C&R - Mad Maxx, Mad NBA Fans, 'Mad' Weak Major

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Speaker 1: Hey, thanks for listening to the Coveno and Rich podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday from five to seven Eastern to the four Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for Coveno Rich at Fox Sports Radio dot com, or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app like searching FSR. Hey, Hey, that's us cn R baby sweep the nation, the world famous Covino and Rich. We're infamous, which is more than famous. Were streaming live. Who taught you that? That was taught to me by? Was it? Oh? Why We're gonna tell sweat Pletha of giveaways today with Mike's words of wisdom. But right now broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Remember with the iHeartRadio app, you can stream us wherever whenever the new and improved iHeartRadio app. Just search Fox Sports Radio and stream away. Bro, I'm Steve Covino, that's Rich. We be rocking out. And remember, for over forty years, don't tell me I know Tiraq Tire, Not to tell me I know. Tirack's been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive, Shipped fast and free back my free road house protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Don't tell me because before you called Tiraq last time you got a flat. Yeah, Covido's like I put duct tape on my tire. I did just to get me from point A to point B. But with ti Iraq, no werries, Tiraq dot com, I'll help you the way tire buying should be. Now this hour, we got Midweek Major with Iowa Sam and we got Mike's words of wisdom. But a quick reminder. Yeah, Tomorrow Thursday, we go old school in fifty hits, but we also celebrate something that we started called SGA Day, and that means we get to show up in our most ridiculous outfit. But it's whatever we have in our closet that we're too scared. Sometimes men especially aren't willing to make those fashion risks, those style chances in life because your friends they bust your chops when you try to do anything different. So tomorrow will take those chances, and we'll wear our best yetti outfit for coat whatever he was wearing recently. You could play long on the Fox Sports Radio could be done rich YouTube page. Now, before you get to Mike's words of wisdom in a second, any final thoughts on Max Crosby, Not to the Ravens, back to the Raiders. They signed Trey Hendrickson and the owner. There is no film who is calling it's the Gotham bat line right there? Yeah, just keeps going on. Oh, Commissioner, I do have a few thoughts. I think we hear these stories and we forget that there's real people involved. Right we think they're robot gladiators with no real emotion. We don't really seem to care. But for a second, realize the emotional roller coaster that Max Crosby had to go through. So therefore the chip on his shoulder. And I'm wondering, does he now want to stay with the Raiders? Like what is he really thinking? Does he want to see who wants him the most? Whether it be the Cowboys, the Bears, the forty nine ers, Like what's the best opportunity for him? But for a minute, just think about what it would be like for you to be somewhere and you're all pumped and you've already shifted your mindset about I guess I'm a raven moving forward? This is crazy only to get it swept back and now you're back in Vegas as a raider. It's sort of weird. Man, it's got to be a weird feeling for him. And again they talked about it on Dan Patrick.

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Speaker 2: Ye, yeah, your girl. Diana Russini actually mentioned that. She said, think about Max Crosby getting his family onto this jet, yes, flying to Baltimore, and then going into the facility there and she said that the word was the atmosphere was kind of off from the beginning of his visit, and then he had to go into the office with him and then they gave him the bad news and he had to fly back after saying a big goodbye and everything to everybody in Vegas and having that sobriety party slash going away party.

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Speaker 1: That's the really awkward part. You made all these phone calls, you said you're goodbyes, you hugged everybody, you mentally accepted it, and then is grand opening, grand closed? And now what Like I'm wondering what he really feels deep down And as a fan, Danny g what would you want? Like, are you pumped that you got him back? It's weird.

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Speaker 2: It's mixed emotions because for a few days you got used to the fact that, Okay, you got the number fourteen pick. Now, obviously the front office of the new regime they have a vision. You were kind of pumped back moves there. I love the moves they are making, and there's still great moves. But now that veteran guy who could go help a team that's ready to win in the postseason right now, which is not the Raiders, is on your team. Do the Raiders kind of do they need him right now for twenty twenty six. No, but he's a man on a mission. And what I'd say is I would restructure his contract if he's down for it, and then that way your cap hit is for this season at least, is you know, there's a little bit of a cushion for you to get some depths.

