December 5, 2024 • 41 mins
C&R ask an important question about the NBA! Why are ratings down by 28%? The crew give the reasons why & take calls from around the country! Plus, 'OLD-SCHOOL WHEN 50 HITS' brings back your favorite restaurants & stores!
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You're gonna come down hard on this guy. Huh No,
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(01:17):
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(02:44):
nine on Fox. Thank you guys again for being here
at Covino and Rich. If you want to chime in,
now here's the story, Morning Glory. NBA ratings are down
twenty eight percent. Dude, what I mean? That's significant though,
If it was like, yeah, you know, ratings are down,
how about that I have about five percent this year? Yeah, whatever,
(03:07):
twenty eight percent. One point eight million are tuning in too.
TNT one point seven million are tuning into ESPN games,
but overall down in a major way twenty eight percent.
So it's got a lot of fans. It's got the
NBA scrambling. NBA is like, oh, hold up, we're gonna
partner with two K. We're gonna do shot meters and
(03:27):
make it fun and do all these fun things. And
fans are like, yeah, who cares. There's this feeling of
who cares? So we ask you, well, why don't you care?
And that's the beauty of Fox Sports Radio. We get
you involved. Look, we're nationwide and we want to know
your opinion. Why why don't you care? What turned you off?
(03:48):
Was it load management? Was it the lack of rivalry.
There's so many examples and potential reasons why, but I'm
saying this just to start it off. Yeah, for as
great as Steph Curry is changed the game. You go
around any gymnasium, any playground, any park in the United
States worldwide, kids are just shooting threes, right And when
(04:12):
we saw Steph do it, You're like, whoa man, he's
the best spash brothers real They changed the game and
we all stopped and stared. We were in awe. We
still are. What he did was amazing, but it changed
the game. Yeah, now when a few years have passed
and these young cats are coming up and we see
how much he really did change the game, and people
(04:35):
are just throwing up threes without any plays, just throwing
up threes and there's no defense and they're just throwing
up threes. Could it be that the guy that changed
the game, when we look back, changed it for the worst.
Don't tiptoe around this. Say what you want to say.
I'm saying, could it be? No? No, not just say
that seems to be a large reason as to why
(04:56):
people are turned off by it. There's lack of physicality
as a result, no one wants to drive the ball.
They just throw it up. And again, here's the other
part about it. Here's why I can't fully say Steph
Curry's fault. He did it, and he did it well.
He was the best to ever do it. Everyone else
trying to do it are just like bad copycats. They
(05:17):
can't do it as well. You know, it's like everybody like, well,
we're just seeing weak ass versions of what he was doing.
You know what It's like, It's like in our world
everyone thinks I could do a podcast. It's true, man,
So whatter is down the product? The product being the
splash brother Steph Curry, what he was able to accomplish.
So we're seeing what are down versions of that. And
when you factor all those things together, you're like, yeah,
and that means lack of defense, I means sloppy shots.
(05:39):
And then you factor that into the lack of rivalries. Rich.
I mean, it's a perfect storm of people saying, I
don't want to watch this crap. I want you to
just say it. I mean, you want me to say it,
but I'm giving you minus opinion. Steph Curry. Steph Curry
could be the reason not could be Steph Curry ruined
the NBA. I mean, Rich is saying that I'm being fair.
I'm being fair because he did so many great things
(06:00):
for the NBA. But when you have again, a bunch
of people now just throwing up threes, they're not Steph Curry,
They're not Steph Curry in a sloppy basketball and it's
whacked to watch.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
You can't pin this on him, though, I don't think,
because look, he at least was in a set system
firing up threes and Yeah, he had some trick plays,
some half court shots and all that. But nowadays I
feel like, besides competitiveness being low and a lack of
rivalries like you mentioned, I feel like there's also how
(06:32):
do I say it, with the load management and all that,
it feels like hampered.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
There's yeah, entitled is the title entitled? Is that entitlement?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yes, contracts got out of hand, money got out of hand,
and with players wanting to rest making that big money,
it's turned your average Joel.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Okay, here's the thing. It's tough to really pinpoint because
I believe it's a perfect storm of all this stuff.
And Danny g probably has the best insight because he's
the guy that's watching all the time, really really trying
to hold on to his his view worship here. He's
a big Lakers guy. You know, we need to be
honest with ourselves and say, well, why am I not
too much? I was just going to say that, like
instead of us speculating, which is fun. Yeah, but hey,
(07:10):
I wonder why everyone else, and I ask yourself, I
know why. I don't really care why. Again, let's hear
Rich first and then we'll figure it all out. I
have a hard time really caring about the NBA at
this point of the year because football there is importance
to every Sunday, Thursday, and Monday night game. College you
(07:32):
lose one or two games, you might be out of
the playoff. There is a there's a sense of urgency
and a sense of importance to each matchup and game
in the NBA. Danny, you said it the other day, like, Oh,
the Lakers lost, but you know it was a back
to back, so it's almost as if they gave that game.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
I said that was their excuse. I was making a
joke about it because it is a lot of teams excuse.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Hey, you know what else, I started thinking about the
ng speaking of your Lakers. Maybe for as great as
his Ron's logevity has been right and how remarkable it is,
even though he's been slumping lately, maybe people are sick
of that storyline too, because he's the biggest name in
the NBA and people are just over the Lebron stories
all the time. You think that.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I feel like the NBA Cup Experience experiment, I should say,
hasn't worked so far. Because you two, I'll use you
as the casual NBA fan. I feel like you guys
were locked in a little bit to the NBA Cup
last season, the nd season tournament we called it last season.
This year, can you guys tell me who the favorite
is the Cup? Can you tell me which big team
(08:35):
has been eliminated?
Speaker 4 (08:37):
No?
Speaker 1 (08:38):
See, the Lakers aren't even in it.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Yeah, Lakers, and they won the Cup last year, big
hair don't care so rich you were saying a lack
of importance throughout the schedule. The whole idea of the
n season Tournament was to get eyeballs on it and
interest in it at the start of the season, which
a lot of people don't start paying attention until after Christmas.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
It's always been like that. There's a sense it's also
from me, and again you got to ask yourself and
then think, well, what about other people as well? I
look at it this way. There's thirty NBA teams, okay,
with the playing game now for the nine and ten seeds,
and that you know, the little changes they made a
couple of years back, twenty of the thirty teams are
(09:22):
technically in the postseason. So you're saying two thirds of
the teams, no matter how good or bad you are,
you're in. After eighty two games like and it used
to be I'll give Dan Byer credit, he said it
the other day. There used to be a sense of
the one seed you wanted it, It mattered you want
it to be a one or two seed. Now teams
look at matchups like, well, for the five seed, it's
(09:44):
a better round one for us, and maybe that's a
better matchup. It's almost like get in and then we'll
step on the gas. Okay for you, you almost just
can't be one of the bottom feeding trash teams. Unless
you're a bottom feeding trash team, you're in it. For
me again, we're trying to figure out why we're not
hating on the NBA, because what the NBA did a
(10:06):
great job of was creating superstars, and they did a
really great job of that for a long time. But
now ratings are taking a hit again, down twenty eight percent.
And it's a mix of all of these things. And
it could be the just people shooting up threes right,
the lack of play formations and plays and strategy and
things like that, But for me, it was a lot
of the load management stories rich and the lack of physicality,
(10:30):
meaning you got these big, bad dudes who aren't driving
the ball, and when they do have physical contact, they're
flopping and falling and there's fouls called all the time,
and to me, that slows down the game. And it's
like so eye rally to see you're like, come on, dude,
it's the NBA and it's not the NBA. I'm not
saying it should be the NBA we grew up with,
(10:51):
but it's so far from that that it's almost a turnoff.
So that's part of it for me. dB. What's going on,
Dan Bayer with the insight.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Of all of your recommendations, because it's an accumulation of
things for me. You ever been in a relationship where
there was a thing that was, you know, broke the
camel's back, where it was just like, okay, this is
the final stretch.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
We called it that we on our show. We call
that the dryer light theory. I dated a girl for
five years and our final fight was I would leave
the dryer door open for the washer dryer and that
little light would stay on. Yes, And that was our
last fight break up. And it's it wasn't the dryer light, Dan, correct,
it was everything that came.
Speaker 5 (11:34):
So it's good management, it's playoffs are more important than
the regular season. It's maybe the physicality, it's the shooting threes,
it's all of that because because I just remember when
the Calves and Warriors were going through that final stretch
where I'm just like, gosh, the finals are already predetermined.
I would love to have it up in the air.
