, you know
what you mad the most sense of anyone, by the way,
anything else. I don't like politics. Greg in Pennsylvania, Greg,
thank you.

Speaker 3 (26:38):
Merry Christmas, gentleman, and I hope you have a happy
New Year. Hey, I would like to bring I would
like to bring this Fox over feelings junk and I'll
use that because this is the afternoon into sports. The
whole eye test thing is for the intellectually weak who
either have an agenda to push or they just want

(26:59):
to pissed people off with what they say. Because and
where this came to a head for me, like a
giant ZiT that popped up overnight that you didn't know
you had, was the whole Notre Dame bition and the
whole Door Sanders thing. It's either like you're on one
camp or another, and no matter how you try to
tell them the facts, it's just like, as matter of fact,
this morning is watching the channel.

Speaker 1 (27:21):
I never by the way, yeah, I never believe. And
by the way, Greg, Greg call I know. I can
never understand when someone and this goes for politics, because
I said, we treat politics like sports. Now we're fanatical.
I can never understand if you said here's twenty issues,
I can't imagine. I can't believe the people that are like, well,
I'm just gonna click every check on the left or

(27:42):
right because that's that's my party. I can never blindly
follow something like that. I feel like you go down
a checklist of twenty things, you might be like, yeah,
I got, you know, thirteen checks on this side, seven
on this side.

Speaker 2 (27:53):
I can't fathom how.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
And that's like voting in Congress and all this stuff,
like they just vote on party lines, like I can't imagine,
and being like here's the issues, and being like, well,
I'll just trick down the left, checked out stright that
there's not a lot more to this, right, I hope
this sort of stops here, because you don't want this
to change how we watch sports and how sports teams
are run and how they get along. Like sports should

(28:17):
be a safe space from that sort of thing. So
that's why I didn't like the story. And again, this
is all leged from Mike Francesa and some of the
things I read online about Nimo and Lindor, And I
just hope that there's not more of this in the future. Yeah,
let's help Isaac. It's an interesting thought, right, when you

(28:38):
get older and you have you know, friends, with kids
and wives. When you have people over your house, you
have to specify. Is it like a guys night? Are
you bringing kids and wives? It's not. Some families roll
like five deep. Now you got to feed it the
entire family.

Speaker 7 (28:51):
So important delineations have to be made. By the way,
Apparently my invitation got lost in the mail.

Speaker 1 (28:57):
It was a casual we decided yesterday. But you are
more than welcome. I can't I can't make it Mi casa,
sue kasa or something like that.

Speaker 12 (29:04):
Max Brosmer is taking your spot because it's bros Knight
from the Vikings. Max Brosmer, Yeah, bros Knight, I like
that one.

Speaker 1 (29:11):
I'm breaking out his material here. Still be a Flappers
and Burbank this weekend. Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Where Cavino and Rich is Fox Sports Radio with Danny
g Iowa. Sam Spot ain't getting ready for midweek Major
Low and Crown is here and we have our tire
rack play of the day. New York Sports has something

(29:31):
to celebrate, or do they?

Speaker 6 (29:34):
So Sam has all these bad puns and jokes prepared
over here, but he doesn't have the play of the
day ready.

Speaker 2 (29:38):
Come on, is the play of the Day, Josh Hart
and Brunson.

Speaker 1 (29:41):
By the way, no, Sam has a Sam has a
bro pun but no play the Day until now and
hit it. There we go. The Knicks out much bigger
goals at the end of the year.

Speaker 2 (29:52):
But by beating Senate.

Speaker 1 (29:54):
Too, they're leaving Las Vegas with a bran new trophy.
You'll tell me twenty five the NBA Cup Champions your
New York tip courtesy of Nick's Radio Network. That was
your tyreck play the day and for over forty years,
tire rack. Did you see Hard pulled that move last night? Yeah?
I thought that was the play of the day. That's
but that's how we warm up for every show, by
the way, so that's not new, that's how. That's how

(30:16):
we're so amby Josh Brown Brown thumbheart. He did a
celebration maneuver that I've never seen before in the NBA.
You've done it, No, I have not. That's not ruthfully,
he just not in public.

Speaker 2 (30:34):
He he did.

Speaker 1 (30:35):
Let's just say he did that with his thumb to
Jalen Brunson and Jaylen Browns was like yo, and it
was caught on TV. I don't know. I think he
was more like Hey, we just won the cup. Thumbs up,
thumbs up the wrong spot. It was all playful for sure,
but you know it's kind of funny to see on television.
You know we should talk about the NBA Cup. Rich,
It was last night again the Nicks beat the Spurs.

(30:58):
Do you want to talk about it honestly or do
you want to sound like steven A Smith before? First
take this morning? Listen to this.

Speaker 10 (31:04):
I love everybody and I made everybody. I love the
v I love all the networks. I love everybody. You
don't know what because baby Scott sib a cup.

Speaker 1 (31:18):
This morning, just say the next they just see the next.
Now here's what I said. We saw him beat the
Spurs one. I love the excitement, But how much of
that is steven A being sarcastic? How much of that
as ESPN's in bed with the NBA and like, you know,
it's their biggest partner versus like, is anyone really excited?
Here's my litmus test.

Speaker 2 (31:38):
On the flip side. Did you see what Charles Barkley said?

Speaker 1 (31:41):
You know what? Get that cute up. Let me give
you my litmus test. My friend Nicole, who I do
a parenting podcast with every week, that really is more
smutty than parenting. I was talking to her earlier today
and her husband's a big Knicks fan, and I go, yo,
is Matt really pumped about the uh the Cup last night?
And she's like, what cup? And I go last night
the Knicks like your husband and son, your your nine

(32:04):
year old son and your husband big Knicks fans. She goes, yeah,
like they went to the NBA playoffs last ye at
the Garden. Those tickets were expensive. I go, yeah, not
last year. Now last night, she goes, what's the NBA Cup.
She's like, I don't think they even know. I'm like,
they know, but I don't think anyone cares.