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Speaker 1: And there has to be a tiny shadow of now a little bit of speculation on well, what did they really see that made them back out? Is that is their truth right about that? He's probably like y. His value has to be dipped down a little bit because everyone thinks it's BS. This happened with Drew Brees. This happened with Drew Brees and the Dolphins. If the sentiment across the board. But if you're making a trade for me, you're sure you're just gonna like, yeah, it's bs a role with that. I have your doctors look at it. But I think the sentiment is that people feel in general that there it's a little feshy about this. And I thought a few different things. Have you ever gone on a job interview. It could have been an internship, or it could have been a job where you are pretty sure I might take this job and then last minute you change your mind and you almost think like, man, I went there and I was pretty sure that would be my life now, and then then you're like, you know, no, I'm gonna say it my old job. I think everyone's done the oopsie daisy. Have you ever been to a job one day and you're like, yeah, this isn't for me and you go back or something it's happened and I can't have a conversation without bringing up a New York met right, do you guys remember, because this was a national story. I thought you were going to bring up Costanza just showing back up after he quit. Wilmer Flores, who I believe is still in the Giants. He's still playing Yeah, the last I checked, he's a San Francisco Giant. He came up from the time he was a teenager, drafted into the Mets farm system. He was in New York met And do you remember that footage of when he found out mid game he had been traded, crying TV and hugging Ole's teammates, crying the tears and the tears, only to find out deal fell through, stays on the Mets. So those emotional moments, Yeah, you can't tell me. Max Crosby didn't have that moment, Like, well, I guess silver and blocks behind me. How many idiotic fans do you think throughout their jersey maybe someone was smart enough to buy a jersey on the discount rack.

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Speaker 2: I any half intelligent fan did not do that. And Crosby had a thirteen minute could buy, very heartfelt saying he would come back and end his career with the Raider. He would always stay a Raider. If he stays with the Raiders, imagine him winning with Fernando. If Fernando Mendoza turns out to be the real deal and in a couple of seasons can lead that team to the postseason. And I know I'm big dream in here, bro, But in three four seasons, if Fernando lists that trophy and Max Crosby happens to be on the squad, then the narrative is going to be like, oh my.

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Speaker 1: God, this guy was not a raider. For a few days out on Teddy G when you said the Super Bowl, Dann Bayer spit out his coffee.

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Speaker 3: I think he was talking to me as well. What he said, hey, Bro, that's why.

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Speaker 2: Well, look we got Koobiak, we got Dan's offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 3: So I'll tell you what you mentioned. The Wilmer Flores. That was a trade with the Brewers. By the way, there was there was a time when the Seahawks moved for a weekend to Anaheim. This is in the late nineteen nineties that they had moved to Anaheim. They were about to be relocated and then the NFL stopped it, put up for sale Paul alan Bottom and the rest is history. But for a weekend they were like the Anaheim Seahawks. It's like a psych and you know, it happens in life. Rich and I have friends that announced divorces and man, we were so sorry about it. You know, like a few months later they're back with their relationship and it's like, wait, so it's just you're just kidding.

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Speaker 1: I guess what happened. You guys are good. I thought you had a new apartment and everything. Now you're back.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 1: There's a guy we work with here. I won't call him out, but he gave everyone like a bro hug goodbye and then he's like, by the way, guys, I'm staying, I want my goodbye back. So it was an emotional roller coaster to say the least, and it's going to be interesting to see what happens next. And again, as we said yesterday, it was a three headed monster of drama. World Baseball Classic Team USA pulled the boner as the expression goes, oh, you're not gonna beat that either, No, because that means bonehead money. Bonehead moved from Mark de Rosa not knowing the rule. The whole team should be embarrassed. And of course Max Crosby back with the Raiders. That drama and conspiracy. There's a lot of speculation there, and we didn't get the BAM out of bio yet and we won't until we play Mike's Wednesday words. Mike, we'll talk BAM next. What Mike Hello, gentlemen, Mike, what are your thoughts on everything we've talked about so far? I know you're sitting in your office just with your ears glued to CNR every day.

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Speaker 4: I think that the Raiders need to move on for Max Crosby.

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Speaker 1: So you think they just find a new shooter now.

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Speaker 4: Exactly, they need to get what they can for him. I don't think he's happy there. I'm sure he loves the fan base, and he loves the town and he likes being a Raider. I don't think he's happy with the way he's been treated there by the management.

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Speaker 1: And even if there's new people around now.

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Speaker 4: I just don't think it's repaarable. That's all I'm saying.

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Speaker 2: But that roster, Mike, is a lot better today than it was on Friday.

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Speaker 4: Whenever Danny, don't come at me with your myopic Raiders whatever.

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Speaker 1: That's the truth. That's that's not me. Okay.

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Speaker 2: They signed some good players, and trust me, I'm surprised because last offseason the Raiders did not go out on a spending spree like the Patriots in Chicago Bears, but this season they did.

