June 21, 2024 • 46 mins
Top 4 at 4 includes MLB talk and college football McGregor "broke this toe".... really? Play of the Day and a big sports media story
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It's time for the Top four fourwith Levac and Guz Here time for the
four biggest stories into the world ofsports. Top four to four brought to
you by Mohawk Honda, where theyalways go out of their way to please
you. Guys, what's the fourthbiggest story? The fourth biggest story is
Oklahoma deciding to sign their coach,Brent Venables to a new six year deal
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before the team officially moves to theSEC. If you're like a lot of
fans who are trying to figure outwho's in what conference right now, most
of the websites will adjust. Ilove how that's how I have to phrase
it. Websites will begin adjusting onAugust first, So who's in the Big
twelve, Who's in the SEC?Whatever way you get, hopefully it's Fox
Sports. They will be adjusted then. But Venables ten and three season last
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year to Oklahoma, following Lincoln Riley, the former coach, Bob Stoops,
the former coach, sixteen and tenthe past two seasons, a top ten
recruiting class according to ESPN, theclass of twenty twenty four. Well back
hearing the schools decided to sign theirfootball coach to a sixty year extension before
they debut in the SEC. Dothey want to make sure they got that
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in the press release? Are theycalming down alumni because it's odd that they
keep saying, remember, we're notin there yet. We're doing this because
of this we need to do.Sounds like it's more about the SEC than
the actual production of what the Soonershave done during his ten uere. I
mean, this is listen. Asthe as the college football inside our Heisman
voter that you are, I usuallywill acquiesce to you on this kind of
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stuff. I do feel like thisis one of those situations where it's like,
listen, we know what we are, we know how to get where
we're going. We believe that wehave our guy. We're not messing around.
We're not gonna let anybody else comein and, you know, throw
barrels of cash at him and pullhim away. Just there's a plan,
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there's a direction. We know howwe're getting where we're going. We're ready
for the SEC. You know,let's go. That's right, I mean
Boomer Center whatever, I don't know, Yeah, no, that's it.
Hey, this is our guy.Why are we gonna hesitate? Why don't
we want to wait is this productionnot as good as they hope? Sure,
they hope he was twenty six andoh they hope the following Lincoln Riley
and the World of the Transperporter thatthey were gonna be undefeated. Of course
they did. That's not how collegefootball works. I'll be saying this quote
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probably now until gosh, maybe five, ten, fifteen, maybe until they
throw us off at this one day, Lavank. What people don't understand about
college expansion, What some athletic directorsand ads and alumni don't understand because they
are so focused on their school,is that they think their team's gonna go
ten and two, twelve and oh, thirteen and one. But what happens
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is when you have a conference ofsixteen teams or eighteen teams, somebody's got
to go six and six, somebody'sgot to go five and seven, somebody's
got to go seven and five.The math eventually adds up to that when
you step up competition, when yougo to the SEC like your Oklahoma and
Texas and you get Alabama in Floridaand a and m at all Ole miss,
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not everybody is going to be competingfor the national championship. I think
people thought at one point, theSEC was going to fill the college football
playoffs with four teams. I'll believeit when I see it. I know
that's how you sold the teams.I know how to you sold it to
them. But I'll believe it whenI see it. If we're getting four
teams from the SEC as soon asthis season in the college football playoff.
Let's move on a story number three. It's to New York Mets taking on
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the Chicago Cubs. We've got someafternoon action scheduled going on at Wrigley Field,
Levac. It's been interesting with theNew York Mets hot streak, then
the Rangers, then this afternoon gameagainst Chicago. We've been talking to a
lot of New York Mets. DidI hear a Grimace reference earlier in the
show? By the way, ifyou missed it, Apple, Spotify or
the iHeart app is this series?By the way? After an action today,
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after an action tomorrow, and thena prime time game on Sunday,
all at Wrigley Field. Yeah,I mean, listen, they've they've done
what it takes to be relevant again, which is which is step one.
Now, can they do what ittakes to continue to win? You had
great streak proof I loved you know, They're like that means we can do
it, Like, let's just keepit rolling, you know, just keep
going, go win games, beingit as long as possible. It just
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amazing to me. I think thatmy only fear again with the Mets is
if they stand pat, like,don't be so, don't be don't overachieve
to the point where you don't youdon't improve. I'd rather underachieve and built
everything. I just I don't standingpat is the worst thing that they can
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do right now, as far asI'm concerned. And some are probably wondering,
guys, if it's after Dona actual, why aren't you telling us to
the score of the game. Theyhad their chance, they had their chance
to get promoted. Here on FoxSports ninety five, nine to nine eighty,
we'll move on to story number two. The Atlanta Braves take on the
New York Yankee Is tonight, sevenoh five. First pitch set, Apple
TV plus the only way you canconsume Yankee content. Gosh, I'm feeling
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for people with the blackout rule.It's been a rough couple of weeks off.
You're a Yankee fan involving the blackoutrules involving Major League Baseball. We
can dive deeper into this later inthis show. We've got a whole two
more hours left of the show.Or Levaka goes a little early preview of
an old matchup in the World Seriesback in the mid nineties. Braves Yankees
interleague matchup. This is a veryinteresting series, I think, not just
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for the Yankees coming off their serieslost to the ball some more, but
for Atlanta, who, although hasover forty wins, is starting to lose
a little bit of footing in theNational League East and potentially to the standings
when it comes to the National Leagueplayoff phrase. They're just a solid,
solid franchise though, like they're They'reone of those teams like you every every
year that somebody tries to convince methat I don't have to worry about the
Red Sox. I'm like, it'sthe Boogeyman. I'm never gonna I'm never
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gonna go through a full season withoutworrying about the Red Sox. The Braves
are that for me in the NationalLeague. And when you get Carlos Rodan
versus Chris Sale, and I knowit's a different Chris Sale, but he's
still Sub three era. He's outthere handling his business. Dude. It's
it's a power matchup, like it'sfor guys like you who are looking for
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proof that the Yankees aren't a toptier team. You got to go out
there and beat the Braves. Yeah, if you missed it earlier in the
show, I had the point ofOrioles and Dodgers. The Yankees had a
matchup against the Dodgers, although whenwe did that show live from Sarah Tooga,
it felt like a tie. Theydidn't win the series. I guess
if I'm going to do the tiefor the Dodgers game, why am I
not allowed to do the tie forthe Oriols game with the Orioles also won
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a game with Extradings. Those aredifferent teams, and I'm an oriol fan.
That's the reason I can change therules. That's the reason why.
But now you get the matchup withAtlanta if you lose a series too,
Atlanta, Baltimore and Los Angeles.Who's left Philadelphia is the top five in
baseball right now? Who else wouldbe out there? I got, obviously
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the Phillies an interleague matchup, butthe Guardians would be in that mix somewhere
too. Of one of the topteams in baseball record wise, you haven't
played. You did play Cleveland,you lost that series as well. That
really doesn't count though, because thatwas a postponed three of four. First
game of that series as postponed.So yeah, that would be the storyline,
can you beat these teams in anoverall series? Ian Anderson comes back,
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by the way, there's some socialmedia rumors and rumblings that he's had
some work on the mound. It'sbeen a while, man. I want
to see Ian Anderson get healthy andget back out there. I don't know
what his career is gonna be goingfor. He will always be a World
Series champion, he always will bea first round pick obviously repp in the
Capitol region. But his career hashit a weird spot right now. Yeah,
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and it's it's one of those like, obviously when I watch baseball,
Yankee fan first, but I doI have been following into the best of
my ability, and I just Iwould. I want. I keep looking
for it. I keep waiting forit. I keep waiting because he's listen,
let's not forget. His debut waspart of a seven inning double header
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against the Yankees on my freaking birthdayand this dude that I've been rooting for
comes out and slash my Yankees aroundand beats him on my birthday. If
you're you gotta keep it going now, you owe me. It's about me.
Yeah, get healthy and come on, cares about it, Atlanta.
Good for two for us. Storynumber one. Now, if you're listening
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to yesterday' shout, did I miscountand only give you three stories? Thinking
that maybe the Stanley Cup Game sixwas on Thursday, I'm not gonna answer
your question that you didn't ask me. Panthers Panthers Oilers is the number one
story. Game six the Stanley Cupcould end tonight, just one win away.
The Florida Panthers are from clinching thefranchise's first Stanley Cup championship, the
Edmonton Oilers hoping to make an historiccomeback in the finals. For those who
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haven't been covering this, I'll giveyou a storyline to discuss here. You
go. There's some fews going ondown in Florida. And I know it's
Miami versus Sunrise Florida, but Iknow the crew down with Dan Lebattard and
Metal Lark Media. Local writer forthe Miami Herald, Greg Cody wrote an
article that called Connor McDavid overrated andone of the most overrated hockey players maybe
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of all time, which then hasresulted in the Oilers winning back to back
games. Well that we just dida story twenty minutes ago about a writer.
Do you think so, like GregCody needs to start apologizing to sports
fans that they may have set offthe best player in the series and one
of the best players in hockey afterthe overrated column. Drop there locally and
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is it is one of those dealslike where we had we had coach where
on yesterday and we talked about wedon't inadvertently we give out bulletin boar material
like it's it's real for some peoplelike my I've got friends and I've got
like competitors in my life. Likelike you know, if you shouldn't need
bolton board, you shouldn't need that. You should be your motivation. That's
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great for you. It's awesome thatyou can do that. Like Michael Jordan
can invent motivation all this other stuff. Gods can have a full argument with
himself in the middle of the conversation. I gotta hear God's versus guys one
day we have to do a wholesegment of it. But like they're the
rest of us, that little extrais all it takes. And I mean
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Darius Prince once time told me he'slike, I don't need I don't need
extra motivation. I've seen him playangry, and he's he's one of the
top receivers I've ever seen. Notangry. He's the top receiver I've seen
in person. When he is angry. There's I guess there is a part
where you probably do have to lookat the mirror and go, did I
did I like this? Candle?Did I do this? Like? You
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know? Like like I think youmight have to actually like write a retraction
as fast as possible and hope ithelps the idea that his son this is
true, the fact that Chris Codyis a producer on The Levatard Show,
and obviously Greg Cody and Levatard arefriends, and that he's getting roasted locally,
that they're blaming him for all thereasons why the Florida Panthers can't clinch
this. It's one of my favoritestorylines, and I know they're getting frustrated.
