The Best Of Covino & Rich

Rich is in Facebook prison! Covino and Danny G's family versus fandom answers may surprise you! The Vikings were right & Uncle Bill weighs in on the NY Giants. They talk Ohtani, Peete, Muncy, Bartman & goobers! The show gives some big props to Austin Reaves of the Lakers! Undrafted, yet proving major court skills. Plus, 'MID WEAK MAJOR' brings the headlines & Beyer gets a nickname!

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey, thanks for listening to the best of Cabino and
Rich podcast.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Be sure to catch us.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Live every day from five to seven pm to eastern
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
On the iHeartRadio app by searching the FSR.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
When I think of you, I always think of rebellious.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Would you belie?

Speaker 3 (00:25):
In the wild guy here on Fox Sports Radio?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Would you believe?

Speaker 1 (00:27):
For the first time in my life, I was banned
for one day from Facebook. You and two Live crew. Dude,
you're a bad boy. I'm a bad ban banned in
the USA. You know. I was banned for posting that
stupid picture of John Lennon's ass. We talked about yesterday
when I said, when I said, the baseball season is
a long ass day, like that funny picture of John

(00:49):
Lennon's ass. Would you believe I went to post a
happy Birthday to an old school pal today and it's
like you have been blocked for like like like as
if I'm some smutt ca You're.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
On Facebook prison.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
That's really cool with a radio cause you know, you.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Gotta be careful you're the coach of a bunch of
little leaguers and softball kids. They're gonna find out that
Coach Davis is a pervert. Then what are you gonna do.
Look at the back of my shirt today, Coach Rich
Please thank you. Coach Rich is banned on Facebook. I
wonder why, oh community, that's why you're only supposed to

(01:25):
show like seventy five percent of the butt crack. Ye,
and I think the TV rule is, like, he only
shows seventy five percent. Yeah, but John Lennons is so
long it breaks all the rules. I could have believe
that we had that one hundred and fifty percent of
a butt crack. We had that silly conversation yesterday at
the end of the show. In fact, we posted a
clip about it at coch analogy was that the baseball
season is a long season, like John Lennon's butt crack.

(01:46):
If you've never seen the photo, check our Instagram. And
the football season is a real short season, so every
game counts like Yoko Ono's butt crack in this famous
photo again at Covino and Rich Rich posted it. Now,
he's the bad guy? Is that why you're the rebel?
The loner is that why I'm.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
The bad guy feel rough and tough today.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Wow, Okay, but I just figure we stupidly ended the
show with that yesterday and that got me banns for
the first time in Facebook.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
History, Facebook prison rich.

Speaker 5 (02:16):
But it's really like you're in Facebook County jail, Like
they'll let you out eventually, like in a day. Food's
not good in here, So an orange jumpsuit to wear
for a little bit if I feel that way. We
do have a lot to get to today, Like you
said Midweek Major some stadium treats Austin Reeves the Lakers,
but we have to talk about your own success versus

(02:40):
the team you rote day in and day out for.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
Like you're a big Yankees guy.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
You were crying yesterday about how you feel like it's
bad news in the season hasn't even started yet. Yeah,
and I'm not usually that guy. But when your ace
goes down and you haven't replaced him and it doesn't
look like you're going to ann time soon, I mean,
Garrett calls out, how do you win a World Series
without your ace pitcher? Seriously, that's the biggest and that's

(03:07):
just part of the story. As we mentioned yesterday, No
third Baseman because Lem Mayhew, you're banking on the Mayhew
and is tangled Tootsi's this guy has feet problems. Every
year you got no Luise Heel, no Rookie of the Year.
It's another big arm gone at least for three months,
six months. Schmid's hurt, Jean Carlos Stanton's hurt, big players hurt.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
So it's like it's hard to feel positive.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
I'm excited that baseball's here and that there's something to
watch and something to root for, but it's hard to think,
more than ever when you got the Dodgers, when you
got the Mets and the Phillies and a stacked Al East,
that the Yankees have a shot.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
You just.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
Gotta believe that when the star players go down like that.
I bring this up because a lot of times you wonder, hey,
do I care more about my own success or the
success of the teams I root for. It's a really
like when you think about it, it sounds like it
would be a dumb question, like, of course I care
more about my own success. Yesibiah, I've always said that.
That Drago said that I fight for me the yiyah,

(04:12):
I fight for me.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
You haven't.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
I was a close captioning, I don't know. You have
to imagine that more than ever, people fight for themselves.
It's like narcissism has gone rampant since social media became
a thing. Everybody so into themselves. You think people care
about anyone else more than themselves, you're out of your mind.

(04:34):
Only self centered people dancing in front of the mirror
all day, a bunch of weirdos. As you point out,
everybody the superstar of their own movie. As you point out,
what are some people's worst qualities, everyone else embraces. Well,
I've said that about myself. What was considered to be
my worst quality. Stevens so self centered. I guarantee you
if you ask any of my ex girlfriends, like, Steve's

(04:56):
a nice guy, but what a self centered son of
a bee?

Speaker 2 (05:00):
That was my worst quality.

Speaker 1 (05:02):
However, in today's world, that's the quality that everybody leans
the most into, and it seems to be okay. It's
a terrible way to be. It's something I was trying
to fix, but now it just is. Now it's just
what everybody is. So I would have to believe that
more people today are all about their own personal success
than anyone else. However, I mean, take a look in

(05:22):
the stands at any college, NFL, NBA game, and we
were about to start March Badness. So the question is this,
what do you root for more the success of the
team you root for, okay, or your own success. And
I bring this up because so you're saying, like for
me the Yankees, which we already said, I'm looking looking.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
Uh No, I.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Have a I have a great hypothetical for me. But
let me set this up on your team or your
own person. I have a perfect hypothetical for a guy
like you. But let's start by introducing Ben Stiller, who
is on the New Heights podcast. And Ben Stiller, you
know who we saw I was gonna be in Happy
Gilmore two. Oh your fingers hurt, He's gonna be in

(06:06):
the second one. We all love Ben Stiller. He's such
a Knicks fan that this is what he said to
the Kelseys.

Speaker 2 (06:12):
Would you rather win an Academy Award or Knicks win? Yeah? Realistically,
I think the Knicks winning a championship is in the cards,
So I'm definitely down for that. But if I was, like,
if I.

Speaker 4 (06:29):
Was forced, I really think like, at the end of
the day, if I knew that I had the choice,
I would give it to the Knicks.

Speaker 2 (06:36):
Brings a whole city joy.

Speaker 1 (06:39):
And to be honest, I think here said I mean
from a guy who's had a lot of life success, like,
is that award gonna change his life? No? So he's like, yeah, yeah,
I'll take the Knicks victory. So I'm saying it's just
easier for him to see that. The second regular fellow,
because Bradley Cooper Okay had once said that he cared

(07:01):
more about the Eagles winning than any award he could
have won.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
It went. It meant way more to him to.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
See his Eagles win than his own personal accolades. So
when you dumb it down, it's really a question of
what brings you more, Jorian, when you dumb it down,
let me give everyone in this room. I've thought of
a hypothetical for everyone here if I said, Steve Cavino,
yeah that's me. What would you rather more? The Yankees
win a World Series they haven't done it since own

(07:28):
nine Yankees won a World Series, or your daughter's cheerleading
squad coming in first place like States. It's kind of tough,
but not really. Of course, I want my daughter to
feel what it's like to win and to take some
pride in victory and to feel good about herself. And

(07:49):
I want her to build confidence. But I don't care
that much about her team winning. Oh, I care more
about my Yankees winning. You would choose, I choose her
own personal success. Like if you said your daughter personally
won an award. I can never root against my daughter,
but her team I don't care that much about her team.
I know that sounds crazy, but do you see what
I'm saying there, Like if you told me your daughter

(08:10):
won some crazy scholarship because she was the greatest kid
of all time? Yeah, versus the Yankees. Of course, I'm
gonna root for my kid. But when you say her team,
I'm like, hey, I was a part of a lot
of teams that didn't win. I feel just fine about
my confidence. So I'm going with the Yankees. Based on
your specific question. Dany G, you have Raiders tattoos.

Speaker 2 (08:29):
I do have one Raider's sword on the back of
the mind.

Speaker 1 (08:32):
So let me ask you this. Raiders have not won
since Jim Punkett. They have not won since you were
a little boy. I picture you with a beard as
a little boy. Though weird, he was a little kid
with a chin strap had a chin strap beard.

Speaker 2 (08:46):
It's five. Haven't been in the super Bowl since the
early two thousands.

Speaker 1 (08:50):
Danny, g Raiders win the Super Bowl, or your little
boy Koa wins like the Pop Warner Championship locally.

Speaker 2 (08:57):
When he's like.

