July 3, 2026 • 23 mins
The five best athletes from all fifty states.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Did you read the thing yesterday called the United Greats
of America, No, ranking America's best athletes from all fifty states.
It's kind of fun. It's kind of fun. You may
hate it, but it's kind of No. No, no, I'm
being serious. Actually I'm tired. I'm going to need you
to pull up the list because I couldn't print out
(00:20):
all fifty sheets and comments. But like, for example, I
pulled out I pulled out Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
But pull them up. They have all fifty states in there.
And what they did is they went through and it
was just they took five from each state and said,
these are the five greatest athletes could be.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
From any sport, just so long as you were an athlete.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Oh so it's five from each state.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Yeah, wow, we're going to get to two fifty. I
was concerned this list was only going to be fifty
total people.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
No, fifty, Yeah, it's America to fifty.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Come on, come on, I wasn't playing with the theme.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yes, America two fifty.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
So it's the five greatest athletes in every state.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
That's very fun.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
No, it is, I'm telling you. Just bear with me, right,
huh the no.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
No.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
But like, for example, if you look at Maryland, okay, I.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Know one that you probably don't love is on there.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Cal Ripken.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
He's number five.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Oh oh, and they even ranked them that way too.
It's not just like.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
They have a number. They have him numbered one through five.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I don't know if that's how they rank them or
if it's just here are the five.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
May I name who? I was thinking, yes, sure, Michael Phelps.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yes, parenthetically and this wasn't me. But in the thing
it does in parentheses right next to Michael Phelps's name,
it does say Dick.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Was he number one?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
He was number two? He was number two.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I do believe that Maryland is the only one where
there's two swimmers in the top five.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Absolutely absolutely Phelps to Ladeci. Three. I put Ladeci ahead
of Phelps, but that's just me. Number four.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I would expect that everybody would get we sport basketball.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Did we reference him earlier? I believe so because of
Aaron m Barbo.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Oh yeah, Kevin Duran, Yes, number one. I wouldn't expect
you to get number one. I wouldn't expect most people
to get I don't number one. I don't think that
people realize he's from here, here being Maryland.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Because he's so associated with not city where the team
is that he's on.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yeah, yeah, I mean yes, yeah, I mean you would
you would be he would, Yes, you would think of
him for.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
But he's a baseball player, so you would think of
him for where he played. Did they have to grow
up for a certain years? You know what?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I don't know what the parameters were for how long
they had to be here? Looking real quick to see
if I see it, where an athlete attended high school
for a majority of the years or a final graduating year,
primary residents as a child, If an athlete did not
attend high school, not necessarily to where they were born,
(03:32):
but where they first showed flashes of greatness to come.
So you may have been born in New Zealand, but
you really came into your own in Maryland.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
A listener thinks they've got it.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
What did they go with?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
He was married?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I don't think most people would plan in Maryland. But
that's where I look at the list, and again, they
just have the top five athletes ranking America's best athletes
from all fifty states. Does that make you think that
that's the ranking order, because out of everybody on that list, babe, Ruth.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Is far and away the best athlete. And your list
was in alphabetical, so yeah, well by state, no, no,
no talking about Ruth. Oh yeah, Ruth was number one one,
ahead of Helps.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, two, ahead of the Decky went ahead of Oh,
I have it written down here is Dick.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
But those are the five from Maryland. I kind of
like it. I really do. People want you to do Virginia.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, Virginia. So I'll go five to one. I'll go
five to one unless you have a guest.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Diane.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
By the way, I will tell you this, you have
met one of them.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
It looks like it actually hurt her. As a hint.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, you've met one of them.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
It's not helping me.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Do you see floaters? All right? Why are you silent?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
It's the prism.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Not only have you met her?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I believe that.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Go ahead, Mia Ham, thank you?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Okay that what's gonna be my next thing?
Speaker 4 (05:15):
I believe you have the same high school in because
she one.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
No, she's number three.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Chuck writes, if Virginia has a damn horse, so obviously,
Chuck's referencing Secretariat Secretariat on the Secretariat is not on
the list. Secretariat is not on the list. Number five
David Robinson used to play for the Spurs.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Number four Moses Malone okay. Number three Diane's friend Mia Ham.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
What was her husband's nake? No mar no Garcia par
Oh my god, Elliott, are you disacting ignorant? Because no,
no for the Red Sox. No, no, no no.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I just was thinking that was their charity event.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Was one of the scariest days now that I think back,
Mia Ham in Nomar did that like celebrity soccer game?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Do you remember that?