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Speaker 1: There were times that Max Crosby on the field when healthy looks so frustrated just playing on that team at times.

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Speaker 4: Well see, I.

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Speaker 1: Mean yeah, because he kept giving them optimism, Danny.

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Speaker 4: I think it's cute.

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Speaker 2: Max Crosby and the whole fan base was frustrated last season because he and the defense would give the ball back to the offense and they would keep going three and out, And so I'd be a frustrated defensive player as well.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, Mike is here. His words of wisdom might not be on the Raiders, Danny, but he's got words of wisdom. And we do this every Wednesday, giveaway some prizes. Mike's words of wisdom. It's time for the guy that runs this place.

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Speaker 3: Just for clarification, guys, Big Mike does not run this place. He is not in charge of everything. He has no power over really anybody here. He does not run this place.

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Speaker 1: It's Big Mike's words of wisdom on a Wednesday.

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Speaker 4: When starting a new endeavor, you don't need to know everything today. You just need to learn a little more than yesterday.

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Speaker 1: What does that mean. I heard you telling the new editor Mike that earlier.

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Speaker 4: Well, we did have a new guys start today, and in celebration of you know, starting new things, and Max Crosby looking to you know, hopefully start somewhere new. I think you know, I think it's important.

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Speaker 1: We talked about Kyler Murray gonna be starting somewhere right.

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Speaker 4: There's a lot of new beginnings in the NFL right now.

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Speaker 1: Now, if you're new to the CNR experience, we do this every Wednesday. The rules are simple. You have to repeat that verbatim for your chance to win a prize packs a cn R on FSR prize pack of mini your footballs and koozies and whatever. Whatever the NDG has like left over in the bank. I'll throw you in a pack of Oreos whatever. So again, your chance to win now eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, if you could repeat that word for word, a book of matches from the liquor store, whatever, just you know whatever we got later on Uh, you want to read one more time? By one more time everyone, Okay, here we go.

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Speaker 4: When starting a new endeavor, you don't need to know everything today. You just need to learn a little more than yesterday.

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Speaker 1: And it's so true, and it's so true. All right, thank you, Mike eight seven seven nine nine on Fox, repeat that and win, and we now shift gears to the third story of the three headed what is going on in the world a sports monster like you said WBC, Max Crosby, and now Bam out of Bayo, Bam out of bio eighty Yeah, he's not living out in BYU. There's no buy you involved. BAM's in the out of by you. I had eighty three points and again not known for being a high scoring in NBA player, twenty of forty three, thirty six of forty three from the foul line, seven for twenty two when it came to three points against a Wizards team. That kind of stinks, I mean really stinks. I mean part of the criticism might as well have had Dumbledore on the court. I mean, the Wizard Harry Potter was out there. He still did it, you know. And and by the way, the people that are mad about the Kobe thing, that's such a non story, and that comes from a place of high respect and high regard for Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant didn't hold the record. He was in second. Why do people not grasp you can't get mad at second place. He's passed. It's like the second place. Sky. It's not like Kobe Bryant was the record holder and he beat him in a week performance in a week circumstance. No, that's not what happened. He just surpassed him as number two. Now imagine being like imagine being like, oh man, you were you were you were voted second in the cy Young instead of the third. And by the way, everyone's okay with Wilt Chamberlain having the hundred points, right hello, Fox Sports Radio. So you order controversy as to how he scored those one hundred points. No one even knows how many block shots he had in that game, all right, and who was he playing against? But everyone acknowledges that he had one hundred points. So if we're gonna acknowledge that he had one hundred points, yeah, then it doesn't matter how Bam scored his eighty three. He had eighty three. Yeah. I mean, the reality is it's it's angry Kobe fans, and I get it. It's it really is. I saw, was it the coolest way to happen?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 1: I saw it. Was it from an unassuming or unexpected I should say player.

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Speaker 4: Yes, Well, okay, let's be fair. How many times in the NBA. Just this season, are we going to see and have already seen a big time scorer go up against a crap ass team that's tanking for the rest of the season anyway, So you talk about the Wizards being a terrible team who aren't like that happens every in the league.

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Speaker 1: Still takes a lot to score any three It still.

