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We'll also talk Lebron Alex. I'm excited to watch this NBA game. Okay, last night, Danny, aside from tacos, I have a plan that's to watch this game. I cut off last night on Love is Blind. Are you all caught up? Yeah?
Waiting for the next round? What is it Friday?
Friday?
You know what's interesting? Rich was such a bachelor boy back in the early two thousands. You skip on on Bouchlor on a Monday night to watch Love is Blind. Goes to show you where the juice is at.
Yeah, the bachelor old noose, Love is Blind uncensored, more wackos. There's a guy love his blind, got the juice. Not to spoil anything, but this dude, Dave, it's such a.
Weak ass with the sunburned face.
Dude, talk about the weakest dude. Maybe he's a nice guy. Hey, maybe he's listening. Now. We do have affiliates in Minneapolis. You what's up?
Weird?
Dave from Love is Mind.
Richest sister wouldn't like caring this on the radio.
Every other word out of his mouth is I don't know what my sister would think of this?
You care about what your siblings think? Yes, I mean it depends what we're talking about. If it's like, do I care what they think about Steven and his spending habits? No, I don't care what they think. Do I care about their opinion on him, whether or not I'm a good person?
Yeah? Not like who you're dating. M Yeah, then you wouldn't heard your ex wife thousands No, no, because you want them to get along, so it does matter.
I can't say I don't care. Then again, they don't know what's necessarily I should say my style or my taste. Yeah, because the people they would choose for you, or probably not the people you would choose.
And the way he talks about her though, it's like his manager. Oh right, I got to run this by my sister. That's weird.
Yeah. Yeah, well, I mean everybody has different relationships. Not to go off the rails on Love's Blind, because there's a really fun story in the world of sports and Hollywood, that set of ties together and has to do with greatness I want to get to. But there's a really funny angle. Danny G. Covino's not watching, so me let me throw it out there real quick. Don't you assume that before you met the woman you're with, there was just other dude kicking it to her, or she had a boyfriend before you.
Yeah, you think it's the most immedia Nless, she looks like large March unless she unless she's a sea hag. Yeah, of course she had other guys before you.
You fascinated. There's this dude on Love's Blind that you just so hung up on. Wait before you went on the show, like you were talking to some dude.
Yeah, that was our first reaction to my wife and I Richard.
The difference here, though, is the guy that she hooked up with is in his circle of friends, so he knows who the guy guy. Yeah, but still like if Covino, if you knowed too much, you.
Went on a dating show and you know clean Slate, but it was like, wait, before you entered the pods used to date Danny G.
Yeah, I think that's a game changer because, like I know, Danny G. So I know she has bad judgment. No, but there's girls that I've dated and then I realized they hooked up with rich and I'm like, ugh, off the market, like not interested anymore for real.
So I understand that can't compete. No, just like again, bad judgment.
Yeah, and he doesn't want to have to take penicillin.
Exactly true. I don't know what she's got now. Well, hey, love is blond, good time filler to wait for things like tonight Lakers Mavericks will get to that.
Well, I could tie your love is blind thing into an actual conversation that we had planned out, and that is life is a competition. It really is. You could pretend like it's not. But we're all trying to be our best selves and we're all keeping up with the Kardashians. We're all trying to, you know, be our best, to be the best. I look at it this way. I approach life from a sports background, from a sports mentality, meaning you're trying to be great, You're trying to do your best. Are we all going to be the next Michael Jordan? Are we all going to be the next Michael Phelps? The answer is no. So when you realize you can't do that. Whatever it is you end up doing, you still try to bring that mentality to your workplace. At least that's how I approach things in life right And again, sports mentality I grew up as a kid playing sports didn't pan out the way I thought it would. You know, every kid wants to be a baseball player. Listen, dude, I get it. I'm the winningest coach on Fox Sports Radio.
That's true.
So again, you approach everything in life the same way. At least that's how I feel I teach the little kids. You got to learn how to win the right way, but also lose.
The right way.
And my point is, even on a show like Love is Blind or The Bachelor, every stupid game show you're on, you're bringing your best and you're trying to beat out everybody.
Love is a battlefield. It's the game of love. Did you make that up? I did, I think, But yeah, the game of life is a competition in a lot of ways, which is why. But there's there's plenty of room for everybody to win though, rich well, which is why this Timothy shallow May story who by the way, as we've learned in the last couple of months. Is a huge sports fan, and a knowledgeable one at.
That, especially college football. Yeah, college sports seems to be his thing.
A Raiders fan. He was rocking an old school Raider jacket in Paris.
He's he's a Raiders guy and he's a good pals with not agree with how so we know what Timothy Shallo May is made of. He's a guy that love sports, but he just happens to be a pretty damn good actor. And he won a SAG Award the other night. I know you like it when they sag a little bit, little sag when he wins the SAG Award. He gives a speech I should win a SAG Award. He gives a speech that it rubs some people the wrong way. I thought it was awesome.
Again, maybe because I'm a sports fan and I understand a sports mentality, competitive mentality. Why do people like to pretend like you are competing in a lot of ways? Guess what everybody listening right now at work or coming back from work, everybody's trying to take your job. If you're somewhere high up there, they want your job. They might not admit it, they might not wish any harm in your life. It might not be a direct reflection of how they feel about you, but if you're getting paid more, they want your job. It's very competitive. No, but it's a competitive world that we live in. If again, you have a sports mentality, and you already said it, Timothy Shallomey is a kid who loves his sports, probably played all sorts of sports growing up, realized he's a little weenie and said, you know what, I'm never gonna make it in professional sports, but i got this mentality in mindset and I'm going to use it in this field of acting, in this new career that I've found.
Not to reiterate what you said, but think about that when pursuing a woman you care about, when you're going for that job you want. If you were a kid that grew up playing sports and you have that mentality built into you, that's how a lot of us view life. Take all. Listen to shelle May's speech.
I can't downplay the significance of this award because it means the most to me. And I know we're in a subjective business, but the truth is I'm really in pursuit of greatness. I know people don't usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I'm inspired by the greats. I'm inspired by the greats here tonight. I'm as inspired by Daniel day Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there.
So I'm deeply grateful to that.
This doesn't signify that, but it's a little more fuel, it's a little more ammo to keep going.
I think, on a pursuit for greatness, how cool is this?