Speaker 5 (32:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (32:19):
Again, we're from the East Coast. A lot of our
friends Knicks fans, family members Knicks fans, so always chopping
up with family. Nick's fan friends say like, yeah, bro,
my uncle Bill hit me up this morning like yo, man,
the Knicks, bro. And I'm like, seriously's like no, but
you know, at least they want something better than nothing,
better than nothing for sure. Charles Barkley says NBA Cup
is embarrassing. I'm disappointed that we have to make an

(32:40):
nd season tournament to make these guys more money, We'll
play it for you. But do you think that stephen
A was being serious there or is this showmanship at
its height at it's worse? No, and your thoughts on
the NBA Cup will share ours all that and a
bunch of NFL. I'm pumped about NFL Week sixteen, so
Hank tight let me quote you earlier today on our

(33:03):
Patreon Monday through Thursday Patreon Covino and Rich. I mean,
you're pumped anytime your team wins, and anytime you win
a good game or close game. This was just like
a tiny layer of awesome on top of.

Speaker 2 (33:17):
A big win.

Speaker 1 (33:18):
Like you want to beat the Spurs regardless, right, you
want to set the tone plus the money incentive. I
understand why the players are extra excited, but did they
lean into it a little more because it's for the
greater good of the NBA And the same thing with
stephen A Smith. If ESPN and Steven A are in
bed with the NBA, he has to be screaming about it, right.
There was one part in his rant this morning where

(33:41):
he does like an embarrassing like Howard Dean, like yeah,
stephen A did like a full like yeah, Howard Dean
or steven A. I don't know, you know what, I'm
gonna try to find that clip of him just screaming,
because he does like an eventual scream.

Speaker 12 (33:58):
It was actually a steven A, but that was like
after the Knicks did something he didn't like.

Speaker 1 (34:02):
So congratulations to the Knicks, for sure. They need a
w That's the first win they've had, you know, their
first I don't know, meaningful wins in seventy three, I guess,
so props to them. But Danny g said it best yesterday.
We live in a world where championships matter, so yeah,
this could set the tone and build some camaraderie and

(34:22):
put some money in their pockets. But the Knicks need
to win an NBA finals, right, They need to win
a championships. It's better than nothing. But you know, I'll
say this, it's when you have little kids competing in
a tournament and they win, do you tell them to
like settle down? Like I always find it like a
little cringey win. Like let's say my team wins like

(34:44):
the Sunday Softball Championship and like they're like passing around
the trophy. I'm like, I'm a grown man. We had
a good game. Well it feels weird. It feels like
the NBA Cup, Like what I think the players are
pumped about the extra five hundred k, right, that's something
you pumped about. That's fair, I get that, But we're
the f ans pumped. Were they as pumped as Steven A. Smith?

Speaker 2 (35:02):
Sam?

Speaker 1 (35:06):
That was?

Speaker 6 (35:07):
I mean, part of the problem was there weren't that
many fans in attendance at the T Mobile Arena. The
lower bowl wasn't even full. So what they had to
do there is they lowered the lights so it looked
kind of like Staple Center or whatever the name of that.

Speaker 1 (35:21):
That's embarrassing and that's what I think Charles Barkby was. Yeah,
it was not a good look.

Speaker 6 (35:26):
And at one point the camera showed how empty the
facility was, and then Stan Van Gundy proceeded to kind
of lecture everyone watching by saying, if you're not a
fan of the NBA Cup, you're not a fan of basketball.

Speaker 1 (35:39):
And I don't lecture me right now while there's nobody
in attendance. Don't let you mean because I'm watching you know, Yeah,
do you think Charles Barkley is not a fan? Well,
here's what sir, Charles had to say then one, I
think the.

Speaker 13 (35:51):
Cup thing is somewhat embarrassing. What I mean by that is,
I'm disappointed in my players that we're having on God
bless them for making money. Okay, I'm disappointed that we
have to make an in season tournament to make these
guys more money so they won't do load management. These guys,

(36:12):
God bless them making a lot of money. I never
begrudge them because I made I don't mind an't making
what they're making, but I made a great living. But
to have to pay these guys extra money to make
them play up games they should play basketball if they're
well compensated to play basketball, to do in season tournament
to make them extra money, come on, man, that's that's

(36:35):
a little bit ridiculous.

Speaker 1 (36:36):
He's he's dead on there, even when he says ridiculous,
he's dead on there. And I completely agree. And I'm
not one to pooh pooh, as Rob Parker loves to say.
I'm not going to pooh poo on something new and
something potentially fun. I just don't think we're there yet.
I think maybe we'll get there. It takes some time,
But how disingenuous would we be if we came in
here today even pumped and he said it wasn't a pact.

(37:02):
Dads that at an easier time giving away you know,
Penn and Teller tickets in Vegas and then NBA Cup Finals.

Speaker 6 (37:07):
You guys had more people in attendance at the c
RC twenty in Vegas.

Speaker 1 (37:12):
At our convention. Yeah, we brought out more people in
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Here comes snuffle up Agus. Yeah, what's a mic Big
Micah runs this place. It is a Wednesday, which means
we're gonna break down his words of wisdom. We're gonna
do midwek major in a little bit, and uh I

(37:54):
wrote down can you remember I told you. There were seven,
like like six or seven games I wrote down NFL
games that just they're almost playoff magnitude. There's something about
this season where like insignificant games are far and few
between because all these teams are so like right there
in it like a game away from clinching or a

(38:15):
game away from elimination. And as we answered the final
three weeks of the NFL season, there's six games I
want to break down. But first I want to welcome Mike.
What's up? Mike? What's going on?