Speaker 1 (06:15):
I mean, this goes back a long way, and like
Kobe Bryant was there, Like there were a bunch of
people there.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
So I got invited to go.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Me invited me to go, and I had the boys
with me, and so the boy they were young, they
were really young. But since I was busy doing a
bunch of stuff, they were like sitting over by themselves.
I was like, you guys, just sit here and don't
go anywhere. And a dude rolled in and walked right
onto the field and was yelling at like yelling for
Kobe and like was threatening people aren't and so like
(06:46):
like they.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
Had to escort everybody out.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
It was scary and thank god I turned around to
find the boys gone, so somebody had escorted them out.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
It was like Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Anyway, I didn't mean the sidetrack two. Lawrence Taylor number
one should be very easy. It really should.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
And to give us a hind Tennis, Oh ours, thank you,
thank you. Donna wants to hear Ohio. But I feel
like Kristen should get a chance to.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I didn't print out Ohio. I will have to pull
the list up.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Is she say the what you saw it? Donna is
guessing Jack Nicholas Lebron, James Jesse Owens, and Simone Biles.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Simone Biles is from Texas.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
I'm telling you what she wrote. Well, I'm telling her
she's wrong, and she even had time to look it up.
She was born in Columbus, Ohio. Where did she come
to be?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
That's like being born in New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Spring to be her hometown.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
That's Spring, Texas, not Spring.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Oh h thank you, Kristen. Yeah no, Samo.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
I guarantee you if you look, Simone Biles will be
on the Texas list.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
All right, well I found the list, Ohio? Wait?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Who else did she say? Well, I can't trust Donna.
She doesn't even know who's from her goddamn state.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
She said, Jack Nicholas, Jesse Owens, Jack Nicholas, Lebron and
Simone she got three. Lebron is number one, Jesse Owens
number two, Jack Nicholas is three. Whoa I would put
Jesse Owens first, Pete Rose is ah, Peter Rose yes,
and WNBA player Katie Smith is fifth.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh wow, that, by the way, that's a good fivesome. Yeah,
that's a good fivesome. I mean they're all pretty good.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Can I do? Pennsylvania? You ready number five? Kobe Bryant?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Think how good the list has to be? If Oobe
is number five? Number four.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Joe Montana.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Okay, so far this list is better than.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Ohio number three, Johnny Unitas, Oh my god, number.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Two Arnold Palmers.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
And so that means you know, number one is a
stud Say hello to Wilt Chamberlain.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Pennsylvania crushes it. Oh who's Utah? I know? I looked
up Texas?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Is it better? Is it better than Virginia? Texas?
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Who comes to mind from Texas?
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Diane?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Who comes to mind from Texas? Simone Biles, Patrick Mahomes. Yeah,
oh no, no, no it's not.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Who are you gonna say? Nolan Ryan, No, he's not
on the list.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Okay, I'm out. I got to Simone and Carl not Carl, who.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Did I sake?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
He said, Patrick Mahomes Homes. Number five Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Oh I should have known that, God damn it.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Number four Shaquille O'Neal, remember Jack's from text? Number three
Ryl Swoops. Ok. Two is Mahomes and one is Simone Biles.
There you go. So she not only was on the
Texas list, she was number one. Yeah, and Donna thought
she was the Ohio, get out of here, ridiculous. One
of the few people listening to Diane Diane, Oh, Dian,
(10:34):
since you spoke up, why don't you do Michigan? Oh
you know? Oh? I got one right off the bat.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Who's the first person who comes to mind from Michigan?
First person who comes to mind from Michigan.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Diane, think about his favorite team?
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Oh my god, Diane, first person who comes to mind
from Michigan draw a blank?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Number two on hold on? Did she hear you say it?
And slower?
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Oh Jeter, thank.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
You, Derrek Jeter. Here's number three, three, Yeah, ooh wait,
what state are we doing?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Michigan? Michigan is like, is Barry Sanders on there?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
He played for the Lions, and.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
I associate him as he was where he's from?
Speaker 1 (11:21):
By the way, Oh, can I give Diana clue? I
don't know if this person's on the list, but this
would be my guest. Where did where we're We're no?
Where did previously the Detroit Red Wings play?