You would think that everybody applauded that speech because it was off the cuff, and it wasn't the kiss ass speech you normally hear to the academy or to the people the SAG Awards or my fellow actors, who I want to kiss your ass and everybody with a kiss ass stroke fest. He's like, yo, I'm trying to beat all your asses here. I'm trying to be the best. I'm not playing games. I'm here to win now. And I think that's so cool, dude, and refreshing. Yet he's getting backlash for that now now. The only rub is that art is subjective. Then why are they giving out awards? Rich Okay, so don't give me that hogwash. Don't give me a subjective when you're given out awards. It's an awards show. He wanted to win. I commend him for being honest here and say no, I wanted to be all your weak asses, a complete unknown. He won for that. The Bob Dylan story sag Awards. Now we're heading into the Oscars this weekend, and again the story's becoming a bit of a thing because they're like, oh, we don't like his attitude toward you know, the academy and his competitive nature. He's saying, I want to be the Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps of what I do, and I think everybody should have that same approach and whatever it is they do.
Well, with all due respect. The people chirping the lattice on the other side, or like a lot of these cackling women on like the View and these roundtable shows. What show did you find this on?
Oh well, this has gone viral too, but this is just one of many clips, and one that aggravated me the most is from the Social I don't even know what that is. Melissa goes on a about how offended she is by what Shalla May said about wanting to be great in his pursuit of greatness.
I don't want to knock anybody's hustle, but Timothy, that should have stayed in your journal, my friends, not even funny?
What have been laughing at? Unfunny?
Jr?
Timothy?
You know there's like inside thoughts and outside thoughts. And he just blurted it out, and I just thought to myself, you little brats.
Are people holding up left signs? Yes, they must be. There must be like a budon, like a laugh studio track. I'm sure there's a light that says acrosse. Hey, Sam, I'm gonna point you every time I want you to play that rectum Damn near killed them. My dad always used to say that joke. So to me criticizing someone's pursuit of greatness, whether it's in the arts, in sports, as an accountant, as a doctor, as a scientist, like aren't we all pursuing greatness and trying to be the best we could be?
Like?
How could you criticize this dude getting up there who comes from a sports background, who said, listen, I admire the greats you inspire me. I want to the way Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps are great. I want to be that in acting. And she says, do you love me? And she says no. But that's a real nice scheme. Ask will delay on that track? Is it because I'm Mexican? It's and delay on a taco Tuesday.
Now continue with this nu nonsense that this woman on the social spits about challow may Sam. Yeah, let's pick it up because she has a problem with his pursuit of greatness.
Up my daughter up there went up there and said something like that. I'd be like to quote one Kendrick Lamar, be humble. Here's the thing with acting. It's not like a sport where you can rack up numbers. You know, Oh I've got so many wins and I'm the best, and I'm the next Michael Jordan, I'm the next Tiger Woods.
It's not like that. In art.
Art, guess what, Guess who determines if you're great?
Your audience not you then stood down giving out awards, you idiots.
I don't understand that. Yes, art is subjective. We could all agree, right. I could look at something and think it's the stupidest thing. Ever, other people put high value on it because it's subjective, it's art, then stop giving out awards.
If you're gonna give out awards. I don't blame Timothy Shalamela Shallamela ding Dong No, as Adam Sandler would call him. Oh yes, Timmy shallow May. You can't blame him for wanting to win. I love that he's a winner. I love his attitude.
I think we should all take a little piece of that competitive edge to whatever it is we do, especially on today.
You know, today's the anniversary off. Today, today is the anniversary off. I'll reenact ready, I'm the greatest of all time. I'm the greatest toy saying that they were the greatest of all time.
That Bawler, his mama called him Cassius. I'm gonna called him Cash, not Pete Webber. Today's a day Cash.
Cassius Clay on this day beat Sonny Liston and it was Muhammad Ali's first heavyweight title. Ah and the greatest. So uh Timmothy sallow May fantastic. I think he's a great young actor. I'll tell you where he won me over, no joke. I was on a flight and never would I have thought to watch Wanka and I was like I never liked the original. You know what, I'm like, I'm on a flight. It's free on Delta American whatever else flying and I said, I'll watch it, and I'm like, this kid's crazy. Same.
I felt the same exact way he had me at Hello, he had me at Wanka. And here's the question. Based on that. You got this kid who's really refreshing. He's going up there like a bro saying, Yeah, I'm here to, like, you know, kick everyone's ass. I'm here to be one of the greats. And i want everybody in this stupid academy to know I'm here for victory and I'm here to win. I want to be up there with Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps, with all the greats in acting. I want to be considered a great. I think that's awesome. I love that even more about the dude when someone says stuff like that and on his Fox Sports radio, do you embrace it or do you let it rub you the wrong way?
Like? Should other people be saying those things about you? That was the criticism that Ricky Henderson got many many years ago when he broke Lou Brock's record. Ricky Henderson was on he was on set base right, he grabs the bass, steals that one too.
He holds it up in the air and he's like, today, I'm the greatest of all time. And he was because he was the record holder. But he got a lot of criticism for that too, like, hey man, let someone else patch you on the back and toot your horn.
You should be tooting your own. I'll pat Timothy Shallowman on the back for a being a knowledgeable sportsman, for being a hell of an actor. And he's dating Kylie Jenner, who's quite the look major. So timid shot Me gets some props from Covino and Rich here on Fox Sports Radio. The pursuit of greatness, there's something never never, there's never anything wrong.
I think it could be humble and express that you're out for greatness all at the same time.
D be your thoughts on this.
I will readily admit that I want your job like I'm not like I'm but I say that in the most respectful way of dating in this business of having my show or my name on the show in that window like yeah, I think that's what I don't want to say.
We all do because I don't know. But that's that's my.
That's the refreshing honesty that we're getting here from his speech though.
That'ess we can do a Sam's job. Dancer's going to plant the drugs on you at the next Uh. Already done, already done.
Yes, And I have the Patreons show too that we do every day. And I forget what I'm pretty sure the conversation came up there, but we we went on some sort of mission about like, you assume people know what you're after or know what you want, whether it be in relationships, that hot woman that you know, that job opening, Like you assume that people know what you're after, but not necessarily you need to make it clear sometimes I want that job. Hey, I want to be with you.
I like you.
I want to spend time with you. You need to let people know. How many times do you hear people say, oh, I didn't know, how many times have you seen a woman well in a rama?
Oh my god, I would have never known. You've always had a crush on me, Like you should have told her. And to back up with Dan, Buyer said, Dan, the job yours, because guess what we want Dan Patrick's job. He retires. Yeah, I mean to say that no one has their eye on a prize is ridiculous, and he's saying, my eye is on being the best. I'm looking.