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There's talks a bit about building abillboard to blame Greg Cody and there
they're having fun with all of it. But I have a play in this
series for game six, I reallylike, I'm gonna save that for the
play of the day. You usuallyI have to do that. It little
tease four and a half hour fromnow, give you the play of the
day. There was something I likea lot in that matter up in game
six, a little hockey action fora Friday play of the day. It's
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I mean I got to four today, by the way, top four to
four four stories. I got allfour of them in the it is it
is? Uh. I do wantto point out that when you asked me,
you know, after the Celtics wonthe the NBA Finals and the Sanley
Cop Finals, weren't weren't over yet, and you asked me who had a
better chance of coming back? AndI said, Edmington, I just want
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to thank you for putting me ina position. Look like I knew what
I was talking about. Uh.It's it's if you weren't paying attention yet,
you have to start now, right, Like is it they're realistically speaking?
Could we see history? Could theycome all the way back. Was
it Mercy Mary Morris, the oldrunning back for the Miami Dolphins, who
said some of this about undefeated teams. Don't call me when you're in my
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town. Don't call me when you'reon my block. You can let me
know what you're at my house describingteams how far they'd go undefeated. They're
definitely in the town, they're definitelyon the block. I'd say they haven't
come to the house. The houseis game seven for Game seven and then
we'll then we'll I wouldn't be concernedthey have. You know, we always
say Edmondson has two more opportunities towin the Stanley Cup. So does Florida.
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There's some odds out there with theManti Hall theory as some doors.
Somebody can do some math, andit's that shell game. They're all there.
That's how it works. I don'twant to give away my play.
I don't know if I hit itwell there, no, not at all.
I'm pretty sure I know what itis at this point. That is
your top four at four actually fourstories. Good job guys, Hey get
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single day. This just didn't Guzehas a sweet sweet ride. I don't
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know. That's it. That's allI got, all right, It's Levac
and Guze on ninety five nine FoxSports Radio. We now know the big
deal, the reason Connor McGregor willnot be fighting Michael Chandler at the upcoming
UFC event UFC three oh three onJune twenty ninth. He broke his toe.
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He broke his little toe. Ohwhat is it? Abe? All
right? Hold on, like Ido want to make fun of him,
and I will I promise, Iwill I promise. Have you ever have
you ever broke a toe. Yes, is it. There's a few things
more painful than breaking a toe inyour day to day life. I mean,
obviously, like childbirth, I wouldimagine it's worse, you know,
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uh, but breaking your toe.It's hard to walk, it's it's throbs,
it's nasty. Nothing you can doabout it. Nothing, you can
just all purple and black standing thereand it just it And if you don't
stay off it, it won't heal. Now, imagine bludgeting another human being
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with your broken toe. Here's thereason I questioned the broken toe injury.
I'm not saying Connor McGregor didn't breakhis toe. Doctor Goze has not got
the opportunity to look at Connor McGregorto see if the old little piggy got
busted up. We we we weall the way home. But this is
really this is the problem that happenswith fighters, whether it's boxers, whether
it's someone who fights inside the octagon, who does MMA bare knuckle brawlers.
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I feel like the level of toughnesshas to be the highest for fighters.
Look, breaking your toe hurts.I'm not arguing that it's happened before.
I would think about the breaking thetoes when the sock comes off and you're
just staring at like that thing downthere. It's all broken. This looks
bad, this looks broke. I'min pain, But it feels like fighters
should have the level of I'm gonnaget through the broken toe. I'm gonna
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get through the got a bad hangnailhere, I gotta busted up finger.
I got this, I got itfeels like a fighter can't cancel what could
have been the fight of the yearbecause of a busted toe. I just
to me, that sounds like avery well thought about excuse. Hey,
we know what McGregor's been doing.We got the internet too, We've been
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seeing him partying connor. Is thereany injury we can claim that you have
that people wouldn't push back on brokentoe? All right? Good? Great,
yeah, show, don't send usthe picture. We're good, all
right, We're fine. Huh.I don't believe. I believe. Come
on, here's what he wrote onnext. We had a lapse in concentration
and engaged in a training session withoutwearing the full protective gear. I hit
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the toe off the elbow and brokethe toe clean. And then there's pictures
of a purple toe and the Xray shows the fracture and the I believe
the fifth metatarsal. Okay, I'mgonna I hate doing this, especially after
we just talked about how cool wewere. How dare two beer belly broadcasters
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talk about toughness with Conda McGregor?How darey? How dare you? I
will tell you this right now,broken toe. I might not do the
show the first day I break inand we just sit and talk. I
might. I might sit with thatbad boy up on a pillow and wait
untill the throbbing stops. I mightself medicate a little rumplements it's it is.
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It's a broken it is a brokenbowe. It sounds stupid, like,
oh, you're broken a little toe. He's not fighting for his life.
He's thirty five, he's rich.Would would the Connor McGregor, who
was working construction during the day andtraining at night on his way up fight
through a broken toe? I believehe would. But when I have I
think, what do we say he'sworth over He's worth over three hundred mil
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r Yes, yeah, if I'mup, If I'm worth over three hundred
thousand dollars, I'm not fighting youwith a broken toe like I'm just first
of all, actually, you knowwhat, I'm just not fighting with a
broken toe. I don't fight likeI hit with my words like this,
this is this is a reasonable reasonnot to not to kick box spar mixed
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martial arts with someone reasonable. Iget it, but I am. I
thought you were gonna go where Iwas gonna go. I don't believe how
you broke it. All right,We're going to the same place, two
different directions. Before you give yourtheory, before you give it to me,
because there's a chance we're gonna doubleagree here, and I think I'm
excited about finding out. Can youjust backpedal the sec and read that press
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releaset like read like the first taple? He said, Yeah, they're like
the first ten. We had alaption in concentration and engage. That's it.
That's all I need. We hada lapse of concentration. Leave it
there. Don't even say anything else. Look, we weren't concentrated on the
fight. We've been partying. I'vebeen making sure my nasal cavity works.
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I've been making sure that all.Yeah, is that not true? Tell
my little bogger sugar, I mean, have you seen some of the interviews
he's been doing. Yeah, he'sgot a lot of a lot a lot
just say it, hey, lapseof concentration. I thought I could just
go out there and fight him.I got three hundred million dollars a little
bit of downtime. Come on,guys. He's saying that they started training
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and he got it. They decidedto get into it before they put the
pads on. Okay, well that'sthat's not smart. You're a professional fund
you're thirty five now, yeah,you know for you forgot huh No,
you know you forgot how to train. Here's here's what I I have.
I would I've definitely broken my littletoe once. I would say I've actually
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broken it three times, not thesame toe, but on both the little
toes, two on one, oneon the other. And the only reason
I'm not one hundred percent pods aboutthe second times is what you said earlier.
The first time I went with broke, I was actually the last two
toes. Uh. They said,well, there's nothing we can do about
it. Just try to stay offof as you can. So after that,
I'm not going back. I'm notgonna go pay whatever my cope is
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and everything else to hear, Yeah, you broke your toes. Okay,
what do we do now? Nothing? What am I going back for?
So two of those three times oneone hundred percent involved drinking, one hundred
percent involved drinking two times coffee table, just two of them. One of
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those was drunk. One of thosewas just I had family members who kept
reorder organizing the house. I'm comingin as dark and except for those,
it wasn't a scream. It wasthe F word a lot of them.
And then one time was running arounda pool party and catching a chair like
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but all times drunk, I mean, come on, like, well two
times drunk, one time not whatever. I want to say that he broke
it drunk like he just hey,listen, I don't want to live into
the stereotype. People make fun ofthe Irish for this and Scottish like whatever
about that? Got a little saftup, run around the house, joking
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around with the missus, hit thetowe on a coffee table And it's the
stupidest thing I've ever done in myhero No clean off an elbow, broke
my toe? No, I don'tthink so. I don't believe you.
Why can't we just be honest aboutit. With the fighters again, it
feels like maybe maybe that's it.Maybe the answer is pride, but the
pride of the fight game. MichaelChandler's been sitting around for three years like
I just want to fight him.Let me just fight McGregor. Let me
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be the one. Because we've sortof seen this in sports. I'm talking
team sports now, American team sports. We had Jason Pierre Paul have to
admit loss of fingers on July fourth. Well he didn't. I mean there
was police records on that one,right, he didn't. There was a
lot of well he couldn't. Whatwere gonna make up at that point?
Who was the USC guy who sayhe's like saving a kid from a fire
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and then it wasn't true? Rightyeah? Yeah, yeah that I can't
remember now. I think it's likeJosh something. But yeah, had that
story, wasn't it Jeff can whofell off the motorcycle or fell off like
the review was washing his truck,washing his truck, somebody got hurt,
sneeze in like there have been dumbinjuries that Jeff one is the one where
it's like, wow, those injuriesare perfect for a motorcycle crash. No
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no, no fell washing the truckfell raised myself. There are some really
dumb injuries in sports. I feellike, as a society, get over
the idea of like, okay,people are gonna make fun of you,
and rightfully so because of the wayin which you injured yourself. Just admit
it, like Connor McGregor could admitit. Hey, Dana White his line,
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I'm ready. Dana White would neveranswer. This would be a fun
experiment to play Dana White as thepromoter, as the president, whatever title
he has now at the UFC,whatever you wants to call himself, has
an obligation to make the company asmuch money as possible. In the wing
which he does that is continuing totalk to the media and hype up fights
with Markie. People bore he cancell tickets. We all understand youina with
chef. But I'm willing to saythat he's never lied more about any fighter
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than Connor McGregor. There was apoint years ago that Dana White Jones John
Jones might be a close second.Yeah, but I remember this one very
well that Dana White got up onnational television said Connor McGregor would never fight
in the UFC again when he hadhim and his buddies were throwing stuff near
Mocking made off and j was onthe boss that scared all that stuff.