(11:55):
And last year's Western Conference was that exact thing. Who
would have picked that Dallas would have, you know, ran
the table. Everything that I had asked for five years
ago was coming to fruition and I was not brought in.
It did not bring me in. So it's everything that
you guys have been saying, and finally it just got
to the point where now I'm like, all right, it's
(12:16):
too late, Like I don't care as much anymore. All
of the things, everything that you guys said, are reasons
why I would turn away from the game, And now
it's difficult to even turn back if I'm if I'm
not watching the Bucks, who would be my favorite team?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
And which is so wild because they, like I said,
they did such a great job of marking their stars
like household names. So many stars in the NBA reasons
to watch, and he gave you so many reasons to
watch and took it away with all the things we
just discussed. So what was of all those things? What
is the what was the dryer light? Then, I guess
is what we're saying. Can I tell you that another layer.
(12:51):
I remember when the when the Clippers got Kawhi. I
remember that was the first time a major acquisition felt
like it didn't really mean much because he wasn't the
same guy maybe, or like the load management and the
player resting and all that, that to me was a
big turn off because I feel like every day during
Dan Buyer's update during the NBA season, so he'll throw
(13:12):
in one line and by the way, guys, tonight Yannis
out for the Bucks or Trey Young al for the Hawks.
Every time you say that, too, I think of the
little kid that went there to see that guy and
he's not playing again, and you're like, wow, that sucks.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I feel like they really need to tighten the screws
around the entire league with load management. They're trying, they're attempting,
they have attempts at that, and also just running plays
and getting back to what made the NBA great. We
see a lack of defense on a nightly basis. We
talked the other day about a viral video that went
around last week a recent NBA game. There's this sequence
(13:47):
back and forth where a total of like ten three
pointers were chucked up, all of them missed by the way,
and it was wild and NBA fans. Underneath this viral video,
this guy wrote, I'm not gonna lie as someone who's
been watching the NBA consistently my entire life, this is
the first season where I'm not actively watching the games.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That's what I'm saying. That's a problem.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Yeah, your next guy ain't even trying to run plays,
no more than the next comment or a female. I
swear NBA games are like Planet Fitness open runs nowadays.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Dude, nail on the head for real. Every time you
watch that. That's how it feels. You're not seeing anything
that you wouldn't see at a gym, at a regular gym,
dudes just throwing up shots and uh, you know. Dan
Beyer said this sort of jokingly, tongue in cheek. The
other day we were talking about the new Golden bat
rule that they're potentially bringing up here for the MLB.
(14:39):
Remember said, the only way to fix it if you
made a three pointer, a two point shot, and a
layup three points, so it forced people to drive toward
the basket. Getting to the basket, Foster should reward you more. Yes,
would that would be one way to sort of fix
the problem now, because how do you reverse something right
that it's already there. The analogy Covino would be in baseball,
(15:03):
analytics have proven a guy that bats two ten, but
if he hits a lot of doubles and home runs,
his batting average doesn't matter. That's the same you can't
put the toothpaste back in the tube like it's it's
at Chris Rock said, you know, one girl girl does
something for you in the bedroom. Every girl's got to
do that cow backwards sexually. So the only way you
moved backwards to where we are in the NBA is, honestly,
(15:26):
Dan Byer what you said.
Speaker 5 (15:28):
Yeah, and a four point shot that you guys were
talking about, or the ten point shot that we saw with.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Rock and Jock, it does exactly.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
It would make it even worse because of the percentage
percentages and the numbers and how you would break it down.
And at some point, yeah, you're like, well, let's just
take all fours. Let's just take all ten pointers from
half court. All it is make twelve of them and
will win this game.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Rich and I back in the day, we used to
fight the Wissification of America, right, the Watsification of America.
And eventually we just lost the battle and the world changed,
right of course, and we rolled with it because if
you did and you just got left back and you
became a dinosaur. And I always go back to the
first story. The first story when you started to see
the world change into a very politically correct place was
(16:11):
everybody sort of gets a trophy. That was the thing, right,
Everyone hated that. Everyone like that, what's going on? Everybody
gets a trope? That was every old guy's gripe and
that and then it was like a slippery slope after that.
Right when I think to the NBA, like what was
the first sign of this to me? It was the
buddy chummy atmosphere of after the game. These dudes were friends,
(16:36):
and we weren't used to seeing that in the NBA,
especially like in the NBA, you they were rivals, right,
It was like the video game arch Drival, remember that
art tribal They used to fight. And I'm not saying
I'm not condoning fighting, even though that's fun. I'm just saying,
there was a feeling of they didn't like each other.
And you would see at the end of the game
people just slapping ass and high five and you're like,
(16:58):
what's that about. Yea, that just rich guys making money,
and that was that was one of the first signs
of for me looking back of oh it's changing a
little bit, Danny j Before you make your point when
you look back at some of these documentaries from not
that long ago, we're talking about if you're thirty, forty
fifty years old, from your childhood, the zero four Red
Sox documentary Last Dance, Michael Jordan. You saw that in
(17:21):
our lifetime, those Red Sox hated, the Yankees hated them,
the Pistons hated Michael Jordan, the Celtics, Lakers winning time
like and Jordan hated everybody. Saw this competitiveness and it
almost seems like it led its way to a buddy chummy. Hey,
we're all making money. It's a fraternity. Signs from me.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Yeah, And just a few weeks back on our show,
you were talking about Draymond Green and the crap he
gets for being as physical as he is.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Maybe you need some of that.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Look, you don't want dirty plays, but you want the
physicality and the defense to be there. And the last
thing I'll say in it, let's not be too short
sighted though, because remember once the NFL, who's king? Once
their season is over, then we're left with the NBA.
And that's when all the eyes go to it. So
can they turn the corner as far as these ratings
being so low.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Let's hope. So again, this isn't us rooting against the NBA.
I want to make that clear too. In fact, I
want to turn my focus and shift my focus hardcore
into that again. But when we were reading that the
ratings are down twenty percent, just keep it clear and
keep in mind right now that we're just trying to say, well,
why is that? What is that for you? Is it
(18:34):
all those things? But was there one straw that broke
the back for you? I thought of one other thing.
And this is a credit to IOA Sam's Girl, Caitlin Clark.
I'm a firm believer in Someone taught me this once
and I love this thought and I know you do
as well. Everything you say yes too, you're saying no
(18:56):
to something else. True If you take overtime at work,
the overtime, but now you're not seeing your kids for dinner,
right you? Yeah, yeah, buddies, we'll play golf on Saturday.
You know, golf on Saturday means you can't bring your
daughter to dance class or something. You know, you lunch
with your wife. Yeah, everything you do that you say
yes to, you say you know to something else. And
I think the time and effort and interest people genuinely,
(19:19):
because at first I didn't think it was genuine, I'll
be honest with you, but the genuine interest in the
w NBA and the numbers they were putting up that
are now better than the NBA numbers this year are
saying you know what, maybe you're not being pulled into
the NBA and you're like, well, I want some basketball. Yeah,
I watched the women. Well there was great rivalry there too,
(19:41):
So Angel Reese Kitlyn Clark rivalry Angel Reason Kaitlyn Clark
fact better rivalry than any two dudes in the NBA.
All right, So tell me tell me a rivalry in
today's NBA that's better than Kitlyn Clark and Angel Reese.
And I'm not even a big w NBA fan. I
know those two going at it is way more interesting
(20:04):
than hoo oh so like Stephen Lebron like come on
their pals. Yeah. So again, it's not us, Hayton. We're
just stating it's down twenty eight percent. Yeah, what's the reason.
We'll get to your phone calls and feedback because we
want to get back into it. We want it to succeed.
(20:24):
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Like DNYG said, as soon as the NFL season's over,
we want to shift our focus and be way into
it and way involved. And we're wishing well for the NBA.
(22:57):
But ratings are down twenty eight percent. To be a
mixture of reasons as to why, and I'm saying, for
as good as Steph Curry has been for the NBA,
it also sort of ruined the NBA in a big
way because all you're seeing is people throw up sloppy shots.
There's a lack of defense, lack of physicality. So it's
(23:19):
kind of like, for as much as I loved Limp
Biscuit rich at one point in New Metal, yeah, fred
durs Biscuit, m Biscuit, it's sort of ruined rock for
years to come. It never really recovered after that. Sometimes
something that feels great right doesn't always have long lasting
results because they can't do it as good as Lincoln
(23:40):
Park and Limp Biscuit. Did you know if people can't
shoot as good as the Splash Brothers did and as
good as Steph Curry does, and it just looks sloppy
and lame when they try, and it's not a good
product as a result. So we ask you why is
it down twenty eight percent? If you watch reality television
all my competition shows, once they stopped being mean to
the contestants, that's right, that's good. Yeah, I lost interest.