Speaker 4 (08:58):
Ten, Well, CoA wasn't planned, but I've planned my whole
adult life for the Raiders to win a super Bowl.

Speaker 3 (09:08):
Yeah, he's been planning this out.

Speaker 2 (09:10):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (09:11):
I And it looks so far as if CoA may
be a soccer prodigy the way he's kicking a size
for soccer ball around nice, dribbling it around the field,
and the kids barely eighteen months old. So yeah, I
as long as he had individual success on the soccer field, Rich,
I'd be okay with that.

Speaker 1 (09:29):
That's what I was getting at too. Danny Like, yeah,
my kids individual success, I'll always root for that first.
But when it comes to my team, I'm putting my
team over their team.

Speaker 3 (09:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (09:41):
If anyone can remember the player, I always thought this
was wild. There was a player whose dad admitted it
was a player that's from Queens, New York. This guy
was on like the Brewers or Marlins or something, and
his dad admitted, Yeah, I watched the Mets every day,
and then I go back and watch the highlights of
my son.

Speaker 3 (09:59):
Ohy, I remember that was that.

Speaker 2 (10:00):
I forget who it was.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
But there are people that their kids are in the
pros and they're like, yeah, my son's on the Titans.
But uh, we of this family's a Steelers family. It's like,
are you kidding? I always think this is an interesting question,
personal or family accolades versus the team you root for.
Because Big Mike, who runs his place, who Mike said
that he rather his little kid when his kid was

(10:23):
a you know, six years old score one goal in
a six to one loss.

Speaker 2 (10:30):
Than any of my team's winning. Because which my family
versus stupid dream.

Speaker 1 (10:34):
Yeah, I mean, everyone has their thing. Mike was pretty
adamant about that, But then again, he's a Dodgers.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
Fine. Last year, I gotta be honest.

Speaker 1 (10:43):
I asked you and I put you guys on the spot,
and when I thought about it myself, I wanted to
be all righteous. I'm the guy that's coaching these kids
every week. I coach a girls' softball team and a
boys t ball team. As everyone knows, I'm the number
one coach on Fox Sports. Right, wait till they all
find out what a rebel you are, So until they
find out you were banned on Facebook for being a creep.

(11:04):
So you would think by answers, of course, my kids,
the children. But if you told me it's Game seven
of the World Series, Mets versus, I'd say, my son
Ben's little league championship when he's like nine, That's what
I'm saying.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
Ben could still have a great season and not win.

Speaker 1 (11:21):
I'd probably say, yeah, the Mets.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
But you're right.

Speaker 1 (11:25):
If you told me my son's gonna win a win
by hitting a walk off, right, ever, root against that,
then you're gonna root for your kid. But I think
I still ride on personal little league accolades, so I
would never root against you know, your kid or my
kid to not achieve those moments, but their team, I
don't care about that. I wanted to talk to that
with you guys because I thought we'd come to an answer,

(11:46):
and I think we have in the answer is this,
And if you disagree with this, you're on drugs.

Speaker 3 (11:51):
You're crazy.

Speaker 1 (11:52):
You can never root for your team against your kids
personal accolades, but you could root for your team over
your kids team's accolades. Yes, if it's your kid hits
the game winning three pointer and his you know, junior
high basketball team wins, you'll pick that over the son's

(12:14):
winning an NBA title.

Speaker 2 (12:15):
For sure.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
But if I said, yeah, you're your kids like a
bench player and his team wins, or the Sons and
you're a Sons fan. By the way, was it Jonathan
India's dad, Yes, Di, iheard, Mets fan even if his
son was on the Reds.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
Was he was on the Reds? He was on the
Reds at the time.

Speaker 1 (12:31):
I remember they interviewed his dad and he's like, yeah,
I grew up in Queen's I'm a Mets fan. I
watch the Mets every day on MLB TV, and then
I go back and just watch my son's at Bets.

Speaker 3 (12:40):
Yep, Yep, that was it. I just looked it up
right now.

Speaker 1 (12:43):
So I mean, yeah, because and you said it, you're
a blank family.

Speaker 3 (12:49):
It's not.

Speaker 1 (12:50):
That you're being selfish in that moment. Danny g is
from a Raiders family and he invested his whole life
waiting for a super Bowl. It's not that selfish a thought,
and I kind of get what Ben Steeler's saying, But again,
what does an oscar mean to a guy that has
multimillions of dollars?

Speaker 2 (13:08):
Anyway? And sometimes awards me nothing.

Speaker 1 (13:10):
If I told you, Kavino, some people don't put any
value on awards at all.

Speaker 2 (13:14):
If I told you they.

Speaker 1 (13:14):
Were going to give you the Steve Kavino, You're gonna
win the Premiere Radio Network iHeart Syndicated Show of the
Year award. The Yankees or the Yankees won the World
Series awards mean something to me? Oh see, I would
choose the Mets win over US winning an award, Oh
us or me? Because that would be cool if I
won and you didn't. And Rich, no, no, just Covino. Yeah, yeah,

(13:36):
he won as a show, not just him. They decided
to leave richef I feel cool about that. Yeah, that's
that's a tough one. Rich, That's a tough one. But
Ben Stiller the story today, and the reason we bring
it up is Ben Steeler says he chooses his knicks
over a potential oscar on the New Heights podcast, and
Bradley Cooper has said the same thing before. Yeah, and

(13:56):
I think it also depends on how long the drought's been.

Speaker 3 (13:59):
Oh yeah, all these things matter if you word for
how bad. Is your kid need to win?

Speaker 1 (14:03):
If you're a Cubs fan and twenty sixteen hadn't hit yet,
you would have chosen that over anything.

Speaker 2 (14:09):
But again, if.

Speaker 1 (14:11):
You're a Chiefs fan, yeah, you've had some success over
the past handful of years. I think you would choose
your kid's little league game over the Chiefs.

Speaker 3 (14:21):
So think about it. Let us know.

Speaker 1 (14:23):
Chime in at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (14:29):
Hi Kovida, Oh the guy that had won the award
without me?

Speaker 3 (14:32):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (14:32):
And Danny G's on the phone, super producing eight seven,
seven ninety nine on Fox Iowa, Sam on the ones,
and Tuesday Dan Byer's here, got your update in about
ten minutes and spot getting ready for midweek major We
do it every Wednesday, the biggest stories of sports and
pop culture. I don't know that many Minnesota Viking fans.
I feel like I think of our boss Scott. We've

(14:53):
got Lenny Lizzo, she counts.

Speaker 2 (14:56):
Minnesota the Viking.

Speaker 3 (14:58):
Didn't you claim to like you hooked up with the
Minnesota Viking? What guy.

Speaker 2 (15:04):
School?

Speaker 1 (15:05):
Who else do you know that the Vikings fan? Do
you have any close Viking fan friends? Yeah, my buddy Caine,
that's right. Radio radio legend Cain from New York. Yeah,
he's originally from Minnesota.

Speaker 3 (15:16):
Our buddy Rocket Pooh. I'm not giving you a quiz.

Speaker 1 (15:20):
I'm just asking have you taken the temperature of any
of these fans as far as like did they want
Aaron Rodgers or not?

Speaker 2 (15:25):
Because that story as of today is done. I don't
think anybody wants.

Speaker 4 (15:28):
Yeah, we talked about JJ McCarthy last year and how
much we knew the Vikings organization loved him.

Speaker 2 (15:34):
They loved them.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
They butt into the Harbaugh hype and they said, you know,
Hartbaugh was right, this kid's a legit, real deal. He
just got hurt and they lucked out with Sam Darnold.

Speaker 4 (15:43):
Yeah, and I know it was a preseason game against
my Raiders, but he looked fabulous until he got hurt.

Speaker 1 (15:48):
The reality is money wise, where every team now is
like cutting cost and shedding dollars in cap space. If
you could go with a rookie quarterback, you saw how
that is the advantage in the NA if you could
go with a young gun. I mean, you signed Aaron Rodgers.
What's the minimum you're gonna pay for Aaron Rodgers forty
to fifty million? And now you're just in a You're

(16:09):
in a different scenario. So I think Minnesota made the
right move. Yeah, so much more upside, No knock on Rogers.
Dude's a legend for sure, but all the noise he
comes with expectations, question marks or banking on the future
with a young dude, lots of promise, Like, there's so
much more upside to the McCarthy move. And that's how

(16:32):
I would feel. I don't want the older guy. And
by the way, you're saying older guy's fun to root for,
you know, it's a fun story. I just don't believe.
Is he a different older guy now to you though, yes,
very much. I don't think he's one hundred percent focused
on football the way he used to be. Life has
changed for him. He's doing his podcast, he's gonna be outspoken,

(16:53):
he's into his extracurricular activities. And again, these are all
great things, but I don't think they gel with a
team that's trying to really win and build for the future.
Sam Darnold was arguably the most pleasant surprise in the
National Football Teague last year. So let me ask a
guy sitting over there, Dan Byer, what's up, my friend?