Speaker 5 (38:24):
Pebells?

Speaker 1 (38:25):
Hey, Spig? Mike?

Speaker 2 (38:27):
Who runs this place?

Speaker 8 (38:28):
Hello?

Speaker 1 (38:28):
Everybody? Hello? Ned of them? Mike? Who what's up?

Speaker 3 (38:33):
What's up?

Speaker 1 (38:33):
General? Mike? Your panthers, by the way, how about that? Huh?

Speaker 5 (38:36):
How about them losing?

Speaker 1 (38:38):
They're seven and seven though, and they play two games
against the Bucks. They have they control their own destiny,
which is the Can you answer anything more? Yes?

Speaker 5 (38:48):
I could ask for them to have three games that
they could lose and still make it into the playoffs
with home field advantage.

Speaker 2 (38:55):
But cannot be choosers. Michael, Let's get into this. We
do it every week.

Speaker 1 (38:59):
Mike's a guy that when we first first started working here,
I remember being like this guy has wisdom. That's why
we thought he ran the place and still think he
does because he walks around with the strut. As far
as you know, Mike, let's do it. Words of wisdom.
It's time for the guy that runs this place. Just
for clarification, guys, Big Mike does not run this place.

(39:19):
He is not in charge of everything. He has no
power over really anybody here. He does not run this place.

Speaker 14 (39:25):
It's Big Mike's words of wisdom on a Wednesday at
Damn Bayer, letting nothing to the imagination.

Speaker 1 (39:31):
There, you know, he was very clear.

Speaker 5 (39:33):
Yeah, all right, and we are in the middle of
the holidays, and I'm sure everyone has been dealing with
all the holiday traffic and stress and everything that gets
to you during this time of year. So these words
of wisdoms are inspired by the holidays.

Speaker 1 (39:49):
Okay, great, perfect, Mike.

Speaker 5 (39:52):
Holiday generosity isn't measured by the presence you buy, but
by the presence of your kindness, patience, and time.

Speaker 3 (40:08):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (40:08):
That was good. I like that one. That's what I like.
Covino goes, I'm coming over your house. My present is
me being here, right, exactly what that is? Yeah, exactly
what that is? So if you could repeat that word
for word verbatim. That's called verbatim. You win the greatest
stocking stuffer in all the land. Our new nerve football
with the turbo grip. There you go, Let me give

(40:29):
it to you one more time. Yeah, one more time, Okay,
one more time.

Speaker 5 (40:34):
Holiday generosity isn't measured by the presence you buy, but
by the presence of your kindness, patience, and time.

Speaker 1 (40:46):
Like good one, there, do you mind if I give
everyone a little holiday tip? That's what she said, being
that you bump into some randos around the holidays, right,
maybe like a neighbor, a coworker. You might be out
and about around the holidays. I always keep a bottle
of wine in a bag like a holiday bake in
my trunk of my car, and I keep a twenty

(41:07):
dollars Starbucks gift card on hand because you may bump
into someone that's like, oh my god, hey, I got
you little something, and then you feel like an ass clown,
like I didn't get you anything. So I feel like
a bottle of wine and a gift card on hand
is a grid idea.

Speaker 5 (41:22):
One hundred percent. Back in the day, I worked for
someone who sees candy they would just buy a bunch
of boxes of seized candy and keep them.

Speaker 1 (41:33):
Who do you work for a will you want come?
I actually believe it. I don't want to. I didn't
want to name drop, so I didn't say who it was.
But it was. That was Betty White. Oh Betty.

Speaker 5 (41:43):
She would just had a stack of seized candy's boxes
right by her front door. At anytime, you know, somebody
would come by to drop off a package or do
something for the house or whatever.

Speaker 1 (41:52):
Wait, let me get this candy for you. You've played
scrabble while Gary Coleman sea blocking. That's correct, and you
were Betty White. It's a man servant. No, actually believe
it or not. Betty White. I was bitten by Betty
White's dog. That Betty White. Betty White's dog bit me one.
Do you know how jealous are video guy Spot is

(42:13):
of you? He is a huge Betty White fan. Rest
in peace, Betty Whitty White. The greatest, absolutely greatest, Thank
you Mike Scott stories. He's got wisdom. And if you
could repeat that word for word, not his story about
sees chocolate, but his words of wisdom. If you can
repeat it word for word, we'll give away a prize
now eight seven, seven ninety nine.

Speaker 12 (42:33):
Rich, So you have a bottle of wine that's just
been cooking in your trunk for months, So they open.

Speaker 1 (42:39):
Up that plane, it's gonna be like, guys, it's like
a mildly tasty white Yeah, it's a Peter Grigiow that
tastes like you like I said, hey, but something. Yeah,
And Mike, who runs this place, has a bunch of
melted chocolate in his trunk. Yeah, yeah you Mike, thank you, Oh,
thank you? Uh, Mike Sworzwi wasn't repeat them what a prize?

(43:02):
That's how we do it here on cn R. Now
I said I didn't want to talk to NFL, So Sam,
I feel like when I talk NFL, I could use
some like majestic NFL films music. Do you have something
like that on standby? I know you didn't once. We're
doing that right now. We're doing this right now, right now,
we go call's going for the prize. Rich is gonna
break it down for us. Now there are seven games.

(43:25):
By the way, could I just let if we get
a stephen a scream after everyone just didn't spice it
up a little. Yeah, we're exciting. I mean, you gotta
really pump this up. I mean, I don't know if
I want to scream first game and and Cove give
him a thumb, please have it dirty funds, yeh, give
me the dirty funds. And by the way, I made
that up dirty FUNX.