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Of course he fought again, right, So like he's done this stuff before.
The John Jones was a great onebecause John Jones has just been did
you see the recent video with himand Daniel Cormier and Dana White or they're
talking about potentially fighting and like JohnJones just wants to talk to Daniel Cormier
and Cormier like doesn't want to talkto him. He's being very cordial with
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him. Clearly the legacy of Cormierhas been affected by Jones, and at
the end, uh Cormier when Joneshangs up, wants to make sure he
knew what finger was going in Jones'sdirection with the camera. That's news a
lot like the other times they've talked. Yeah, yeah, it's so.
The thing but the thing with McGregor, he is he is. Do you
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want to see him fight anymore?No? I want to see him fight
in movies. I think he's he'snot great in Roadhouse, but his him
being there is cool. Like I'mhe's somebody who said I believe He was
twenty seven when he said it,I plan to be the you know,
the world's greatest champ, make allthe money in the world, and be
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done fighting by thirty You're thirty five. You really he really has nothing to
prove. He's at this point,he's he's tarnishing what he did by doing
this stupid stuff like he he is. He will probably forever be my favorite
fighter. It's between him and Steveb I do love Steve Amyochic, but
the more he does this kind ofstuff, the more it becomes it's questionable.
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It's it's just what he's It's veryTyson. It's very much Tyson to
me. If you brough up Tyson, I'm very happy we brought up Tyson
because I was thinking in my head, who would I rather seriously see fight?
Who would I like be more excitedto see fight In twenty twenty four,
now McGregor, Tyson and we've beendoing this talking like the fight of
the Summer, the fight of theyear, is it fury us Chik undefeated
heavyweights? It doesn't seem to bethat type of hype got there was it
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McGregor and Chandler. Some if you'rea fight fan and know the name McGregor,
would be more likely to order thatit's Paul Tyson. Like I'm trying
to not say that's the answer,but sitting here right now, after the
news of the broken toe of McGregor, after a week and a half of
will he won't he whins the surferdown, why can't you order the pay
per view? I'm more fascinated,intrigued, interested in seeing an old man
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Tyson fight than Connor McGregor, because, okay, let's say McGregor beats Chandler,
what's next fighting for a title?Already did that fighting a heavier weight
class, Already did that talking smackfor somebody else, Already did that fighting
a celebrity. I guess you cancount me Weather or can fight a celebrity
in a movie Like I don't knowwhat story's left for Connor, Gary,
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I feel like we've done it.I would be more interested, seriously and
seeing Ronda Rowsey fight, Like RondaRowsey comes back after all the time off?
Was she ever really that good?Did she get over hyped by the
UFC? Can she actually? Shewould probably get pounded, But I'd be
interested Tyson even if he loses,If Jake Paul beats him, right,
Jake Paul always get my Paul brother'sconfused. Yeah, Jake Paul. If
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Jake Paul beats him, I'm veryinterested for the sport of box I said
this a few months ago. It'sbetter for the sport of boxing for Jake,
better for the sport of boxing's future. Let me telling that future for
Jake Paul to win the Mike Tyson, because then you wonder about what Jake
Paul does. Is you fight areal champion, a real box or somebody
just ProMED you care if Paul's fightingfor a title rather than sixty man,
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I disagree because the only reason Idisagree, and and I get that you
specified future the legacy of boxing doesprotect its future, and if if one
of the all time greats who stillthere is I'm trying to think like I
would rather fight Jake Paul than MikeTyson. Like I'm gonna lose either way.
(27:11):
Let's im there's no there's nothing inme going well, you know,
I think I got a chance.I noticed that Paul drops his left when
you know, no, I'm gonnaget pummeled either way. But I feel
like Tyson's gonna put me in awheelchair. Jake Paul's gonna beat me up
bad and be famous on social mediafor a little while. But I think
if if a guy as great asTyson even now loses to what in my
(27:34):
mind and maybe this is me turningin the you know old man yelling at
a cloud to a you know,social media star who has never fought a
person that he's never boxed like aboxer, like a great boxer. Uh
Fury's brothers the only one that he'sthat was an actual boxer. Everybody he
(27:56):
fights, he like takes them fromanother universe and puts them in the world
of boxing. That'll kill me.I'll I'll never I'll never be okay with
Mike Tyson losing to Jake Paul unlessit's ten years from now. He's sixty
seven. But like even the bareknuckle boxer that he's about to fight,
I don't sorry they make scase me. I don't. I'm not I'm not
well versed in the world of baronknuckle boxing, the crazy arms, Arnold
(28:21):
big knuckle, John what mousse knuckle, what three finger Brown. It's amazing
that he's been even such a greatbare knuckle boxer. And he only has
three knuckles on his left hand.Steven hawk tu uh he just saw that
one too. For Stephen Hawkings,Yeah, I saw that. She's like
the most famous woman in the worldright now. But like the bare knuckle
(28:47):
guy, they're gonna fight with glotheson, so like even and this is
the closest I think because he isa champion for for boxing, it's bare
knuckle. But like I'm gonna fightbasketball stars, I'm gonna fight mixed martial
artists, but I'm ann box himand they can't. They can't do it.
Every one of those has not beena boxer. This is what I
was excited about this one, becausethis is this is a boxer. He
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may be old for the world ofboxing, but this is a boxer.
And now that one was probably nevergonna happen. But I, oh,
man, I want to see Iwant to see Tyson just smoke him,
smoke him like a ham. Haveyou seen how dark it has gotten while
we've had this conversation. Yeah,what happened? Then there's a thunderstorm.
There's like massive thunderstors. Look atall the bees trying to get underneath the
(29:30):
eve here for safety. There I'mtelling you they're coming in. Guys,
they're coming in another mini burst.Something weird in there. That's let's talk
about that coming up? It is? It is Levac and guy's uh.
The point of the of the storyConnor McGregor not fighting in three h three
because of a broken pinky toe.What will Connor McGregor's future be? What
(29:51):
will his employment be? Will hejust hang out? Will he be a
broadcaster? Will he be a trainer? I'm sorry, I don't think he
needs express No, he yes,of course I like people who cheer for
him, Mike, people like usmight, but I think Connor's okay,
mark this down. You listening rightnow? When they write my resume?
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(31:40):
Gus on ninety five nine Fox SportsRadio. I'm a well creeped out by
the way the weather's turning. I'veactually got I got a little couple of
notifications from my my ring and stuffthat it's just a severe thunderstorm warnings throughout
the area, So so be carefuleverybody, and these bees are trying to
come in this room. It istime for the Play of the Day.
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It's brought to by Mohawks Chevrolet MarkTogid. Let's drive a Mawk Chevy.
Why they always go out of theirway to please you, guys. I'm
taking a big swing today. Oohokay, I am taking it, and
you're gonna like some of it.You're gonna like something. I'm gonna go
Yankees money line. I think theybounce back over seven and a half.
I think they really really bounce back. And then I'm gonna take your orioles
(32:23):
and mix them in there too.Money line oriols, money line, Yankees
over Yankees, That's what I'm doing. And it's plus seven hundred. WHOA,
I thought that was gonna say likefour fifty. That's my new game.
I played in my head of whatwill Levak's parlay pay? And I
feel like I've been doing pretty goodmentally. I should start sharing these things
(32:43):
out loud. I do have amicrophone. I thought that was gonna say
plus four fifty plus seven hundred.One more time on that going Orioles money
line Yankees money line over seven anda half runs Yankees, Bravos very again.
I'm pulling up my phone right nowto making sure I could potentially do
that one. It's a rare onethat usually you move, so I'm trying
(33:05):
to type it in. How aboutone of the dumbest plays I've had or
smartest? Okay, so let mewalk you through this. Yesterday on the
show I potentially had. I thoughtI thought I already hit it. I
thought your what twenty to one hitthe season was the biggest hit of the
season yesterday's show in this spot,we did the play that night. I
(33:25):
told you there's only one game Ilike. I like the Padres and the
Brewers, the only game I liked. And if you remember me saying this,
I told you the original play wasgonna be. I think this is
gonna be a fantastic game. It'sgonna be a walk off finish. I
think there's gonna be a walk offhome run in the game now mid sentence,
is Lavic pointed out earlier in thishour, I started to have a
(33:45):
radio show with my own self.Oh, I'm telling you God's versus Gods.
It's gonna be like like you mightlike yell mgel or tin warpig whatever.
My favorite part of this show iswhen gods starts to argue with gods.
During that part of the showy again, go check this out the six
to twenty edition, Hour number two. Scroll over to the play of the
day. I said Padres Brewers wouldend off on a walk off home run,
(34:08):
but then tucked myself into saying,well, the Brewers are the away
team, so they're gonna win ona walk off home run, which doesn't
make sense. That's not how walkoffswork. The away team cannot win.
They can have a go ahead,they can have a go ahead. But
then I saw the plus money forthe Brewers, I'm like, Okay,
(34:28):
they're gonna win on a walk offgo ahead. That doesn't make any sense
if you didn't follow last night's nineto forty first pitch Padres Brewers game.
The game ended on a walk offhome run by the San Diego Padres.
I don't know what the odds ofwould have that been, but I called
the shot on the wrong team,you dummy, bottom of the home team,
(34:52):
walkoff away team. Can't be likethat? Can you bet a walk
off? Ryan? We're gonna deferto you. Do I get any potential
points of calling a walk off homerun with the wrong team, but the
right finish, you know, wrongpath to the right result. I am
before the play of the day,so it doesn't really count. I gave
(35:13):
you judges home run. Yes,so that that wasn't I'm not upset about
that at all. But yeah,no, I I my plays of the
day haven't been great, but I'mwhat I hit. I hit big,
So that you know if you're ifyou're doing it reasonably, staying within your
budget. Don't have a gambling problem, one gambler. You probably having a
(35:34):
little fun with our plays of theday. I know we don't keep track
of like actual units. We keeptrack of wins losses, But I'm not
mad my my account has stayed flush. I'm okay, keep an eye on
that stuff on my account. Notas flush as Wait, did you actually
what is your actual plan? I'msitting here, I'm like, wait a
minute, I was about to goon to a quick story. I don't
(35:57):
know what your playing today. Panthers, I have right now? Even play.