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Speaker 4: Takes a damn lock to score any three points. And frankly, I have to believe, and I'm a huge Laker fan myself, and I'm a Kobe guy, I have to think that Kobe would have had absolutely no problem with any of this, and that if it was Kobe chasing Michael Jordan, who had eighty one points, you damn straight, Kobe would have been doing everything he couldn't get past eighty one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is sort of the sentiment I saw Michelle Beadle and some people on a round table show saying it could be entertaining that a man did what he did, but you could also be irritated because it was ugly gross and kind of cheap, especially the last seven to ten points. Kobe fans are angry, and that's really the sense of that you're seeing every one that he passed the number two guy. That's kind of corny to me to be Hones sounds like remember when Gastone was mad about the Strayhan sacks, Like he was like, oh it was.

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Speaker 2: I think what they're upset about is it didn't seem like it came in the natural flow of the game.

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Speaker 1: It didn't come in the oh my god, he hit another three, Oh my god, he's unstoppable on fire. It was more like the guy got forty opportunities, or if.

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Speaker 2: The game was within ten points, like it was during Kobe's the beginning of the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: Call, it's called the two pack of ass.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty point lead or whatever it was. So I think that's where the criticism and where was the defense? What was that circus score that we saw last night?

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Speaker 1: And they were fouling him.

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Speaker 2: They just weren't fouling him Detroit Piston style, which is what we would have saw in the eighties if a dude was going off like that.

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Speaker 1: Eighty three is a hell of a lot of points. Should there have been and the other controversies, should they have pulled them out of respect for Kobe or whatever? And like Mike said, no way in the name of competition. You leave him in there, let him go for it. I don't think even Kobe would have wanted to see that twenty point. He's averaging what twenty points this year per game, So that's why people are like, who did his career high prior to this was forty one? Wait? Man, he's not even known for scoring like that eighty three points. I think that makes it a story. This guy had like the game of his life. It's insane. Trith Be told, I gotta ask because I saw the highlights like everyone, but I wasn't locked into a random Tuesday night Miami Heat game from the jump? Was it he just had the touch? Or oh, you just have a game plan? Like I'm like, how do you even explain? Well, the guy that averages twenty first at the gate, he was unstoppable and they just kept dishing I guess the whole game and then fouls took over. Well.

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Speaker 2: That was Izzy's point on the show prior to ours, is that a lot of the national media only saw the last seven to ten points. As you read in that post, Rich, if you saw the first and second quarter, you saw how dominant he was and in the.

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Speaker 1: Beginning of the game they were. They were a triple team in the guy. I mean, listen, I I the way I found out, like a lot of people, I'm I was coaching my kids baseball yesterday. I went out with some of the kids and the parents for burgers afterwards, and we were all watching the World Baseball Classic. We're watching tam Usa losing it, and then someone goes, oh, look at over there. You know, BAM's got you gonna get eighty three points. I didn't watch the first quarter. I saw the highlights as they rolled like on a silent TV at the bar. You know it. I think we are really relying on those the last few cheap points. If he was that hot at the beginning of the game, you gotta give the guy credit, you know, saying, you know, just like three points. You don't willy nilly score eighty three.

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Speaker 4: Why do we really care? Nobody's getting a prize. There's no award for any of this. And as far as I'm concerned, Kobe's eighty one is still a hell of a better game than what Bam puts.

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Speaker 1: So what you're saying is no award for that, But there's an award for repeating what you say.

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Speaker 4: Yes, that's correct.

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Speaker 1: Well, and I got to give credit where it's thrue. I did hear this point on our pal Dan Patrick's show. It's not like Kobe Bryant's career was defined by eighty one points, not even close, right, So, and I believe Yanna said it. Does anyone know you know how many foul shots Kobe Bryant took that game? Like before they looked it up yesterday, when all said and done, years from now, no one's gonna know how many foul shots, how many free throws he took in this game. If anything, it'll be a good trivia question because it's not talking about it. It's a it's a good player, but not a not like a legend where I think it will be a great question. In ten twenty years from now, you'll be at a bar, your kids will be grown up, they'll be at a bar, and it'll be like by bar night, trivia night, we all know Will Chamberlain had one hundred points, who had the second most, and it'll be like, who is it again? On damn? That's right, yeah, it's I mean, I think it's you know, unlikely, guy, you know, I think I think it was a really cool moment and happy for the dude. And he said it too. He's a big Kobe fan. Mm hm, So I'm happy for that. I think the only people really upset are guys with Kobe Bryant tattoos like Danny j And if you I'm not upset about it, no hold on. But if you really did like love Kobe Bryant, I don't expect you to like it, right, you don't have to like it, but you got to give the dude his props. Yeah, that's it simple as that.

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Speaker 2: I don't expect every single record in every single sport is meant to be broken.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean players will go on hand to watch their record be broken in person.