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Joe Lewis?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Is Joe Lewis on that list? There you go, thank you?
Speaker 4 (11:39):
And Barry Sanders is number one, but for his home
state of Kansas. Well, so I was half right. This
is hard. It is no, I agree. I agree.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
That's why you can't think of like if you just
think of where they play. So far you got Babe,
Ruth and Jeter.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Out of New York the rest of Michigan.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Yeah, yeah, wait go five to one. I like when
we do that.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Five is John Smoltz, okay, Forrest Floyd Mayweather. Three was
Derek Jeter, righte dj And two was Magic Johnson.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Ooh, I might.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Flip Jeter in Magic. He's just saying, and then and
who was one you're doing? I'm not making a point
you're just saying something.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Joe Louis, Joe Lewis should be one. Dian pick another state.
Pick any state in the country.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Any state.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
How about California.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
California c a l God, that's such a big state.
Oh man, California is a good list too, is it really?
But isn't too big? It's because of the size. Oh
the look at Cape Verd. They're playing Argentina in a
knockout game in the World Cup. Does ours doesn't always matter?
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Does argent It does in two cases? Number one California
number two. Diane's preferences California.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
I mean, California has basically the best in every sport,
like the greatest of all time.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Just about Oh okay, I'm ready.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Tom Brady number one, Jackie Robinson number four?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Is he really?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Yes? I did?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
I just know he's from California. I didn't know if
he'd be on the list.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
I's just think massive names. Did one's come up this
morning because you feel like Wimbledon is stretching the rules
for her? Oh? Serena, Yes, and should be on the list.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
No, oh yeah, but should not have the rules stretch.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
For number two on the list of Serena Tiger Eiger's
number three. Yeah, and number five is eleven time NBA
champion Bill Russell. He's number five, by the way. You
know who else I would argue could be on that list.
Jimmy Johnson. Isn't he California? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:05):
But what are you gonna do? Take off Jackie Robinson
for Jimmy Johnson.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
I think not any NASCAR drivers or that you know
of make them.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Well, why don't we take a look at North Carolina, Diane, Oh,
that's a good place.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Oh okay, So they all moved to North Carolina.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
They all moved to North Carolina, which means one of
them would have been.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Reared in North Carolina, and that would be Dale Earnhardt junior.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
No, No, neither senior moved there. That's what I did.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Like Denny Hamlin from.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
I don't know, but like Denny Hamlin lives in North Carolina,
but he's a Virginia guy. So that's why I was
thinking junior because Dale Senior would have moved there.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Dale Earnhardt was born in Cannapolis, so that's the Charlotte
So I guess, yeah, there you go, all right, but
he is not on another get another driver is.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Dale Earnhardt is not on the list.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
No, oh, I know who it's gotta be. I bet
we've already sent a gift. I know who it's gotta be.
What you need is a little le sh TP in
your car. Hi, I'm Richard Petty.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
You can't say that.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Dish.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Network. So that the were we right? The entrance probably
got dumb. Number three on the North Carolina list is
Richard Richard Petty, who sells blue EMU for your penis.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Whoops, well, I know anybody else from North Carolina?
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Yeah? They're actually all basketball players. Oh, Michael Jordan number one.
There you go.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Well I named him, and Kobe I'm out of uh,
Andrew Rant I'm out.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Steph Curry. Oh, I didn't know he's from North Carolina
ever he played it. Davidson, Oh that's right, that's right.
I knew he was gonna be good before the NBA
did when Georgetown found out. Chris Paul Oh, okay, and
David Thompson.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Oh wow, all right, give me another state.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
From Diane uh to.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Oh my god, Diane Indiana.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Oh, I got one right off the bat.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Larry Bird number one yeah, yeah, is Indiana basketball?
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Also?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
No?
Speaker 4 (16:48):
Oh, really it is not. I'm also going to.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Bet that on all of all fifty there's not one
hockey player.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Ooh, I want to see that.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
There is, unless it's like massa chute. Oh maybe Minnesota.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Yeah no, No, there's hockey's on here?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Is it really?
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Yeah? Oh?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
So now I got to think American born hockey players.
Mike Madonno, he's great.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
Connecticut has two on their list. Can you give me
a hint as to whom Rangers defenseman?