(24:02):
You liked American Idol because Simon Cowell was mean? It's true. Yeah,
do you want Lionel Richie being like everyone's great? I
love Lionel, but I mean, like, you know how you
tie that into the NBA you liked it when there
was serious rivalry and hatred and they weren't pals, and
it wasn't kind and it wasn't sweet. You know, it's
a different game, and and it's sort of all caught
up recently. What was it for? You do quick phone calls?
(24:27):
And then we're giving away some prizes. All right, let's
send ninety fox hello to JD in North Carolina? J D,
what's up? Man?
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Hey, Harrey?
Speaker 7 (24:35):
All doing?
Speaker 8 (24:36):
Listen to the whole whole time.
Speaker 7 (24:37):
I agree with all the various reasons why they're lagging,
but I've got a few things that might give it
some juice.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah, ready, give it some juice, man, break out the
sunny dal.
Speaker 6 (24:46):
Let's go so kind of riffing on the point saying
that y'all were talking about earlier. What if it instead
of like a four point or a ten point, they
took away a point if you missed a three.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Oh wait, how about this? It's a negative about negative one?
W'd you like for every five miss threes, it's like
minus a three point. I don't know, there's got to
be some ridiculous rule. But then again, everyone hates the
idea of the golden at bats.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
About if the other team gets to shoot free throws
when somebody flops, Like, yeah, I like that, like.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
A personal foul called on a flopper. Yeah, no, something
to balance it out. Yeah, Honestly, I think dB has
the best idea though, and if you miss the other day,
it's the reverse four points. But it should because it's
more difficult to drive to the basket and it is
to shoot.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
I especially like Buyer's idea for the NBA All Star
Game that would flip the script.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Four points for a layup, I'm sorry, three points for
a layup, two points for a three point shot makes sense. Yeah,
but I think it would be a fun experiment that
the All Star Game. David and Sacramento, what's up in.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
Hey guys, Hey guys. Regarding the Golden at Bat. A
couple of thoughts. One is, I think the reason everybody
thinks it's so stupid just because it's called the Golden
at Bat. Like if they called it a substitution, then
maybe people would. I mean, it's a good idea, it's
just called it just got.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
A stupid Yeah, you know what.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
It reminds me of a Jumba juice. They have a
delicious drink that Cavino used to refuse to order because
he didn't want to say orange dream Machine. Yeah, I
didn't want to say that. Yeah, there's a there's a
drink at this local restaurant. Oh, go ahead, bddy, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Yet Oh my other thought was, what would make the
Golden at bat even better is if the guy mouts
off to the umpire and he sends him to the
Golden Showers.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
There you go, by the way, the the thing you
were going to say, I know, I know you're part
two of that. Yeah, don't you also refuse to add
like Whole Foods, isn't there a shape called like the
peanut buttery that I don't like any of these corny drinks.
There's a whiskey business. I'm like, can I get an
old fashion? Do you mean the whiskey business there? Like, yeah,
(26:54):
the old fashion. That's good. Yeah, let's do that, all right.
We got Jennifer and Michigan on the Cavino and Rich Show,
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 8 (27:03):
Good late afternoon for me here in Michigan. Guys. As
far as basket ball goes, I still follow the Pistons,
but I think it was back when the whole black
Lives Matter thing started, everyone became woke. At that point.
I was still cheering for the Piston, but I was
(27:24):
a little upset even I was doing that with all
the teams I cheer for.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
A listen, there are there is a said you can't
be in denial. There is a section of the of
the country that does feel like sports got political at
some point. I don't think that's the reason now, Like
I don't think people aren't watching in twenty twenty four.
Maybe for a minute during you know, twenty twenty there
were people that got a little put off when things
got political and cultural. But yeah, I wouldn't deny that
(27:50):
two years ago and that I do think that the
things we discussed are more of the primary reasons. You
could chime into at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports
Radio and let us know any other phone calls now,
Danny j Or do you want to give away some prizes? Yeah,
I think it's time right now to give away some swiggies.
Let's do it now.
Speaker 5 (28:12):
Everyone seems to be obsessed with this cup.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Incredible cup fans lining up at Target stores before sunrise
just to snag one. Oh not the NBA Emirates Cup. No,
we're talking about seeing our swiggies. Oh that cup stainless
steel water bottle, and we got new ones Sapphire midnight
Black Midnight Black squiggies man stainless steel water bottles. Really nice,
(28:40):
and we're giving some away. Covino made up the name
for those. By the way, well that's the color of
my card. I just got Sapphire midnight leg All right.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
It's all you got to do is leave a podcast
review at Apple for Covino and Rich and if I
read yours, I'll give the email addressed later for you
to send me an email that you heard your self
on the air, and then I'll mail you a swiggy.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Here we go.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
I'm gonna start instead of kissing, kissing your guys like
people do. How about this one? A one star review? Perfect,
the title awful. Can't stand these two guys horrible. But
here's where I'm confused. Then he goes on to say,
this guy's Harry. By the way, never listen to an episode.
(29:23):
It's just add sixty seconds of nails on a chalkboard.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
So he hates so much that he can't listen past
the minute? Is that what it is? I guess it.
He doesn't even make sense with Buddy wrote, you know
what it's like, Danny g When you look up yelp
reviews for a restaurant or a store, you know something
for your kids. If the complaint is something ridiculous, like
the host this was mean. That's not the food. You're
not complaining about the food, like that's your exerience. You
(29:49):
still hate things. I kind of respect it. You know
why I hate the show? This is us? I hate it? Right?
Why ask me how many episodes I've watched? How many?
Like maybe a minute of one? How do you do it?
I hate it? So you don't really know what the
whole show is about. What you know what? Harry's my
kind of guy? Give him a swigging? Can I tell you?
Damn buyer, this is that ridiculous Cavino is During its heyday,
(30:10):
when it was like a hot show. I was like, Cavino,
you gotta watch Handmaid's Tale. That's really good, right and
he goes, He goes the one with the girls are
dressed like pilgrims. I hate it. I don't like it.
I don't like it. I'm like, but you've never watched it?
Sound the name is stupid? Okay?
Speaker 3 (30:29):
All right, before we get to DB's update. Let's give
away two winning reviews. All right, so five star here
titled Sports with a Side of Life from Bird Shawn.
These guys are great. Listen to them since the serious days,
So glad to have found them again. The new crew
they have at Fox Sports adds such a terrific, terrific atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I agree, guys, I agree, and that's awesome. That's great insight.
We do have a great team. And I'm glad you
found this again.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
All right, and the next winner five star review, great
show where all the others lack. Great for the drive home,
and another listen in the morning makes this show totally
worth it. On the podcast CNR, bringing the funny and
the up to date topics for the casual sports fan.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
I love the sneak disc to all the other shows.
Yeah me too, man, more than that. Okay, I'm okay
with that. You know, I need rivalry, Bro, need a
little rivalry. You're at Jonas Knox, You're not Rob Parker.
I'm coming for you.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
That was from Rock Monster And if you heard your review,
read email me at Crprizes at gmail dot com. That's
Crprizes at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Well with that, let's go to Dan Byer with an
update dB. What's going on? Man, Hey, guys.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
A story that's been making waves throughout the world of
sports is Bill Belichick reportedly is interviewed for the head
coaching vacancy at the University of North Carolina. Inside Carolina
of twenty seven Sports reports that the school in belichick
head contact on Sunday, with an interview at some point
taking place. They're looking for a replacement for Mac Brown.
To Lane's John summerl has spoken with North Carolina about
(31:58):
their coaching vacancy, and also the report says Georgia defensive
coordinator Glenn Schuman has spoken with the tar Heels tonight.
It's the Packers and Lions eight fifteen Eastern time to
start Week fourteen. Cowboys All Pro guard Zach Martin has
done for the season. He needs surgery to repair his
injured ankle. The thirty four year old Martin will be
a free agent to softseason, said today that he wants
(32:19):
to be fully healthy before deciding if he will play
in twenty twenty five. Bengals wide receiver Jamar Chase was
limited in practice with an ankle injury, while Bill said
in Dalton Kincaid and wide receiver key On Coleman. We're
on the practice field today, but limited for Buffalo as
they prepare for a matchup against the Rams. UCLA fired
offensive coordinator Eric b Enemy after one season. That's what
(32:40):
multiple reports said, but b Enemy's agent released a statement saying,
hold on Zech, My client was only interested in coaching
one season at UCLA to help out to Sean Foster,
who took over the job late, and that B Enemy
hopes to go to the NFL in twenty twenty five.