I'm picking out great roles so that I could be considered one of thet the best.
Intact, rest I was thinking of his girlfriend, That's what I was. Samuel play the Timothy shell May speech one more time because he references the greats in movies and then he compares it to some sports figures.
I can't downplay the significance of this award because it means the most to me. And I know we're in a subjective business.
Say he even said that, but the truth is, I'm.
Really in pursuit of greatness. I know people don't usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I'm inspired by the greats. I'm inspired by the greats here tonight. I'm as inspired by Daniel day Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there some deeply great for that. This doesn't signify that, but a little more fuels.
Keep going by the way you think anybody that we admire in entertainment or sports. You think any of these people didn't have the same exec mentality. You think it just happened because they were swell fellas who they were after greatness? Who does everyone sweat? Our generation sweats two basketball players more than anyone. Michael Jordan, who he learned in Last Dance is a psychopath, and Kobe Bryant like cutthroat, I'll kill you. Like so you look at some of the greats. This makes me love Timothy Shalman. You got a number one super fan, Timothy Shall. Maybe I like the honesty. If he's number one super fan, his number Rich, No, I'm number one, he's number two. I want to be his number one super fan. Like I'm letting. I'm letting everybody know Rich already took the spot. You could have it, because sometimes the number two is better than the number one.
Oh yeah, that is true, especially after their Taco Tuesday. Guys, your thoughts, because I think it's gross. Here's what I think. I think it's gross. I don't know this person from the social so it's nothing personal. She's probably a slight lady, but she's also a person that is speaking on behalf of a lot of people.
Though a lot of people that are like are subjective. Where's his humility? This is not how you know entertainers should react. In fact, the whole premise of this speech is like, Wow, Shalla may really stepped out of the norm here with this speech.
You know who she's talking to though, and I don't know who it is. I don't know the show she's talking to the other women who are at the table, meaning like I don't want to be in your chair, but you know, darn well, on the view of the American version, there's somebody that wants to be in Whoope's chair exactly right, But this is her trying to cover up with her three friends there of like, but we really got.
To get off this, Dan, where like you know, where we're pretending to not want to bring and be our best because you're just raising a bunch of la lazy kids where we should be preaching exactly what shall am I saying? Right there? Like I have a teenage daughter. You think I want to show her what this woman is saying? Or do I want to show her what shall am I saying? No, go after greatness and be the best that you could.
Be the end, and we'll take your feedback next to you, if you if you want to chime in eight seven, seven, nine to nine on Fox. A true winning mentality from.
It's a sports mentality. Rich, it really is. And that's what's separating him from the other nerds in Hollywood.
What's interesting is that all these kids audition against each other. Isn't that the competition of all competitions? You would think so, right? Trust me, you audition for a big movie role, that's that's that's Are they not competing? Auditioning for what a bunch of fraud Academy Award level movie is the same as trying to make a starting rotation in baseball. It is the elite competition. Good luck.
I always said, man, love is a battlefield. Everything you do in life, everything is competitive, no matter what. My daughter's a big nerd for real. She's a cute kid. She's a cheerleader. She's not like a typical nerd like some people I know growing up.
Why did you just look at Ia, Sam? He said that I did not.
My point is, even in the world of smarts and academics, you should see how competitive these kids are with their grades. My daughter has a four point Oh, I'm like that's not good enough. These kids are so competitive, and they even talk down to kids who they think are lesser than when it comes to their smarts. We growing up with sports always competitive. When you have that competitive mindset, it trinkles down, trinkles, trickles whatever, trinkle. I'll go with trinkle. I like trinkling into whatever it is you do moving forward. So again, I said it before when I realized I wasn't playing short stuff for the Yankees only because they had Jeter. My next step was broadcasting. Yeah, he had it cover and it's all. I was like, all right, I get it right. Whatever I did moving.
Forward, I heard it. I heard it wasn't because you didn't want to shave your goateea in the nineties.
But dude, it's true. That's that is true. Actually, I forget who said this. Let's just say my grandma for fun, my Tita. Whatever it is you do in life, if you're mopping floors at McDonald's, you bring your best and you become the best. You bring that competitive mentality to the forefront so that you could be the best. And Timothy Shalloman is a sports fan. I believe he's done that in the world of acting. In fact, he admitted it when he received a SAG Award, and it rubbed all these nerdy arts people the wrong way.
Yeah, one last time, take a listen to me.
I can't downplay the significance of this award because it means the most to me. And I know we're in a subjective business, but the truth is.
I'm really in pursuit of greatness.
I know people don't usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I'm inspired by the greats. I'm inspired by the greats here tonight. I'm as inspired by Daniel day Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps.
And I want to be up there. So I'm deeply.
Grateful to that this. This doesn't signify that, but it's a little more fuel. It's a little more ammo to keep going.
Hell yeah, and I hope you went the Academy Award this week. Said and by the way, you don't think that same mindset applies to Taylor Swift or Kendrick Lamar all the grades. Dude, they're after it. You got to be after and that's the mentality that everybody needs to have that, and that we need to preach to our kids, not the BS backlash that the kids getting. Because the point is he's getting a lot of backlash from that because art's subjective. No, everything's competitive.
Let's go back to the phones and see what you think about it, because I really commend what he said, and Rich is saying Rich said it before he really won everybody over. Fantastic originally saw the headline like, oh, showing me fumbles of speech, and I'm like, fumbles nails it, you losers exactly, so backwards. We need to fix it.
Donn in Kansas, what's up, man Covin and Rich.
Hey, thanks for thanks for having me on. I've got five boys. For the four olders or athletes, the youngest one's an actor. They're all competitive, they all they all want to be successful. They're all successful just because the ones the actor, he wants to have, as the kids say, his flowers. He wants to have his recognition. The thing that I find interesting is two things. This lady that's making the comment on whatever show, she's interested in having her viewpoints heard by as many people as possible. She's not saying, hey, I want to stay on this little show and be a little part of this little show. She wants it to be big. And this is a room full of people whose egos, some of who can't be contained in that room, who would die to be giving this award.
So, dude, you're sorry. Are you talking about a round table show of you know women, round table show? I think they all want to have huge ratings like beat the view or something exactly. And again, you know art subjective, Then why are they at an award show?
I don't get that. It's so contradictory and hypocritical. Back to the phones and thanks man, I appreciate that call.
