The Drive with Josh Graham - Best Denzel Movies - 08/5/19

I drive have got exactly what it wanted North Carolina born player went to a North Carolina school held on to win the tournament.

At the very meeting every last growth to do so.

They just didn't have this North Carolina boy pictured in their stories will they imagine winning was Webb Simpson was the favorite coming in one of our favorite songs here in the state of North Carolina. Regardless of who you have claimed the city of Raleigh where he lives right now in Charlotte and of course you're in the triad is a part of that Wake Forest golfing tree. He finished second for the second consecutive year in this tournament. He finished second and back to back weeks on the PGA Tour. He earned himself a little bit of cash in doing so, somebody has to feel pretty awful this week, and someone who decided to take the week off, hoping that Webb Simpson want to climb into the top down and bump him out that the and Justin Rose. He lost about 1/2 million dollars because Webb Simpson climbed to the top 10 which made Justin Rose 11 does not in and when the rewards top 10 that has to get some folks thinking. Moving forward, but Webb Simpson, Asaf Brooks Got these probably swing in the hottest global door right now. He didn't look good. Off the first, even if he didn't have the poor finish or poor start, I should say that he did yesterday. He's probably the one holding up Sam sneaked up at the end of the day if he starts better. He probably wins but now he had a lot on the line. As I mentioned, earned himself a nice little payday yesterday for cracking the top 10 of the FedEx cup standing. He's also number six now in the Pres.'s cup standings.

Tiger Woods is the captain of the president's cup team. The top eight Americans automatically qualify which means Webb now climbing from 10 to 6 is automatically qualify if it ended today being on the president's cup team with Tiger so it was a big weekend for Webb Simpson but an even bigger weekend. Of course for JT Poston. It was almost a perfect weekend for the Wyndham championship. It probably would've been picture-perfect if it was Webb Simpson plot since it was JT Poston. We got just another taste of sports not having the script sports why I love it. You never really know what you're going to get on a given weekend.

It's not scripted.

There were dozens upon dozens upon dozens of players this weekend will all envision themselves holding up the trophy at the end of the weekend. One of those is Poston who did it for the first time I thought that was an even better story than if Webb Simpson would want this tournament had everything but bad weather this might be a hot take.

I don't know if it qualifies as a hot thick you can let me know. Maybe with audio accompaniment, whether or not this qualifies in the summer. Overcast days are better than sunny days I would take an overcast day over a sunny day any day of the week. Yesterday was absolutely perfect.

There wasn't any rain throughout the entire round just overcast skies. So we were all dying. We were all burning.

Just walking the course yesterday. It was terrific. It was the perfect summer weather. I will take an overcast day over a sunny day any day of the week. See what is cultural things that will always pop up on the drop adjust grant of the sun that really bothered me, but I don't really get sunburned when I get darker by not hurting. Not worried about getting burned. I just think it's more refreshing to be out when it's 65, 67° versus 8590° a little different conversation, you're saying you prefer fall over summer basically because normally you are going like this all felt like the fall yesterday walking the course over overcast makes me feel like like emotionally tired 336-777-1600 during the summer hot day or overcast day, which would you prefer on Twitter at sports on triad as well, Aaron. What say you to get some vitamin D may they go so that those race I think you're wrong on this one. I think most people will agree with what I'm saying here so will will get to that will revisit that at a later point next year. It might even be better. The field Mark razzle seems to think so that extra week off will improve the field get even bigger names than Jordan speed the part of things, it was the best field that the windows had in 20 years you had big names like Jordan speed, who completely fell apart on Saturday and he was cut.

The second, there are secondary cut didn't play on Sunday. Also, you had big names there at the end Webb Simpson, probably the biggest of the bunch all Casey was in competition in the final-round very high up on the leaderboard a lot of terrific golf shots were made, there were a ton of local ties JT Poston holding up the trophy at the gym. That's making his return to Greensboro. He hasn't been the last few years. So even something as small as that having the voice of golf from CBS going to the Wyndham championship. I think all of those things matter. Richard Petty became the king was racing before the wind began against our good friend Mark razzle there was drama, it came down to the very last shot deciding who was going to win the trophy so it almost was a picture-perfect weekend or the Wyndham championship. It was well ran. It was a lot of fun Carolina Panthers had been in training camp for over a week now it's game week for the Panthers Thursday night there to be facing the Chicago Bears. The Panthers they been putting out a lot of their own content.