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Speaker 4: So I think you guys are all crazy. Those eighty three points last night. I mean, Bam is a better player than Kobe.

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Speaker 1: Career guys, all right, That's what was silly about this debate. Record wasn't broken. He just surpassed the guy.

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Speaker 2: I saw more noise Covino, not from Kobe fans, but from some basketball fans that just hated the end of that game because it was embarrassing.

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Speaker 4: The game was when you start fouling just so that you can turn the possession over and give your guy another shot. That's a little weakd And.

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Speaker 2: We made fun of a Lebron game earlier this season because they were doing that for Lebron.

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Speaker 1: Remember, it's really it's so funny that you would say that. But I think the best point made, and I hate to give him props, is the guy to the right of me, Steve Covino. What did I say? It wasn't a record we're making a big deal about. We're making a bit like but when people were about cal Ripken, he broke Lou Garrigg's record, bam Anebayo broke nobody's record. He just had a great game number two. And it's not it's not Aaron Judge breaking the American League home run record over Marrison. You know, you know with Edie, you know there's no there's nothing at stake here, nothing at all is on a list. All right, you know what, Let's let's get a contested. If you can repeat Mike's words of wisdom, you want a prize, And then I'm excited. After that, we got Iowa, Sam and Midweek Major? Who do we got Danny j all right? First in line? Sean and Phoenix, what's up?

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Speaker 4: Sean, all right, when starting a new endeavor, you don't need to know everything today.

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Speaker 1: You just need to learn a little more than yesterday. Wow, he went right after he was on the edge of the seat. We we really mean, we kept that bad conversation going in hopes that you forgot.

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Speaker 2: It went so fast that our judge, Iowa Sam wasn't even ready. I didn't have my paper.

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Speaker 1: I got it, you got it? Great, all right, congratulations, good.

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Speaker 4: Job, Sean.

00:22:09
Speaker 1: We're going to mail a c in our price pack to you there in Phoenix.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you man. And uh, I know a strategy probably had in his head and he's like, no, no, chit chat. I just want to say it, don't distract me. And for the record, if you missed the game yesterday because you were eating hamburgers, uh, it was one hundred and fifty to one twenty nine. Like that's just ridiculous. So I understand, like, yeah, what happened to defense? But guys, I got it, Only you're talking about the last end of the game. What's up?

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Speaker 4: Like, I got I got a bounce, I gotta go. I have an appointment to get my Kobe tattoo changed to a bam tattoo.

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Speaker 1: I understand they just a couple of quick strokes of the nice and we got the number thirteen. You you make fun of me because I'm having burgers instead of watching the heat game. Let me ask you this. If you go to a burger spot, yeah, day, I don't want to distract you because we have Midweek Major to get to, But real quick, are you choosing? If they have a sweet potato fry option? Is that the automatic? For me? It is? Yeah, I'm a sucker for that. If they say, hey, we got fries, but we do sweet potato, I go. I'll go because in my mind it's healthier, even though it's probably not. But also there it's just the option of the sweet potato fry. But not everybody loves it like you and I had those last night. I thought of you. I was like, oh, Cavino definitely would have ent me. Why would they call it sweet potatoes if they weren't super sweet? Yeah? Well, hey, coming up next on potato all the stories you missed in the world of sports and entertainment, I was Sam's gonna break it down next with mid Week Major right here on Fox Sports. Radio. Now, is your business struggling to find qualified candidates, Well, you're not alone. Nearly half of the hiring decision makers out there say that the top talent out there. That's the biggest challenge trying to find that top talent for your company. And with the average cost of hiring someone nearly nearing forty seven hundred dollars, every new employee is clearly an investment. How about hiring differently? Will that Express Employment Pros stream your hiring process, saving you time and money. Get started at expresspros dot com. They're also hidden costs with hiring, loss, productivity, endless interviews, and the impact on team morale can add up fast. With Express, hiring is more efficient at visit expresspros dot com. Find that location in the ear stue expert recruiters at Express have a local network of talent ready to go to work. Keep people at the center of your hiring process with that local Express team. Now, don't let turnoversaw you down. Focus on growing your business while Express finds the talent you need to succeed. You need to succeed to succeed, from the warehouse to the front office. Express staffs all jobs, whether you need contract workers or new full time staff members. Fast track hiring with Express, Visit expresspros dot Com today Express Employment professionals, building your workforce, supporting your success. Thanks got here.