I appreciate it. And speaking of competition, Cavino and the quote mamba mentality that Matt wants to talk about it, I should all have the mamba mentality. I see it with the little kids. I just started coaching t ball. I've been coaching my daughter for a couple of years, but now coaching my son. One of the dads goes, You'll see real quick that the minute one or two of the boys start picking something up, they at five years old, like, well, I can't let little Justin do it if I can't do it, And they get competitive at that age.
And that's the best way to do it. And I love that that mindset too. Well, if this guy could do it, I could do it. That's how I got into radio.
I know.
I went to the college radio station and there was a guy in the radio Z eighty nine in Syracuse, and I go, this is the guy in the radio.
Well, if he could do it, I'll sign me up. I want to learn, you know what, it's all to the eye of the tiger. Remember Rocky had it, lost it, got it back. Yeah, it's like you gotta you gotta applaud that, not like make fun of somebody because they haven't.
You know how backwards thinking is. It's weenie mentality. Matt in so Cal, you're all with C and R.
What's up, buddy, b Natural content back by since here bs, I told that Danny g dude.
The last three weeks, you guys have killed the dude the super Bowl run.
Thanks you guys.
You guys are.
Filling in shows.
You can't create natural content. I mean you guys, you guys.
Have been you know why though, Seriously, I'm being serious. I have the tiger, Dude, that's corn. But we're in it. To win it. So when I hear a kid like that talking like that, it gets me fired.
I'll be like, yeah, bring our hard hats to the pre show made Orea.
We're trying to win, man, and I think everybody's trying to win.
Don't be trying to shoot this guy down. So, Matt any any any final thoughts, Buddy, No, I.
Mean, it's like you said to me, there was humility. There's humility within the pursuit, like, yes, he he acknowledged the greats. And if you talk to I mean, I've been lucky enough to touch some pro leaves and some of them he played with a guy like Kobe when he was younger, Like there is humility within their pursuit, Like these guys know what they're going after, but they.
Acknowledged the great ones in front of them.
Like that's part of the aumility and this and Timothy did that.
He acknowledged the current grades.
But at the bottom line, to be that one percent, you gotta go after it. You gotta compete, and I think that's doing You're.
Talking about the Mamba mentality and no matter what industry you're in, Danny g I know you know the story is a big Kobe fan, you have a tattoo for got sakes, Rest in peace, Kobe. One of the best the story about how he went right at Paul Gasol in the Olympics and it's like, yo, that's your boy. You ever hear Lebron and people tell that story where it's like like, no, he's not going to He's like on the first play, I'm gonna knock a sell on his ass. That was like, to me, that was elite competitive juices right there.
Ray and Pedalma had a looma. Yeah, it's right below Santa Rosa in northern California.
Yeah, guy Fieri's home home turf. What's up, buddy?
What's up? Guys?
A shout out Danny g for Northern California local natives. I was gonna say, you know who's got the winning mentality is the dough. They are just taking name.
Did you did you email? Did you email your five reasons to keep your job yet? Jesus man? You know the controversial, But that's very funny. It is funny. We're requiring that on our show. By the way, now I want an email from everyone five things you did last week? Sam on my desk.
I'll do that at eight pm while I'm still here. Yeah, otherwise you're fired. But you're not because I'll follow it up with a just kidding email. You're just trying to scare you.
I love this Shallime story.
I like him even more, and I think that anybody who's anyone worked hard to get there because they had that mentality didn't have by accident, No doubt.
You're a hawk to a girl, and she worked hard. Hocking in two. There's exceptions to the rule, but I mean, come on, she howked into it all.
She's helping fostering pets right now.
Is she in prisoner or not? Whatever happened with that? No, she's good. Let's got a damn buyer for an update, dB, what's going on? My friend, guys?
An end of an era in the WNBA expected, but six time Olympic gold medalist, Diana Tarassi announced her retirement from basketball forty two years of age. She spent all twenty years of her WNBA career with the Phoenix Mercury, making the announcement in Time magazine. One other basketball note to pass along. It's in the NBA S andnight. It's the Lakers and Mavericks ten o'clock Eastern Tom from Las Luka, Doncic faces his former team, Maps forward Anthony Davis will not play in the game because of his adductor string. NBA insider Chris Haynes says the Lakers will show a pregame video honoring Anthony Davis in his time with the Lakers' cool.
Yeah, when you had a nice thing to do.
I kind of feel they had to do it because if you didn't, it would be pretty glaring. But it should be a fun atmosphere tonight.
At Kobe and on Rich If you want to chime in on any of this, you know, let's take one last phone call from Steve O in Stockton. We're just giving Timothy shallow May props because the Steve O. I don't know is that Steveh No way, but to Steve BO, that staple is junk to as though that's the heat. Hey guys, me, what's up?
Man? What's a CNR Fox Sports News number one on my pre set?
Thank you?
Other race.
What I want to say is, uh, there's a commercial I don't know I anybody touched up by Gator Ray. It came out about a year and a half ago. It's am I a bad person. And it has uh, it has Lebron going up in the air, it has a garnet in the sideline, it has a cold be doing his thing, Serena doing her thing. It's in all of us, like some cool woogator rate.
Yeah. People like it's so odd that outside of sports like we shy away from like this competitive vibe that we all have.
I think you need, you need, and there's plenty of room for everybody to win. You know, we're people competitive, but the people that aren't trying aren't winning. I promise you damn dating shows, I.
Mean catamaran racing that I'm rilled. I'm so competitive. I want to point out, don't have Fox Sports or Fox News as your number one?
Pretty said Fox Sports Radio.
Yeah, Fox Sports News Radio.
Yeah.
Maybe he thought I was Klay Traviss, but thank you man, uh, maybe appreciate you. Maybe he thought Cavino was Glenn Beck because he had that hairline.
Thank you, yes, thank you, Steve O. And real quick before we move on shardor Sanders. We really haven't touched on it, but you know, I heard the promo there before, and to me, it's always interesting. I do think that he should have been there just because, right, I just do. You're talking about the combine, He should have been at the combine just because. But it's also funny at the same time to pretend like we don't know how he throws, like we didn't watch him for the past few years in college, Like we didn't watch him play, We don't know his skill set to the point where we were so offended, like man, I had to see him throw there to really know with.
An immense spotlight on him. By the way, yeah, but.
In stupid drills, how about you got actual footage of him playing? Like what gives you more of an idea of how the guy plays him actually playing?
Are the stupid drills?
The level of importance that they put on it is ridiculous, the fact that he wasn't there, Okay, I'll give you that, Like, you know, you don't want to what do you think you're better than me? I don't like that vibe of it. But to pretend, like, man, we really need to see his skill set. You got plenty of footage, you know.