They had this camp confidential, which is a team distributed hard knocks type of show that's on their YouTube channel. It's also online Brian Burns highlighted the first episode when he channeled his inner Denzil Washington in front of his teammates in a way that I think serves as rookie hazing. It used to be that you would be harmed physically. Maybe you'll get tied to a goalpost you might get run down now. Rookie hazing is become you pay for the snacks that we had during meetings you pay for dinners and you perform in front of your teammates during You get on stage in the meeting room you saying a Celine Dion song. Are you saying whatever you need to to impress your teammates Brian Burns went a different direction. So to some of the performance arts in his repertoire channeling the little Denzil will know all will all excellent work well done Brian Burns probably is the most iconic Washington scene about time you will know just got some got something in a resume that could be the top icon this one thing about is the John Q when the sun is seeking yeah here's what I want to do radio shows we we often do this by the seat of our pants. We fly by the seat of our pants. We try to do this on the fly.

Try to be spontaneous. That makes things fun. Next segment, I want you guys. Aaron and Dez I want you guys to give me a Denzil Washington seen you. I don't know what movie.surprise us with what movies are going to select. I don't care if it's training day. Remember the Titans, John Q or whatever he got game. Take a pic look at all right Denzil didn't sell movie to be channeled by Dez and Erin and just a bit.

Now they're scrambling a little bit in the control room. Wolf writes in you skit you still get vitamin D if it's overcast about that, really, is that so to give you Wolf Wolf is that correct Wolf that you still get sunshine when it's overcast. It seems so maybe you get more vitamin D if it's sunny but you do.

In fact, vitamin D deficiency with right parking, vitamin D, all is that how you responded when somebody calls calls you out say something that is false, overcast days I just don't want them in the summer like all the time I get will fill it down when you come outside your house and it's overcast. It is not influenced by the weather me person. I am not deterred your happiness is dictated on whether or not it's sunny or overcast, you're already a sad do not really moving for me this is the very thing I would bitterness the library back for you to get this nice caramel blow two girls liked it. They see will moisturize going back to Brian Burns.

It seems like Florida State. They always produce the showman.

It was Deion Sanders in the late 80s wearing a top hat rolling up the games in a limousine. Jaelyn Ramsey showing up the camp and a bricks truck. He shows up and has a height man with a megaphone. Then you got Brian Burns here channeling the little Denzil Washington so it's all very good stuff so we're gonna work on this. Dez and Aaron reenact a famous didn't sell movie scene.

Plus I'll rent my five favorite Denzil Washington movies next is 609. 20. Now back to drive with Josh Graham is an awful lot. The other way here towards people who are a lot more fun and have more support Marty Smith the guest on today show from ESPN with the new down on college football and NASCAR going out to Spartanburg Carolina Panthers As the teams getting that for a Thursday night preseason opener against the Bears.

We now go to one of the new reporters that the Panthers has it is Karen can on twitter at in Caroline can and somebody I'd qualified like Marty Smith and others who had spun around sports quite a bit as I saw her Friday night facilitating a dance off at Panthers fan Fest between cam Newton and Curtis Samuel. Welcome on in the triad Caroline how are you so aside from the state of cam Newton shoulder has Curtis Samuel been the story of Panthers training campus for knowing you gave more young receivers needed to take a big gap and Curtis had definitely emerged as head of that elite receiver is a heckuva route runner but they kept it down the field definitely made a name for himself this year in training camp.