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (17:36):
Yeah, hall of Famer, right, Brian Leech, that's right, Boom,
not booka boom.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
He had played at the same time, by the way,
No I did Brian Uh, Brian bucka boom?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
No, Jeff Bucker boom. Who's the other one? That would
be Hilary Knight.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Oh, you know what, that's a good one. That's a
really good one.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
And she's number one?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Bye, buy that?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
I buy that. Who's number two? Brian Leech?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Oh sweet, oh my god, hockey owns Connecticut.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Jack. We're moving number three Steve Young, Oh, okay, number
four Christine Lily. Oh, that's a good one. Number five
Jeff Bagwell baseball player Diane. So I assume if we're
doing baseball, I assume Mike Trout is on the list
for a New Jersey has to be, has to be
better be number three? Yes, number three, I don't. The
(18:34):
only one I care about on the New Jersey list
is number one, because you despite everything he's accomplished, do
they list the stuff here so I can give you
some hints? Wait, number one from New Jersey, nine gold
medals across four games. You also said he's the world's
(18:58):
fastest farner. Carl Lewis. Carl Lewis, So he's the number
one athlete from the Garden State and locally, locally the
fastest fartherer in human history. You think you've heard me
fart on the air, you gotta hear Carl.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
He is the fastest farder on the planet.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Now what a great day? Wait?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
So, okay, Carl Lewis, he scrolled down, he was number
he was number one.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Trout was number three?
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Who was number okay, Carl Lloyd? I saw I was five.
I gotta go back. I was trying to just see
if there were some other fun names from states that you.
I'm going back. I'm going now. I want to know
because Donna's still is like smell bile. Ohio that's New York.
(19:55):
Rick Berry is two, right, and then Sidney McLaughlin Lebrony
is the obviously track and field. Also, I got you
all right, that's good.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
A lot of speed out of you know what, she'd
be higher up if she just fart like Carl.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
New York's good. New York state is good. Ah one
is another hint would be Yankees for number one. No
no oh. One of them is.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
I have a guess, but I don't know. I'm not
one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
I know one is from New York.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
The other one, I don't know where he's from, but
I equate him with New York, so I'm gonna rule
him out. Diane, I'm split between Joe DiMaggio and Lou Garrick.
I don't know where Demaggio is from. Garrett's from New York.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
That isn't that a safer bet?
Speaker 2 (20:53):
It is that, But I'm gonna go with I'll go
Lou Garrig.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
It is Louke greg I'm going home by this list.
Number five Julius serving Oh, doctor j four, Lukearrig three, Sugar,
Ray Robinson two, Cream Abdul Jabbar one Jim Brown. Wow,
that's solid. That's solid. What's a nothing state like Rhode Island?
You mean in terms of size?
Speaker 1 (21:15):
No, like New Mexico? Like, what is there anybody from
New Mexico that we would know?
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Yeah? Actually I remember I told you the first time
ever flew by myself. My grandfather Bobby saw her in
the airport when he was there to pick me up.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
She's a golfer like Nancy Lopez.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
That's it. Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Probably the LPGA member I could have named, except your
smoking girl.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
And her name is who dan h So you can't
even name her now? Oh hull, that's fun. Hey, if
I do an impression, if you guys want to guess
who it is? Okay you ready? Is this a visual
or a vocal?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
I'm gonna do an impression and you're gonna tell me
who it is?
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Ready?
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Not the great Carl Lewis.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
That sounds like you have to like that was like like.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Fifty fifteenth place.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
That was horrible. It was so bad. I'm commenting on
the quality of it that I don't like to do.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
You should be ashamed, you know what, go to break Elliott.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
That's sad. Florida is good. Oh, Florida is good. Let's
let's make up for your world.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Yeah, that was horrible. That was that's embarrassing. Even Carl
Lewis is like, I was better than that.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
And I tried to hide it. Florida. Ah, did Rayon
Lewis grow up in Florida? He's number five and then
one and two or football as well. I'm trying to
think who would have stayed in state? Come on, can
I give you a hint about one of them? Sure,
(23:08):
you've dined at his restaurant.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Oh oh, Emmitt Smith, give me a hint on the
other one depends?
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Oh god, damn it, Dion Dean Sanders.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yes, So that's three, so ray Lewison, Smith.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Emmett Smith. Who are the other two?
Speaker 4 (23:35):
Baseball and tennis Chrissy Everett yes, oh and baseball with
Steve Carlton. Oh that's a great one. That's a great one.