Speaker 2 (43:44):
Try it out tonight. Oh if your wife like, what
are you doing? Like it's the dirty found fis.

Speaker 1 (43:51):
Six games with such magnitude, And I gotta be honest.
We did this two weeks ago, Danny j and none
of us hit six or six, which is just shows
you how parlays are a suckers game. You get lucky
here and there. You see your buddy on like Instagram
like you I hit some ridiculous parlay. Six for six
is tough. I think three or four leg parlays are doable,

(44:12):
but six leg Ooh, we difficulty. Let's start with the
first game. I want to good one Rams at Seahawks,
two eleven and three teams battling for the NFC West. Now,
my forty nine ers have vested interest in this because
if the Seahawks beat the Rams, that's a battle. The

(44:34):
Niners went out and they're the one seed in the NFCA.
How is that even possible. It's at Seattle, right at Seattle.
I'm still leaning Rams on this. DeVante Adams a little
banged up, Isaac Loncron. Any update on the health of
one DeVante Adams. Sorry to put you on the spot.

Speaker 7 (44:50):
That's what I'm here for, actually, and I can answer
that question. He has been officially listed as of literally
just a few moments ago.

Speaker 1 (44:58):
Doubtful advantage Dan Bayer, who's currently painting a Seahawks on
his chest. That's why he's not here today. Hold on Seahawks.
That fooled me for a second. Seahawks hosting the Rams?
What is your instant, guys, I feel like I'm still
going Rams. I like the Seahawks at home. I feel
I like the Seahawks.

Speaker 2 (45:17):
Okay, Danny g I was saying, what.

Speaker 1 (45:19):
Are we feeling? Oh, I'm gonna go Rams all right,
So ram it all day. Cavino, I do share that
Steven a excitement though, I do. That's a really great game.
Cavino and Mike say the Rams. Anyone else at the Rams? No,
I said Seahawks. I know styles makings and what they
did against the Colts really doesn't matter as far as

(45:40):
what they do against the Rams, but I didn't really
like how they played that game, like they barely barely
won that game. A rematch of two weeks ago, they're
back at it, but this time at soldier A Field
in Chicago. Packers at Bear's nine to four and one,
that weakest tie. The Packers are hanging on too at
the ten and four Bear some people, there's some people

(46:01):
that are not high in the Bears that think that
they could lose out and be the team out of
the mix because someone's not making the playoffs. So Packers
at Bears. If the Bears win, that would mean they
split for the season. If the Packers win, they're right
back their first place again. All my instincts says Bears
on this one. Micah Parks huge definitely plays a major fact.

(46:22):
Unfortunately Morale crusher. He was the player they need. He
was like that missing piece that was gonna put them
over the hump. Yeah, now you took that piece away.
As the Bears. I think Packers are favored by seven
in the first affair, and I believe they won by seven.
It was just what we thought. It's we got what
we thought we'd get. I'm going Bears in this one.
I agree with you. I think it's a split series.
Both great teams went at home and not just Michah Parsons.

(46:44):
That Packers team got banged.

Speaker 6 (46:46):
Duet and and of course Josh Jacobs is not healthy.

Speaker 2 (46:51):
So yeah, that's that's a rough one.

Speaker 5 (46:53):
I'm going with the Packers just because it's one of
those situations when you're down, you lost your you lost
your best player on defense, You're the rest of the
team is going to be looking to step up. They're
going to be motivated to get out there and prove
that they're not just a you know, they're not relying
on one guy that this team and they can win.

Speaker 1 (47:11):
Is this an offensive chess match that Matt Lafleur beats
Ben Johnson. I mean, I mean it's a lot of
pride in that, right. I mean, well, see, I give
that a Stephen a scream. Another great matchup.

Speaker 2 (47:27):
Third one, since Big Mike's at the studio, I'll you
take the lead.

Speaker 1 (47:31):
This is the where your hands. There's three games left,
three games left. They face each other twice. This is
the first time and it's in North Carolina. It's at
Carolina Panthers, Bucks and Panthers. Big Mike, you're the only
Panthers fan. I know.

Speaker 5 (47:47):
Yeah, And it's really hard when it's, you know, the
team you root for because I have blinders on and
I have no idea what you know, I can't be
objective about it, so, you know, the pessimist in me
says the Bucks are gonna win that game.

Speaker 1 (48:03):
Oh wow.

Speaker 12 (48:03):
I feel like the Bucks have been skidding hard though
they really bottomed out last week.

Speaker 1 (48:07):
Yeah, just when you think Baker, do you think Baker
is gonna fire him up? Because he's that great type
of guy, They're just uh maybe maybe Mike's right, They'll
they'll turn it around. It's one of those things when
you think you know, you don't know, you don't know.
It's the NFL, you don't know. Cavino, Well, that's a
tough one. I actually agree with Sam. I'm going Panthers
on this one. I like the Buccaneers are like Mayfield,

(48:27):
but they haven't been good for the past like five games.

Speaker 12 (48:30):
I think they've lost like six out of seven. Yeah,
six out of seven.

Speaker 1 (48:34):
Six.

Speaker 5 (48:35):
I don't do it.

Speaker 1 (48:36):
I won't.

Speaker 2 (48:38):
I'm gonna go with you, Mike, I'm going Bucks. I'm
going Bucks.

Speaker 1 (48:40):
I think even though it's in Carolina, I don't. I
don't deem that as like some ridiculous home field advantage,
not nice mild weather. They're both in the you know,
southeast where it's nice. It's not like it's not like
you're going to Soldier Field or Lambeau or Seattle or
something or you know. So, all right, uh, heat up
with a couple more and then we'll get Mike Swartz
a Wisdom winner, Jackson ten and four Jags who are

(49:01):
hot versus the Broncos who are hot. That's a good
one man, Jackson Broncos, this had playoffs. I get that
pretty dirty fonsas two thumbs, though, do you know what
the line is? What's the line on that? That's a
really good game.