I could see where people would say, what do you think you're better than me? Like, you know, people that back into their parking spots. Yeah, what do you think you're better than me? Yeah, you're better than me. Of course you would say you back into your spots. Only since I moved to La I didn't do it, and I I swear like people people thought they don't go away for summer vacation.
They actually summer in Montalk. Yeah, I summer in mon talk. I'm sorry you, what do you think you're better than me? Somewhere in the Hampton's and I walk backwards, what are you getting brunch? You think you're better than because you're getting bunched brunch is legitimate. You think you're better than me? It was like breakfast food in the middle.
Of there is a vibe off. He thinks he's better than you because he didn't go. However, don't pretend like he had to, because you know what he's capable of. However, I look at it this way. Some things are not required for all because we're not all equal. We're equal in the eyes of like you all want to be treated with respect and the same rights. But on a football field, in a radio studio, in a TV studio, in an office, and a work you know, in an oil patch, whatever the hell you do not everyone's equal, they're just not Shudor Sanders could say.
Listen, if we're having a big company meeting, is dan Patrick there all the time?
No, because he's Dan Patrick. Was Colin cow hurt at our you know sales launch? No, because he doesn't have to be because I guess what, Hey, that's live. That's what the people say. This is how it is, Like why are we shocked? Like should a Sanders? You like, you said you've seen a skill set. He's thinking, like, you know, really Cleveland Browns or Titans or teams, you're really going to make any decisions on him based on what you saw by how he throws.
He's also gonna throw at the pro day. And and I was reading this morning that he said he's just gonna focus on his interviews with teams.
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean like or no, I want you to roll right and throw.
Like you got plenty of footage of that. If you really want the guy.
Yeah, I mean, then you got to ask yourself, like how bad do you want someone? Yeah? Someone once told me in our industry, I'm not saying we're hot shots, but someone said, there's a time where you go from having a resume to a bio. You don't need to, you know, like they're working on a bio. Yeah, that comes a point where you don't need to be like they let me show you all my accolades, and it's like, yo, do you know who I am or not? And should our sandsers? I get you what you're saying, only a collegiate athlete not there yet. But I don't need to see this guy rolling left and throwing ten yards across his body. You've seen it or not. I don't mind when players don't show I really I don't care. All right, Well, if you have a rap sheet, that's that.
Yeah, we got shack Diesel Trivia next hour giving away prizes here on the Cavino and Rich Show. Plus we still got to talk about Lebron and Luca tonight. Yeah, rock the stats and download our podcast. Let's do get it for free search Covino and Rich wherever you stream, and remember over promised our bonus pot if you've seen Topanga from Boy Meets World.
It was like drama on her podcasting. Coveno's right, they said the phrase rock the stats like fifty times. We're trying to rot the stats. Download the podcast. Danny g Oh man I read about that little beef this morning. I was less of a Topega guy. I was more of a Kelly Kapowski guy. I was more of a you would Morris.
I was more of a samanthemous Sell kind of guy, Angela moona Jonathan Samanid. I was more of Samantha.
By the way, those girls and and some guys that do podcasts, now, what would they do with their lives right now if there was not a platform like podcasting.
You know they all some of them do well on podcast about the show they were on.
That's what I'm saying.
Yeah, I know, I know that. I mean The Office. He makes a ton of money in resilt behind the scenes on a thirty year old show.
But I think about all the great podcasts we missed out on as a result, like Kirk Cameron's and Gary Coleman's, like I would have loved podcast That's a great point, Cauve.
You know what would have been the juiciest podcast in the eighties or nineties.
I would love to hear Philip Drummonds podcast.
Arnold and Willis. You know what's a good one we missed? I bet you they would have been a good like saved by the Bell podcast Rerunning rog had a podcast that had been cool. Man, everyone's got a podcast, you know, the in the sopri hey Day, like a weekly recap. There's Aprentos one now like looking.
Back the Kids, Yeah, Jamie Lin Sigler and the the whatever his name is, Robert Siler.
Yeah, they actually get a lot of props, have a great chemistry together for sure.
Yeah.
So podcasts are like opinions, everybody has one and most stink.
Do you think Archie Bunkers podcast would have been racist?
Oh?
Absolutely, definitely uncensored.
Yeah, So again, thank you guys for checking ours out and it's available again wherever you stream your podcast search Covino and Rich and Danny g puts the best of every day and there's the best of the week if you want to just check it out. So thank you guys again for being here. Lots of fun this hour. Shack Diesel Whack Diesel trivia to get you all fired up for Lakers MAVs tonight.
Well, my analogy stars when it comes to Luca and the Lakers stars stars in any relationship or job when someone in sans you have a deficiency and that's why they cut things off. Like I said, dating job, any situation, if you ever the opportunity to prove them wrong or throw it in their face. Luca right now was pretty much told, dude, you're a little soft and lazy and we don't think you got the long term ability to stay in shape.
Essentially, I mean, there's no question that it's exactly what happened. That's why they got rid of them.
That would be like some girl who had a dirtbag boyfriend that was like, yeah, you chubby, and then she comes back with a rock and bod and was like look at me now on like Jenny Jones or something. Luca's gonna I what is the over under? Let me look this up because I feel like there's a bet to be had. I bet you going from zero to hero. I bet you on DraftKings. It's got to be thirty something. Right, You're gonna see the most motivated Luca ever. As con you said you had a colinake analogy. Yeah, he did say something along the lines of you're gonna see officially why this is the most awful trade ever.
You see how awful this trade actually was. When he lights him up tonight and we were talking about bringing your best and being great. He's gonna remind everybody that he's one of the greats, and he's gonna put on a show tonight, Oh Dan, And believe you me. When we do things like radio row at Super Bowl, a lot of our former employers are there. You don't think that motivates Rich and I to be like, yo, let's bring our best and show them what they're missing. It's always great. Motor failure is a great motivator. There's a breakups are a great motivator. How many times you get dumped by a girl you're at the gym in your mind, at the back of your mind, you're like, you know, wait until they see me with the next hotty and my rocking bot. If you don't think that's what Luca is sort of feeling a little bit, so you're crazy. Of course he is, like you just said, every time. If you say, Rich, when have you been in the best shape?
When have you been the most motivated? But probably after some girl told me I stunk?