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Speaker 1: You know down to buy you with bam out of Bayou to buy you at a bio Bam out of bio eighty three points. Well, I have an instinct to say out to buy you the same way have an instinct to say shia laboof. I don't know why. That's something that I feel like my pronunciation. I think you just misspoke, like Mark de Rosa. Did he misunderstand? Now me and de Rosa, same cat. It's Cavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio, and we got midweek major coming up. But can we take a quick phone call. Someone wants to talk about that ABA documentary real quick. Yeah, Dwight has been holding forever from Idaho. Dwight, tell me your thoughts on this. It's on Prime Soul Power. What's up, man, Dwight? No, not again?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Dwight out there white punking us. Maybe it's line one, because he's been on Line one this whole time.

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Speaker 1: Son of a Dwight. You sabotage and put them on hold, honestly, if I'm gonna try so, all right, put them on hold? All right? There? What hello, Dwight?

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00:27:15
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Speaker 8: Sam Hi, Sammy, Thank you guys. I'll be quick here. We got three big stories.

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Speaker 1: Some are a little happier, some are a little sadder than others. We'll cover it all.

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Speaker 8: Hey, let's start with a global military conflicts and the upcoming World Cup. Everyone's favorite, right, Yeah, most of you should know what has been happening between the US, Israel, and Iran for almost the last two weeks. This war is now having an impact on future sporting events. The ira Iranian men's soccer team was supposed to participate in the World Cup in June in Los Angeles, but today the Iranian sports minister Ahmad Dan Yamali says that's a no go. It is reported that he told Iranian state television, given that this corrupt government assassinated our leader, under no circumstances, can we participate in the World Cup unquote. Iran was supposed to face off against New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt. It's possible that with Iran's withdrawal from the competition, or Iraq or United Era United Arab Emirates could take its place. War impacting global sports competitions midweek or major you know, I think it's major and I'll.

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Speaker 1: Tell you why, because politics and global war and stuff and conflicts aside. Listen, you can't compare where does big conflicts going on in the world. Soccer doesn't compare. If they can't play, they can't ply like there's there's real real world stuff going on, like it's a World Cup. So why why are they using their animosity toward the US and whatever against the whole competition? How how could you It's almost like, can you focus on by the way, are we at war? I thought it was a military strike, But I'm saying, could you could you really think of soccer could take a priority for any country that's in the middle of a huge conflict.

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Speaker 8: Basically, they're saying like this, the men's national team of Iran is not going to the US like they're saying like that.

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Speaker 1: And there's a lot of controversy with the women's soccer team too, right.

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Speaker 8: Right asylum in Australia. But President Trump was he said he was okay with them coming here to play.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, I just think sports, dude, we work for Fox Sports. I just think sports takes a backseat to real life. And I think they're like, yeah, this is gonna work. Like what are we gonna you know, have someone else feeling. It's not like Iran was going to win the World Cup. I'll just put a positive spin on it. Give these people something to cheer about, no man, I mean, you got to show them some hope, and maybe soccer is the answer after nine to eleven. I'm not comparing any of the two or anything like that, But what is it that made us feel a sense of normalcy and gave us hope about the future When sports came back, right, and when we watched Mike Piazza hit a home run, and when we watched baseball? I got you. I mean, let them play, but I get it not as important, I do understand. I'd say his major story.

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Speaker 8: All right, let's go to another story. This one's even darker, even more morbid, even more bizarre. Not that the last one was so much, but this is a bit of a disturbing story and very twenty twenty six, former NFL linebacker Darren Lee has been charged with murder and tampering with evidence after the recent death of his girlfriend, Gabriella Carvajo Perpetuo, who was found dead in a home in Tennessee in February. It was later revealed by authorities that Lee used chat gpt as an AI legal advisor of sorts on how to cover up the alleged murder and how to talk to authorities about what happened. He reportedly had a number of conversations with the popular AI software over a two day period in the days following her death.

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Speaker 1: Now we've seen how AI can be misused in abuse.

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Speaker 8: Look no further than groc of x being asked to create explicit images that recent controversy. And we've heard of people googling highly suspicious things and having their search histories used as incriminating evidence against them. Guys, This sad and bizarre story of leaving behind a digital trail of evidence midweek.

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Speaker 1: Or major major, And I will say let's not talk about it, not because it's a sensitive subject. Because if idiots and bad people are going to incriminate themselves by asking chat gpt, let them do it. We find them, we arrest them, we get rid of them. Like imagine imagine creating a digital trail of a heinous crime like hey, chat GPT, how do I get rid of a body?

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Speaker 4: Like?