What's been more surprising, his emergence out on the field or the dancing ability of Panthers going hand in hand play what I so I'm excited that working speaking of performance. Brian Burns did his best, Denzil Washington impression on the Panthers of the series that you guys put out on YouTube and on so I Panthers.com do you have a favorite Denzil Washington movie Carol oh God, you allow favorite one. You have to like equally love them all greatly. It's a great point that Carolyn brings up here like picking a favorite Denzil movie might be like trying to ask a mom who her favorite child. It exactly. All right, so she's staying away from that one doesn't want doesn't want to play the game up tight. When I was growing up my dad was a high school football coach so what being fell and hit daughter that would my life and a lot of people said that I would take. Out of that movie running around my dad like yelling and like coverage covering the Indianapolis Colts before coming to Charlotte to work with the Carolina Panthers. I wonder what what's been the biggest what makes what Ron Rivera does unique or what's been the thing that stood out to you at training camp. The first couple weeks you been working with the team. I think they're going to be with that players are getting in training camp and I think that obviously happened across the many balls in the second 13, but I think here. It's a little bit more aware there telling the many place to capitalize on and if you choose to not capitalize on it and you're not you and on about play so P8 you need to capitalize on the unit it will be a kind of a lackluster play that will into. And fulfilling. But they're going so make sure that their players are getting enough rest and recovery, and getting ready for the game. Teaching the players that you have your four quarters to really make an impact, make the outcome. We want you still working to go ahead and get that routine of making sure he can get done. We need to get done. Any time a rep that you have Carolyn cans on twitter at in Carolina can on twitter from Panthers.com. You were with the Colts before the Panthers. Do you have a good Jacoby preset story you can share with us you are look back and he right to jokester. He had a really tough situation when he came in the coming situation. I don't think anyone really hope that there and you like shoulder being quirked into that starting role very early and having to take on and he went on the roster, my favorite. I am even on the roster. Three day before he went out and started a football game for the cold. Not doing a plea-bargaining. Can you imagine the playbook learned and you have created. I think he handled that situation still able to gain the risk back of the team and see how hard he worked and that's why he still there really date leader on that team even though he's not that starting quarterback on top of that space. Dave Doran. He was telling us I mean he just likes liking all of Jacoby preset's tweets because the guy will talk about space and ask how things aren't why things are so cold in space. Even though it's closer to the sun. I mean the guy he's an interesting cat yes we are pretty big debate he's on the train that the earth is flat, so when we would be getting it out, getting to know him and the receiver they would bait all the time like goat Jacoby dirt like the way that our departed heat so smart that he can just continue the conversation he can get people all riled up about this topic that the really good like Bonnie debate. Nothing. Well, just having fun are inarticulate people listen to him he would have to find the off-the-wall question but to have it straight. These conversations are happening on the field like hey you're sitting here early to practice in the guise of discussing whether or not the earth is flat. I have that right. No no no doubt be there happening like you know they're walking around is the amount of time between eating the field. I thought it would be one of the greatest things ever. What what what is what you thoughts on the earth. Whether or not it's my well I don't think it is what play was running here it goes with getting your caroling cam with us here. We want to go Thursday, it's the Chicago Bears what's the number one thing you're looking for in preseason game number one which were expected to see. Probably the fewest amount of snaps for starters I'm looking for is just what is the depth of team feel good and the coaches feel good about where they are with the depth that a lot of different condition but we haven't really seen them get live full-blown rat outside of going against one another. So I'm really going to get someone to take their head offered trying to fight her roster spot because those are the teams that I do not know. Later on, you think we can. 17 if you can have and they can seamlessly then when trees are going to happen archive need to take a couple of in the blocked event of the teams that are to be pushing for the Lombardi at the end of the season so feel good about where they are but there still a lot of? The authors body there that we feel are counted for the depth, but who filled out beneficial depth chart and I think that's what will be to take shape in Chicago. Caroline it's good to have you warm welcome back to the Carolinas.

Thanks for doing this yet think I might, you got. That's caroling cam on twitter at in Caroline can to win that from Panthers.com has daily reports out of practice with Bill both are different.