Yeah, when are you really trying to get that promotion or get ahead when you got dumped and dissed because you know she left you for a guy with deeper pockets that motivated you. So you're gonna see that Luca's human and he's just gonna want to show he's not pounting about it. He's going to show you tonight. Well, other people have my idea. So the over unders pretty steep. Thirty one and a half over under Luca points and now what do you think?
Yeah, we guessed thirty.
Because I mean like it over. I say, he'll light it up.
He dropped Saturday thirty four.
And by the way, everyone's going to be feeding him the ball so that he can light it up.
You know.
I just think that it's going to be his night. For obvious reasons. MAVs big men are out like they're just destined to be destroyed tonight, and and their fans are going to be so sad about it.
Oh man, let me, let me, let me pull a couple of things here.
Two, he dropped thirty two on Saturday, so.
Lucas averaging twenty eight, so it's not substantially more than his season average, but twenty eight thirty one and a half. He dropped thirty two, and the Lakers are favored by almost double digits, Lakers by nine, so it's the pettiest thought, but it's so true. Do you go Lakers win by double digits, Lucah over thirty one like a Parla going to dominate them.
And again, I think he's gonna show them every reason why they should regret making that move. Like I said, it's a silly, petty motivation.
He's hit it. He's like Julie Robertson a pretty woman.
Yeah, but when you got dumped or huge, if you've ever been dumped, there's a sense of satisfaction if you're able to make them feel in any way possible that they made a bad move and they regret it.
And that's what he's gonna do tonight.
What's up, dB, Here's my question, who truly has the motivation tonight? Is it Luca against his former team or is it the Mavericks team as a whole that has been told that they are significantly worse without Luka Doncic and no Anthony Davis ah and who knows more about Luka Doncic than the Dallas Mavericks.
The quote coming to America, it's a good one was shocked though. Dan Biden makes a great point because we talked about this at the Super Bowl and we were trying to say who's got more motivation for the three peete or for Jalen Hurts to get there, And we made the argument that how could you judge like everyone's going to be motivated if you don't think the Dallas Mavericks locker room is like, yeah, let's shut everyone up.
Sure, and it may maybe their time comes when the game's in Dallas, but I also think, like when that game plays, like, I'm almost thinking that Luca would have the motivation when they go to Dallas just to have his homecoming and have the fans on his side. Very interesting, and I think that the betting lines make it so interesting tonight. I just said under earlier today, So that's that was from where I came from. I can I think both sides of the coin can be seen here, but I think that Dallas will at least be motivated. They also got blown up by the Warriors on Sunday, so it hasn't been a great time for them that maybe tonight they for some reason just end up bringing.
What the truth is, we don't know until it happens, and that's the beauty of sports. That's why it makes it so exciting to watch and see. You know, for all we know, Dan Byer could be completely right. We come back tomorrow. Like, yo, man, I can't believe that.
Yeah, where was Luca last night?
It would only surprise me because there was only one guy in that whole deal that was called fat.
Yeah right, and Cavino.
When this first happened, you said, oh my god, if that happened to me, I'd be on the treadmill that night.
Dude.
I was let go by my previous job. Every time I cracked the mic here, I want to remind them that they made a mistake.
Every girl that broke up with me.
Every day I use that as motivation, as man, wait till I make my millions. I can't wait to post a picture of myself on a yacht and hope they regret it.
Ah. Yeah, Like in the back of my mind is petty motivation. He has that. He has that so and that's why you're seeing him so fired up. You're seeing a fired up Luca. You've seen the Lakers play great defense. All of a sudden, you're seeing them win. They're playing good ball.
And that brings us to something else too that we haven't had time for in the past. Few days rich before we do check Diesel trivia. Wem bin Yama made a statement about how well he was asked, like, who's the most underrated player in the NBA?
By the way, I got a plus two point fifty bet here, guy, just throw it at you. Sure, plus two fifty bet one hundred win two fifty. I got Luca thirty two points or more, Lakers minus eight and a half in the game, and Lakers win the first half. So Lakers win the first half, Lakers win the game by eight and a half or more, by nine, and Luca thirty two plus. You like that one? You bet? It makes it fun? Yeah, for sure. Let's let's look. I think I think he's enlighted up tonight.
But again, what Dan Byer said could very well be a possibility, and that's what makes it fun to watch. So ween bin Yama was asked who was the most underrated player in the NBA, and if you missed it, here's what he said about it.
Whose game is most under.
In the league.
I'm gonna go with it. I'm gonna go with Lebron underrated just because you're not righted at your right right. I think Lebron's underrated.
And I had people scratching their heads. But when you think about what he's doing at this age, even though he's very rated and everybody, I don't think it's a sports show in the nation that doesn't bring his name up like once a show.
Even though he's very rated.
Would you say that's a fair assessment from when Binyama because he's saying, Yo, man, I still see some greatness and that what a what a complment coming from a young man at the top of his game.
You could be very rated and still underrated that I don't think that's Impuffy Blake. Yeah. I think there's NFL players, there's players in baseball, basketball, all sports where you're like, no, no, they're respected, But I'm telling you they're not respected even enough value he brings to a team, the leadership.
You know, you got a factor to criticism that he gets because he gets a lot of it. I think what wen bin Yama said about Lebron speaks filliams. It's like, Yo, here's a guy that's so rated and we know that he's in a goat conversation one hundred and fifty times a week. Still he's still underrated. In his opinion, that's amazing.
When you look at your own team, I think everyone could draw one name where it's like, I watch this guy day in and day out. He's underrated. Everyone has that guy in their own team. I'm saying on a bigger scale, Lebron James, because there's so many Lebron haters and people like to kick him down and put him down. And he's not Michael Jordany's. He's not the Goat, He's not this He's not even Kobe, he's not even Magic or Bird. I think Lebron James. I said to Covino in the hallway yesterday, Lebron James.
Lebron James, Larron James.
But by the way, that kid's like forty. That kid's forty. Now, that's how long Lebron's been dominating that kid, Larron James. He's married with children, Lebron James. If somehow he's O'Neill. If he wins the NBA title this year with Luca, that would mean two championships with the Lakers, two with the Heat and he took the Cleveland Cavaliers in the in the Greatest season, where the Warriors had were the best team in NBA history. And lost after being up three to one. That would be five NBA titles. So Lebron, I think you would argue he's over he's underrated.
For what he's done. I say, I know it sounds crazy, but I totally get what he's saying.
When we watch the Olympics last year, what did every superstar in the NBA say, y'all? I don't get to play with Lebron every day. No one practices harder, no one has the work ethic, no one, no one brings to the table what Lebron James rings.