00:32:42
Speaker 1: People used to google that stuff? And be like, how do I evidence against you? You ever see like someone get accused of murder and it's like, oh, that's weird. They bought a shovel rope and everything at home depot and then googled how do I get rid of a body? Like? Let these idiots bury themselves. I also think it's a major for so many reasons, just how much stock people put into chat GPT as if it's their confidant, their personal Let them think that psychiatrist and you're going to crazy lengths to find how to murder someone or cover it up like through chat GPT. It's really dangerous, just really concerning for young people. And yeah, major, I hope that. I hope this all works out. Put it that way. Any other any bright uplifting stories.

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Speaker 8: The actually we will finish on an actual uplifting, good fun positive story, great story of men's college basketbal. It is March, after all, teams are punching their tickets to the very large basketball Waltz.

00:33:39
Speaker 1: And pride is sky high for.

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Speaker 8: Hofstra, who hasn't been to Thettorney since two thousand and one. After winning the Coastal Athletic Association Conference Tournament Tuesday night. The Pride is back in the state of New York. Hostra's coach back in two thousand and one Hall of Famer Jay Wright, who went on to national championships at Villanova, and one of Jay's star players was Speedy Claxton. And guess who the current Hofstra head coaches, SPEEDE.

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Speaker 1: Claxton.

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Speaker 8: Yes, it's Speedy Claxton. And Speedy helped get Hobstra to its first ncat toornament.

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Speaker 1: Good old Speedy Claxton.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, sounds like a guy from the nineteenth Speedy helped Oh my music, where'd it go?

00:34:14
Speaker 1: There? We go?

00:34:15
Speaker 3: Well?

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Speaker 8: Speedy back in the day, he helped Howstrick get to their first NC tournament appearance in twenty three years. So sport's coming full circle. Midweek or major.

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Speaker 1: I think it's mid for everyone but me major for me. I lived, Yeah, I grew up ten minutes from Hofstre University. It's it's where all the local guidos that were too good for community college went. I'm gonna tell Wayne Corbett you said that Wayne Cobbett best known Hofster University. We would have a big you know, championship games would be at Hofstu University, So a lot of great college bars by Hofstra, and I think it's cool. Man. Honestly, if you live on Long Island, that is like everyone's safety school because it's a good school. But it's like, I'm gonna apply here, here, and here, but if it'll get in, guess where I'm gonna go Hofstra Universe, the back of the dance Baoute Claxton. Yeah, I'm going. Good for Speedy. It's it's a really nice story and it's cool to hear. And props to Speedy Claxton for being that guy in Color Full Circle. Sam made that name up in the whole story. No, he's right here. I'm looking at him as we speak. Good old Speedy Claxton. What say week Mid, I'm going it's a mid story overall. It's fine, Yeah, overall, but I do like it. It's a nice story. It's a nice story. And you know what, next week, I'll try to keep them a little more positive. And that's all. She Okay, No, those are all great stories. I mean the other one is really sad. I'm just sad to hear it, but I cover it all, you know, Yeah, I like that anything and yeah I like that sign off And that's all. She wrote, But that's all she wrote. Thanks guys, Let's go to Dan Buyer for an update. DV in the newsroom with Manzi Bolanos distracting them. It's a newsroom. Everyone's so checked out of Sam's segment. If it's a little dark there, yeah, a little dark. It's amazing. Again, Manzi's here. She's not even on the air, but yet she's been mentioned on Cavino and Rich. Usually when I leave you, guys.

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Speaker 3: Manzi bring it in three minutes left, Let's bring it in on the show here. I'm going over actual work with her on what's happening in the slate of games tonight. That's all we're doing.

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Speaker 1: Well, Monsey's she's a big Rich Davis guy.

00:36:04
Speaker 3: Oh interesting, Actually, Monzie, can I have that sheet that I just gave to you? Did you hear what Eric DaCosta had to say earlier today the Ravens GM talking about why the Max Crosby deal didn't go through?

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Speaker 7: Well, he said this, nobody's more upset about this than me. Guided by it actually a big regret for me. But we will move on as a football team, and I think there's many, many opportunities for us to grow as a team to become a better team, to build a roster, and to be the team that we want to be.