Also with Panthers.com I'm getting crushed right now in social media. I put the question out that you can vote on at our twitter page at sports on dryad is remember the Titans overrated and what I'm getting back to the tune of 85% of people is no it's not overrated. Don't question it. Santilli said this hurts one of the greatest sports movies course this is my opinion but I don't want to read any taking suggestions that member the Titans just because you're emotionally attached to the movie doesn't mean the movie is great but that's the definition is that it makes you emotionally attached to it makes the movie greater anchorman is the movie I might be most emotionally attached to, but I'm not to put it up there against Godfather in Casablanca nor should you mean that's I don't even understand what that speaks to the point, just because people emotionally identify with the movie doesn't mean it's an all-time great Oscar worthy type of movie but remember the Titans as a better overall movie than anchorman hello Denzel Washington's along with one Oscar's best actor easy and direct that movie perception easiest to come out here.

See, I think there's a significant fraction who would say anchorman over remember the Titans what will go through the battle with you taking it when it comes to opinion 336-777-1600 on twitter at sports of dry I'm just giving you my opinion and even though it might be what you dislike that it's what I believe it's a strange opinion. I don't know how you you landed there but but remember the Titans what makes it overrated, but I can say is like everybody loves the movie this way that they won't even question it. When I think the movies a little hokey. It's a little cliché, it's based on a true story. Were they supposed to follow the way they told the story, not necessarily the notes that they played at the Disney movie, like everyone, it's formulaic but but that's part of the charm, no words going as you as you know, as you watch the movie but then fell and would harass me that there's a lot of practice that we too like it's estrangement you think it's great. You'll think about the it's a good movie is not a great movie. I don't think there is a great football movie.

I don't think it exists. The directors cut the ribbon Titans is fantastic better. I'm sure it's just as good as the regular which is just good it's it's not great, it's fine. Any given Sunday or I like it or you will consider it a great mood. Now it's football there has been a great football movie yet it's not in the same ballpark is bull Durham or Field of dreams in my mind with double take your listening here for your listening to W SES Winston-Salem WC 02 Greensboro WPC in Burlington and W MFR Highpoint signals making up the dryad sports up is 20 to the drive with Josh Graham that time of the way takes welcome only if the segment callers are very good at Eric Gabriel's pretty good I like to think I'm pretty good has been Johnson's, you're great at a lot of things. This is not one of our guys all day every day has been tries to figure out what were doing and we all know what were doing and we know how the segment should go except for Dennis.

He hasn't quite figured out yet, but then again my blind spots are very clear when I'm wrong, like look at this pull right now, that's on twitter where I said that I would have some allies on the remember the Titans being overrated front right now 78% of you are saying that it's not in fact overrated. So, I can admit when I'm off points. Dez is usually spot on.

Like with that sound you just heard but we'll see if he gets better as we go on here it is. Let's get crazy hot takes only if it's not hot will will kind of just got.

If it is you'll be rewarded with the best possible sound. We can give you as a means of reward 677-1600 to get started with a little bit of prints usually I like firing things out right out of the gate, but let's shake it up a little bit.

Let's go to the ball writing Greensboro's up first.

Brian, let's get crazy. I know our battered is that you cannot be late and will be a good, racist, sexist, homophobic, cannot be a good person well but 100 years ago. I'm sure there's a lot of people we deem as being good people who were probably all of the wealthy were the things I don't think technically they could be a good part okay okay more people will holding them to a standard that's different that didn't have as much information okay which is good but I don't take on the part of either agree with you till homophobic Amy were thought I would add I got to the back right near old town is Ben Affleck's best performance is not as prominent in good Will hunting. So give me the town over that I like him more than the town didn't or go it's just a little bit more believable. His role in the town versus our golf.

It's perfectly Boston Batman movie was awful. Pearl Harbor was a damn shame. The town is best performance back up, take Andy McDowell is more perfectly 90s. Then Alicia Silverstone now really yeah I watch four weddings and a funeral this weekend, but I had to watch Caddy shack and get my Andy McDowell fix that is perfectly 90s is that four weddings and a funeral Caddy shack check is 1989, 90 Caddy shack.

I mean, grandma thinks you are. I like the changeling solo theater now more perfectly 90s. Then Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone said that one movie with no first time that take North Carolina Tar Heels football program led by Mack Brown with eight games this year. One link to last year. One AA squad for when eight I will destroy play wargames when eight of arithmetic that I got that how with lard grit and determination is no hundred 10% you have to take down now qualifies the hot not know that never, never in the history of this segment hired will have we been required to explain our hot day. We could either explain it or leave it on the table and we've never had to sit here and go through I just have to do that. We have not yet clear and reliable. Caroline Caroline and this is explained while radio works there was just one and moving on radio football matter for the segment.