You know what. That made up for my horrible part.
Did you read the thing yesterday called the United Greats
of America, No, ranking America's best athletes from all fifty states.
It's kind of fun. It's kind of fun. You may
hate it, but it's kind of No. No, no, I'm
being serious. Actually I'm tired. I'm going to need you
to pull up the list because I couldn't print out
(00:20):
all fifty sheets and comments. But like, for example, I
pulled out I pulled out Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
But pull them up. They have all fifty states in there.
And what they did is they went through and it
was just they took five from each state and said,
these are the five greatest athletes could be.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
From any sport, just so long as you were an athlete.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Oh so it's five from each state.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Yeah, wow, we're going to get to two fifty. I
was concerned this list was only going to be fifty
total people.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
No, fifty, Yeah, it's America to fifty.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Come on, come on, I wasn't playing with the theme.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yes, America two fifty.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
So it's the five greatest athletes in every state.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
That's very fun.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
No, it is, I'm telling you. Just bear with me, right,
huh the no.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
No.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
But like, for example, if you look at Maryland, okay, I.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Know one that you probably don't love is on there.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Cal Ripken.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
He's number five.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Oh oh, and they even ranked them that way too.
It's not just like.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
They have a number. They have him numbered one through five.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I don't know if that's how they rank them or
if it's just here are the five.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
May I name who? I was thinking, yes, sure, Michael Phelps.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yes, parenthetically and this wasn't me. But in the thing
it does in parentheses right next to Michael Phelps's name,
it does say Dick.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Was he number one?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
He was number two? He was number two.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I do believe that Maryland is the only one where
there's two swimmers in the top five.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Absolutely absolutely Phelps to Ladeci. Three. I put Ladeci ahead
of Phelps, but that's just me. Number four.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I would expect that everybody would get we sport basketball.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Did we reference him earlier? I believe so because of
Aaron m Barbo.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Oh yeah, Kevin Duran, Yes, number one. I wouldn't expect
you to get number one. I wouldn't expect most people
to get I don't number one. I don't think that
people realize he's from here, here being Maryland.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Because he's so associated with not city where the team
is that he's on.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yeah, yeah, I mean yes, yeah, I mean you would
you would be he would, Yes, you would think of
him for.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
But he's a baseball player, so you would think of
him for where he played. Did they have to grow
up for a certain years? You know what?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I don't know what the parameters were for how long
they had to be here? Looking real quick to see
if I see it, where an athlete attended high school
for a majority of the years or a final graduating year,
primary residents as a child, If an athlete did not
attend high school, not necessarily to where they were born,
(03:32):
but where they first showed flashes of greatness to come.
So you may have been born in New Zealand, but
you really came into your own in Maryland.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
A listener thinks they've got it.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
What did they go with?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
He was married?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I don't think most people would plan in Maryland. But
that's where I look at the list, and again, they
just have the top five athletes ranking America's best athletes
from all fifty states. Does that make you think that
that's the ranking order, because out of everybody on that list, babe, Ruth.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Is far and away the best athlete. And your list
was in alphabetical, so yeah, well by state, no, no,
no talking about Ruth. Oh yeah, Ruth was number one one,
ahead of Helps.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, two, ahead of the Decky went ahead of Oh,
I have it written down here is Dick.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
But those are the five from Maryland. I kind of
like it. I really do. People want you to do Virginia.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, Virginia. So I'll go five to one. I'll go
five to one unless you have a guest.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Diane.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
By the way, I will tell you this, you have
met one of them.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
It looks like it actually hurt her. As a hint.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, you've met one of them.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
It's not helping me.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Do you see floaters? All right? Why are you silent?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
It's the prism.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Not only have you met her?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I believe that.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Go ahead, Mia Ham, thank you?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Okay that what's gonna be my next thing?
Speaker 4 (05:15):
I believe you have the same high school in because
she one.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
No, she's number three.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Chuck writes, if Virginia has a damn horse, so obviously,
Chuck's referencing Secretariat Secretariat on the Secretariat is not on
the list. Secretariat is not on the list. Number five
David Robinson used to play for the Spurs.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Number four Moses Malone okay. Number three Diane's friend Mia Ham.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
What was her husband's nake? No mar no Garcia par
Oh my god, Elliott, are you disacting ignorant? Because no,
no for the Red Sox. No, no, no no.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I just was thinking that was their charity event.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Was one of the scariest days now that I think back,
Mia Ham in Nomar did that like celebrity soccer game?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Do you remember that?