Speaker 5 (49:14):
Honestly, I'm I'm I'm leaning towards the Bucks on that.

Speaker 1 (49:17):
Broncos at home, Broncos at home. Yeah, but Rich is right,
Jaguars are playing hot, Lawrence is having a season putting
up big numbers. I don't think this is cutting dry
as you think. Broncos home field, three point favorite, your
traditional three plus other there looking at it like you know.

Speaker 2 (49:36):
Yeah, that's a that's a nice battle.

Speaker 1 (49:37):
I feel like this is going to be a statement
game for the Jags. Danny G. I'm feeling to too.
I think I think the Broncos have got not lucky
at times. They're a great team, but twelve and two
they're at home, though, do you give them any advantage
for that? Just for the fun of it, for the
smell of it, I'm going Jags too, just to give
me more rooting interest, I'm going Jaguars. Well, if you

(49:58):
look at the standings this year, let's let's take look
at their home. You know, remember back in the day,
we'd be like, wow, this teems undefeated at home, whether
it be Seattle or the Chiefs or someone, is anyone
really perfect at home? And as of right now, the
only team as I speak this, the only undefeated home
team in the a f C are the seven to
zero at home Broncos. Oh wow, So do they wrap

(50:22):
the season eight no at home? Because they could be
eight no at home? And again I think it's due.
I think they're dude. Is if they're eight no at
home and end up being the one seed, they'll be
the undefeated at home one seed, which is major advantage. Okay,
So were Jags are the way? Which the longer you
go on this and they're all great games. The harder
it is for our contestant to remember Mike's wortz. You know,

(50:45):
there's a guy on hold right now with the nervous
farts like no and over, he's going generosity, Holiday Generosity,
holidaygen Just two more quickies. Uh, Steelers at Lions two
eight and six teams that are they were like both
in desperation mode. Not so much of Steelers because they're
in a bunk division, but the Lions loser out By

(51:06):
the way, if the Lions lose, they're out of the playoffs.
So no way the Lions lose.

Speaker 2 (51:10):
There came no way in Detroit, no way they hang on,
keep the fight.

Speaker 1 (51:15):
I just don't think the Steelers are good. I don't either.
I haven't been high on the Steelers, not rooting against anybody,
but yeah, I think the Lines win this one. You
have been on the Ayahuasca with the Steelers, not high
on the Lions are almost a touchdown favor. That's pretty
telling in Detroit, their home but still but still like
seven's a lot.

Speaker 12 (51:32):
Of what was the must win game the Lions had
to have a few weeks ago and they got that done.
Yeah against the Cowboys. Holiday Party and.

Speaker 2 (51:43):
Danny g your thoughts on the Steelers Lions.

Speaker 6 (51:46):
You know, just because you guys are all going Lions,
I want to go the other direction.

Speaker 1 (51:49):
Okay, Steelers then, and one last one. You could say, Rich,
don't even put this in the pile, but I need
to because the Ravens are only one game out in
that like you said, mediocre AFC North. They're seven and seven.
They lose, then they're sort of putting themselves out of it, right,
But they're playing at home in Baltimore against the eleven

(52:09):
and three Patriots. No way, no way. What I'd be
so surprised to Ravens meet the Patriots. You'd be surprised
is anyone picking the Ravens. Anything's possible, but I'd be surprised.
It's a bounce back game for drake Man Company. Yeah
I think so too. I agree. Yeah, and the fact
that they lost last week, Yeah, I agree with you,
which would then mean, unless something weird happens, Aaron Rodgers

(52:31):
is going back to the playoffs. Oh God, with a
new team, you're all better for it too.

Speaker 3 (52:35):
Well.

Speaker 1 (52:35):
With that said, thank you guys for entertaining me. I
love these schedule watching games. They're six I just named six.
The other games are mediocre. I'm not gonna lie to you,
but those are sixteen.

Speaker 5 (52:46):
I can't believe you left off the Falcons and Cardinals
come up?

Speaker 1 (52:48):
How did I do that? Unlike the NBA Cup, the excitement,
Sam was real for this one. Stephen a steven A.
That's where you hit the steven I got off my page.
There it is, and I did. I also left off
the Cults on Monday Night hosting my Niners, because as
much as I love Philip Rivers, I'm gonna feel sad

(53:11):
when I see my Niners stomp Philip Rivers. I just
I'm sorry. I love Philip Rivers, but I don't think
that team's winning against the Niners. I don't think so
were either. So all right, hey, let's get our winner
for words of wisdom? And then Spots got midwek major,
Let's do this. Who do we got? Iowa? Sam Patrick
in Jacksonville. Patrick Patrick, oh man, dude.

Speaker 3 (53:30):
I didn't hear it.

Speaker 8 (53:31):
I didn't know you played it yet.

Speaker 1 (53:33):
Oh good Patrick. All that time we thought he was
repeating it to himself or Hey, Patrick, what do you
think the words of wisdom?

Speaker 5 (53:45):
How about we get some of your words of wisdom,
Patrick Hoid words of wisdom.

Speaker 1 (53:50):
You know what.

Speaker 6 (53:52):
You got this, We'll get a contestant one on the
other side, Big Mike. Just go ahead and do it
a third time.

Speaker 2 (53:59):
Oh wow, real holiday generous, Yes, here we go.

Speaker 5 (54:03):
Holiday generosity isn't measured by the presence you buy, but
by the presence of your kindness, patience and time.