(17:13):
Do you think Justin Jefferson, Kyle Rudolph, guys on that
offense were hoping to maybe get an Aaron Rodgers or
do you think they're like, no, let's go with the
young kid.

Speaker 6 (17:20):
Kyle Rudolph retired. Remember yeah, when did he retire? Well,
he was actually with us at Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 3 (17:26):
Uh, did I think Kin.

Speaker 2 (17:30):
Hockinson, Yes, TJ. HoTT, that's like Kevin Kyle.

Speaker 3 (17:34):
I'm like, immediately I thought, quick, I'm like, Kyle, No, Okay, that's.

Speaker 2 (17:37):
All years ago. All good. I'm sure that they you
know what I know.

Speaker 6 (17:41):
I'm not going to say they know the guy that
they know, and so the guy that they know is
in their building. And I do think what is going
on with this flirtation or whatever it was, couldn't be
good for JJ McCarthy. But I'm still thinking that he's
he's the guy in their building. They're going to go
with the guy, and I think they're going to be
a good teammate. That's what I will say with that.

Speaker 1 (18:04):
I think by going with Aaron Rodgers, it would have
been it would have been risky. I mean, we know
a lot of Giants fans Rich We're from the East Coast,
what's the temperature there?

Speaker 2 (18:14):
They do? You know one Giant.

Speaker 1 (18:15):
I'm gonna text my uncle Bill as we speak that
he represents the millions of New Yorkers. Now I'm going
to say, you want a Rodgers, uncle? You think he's like, yeah, man,
I'm hoping for Rogers. I doubt it very much. And
it's not a knock. It's just where he is in
his career.

Speaker 4 (18:31):
So I'd like to alert all the affiliates that Covino's
texting his uncle Ora.

Speaker 3 (18:35):
Yeah, just so you know, man.

Speaker 6 (18:36):
And also, this is a Giants team picking third in
the draft. The only quarterback they have under contract right
now is Tommy DeVito. It's the only one that they've
got under contract for sure.

Speaker 4 (18:48):
And a lot of the mock drafts have the Giants
taking Shador Sanders, whether that happens or not, or.

Speaker 2 (18:54):
Even trading up to one to get camp.

Speaker 1 (18:56):
So, I mean, we get it. The Giants need somebody.
Do they want him? We said from the start, right
here on the show that it was the easiest fit
and the easiest move because he embraced New York already
and it's right there in his backyard.

Speaker 3 (19:10):
But do the fans really want him? I haven't heard again.

Speaker 1 (19:12):
The reason I put up Uncle Bill Rich and I
talk to Giants fans every day in our personal lives.
Not one of our friend not one of my friends
or family has expressed to me that, dude, they gotta
make it happens.

Speaker 2 (19:24):
I mean, they saw what happened with the Crosstown team.

Speaker 1 (19:25):
It's like, magically, imagine if the hottest girl in town
dated someone you knew and he's like, yeah, she's.

Speaker 2 (19:30):
Not that cool.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
That's sort of like what giant fans are feeling. The
guy across town was like, oh, he's dating the hottest girl. Yeah, bro,
she's not that great.

Speaker 2 (19:39):
That's her giant fans are feeling.

Speaker 1 (19:40):
And I'm still mad at myself for saying Kyle Rudolph
instead of TJ.

Speaker 2 (19:44):
Hawkinson.

Speaker 1 (19:44):
It's all good, man, But you know when you think
of a guy and he's permanently in your mind for
that team, Yeah, I guess it's just like a permanence
about that guy.

Speaker 2 (19:56):
I don't know why that. For me.

Speaker 3 (19:57):
I'm like, I thought he's like a permanent Viking.

Speaker 5 (20:00):
I think he's because he caught a touchdown pass in
like one of their few playoff wins over the years
with k.

Speaker 6 (20:05):
I think that game was actually on NFL Network right now,
the one where he caught in the end zone. Consciously,
it may have been like, damn, how do I say,
Kyle Rude?

Speaker 1 (20:15):
Jesus, Hey, guys, you're Tony Gonzales on the on the Falcons.

Speaker 2 (20:19):
What do you think he thinks?

Speaker 6 (20:21):
Kirk Cousins, it happens, It happens, you know the forty
nine ers.

Speaker 3 (20:26):
What do you think about Brent Jones? Anyway?

Speaker 1 (20:30):
Uh, Minnesota fans, I can't imagine anyone being that butt
hurt that they're moving away from the Baron Rodgers.

Speaker 6 (20:37):
I know Stalwart and Swan don't want Rogers in Pittsburgh,
so I know that he wants.

Speaker 2 (20:44):
Yeah, awesome. Mark Bavaro was like, you know, I would
you know, makes sense.

Speaker 1 (20:50):
I'm still waiting for Uncle Bill's response, though, so stay tuned.
I just got to see what he has.

Speaker 3 (20:54):
I just got a.

Speaker 1 (20:54):
Text from Phil McConkie. He said, please, it's all good.

Speaker 2 (20:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (20:59):
I mean, I think the Giants could scoop him up
if he is honest with himself and he just wants
to play ball. The Giants could pick up two quarterbacks.
They would have to. I'm not saying the Giants. If
they only have if they only have Tommy Cutlets, they
got room for Rogers at a reasonable rate, and someone else,

(21:21):
imagine by default Tommy Cutlets gets an opportunity, they'll be disgusting.

Speaker 2 (21:25):
Got an update, Uncle Bill?

Speaker 1 (21:26):
Got updates Bill? Uncle Bill? My uh actually it's my
aunt's ex. But he's still part of the fan. Uncle
Bill says, nope. Well they have been and still draft
a QB. He says, yeah, Winston and draft of QB.

Speaker 7 (21:43):
Ye.

Speaker 1 (21:45):
Speaking of the Giants, I have heard and I believe
there is something to be said about Not that they're
gonna go from bottom of the barrel stankash Giants to
a playoff contender, but it would be interesting, I think,
because the Giants overall, we're so bad last year that
you know, what does go into the radar how great
Molik Neighbors was, and if he did have a legit quarterback,

(22:11):
how much even better he could be. Like I almost
feel like if you're a fantasy football player, like a
Dan Byer who's way into.

Speaker 3 (22:18):
It, Molik Neighbors might be the steal if.

Speaker 1 (22:21):
You got an Aaron Rodgers, because that would be what
Aaron Rodgers did for Devonte Adams in Green Bay where
he picks his guy and that's his guy.

Speaker 2 (22:29):
That could be Melik neighbors.

Speaker 1 (22:30):
And while they won't be great, I could see that
being a combo to make some noise offensively.

Speaker 2 (22:36):
You know, I just started to jump in.

Speaker 6 (22:38):
But your point about that is interesting and I think
on the surface it works. But when you see what
happened with the Jets this past year, that's what was
supposed to happen with Garrett Wilson and it didn't. And
it didn't happen. So maybe if you're in Minnesota, when
you're trying to evaluate the reasons, maybe you look at
that and say, well, wait a second. Here, you had
a young wide receiver there that you thought was a

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stun thought that this connection was going to be great,
and it didn't. They ended up having to bring in
Devonte Adams. Anyway, maybe that would be a reason why
you wouldn't and maybe that could be something.

Speaker 2 (23:09):
I mean, the Giants.

Speaker 1 (23:10):
Anybody you thought, oh, Jets, Garrett Wilson, he has Aaron Rodgers.
Now's gonna take him to the next Levelich put yourself
in those cleats for one minute, right, Seriously, if you're
a young player, you have to say all the right things, like.

Speaker 2 (23:24):
Man an opportunity to play with the legend.

Speaker 3 (23:26):
Yeah, it's a once in a lifetime thing.

Speaker 2 (23:28):
It's great, you know.

Speaker 3 (23:29):
I mean, I can't imagine, you know, playing with Aaron Rodgers.
I used to grow up watching him.

Speaker 1 (23:34):
You know, if you were a young player, would you
feel that comfortable playing with a veteran with that much
pressure around you? Or someone younger and as hungry as
you are there's more of a commonality. It's like, all right,
if you needed a new co host, would you want
like an older guy to be your co host or
a guy who's on your level, with the same hunger,

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in the same place, in the same part of life
as you.

Speaker 2 (23:57):
I know what you're saying, You.

Speaker 1 (23:58):
Know what I mean, Like there's a there's a pressure
of like having to play with this guy or someone
else in your age range that it's probably more comfortable
for these young dudes.