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Let's get crazy become a can and for the past is not good. Okay to have cleaner with good explaining why I was just hoping you were okay. What how does that happen to come together as a team. Background just do what I think South Carolina beat Miami Florida state and the first will go to sports radio show and you had that that I was up but I didn't like you for somebody in a wheelchair doesn't matter who's on the schedule doesn't matter. I would just like a volleyball down on the 5.95. You are like you overall way. Let's get crazy. Got my Dragon open and all over the week until 20. I know what asleep 21 run differential like that one down and revisit that at a later .3361 600 player next year's Wyndham championship four years ago next year's will to be great. Get the week off. I really feel like Tiger might be someone trying to get into the FedEx cup ranking to get high up close to the top 10. You don't want to be somebody missing out on five a day with Tiger Woods for taking posted so I think it's good to be said to be playing in the wind somebody phone Internet. We have no idea who release they thought the greatest real time what I just forgot about for support whose names like Andre 3000 into pot battles so I fault of the roots is the greatest rapper alive right now for quick completely.

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I know you just bit a 10 m freestyle phone flicks notebook stop questioning the takes only just allowed to know that is one of the only relation that we grow closer, sound broke out the Carolina Panthers last year finished number 15 and overall total.

This Carolina Panthers will lead the NFL in total defense and scoring B.

15 but I don't think it's happened before the year were snowing outside and talk to your prior left all the way to number one run hot you gave you how everything but has there ever been a time never done the second take hasn't involved something positive in the way of the Panthers Hornets Tar Heels or grill for the Lakers.

That's one of the fullness of water. The seed is one of the seeds.let's take a cultivating approach with business is brought to the table a lot better, some asked me if I care if I care for them to continue this hot streak. This world is no no I don't know Jack Saltz cut out the three funniest pieces of audio from the weekend. Let's get started now back to the drive with Josh Graham on joining us here now.

The last time we did.

We were talking about that movie for some reason we asked you about it and you said you revealed to us that you had been crying just earlier that day. In the conversation because you had literally just finished your book that afternoon. The book being never settle, sports, family, and the American soul that you can find where books are sold. Now that the book is out. How much can you tell us a plow writing the book how much it takes out of you emotionally a lot because I made myself pretty vulnerable. I writing process. The creative thought this was interesting largely about my life and the experiences that I've had no anything worth its salt is vulnerable to go to those places. Whether it was losing my parents really or taking that moment as a parent.

So many of the foregoing, so work professionally in our lives that our children need by and look up in the 13 and all they want your money and your key and I want to find that out. I wrote a lot of people in that long become short years and and putting already in there and of course Tiger will Michael be Brandon Marshall had a great opportunity to interview me in the land that I am currently which I hope is the best husband and father. The best version yet and so I think it can be really relatable to read a lot of the book again.

Never settle follow Marty Smith on twitter at Marty Smith. We have sound that I think college football season is almost here and we have sound that I think captures the passion of SEC fans. In a nutshell, this comes from the CBS TV station in Knoxville and this is sound specifically of a young Tennessee football fan.

Do you remember what got you hooked on college football. Marty probably the time of day it was. I didn't get father because he was working at all.

Make sure with games with any of the and he had quite an order that you would go figure and see him go get him to feel his love and hope you felt the same direction, watching the hokey. It was amazing. I felt so full as a little boy and before you know way when he died. There was this really good in your life know what you're like to visit with your father when you lose them. You always call daddy and he did have the answer and then let's go home and this very second I feel closer to my daddy in Lane Stadium in Blacksburg Virginia that anywhere on the planet and difficult to describe what that feeling you but it's a feeling for me.