It actually has the respect of all the players in the league. No one has more respect from their peers. Lebron James speaks volumes, Dude, Lebron never you know how they always have those like those silent surveys, like, hey, most over at a player to this most that Ron James will never win most overrated.
He is respected by his peers.
Facts and now was just an interesting story that what was that last week? Or was it it was the end of last week right and we just didn't have time for it. But speaking of the Lakers tonight, I think we're going to see why he said that. I think we're going to see a really great game tonight. I think we're going to see what the Lakers got. And you know there's so much hype that they could go all the way this year.
Man. Well, and just like that, just like that, they're playing great defense.
Like whoa when you know one guy who's a little underrated right now because the the Lakers are like eighteen and four in this past stretch of the season, and so you got to give a lot of credit to JJ Reddick.
We haven't talked about him at all, and remember.
Saying I heard I even heard Stephen A. Smith, who was very critical of before the started of the year.
I remember dudes on our own network laughing at that, saying this is a joke. And look at where they're at now, where they at the third, fourth seed. They're doing well. They got to keep this up going into the final stretch of the season.
Here. But Austin reeves, what a tear that guy has been.
On airing it up.
Yeah, and again it's understated because who well, you see what the numbers he's putting up. But I'll go back to the JJ Reddick thing just for one second, though, You're right, the criticism that he got it is worthy of You got to take it back or apologize podcast boys exactly. That's insane. And like you said, Reeves.
Just yeah, the combination and we saw it in Denver and hopefully they could keep that formula going. But the big three really have been Lebron, Luca and Austin Reeves. So if those three can stay hot, this team can go far.
Coach of the Year JJ Reddick, So man, they're firing on all cylinders, as the expression goes at just the right time, and we're going to see it on the main stage, on a big stage tonight. Just more reason to enjoy some tacos Lebron style on a Taco Tuesday.
You know, that's the coolest part about Austin Reeves. Austin Reeves, his cool headband, his corny like haircut. Well these are all I mean, do you keep going? He's unassuming nature.
His wristbands.
Austin Reeves undrafted in twenty twenty one when he broke on the scene. You remember those first couple of games, Danny, we were doing a show together early on. This is like the early days of Coveno on Richerd on Fox Sports Radio, when he started coming into his own there was almost a sense of like, all right, this is this Like for real? Is this like another Alex Caruso type of guy. He's like, you know, great white hope kind of yeah guy you root for, Like is he gonna be like the guy off the bench, And it's like, oh wow, he's become a key component. He's a star now good team.
And defensively too, he's like this anytime he gets on the floor.
He's a spark plug for the team.
And what makes him great rich you already said it is that he's unassuming, and I think that makes it more fun. That's why I loved Gannadi Glovkin triple g because he looked like a nerd who would beat your ass in the rain. You know, when someone's unassuming like that, it just makes it so much cooler. So major props to him. And we're gonna see what the Lakers got tonight? Or are we gonna see what the MAVs got? Can't wait?
The one thing wait, based on this conversation we just had, I gave what Lebron all these props saying how great he is if he scores forty five and that prevents me from winning my Luca over thirty point best. I gotta hate Lebron tomorrow. All right, we got more compete on rich. All right, let's do this. It's time for Shack Diesel trivia.
Whenever we say not to name drop, that means we're about to name drop.
I'll name drop. Oh my goodness.
Not only our CNR friends with Tyson and mahomes hey man, they're also buddies with a big Aristontah.
What's up a big shot Diesel?
Heka shat fool heyka shaq Daddy, Okay, the big Aristotle.
Guess what it's Donald from sing our Project.
Time for some basket all trivia basketball trivia.
What he said? He's the great brag.
Boys now breaking records for EFISOL Radio.
Shack d SO basketball trivia.
All right, FSR Security, walk in our broke shackfou into the main studio.
Shack baby going for greatness everything I do, greatness when I do a little shimmy, when I put on icy hot.
What's your greatness? What's your prediction for the big game tonight?
Greatness? Luca Lakers greatness? Thank you, Shack, you can't wait? Give me a little shivvy Shack.
Shack, should you go with the general and save some time.
You know, when I do that commercial, I'll bring the greatness. I'm here to win my own companies, trying to be the best. All right, let's not be here with you, say, let's meet the contestants.
Ten time winner Rich Davis right over there shacks up, four time winner Spotty Boy, Oh big.
Five today, though I thought that was Travis Kelsey Leader by the way, he should retire leader in the clubhouse to retire.
Eleven time winner Dan Byer, Hello and looking to witness seeing our stainless steel Swiggy, Let's go to the studio. Lines here Ken in San Francisco.
Well, what's going on? You know what's up man?
Ken?
What do you do for?
What do you do for a living there in the city?
Work as a restaurant in the street?
Cop some good restaurants up there, big fan?
How about Thatt, that check Disco, that famous boot in sour Dough Bakery.
Give me some soup dumplings? Okay, yeah, a restaurant at La live or shut down?
You have one hundreds of restaurants.
I have a bunch.
All right.
Here are the rules for Shack Diesel Trivia. The first contestant with two correct answers, is the champ. If there's a tie, we have a tie breaker question. Your name is your buzzer, but you do have to wait until all three possible answers are read. If there's two wrong answers in a row, we move on to the next question. Are you ready yet? Big Horistotle party starter? Which NBA legend average of double double for ten straight seasons in the eighties? A Kevin McHale, B Kareem embul.
Jabbar or C. Larry Bird? Which NBA legend average a double double ten.
Straight season double double for a decade? Ken Uhkaream No, that would have.
Been my guess. I'm gonna try to Rich Rich the Bird. Yes, yeah, I guess I thought maybe.
Rebounds in points for the Kareem averaged round seven boards. The closest to this was Magic Johnson. He was a season or two behind Larry Bird.
Round two.
We move on to round number two. So far Rich on the board.
What was our once quoted saying about my basketball dominance? Hey, I'm like tax, You're gonna pay one way or the other. Oh, when I oppose my will, it's like Godzilla walking through a city or see only Jesus had a bigger shoe size.
Rich, Jesus shoe says.
Can for the steal?
Yes, unlike tax there you are. You're gonna pay one way or the other. You're not gonna like it.
Hopefully you pay your taxes, shock, death taxes and shaxas. But Jesus here sandals all right? Okay, right, so far on the board Rich and can as. We moved to round number three.
Here, Jesus, where was the great Steve Nash born Jesus Steve Nash A Canada, B South Africa or C Australia.