Speaker 4 (24:07):
That's interesting because I think cove that with the fans
at least right now. This is almost like the CJ.
Stroud and Jaden Daniels effect, where you'd rather go with
the upstart guy, where you know there's a lot of
ceiling to be reached and have a vet back that
guy up. That's what the Vikings are doing. They say
they're still in the market to sign a VET, but
JJ McCarthy's their guy.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
When there's so much ceiling.

Speaker 1 (24:30):
Like you said, I mean, those are two great examples
of guys that delivered way early on Jaden Daniels and c. J.

Speaker 2 (24:35):
Stroud.

Speaker 1 (24:36):
But if you think you have that in JJ McCarthy,
Cavino's right, justin Jefferson, not.

Speaker 2 (24:41):
Kyle Rudolph, TJ. Howkinson.

Speaker 1 (24:44):
These guys on the offensive side of things in Minnesota
are probably would be more internally excited to be part
of the new JJ McCarthy offense. They would never want
to say that because they have to save that thing
and there is some honor and play with a le
but you know what it is. Though, there's also something
so like oddly temporary about the Aaron Rodgers answer, right,

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there's something like all right, so all right, all right,
if you're justin Jefferson.

Speaker 3 (25:10):
No are you thinking?

Speaker 2 (25:11):
All right?

Speaker 1 (25:12):
So I played with Aaron Rodgers for like a year,
and then where do we go from there? Because it's
it's a hired gun, but a hired gun that you're
not quite sure is really going to take anywhere.

Speaker 5 (25:23):
It's a hired gun that might have like a rusty
uh you know, might not even fire.

Speaker 1 (25:28):
But it's also a hired gun. That's that's like talking
down to you, not in a demeaning way. I mean
it might be condescending maybe maybe, but that's not even
my point. Meaning like, he's an old veteran. He's with
all these young dudes. They might not be speaking the
same language. A younger guy might not be as comfortable
with that guy. That's what made Tom Brady tom Brady.

(25:50):
He still spoke that young guy language. I'm not sure
Aaron Rodgers is that type of guy I'm speaking of
wanting to build things together. I know it's a different story.
He's not as young. But as we talk about this,
I see the headline on FS one Cooper Cups saying
he's quote excited to build things with Sam Donald. You know,
there's nothing to be said about wanting to build something together.

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And when you had a thirteen win team and Sam
Donald takes a hike and you got JJ McCarthy in
the wings, it, you know what, it probably didn't make
sense at the end of the day to bring in
Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 3 (26:21):
So I feel like Minnesota made the right move.

Speaker 1 (26:24):
Hey, not rooting against Aaron Rodgers. Just some thoughts you
could chime into at eight seven, seven ninety nine m
Fox or at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (26:33):
Time for an update. Yeah, let's go to Dan Bayern.

Speaker 6 (26:35):
Shout outs to Kyle Rudolph, by the way, in addition
to the Aaron Rodgers news of him not going to
the Minnesota Vikings. At this time, we do have other
NFL stuff to get to, as the NFL will officially
evaluate a proposal from the Packers to ban the tush push.
The Lions have proposed a few new rules, including not
having defensive holding or in illegal contact penalty be an

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automatic first down for the offense. Detroit is also asking
for a change that would allow playoff teams to be
seated by their record and not by whether if they
won their division.

Speaker 1 (27:09):
Can you believe the Dodgers on their way to one
hundred and sixty two and off, Dude, key k and geek,
show Hey, that was a home run, By the way,
that was diary.

Speaker 2 (27:19):
That was a definite home run.

Speaker 1 (27:20):
If you don't know we're talking about, show hey hit
the first home run of the twenty twenty five Major
League Baseball season, and for a minute it was debated
whether or not did the fan reach in and grab it,
But it was over the fence. It was it was
a home No, I was a home run. It was
a nice drive by show. Hey, O Tani, and how
about your boy Rodney Pete. I was just gonna say,

(27:40):
stealing that ball for Max Munzie Rodney And you know what,
at first, I didn't know that was Rodney p I
saw that it was a major highlight. I just saw
a fan. And know what I thought to myself when
I saw it, I'm like, ah, he did nothing wrong there.
It was right at him. He didn't move, he didn't
get in Munsie's way. Munsey gave him a lot of
attitude for no reason, in my opinion.

Speaker 4 (27:57):
And if you don't know a really quick rich I
was just gonna explain because a lot of our audience
outside of Southern California. Rodney co hosts the mid day
show with Rogan on AM five seven LA Sports. Yeah,
so the big things they were there. They were there
for the opener of the crew the.

Speaker 1 (28:13):
Big Fox Sports radio affiliate. I think it's a major
day show. Actually it's not that mid it's and uh no,
what a coincidence. By the way, what content for them.
Imagine when we went to a game of Cavino bumped
into Max Monsey.

Speaker 2 (28:25):
They've been loving it all day long.

Speaker 4 (28:27):
They've been putting out tweets saying to catch herd round
the world and of course first they Tim Kates had
him on the.

Speaker 2 (28:32):
Air and everything. It's been having a lot of fun
with it.

Speaker 7 (28:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (28:35):
So if you saw the clip, and most people have,
it was a very viral clip. It was Rodney Pete.
That was Rodney Pete that got in his way, but
he really didn't.

Speaker 2 (28:44):
He didn't get he didn't really.

Speaker 1 (28:45):
Get in his way. And I'm gonna months he acted
like I'm gonna I'm gonna call Max Mounsey. You know,
he's a moist s al Lou.

Speaker 2 (28:51):
Here.

Speaker 1 (28:52):
The reaction from the player determines the reaction from the fans,
and I stand by Steve Bartman would never have gotten
all that crap had Moisi saw Lou just walk back
to left field. It was a mix of two things.
It was Alou's reaction, but it was also the fact
that he looked like the biggest dork. He had a
big goofy, green turt and nerdle neck. He had a

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nerdle neck on. He had his headphones, his glasses. He's like, hey,
there's Waldough. Everyone's looking at him because everybody went for
that ball.

Speaker 3 (29:22):
The reason he stood out because he looked like a goober.

Speaker 1 (29:25):
That's really it, poor guy that he did nothing wrong,
and again combined with Moisi saw Lou, he'll reacted like
slamming down his hands like oh damn it. Look that
reaction made everyone say, man, who that kid in the
stands really blew it? If Moises hal Lou had walked
back to left field like an unfazed pro.

Speaker 2 (29:42):
You know what.

Speaker 1 (29:43):
The worst part about it too is like, oh good,
there it is. It's on TV now, Max Munsey. His
frustration in that moment. Look, he missed it regardless, and
it was over the fence. I don't even if it
would have counted anyway, but he would have never had it,
just like Alu would have really never had that ball.
But Steve Bartman, famous cub fan, that got in the way,

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but he didn't. He was in the stands. He had
headphones on, right, you know, he had to hear the
radio commentary of oh I hate to be that nerd
in the stands. Right about Nerd, he's in big troll,
the guy with the glasses, Oh man, Nerd.

Speaker 2 (30:17):
He was basically listening.

Speaker 1 (30:21):
You imagine that that feeling when you got fifty thousand
people there, everyone's hating you, and you're hearing it on
the radio as it happens.

Speaker 3 (30:30):
I think I need to go now.

Speaker 2 (30:31):
Yeah, that part of.

Speaker 3 (30:32):
The nightmare is really never explored.

Speaker 1 (30:34):
Like you know, he was probably listening to the game,
either the Proclaimers or something.

Speaker 3 (30:38):
You know, Bob, that kid's life will never be the same.

Speaker 1 (30:43):
Of all the people here at the game tonight at Wrigley,
I would really hate to be that guy, good guy,
the guy with the green turtleneck and he's listening the
whole time.

Speaker 3 (30:52):
What a nightmare that had to be. Thanks Moyses lose.

Speaker 1 (30:57):
So you know that being said Rodney Pete, if you
watch that clip again, once he had no shot, he
missed it.

Speaker 2 (31:03):
He clearly missed it.

Speaker 1 (31:03):
Anything.

Speaker 2 (31:04):
But if you're gonna go.

Speaker 1 (31:04):
After a ball in the stands, do it the rightly,
right way, like those guys in the Bronx rip the
ball out of Mookie Bets's glove, Like you're like you're
trying to grab Gobba Ghulaf of charkoterie board. That's how
you gotta do it. To think those guys, It's so
funny how you could do the same thing. This happens
in relationships, work, life, anything. Two people could do the

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same thing with different reactions. Steve Bartman goes for a
ball because it's in his vicinity. He has to move,
change his life and go into like witness relocation. Yeah,
they tried to like welcome him back, and he's like,
beat it, you ruined my life. These goons in the
Bronx rip a ball of Mooki Bets's glove and everyone
laughs their ass off, like look at these two guidos legendary.
It's I mean, and they did this. They did worse

(31:47):
than Bartman. Yet, yeah, they were violent. Those dudes are
heroes in the Bronx.