Either way, the Enemy will not be back in Westwood
next season. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart says Trevor Et
(33:00):
he hopes can return to playing the SEC championship game
on Saturday. Michigan gave eighty Ward Manual a five year extension.
And how about the A's. I slipped up and called
him the Oakland A's earlier today. But the just the
A's pitcher Luis Severino and the A's have a great
on a three year deal. We're sixty seven million dollars.
It's the most guaranteed money ever given to a player
(33:21):
by the organization.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Wow, weird man, Yeah, you know, like, would you really
want to play for a team like that when you
just played for a magical season with the Mets. Let's
that be you know, got East Coast guys at heart.
There's nothing like playing for the Yankees and the Mets.
But you go from New York City baseball to a
team that has no home. That's what I mean. It's
(33:44):
very interesting to tell you here what the money is.
Apparently he does.
Speaker 5 (33:48):
I don't know if you guys heard this earlier, but
do you want to know what his sixty seven million top?
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Do you know his contract?
Speaker 6 (33:53):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (33:54):
John By twenty years ago, no close York jobs a
good one.
Speaker 5 (33:59):
Sixty six million dollar deal in two thousand and four
was the most money the A's have ever given a
player up until today.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Wow. Oh, I mean, look, Sevy is a great pitcher.
He deserves a nice contract and a good shot. But
he played for two great teams, but a great Mets
team last year. To play with that team I got,
how much money he's making feels like a downgrade to me.
Just the renderings of that New Vegas ballpark. If he,
you know, gets to pitch there, I'd say, if that's
(34:26):
a big if. And by the way, the other Dann
byer story. That's kind of crazy. Imagine playing at North
Carolina and all of a sudden, Bill Belichick's your coach.
I assume he even entertained it. Does his girlfriend get
free tuition if he coaches? Would that be though? It's like, man,
it's Bill Belichick. That is wild, right, eighteen year old
kid like Bill Belichick. Hey, Kevin and Richard got more
Next We're gonna go old school some more NFL and
(34:48):
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head with the word entitlement in the NBA. Oh, people
love that word for young people and King James being
the league leader of entitled man. No, he's put a
lot in there. Come on, he's been in the league
such a long time. I'm just reading feedback. You deserve some.
Thanks for all your feedback at Covino and Rich. We're
(36:10):
gonna get to Andy Lee. Shout out to Lynn and Idaho.
Thank you guys for hanging out with us. Fox Sports
Radio with Cavino and Rich live from the Ti rack
dot com studio. It's holiday party Thursday. Yeah, so some
of our colleagues gonna be buzzing tonight. We're gonna come
back with some stories tomorrow. Remember not the time to
ask your boss for a raise. Man drunk, Yeah, come on,
(36:33):
don't have some kooth. Don't flirt with the random married
person you work with, at least you know, not in
front of people. Dip away. Yeah, gotta be big in
discreets and uh, let's take two quick NBA phone calls
that I want to talk a bunch of NFL. We
got a big one tonight. Not the party packers, Lions,
very telling, uh Andy and Rhode Island. What's up, buddy?
(36:55):
The ratings in the NBA are down. Cavino started the
show by saying he blames it all on Steph Curry
kind of yeah in a way, yes, what's up?
Speaker 6 (37:04):
And hey, what's up?
Speaker 1 (37:07):
We're good?
Speaker 4 (37:08):
A hey.
Speaker 8 (37:09):
The way I look at it, guys, all these athletes
here kiss a lot of ass.
Speaker 7 (37:16):
They want to trade jerseys after after game.
Speaker 8 (37:19):
They want to be friends outside of this.
Speaker 6 (37:20):
When's the brivories? Wait, what's Patro throw throwing heat us
at g Where's where's.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Patro throwing Don Zimmer on the ground? Andy? You know
you make a good point. And here's why, right, here's why.
This is the the art of competition is the world
of sports, where the whole point is to win, right,
and even in our industry, I don't really I'm not
that close with other shows on other channels. Why I
(37:48):
want to be better than them trying to beat them? Denny, Well,
the world. We're not in the world of competing in
sports where there's a winner and a loser.
Speaker 3 (37:57):
Yeah, and even has Burner accounts where he comments on
their shows.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
No, honestly, f those other shows. That's how I feel.
It's deep down inside. I feel here com no, and
I'll tell you why you're supposed to be competed, Danny.
When we came up in radio, I don't want this
as hell like old guy radio. But when we came
up the ranks, you weren't paling around with the competing
radio stations, so right, the pop radio station was not
(38:20):
friends with the hip hop radio station. The hip hop
radio station didn't like the rock radio station. And no
one really Now they're all in the same iHeart or
Odyssey Building like and they're all pals. Back in the day,
if I worked at Z one hundred in New York
and again Rich just as sports though, which is which
makes it worse. When I was on Z one hundred,
which is a big pop station in New York. You
(38:40):
think I cared about Kate Tu and Hot ninety seven
and all the other stations. No way, you were trying
to beat them. You know who? Changes know who is
the biggest whimp of all all the Jimmy late night hosts.
Because Leno and Letterman hated each other. They all go
on each other's shows like, hey, Jimmy, here, Jimmy. Hey,
all the fallon Kimbell Court. They're all browing it up
(39:01):
and guess what. All this is not the world of
sports and competition, you know, So when you see this
in the world of sports, it's even worse, is the point.
So Andy, I get you Lee Lee, wrap it up
and then we'll go old school. It's out, buddy.
Speaker 4 (39:15):
Hi there, I have a suggestion for your four point
play and your golden bat in the NBA. In fact,
you can put it in the NFL too, all right.
Paint the box on the floor or on the stadium,
and if you hit them, if you shoot and make
the bucket from the box wherever they paint it, you
can move it. Every four quarters you get the four points,
(39:35):
take a person off the bench and they shoot and
make it from the painted spot. The square on the floor,
they get five points.
Speaker 1 (39:42):
Wow, this is too complex, But you know what I
know he's comparing to like at the home run derby.
It's like if you hit a certain target or the
money ball back of the day. Hey, it's all silly,
but it's still a game. Let's do we do it
Every Thursday went fifty hits, there's a suit. What we
gonna do is go back.
Speaker 7 (40:03):
Back into town throwing it back for a Thursday. Old
School went fifty hits at fifty after CNR give you
the time capsule topic and we reminisce together.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Yeah, this is cool. We want to get everybody involved.
We do it every Thursday eight seven, seven ninety nine
on Fox. Super producer Danny g sent us a story
about che Cheese, the very famous text mix food chain
that I think most of us remember growing up. I
mean cheese. I grew up on Long Island, where there
(40:38):
is no such thing as good Mexican food. I knew
Taco Bell and then it was like, oh wait, the
restaurant che Cheese, New York, not known for their Mexican food,
but I remember chichi chi cheese does have another meaning
in certain marios, but it's a tex mex restaurant that
Here's what I didn't know. I didn't know why it
closed down. I didn't know that either until I saw
(40:58):
this story. It closed down following a hepatitis A out
break two decades ago. But get this set to relaunch
next year. The founder's son said, you know what, I
believe in che Cheese and I'm bringing it back. And
for nostalgic reasons, I kind of like that I missed
(41:20):
the days of going to like a TGI Friday's or
you know, just that local chain, and Chee Cheese would
be a fun spot to go visit. Remember on the
border was another Mexican spot, or like a Jose Tahas.
I'm I think Jose Tejas is still around on the
border came and went, But Chee Cheese is coming back.
With that being said, what are some other restaurants, maybe
(41:41):
other stores that you think should make a comeback. I'll
tell you. I'll tell you one coming up that would
not fly today, but I'll throw one out there now. Yeah,
bring back the Sizzler? Could we bring back the Sizzler?
Everybody
Hey, thanks for listening to the Coveno and Rich podcast.
Be sure to catch us live every weekday from five
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Speaker 1 (00:35):
I do see Mary, Mary? Why you bugging hanging out
with us? What up? Mary? Mary? Everyone wants to just
hang I get it. It's the fun show here on
Fox Sports Ready. I mean, we try, and we're gonna
have more fun later tonight, Like I said, we'll be
holiday partying. Oh, does Mary know the rule of the
company party? Well, do you want to tell Mary? Just
don't be the most drunk. Oh that's yeah, you could
(00:56):
act a fool. Just don't act yeah like the actual fool.
Just not too much like Rich basically pretty much. All right,
So we are Cavino and Rich live from Los Angeles,
and we be rocking out. Let's go all right today,
lots to get to we're gonna talk about Steph Curry Cano.