Speaker 1 (54:15):
Okay, repeat that on the flip and we also got
spots Midweek Major. All the hottest stories in sports and
entertainment all next right here, Covin and Rich. Let's let's
get a winner for this. Yeah, let's go quick here
and then we'll do Spots midwek Major. Let's go Chris

(54:38):
and San Diego. Ris, you're on with.

Speaker 3 (54:40):
C and R.

Speaker 1 (54:40):
What's out buddy?

Speaker 4 (54:41):
All right? Hey, how you guys doing? Love the show
all the time, I was like shot from Jenny g
actually answered the phone. But here we go.

Speaker 1 (54:47):
All right, that's.

Speaker 4 (54:49):
Here the music is okay. Holiday generosity isn't measured by
the presence you buy, but by the presence of your kindness, patients,
Nice and done.

Speaker 1 (55:05):
I love it And that's how you do it. The
game for you, Ma, Chris, Merry Christmas, Happy Honeka, Happy holidays,
all that good stuff and uh put that in your hell. Yeah,
that's awesome, man, I'm excited for everyone to get their
turbo balls. Well, as you said, the perfect stocking stuffer.

(55:25):
But our buddy Malser and Cincinnati hit us up and
he goes, actually to quote the late great Mitch Hedberg,
who one of our favorite comedians passed away back in
the day, the perfect stocking stuffer is a severed foot.

Speaker 2 (55:40):
That's great, That's a good one.

Speaker 11 (55:41):
All right.

Speaker 1 (55:42):
You know we do it every Wednesday. Whatever you miss
in the world of sports and entertainment, don't sweat it.
Spot's got it.

Speaker 14 (55:47):
Midwek Major, Covino and Rich get you over the middle
of the week when mid Week Major Major. I love
that we throw sports and pop culture headlines and topics
at the and it's like the kids.

Speaker 8 (56:02):
Say, that's summit.

Speaker 1 (56:03):
We definitely major. Seeing our scoring Midweek Major remix.

Speaker 6 (56:11):
Gotta go quick here to give Spotty a full six
minutes before I hand things over to the number one
and only host to the segment, we roll the two
big red love dice in the main studio.

Speaker 2 (56:18):
Why the extra sticky this time?

Speaker 1 (56:21):
All right, mood along ritual. That's the love. Oh I
beat him.

Speaker 2 (56:27):
I got a seven ritual to six.

Speaker 1 (56:29):
That means Coveno gets first take.

Speaker 6 (56:30):
And now, ladies and gentlemen, the most famous person besides
Judy Bloom from Scotch Plains New Jersey.

Speaker 15 (56:36):
Spotty boy, Hi guys doing hi spot You guys want
some jelly beans?

Speaker 1 (56:42):
Dude?

Speaker 2 (56:42):
Why you Bogart and all the jelly beans?

Speaker 1 (56:44):
I don't know what you're talking about.

Speaker 15 (56:47):
I was you know what I almost want to like
in retribution, tell you a story about jaw rule because
you stole the story about Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.

Speaker 1 (56:57):
Or do you want to hear the full story? I
want the fuss the first, all right?

Speaker 15 (57:01):
So, as you know, the NBA Cup big win was
celebrated by the Knicks yesterday and Nick star Josh Hart
gave a big thumbs up to the team's win. As
they were celebrating the big win where the where they
beat the Spurs one twenty four to one thirteen, Heart
was captured giving his teammate Jalen Brunson a literal thumbs

(57:22):
up his backside. So as Carl Anthony Towns was hoisting
up the trophy Brunson turned to help and leaving him
vulnerable for the attack from behind, and as you can see,
moment went viral. Josh Hart just slipped his thumb right
up in between the cheeks.

Speaker 1 (57:37):
Went and went nice and deep. Gave me the old
what was it?

Speaker 15 (57:41):
The dirty funds? Yeah, we coined it the dirty dirty funds.
And after the moment went viral, Heart went to social
to defend himself jokingly say damn in four K and
said it was Ai. He said it was Ai, so
maybe it wasn't. Really it was Ai. At Hart and Brunts,
I'd have known each other for a while, so they
always give each other a little bit of a ribbing
midweek or it's kind of major because this was on

(58:03):
national TV after a pretty significant victory.

Speaker 1 (58:08):
Look, it's interesting. We're very much bros here on this show.
But I've never crossed those lines with my pal. I've
known Rich for over twenty years, true story. I've never
given him a dirty funds in celebration. I've never come on,
I've never given you a ribbing now for his pleasure.
Now I'm questioning our friendship.

Speaker 2 (58:26):
Is this how the young guys get down?

Speaker 1 (58:28):
I don't know. Yeah, it's actually really funny. I know
it's meant to be in fun and funny. I think
it's funny to hell, but yeah, Major, all right, Major,
just because it's funny, and I think when you inject sports,
it goes along with our first conversation of the day.
Locker room, clubhouse. Camaraderie is an important thing, and the
Knicks have it. They're so comfortable and having laughs. They're
sticking fingers places. Let's go, that's okay cool.

Speaker 15 (58:49):
Luca, continuing to make his mark amongst these Lakers teammates
and staff, decided to celebrate Christmas a few days early
by gifting his teammates and Lakers staff with over one
hundred e bikes e bikes so apparently, coach J. J.
Reddick told the team Luca had quote something for us.
Some of the teammates thought that were he was handing
out cars. That being said, that end up being these

(59:10):
e bikes, which were worth about three thousand dollars each.
In a video posted on Lakers social, you could see
everyone getting excited about their gifts like kids on Christmas morning,
and some of the players even dubbed him Luca claus
midweek er Major.

Speaker 1 (59:22):
I think that's awesome. That's major. Yeah, I mean it's
a nice gesture. He's winning over his teammates. Not as
cool as Dak Prescott gifting like cancer scans and body
scans to his staff talking mates he was saving lives.