Speaker 2 (31:51):
They got banned.

Speaker 1 (31:51):
They got banned, but among their friends in the community,
it's like, yo, those guys are clowns.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
It's funny.

Speaker 1 (31:56):
Meanwhile, Steve Bartman, you got to change his name. Probably
poor guy. So that was the story. Props to Rodney Pete,
good hands.

Speaker 4 (32:05):
He was in the moment, But you're right, what hes
a grown man with a glove though.

Speaker 1 (32:09):
Ah yes, sar the story. They making fun of him
for that because they should. Yeah, because against our personal
like if you're over anyone over twelve shouldn't have a
glove at the game, especially a former NFL quarterback.

Speaker 2 (32:20):
Robe you get with it.

Speaker 1 (32:24):
Some guy was talking about how we're having our big
Kvin on Rich Party in Vegas June twentieth to the
twenty second. By the way, that's also your invitation right now,
if you don't already know, We're having a big Kvin
on Rich Party Las Vegas Friday Saturday Sunday, June twentieth
to the twenty second. They'll be events, they'll be live broadcast. Hey,
we'll be drinking, maybe doing karaoke, some gambling something. And

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remember what happens in Vegas only happens in Vegas. That's
the new tagline.

Speaker 2 (32:50):
What happens in Vegas goes on Rich's card. Yeah, but yeah,
this is your invite.

Speaker 1 (32:56):
You're invited. Everybody's invited. Come hang with us June twentieth.
If you can make it just one day, make it
the twenty first, because that's the big party night. But twentieth,
twenty first and twenty second. We're gonna we're gonna have
a throwdown, and someone was talking smack about it, excited
to you know, party it up, have some drinks. I
hope stuff's going on in the twentieth two. That's the
night I'm gonna be there.

Speaker 5 (33:14):
Yeah, I was saying, I gotta come back to LA
for a wedding, but I'm gonna be there the Friday night.

Speaker 2 (33:19):
Oh oh yeah, it's a party. If you're there. We
got it there.

Speaker 1 (33:21):
We're kidnapping Dan Bayern bringing him. It's gonna be a
good time. So the reason I brought it up was
also to remind you guys that we're having a big
party in Vegas and you're all invited. Some guy on Facebook,
he goes, respectfully, I loved you guys for years, but
this event should have been planned last year. It's three

(33:43):
and a half months away, and I have anxiety not
knowing exact details. And I responded to this guy, uh oh,
who plans a year plus in advance? Come on, do
you know what you're doing in twenty twenty six when
you got kids and events and work and business trips
and all the things you do. You know, plans for
mid twenty twenty six, right now, and then I went

(34:04):
to press send that I couldn't.

Speaker 8 (34:05):
Also, my favorite and my favorite me when you go
to the dentist office and you walk up after the
appointment and they're like, all right, let's book your next appointment,
and you're like, yeah, I know what I'm gonna be
doing on a Tuesday at two thirty five months.

Speaker 1 (34:17):
But that's so funny.

Speaker 3 (34:17):
You would say it tooth thirty, that's so funny.

Speaker 5 (34:20):
Yeah, tooth thirty, tooth thurty, tooth thirty, tooth thirty, tooth hurty.

Speaker 1 (34:26):
I went for dental cleaning a couple of weeks ago
and I had that same dumb It's I'm sure some
stand up comics done it before, but it is ridiculous
where they plan your six month cleaning like how's Wednesday,
August twentieth, and you're like, Quesay, I, how on earth
do you think I know what I'm doing?

Speaker 2 (34:43):
You have to base your whole day around it.

Speaker 5 (34:45):
Then you were like you'll get a you'll get like
a week's notice, Uh, it's coming up.

Speaker 2 (34:49):
And then you're like, oh, yeah, that's my tooth cleaning.
Everything else off the schedule. What I do is I
go yeah, yeah, sure, and then you know the week's
leading up you make the adjustment like yeah, I can't
do it.

Speaker 5 (34:58):
How about the day before, Like it's no, I think
I scheduled a doctor's appointment like eight months in advance,
and then when finally arrived, I was like, oh, yeah,
that I'm fine.

Speaker 3 (35:06):
I don't need to go by the way, that's a
big problem.

Speaker 1 (35:09):
You go to you have a issue, you go to
the doctor, and everything's like months months, months.

Speaker 5 (35:13):
Well we can see you in a March of twenty
twenty seven. It's ridiculous.

Speaker 2 (35:17):
Anyway.

Speaker 1 (35:18):
One last thought to you know before we move on
to basketball. I know we were talking about Rodney Pete
interfering with Max Munsey. Yeah, but he didn't. I want
to make that very clear. Yes, it's laughable that he
had a baseball glove with him. He all came right
to him, It went right to him and Mounsey et
and he missed it months he missed it regardless.

Speaker 8 (35:37):
You look at the stacking of gloves. Yeah, she was
going to get to in midwek Major. You look at
the stacking of gloves Monthsy is over Pete, so it
went pretty much went through his glove Pete's glove.

Speaker 2 (35:48):
Yeah, but not only that, this is the guy that
this I think.

Speaker 4 (35:51):
I think it's because Max Muntsey has heard Rodney Pete
talk Dodgers on the Radio's why I gave him a
dirty look.

Speaker 1 (35:56):
I think the funnier story is what Cavino said, which is,
here's a guy that evaded the biggest, baddest men in
the NFL. This guy's scrambled around the pocket avoiding monsters
try to sack him and kill him, and he brings
a glove to baseball game. Yeah, what was that conversation like?
And by the way, he's in Tokyo? Did he pack

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it with him?

Speaker 2 (36:18):
Honey?

Speaker 1 (36:18):
Do you have your gloves?

Speaker 2 (36:19):
Was it carry on or was it a check bag?

Speaker 1 (36:23):
Did he bring that like as his one personal item
on the plane? Wear on your body can get away
with it. Who brings his bagless lightly overweight? So he
put it on his hand for the flight? Did he
have snacks and ziploc bags in the glove? I'm honestly
guessing maybe they like provided him one or something.

Speaker 7 (36:41):
Dude.

Speaker 1 (36:42):
The funniest thing is when you think about that, you're right,
it's not a game at Dodger Stadium. Twenty minutes away.
He went to Japan, and he's like, packed his shoes. Oh,
we packed my you know, some Jim shorts, some pants
and Dodger shirt. Oh yeah, my glove. Honey, that's wild,
don't you think? Like Holly Robinson, Pete stopped him at
one point, like, honey, you don't need that, and he's like, yes,

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I do.

Speaker 3 (37:04):
He's like, no, you don't, I do.

Speaker 2 (37:06):
Got to protect your face.

Speaker 1 (37:07):
Yeah, And as it turns out, he does explain that
he was trying to protect her.

Speaker 2 (37:11):
Take a listen. I didn't know.

Speaker 7 (37:12):
Such a thing could go so viral so quick.

Speaker 1 (37:15):
It was.

Speaker 2 (37:16):
It was crazy.

Speaker 7 (37:18):
I was thinking of protecting my wife, Holly. That's all
I was thinking about, and didn't really take a peek
at Max coming and how close he was that we
were sitting in the second row. It started curving back. Man.
The only thing I could think about is, Okay, I can't.

Speaker 2 (37:33):
I can't let that ball hitter or me in the head.
So let me try to reach out and catch it.

Speaker 7 (37:37):
Uh. And then I saw his face. Once I caught
I saw his face.

Speaker 3 (37:42):
That he was I was like, oh man, he was
not happy.

Speaker 7 (37:45):
I mean, he looked at me like I was Bartman
from back in the day with the Cubs.

Speaker 2 (37:49):
He looked at me like.

Speaker 1 (37:50):
He wanted blood, and and we pointed out it's usually
the reaction of the player, whether it's Moises Ale Loose
ruining Steve Bartman's life or else.

Speaker 3 (37:58):
He says Bartman like, it's part since yes, you were.

Speaker 5 (38:00):
Talking yesterday, Elton John versus Tom Tommy John. So it's
like Bartman, Bartman, Cubs, art Man, the Simpsons.

Speaker 1 (38:08):
It's like Spider Man and Speederman if he was Jewish.

Speaker 8 (38:11):
Go there, you go by the way, I'm bing this fan.

Speaker 2 (38:14):
I don't see Holly Robinson, Pete. Holley Robinson, Pete is
behind him.

Speaker 8 (38:18):
He's reaching forward and forward, so he's reaching like at
an angle completely away for it's nowhere.

Speaker 2 (38:27):
He just reached down to grab this ball. But I
don't think he did nothing wrong except for bringing that.