You're gonna come down hard on this guy. Huh No,
but there's a possibility he could be the reason that
(01:17):
ratings are down in the NBA. Believe though, He's done
so much for the game and change the game. When
we look back, are we gonna say he changed it
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into old school when fifty hits rich. We do it
every Thursday. We throw it back. We rewind New York,
look up for gonna play. Yeah, back to the it's
pretty good. Back to this that wasn't bold. Days we reminisced,
and today we reminisced. I'll give you a little hint
on what we're reminiscent about. An old school chain, restaurant
that went away is coming back. I want people to
(01:59):
start thinking about old school chains and restaurants that you
grew up with. It could be stores, could be stores
department stores that you wish me to come back. Can
we bring back beefsteak Charlie's. Yeah, I still love beefsteak Charlie. Yeah,
that was a place that would not you know what,
I'm gonna save it, save it. I'm gonna save if
there's a place that would not fly today, they had
a policy. Yeah, that looking back was so inappropriate. I
(02:21):
could read his mind already. It's not that hard. So again,
old school win fifty hits on the clock, and right
before a DB's update, we give back to you. It's
the holiday season giving away prizes. So if you left
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So that's all going down today eight seven, seven ninety
(02:44):
nine on Fox. Thank you guys again for being here
at Covino and Rich. If you want to chime in,
now here's the story, Morning Glory. NBA ratings are down
twenty eight percent. Dude, what I mean? That's significant though,
If it was like, yeah, you know, ratings are down,
how about that I have about five percent this year? Yeah, whatever,
(03:07):
twenty eight percent. One point eight million are tuning in too.
TNT one point seven million are tuning into ESPN games,
but overall down in a major way twenty eight percent.
So it's got a lot of fans. It's got the
NBA scrambling. NBA is like, oh, hold up, we're gonna
partner with two K. We're gonna do shot meters and
(03:27):
make it fun and do all these fun things. And
fans are like, yeah, who cares. There's this feeling of
who cares? So we ask you, well, why don't you care?
And that's the beauty of Fox Sports Radio. We get
you involved. Look, we're nationwide and we want to know
your opinion. Why why don't you care? What turned you off?
(03:48):
Was it load management? Was it the lack of rivalry.
There's so many examples and potential reasons why, but I'm
saying this just to start it off. Yeah, for as
great as Steph Curry is changed the game. You go
around any gymnasium, any playground, any park in the United
States worldwide, kids are just shooting threes, right And when
(04:12):
we saw Steph do it, You're like, whoa man, he's
the best spash brothers real They changed the game and
we all stopped and stared. We were in awe. We
still are. What he did was amazing, but it changed
the game. Yeah, now when a few years have passed
and these young cats are coming up and we see
how much he really did change the game, and people
(04:35):
are just throwing up threes without any plays, just throwing
up threes and there's no defense and they're just throwing
up threes. Could it be that the guy that changed
the game, when we look back, changed it for the worst.
Don't tiptoe around this. Say what you want to say.
I'm saying, could it be? No? No, not just say
that seems to be a large reason as to why
(04:56):
people are turned off by it. There's lack of physicality
as a result, no one wants to drive the ball.
They just throw it up. And again, here's the other
part about it. Here's why I can't fully say Steph
Curry's fault. He did it, and he did it well.
He was the best to ever do it. Everyone else
trying to do it are just like bad copycats. They
(05:17):
can't do it as well. You know, it's like everybody like, well,
we're just seeing weak ass versions of what he was doing.
You know what It's like, It's like in our world
everyone thinks I could do a podcast. It's true, man,
So whatter is down the product? The product being the
splash brother Steph Curry, what he was able to accomplish.
So we're seeing what are down versions of that. And
when you factor all those things together, you're like, yeah,
and that means lack of defense, I means sloppy shots.
(05:39):
And then you factor that into the lack of rivalries. Rich.
I mean, it's a perfect storm of people saying, I
don't want to watch this crap. I want you to
just say it. I mean, you want me to say it,
but I'm giving you minus opinion. Steph Curry. Steph Curry
could be the reason not could be Steph Curry ruined
the NBA. I mean, Rich is saying that I'm being fair.
I'm being fair because he did so many great things
(06:00):
for the NBA. But when you have again, a bunch
of people now just throwing up threes, they're not Steph Curry,
They're not Steph Curry in a sloppy basketball and it's
whacked to watch.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
You can't pin this on him, though, I don't think,
because look, he at least was in a set system
firing up threes and Yeah, he had some trick plays,
some half court shots and all that. But nowadays I
feel like, besides competitiveness being low and a lack of
rivalries like you mentioned, I feel like there's also how
(06:32):
do I say it, with the load management and all that,
it feels like hampered.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
There's yeah, entitled is the title entitled? Is that entitlement?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yes, contracts got out of hand, money got out of hand,
and with players wanting to rest making that big money,
it's turned your average Joel.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Okay, here's the thing. It's tough to really pinpoint because
I believe it's a perfect storm of all this stuff.
And Danny g probably has the best insight because he's
the guy that's watching all the time, really really trying
to hold on to his his view worship here. He's
a big Lakers guy. You know, we need to be
honest with ourselves and say, well, why am I not
too much? I was just going to say that, like
instead of us speculating, which is fun. Yeah, but hey,
(07:10):
I wonder why everyone else, and I ask yourself, I
know why. I don't really care why. Again, let's hear
Rich first and then we'll figure it all out. I
have a hard time really caring about the NBA at
this point of the year because football there is importance
to every Sunday, Thursday, and Monday night game. College you
(07:32):
lose one or two games, you might be out of
the playoff. There is a there's a sense of urgency
and a sense of importance to each matchup and game
in the NBA. Danny, you said it the other day, like, Oh,
the Lakers lost, but you know it was a back
to back, so it's almost as if they gave that game.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
I said that was their excuse. I was making a
joke about it because it is a lot of teams excuse.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Hey, you know what else, I started thinking about the
ng speaking of your Lakers. Maybe for as great as
his Ron's logevity has been right and how remarkable it is,
even though he's been slumping lately, maybe people are sick
of that storyline too, because he's the biggest name in
the NBA and people are just over the Lebron stories
all the time. You think that.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I feel like the NBA Cup Experience experiment, I should say,
hasn't worked so far. Because you two, I'll use you
as the casual NBA fan. I feel like you guys
were locked in a little bit to the NBA Cup
last season, the nd season tournament we called it last season.
This year, can you guys tell me who the favorite
is the Cup? Can you tell me which big team
(08:35):
has been eliminated?
Speaker 4 (08:37):
No?
Speaker 1 (08:38):
See, the Lakers aren't even in it.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Yeah, Lakers, and they won the Cup last year, big
hair don't care so rich you were saying a lack
of importance throughout the schedule. The whole idea of the
n season Tournament was to get eyeballs on it and
interest in it at the start of the season, which
a lot of people don't start paying attention until after Christmas.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
It's always been like that. There's a sense it's also
from me, and again you got to ask yourself and
then think, well, what about other people as well? I
look at it this way. There's thirty NBA teams, okay,
with the playing game now for the nine and ten seeds,
and that you know, the little changes they made a
couple of years back, twenty of the thirty teams are
(09:22):
technically in the postseason. So you're saying two thirds of
the teams, no matter how good or bad you are,
you're in. After eighty two games like and it used
to be I'll give Dan Byer credit, he said it
the other day. There used to be a sense of
the one seed you wanted it, It mattered you want
it to be a one or two seed. Now teams
look at matchups like, well, for the five seed, it's
(09:44):
a better round one for us, and maybe that's a
better matchup. It's almost like get in and then we'll
step on the gas. Okay for you, you almost just
can't be one of the bottom feeding trash teams. Unless
you're a bottom feeding trash team, you're in it. For
me again, we're trying to figure out why we're not
hating on the NBA, because what the NBA did a
(10:06):
great job of was creating superstars, and they did a
really great job of that for a long time. But
now ratings are taking a hit again, down twenty eight percent.
And it's a mix of all of these things. And
it could be the just people shooting up threes right,
the lack of play formations and plays and strategy and
things like that, But for me, it was a lot
of the load management stories rich and the lack of physicality,
(10:30):
meaning you got these big, bad dudes who aren't driving
the ball, and when they do have physical contact, they're
flopping and falling and there's fouls called all the time,
and to me, that slows down the game. And it's
like so eye rally to see you're like, come on, dude,
it's the NBA and it's not the NBA. I'm not
saying it should be the NBA we grew up with,
(10:51):
but it's so far from that that it's almost a turnoff.