Speaker 1 (06:15):
I mean, this goes back a long way, and like
Kobe Bryant was there, Like there were a bunch of
people there.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
So I got invited to go.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Me invited me to go, and I had the boys
with me, and so the boy they were young, they
were really young. But since I was busy doing a
bunch of stuff, they were like sitting over by themselves.
I was like, you guys, just sit here and don't
go anywhere. And a dude rolled in and walked right
onto the field and was yelling at like yelling for
Kobe and like was threatening people aren't and so like
(06:46):
like they.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
Had to escort everybody out.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
It was scary and thank god I turned around to
find the boys gone, so somebody had escorted them out.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
It was like Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Anyway, I didn't mean the sidetrack two. Lawrence Taylor number
one should be very easy. It really should.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
And to give us a hind Tennis, Oh ours, thank you,
thank you. Donna wants to hear Ohio. But I feel
like Kristen should get a chance to.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I didn't print out Ohio. I will have to pull
the list up.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Is she say the what you saw it? Donna is
guessing Jack Nicholas Lebron, James Jesse Owens, and Simone Biles.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Simone Biles is from Texas.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
I'm telling you what she wrote. Well, I'm telling her
she's wrong, and she even had time to look it up.
She was born in Columbus, Ohio. Where did she come
to be?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
That's like being born in New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Spring to be her hometown.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
That's Spring, Texas, not Spring.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Oh h thank you, Kristen. Yeah no, Samo.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
I guarantee you if you look, Simone Biles will be
on the Texas list.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
All right, well I found the list, Ohio? Wait?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Who else did she say? Well, I can't trust Donna.
She doesn't even know who's from her goddamn state.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
She said, Jack Nicholas, Jesse Owens, Jack Nicholas, Lebron and
Simone she got three. Lebron is number one, Jesse Owens
number two, Jack Nicholas is three. Whoa I would put
Jesse Owens first, Pete Rose is ah, Peter Rose yes,
and WNBA player Katie Smith is fifth.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh wow, that, by the way, that's a good fivesome. Yeah,
that's a good fivesome. I mean they're all pretty good.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Can I do? Pennsylvania? You ready number five? Kobe Bryant?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Think how good the list has to be? If Oobe
is number five? Number four.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Joe Montana.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Okay, so far this list is better than.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Ohio number three, Johnny Unitas, Oh my god, number.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Two Arnold Palmers.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
And so that means you know, number one is a
stud Say hello to Wilt Chamberlain.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Pennsylvania crushes it. Oh who's Utah? I know? I looked
up Texas?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Is it better? Is it better than Virginia? Texas?
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Who comes to mind from Texas?
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Diane?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Who comes to mind from Texas? Simone Biles, Patrick Mahomes. Yeah,
oh no, no, no it's not.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Who are you gonna say? Nolan Ryan, No, he's not
on the list.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Okay, I'm out. I got to Simone and Carl not Carl, who.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Did I sake?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
He said, Patrick Mahomes Homes. Number five Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Oh I should have known that, God damn it.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Number four Shaquille O'Neal, remember Jack's from text? Number three
Ryl Swoops. Ok. Two is Mahomes and one is Simone Biles.
There you go. So she not only was on the
Texas list, she was number one. Yeah, and Donna thought
she was the Ohio, get out of here, ridiculous. One
of the few people listening to Diane Diane, Oh, Dian,
(10:34):
since you spoke up, why don't you do Michigan? Oh
you know? Oh? I got one right off the bat.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Who's the first person who comes to mind from Michigan?
First person who comes to mind from Michigan.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Diane, think about his favorite team?
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Oh my god, Diane, first person who comes to mind
from Michigan draw a blank?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Number two on hold on? Did she hear you say it?
And slower?
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Oh Jeter, thank.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
You, Derrek Jeter. Here's number three, three, Yeah, ooh wait,
what state are we doing?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Michigan? Michigan is like, is Barry Sanders on there?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
He played for the Lions, and.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
I associate him as he was where he's from?
Speaker 1 (11:21):
By the way, Oh, can I give Diana clue? I
don't know if this person's on the list, but this
would be my guest. Where did where we're We're no?
Where did previously the Detroit Red Wings play?