Speaker 5 (38:32):
Go back to the left. Yes, keither Nann is a newman.
Back into the left, back into the k.

Speaker 2 (38:38):
Yes.

Speaker 4 (38:38):
It sounds like she's just the fall guy for the
story she is.

Speaker 2 (38:41):
And Trump just released the Uh. Yes that spit ricochet,
wasn't it? Uh? I forget it actually was. Roger mcdell, Yes,
it was.

Speaker 1 (38:54):
It was Roger mcdell, all right, well, hey ro Rodney
Pete uh a fellow Fox Sports radio guy. Pretty cool
moment that he goes to Japan for our local five
seventy and involves himself in a funny moment, Like I said,
that very viral moment. Yeah, Like what's the chances right,
mm hmm, Like the chances that won in like sixty

(39:15):
five thousands. Like when the two of you goofs were
at the home run Derby.

Speaker 2 (39:20):
Oh man, you know what.

Speaker 1 (39:21):
I don't want to give people homework assignments, but when
you get home, if you search Covino and Rich c
ov I know on YouTube home Run Derby. Just search
home on Derby. Our mission for years, Danny g was
just to get on TV. So we would do the
Bushwhacker dance every time a home run came in our
vicinity and we were on the ees. We were on

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TV like like five six years in a row doing that.
The funniest part is we were we actually had a
show on ESPN for years, but that was more fun.

Speaker 2 (39:50):
Yeah, we tried to get on TV. Yeah, you like
the toy monkey or something.

Speaker 4 (39:56):
Also, there's a moment that lives in infamy where Rich
Davis is on live TV crying at the end of
a Mets game.

Speaker 3 (40:03):
It's all on YouTube. Now spot our video guy.

Speaker 1 (40:09):
There's also a great video spot missing a home run
that goes off his hand.

Speaker 3 (40:15):
I would have fallen into the outfield.

Speaker 2 (40:16):
You have fallen into the bullpen, but it would have
been worth it. What did?

Speaker 1 (40:20):
The ball goes right off his hand? And you see
spockle should have brought should have should have packed a
glove with your spot.

Speaker 2 (40:28):
I have one now, yeah I can.

Speaker 1 (40:30):
Since this is a d D radios at its finest,
let me bring up one last point about foul balls,
and you know we're busting the chops of one Rodney
Pete for bringing a glove to Japan. We were at
a home run derby multiple times. There was one year
where they gave out gloves in the field.

Speaker 3 (40:47):
And I why.

Speaker 1 (40:47):
I'm thinking maybe they provided him one or something like
the little store.

Speaker 2 (40:52):
Still I still you'd have to break it in. I
still have that very nice.

Speaker 1 (40:56):
I still have that broken in, like like generic Elston
glove they gave out at the.

Speaker 2 (41:01):
Home run derby.

Speaker 1 (41:01):
But we were at a derby once and this is
just a quick little story. There was a guy maybe
five rows ahead of us. Albert Poolholtz hit a line
drive home run that the exit velocity was.

Speaker 2 (41:17):
One hundred and fourteen miles. Yea, it was like one
of those rocks.

Speaker 1 (41:20):
It was one of like John Carlos Stanton, Like the
line drive just went right out.

Speaker 2 (41:23):
Of the park. Yeah, we saw the ball. You heard
it sizzling as it heard flying by. You heard the ball.

Speaker 3 (41:31):
Pops this guy in the face face.

Speaker 1 (41:34):
We saw the blood start coming out of his mouth
and nose, and he's trying to tell his bros like,
I'm good, Oh good. Remember this guy Remember that famous
video of Fabio getting hit in the face by a
bird on a roller coaster.

Speaker 2 (41:47):
I love that. It is blood everywhere. I love it.

Speaker 1 (41:50):
That's what we saw. That's what happened to this guy's face.
And he really was he was trying to say I'm good.
It was so bad. It was so sad, so weird.
I can't believe it's a hood, but hey, maybe that
is good that Rodney Pete was trying to protect people
in the stand.

Speaker 2 (42:04):
So that's the story.

Speaker 1 (42:06):
You'll be seeing it if you haven't already throughout the
day because again the Dodgers played in Tokyo again. With
a win over the Cubs earlier today. Now let's turn
our attention to the NBA just for a second, because
I know, Danny G. You're locked in all the time
and it's hard not to be locked in. Now the
football's over and baseball hasn't really begun yet. The NBA

(42:29):
is really bringing it, and your Lakers are fun to watch.

Speaker 4 (42:34):
Yeah, a little injured lately, but they're getting they're starting
to get healthy.

Speaker 3 (42:37):
They got cold for a second, but turned it right
around again.

Speaker 4 (42:39):
Well, yeah, they were missing not only Lebron but Luca Ruey,
who's a starter, and then another starter in Jackson Hayes.

Speaker 1 (42:48):
There's a headline today, did Luca did the trade actually
make the Lakers defense better? Because there's speculation on man,
they're really gelling defensively that you would have thought would
have been their weakness without Ad who, by the way,
is golfing. I don't know how you feel about that.
Optically it looks kind of bad, I think, But I
were saying, no, it looks like he's making some progress.

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He must be feeling better because he's out there in
Texas golfing.

Speaker 2 (43:13):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (43:14):
I don't know. I say he was that story of
back in the day when You'll win a Cesspitis. They
were so desperate to get him back in the lineup,
and it's like, yeah, he can't play, And then you
see Cesspeitus golfing a couple of days in a row.

Speaker 3 (43:25):
It's like, come on, dude, you're swinging a golf call.

Speaker 7 (43:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (43:27):
I think it's a bad look, but I do think
that it has made the defense better, but for simple reasons,
because I think they relied so much on ad that
it didn't force them to step up, and now without
a d it forces people to step up. It's like
rich when we travel as a team right as a
as a show, A lot of times Spotty likes to

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lead the way and I just follow spot because he
walks so fast and I'm just following his lead. Or
he's the guy that calls the uber, or he's the
guy that I know where we're going at around guess
what I'm forrest, or someone else is forced to step up,
or we call actively take it on together. No, because Guss,
spot if you weren't there, what do you think we
don't know where to go and what to do? Yes, No,
see that's nice to think.

Speaker 2 (44:09):
Two trips in a row spoty, we had to figure
it out.

Speaker 1 (44:11):
Yeah, So in my analogy here is you take Ad
out of the defense, Well, now Lebron and Austin Reeves
and Luca everyone's like, well, I guess we got to
step up, and therefore they're playing better defense instead of
relying just on one guy.

Speaker 4 (44:24):
Reeves and Dalton connect have brought the energy to to
the defensive side of the ball with those injuries.

Speaker 1 (44:29):
Just from that perspective and had analogy, doesn't that make
a lot of sense. It's like, hey, you're losing your
best guy, the best defensive player, but it forces everyone
else to step up because they have no other choice.

Speaker 2 (44:40):
So now they're on guard.

Speaker 1 (44:41):
Now they're playing because they're not just waiting for Ad
to stop the charge. So I think that's really what's
happening here. And you're also seeing like Luca make everybody
a better player, and for some reason, Austin Reeves is
getting more shine than anybody as a resultant. It was
just the other day that Lucas said, how did this
guy go undrafted? And listen, I roll my eyes and

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hate when any broadcaster crutches on racial stuff. I just
feel like it's unnecessary like, it's unnecessary conversation where.

Speaker 2 (45:11):
You're not I want to talk about Ryan Clark right now.

Speaker 1 (45:14):
Not. But my thought is there's got to be a
part of you, if you want to be honest with yourself,
that because Austin Reeves is sort of a goofy white guy,
the assumption is that you're sort of surprised that, oh,
he is this good.

Speaker 2 (45:30):
It's the truth. I do agree with you.

Speaker 1 (45:32):
You could say that he's just unassuming, right, you would
never look at him and think he's going to be
as good as he is.

Speaker 3 (45:40):
Yeah, and race probably is a part of that.

Speaker 1 (45:42):
Part of what you're saying is unassuming is because he's
light dude.

Speaker 2 (45:46):
That's part of it. Part of it's part of it.
I can't deny that.

Speaker 1 (45:49):
It's like, no, it's it's a fair assessment. You know,
there are stereotypes that are that are good and bad. Right,
Like I told you guys a story where I played
co ed softball on time and some girl brought her
boyfriend along and she's like, do we need an extra
guy on the team? And this guy looked like DK Metcalf.
It was a ripped, like six foot four black dude

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that looked like he came straight from the gym. They
were like, yeah, come on, dude, this is the worst
ballplayer I had ever played with. But stereotypically I looked
at him and I said, come on, man, you assumed
he was gonna be great. Yeah, So I think sometimes
and that was the Caruso treatment. When it's a balding
dude with a bandana with a you know, a headband on,
you're like this guy, you know what, Jeremy Lynn got

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that treatment back in the day because unless you're seven
foot yao, ming Asian Asian community doesn't get a lot
of love in the NBA as it makes it more
of a fun story. He can't sit the story, so
it's not it's and by the way, hold on, you
brought up Cruz. So I actually text texted this to
our group text the other day. It's so funny because
when you think of Austin Reeves. I remember there was

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a point in time. I remember talking to Danny about
it too, like a man, it sucks.