So that's part of it for me. dB. What's going on,
Dan Bayer with the insight.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Of all of your recommendations, because it's an accumulation of
things for me. You ever been in a relationship where
there was a thing that was, you know, broke the
camel's back, where it was just like, okay, this is
the final stretch.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
We called it that we on our show. We call
that the dryer light theory. I dated a girl for
five years and our final fight was I would leave
the dryer door open for the washer dryer and that
little light would stay on. Yes, And that was our
last fight break up. And it's it wasn't the dryer light, Dan, correct,
it was everything that came.
Speaker 5 (11:34):
So it's good management, it's playoffs are more important than
the regular season. It's maybe the physicality, it's the shooting threes,
it's all of that because because I just remember when
the Calves and Warriors were going through that final stretch
where I'm just like, gosh, the finals are already predetermined.
I would love to have it up in the air.
(11:55):
And last year's Western Conference was that exact thing. Who
would have picked that Dallas would have, you know, ran
the table. Everything that I had asked for five years
ago was coming to fruition and I was not brought in.
It did not bring me in. So it's everything that
you guys have been saying, and finally it just got
to the point where now I'm like, all right, it's
(12:16):
too late, Like I don't care as much anymore. All
of the things, everything that you guys said, are reasons
why I would turn away from the game, And now
it's difficult to even turn back if I'm if I'm
not watching the Bucks, who would be my favorite team?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
And which is so wild because they, like I said,
they did such a great job of marking their stars
like household names. So many stars in the NBA reasons
to watch, and he gave you so many reasons to
watch and took it away with all the things we
just discussed. So what was of all those things? What
is the what was the dryer light? Then, I guess
is what we're saying. Can I tell you that another layer.
(12:51):
I remember when the when the Clippers got Kawhi. I
remember that was the first time a major acquisition felt
like it didn't really mean much because he wasn't the
same guy maybe, or like the load management and the
player resting and all that, that to me was a
big turn off because I feel like every day during
Dan Buyer's update during the NBA season, so he'll throw
(13:12):
in one line and by the way, guys, tonight Yannis
out for the Bucks or Trey Young al for the Hawks.
Every time you say that, too, I think of the
little kid that went there to see that guy and
he's not playing again, and you're like, wow, that sucks.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I feel like they really need to tighten the screws
around the entire league with load management. They're trying, they're attempting,
they have attempts at that, and also just running plays
and getting back to what made the NBA great. We
see a lack of defense on a nightly basis. We
talked the other day about a viral video that went
around last week a recent NBA game. There's this sequence
(13:47):
back and forth where a total of like ten three
pointers were chucked up, all of them missed by the way,
and it was wild and NBA fans. Underneath this viral video,
this guy wrote, I'm not gonna lie as someone who's
been watching the NBA consistently my entire life, this is
the first season where I'm not actively watching the games.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That's what I'm saying. That's a problem.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Yeah, your next guy ain't even trying to run plays,
no more than the next comment or a female. I
swear NBA games are like Planet Fitness open runs nowadays.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Dude, nail on the head for real. Every time you
watch that. That's how it feels. You're not seeing anything
that you wouldn't see at a gym, at a regular gym,
dudes just throwing up shots and uh, you know. Dan
Beyer said this sort of jokingly, tongue in cheek. The
other day we were talking about the new Golden bat
rule that they're potentially bringing up here for the MLB.
(14:39):
Remember said, the only way to fix it if you
made a three pointer, a two point shot, and a
layup three points, so it forced people to drive toward
the basket. Getting to the basket, Foster should reward you more. Yes,
would that would be one way to sort of fix
the problem now, because how do you reverse something right
that it's already there. The analogy Covino would be in baseball,
(15:03):
analytics have proven a guy that bats two ten, but
if he hits a lot of doubles and home runs,
his batting average doesn't matter. That's the same you can't
put the toothpaste back in the tube like it's it's
at Chris Rock said, you know, one girl girl does
something for you in the bedroom. Every girl's got to
do that cow backwards sexually. So the only way you
moved backwards to where we are in the NBA is, honestly,
(15:26):
Dan Byer what you said.
Speaker 5 (15:28):
Yeah, and a four point shot that you guys were
talking about, or the ten point shot that we saw with.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Rock and Jock, it does exactly.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
It would make it even worse because of the percentage
percentages and the numbers and how you would break it down.
And at some point, yeah, you're like, well, let's just
take all fours. Let's just take all ten pointers from
half court. All it is make twelve of them and
will win this game.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Rich and I back in the day, we used to
fight the Wissification of America, right, the Watsification of America.
And eventually we just lost the battle and the world changed,
right of course, and we rolled with it because if
you did and you just got left back and you
became a dinosaur. And I always go back to the
first story. The first story when you started to see
the world change into a very politically correct place was
(16:11):
everybody sort of gets a trophy. That was the thing, right,
Everyone hated that. Everyone like that, what's going on? Everybody
gets a trope? That was every old guy's gripe and
that and then it was like a slippery slope after that.
Right when I think to the NBA, like what was
the first sign of this to me? It was the
buddy chummy atmosphere of after the game. These dudes were friends,
(16:36):
and we weren't used to seeing that in the NBA,
especially like in the NBA, you they were rivals, right,
It was like the video game arch Drival, remember that
art tribal They used to fight. And I'm not saying
I'm not condoning fighting, even though that's fun. I'm just saying,
there was a feeling of they didn't like each other.
And you would see at the end of the game
people just slapping ass and high five and you're like,
(16:58):
what's that about. Yea, that just rich guys making money,
and that was that was one of the first signs
of for me looking back of oh it's changing a
little bit, Danny j Before you make your point when
you look back at some of these documentaries from not
that long ago, we're talking about if you're thirty, forty
fifty years old, from your childhood, the zero four Red
Sox documentary Last Dance, Michael Jordan. You saw that in
(17:21):
our lifetime, those Red Sox hated, the Yankees hated them,
the Pistons hated Michael Jordan, the Celtics, Lakers winning time
like and Jordan hated everybody. Saw this competitiveness and it
almost seems like it led its way to a buddy chummy. Hey,
we're all making money. It's a fraternity. Signs from me.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Yeah, And just a few weeks back on our show,
you were talking about Draymond Green and the crap he
gets for being as physical as he is.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Maybe you need some of that.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Look, you don't want dirty plays, but you want the
physicality and the defense to be there. And the last
thing I'll say in it, let's not be too short
sighted though, because remember once the NFL, who's king? Once
their season is over, then we're left with the NBA.
And that's when all the eyes go to it. So
can they turn the corner as far as these ratings
being so low.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Let's hope. So again, this isn't us rooting against the NBA.
I want to make that clear too. In fact, I
want to turn my focus and shift my focus hardcore
into that again. But when we were reading that the
ratings are down twenty percent, just keep it clear and
keep in mind right now that we're just trying to say, well,
why is that? What is that for you? Is it
(18:34):
all those things? But was there one straw that broke
the back for you? I thought of one other thing.
And this is a credit to IOA Sam's Girl, Caitlin Clark.
I'm a firm believer in Someone taught me this once
and I love this thought and I know you do
as well. Everything you say yes too, you're saying no
(18:56):
to something else. True If you take overtime at work,
the overtime, but now you're not seeing your kids for dinner,
right you? Yeah, yeah, buddies, we'll play golf on Saturday.
You know, golf on Saturday means you can't bring your
daughter to dance class or something. You know, you lunch
with your wife. Yeah, everything you do that you say
yes to, you say you know to something else. And
I think the time and effort and interest people genuinely,
(19:19):
because at first I didn't think it was genuine, I'll
be honest with you, but the genuine interest in the
w NBA and the numbers they were putting up that
are now better than the NBA numbers this year are
saying you know what, maybe you're not being pulled into
the NBA and you're like, well, I want some basketball. Yeah,
I watched the women. Well there was great rivalry there too,
(19:41):
So Angel Reese Kitlyn Clark rivalry Angel Reason Kaitlyn Clark
fact better rivalry than any two dudes in the NBA.
All right, So tell me tell me a rivalry in
today's NBA that's better than Kitlyn Clark and Angel Reese.
And I'm not even a big w NBA fan. I
know those two going at it is way more interesting
(20:04):
than hoo oh so like Stephen Lebron like come on
their pals. Yeah. So again, it's not us, Hayton. We're
just stating it's down twenty eight percent. Yeah, what's the reason.
We'll get to your phone calls and feedback because we
want to get back into it. We want it to succeed.
(20:24):
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And we got Danny g on the phones now at
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we're Cavino and Rich. Nobody's rooting against the NBA. No,
Like DNYG said, as soon as the NFL season's over,
we want to shift our focus and be way into
it and way involved. And we're wishing well for the NBA.