Speaker 2 (59:33):
Did you hear that?

Speaker 1 (59:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (59:34):
Yeah, really cool story.

Speaker 1 (59:35):
But anytime you give him back to the team and
you're a leader like that, 'tis the season to give?
That's awesome? Yeah. I think I don't like when people
start judging people like they only got him that, Like
you don't think get anyone anything. I think generosity is
a nice thing. It's a holiday season, and Luca has
done nothing wrong in LA so far. So I think
as of right now, he's done everything possibly to win

(59:56):
over Lakers fans and his teammates. Rich nailed it. Yeah cool,
All right.

Speaker 15 (01:00:00):
Soccer fans gearing up for next year's FIFA World Cup.

Speaker 1 (01:00:03):
Oh do you mean football?

Speaker 15 (01:00:05):
Football? Football? I guess that would be well, it's not
American football. I guess it would just be football. Well, yeah,
football taking place next summer across North America. Loyal fans
aren't too thrilled with the ticket pricing. I don't know
if you heard this. FIFA made steps to offer lower
ticket pricing around sixty dollars after initial ticketing. Ticket pricing
had ranged from one hundred and forty dollars to three thousand,

(01:00:28):
seven hundred and fifty dollars for the early rounds, growing
and surging as the rounds went on, up to about
what was it eighty six eighty for the final round
the final game, Those sixty dollars tickets account for only
about one point six percent of the tickets. FIFA said
it had about a round twenty million requests for tickets
and that the organization only makes their money from the

(01:00:50):
FIFA World Cup, which takes place every four years. New
York City mayor elect A Zora and Mamdani actually jumped in,
as you know, trying to work on the.

Speaker 1 (01:01:00):
He said, free tickets, right, he said, pretty much.

Speaker 15 (01:01:02):
She said free tickets for everyone, and as one of
the events is taking place in the New York area,
he said that fifteen percent of tickets should be set
aside for local fans at a discount, and saying it
should be accessible to all.

Speaker 1 (01:01:14):
As you know, midweek anyway.

Speaker 2 (01:01:16):
Midweeker major.

Speaker 1 (01:01:17):
I'd say, right now, it's mid but the closer we
get to it more and more major is starting to
feel it's going to be a big, big deal. I
mean supplying demands, right, I mean like it's a super Bowl, right,
If you want to go to the super Bowl, you
gotta spend a lot of money or not go. That's
that's the World Cup, right. I think I do think
that they should keep things reasonable, but that's just not reality.

Speaker 2 (01:01:35):
Man, everything's so expensive. Go to the World Series.

Speaker 1 (01:01:38):
We established that the one hundred is the one hundred
dollars bill is the new twenty. Yeah, things were getting
out of control. Remember my grandma used to give you
a twenty when you were a kid, and he'd be like,
oh my god, a twenty dollars bill, A twenty dollar
A hunt though, you need a scout.

Speaker 2 (01:01:50):
I got takeout yesterday. Rich was there as my witness.

Speaker 1 (01:01:52):
Take out yesterday for me and my daughter over sixteen
bucks here in Los Angeles. Yeah, so it was no
surprise at tickets to the World Cup for expense.

Speaker 2 (01:02:00):
Yeah, exactly, good good good points.

Speaker 1 (01:02:03):
That ye good? One stew four dollars. I'll squeeze on one.
More So.

Speaker 15 (01:02:08):
With the Dodgers building up their roster, someone has been
crunching the numbers on the recent after the recont recent
acquisition of Edwin Diez, and apparently the Dodgers now ow
one point six one point zero six billion dollars in
deferred contract money, so someone crunched the number as they said.
Of course Otani the biggest culprit UH six hundred and

(01:02:29):
eighty million from twenty thirty four to twenty forty three. Basically,
the as of twenty thirty seven, the roster for retired
players will be over.

Speaker 1 (01:02:39):
One hundred million dollars.

Speaker 15 (01:02:41):
Wow, And that includes Otani bets with one hundred and
fifteen million.

Speaker 1 (01:02:46):
U Snell.

Speaker 15 (01:02:47):
This is for the deferred contract Snell has sixty six million,
Freeman has fifty seven million, will Smith has fifty million.
The Oscar thirty two million, had mid twenty five million.
So basically, after these players are long gone, they will
be paying millions of dollars per year for all the
players Midweek or major.

Speaker 1 (01:03:03):
I think it's major. It's all about win now. And
they've done that, and they've proved this model to work.
And wasn't the stat that they paid off Otani's contract
in his first year even having them, so they've already
made their money back on him. Man to quote h Chris,
you need to win. To quote Lloyd Christmas, these are
io us. They're just as good as money. Hey, listen

(01:03:25):
if they pay him eventually. Bobby Bennie is saying, so,
I think it's major just because the Dodgers are doing
all the right things. And if I'm a player, I
don't blame anyone. If I wanted to play for the
Los Angeles Dodgers, they're winners, man. And there you go.
That's it. Thanks Bot, Thanks guys. Let's go to Isaac
Low and Crown for an update. I Loo, what's doing
my friend? Everybody that's as good as money, sir, and

(01:03:45):
thank you.

Speaker 2 (01:03:49):
I'm sorry, Mancy, and I was saying that I almost
made you, guys cry.

Speaker 1 (01:03:52):
Louise, I'm traumatized now almost. Yeah. We had to let
my dog go the other day, Piper, almost thirteen year
old little Frenchy. And I showed Manzi like, oh, here's
the last here's the last picture of my dog with
our kids before we had a you know, put her down.
It was video of your son saying goodbye Piper.