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Joe Lewis?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Is Joe Lewis on that list? There you go, thank you?
Speaker 4 (11:39):
And Barry Sanders is number one, but for his home
state of Kansas. Well, so I was half right. This
is hard. It is no, I agree. I agree.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
That's why you can't think of like if you just
think of where they play. So far you got Babe,
Ruth and Jeter.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Out of New York the rest of Michigan.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Yeah, yeah, wait go five to one. I like when
we do that.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Five is John Smoltz, okay, Forrest Floyd Mayweather. Three was
Derek Jeter, righte dj And two was Magic Johnson.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Ooh, I might.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Flip Jeter in Magic. He's just saying, and then and
who was one you're doing? I'm not making a point
you're just saying something.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Joe Louis, Joe Lewis should be one. Dian pick another state.
Pick any state in the country.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Any state.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
How about California.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
California c a l God, that's such a big state.
Oh man, California is a good list too, is it really?
But isn't too big? It's because of the size. Oh
the look at Cape Verd. They're playing Argentina in a
knockout game in the World Cup. Does ours doesn't always matter?
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Does argent It does in two cases? Number one California
number two. Diane's preferences California.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
I mean, California has basically the best in every sport,
like the greatest of all time.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Just about Oh okay, I'm ready.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Tom Brady number one, Jackie Robinson number four?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Is he really?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Yes? I did?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
I just know he's from California. I didn't know if
he'd be on the list.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
I's just think massive names. Did one's come up this
morning because you feel like Wimbledon is stretching the rules
for her? Oh? Serena, Yes, and should be on the list.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
No, oh yeah, but should not have the rules stretch.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
For number two on the list of Serena Tiger Eiger's
number three. Yeah, and number five is eleven time NBA
champion Bill Russell. He's number five, by the way. You
know who else I would argue could be on that list.
Jimmy Johnson. Isn't he California? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:05):
But what are you gonna do? Take off Jackie Robinson
for Jimmy Johnson.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
I think not any NASCAR drivers or that you know
of make them.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Well, why don't we take a look at North Carolina, Diane, Oh,
that's a good place.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Oh okay, So they all moved to North Carolina.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
They all moved to North Carolina, which means one of
them would have been.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Reared in North Carolina, and that would be Dale Earnhardt junior.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
No, No, neither senior moved there. That's what I did.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Like Denny Hamlin from.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
I don't know, but like Denny Hamlin lives in North Carolina,
but he's a Virginia guy. So that's why I was
thinking junior because Dale Senior would have moved there.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Dale Earnhardt was born in Cannapolis, so that's the Charlotte
So I guess, yeah, there you go, all right, but
he is not on another get another driver is.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Dale Earnhardt is not on the list.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
No, oh, I know who it's gotta be. I bet
we've already sent a gift. I know who it's gotta be.
What you need is a little le sh TP in
your car. Hi, I'm Richard Petty.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
You can't say that.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Dish.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Network. So that the were we right? The entrance probably
got dumb. Number three on the North Carolina list is
Richard Richard Petty, who sells blue EMU for your penis.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Whoops, well, I know anybody else from North Carolina?
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Yeah? They're actually all basketball players. Oh, Michael Jordan number one.
There you go.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Well I named him, and Kobe I'm out of uh,
Andrew Rant I'm out.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Steph Curry. Oh, I didn't know he's from North Carolina
ever he played it. Davidson, Oh that's right, that's right.
I knew he was gonna be good before the NBA
did when Georgetown found out. Chris Paul Oh, okay, and
David Thompson.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Oh wow, all right, give me another state.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
From Diane uh to.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Oh my god, Diane Indiana.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Oh, I got one right off the bat.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Larry Bird number one yeah, yeah, is Indiana basketball?
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Also?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
No?
Speaker 4 (16:48):
Oh, really it is not. I'm also going to.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Bet that on all of all fifty there's not one
hockey player.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Ooh, I want to see that.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
There is, unless it's like massa chute. Oh maybe Minnesota.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Yeah no, No, there's hockey's on here?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Is it really?
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Yeah? Oh?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
So now I got to think American born hockey players.
Mike Madonno, he's great.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
Connecticut has two on their list. Can you give me
a hint as to whom Rangers defenseman?