(22:57):
But ratings are down twenty eight percent. To be a
mixture of reasons as to why, and I'm saying, for
as good as Steph Curry has been for the NBA,
it also sort of ruined the NBA in a big
way because all you're seeing is people throw up sloppy shots.
There's a lack of defense, lack of physicality. So it's
(23:19):
kind of like, for as much as I loved Limp
Biscuit rich at one point in New Metal, yeah, fred
durs Biscuit, m Biscuit, it's sort of ruined rock for
years to come. It never really recovered after that. Sometimes
something that feels great right doesn't always have long lasting
results because they can't do it as good as Lincoln
(23:40):
Park and Limp Biscuit. Did you know if people can't
shoot as good as the Splash Brothers did and as
good as Steph Curry does, and it just looks sloppy
and lame when they try, and it's not a good
product as a result. So we ask you why is
it down twenty eight percent? If you watch reality television
all my competition shows, once they stopped being mean to
the contestants, that's right, that's good. Yeah, I lost interest.
(24:02):
You liked American Idol because Simon Cowell was mean? It's true. Yeah,
do you want Lionel Richie being like everyone's great? I
love Lionel, but I mean, like, you know how you
tie that into the NBA you liked it when there
was serious rivalry and hatred and they weren't pals, and
it wasn't kind and it wasn't sweet. You know, it's
a different game, and and it's sort of all caught
up recently. What was it for? You do quick phone calls?
(24:27):
And then we're giving away some prizes. All right, let's
send ninety fox hello to JD in North Carolina? J D,
what's up? Man?
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Hey, Harrey?
Speaker 7 (24:35):
All doing?
Speaker 8 (24:36):
Listen to the whole whole time.
Speaker 7 (24:37):
I agree with all the various reasons why they're lagging,
but I've got a few things that might give it
some juice.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah, ready, give it some juice, man, break out the
sunny dal.
Speaker 6 (24:46):
Let's go so kind of riffing on the point saying
that y'all were talking about earlier. What if it instead
of like a four point or a ten point, they
took away a point if you missed a three.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Oh wait, how about this? It's a negative about negative one?
W'd you like for every five miss threes, it's like
minus a three point. I don't know, there's got to
be some ridiculous rule. But then again, everyone hates the
idea of the golden at bats.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
About if the other team gets to shoot free throws
when somebody flops, Like, yeah, I like that, like.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
A personal foul called on a flopper. Yeah, no, something
to balance it out. Yeah, Honestly, I think dB has
the best idea though, and if you miss the other day,
it's the reverse four points. But it should because it's
more difficult to drive to the basket and it is
to shoot.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
I especially like Buyer's idea for the NBA All Star
Game that would flip the script.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Four points for a layup, I'm sorry, three points for
a layup, two points for a three point shot makes sense. Yeah,
but I think it would be a fun experiment that
the All Star Game. David and Sacramento, what's up in.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
Hey guys, Hey guys. Regarding the Golden at Bat. A
couple of thoughts. One is, I think the reason everybody
thinks it's so stupid just because it's called the Golden
at Bat. Like if they called it a substitution, then
maybe people would. I mean, it's a good idea, it's
just called it just got.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
A stupid Yeah, you know what.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
It reminds me of a Jumba juice. They have a
delicious drink that Cavino used to refuse to order because
he didn't want to say orange dream Machine. Yeah, I
didn't want to say that. Yeah, there's a there's a
drink at this local restaurant. Oh, go ahead, bddy, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Yet Oh my other thought was, what would make the
Golden at bat even better is if the guy mouts
off to the umpire and he sends him to the
Golden Showers.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
There you go, by the way, the the thing you
were going to say, I know, I know you're part
two of that. Yeah, don't you also refuse to add
like Whole Foods, isn't there a shape called like the
peanut buttery that I don't like any of these corny drinks.
There's a whiskey business. I'm like, can I get an
old fashion? Do you mean the whiskey business there? Like, yeah,
(26:54):
the old fashion. That's good. Yeah, let's do that, all right.
We got Jennifer and Michigan on the Cavino and Rich Show,
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 8 (27:03):
Good late afternoon for me here in Michigan. Guys. As
far as basket ball goes, I still follow the Pistons,
but I think it was back when the whole black
Lives Matter thing started, everyone became woke. At that point.
I was still cheering for the Piston, but I was
(27:24):
a little upset even I was doing that with all
the teams I cheer for.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
A listen, there are there is a said you can't
be in denial. There is a section of the of
the country that does feel like sports got political at
some point. I don't think that's the reason now, Like
I don't think people aren't watching in twenty twenty four.
Maybe for a minute during you know, twenty twenty there
were people that got a little put off when things
got political and cultural. But yeah, I wouldn't deny that
(27:50):
two years ago and that I do think that the
things we discussed are more of the primary reasons. You
could chime into at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports
Radio and let us know any other phone calls now,
Danny j Or do you want to give away some prizes? Yeah,
I think it's time right now to give away some swiggies.
Let's do it now.
Speaker 5 (28:12):
Everyone seems to be obsessed with this cup.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Incredible cup fans lining up at Target stores before sunrise
just to snag one. Oh not the NBA Emirates Cup. No,
we're talking about seeing our swiggies. Oh that cup stainless
steel water bottle, and we got new ones Sapphire midnight
Black Midnight Black squiggies man stainless steel water bottles. Really nice,
(28:40):
and we're giving some away. Covino made up the name
for those. By the way, well that's the color of
my card. I just got Sapphire midnight leg All right.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
It's all you got to do is leave a podcast
review at Apple for Covino and Rich and if I
read yours, I'll give the email addressed later for you
to send me an email that you heard your self
on the air, and then I'll mail you a swiggy.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Here we go.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
I'm gonna start instead of kissing, kissing your guys like
people do. How about this one? A one star review? Perfect,
the title awful. Can't stand these two guys horrible. But
here's where I'm confused. Then he goes on to say,
this guy's Harry. By the way, never listen to an episode.
(29:23):
It's just add sixty seconds of nails on a chalkboard.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
So he hates so much that he can't listen past
the minute? Is that what it is? I guess it.
He doesn't even make sense with Buddy wrote, you know
what it's like, Danny g When you look up yelp
reviews for a restaurant or a store, you know something
for your kids. If the complaint is something ridiculous, like
the host this was mean. That's not the food. You're
not complaining about the food, like that's your exerience. You
(29:49):
still hate things. I kind of respect it. You know
why I hate the show? This is us? I hate it? Right?
Why ask me how many episodes I've watched? How many?
Like maybe a minute of one? How do you do it?
I hate it? So you don't really know what the
whole show is about. What you know what? Harry's my
kind of guy? Give him a swigging? Can I tell you?
Damn buyer, this is that ridiculous Cavino is During its heyday,
(30:10):
when it was like a hot show. I was like, Cavino,
you gotta watch Handmaid's Tale. That's really good, right and
he goes, He goes the one with the girls are
dressed like pilgrims. I hate it. I don't like it.
I don't like it. I'm like, but you've never watched it?
Sound the name is stupid? Okay?
Speaker 3 (30:29):
All right, before we get to DB's update. Let's give
away two winning reviews. All right, so five star here
titled Sports with a Side of Life from Bird Shawn.
These guys are great. Listen to them since the serious days,
So glad to have found them again. The new crew
they have at Fox Sports adds such a terrific, terrific atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I agree, guys, I agree, and that's awesome. That's great insight.
We do have a great team. And I'm glad you
found this again.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
All right, and the next winner five star review, great
show where all the others lack. Great for the drive home,
and another listen in the morning makes this show totally
worth it. On the podcast CNR, bringing the funny and
the up to date topics for the casual sports fan.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
I love the sneak disc to all the other shows.
Yeah me too, man, more than that. Okay, I'm okay
with that. You know, I need rivalry, Bro, need a
little rivalry. You're at Jonas Knox, You're not Rob Parker.
I'm coming for you.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
That was from Rock Monster And if you heard your review,
read email me at Crprizes at gmail dot com. That's
Crprizes at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Well with that, let's go to Dan Byer with an
update dB. What's going on? Man, Hey, guys.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
A story that's been making waves throughout the world of
sports is Bill Belichick reportedly is interviewed for the head
coaching vacancy at the University of North Carolina. Inside Carolina
of twenty seven Sports reports that the school in belichick
head contact on Sunday, with an interview at some point
taking place. They're looking for a replacement for Mac Brown.
To Lane's John summerl has spoken with North Carolina about
(31:58):
their coaching vacancy, and also the report says Georgia defensive
coordinator Glenn Schuman has spoken with the tar Heels tonight.