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Speaker 3: So they signed Trey Hendrickson today to a four year deal with one hundred and twelve million dollars after the Max Crosby deal fell through. The Buffalo Bills on former Dolphins defensive end Bradley Chubbed to a three year deal worth more than forty three million dollars. The Colts and quarterback Daniel Jones agree to terms on a two year contract worth eighty eight million bucks. The NFL is considering playing a game on the night before Thanksgiving as soon as next season. Syracuse fired men's basketball coach Adrian Autrey today after three seasons. Some bubble teams as for the NCAA Tournament. Cincinnati was one of them. They lost an overtime to UCF in the second round of the Big twelve Tournament. Auburn's on the bubble. They beat Mississippi State seventy nine sixty one, Louisville a sixty two to fifty eight winner against SMU and the ACC in the Big Ten. Washington upset USC eighty three seventy nine. Rory McElroy still on sure if you'll tee it up at the Players Championship and Canada for the first time ever advancing to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic, beating Cuba today seven to two. Congratulations to the Canadians, guys.

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Speaker 1: Back to you any speedy Claxton updates. Nothing for you and MONSI I enjoyed on the YouTube your Macarina behind Dan Byer while he did the update. Good work professional right there. I love it. All right, we got more Cavino and Rich next as we wrap up the show right here on Fox Sports Radio. Do you know our video guy Spot is part of the World Wrecker holding Macarina dance at Yankee Stadium. I don't know if you guys know you're in the present of greatness. Spot was part of the fifty five thousand plus that we're there doing the market anas in the day. That's why I'm friends with them. Yeah, me too. Once I read that, I'm like, dude, you're hired. Let's be best friends. I'm sorry, what is this on your resume? Cavino and Rich were lying from Fox Sports Radio studios. Have you ever wiped at a piece of dry toilet paper and wondered? Is this as good as it gets. It's not switched to life changing wet extra large flushable dudewipes because wetter just cleans better. Available Amazon and major retailers nationwide. Dude Wives, best clean pants down. Yeah, buddy, you finally using those dude wipes or what man I've been telling you about him?

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Speaker 1: Now. Two things. One Tomorrow is Sga Day because he's got that aura, the guy that never that says he never repeats, an outfit, never repeats, an outfit who comes in with all this swag, and last week his fur coat was just so ridiculous. We said, well, we have to take some fashion risks here on this show, and we'll do our best to you know, not be Sga. We're not trying to be Jay Gil just Alexander. We're trying to be the best version of ourselves and put our swag out there. Let's see our real aura and put it to the test, So more reason to follow us on YouTube for tomorrow's show. Coveno and Rich FSR on YouTube at Covino and Rich FSR. And if you're watching, that's really his jacket that we have on right now. That's the SGA special man. Yeah, he donated two of them to us because he never repeats an outfit. How does he have so much aura? We're gonna find out tomorrow. We're a mister Farley jumpsuit. Yes, well, hey, you know what, who's you? Sam? We want to see everyone's Sunday best tomorrow And in eight minutes, everybody, including Mark de Rosa and everybody on Team USA, on the edge of their seats waiting to see if Team USA moves forward in this tournament. What's what's more likely in your mind for Mexico to win and score five or more runs? I agree with the ambyrog it's more likely. Or the alternative is Italy just winning straight up? Those are the two ways Italy scrappy. But as you so inappropriately said in the beginning of the show, they sort of sort of went all out let's use that expression today. They sort of went all out yet Italy Mexico, which postes a better question. On any given day, would you rather have Italian food or Mexican food? Calories don't count, dude, calories don't count. You know that's that's so tough. And I grew up. It's your broth, right because Coven, I'm Italian and you you could have like penna vodka, but chicken palm and eats and all that, or no repercussions, no repercussions, or on the flip, you could have like chicken mole with guacamolean nachos and it all. Dude, it's tough.

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Speaker 8: Those got to be the most popular cuisine in America, right, Yeah, So tonight's about all the food. If he has me, I could eat Mexican food like every day. I could eat burrito every day. I negg never get tired of it.

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Speaker 1: Dude, you ain't kidding. Save that for behind the velvet rope. I feel like we need to dive into this. That's a better question. Cavino's heritage half Italian, half Mexican. We'll do this. Who's got better food? Rich?

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Speaker 2: Back in the day, I did a live broadcast from a place called Carlos and Luigi's and they serve both.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh my god, dude, Well you know what we should do this on over promised tomorrow if we run out of time. But tomorrow is who should win the WBC if cuisine was a factor, If cuisine was a factor. Yeah, but look, USA's fate is on the line tonight depending on what happens. Well and if you missed it, either Italy has to win or Mexico has to score five or more runs. That's how USA advance a little strategy, play a role. We'll have a great night. We'll see you then. Until then, have a good one or even at you baby, You win the promise Land. Goodbye,