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (17:36):
Yeah, hall of Famer, right, Brian Leech, that's right, Boom,
not booka boom.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
He had played at the same time, by the way,
No I did Brian Uh, Brian bucka boom?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
No, Jeff Bucker boom. Who's the other one? That would
be Hilary Knight.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Oh, you know what, that's a good one. That's a
really good one.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
And she's number one?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Bye, buy that?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
I buy that. Who's number two? Brian Leech?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Oh sweet, oh my god, hockey owns Connecticut.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Jack. We're moving number three Steve Young, Oh, okay, number
four Christine Lily. Oh, that's a good one. Number five
Jeff Bagwell baseball player Diane. So I assume if we're
doing baseball, I assume Mike Trout is on the list
for a New Jersey has to be, has to be
better be number three? Yes, number three, I don't. The
(18:34):
only one I care about on the New Jersey list
is number one, because you despite everything he's accomplished, do
they list the stuff here so I can give you
some hints? Wait, number one from New Jersey, nine gold
medals across four games. You also said he's the world's
(18:58):
fastest farner. Carl Lewis. Carl Lewis, So he's the number
one athlete from the Garden State and locally, locally the
fastest fartherer in human history. You think you've heard me
fart on the air, you gotta hear Carl.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
He is the fastest farder on the planet.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Now what a great day? Wait?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
So, okay, Carl Lewis, he scrolled down, he was number
he was number one.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Trout was number three?
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Who was number okay, Carl Lloyd? I saw I was five.
I gotta go back. I was trying to just see
if there were some other fun names from states that you.
I'm going back. I'm going now. I want to know
because Donna's still is like smell bile. Ohio that's New York.
(19:55):
Rick Berry is two, right, and then Sidney McLaughlin Lebrony
is the obviously track and field. Also, I got you
all right, that's good.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
A lot of speed out of you know what, she'd
be higher up if she just fart like Carl.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
New York's good. New York state is good. Ah one
is another hint would be Yankees for number one. No
no oh. One of them is.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
I have a guess, but I don't know. I'm not
one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
I know one is from New York.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
The other one, I don't know where he's from, but
I equate him with New York, so I'm gonna rule
him out. Diane, I'm split between Joe DiMaggio and Lou Garrick.
I don't know where Demaggio is from. Garrett's from New York.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
That isn't that a safer bet?
Speaker 2 (20:53):
It is that, But I'm gonna go with I'll go
Lou Garrig.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
It is Louke greg I'm going home by this list.
Number five Julius serving Oh, doctor j four, Lukearrig three, Sugar,
Ray Robinson two, Cream Abdul Jabbar one Jim Brown. Wow,
that's solid. That's solid. What's a nothing state like Rhode Island?
You mean in terms of size?
Speaker 1 (21:15):
No, like New Mexico? Like, what is there anybody from
New Mexico that we would know?
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Yeah? Actually I remember I told you the first time
ever flew by myself. My grandfather Bobby saw her in
the airport when he was there to pick me up.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
She's a golfer like Nancy Lopez.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
That's it. Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Probably the LPGA member I could have named, except your
smoking girl.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
And her name is who dan h So you can't
even name her now? Oh hull, that's fun. Hey, if
I do an impression, if you guys want to guess
who it is? Okay you ready? Is this a visual
or a vocal?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
I'm gonna do an impression and you're gonna tell me
who it is?
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Ready?
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Not the great Carl Lewis.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
That sounds like you have to like that was like like.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Fifty fifteenth place.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
That was horrible. It was so bad. I'm commenting on
the quality of it that I don't like to do.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
You should be ashamed, you know what, go to break Elliott.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
That's sad. Florida is good. Oh, Florida is good. Let's
let's make up for your world.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Yeah, that was horrible. That was that's embarrassing. Even Carl
Lewis is like, I was better than that.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
And I tried to hide it. Florida. Ah, did Rayon
Lewis grow up in Florida? He's number five and then
one and two or football as well. I'm trying to
think who would have stayed in state? Come on, can
I give you a hint about one of them? Sure,
(23:08):
you've dined at his restaurant.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Oh oh, Emmitt Smith, give me a hint on the
other one depends?
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Oh god, damn it, Dion Dean Sanders.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yes, So that's three, so ray Lewison, Smith.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Emmett Smith. Who are the other two?
Speaker 4 (23:35):
Baseball and tennis Chrissy Everett yes, oh and baseball with
Steve Carlton. Oh that's a great one. That's a great one.
You know what. That made up for my horrible part.
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