Panthers win the Stanley Cup tonight,it's over. They clinched the Stanley
Cup in Canada in front of theCanadian fans. This isn't gonna be a
Vancouver ride of twenty eleven, butthey're gonna be real ticks. Florida wins
in Canada. The Panthers are yourtwenty twenty four Stanley Cup champions Tonight,
(36:17):
Florida even money take the Panthers,all right. I don't hate that all
right. Speaking of money, asports figure has allegedly been offered a five
year, ninety million dollars deal.It's about eighteen million a year. Do
(36:37):
you know who it is? Fiveyears, ninety million dollar deal? Yep,
eight sportillion figure. Have a wildguess. I really don't know.
I should probably start looking at therundown. My guests would be Charles Barkley.
There's rumors that Turner might no longerbe the home of the NBA.
Maybe someone secretly has offered him adeal. You know what, you're in
(37:00):
the right, You're you're close.I will tell you that the rumors are
that this person has turned down thatdeal because they'll live for twenty five a
year. Ooh, Okay, hegave me some good hints there. Okay,
so you're talking about a potential mediamember who may have played I'm guessing
basketball or a sport in the past. That's contracts up. You said twenty
(37:22):
five looking for twenty five a year. Okay, that would be the highest
paid media member. So it's notBrady, but no one recently has retired.
It wouldn't be Eli. It wouldbe I have two guesses, Okay,
I would have two guesses. Iwould guess that Peyton Manning and Eli
Manning would be offered something by astreaming service as leverage, like at Amazon
or a Netflix to take it awayfrom ESPN. So my guess would be
(37:43):
either the Manning brothers getting shifted away. The Kelseys can't be the only other
one would be Steven Ay because Iknow there's his contract comes up this month
and he's been getting wild on theair to the point he's got like a
senior in high school status, andhe wasn't on the shows today. So
I'm guessing either the Manning brothers orSteve names Smith. So ESPN has paid
Joe Buck and troyk Been five year, ninety million, eighteen million a year,
(38:06):
and they have made that same offerto Stephen Nate Smith. All right,
okay, you're very smart guys.All right, you're better than Monica
McNutt. So who is she?She'd be nobody now seven. Smith's like
Anthony Carter from earlier in the show, What has she done without me?
His contract there this says that hiscontract expires in twenty twenty five, so
(38:30):
he's still got some time left onthis deal and they're already trying to get
it done. That's what. That'swhat according to Puck News and the UH
and the New York Post. So, but who knows either way. He's
been offered the one of the biggestcontracts they've done. It would it would
it would equal the Akman and Buckdeals. And he's like, not so
(38:52):
fast. I will be I willnot be hoodwinked and bamboozled by you.
He wants twenty five a year.He's probably gonna get close too, isn't
he. Hmm okay, so there'sa lot here. I wonder if hm,
all right. This is why itstummed me a little bit. I
could have sworn it was twenty twentyfour, because unless TV contracts are different
than other contracts, maybe TV's gotlike a six month window. Maybe it's
(39:14):
January of twenty five, where it'sJune of twenty four, so they got
to start the negotiations within six months. I don't know if you can be
like on television during that or likeif you don't sign by a certain day,
they yank you off. Clearly youcan see. I've worked in radio
for a while that if you don'tsign by a certain day, you're off
the air. Here's the problem StephenAing smith though his contract negotiations, And
I don't know if any other businessworks like this when it comes to media,
(39:37):
sports definitely does. We see itplay out all the time with athletes.
It is so public. Like StevenAing's going on multiple radio shows and
talked about how he wants to bethe highest paid person in the ESPN because
he puts the work in he didn'ttake a shot at achpinner Buck. But
he's like, I'm doing first take. I'm doing my podcast, I'm doing
NBA coverage, I'm doing this,I'm doing that, I'm doing He is
(39:58):
putting the work in. He isa workaholics. He says, if I'm
gonna put the work in, Iwant to get paid for it. But
he has made it so publicly knownthat he is ready to walk because I
believe all that Stephen A. Smithpodcast stuff is independently owned. His boss,
I think is Agent Levik. Youmight have it there. Off the
top of my head is a guynamed Mark Shapiro and Mark Shapiro for those
(40:19):
who don't know who Mark Shapiro is. He was the former like director of
content for ESPN, like he wasthe boss. He was the one like
whoever's below the president that's now.Steve AY Smith said, you know how
I'm gonna get a contract. I'mgonna hire the guy who did the contract
right because he knows all the WilliamMorris endeavor. Okay, so maybe there,
yeah, maybe maybe he's over therefor that or whatever. But do
(40:40):
I think Steven A. Smith isworth twenty five million dollars? Absolutely?
Not. I think if steven A. Smith wants to better himself, go
do your thing. ESPN will bejust fine without steven A. Smith,
like they were just fine without KeithOlberman and the guys who Dan Patrick and
Colin Coward and everybody. They willbe just fine. Because if you listen
(41:00):
or watch the Four Letter Network,if you think you've got too much Stephen
ang Smith right now, and Ijust told you he's a workaholic, do
you think Steven A. Smith andhis new contract's gonna ask for less work
or more work? Do you thinkwhen you pay something. Ryan Clark asked
for less work and more money.Do you think Steven A. Smith is
gonna say, please pay me moreto do less. Do you think that's
(41:21):
a good business decision to say we'regonna give you more money and pay and
have you do less. So ifyou've got Steven A. Smith and you're
done with him, you better rootagainst him getting a contract because you're even
more Stephen well back. They showedhim showing up to the finals like he
was a part of the game.A dirt NBA Finals coverage they literally say
they did a could steven A Smithbeat lebron one on one like I can't
(41:45):
tell if he was awesome about HowardStearn. I thought he's great, he
was, but he and that's thething is like the more he here's the
question, if he gets twenty plusmillion dollars, does the ego swell more?
Because that's like when he speaks fromlike the heart and experiences he's I
(42:05):
find him extremely compelling when he startslike big leaguing Monica McNutt and everyone else
under the sun because he's Steven HeySmith, I can't take him and he
and look, he's got a lotof right to have a big ego.
He has done a lot in theworld of sports and the world of journalism.
But he's better when he's open,Like he's just better like him taking
(42:31):
what was it like five minutes onhis on his podcast to to explain why
Monica McNutt was wrong to question him. That sucked. Yeah, that was
that was rough and that maybe thatmaybe it's worse because we we've spoken to
her and we really we really likeher. We love the way she does
next games. I love that shedoesn't seem to be motivated by anything other
(42:51):
than speaking her mind. And that'sjust that's that's a dangerous thing in this
world. But it's fun to hear. But Steven A. I think he's
he's gonna get more of the andAkman and Buck though maybe does he get
twenty five? Was he get twentytwenty one to two twenty two? I
don't know if he gets a deal, I'm not positive. Well, that's
positively one thing that's out there that'sthe dark horse is that William Morris Endeavor
(43:12):
takes and just helps him start hisown thing, his Metal Arc Media,
his his Pat McAfee show before ESPNwas involved. That's another William A.
A Smith Media could be a wholething, something to keep an eye on.
I'm you know, I said,I'm that said it was rooting for
him. I don't know if Isaid if I'm four pro Steven Asmith.
(43:34):
I I think he took the fanapproach there. I think half of you
is half of you, isn't you? Should you should debate? Go ahead?
You know it's good for us ifhe gets a bigger deal, like
if you're through some if you area teacher and teachers get paid more,
he should root for the interest ofteachers. If you are a politician,
if you are a account executive.If you sell booze for you should root
for people in your field to getmore money so it could fall down to
(43:57):
you and you get that as well. I don't know if that's gonna have
any effect on me, but Ido hear commercials for his podcast at our
show now, So yeah, ohI did earlier. I just I just
I didn't realize this dable's not theother dable and his wife both lost significant
weight. I just I just sawthat. So well, stephen A is
gaining commas in his in his bankaccount. The Dables out there dropping LB's
(44:20):
like it's their job. Good forthem. Good The couple that slims together
probably fights a lot, all right. So that was your That was play
of the day. In a littlelittle Steven A. Smith talk. I
I think that sleep is the mostvaluable thing I have, and I sleep
great thanks to our good friend doctorFred Reer over the Integrative Sleep Center in
Boss. That spot five is absolutelypouring right now. I got this mouthpiece
(44:45):
right because I have sleep at memy snoring and then I'd stop breathing.
It was it was ruining it.I like, with how dark it is
right now, I would start headbobbing in here. I really would like
this would be enough for me togo because I wasn't sleeping at night.
I slept great last night. Isleep great almost every night now because I
have a mouthpiece keeps my airway open. It's not a mask, it's not
(45:05):
surgery, no hoses, no wires. It has been a complete game changer.
It can happen for you too.Doctor Frederier is a diplomat of dental
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I don't care if Joe Rogan saidwhich one to have or this one
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the study. Doctor frederi and theIntegrave Sleep Center involves the spot five eight
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eighty five, six eighty five.They helped me sleep better. They can
help you sleep better too. Well, Mack, you know if you don't
mind here, I know Fridays areusually the firebird takeover for home games.