Speaker 3 (46:57):
You know. The Lakers lost Caruse so I thought he
would be the guy and Dan was like.

Speaker 2 (47:00):
No, but Reeves is pretty good.

Speaker 1 (47:02):
I was like, yeah, well, white guy for white guy
at Crusoe was like proven already. I thought he was good,
and you think of how much, like how much he's
grown and evolved since then as a player, Like he's
so great, man, and it's so wild to see he
might be. And I'm not the only guy saying this.
I can't take full credit, but if you watch basketball
right now, he might be the best number three guy

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in the league right now, right now, and he brings it.

Speaker 3 (47:27):
He plays hard. I've heard a lot of people.

Speaker 1 (47:29):
Say that, So, like I said, I can't take credit
for that, but he might be that guy and he
might be the difference maker because of that come down
the stretch.

Speaker 2 (47:38):
Yeah, you know you said unassuming.

Speaker 4 (47:40):
I had to look up his college stats because I
do remember him his last season in Oklahoma. He averaged
eighteen point three points that season, but unassuming beginning he
started at Wichita State for two seasons where he averaged
like six points or something like that. But the last
two years he was in the Big Twelve for Oklahoma,
he averaged fifteen and a little over eighteen, so there

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was reason for teams to look at him. But yeah,
I went undrafted.

Speaker 1 (48:06):
But that's kind of cool too, because people don't see
you coming. You know, it's a bit of an advantage
in that way too, and I bet you that lights
his fire a little bit. Well, enjoy the rest of
your NBA season. We got a couple weeks left, and
Kevino and I were saying that we got to hit
a Lakers game, don't we? Yes, you know, as we
get closer to the playoffs and the closer to Lebron's

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ending of his career. I'm not saying this year, but
wouldn't you rather see him now than Yeah? Not the
change subject, but we were saying, how how many people
are like man?

Speaker 2 (48:42):
I wish it would have so Jordan one left, Zack.

Speaker 1 (48:44):
I've never seen Lebron as a Laker. You know how
many times like Big Poppy or Jeter or someone like Man.
I didn't go one last time to see him, and
we're here in LA. That's the crime of plenty of
opportunities over the next like year, and well, you know,
if he plays another year, like go see Lebron one
more time.

Speaker 2 (48:57):
With your kids or something.

Speaker 1 (48:59):
I've never been with Akers game, that's not my weird confession,
never been through a Lakers games, So I'd love to go.

Speaker 3 (49:06):
Yes, I know, well, hey, we got Midweek Major.

Speaker 1 (49:09):
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pop culture and sports.

Speaker 2 (49:19):
Every Wednesday, it's time for Midweek Major. Covino and Rich
get you over the middle of the week. When mid Week.

Speaker 7 (49:28):
Major Major, Oh, I love that we throw sports and
pop culture headlines and topics at the fellas and it's
like the kids.

Speaker 1 (49:36):
Say, that's so we definite teacher.

Speaker 2 (49:40):
See in our score Midweek Major. That was a good one.
Dan had to bring it for March Madness.

Speaker 1 (49:55):
Nice the madness begins, Gypsy dude.

Speaker 2 (49:58):
All right, you hear the horns. You know you have
made it to the middle of the week.

Speaker 4 (50:01):
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Speaker 2 (50:26):
Spotty Boy, Hi, guys, hey spot how are you. Let's
jump right in.

Speaker 8 (50:31):
So we spoke earlier this week about Cameron Brink getting
the ick, as she called it, from guys wanting to
make the La Sparks practice squad.

Speaker 3 (50:38):
Well, that's because the guys were coming on social.

Speaker 2 (50:40):
Media like she could back into me. Well, after the
interview with Brink.

Speaker 8 (50:46):
Went viral, the Sparks are doing a little bit of
damage control and hoping to ease Brink's mind, clarifying that
the mail players will be rigorously vetted and all received
background checks, so they're not going to just be pulling
dudes off social media. The team has used the male
practice squad since the team's inception in nineteen ninety seven.
Other WNBA teams have also followed followed suit teams. The

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team released the statement saying that the team is committed
to fostering a safe and respectful environment for all our
players and want to emphasize that player safety remains our priority.

Speaker 2 (51:16):
Mid Week or Major, I think it's Listen.

Speaker 3 (51:19):
To be honest, it's mid but I'll.

Speaker 1 (51:22):
Say Major because I think it's funny that Kevira Break
had the uh, you know, had the guts to say this,
because it is true. There's a lot of creepy guys
out there, and you don't think there were some creeps like.

Speaker 2 (51:31):
We could play with the NBWNBA women like.

Speaker 1 (51:34):
There's definitely creep. So I think doing a little background
check no harm in that.

Speaker 3 (51:39):
I know what creep. That's banned on Facebook as we speak.

Speaker 2 (51:42):
Shut up. Guy to my left and here was posting
butt cracks.

Speaker 1 (51:46):
I think it's a true story.

Speaker 2 (51:49):
He's a bandit, he's a but bandit.

Speaker 3 (51:51):
I think it's a mid story.

Speaker 7 (51:53):
Man.

Speaker 1 (51:53):
You know why because this should be standard practice no
matter what. A background check, Yeah, do your job before
you hire somebody.

Speaker 2 (52:02):
How about you do a little investigating on a guy.
It's not that hard. Do a Google search. It's a
background check.

Speaker 1 (52:07):
Does not asking a whole lot, especially for professional level players.
I think this should be an industry standard no matter
what you're doing.

Speaker 2 (52:14):
Well when they do like.

Speaker 8 (52:15):
Open tryouts or do you have to go through a
background check?

Speaker 2 (52:18):
Yeah? Can I give everyone a piece of advice.

Speaker 1 (52:20):
I think if you're going on a date with somebody,
you should do a background I have a great piece
of advice for everyone.

Speaker 2 (52:24):
This is it rich does backcrack checks. Stop to buck
crack Mann.

Speaker 1 (52:30):
I have a great advice for everyone, especially women out there,
when you're on a date with a new guy, bring
up traveling and then so casually work into the conversation. Well,
you know, when I travel, like, it's easy with TSA
pre check. If a guy has TSA PreCheck, that means
he has some level of screening.

Speaker 3 (52:47):
I mean, I know everything about someone before I go
on a first day with But.

Speaker 1 (52:50):
What I'm saying is like if the if the guy
or girls like yeah, don't have pre check, I might assume.

Speaker 3 (52:54):
Like what you do? Wait a second, Danny G doesn't
have TSA? Is he an outlaw?

Speaker 2 (52:58):
Do you know what? You know?

Speaker 7 (53:00):
You know?

Speaker 2 (53:01):
You know what?

Speaker 4 (53:01):
Though even recently I've done work for the school district
in my city and you have to have FBI clearance.

Speaker 3 (53:07):
Also, it never takes his hat off, Danny J.

Speaker 1 (53:09):
I coach kids, as I point out every day because
it's such a big part of my life. Now, I
had to go to a place and get the uh fingerprinted.

Speaker 2 (53:16):
I had to get fingerprinted.

Speaker 1 (53:17):
And yeah, I mean, if they're gonna do that for
coaching kids going through TSA pre check, maybe.

Speaker 2 (53:24):
When you play ball with professionals, what's wrong with that? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (53:27):
I think it should be standard, all right.

Speaker 8 (53:29):
Uh, heading over to the political landscape politics aside, I
gotta say it.

Speaker 2 (53:32):
Politics aside.

Speaker 8 (53:34):
Obviously several tensions between the US, Russia, and Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (53:37):
Well, during a call.

Speaker 8 (53:38):
Working out a ce This is great, working out a
ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Apparently Trump and Putin had
time to discuss the future of men's ice hockey between
the two nations. Uh So, they were discussing the possibility
of the US and Russia.

Speaker 3 (53:53):
Battling it out on the ice.

Speaker 8 (53:55):
Wow, the Kremlin announced the possibility of hockey games taking
place between the two countries on you soil, which would
be interesting. Despite Russia's ongoing ban from international competition. They're
banned by the Ice International Ice Hockey Federation through the
next twenty twenty six season, which pretty much prevents them
from competing in the Olympics. But having an exhibition between

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the two countries might be a possibility. So we'll see.
Maybe we'll get another miracle on ice between the two
countries coming up Midwa Cremator.