It's the Packers and Lions eight fifteen Eastern time to
start Week fourteen. Cowboys All Pro guard Zach Martin has
done for the season. He needs surgery to repair his
injured ankle. The thirty four year old Martin will be
a free agent to softseason, said today that he wants
(32:19):
to be fully healthy before deciding if he will play
in twenty twenty five. Bengals wide receiver Jamar Chase was
limited in practice with an ankle injury, while Bill said
in Dalton Kincaid and wide receiver key On Coleman. We're
on the practice field today, but limited for Buffalo as
they prepare for a matchup against the Rams. UCLA fired
offensive coordinator Eric b Enemy after one season. That's what
(32:40):
multiple reports said, but b Enemy's agent released a statement saying,
hold on Zech, My client was only interested in coaching
one season at UCLA to help out to Sean Foster,
who took over the job late, and that B Enemy
hopes to go to the NFL in twenty twenty five.
Either way, the Enemy will not be back in Westwood
next season. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart says Trevor Et
(33:00):
he hopes can return to playing the SEC championship game
on Saturday. Michigan gave eighty Ward Manual a five year extension.
And how about the A's. I slipped up and called
him the Oakland A's earlier today. But the just the
A's pitcher Luis Severino and the A's have a great
on a three year deal. We're sixty seven million dollars.
It's the most guaranteed money ever given to a player
(33:21):
by the organization.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Wow, weird man, Yeah, you know, like, would you really
want to play for a team like that when you
just played for a magical season with the Mets. Let's
that be you know, got East Coast guys at heart.
There's nothing like playing for the Yankees and the Mets.
But you go from New York City baseball to a
team that has no home. That's what I mean. It's
(33:44):
very interesting to tell you here what the money is.
Apparently he does.
Speaker 5 (33:48):
I don't know if you guys heard this earlier, but
do you want to know what his sixty seven million top?
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Do you know his contract?
Speaker 6 (33:53):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (33:54):
John By twenty years ago, no close York jobs a
good one.
Speaker 5 (33:59):
Sixty six million dollar deal in two thousand and four
was the most money the A's have ever given a
player up until today.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Wow. Oh, I mean, look, Sevy is a great pitcher.
He deserves a nice contract and a good shot. But
he played for two great teams, but a great Mets
team last year. To play with that team I got,
how much money he's making feels like a downgrade to me.
Just the renderings of that New Vegas ballpark. If he,
you know, gets to pitch there, I'd say, if that's
(34:26):
a big if. And by the way, the other Dann
byer story. That's kind of crazy. Imagine playing at North
Carolina and all of a sudden, Bill Belichick's your coach.
I assume he even entertained it. Does his girlfriend get
free tuition if he coaches? Would that be though? It's like, man,
it's Bill Belichick. That is wild, right, eighteen year old
kid like Bill Belichick. Hey, Kevin and Richard got more
Next We're gonna go old school some more NFL and
(34:48):
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of feedback of Danny g hit the nail on the
(35:50):
head with the word entitlement in the NBA. Oh, people
love that word for young people and King James being
the league leader of entitled man. No, he's put a
lot in there. Come on, he's been in the league
such a long time. I'm just reading feedback. You deserve some.
Thanks for all your feedback at Covino and Rich. We're
(36:10):
gonna get to Andy Lee. Shout out to Lynn and Idaho.
Thank you guys for hanging out with us. Fox Sports
Radio with Cavino and Rich live from the Ti rack
dot com studio. It's holiday party Thursday. Yeah, so some
of our colleagues gonna be buzzing tonight. We're gonna come
back with some stories tomorrow. Remember not the time to
ask your boss for a raise. Man drunk, Yeah, come on,
(36:33):
don't have some kooth. Don't flirt with the random married
person you work with, at least you know, not in
front of people. Dip away. Yeah, gotta be big in
discreets and uh, let's take two quick NBA phone calls
that I want to talk a bunch of NFL. We
got a big one tonight. Not the party packers, Lions,
very telling, uh Andy and Rhode Island. What's up, buddy?
(36:55):
The ratings in the NBA are down. Cavino started the
show by saying he blames it all on Steph Curry
kind of yeah in a way, yes, what's up?
Speaker 6 (37:04):
And hey, what's up?
Speaker 1 (37:07):
We're good?
Speaker 4 (37:08):
A hey.
Speaker 8 (37:09):
The way I look at it, guys, all these athletes
here kiss a lot of ass.
Speaker 7 (37:16):
They want to trade jerseys after after game.
Speaker 8 (37:19):
They want to be friends outside of this.
Speaker 6 (37:20):
When's the brivories? Wait, what's Patro throw throwing heat us
at g Where's where's.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Patro throwing Don Zimmer on the ground? Andy? You know
you make a good point. And here's why, right, here's why.
This is the the art of competition is the world
of sports, where the whole point is to win, right,
and even in our industry, I don't really I'm not
that close with other shows on other channels. Why I
(37:48):
want to be better than them trying to beat them? Denny, Well,
the world. We're not in the world of competing in
sports where there's a winner and a loser.
Speaker 3 (37:57):
Yeah, and even has Burner accounts where he comments on
their shows.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
No, honestly, f those other shows. That's how I feel.
It's deep down inside. I feel here com no, and
I'll tell you why you're supposed to be competed, Danny.
When we came up in radio, I don't want this
as hell like old guy radio. But when we came
up the ranks, you weren't paling around with the competing
radio stations, so right, the pop radio station was not
(38:20):
friends with the hip hop radio station. The hip hop
radio station didn't like the rock radio station. And no
one really Now they're all in the same iHeart or
Odyssey Building like and they're all pals. Back in the day,
if I worked at Z one hundred in New York
and again Rich just as sports though, which is which
makes it worse. When I was on Z one hundred,
which is a big pop station in New York. You
(38:40):
think I cared about Kate Tu and Hot ninety seven
and all the other stations. No way, you were trying
to beat them. You know who? Changes know who is
the biggest whimp of all all the Jimmy late night hosts.
Because Leno and Letterman hated each other. They all go
on each other's shows like, hey, Jimmy, here, Jimmy. Hey,
all the fallon Kimbell Court. They're all browing it up
(39:01):
and guess what. All this is not the world of
sports and competition, you know, So when you see this
in the world of sports, it's even worse, is the point.
So Andy, I get you Lee Lee, wrap it up
and then we'll go old school. It's out, buddy.
Speaker 4 (39:15):
Hi there, I have a suggestion for your four point
play and your golden bat in the NBA. In fact,
you can put it in the NFL too, all right.
Paint the box on the floor or on the stadium,
and if you hit them, if you shoot and make
the bucket from the box wherever they paint it, you
can move it. Every four quarters you get the four points,
(39:35):
take a person off the bench and they shoot and
make it from the painted spot. The square on the floor,
they get five points.
Speaker 1 (39:42):
Wow, this is too complex, But you know what I
know he's comparing to like at the home run derby.
It's like if you hit a certain target or the
money ball back of the day. Hey, it's all silly,
but it's still a game. Let's do we do it
Every Thursday went fifty hits, there's a suit. What we
gonna do is go back.
Speaker 7 (40:03):
Back into town throwing it back for a Thursday. Old
School went fifty hits at fifty after CNR give you
the time capsule topic and we reminisce together.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Yeah, this is cool. We want to get everybody involved.
We do it every Thursday eight seven, seven ninety nine
on Fox. Super producer Danny g sent us a story
about che Cheese, the very famous text mix food chain
that I think most of us remember growing up. I
mean cheese. I grew up on Long Island, where there
(40:38):
is no such thing as good Mexican food. I knew
Taco Bell and then it was like, oh wait, the
restaurant che Cheese, New York, not known for their Mexican food,
but I remember chichi chi cheese does have another meaning
in certain marios, but it's a tex mex restaurant that
Here's what I didn't know. I didn't know why it
closed down. I didn't know that either until I saw
(40:58):
this story. It closed down following a hepatitis A out
break two decades ago. But get this set to relaunch
next year. The founder's son said, you know what, I
believe in che Cheese and I'm bringing it back. And
for nostalgic reasons, I kind of like that I missed
(41:20):
the days of going to like a TGI Friday's or
you know, just that local chain, and Chee Cheese would
be a fun spot to go visit. Remember on the
border was another Mexican spot, or like a Jose Tahas.
I'm I think Jose Tejas is still around on the
border came and went, But Chee Cheese is coming back.
With that being said, what are some other restaurants, maybe
(41:41):
other stores that you think should make a comeback. I'll
tell you. I'll tell you one coming up that would
not fly today, but I'll throw one out there now. Yeah,
bring back the Sizzler? Could we bring back the Sizzler?
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