Here's what I'd like to do.If you missed the coach Where interview from
yesterday. I think it's that importantthat maybe later here in the five o'clock
hour, we go back to it, but I do want to preview the
(45:47):
game. Okay. We touched alittle bit about the playoff picture and what
it means in a home game,and billions. This is a big game
the capitalies. Let's talk a littlelocal, a little Firebirds, and maybe
even potentially bring back the coach wearan interview. All right, I'm all
about it. Right years the factguys, Fox Sports Radio ninety five nine
and ninet eighty
It's time for the Top four fourwith Levac and Guz Here time for the
four biggest stories into the world ofsports. Top four to four brought to
you by Mohawk Honda, where theyalways go out of their way to please
you. Guys, what's the fourthbiggest story? The fourth biggest story is
Oklahoma deciding to sign their coach,Brent Venables to a new six year deal
(00:23):
before the team officially moves to theSEC. If you're like a lot of
fans who are trying to figure outwho's in what conference right now, most
of the websites will adjust. Ilove how that's how I have to phrase
it. Websites will begin adjusting onAugust first, So who's in the Big
twelve, Who's in the SEC?Whatever way you get, hopefully it's Fox
Sports. They will be adjusted then. But Venables ten and three season last
(00:45):
year to Oklahoma, following Lincoln Riley, the former coach, Bob Stoops,
the former coach, sixteen and tenthe past two seasons, a top ten
recruiting class according to ESPN, theclass of twenty twenty four. Well back
hearing the schools decided to sign theirfootball coach to a sixty year extension before
they debut in the SEC. Dothey want to make sure they got that
(01:07):
in the press release? Are theycalming down alumni because it's odd that they
keep saying, remember, we're notin there yet. We're doing this because
of this we need to do.Sounds like it's more about the SEC than
the actual production of what the Soonershave done during his ten uere. I
mean, this is listen. Asthe as the college football inside our Heisman
voter that you are, I usuallywill acquiesce to you on this kind of
(01:30):
stuff. I do feel like thisis one of those situations where it's like,
listen, we know what we are, we know how to get where
we're going. We believe that wehave our guy. We're not messing around.
We're not gonna let anybody else comein and, you know, throw
barrels of cash at him and pullhim away. Just there's a plan,
(01:51):
there's a direction. We know howwe're getting where we're going. We're ready
for the SEC. You know,let's go. That's right, I mean
Boomer Center whatever, I don't know, Yeah, no, that's it.
Hey, this is our guy.Why are we gonna hesitate? Why don't
we want to wait is this productionnot as good as they hope? Sure,
they hope he was twenty six andoh they hope the following Lincoln Riley
and the World of the Transperporter thatthey were gonna be undefeated. Of course
they did. That's not how collegefootball works. I'll be saying this quote
(02:14):
probably now until gosh, maybe five, ten, fifteen, maybe until they
throw us off at this one day, Lavank. What people don't understand about
college expansion, What some athletic directorsand ads and alumni don't understand because they
are so focused on their school,is that they think their team's gonna go
ten and two, twelve and oh, thirteen and one. But what happens
(02:37):
is when you have a conference ofsixteen teams or eighteen teams, somebody's got
to go six and six, somebody'sgot to go five and seven, somebody's
got to go seven and five.The math eventually adds up to that when
you step up competition, when yougo to the SEC like your Oklahoma and
Texas and you get Alabama in Floridaand a and m at all Ole miss,
(02:59):
not everybody is going to be competingfor the national championship. I think
people thought at one point, theSEC was going to fill the college football
playoffs with four teams. I'll believeit when I see it. I know
that's how you sold the teams.I know how to you sold it to
them. But I'll believe it whenI see it. If we're getting four
teams from the SEC as soon asthis season in the college football playoff.
Let's move on a story number three. It's to New York Mets taking on
(03:22):
the Chicago Cubs. We've got someafternoon action scheduled going on at Wrigley Field,
Levac. It's been interesting with theNew York Mets hot streak, then
the Rangers, then this afternoon gameagainst Chicago. We've been talking to a
lot of New York Mets. DidI hear a Grimace reference earlier in the
show? By the way, ifyou missed it, Apple, Spotify or
the iHeart app is this series?By the way? After an action today,
(03:44):
after an action tomorrow, and thena prime time game on Sunday,
all at Wrigley Field. Yeah,I mean, listen, they've they've done
what it takes to be relevant again, which is which is step one.
Now, can they do what ittakes to continue to win? You had
great streak proof I loved you know, They're like that means we can do
it, Like, let's just keepit rolling, you know, just keep
going, go win games, beingit as long as possible. It just
(04:09):
amazing to me. I think thatmy only fear again with the Mets is
if they stand pat, like,don't be so, don't be don't overachieve
to the point where you don't youdon't improve. I'd rather underachieve and built
everything. I just I don't standingpat is the worst thing that they can
(04:29):
do right now, as far asI'm concerned. And some are probably wondering,
guys, if it's after Dona actual, why aren't you telling us to
the score of the game. Theyhad their chance, they had their chance
to get promoted. Here on FoxSports ninety five, nine to nine eighty,
we'll move on to story number two. The Atlanta Braves take on the
New York Yankee Is tonight, sevenoh five. First pitch set, Apple
TV plus the only way you canconsume Yankee content. Gosh, I'm feeling
(04:51):
for people with the blackout rule.It's been a rough couple of weeks off.
You're a Yankee fan involving the blackoutrules involving Major League Baseball. We
can dive deeper into this later inthis show. We've got a whole two
more hours left of the show.Or Levaka goes a little early preview of
an old matchup in the World Seriesback in the mid nineties. Braves Yankees
interleague matchup. This is a veryinteresting series, I think, not just
(05:13):
for the Yankees coming off their serieslost to the ball some more, but
for Atlanta, who, although hasover forty wins, is starting to lose
a little bit of footing in theNational League East and potentially to the standings
when it comes to the National Leagueplayoff phrase. They're just a solid,
solid franchise though, like they're They'reone of those teams like you every every
year that somebody tries to convince methat I don't have to worry about the
Red Sox. I'm like, it'sthe Boogeyman. I'm never gonna I'm never
(05:34):
gonna go through a full season withoutworrying about the Red Sox. The Braves
are that for me in the NationalLeague. And when you get Carlos Rodan
versus Chris Sale, and I knowit's a different Chris Sale, but he's
still Sub three era. He's outthere handling his business. Dude. It's
it's a power matchup, like it'sfor guys like you who are looking for
(05:56):
proof that the Yankees aren't a toptier team. You got to go out
there and beat the Braves. Yeah, if you missed it earlier in the
show, I had the point ofOrioles and Dodgers. The Yankees had a
matchup against the Dodgers, although whenwe did that show live from Sarah Tooga,
it felt like a tie. Theydidn't win the series. I guess
if I'm going to do the tiefor the Dodgers game, why am I
not allowed to do the tie forthe Oriols game with the Orioles also won
(06:17):
a game with Extradings. Those aredifferent teams, and I'm an oriol fan.
That's the reason I can change therules. That's the reason why.
But now you get the matchup withAtlanta if you lose a series too,
Atlanta, Baltimore and Los Angeles.Who's left Philadelphia is the top five in
baseball right now? Who else wouldbe out there? I got, obviously
(06:39):
the Phillies an interleague matchup, butthe Guardians would be in that mix somewhere
too. Of one of the topteams in baseball record wise, you haven't
played. You did play Cleveland,you lost that series as well. That
really doesn't count though, because thatwas a postponed three of four. First
game of that series as postponed.So yeah, that would be the storyline,
can you beat these teams in anoverall series? Ian Anderson comes back,
(07:00):
by the way, there's some socialmedia rumors and rumblings that he's had
some work on the mound. It'sbeen a while, man. I want
to see Ian Anderson get healthy andget back out there. I don't know
what his career is gonna be goingfor. He will always be a World
Series champion, he always will bea first round pick obviously repp in the
Capitol region. But his career hashit a weird spot right now. Yeah,
(07:20):
and it's it's one of those like, obviously when I watch baseball,
Yankee fan first, but I doI have been following into the best of
my ability, and I just Iwould. I want. I keep looking
for it. I keep waiting forit. I keep waiting because he's listen,
let's not forget. His debut waspart of a seven inning double header
(07:42):
against the Yankees on my freaking birthdayand this dude that I've been rooting for
comes out and slash my Yankees aroundand beats him on my birthday. If
you're you gotta keep it going now, you owe me. It's about me.
Yeah, get healthy and come on, cares about it, Atlanta.
Good for two for us. Storynumber one. Now, if you're listening
(08:05):
to yesterday' shout, did I miscountand only give you three stories? Thinking
that maybe the Stanley Cup Game sixwas on Thursday, I'm not gonna answer
your question that you didn't ask me. Panthers Panthers Oilers is the number one
story. Game six the Stanley Cupcould end tonight, just one win away.
The Florida Panthers are from clinching thefranchise's first Stanley Cup championship, the
Edmonton Oilers hoping to make an historiccomeback in the finals. For those who
(08:28):
haven't been covering this, I'll giveyou a storyline to discuss here. You
go. There's some fews going ondown in Florida. And I know it's
Miami versus Sunrise Florida, but Iknow the crew down with Dan Lebattard and
Metal Lark Media. Local writer forthe Miami Herald, Greg Cody wrote an
article that called Connor McDavid overrated andone of the most overrated hockey players maybe
(08:50):
of all time, which then hasresulted in the Oilers winning back to back
games. Well that we just dida story twenty minutes ago about a writer.
Do you think so, like GregCody needs to start apologizing to sports
fans that they may have set offthe best player in the series and one
of the best players in hockey afterthe overrated column. Drop there locally and
(09:11):
is it is one of those dealslike where we had we had coach where
on yesterday and we talked about wedon't inadvertently we give out bulletin boar material
like it's it's real for some peoplelike my I've got friends and I've got
like competitors in my life. Likelike you know, if you shouldn't need
bolton board, you shouldn't need that. You should be your motivation. That's
(09:33):
great for you. It's awesome thatyou can do that. Like Michael Jordan
can invent motivation all this other stuff. Gods can have a full argument with
himself in the middle of the conversation. I gotta hear God's versus guys one
day we have to do a wholesegment of it. But like they're the
rest of us, that little extrais all it takes. And I mean
(09:56):
Darius Prince once time told me he'slike, I don't need I don't need
extra motivation. I've seen him playangry, and he's he's one of the
top receivers I've ever seen. Notangry. He's the top receiver I've seen
in person. When he is angry. There's I guess there is a part
where you probably do have to lookat the mirror and go, did I
did I like this? Candle?Did I do this? Like? You
(10:20):
know? Like like I think youmight have to actually like write a retraction
as fast as possible and hope ithelps the idea that his son this is
true, the fact that Chris Codyis a producer on The Levatard Show,
and obviously Greg Cody and Levatard arefriends, and that he's getting roasted locally,
that they're blaming him for all thereasons why the Florida Panthers can't clinch
this. It's one of my favoritestorylines, and I know they're getting frustrated.