That relationship you're describing between you and your dad. It reminds me a lot of reading. Dale Earnhardt Junior's book the relationship Dale Junior had with his dad and what got into racing cars and NASCAR you became good friends with Dale Junior in the in the past few decades did you guys connect in that way to get over the loss of our parents all the book's little brother wrote an entire chapter. Everything that he managed when he went to the concussion scenario where he was extremely difficult and then, meander through our relationship feel about this brand don't talk I know that he knows I love them and and out of an altogether man when his father died when my father died, and the conversation just in from that are not something that you have the body that something that you have with the people that you trust to the utmost. That something that you have with people that can see you in a broken state and I've seen him. That way, and he seen me that way and we tell each other the highest of high labor all my career. After he got out of the race card for Florida in 2017 anything one-piece and he was fellowship with his crew guys and I got on the whole I like are we clear beautiful old man thing will that way billions of people believe like that is a gift Marty Smith of ESPN with this year on the sports you mentioned your time in Blacksburg and ties to Virginia Tech football Bud Foster announced he's going to be spending one more year on the hokey sideline as the defensive coordinator. Do you have a good Bud Foster story either hero to me.

I was standing the fact that he and Coach Beamer know my name there institutions where I grew up, the low sale defense of the all means in revolutionizing the gain and it is every bit as much a part of that as Coach Beamer is an outstanding Florida state before the last year and he walked out a little out of the tunnel and he got on the last lot in Ulster in my nostalgic mind talking to me this way like I can't I'll never get used to that and I can't wait to invite him to call in a couple days and combine in the cold because that man is a fixture of my childhood. Mr. Alger is never settle, sports, family, and the American soul. It's Marty Smith of ESPN with this year your voice is so unique white literally but also in just the way you approach sports. It's a lot of fun. It's genuine as well. Did anybody along the way.

Ever try to change you know know nobody, not the way you speak any of that will remember I came in cover NASCAR. I never aspire to make television. It was never my path.

I'm a writer by trade. Current journalism I was a sportswriter until 2000 2006 being called and asked me if I like to make television so when they wanted me to come there. I was going to be there car off in Picardy in the way I record you can be Southern and articulate at the same time so never said a word to me about that I was doing a report standing on top of the media center at burst of motor Speedway, 2007 hello the world that they were hard Junior holy company. His father founded to go back sports and 700 an hour and I was walking back to another media room ring and it will win the NFL live every day at work and when the PD region of South Carolina near garlic and she went to school to lose her accent and she said to me that she thought it was so cool that ever ever ever sent to her how to change its awesome Marty Smith of ESPN before we let you go.

The book once again. Never settle sports family in the American soul Brian Burns formally of Florida State in the ACC as a Carolina Panthers and there is video of him see rookie hazing's changed over the years but one thing that now happens is you have to sing or perform in front of your teammates and Brian Burns decided to take a scene straight out of training day just going all King Kong and got nothing on me all that stuff in front of all of his teammates and had us talking about Denzel Washington movies do you have a favorite.

I mean I hate to be that guy but remember to type while all I mean it that what the greatest movies ever made, so yeah that's what I like I like about popular answers and you know the type and see somebody who puts the Spike Lee movies a little bit higher, but where's that phone football movies for you. Remember the time it is really high really really having yeah I don't know wonder better.

I love the Friday night light television. The meter bird with Coach Taylor and Tammy and all that I'm for me to find I like television series is the greatest that I like. No appointment television for me really. I'm not a huge TV guy got a night life with lust. Watch for me it was brilliantly written. Development was phenomenal and I grew up in that bottle.

I grew up an account were college football religious experience. Although the book chapter call forever Friday for a reason and my wife will call me buddy Gary have to conflict Marty congratulations on the book.

Thank you for squeezing us in having me and championing my book.

I just very humbling. Have a great day. Got thank you that's Marty Smith of ESPN all-around good guy.

Great guy in the business. Marty Smith the book once again is never settle, sports, family, and the American soul. Just as I I'll take that as him dunking on me. There I remember the Titans not one of my top five favorite Denzel Washington movies. It isn't.

I don't think there's many great football movies out there. I want to consider. Remember I remember the Titans that, but Marty Smith word carries a lot of weight in football communities and if he says it's very good. I welcome that side of the argument.

At any rate, we got to get to the house to do. We will take it to the house next on the drive