Speaker 3 (01:04:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:04:14):
No, I'm dying. I'm dying, so thank you. But I'm sorry, tough.
So anyone that anyone that anyone that loses a dog,
trust me, I'm going through it right now.

Speaker 2 (01:04:21):
It's still worst, dude. It's like a little member of
your family.

Speaker 1 (01:04:24):
Right it's the worst. And I know MANSI went through
it a year ago. Yeah, so it's in in some spots.
But I feel for you.

Speaker 2 (01:04:31):
I can hear Mon's little Piper.

Speaker 1 (01:04:32):
If you hear Monsy cried during her update in ten minutes,
it's because I show It's because I showed her another video.
Trust me. I did my fair share of man crying
over the last week. But anyone that's going through that,
trust me. It's it's like a mild version of losing
a human. And for some people, losing a family pet
is more impactful than losing like your distant uncle on
for Rich gave Piper away better send off than Uncle

(01:04:54):
Bart got.

Speaker 2 (01:04:54):
I'll tell you that, I think about it. We were
talking about the other day.

Speaker 1 (01:04:57):
We're like, if you have a family pet for over
a decade, closer to that pet than like a distant
relative you've seen twice in your life. I know that
sounds terrible because a human is always more important than
an animal, but nonetheless it's you know, you get close
to pets I was, Sam, I know you're a big
dog guy, right, so that was you?

Speaker 12 (01:05:11):
Just even watching that for three seconds, I was like, no,
can't I have a saying walk away?

Speaker 1 (01:05:15):
He's like, nope, turning away, Nope, I have a dumb
question in the show. To lighten it up. I've just
I feel like I just had a revelation, like you know,
like remember at the end of Usual Suspects when they
all realize it's Kaiser. So you sure you don't want
to talk about C three undermining Jef van Gundy. We
could say that for tomorrow. That's the time limit on
CP three. He's not He's not going anywhere. I'm saying.

(01:05:37):
I'm saying, we'll talk about him tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (01:05:39):
Way to spoil the movie, but continue, go ahead.

Speaker 1 (01:05:43):
Did I just spoil? Did I just spoil? Kaiser? A
thirty year old movie? So go see it anyway, It's
still good. Cavinos saw in our kitchen in the fridge
there were these like bananas that were going like, look, god,
they're going south, Like they're like rotted looking bananas. And
what Cavino says, you know, I like a banana a day. Well,

(01:06:04):
there's a there's a stat Walmart's number one selling item
is bananas. People eat a lot of banana. No, no bananas. Yeah,
I know it's kind of banana. When you think about it,
you meat, it's not banana. It's like a sub data
or something. Bananas and I mentioned a ritual. It makes sense.
I ate a banana. I at least one banana day.
And then Big Mike, who runs this place, was like,

(01:06:26):
you buy bananas, And then Danny G's like, yeah, man,
I have a couple bananas a week for sure, and
then Big Brandon, who's the editor, It's like, yeah, I
have like two bananas a day. I feel like I'm
living in a weird world. I have like one banana
every three or four months. You met Manzi. Do you
eat a banana day? Is this something everyone does? I
have a banana twice three times a week. Yes, there's

(01:06:48):
a reason wire eating a banana every day. Always has
a banana. But if you eat protein protein shakes, maybe
you put them on some toast, some peanut butter. I
don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:06:58):
It's delicious, but now I'm thinking's fun?

Speaker 1 (01:06:59):
Do you you?

Speaker 2 (01:07:02):
I always have bananas at home.

Speaker 15 (01:07:03):
Bananas for me are sort of like a last resort
they never have really been in my repertoire because I'm
not thrilled with the taste of banana?

Speaker 2 (01:07:10):
Is that what paparoch was singing about?

Speaker 15 (01:07:13):
Because especially for a protein shake, if you put like
a slice of a banana and then huge protein shake.

Speaker 1 (01:07:20):
That has strawberries, blueberries, raspberry, whatever, it's overwhelming. All You're
gonna taste his banana? Oh man? So I mean then
you know, someone else here one of the others are
saying like, yeah, you know, back in the day, bodybuilders
would have protein, you know, and bananas every day. So
am I am I missing out here? Is like, is
the key to who is eating bananas like a maniac
on the sideline? Who was that it was? This year?

(01:07:42):
Remember it was it? Right?

Speaker 2 (01:07:44):
Someone got can't remember who it was, but somebody wasn't it?

Speaker 1 (01:07:46):
Someone got pulled in the game and talking about it,
and remember they were like, yeah, it wasn't stretched out
was it Mac Jones? It's a good So I think
it was Mac Jones had like potassium. Yeah. So anyway,
what Rich is realizing now he's one of the only
guys here that really don't have any throughout a week.
So I'm like, wait a minute, am I missing your banana? Yeah?
It was.

Speaker 6 (01:08:05):
Mac Jones reportedly had about eleven bananas.

Speaker 1 (01:08:11):
One of those things that you know people aren't talking
about and people hide when they eat them because I
don't want you watching me eat my banana. Did you
see what?

Speaker 5 (01:08:18):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:08:19):
Did you see what Heart did with that banana last night?

Speaker 3 (01:08:21):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:08:21):
No, wait, that was the STU? Sorry didn't chocolate? Is
it weird that?

Speaker 8 (01:08:26):
Can? We know?

Speaker 1 (01:08:26):
Always make sure to pick out the biggest banana. What
does that cycle?

Speaker 2 (01:08:29):
Is it weird to pick the biggest banana?

Speaker 1 (01:08:31):
I tend to go for the smaller one. Oh, there's
a lot of guys that are like, oh, because it's overwhelming. Like,
you've said enough, you've said it.

Speaker 2 (01:08:46):
We'll see you guys tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (01:08:47):
Have a great Wednesday.