(10:41):
There's talks a bit about building abillboard to blame Greg Cody and there
they're having fun with all of it. But I have a play in this
series for game six, I reallylike, I'm gonna save that for the
play of the day. You usuallyI have to do that. It little
tease four and a half hour fromnow, give you the play of the
day. There was something I likea lot in that matter up in game
six, a little hockey action fora Friday play of the day. It's
(11:05):
I mean I got to four today, by the way, top four to
four four stories. I got allfour of them in the it is it
is? Uh. I do wantto point out that when you asked me,
you know, after the Celtics wonthe the NBA Finals and the Sanley
Cop Finals, weren't weren't over yet, and you asked me who had a
better chance of coming back? AndI said, Edmington, I just want
(11:26):
to thank you for putting me ina position. Look like I knew what
I was talking about. Uh.It's it's if you weren't paying attention yet,
you have to start now, right, Like is it they're realistically speaking?
Could we see history? Could theycome all the way back. Was
it Mercy Mary Morris, the oldrunning back for the Miami Dolphins, who
said some of this about undefeated teams. Don't call me when you're in my
(11:48):
town. Don't call me when you'reon my block. You can let me
know what you're at my house describingteams how far they'd go undefeated. They're
definitely in the town, they're definitelyon the block. I'd say they haven't
come to the house. The houseis game seven for Game seven and then
we'll then we'll I wouldn't be concernedthey have. You know, we always
say Edmondson has two more opportunities towin the Stanley Cup. So does Florida.
(12:11):
There's some odds out there with theManti Hall theory as some doors.
Somebody can do some math, andit's that shell game. They're all there.
That's how it works. I don'twant to give away my play.
I don't know if I hit itwell there, no, not at all.
I'm pretty sure I know what itis at this point. That is
your top four at four actually fourstories. Good job guys, Hey get
(12:31):
away. The great Jim Ganglyarty istoo close to my CRV. What is
Jim Gagly already doing the legend thegolden standard of w GY. Justin Thomas
Gozlowski the third has a lovely brandnew black Honda cr V, and as
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All reports into the w g Yw o FX newsroom state, then
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Now he is the man the CRV. I love my vehicle to be getting
some compliments from the in laws travelingin loving my new CRV. Then you
(13:18):
I always drove the pilot around,but the CRV fitting the lifestime. My
wife has the Odyssey taking some ridesaround the Campital region with that as well,
I get the big family vacation comingnext weekend. We're hitting the road
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of their way to please you andthen bring us the top four four every
single day. This just didn't Guzehas a sweet sweet ride. I don't
(14:05):
know. That's it. That's allI got, all right, It's Levac
and Guze on ninety five nine FoxSports Radio. We now know the big
deal, the reason Connor McGregor willnot be fighting Michael Chandler at the upcoming
UFC event UFC three oh three onJune twenty ninth. He broke his toe.
(14:28):
He broke his little toe. Ohwhat is it? Abe? All
right? Hold on, like Ido want to make fun of him,
and I will I promise, Iwill I promise. Have you ever have
you ever broke a toe. Yes, is it. There's a few things
more painful than breaking a toe inyour day to day life. I mean,
obviously, like childbirth, I wouldimagine it's worse, you know,
(14:50):
uh, but breaking your toe.It's hard to walk, it's it's throbs,
it's nasty. Nothing you can doabout it. Nothing, you can
just all purple and black standing thereand it just it And if you don't
stay off it, it won't heal. Now, imagine bludgeting another human being
(15:11):
with your broken toe. Here's thereason I questioned the broken toe injury.
I'm not saying Connor McGregor didn't breakhis toe. Doctor Goze has not got
the opportunity to look at Connor McGregorto see if the old little piggy got
busted up. We we we weall the way home. But this is
really this is the problem that happenswith fighters, whether it's boxers, whether
it's someone who fights inside the octagon, who does MMA bare knuckle brawlers.
(15:37):
I feel like the level of toughnesshas to be the highest for fighters.
Look, breaking your toe hurts.I'm not arguing that it's happened before.
I would think about the breaking thetoes when the sock comes off and you're
just staring at like that thing downthere. It's all broken. This looks
bad, this looks broke. I'min pain, But it feels like fighters
should have the level of I'm gonnaget through the broken toe. I'm gonna
(16:02):
get through the got a bad hangnailhere, I gotta busted up finger.
I got this, I got itfeels like a fighter can't cancel what could
have been the fight of the yearbecause of a busted toe. I just
to me, that sounds like avery well thought about excuse. Hey,
we know what McGregor's been doing.We got the internet too, We've been
(16:22):
seeing him partying connor. Is thereany injury we can claim that you have
that people wouldn't push back on brokentoe? All right? Good? Great,
yeah, show, don't send usthe picture. We're good, all
right, We're fine. Huh.I don't believe. I believe. Come
on, here's what he wrote onnext. We had a lapse in concentration
and engaged in a training session withoutwearing the full protective gear. I hit
(16:48):
the toe off the elbow and brokethe toe clean. And then there's pictures
of a purple toe and the Xray shows the fracture and the I believe
the fifth metatarsal. Okay, I'mgonna I hate doing this, especially after
we just talked about how cool wewere. How dare two beer belly broadcasters
(17:14):
talk about toughness with Conda McGregor?How darey? How dare you? I
will tell you this right now,broken toe. I might not do the
show the first day I break inand we just sit and talk. I
might. I might sit with thatbad boy up on a pillow and wait
untill the throbbing stops. I mightself medicate a little rumplements it's it is.
(17:37):
It's a broken it is a brokenbowe. It sounds stupid, like,
oh, you're broken a little toe. He's not fighting for his life.
He's thirty five, he's rich.Would would the Connor McGregor, who
was working construction during the day andtraining at night on his way up fight
through a broken toe? I believehe would. But when I have I
think, what do we say he'sworth over He's worth over three hundred mil
(18:00):
r Yes, yeah, if I'mup, If I'm worth over three hundred
thousand dollars, I'm not fighting youwith a broken toe like I'm just first
of all, actually, you knowwhat, I'm just not fighting with a
broken toe. I don't fight likeI hit with my words like this,
this is this is a reasonable reasonnot to not to kick box spar mixed
(18:21):
martial arts with someone reasonable. Iget it, but I am. I
thought you were gonna go where Iwas gonna go. I don't believe how
you broke it. All right,We're going to the same place, two
different directions. Before you give yourtheory, before you give it to me,
because there's a chance we're gonna doubleagree here, and I think I'm
excited about finding out. Can youjust backpedal the sec and read that press
(18:41):
releaset like read like the first taple? He said, Yeah, they're like
the first ten. We had alaption in concentration and engage. That's it.
That's all I need. We hada lapse of concentration. Leave it
there. Don't even say anything else. Look, we weren't concentrated on the
fight. We've been partying. I'vebeen making sure my nasal cavity works.
(19:02):
I've been making sure that all.Yeah, is that not true? Tell
my little bogger sugar, I mean, have you seen some of the interviews
he's been doing. Yeah, he'sgot a lot of a lot a lot
just say it, hey, lapseof concentration. I thought I could just
go out there and fight him.I got three hundred million dollars a little
bit of downtime. Come on,guys. He's saying that they started training
(19:25):
and he got it. They decidedto get into it before they put the
pads on. Okay, well that'sthat's not smart. You're a professional fund
you're thirty five now, yeah,you know for you forgot huh No,
you know you forgot how to train. Here's here's what I I have.
I would I've definitely broken my littletoe once. I would say I've actually
(19:48):
broken it three times, not thesame toe, but on both the little
toes, two on one, oneon the other. And the only reason
I'm not one hundred percent pods aboutthe second times is what you said earlier.
The first time I went with broke, I was actually the last two
toes. Uh. They said,well, there's nothing we can do about
it. Just try to stay offof as you can. So after that,
I'm not going back. I'm notgonna go pay whatever my cope is
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and everything else to hear, Yeah, you broke your toes. Okay,
what do we do now? Nothing? What am I going back for?
So two of those three times oneone hundred percent involved drinking, one hundred
percent involved drinking two times coffee table, just two of them. One of
(20:33):
those was drunk. One of thosewas just I had family members who kept
reorder organizing the house. I'm comingin as dark and except for those,
it wasn't a scream. It wasthe F word a lot of them.
And then one time was running arounda pool party and catching a chair like
(20:53):
but all times drunk, I mean, come on, like, well two
times drunk, one time not whatever. I want to say that he broke
it drunk like he just hey,listen, I don't want to live into
the stereotype. People make fun ofthe Irish for this and Scottish like whatever
about that? Got a little saftup, run around the house, joking
(21:14):
around with the missus, hit thetowe on a coffee table And it's the
stupidest thing I've ever done in myhero No clean off an elbow, broke
my toe? No, I don'tthink so. I don't believe you.
Why can't we just be honest aboutit. With the fighters again, it
feels like maybe maybe that's it.Maybe the answer is pride, but the
pride of the fight game. MichaelChandler's been sitting around for three years like
I just want to fight him.Let me just fight McGregor. Let me
(21:37):
be the one. Because we've sortof seen this in sports. I'm talking
team sports now, American team sports. We had Jason Pierre Paul have to
admit loss of fingers on July fourth. Well he didn't. I mean there
was police records on that one,right, he didn't. There was a
lot of well he couldn't. Whatwere gonna make up at that point?