Damn Buyer. I think it's South Africa, you would think correctly. Yeah, you go three way time buyer on the board. Yes, Johannesburg, Johannesburg. Yes, it's all right. We go to round four in this three ways.
Speaking of our global game, who was the first player born outside the US to be drafted number one overall? Hey, Michael Thompson, B Patrick Ewing or see yao ming.
Ken for the win?
Patrick?
No, damn no, spot What were the options again?
Oh, Michael Simpson, Bulliet, Patrick Ewing or buyer?
You want to give Spotty a chance?
There?
Go ahead?
No, go for it not, please, I thought it was Michael Thompson. Yes, best buyer with the wind Bahamas Blazers.
Took him nineteen seventy eight.
I guess, of course he made his name with the Lakers, Clay's dad.
That's right, the Lakers who are going to win tonight. But again, I don't know if they're going to go all the way. You know why, Danny g no big man. You need a big man. Everybody needs a big man.
Jackson Hayes has been looking okay, like everybody needs a big You're right, though they probably could use one one more big You.
Give me an algy shock. Does anyone really have a big great man? Like in baseball, everyone's like our team's rotation stinks. I'm like, does anyone have a great rotation in twenty twenty five? You know, so they can do without the big man?
Hey, Ken in San Francisco, We appreciate you playing the game.
Hey guys, thanks very much, thank you?
All right?
Can I go home? Man way to San Francisco, Go Niners. I gotta I gotta go home. Watch the game.
That is a Buyer's twelfth win in uh shack, in Shack.
Guys, guys, I'll see you guys that we speaking of. Are you saying you want me to Shacks, Texas? Speaking of dampire with the win, let's go to dB for an update with death and Shackas. Oh sorry, that's all right.
I don't caught up thinking about Shacks, taxes, Shaxas.
I don't know, you know if you caught this, but uh, Shaq had a restaurant that apparently closed down downtown. Yeah, I uh his chicken franchise closed out by us, and I think they're completely separate chicken. Yeah, he has so many he has his hands and a lot of yeah ventures like Papa John's Pizza.
Yeah, yeah, yes, Chelone, those are disappearing by us too.
But it's good.
I'll tell you that the Tuscan cheese delicious. Doc breadsticks from Papa John Muskin Cheese. Love, Its very very good. The Tuscan six cheese, It's delicious. Yeah, recommended, highly recommended. Colt GM Chris Ballard says there will be an open competition at quarterback next season that includes Anthony Richardson, who had been their season opening starter of the first two years of his career. Chiefs GM Brett Viach says he believes Senator Travis Kelce will be back for the twenty twenty five season.
Let's get to this O'Shea Jackson Junior story. Yeah, real quick, right quick.
It's a two part doozy because O'sha Jackson turned thirty four yesterday. We ran at a time yesterday, so happy birthday to him and the Rock. His little French bulldog passed away, so it's a it's a relevant story on two parts. Happy birthday Osha Jackson and our condolences to the Rock. This is about being starstruck.
Take a listen.
This is ice Cube Son oh Shaye Jackson Junior on being starstruck.
I'm in sixth grade. We're around the school spreads like wildfire share. Your dad's here, so I'm thinking, what did I do? Picking me up from school is grandma business? My dad's not doing this too, so I'm like, I can't think of what I did. So when I get outside, he's outside in the nice car. Now we got family vehicles four doors, but he's here in the two doors. So this is the nice car. I get in the car. He drives all the way to Venice. Sit down at this restaurant. We're at a table, it's bigger than it should be. For two people in walks. My hero the rock Jesus, and he just sits next to me, and him and my dad have a meeting over lunch, and I.
Am starstruck, beyond belief.
I can't get any words to come out of my mouth. As a kid, the memories I have from it is I.
Got a cheeseburger, He got a cheeseburger.
I got a root beer. He got a diet coke. Thought that was weird. It wasn't really filling that one of caffeine. But he didn't want the sugar. My dad was like, dude, talk to him. Who do you want him to kick? And I'm just like, I can't talk. He signed my shirt, took a picture, he paid for his meal.
Lady came back for the change. He didn't take the change, just walked out. And I took his quarter and put it in my bucket and I put it in a sandwich bag and I still have it.
He still got the quarter.
Damn, right, where's the quarter at? Give it to my moms. She has it in her safe.
The lucky quarter. Yeah, dude, it's rocks quarter.
Bro.
How old were you twelve?
Oh?
So you're in the heat of loving wrestling. Dude. Yes, I went to the Scorpion King premiere. That's a rock fan. God, that's a rock fan.
Yeah.
I went to see The Mummy Returns twice. He's in the movie for five minutes. This was my dude, bro, So how cool is that?
Like, those are the celebrity perks that you dream of having lunch with his dad and the rock. But the point here is he was so starstruck he couldn't think of anything to say to the dude. And he still has that quarter, which is great because deep down inside, we're all a little twelve year old kid who remembers how we felt about our heroes.
Seriously that you know, we all had heroes at twelve years old. That was his. When you if you ever get the opportunity to meet someone that you would consider a hero, it really is. It is an awkward moment. One story comes to mind for me. The first Super Bowl that I ever went to cover was in Jacksonville, Florida, and I was in my twenties and across the room. This is before Kavino and I were interviewing. I guess athletes on the regular. This is like when we were sort of new to the athlete world. Was our first coverage of the Super Bowl. So this is big. Yeah. So they're like, yeah, you're gonna have the opportunity to interview some legends I see across the room, Joe Montana and to know me. I'm a diehard forty nine Ers fan, and Joe Montana is the reason I wore sixteen when I played sports. That's why my daughter wears sixteen because she knows that's my favorite number. Like I played Red sixteen Danny every time we go to Vegas. Right, it's my thing. Montana is my guy. As Ohshay said, this is my guy. I was like, what am I gonna say when I finally meet you Montana? Would you believe? The best I could come up with was, hey, Joe, I had your pajamas when I was a kid. I couldn't believe he said it. And you know what he said to him, because I hope you don't still wear him. Because Richard is a grown man. You gotta snappy comeback. We've met him a couple times since, but I remember always thinking about it, like I wasn't a kid, I was twenty five man.
Yeah, because He'll always be your hero. So who was that for you? And who would you be starstruck to meet?
For me?
That was done manningly, And I'll tell you a story on another day. Let's just say I got caught right next to him in traffic one time and.
I lost it. All right, have a great night. We'll see you tomorrow. Until then, I'll r even there in the Promised Land. Man