Speaker 2 (54:23):
This is major.

Speaker 1 (54:25):
This is the biggest battle between Russia and the US
since nineteen eighty five Christmas Day.

Speaker 3 (54:31):
There you go, Russia Christmas Day.

Speaker 1 (54:33):
I remember Paulie was like Russia, listen, you said politics aside,
but the reality is sports.

Speaker 2 (54:41):
Bring people together.

Speaker 1 (54:42):
And if if somehow, some way, like there's a ceasefire
and there's good you know, if world peace could somehow
be helped and orchestrated.

Speaker 3 (54:52):
By hockey and like, hey, let's let's let's sport.

Speaker 2 (54:55):
What about hot doggy?

Speaker 1 (54:56):
How many how many times has sports brought people together
if they get like cause less tension.

Speaker 2 (55:01):
I'm all for it. I think it's a great idea.

Speaker 4 (55:02):
And you saw what Russia did in the show Paradise, right, yeah, right,
nuclear missiles.

Speaker 2 (55:12):
It's like Rocky said on that famous day, Rich if I.

Speaker 1 (55:14):
Could change, you could change, we all could change.

Speaker 2 (55:19):
Everybody could change.

Speaker 7 (55:21):
You know.

Speaker 3 (55:21):
I think you're right.

Speaker 1 (55:22):
If this is the catalyst, and if this is the
great equalizer to start some great conversation, it begins with
sports and hockey. It's great for hockey fans, it is
great for it's great for the country. If sports is
part of peace, who can't get behind that's really it.

Speaker 8 (55:38):
Yeah, So apparently, I mean there's no surprise to the story,
but apparently we have Taylor Swift and I'll give it
a side and Rashid Rice to thank for Travis Kelcey
returning for another season. A source close to the Power
couple revealed that Swift didn't want Kelsey to retire after
their loss to the Eagles of the season. She said
she wanted him to go out on a high note.
Apparently they made this decision quote as a couple. Of course,

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this comes from sources, So I don't know who these
sources are, but there's always a source during talks about
the couple's future. Secondment secrament sentiment echoed by teammate Rashid Rice,
who revealed earlier this week that he urged Kelsey not
to end his career with a loss, saying, you can't
go out like that. So, regardless of the influence where
it came from, Kelsey will be back for another season.

Speaker 2 (56:21):
Midwek or meets well, that's mid. I'll tell you why.

Speaker 5 (56:23):
That's so.

Speaker 1 (56:24):
Everyone ends their currental loss unless you're John Elway, Peyton Manning.
Are the few people that win and they're like, that's it.
I'm calling it today. Most people go out on a loss.
It's just that you're Tom Brady went out on a loss.
It happens, man. I just think that unless you're Drone
Betis and you go up to Detroit and win for
the Steelers and y's your Cypris Hill because.

Speaker 2 (56:42):
We ain't going out like that. We ain't going out
like that.

Speaker 1 (56:46):
We're going out. I think it's a good sign that
they are discussing things as a couple, because we realize
what happens when you don't. Tom Berdi and Grizelle make
decisions of the couple. You win together, you lose together.
You make those big decisions. I think it's a good
thing for them.

Speaker 3 (57:01):
I think it's a mid story.

Speaker 1 (57:02):
I think someone needs to explain to Taylor Swift that
there's not always a happy ending. There's no guarantee in
coming back. It could be even worse. She's she says,
you know, if he wanted to have a great last year,
go out in a high note. He needs to follow
the John Cena blueprint. Just go out all heel this year,
all heel, because think of all the good press he's getting.

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Go heal. Just be a badass in the last season,
because there's no guarantee you're winning, all right.

Speaker 8 (57:28):
Because you mentioned Tom Brady, This is the headline I've
seen across a few news sources. Apparently Tom Brady casually
dating again, and you know that, and he is open
to the idea of getting remarried.

Speaker 2 (57:39):
Who knows after.

Speaker 3 (57:39):
A split with Gizzelle.

Speaker 8 (57:40):
As we know, Giselle welcomed a child with her jiu
jitsu instructor that we weren't supposed to worry about this
a few months ago. So nowhord on who he's actually dating.
But of course he's been licked to some several high
profile models in the past. But yeah, open to the
idea of remarrying. What do you think about that vide pature?

Speaker 1 (57:56):
I think it's I don't want to say mid. I'll
say major, just for the heck major. Tom Brady like
everyone else, I don't I'm not a fan of giving
up on love because it doesn't work out. But then again,
you know my role. Three times it's over. Like you.
You're allowed to get divorced once because maybe you were
young and something wrong happened, or second time something happens.
You can't get divorced three times, So if he gets

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married a third time, it's gotta be poorever.

Speaker 2 (58:21):
So I'm all for it.

Speaker 1 (58:22):
Don't give up on love, Tommy TV twelve and I
did see Tom Brady. In a related story, he posted
a picture of like like ten pairs of like kids
sneakers in his like four year areas. He's having sleepovers
with his kids, friends and everything. Like Tom Brady's living
the dad life. He's really taken in post retirement. And
I think he's probably thinking, like, all right, what's next

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for Tommy, you know, And it's it's love. I think
it's a matter of you don't want divorce to make
you bitter, you want it to make you better, and
you know, keep love out there as an option. But
it's major news for any potential woman out there, you know.
It's it's it's mid news for me, but major news
for any show wifey in the future. There could be
another future missus Brady. Yeah, I'm excited women there are

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out there.

Speaker 2 (59:06):
Good for them and you apparently all right.

Speaker 8 (59:09):
The Troy Trotan's men's basketball team out of Alabama, they're
a fourteen seed in this year's tournament, playing this Friday
if you want to check it out. But they may
have waffle House to thank for being in the tournament
this year. So the head coach, Scott Cross revealed that
when building a roster, he uses the iconic southern restaurant
as a litmus test. He said, once asked a few
recruits if they want to eat at waffle House, they

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shut it down immediately and then they went to looked
it forward. Nick Stampley and he specifically requested a meal
at waffle House when he went to visit the college,
and since then he now asks all recruits if they
like waffle House. If the answers yes, they get signed.
If the answers know, they usually don't go on.

Speaker 2 (59:50):
To be on the teeth. Let me tell you so,
he said.

Speaker 8 (59:52):
Of course, it's not the only way they decide. But
a huge litmus test madeaker baby. I think this is major.
I kvido.

Speaker 3 (59:59):
I hate these weird like one question litmus task jailed
one one time, that's why.

Speaker 2 (01:00:03):
But who doesn't like waffle House? I'll be honest.

Speaker 3 (01:00:07):
If you don't like waffle House, I said it Yesterday's.

Speaker 1 (01:00:10):
If you're the type of person that's not looking forward
to happy gilmore too, I'm probably not the type of
guy that would be your friend.

Speaker 2 (01:00:15):
If you don't like waffle.

Speaker 1 (01:00:16):
House, late night, early midday anything, you're probably not the
type of guy I would like either. Danny g one time,
the Cavino and Rich Show. And by the way, I
think this is weak. We were up for like a
morning Gate somewhere on terrestrial radio and the PD of
the radio stations.

Speaker 3 (01:00:32):
Like oh, Cabrino and a rich I just got one
question for you.

Speaker 1 (01:00:36):
Are you a Chilula guy or a type of tillo guy?

Speaker 2 (01:00:40):
And we're like, oh no, And I think I gave
the wrong answer because we didn't get that job. Can
you no things? That's the reason why we did it.
That's it. I like both of them, because I do.
I like both.

Speaker 1 (01:00:49):
I like all hot sauces. Now great, but it was
one of those things. How did you answer again? I said,
Chilula answer? And then the program director went, oh.

Speaker 3 (01:00:59):
Yeah, you know I never called this back.

Speaker 2 (01:01:02):
Give you all alright?

Speaker 1 (01:01:03):
Well, thank you, spotty guys. Let's go to damn Buyer
for an update. D be Chillula or tapatilla.

Speaker 6 (01:01:10):
I'm gonna tap out on this one. Waffle House or Denny's.

Speaker 2 (01:01:14):
What do you use with your chicken nuggets?

Speaker 6 (01:01:16):
Honey honey, regular Honeyney.

Speaker 2 (01:01:21):
Hot honey or just regular?

Speaker 1 (01:01:22):
No.

Speaker 6 (01:01:22):
See that's the thing is hot Honey's trying to invade
on my space.

Speaker 2 (01:01:26):
I've been a Honey guy for that's my nickname for
plus years. Honey Honey.

Speaker 6 (01:01:31):
Remember when even the old McDonald's when it came in
the styrofoam. Yeah, you know, yeah, still a honey guy, yes,
and then the usual as honey mustard and like

Speaker 2 (01:01:42):
Honey, give me the real stuff.