Who was the USC guy who sayhe's like saving a kid from a fire
(22:00):
and then it wasn't true? Rightyeah? Yeah, yeah that I can't
remember now. I think it's likeJosh something. But yeah, had that
story, wasn't it Jeff can whofell off the motorcycle or fell off like
the review was washing his truck,washing his truck, somebody got hurt,
sneeze in like there have been dumbinjuries that Jeff one is the one where
it's like, wow, those injuriesare perfect for a motorcycle crash. No
(22:23):
no, no fell washing the truckfell raised myself. There are some really
dumb injuries in sports. I feellike, as a society, get over
the idea of like, okay,people are gonna make fun of you,
and rightfully so because of the wayin which you injured yourself. Just admit
it, like Connor McGregor could admitit. Hey, Dana White his line,
(22:44):
I'm ready. Dana White would neveranswer. This would be a fun
experiment to play Dana White as thepromoter, as the president, whatever title
he has now at the UFC,whatever you wants to call himself, has
an obligation to make the company asmuch money as possible. In the wing
which he does that is continuing totalk to the media and hype up fights
with Markie. People bore he cancell tickets. We all understand youina with
chef. But I'm willing to saythat he's never lied more about any fighter
(23:07):
than Connor McGregor. There was apoint years ago that Dana White Jones John
Jones might be a close second.Yeah, but I remember this one very
well that Dana White got up onnational television said Connor McGregor would never fight
in the UFC again when he hadhim and his buddies were throwing stuff near
Mocking made off and j was onthe boss that scared all that stuff.
(23:27):
Of course he fought again, right, So like he's done this stuff before.
The John Jones was a great onebecause John Jones has just been did
you see the recent video with himand Daniel Cormier and Dana White or they're
talking about potentially fighting and like JohnJones just wants to talk to Daniel Cormier
and Cormier like doesn't want to talkto him. He's being very cordial with
(23:47):
him. Clearly the legacy of Cormierhas been affected by Jones, and at
the end, uh Cormier when Joneshangs up, wants to make sure he
knew what finger was going in Jones'sdirection with the camera. That's news a
lot like the other times they've talked. Yeah, yeah, it's so.
The thing but the thing with McGregor, he is he is. Do you
(24:08):
want to see him fight anymore?No? I want to see him fight
in movies. I think he's he'snot great in Roadhouse, but his him
being there is cool. Like I'mhe's somebody who said I believe He was
twenty seven when he said it,I plan to be the you know,
the world's greatest champ, make allthe money in the world, and be
(24:30):
done fighting by thirty You're thirty five. You really he really has nothing to
prove. He's at this point,he's he's tarnishing what he did by doing
this stupid stuff like he he is. He will probably forever be my favorite
fighter. It's between him and Steveb I do love Steve Amyochic, but
the more he does this kind ofstuff, the more it becomes it's questionable.
(24:55):
It's it's just what he's It's veryTyson. It's very much Tyson to
me. If you brough up Tyson, I'm very happy we brought up Tyson
because I was thinking in my head, who would I rather seriously see fight?
Who would I like be more excitedto see fight In twenty twenty four,
now McGregor, Tyson and we've beendoing this talking like the fight of
the Summer, the fight of theyear, is it fury us Chik undefeated
heavyweights? It doesn't seem to bethat type of hype got there was it
(25:18):
McGregor and Chandler. Some if you'rea fight fan and know the name McGregor,
would be more likely to order thatit's Paul Tyson. Like I'm trying
to not say that's the answer,but sitting here right now, after the
news of the broken toe of McGregor, after a week and a half of
will he won't he whins the surferdown, why can't you order the pay
per view? I'm more fascinated,intrigued, interested in seeing an old man
(25:42):
Tyson fight than Connor McGregor, because, okay, let's say McGregor beats Chandler,
what's next fighting for a title?Already did that fighting a heavier weight
class, Already did that talking smackfor somebody else, Already did that fighting
a celebrity. I guess you cancount me Weather or can fight a celebrity
in a movie Like I don't knowwhat story's left for Connor, Gary,
(26:03):
I feel like we've done it.I would be more interested, seriously and
seeing Ronda Rowsey fight, Like RondaRowsey comes back after all the time off?
Was she ever really that good?Did she get over hyped by the
UFC? Can she actually? Shewould probably get pounded, But I'd be
interested Tyson even if he loses,If Jake Paul beats him, right,
Jake Paul always get my Paul brother'sconfused. Yeah, Jake Paul. If
(26:26):
Jake Paul beats him, I'm veryinterested for the sport of box I said
this a few months ago. It'sbetter for the sport of boxing for Jake,
better for the sport of boxing's future. Let me telling that future for
Jake Paul to win the Mike Tyson, because then you wonder about what Jake
Paul does. Is you fight areal champion, a real box or somebody
just ProMED you care if Paul's fightingfor a title rather than sixty man,
(26:48):
I disagree because the only reason Idisagree, and and I get that you
specified future the legacy of boxing doesprotect its future, and if if one
of the all time greats who stillthere is I'm trying to think like I
would rather fight Jake Paul than MikeTyson. Like I'm gonna lose either way.
(27:11):
Let's im there's no there's nothing inme going well, you know,
I think I got a chance.I noticed that Paul drops his left when
you know, no, I'm gonnaget pummeled either way. But I feel
like Tyson's gonna put me in awheelchair. Jake Paul's gonna beat me up
bad and be famous on social mediafor a little while. But I think
if if a guy as great asTyson even now loses to what in my
(27:34):
mind and maybe this is me turningin the you know old man yelling at
a cloud to a you know,social media star who has never fought a
person that he's never boxed like aboxer, like a great boxer. Uh
Fury's brothers the only one that he'sthat was an actual boxer. Everybody he
(27:56):
fights, he like takes them fromanother universe and puts them in the world
of boxing. That'll kill me.I'll I'll never I'll never be okay with
Mike Tyson losing to Jake Paul unlessit's ten years from now. He's sixty
seven. But like even the bareknuckle boxer that he's about to fight,
I don't sorry they make scase me. I don't. I'm not I'm not
well versed in the world of baronknuckle boxing, the crazy arms, Arnold
(28:21):
big knuckle, John what mousse knuckle, what three finger Brown. It's amazing
that he's been even such a greatbare knuckle boxer. And he only has
three knuckles on his left hand.Steven hawk tu uh he just saw that
one too. For Stephen Hawkings,Yeah, I saw that. She's like
the most famous woman in the worldright now. But like the bare knuckle
(28:47):
guy, they're gonna fight with glotheson, so like even and this is
the closest I think because he isa champion for for boxing, it's bare
knuckle. But like I'm gonna fightbasketball stars, I'm gonna fight mixed martial
artists, but I'm ann box himand they can't. They can't do it.
Every one of those has not beena boxer. This is what I
was excited about this one, becausethis is this is a boxer. He
(29:07):
may be old for the world ofboxing, but this is a boxer.
And now that one was probably nevergonna happen. But I, oh,
man, I want to see Iwant to see Tyson just smoke him,
smoke him like a ham. Haveyou seen how dark it has gotten while
we've had this conversation. Yeah,what happened? Then there's a thunderstorm.
There's like massive thunderstors. Look atall the bees trying to get underneath the
(29:30):
eve here for safety. There I'mtelling you they're coming in. Guys,
they're coming in another mini burst.Something weird in there. That's let's talk
about that coming up? It is? It is Levac and guy's uh.
The point of the of the storyConnor McGregor not fighting in three h three
because of a broken pinky toe.What will Connor McGregor's future be? What
(29:51):
will his employment be? Will hejust hang out? Will he be a
broadcaster? Will he be a trainer? I'm sorry, I don't think he
needs express No, he yes,of course I like people who cheer for
him, Mike, people like usmight, but I think Connor's okay,
mark this down. You listening rightnow? When they write my resume?
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about Connor McGregor's feet. They weretalking about John Jones. They were talking
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I played in my head of whatwill Levak's parlay pay? And I
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I'm pulling up my phone right nowto making sure I could potentially do
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to type it in. How aboutone of the dumbest plays I've had or
smartest? Okay, so let mewalk you through this. Yesterday on the
show I potentially had. I thoughtI thought I already hit it. I
thought your what twenty to one hitthe season was the biggest hit of the
season yesterday's show in this spot,we did the play that night. I
(33:25):
told you there's only one game Ilike. I like the Padres and the
Brewers, the only game I liked. And if you remember me saying this,
I told you the original play wasgonna be. I think this is
gonna be a fantastic game. It'sgonna be a walk off finish. I
think there's gonna be a walk offhome run in the game now mid sentence,
is Lavic pointed out earlier in thishour, I started to have a
(33:45):
radio show with my own self.Oh, I'm telling you God's versus Gods.
It's gonna be like like you mightlike yell mgel or tin warpig whatever.
My favorite part of this show iswhen gods starts to argue with gods.
During that part of the showy again, go check this out the six
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day. I said Padres Brewers wouldend off on a walk off home run,
(34:08):
but then tucked myself into saying,well, the Brewers are the away
team, so they're gonna win ona walk off home run, which doesn't
make sense. That's not how walkoffswork. The away team cannot win.
They can have a go ahead,they can have a go ahead. But
then I saw the plus money forthe Brewers, I'm like, Okay,
(34:28):
they're gonna win on a walk offgo ahead. That doesn't make any sense
if you didn't follow last night's nineto forty first pitch Padres Brewers game.
The game ended on a walk offhome run by the San Diego Padres.
I don't know what the odds ofwould have that been, but I called
the shot on the wrong team,you dummy, bottom of the home team,
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walkoff away team. Can't be likethat? Can you bet a walk
off? Ryan? We're gonna deferto you. Do I get any potential
points of calling a walk off homerun with the wrong team, but the
right finish, you know, wrongpath to the right result. I am
before the play of the day,so it doesn't really count. I gave
(35:13):
you judges home run. Yes,so that that wasn't I'm not upset about
that at all. But yeah,no, I I my plays of the
day haven't been great, but I'mwhat I hit. I hit big,
So that you know if you're ifyou're doing it reasonably, staying within your
budget. Don't have a gambling problem, one gambler. You probably having a
(35:34):
little fun with our plays of theday. I know we don't keep track
of like actual units. We keeptrack of wins losses, But I'm not
mad my my account has stayed flush. I'm okay, keep an eye on
that stuff on my account. Notas flush as Wait, did you actually
what is your actual plan? I'msitting here, I'm like, wait a
minute, I was about to goon to a quick story. I don't
(35:57):
know what your playing today. Panthers, I have right now? Even play.
Panthers win the Stanley Cup tonight,it's over. They clinched the Stanley
Cup in Canada in front of theCanadian fans. This isn't gonna be a
Vancouver ride of twenty eleven, butthey're gonna be real ticks. Florida wins
in Canada. The Panthers are yourtwenty twenty four Stanley Cup champions Tonight,
(36:17):
Florida even money take the Panthers,all right. I don't hate that all
right. Speaking of money, asports figure has allegedly been offered a five
year, ninety million dollars deal.It's about eighteen million a year. Do
(36:37):
you know who it is? Fiveyears, ninety million dollar deal? Yep,
eight sportillion figure. Have a wildguess. I really don't know.
I should probably start looking at therundown. My guests would be Charles Barkley.
There's rumors that Turner might no longerbe the home of the NBA.
Maybe someone secretly has offered him adeal. You know what, you're in
(37:00):
the right, You're you're close.I will tell you that the rumors are
that this person has turned down thatdeal because they'll live for twenty five a
year. Ooh, Okay, hegave me some good hints there. Okay,
so you're talking about a potential mediamember who may have played I'm guessing
basketball or a sport in the past. That's contracts up. You said twenty
(37:22):
five looking for twenty five a year. Okay, that would be the highest
paid media member. So it's notBrady, but no one recently has retired.
It wouldn't be Eli. It wouldbe I have two guesses, Okay,
I would have two guesses. Iwould guess that Peyton Manning and Eli
Manning would be offered something by astreaming service as leverage, like at Amazon
or a Netflix to take it awayfrom ESPN. So my guess would be
(37:43):
either the Manning brothers getting shifted away. The Kelseys can't be the only other
one would be Steven Ay because Iknow there's his contract comes up this month
and he's been getting wild on theair to the point he's got like a
senior in high school status, andhe wasn't on the shows today. So
I'm guessing either the Manning brothers orSteve names Smith. So ESPN has paid
Joe Buck and troyk Been five year, ninety million, eighteen million a year,
(38:06):
and they have made that same offerto Stephen Nate Smith. All right,
okay, you're very smart guys.All right, you're better than Monica
McNutt. So who is she?She'd be nobody now seven. Smith's like
Anthony Carter from earlier in the show, What has she done without me?
His contract there this says that hiscontract expires in twenty twenty five, so
(38:30):
he's still got some time left onthis deal and they're already trying to get
it done. That's what. That'swhat according to Puck News and the UH
and the New York Post. So, but who knows either way. He's
been offered the one of the biggestcontracts they've done. It would it would
it would equal the Akman and Buckdeals. And he's like, not so
(38:52):
fast. I will be I willnot be hoodwinked and bamboozled by you.
He wants twenty five a year.He's probably gonna get close too, isn't
he. Hmm okay, so there'sa lot here. I wonder if hm,
all right. This is why itstummed me a little bit. I
could have sworn it was twenty twentyfour, because unless TV contracts are different
than other contracts, maybe TV's gotlike a six month window. Maybe it's
(39:14):
January of twenty five, where it'sJune of twenty four, so they got
to start the negotiations within six months. I don't know if you can be
like on television during that or likeif you don't sign by a certain day,
they yank you off. Clearly youcan see. I've worked in radio
for a while that if you don'tsign by a certain day, you're off
the air. Here's the problem StephenAing smith though his contract negotiations, And
I don't know if any other businessworks like this when it comes to media,
(39:37):
sports definitely does. We see itplay out all the time with athletes.
It is so public. Like StevenAing's going on multiple radio shows and
talked about how he wants to bethe highest paid person in the ESPN because
he puts the work in he didn'ttake a shot at achpinner Buck. But
he's like, I'm doing first take. I'm doing my podcast, I'm doing
NBA coverage, I'm doing this,I'm doing that, I'm doing He is
(39:58):
putting the work in. He isa workaholics. He says, if I'm
gonna put the work in, Iwant to get paid for it. But
he has made it so publicly knownthat he is ready to walk because I
believe all that Stephen A. Smithpodcast stuff is independently owned. His boss,
I think is Agent Levik. Youmight have it there. Off the
top of my head is a guynamed Mark Shapiro and Mark Shapiro for those
(40:19):
who don't know who Mark Shapiro is. He was the former like director of
content for ESPN, like he wasthe boss. He was the one like
whoever's below the president that's now.Steve AY Smith said, you know how
I'm gonna get a contract. I'mgonna hire the guy who did the contract
right because he knows all the WilliamMorris endeavor. Okay, so maybe there,
yeah, maybe maybe he's over therefor that or whatever. But do
(40:40):
I think Steven A. Smith isworth twenty five million dollars? Absolutely?
Not. I think if steven A. Smith wants to better himself, go
do your thing. ESPN will bejust fine without steven A. Smith,
like they were just fine without KeithOlberman and the guys who Dan Patrick and
Colin Coward and everybody. They willbe just fine. Because if you listen
(41:00):
or watch the Four Letter Network,if you think you've got too much Stephen
ang Smith right now, and Ijust told you he's a workaholic, do
you think Steven A. Smith andhis new contract's gonna ask for less work
or more work? Do you thinkwhen you pay something. Ryan Clark asked
for less work and more money.Do you think Steven A. Smith is
gonna say, please pay me moreto do less. Do you think that's
(41:21):
a good business decision to say we'regonna give you more money and pay and
have you do less. So ifyou've got Steven A. Smith and you're
done with him, you better rootagainst him getting a contract because you're even
more Stephen well back. They showedhim showing up to the finals like he
was a part of the game.A dirt NBA Finals coverage they literally say
they did a could steven A Smithbeat lebron one on one like I can't
(41:45):
tell if he was awesome about HowardStearn. I thought he's great, he
was, but he and that's thething is like the more he here's the
question, if he gets twenty plusmillion dollars, does the ego swell more?
Because that's like when he speaks fromlike the heart and experiences he's I
(42:05):
find him extremely compelling when he startslike big leaguing Monica McNutt and everyone else
under the sun because he's Steven HeySmith, I can't take him and he
and look, he's got a lotof right to have a big ego.
He has done a lot in theworld of sports and the world of journalism.
But he's better when he's open,Like he's just better like him taking
(42:31):
what was it like five minutes onhis on his podcast to to explain why
Monica McNutt was wrong to question him. That sucked. Yeah, that was
that was rough and that maybe thatmaybe it's worse because we we've spoken to
her and we really we really likeher. We love the way she does
next games. I love that shedoesn't seem to be motivated by anything other
(42:51):
than speaking her mind. And that'sjust that's that's a dangerous thing in this
world. But it's fun to hear. But Steven A. I think he's
he's gonna get more of the andAkman and Buck though maybe does he get
twenty five? Was he get twentytwenty one to two twenty two? I
don't know if he gets a deal, I'm not positive. Well, that's
positively one thing that's out there that'sthe dark horse is that William Morris Endeavor
(43:12):
takes and just helps him start hisown thing, his Metal Arc Media,
his his Pat McAfee show before ESPNwas involved. That's another William A.
A Smith Media could be a wholething, something to keep an eye on.
I'm you know, I said,I'm that said it was rooting for
him. I don't know if Isaid if I'm four pro Steven Asmith.
(43:34):
I I think he took the fanapproach there. I think half of you
is half of you, isn't you? Should you should debate? Go ahead?
You know it's good for us ifhe gets a bigger deal, like
if you're through some if you area teacher and teachers get paid more,
he should root for the interest ofteachers. If you are a politician,
if you are a account executive.If you sell booze for you should root
for people in your field to getmore money so it could fall down to
(43:57):
you and you get that as well. I don't know if that's gonna have
any effect on me, but Ido hear commercials for his podcast at our
show now, So yeah, ohI did earlier. I just I just
I didn't realize this dable's not theother dable and his wife both lost significant
weight. I just I just sawthat. So well, stephen A is
gaining commas in his in his bankaccount. The Dables out there dropping LB's
(44:20):
like it's their job. Good forthem. Good The couple that slims together
probably fights a lot, all right. So that was your That was play
of the day. In a littlelittle Steven A. Smith talk. I
I think that sleep is the mostvaluable thing I have, and I sleep
great thanks to our good friend doctorFred Reer over the Integrative Sleep Center in
Boss. That spot five is absolutelypouring right now. I got this mouthpiece
(44:45):
right because I have sleep at memy snoring and then I'd stop breathing.
It was it was ruining it.I like, with how dark it is
right now, I would start headbobbing in here. I really would like
this would be enough for me togo because I wasn't sleeping at night.
I slept great last night. Isleep great almost every night now because I
have a mouthpiece keeps my airway open. It's not a mask, it's not
(45:05):
surgery, no hoses, no wires. It has been a complete game changer.
It can happen for you too.Doctor Frederier is a diplomat of dental
sleep medicine. That's why he's theperson you want to get this mouthpiece from.
I don't care if Joe Rogan saidwhich one to have or this one
said that one. I trust DocDrier because he's taken the time and done
the study. Doctor frederi and theIntegrave Sleep Center involves the spot five eight
(45:25):
eighty five, six eighty five.They helped me sleep better. They can
help you sleep better too. Well, Mack, you know if you don't
mind here, I know Fridays areusually the firebird takeover for home games.
Here's what I'd like to do.If you missed the coach Where interview from
yesterday. I think it's that importantthat maybe later here in the five o'clock
hour, we go back to it, but I do want to preview the
(45:47):
game. Okay. We touched alittle bit about the playoff picture and what
it means in a home game,and billions. This is a big game
the capitalies. Let's talk a littlelocal, a little Firebirds, and maybe
even potentially bring back the coach wearan interview. All right, I'm all
about it. Right years the factguys, Fox Sports Radio ninety five nine
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