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July 13, 2022 3:18 pm
Tennis Channel announcer Steve Weissman tells Ben why tennis is overdue for an influx of young energy from the likes of Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios, says who’s his choice as the sport’s G.O.A.T. , and previews the next Grand Slam event on the calendar, the U.S. Open and whether Novak Djokovic will miss the event due to his covid-19 vaccination status.
Brockman, TJ and Del Tufo recap the show’s trip to New York for the Sports Emmys, and Ben reveals he’s still reveling in Michigan finally ending their long losing streak to Ohio State in football.
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Welcome back to the rich eyes and show another day here in Los Angeles appreciate you rocking out with some deadlines.
I'm very honored and humbled and excited to be here again for another day. With a huge show today guys said had been on looking sharp. My manager well it's Wednesday you know that means was no everybody loves the acclaimed okay. Please fail to follow in his house in Los Angeles. I would get the boat right but haven't gotten there yet. It's landing where I have not been out about it matter if I start the boat Monday when I asked him to comfort when Holly invites he and I received but we never been invited to the boat.
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I know this afternoon. We have a lot of golf on the show today, Solomon is no laying up is going to be God checking a little bit later we got Hallie Ledbetter, the couch can be amazing. She's fantastic golf digest, plus Steve Wiseman tennis channel and you know from NFL network and Didi Richardson, the New York Liberty in a check-in tough loss last night for the aces but want to catch up with Dede at 11 o'clock here on the West Coast.
Lots to get into the Yankees collapse. No riches somewhere in the world like sleep over the fact that these Yankees have now lost three games in dramatic fashion.
The last week or so blowing on three nothing lead in the Bronx yesterday. There were 49 and oh heading into the ninth-inning this year when they had the lead in the world rerun lead in the ninth and the Bronx thought her concern is exactly why I sent the rich don't talk smack all year but the thing is my cousin didn't lose any ground. I know it's July 3. I picked up a game you but I more importantly, the Orioles one again that's nine or out every game in the AL East is over 500 its incredible notes, incredible season for all the teams in your comparison is the thief of joy if you're a fan of any one of those teams and you're just focused on your squad. It's been a great summer. Right then, if you look around the rest of the division or if you look up at the Yankees like weight, were 14 1/2 games out of respect to the Red Sox to be decently stumbled, as of late, but there was a point .1 115 of 19 and the lines family back East is having a great summer know my dad being the world's biggest Red Sox fan when they play well it's food and shelter for the rest of his father may have another yeah so it's been a good summer, but then comparison being the thief of joy he starts you could not get so excited when he looked up at the Yankees. But that collapse in the Bronx. We got our top NFL running backs list. We did quarterbacks yesterday I got a name on my list that I think will surprise everyone who this is CJ's team goats. What division do we have later today. Teach what we doing today we're doing the self we think Southwest yesterday we did Central Southeast division sound unlocks the Hornets that he magic in the woods or the first couple days it was it was kind of you know, talk with the best player for for each team did their holes in the calves of figure 2. Easy ones will not close out now is anyways tell me you're not Michael Jordan is the greatest with this with this ladies in the discussion came up in the in the preshow meetings you know we all come in here early and we sit around and we talk to the biggest stories of the day Lamar Odom fighting fixed rate. That's the thing that I thought a thing and I think the thing has a hard-hitting journalistic call out of the rundown.
I was just talked about the production meeting. I don't know TJ did this morning, put me onto something that I was. I hope to be a part of culture that I really connected with and identified with and very excited to learn more finish baseball it's wild across the finish base while I was watching you know was on.
I guess twitter Instagram and I randomly found this video right and for you guys don't know the thing about finish baseball. I can't even really describe it to you just have to do yourself a favor YouTube look it up.
Look at John boys video.
He does a tremendous job of like basically describing how a guy came to America saw baseball, took it back and it was almost like what's a thing called when you do a telephone in like you tell me something like the time it gets to Brockman as I happen with the rules of this game. By the time it got there. Their bases are all messed up. The positions are crazy but what I saw was an outfielder going for a ball right in the thing is they don't have walls. There's no walls on the field so guy go for a ball and behind the field there was a stream for about two minutes a creek.
Susan creek behind and he dove and landed in the creek decision because it reminds us of why we love sports. In the first place, and I'm sure there are some people over there now part of the world's were analyzing the exes he knows of that play in the creek and they're now telling that guy that he's terrible.
It is always a failure to live up to the hype coming up in the youth finish baseball. The others all culture around for us on the outside looking in its his joy as we love sports. It's why we got into this in the first place and not a lot like the morning so I thank you for that. I think the guy in the rivers leading finish first. Take morning wave on mouse is a lot of fun looking at that this morning and kind guy go across away, get coffee for everybody you know I when I drag you will pick me up and then I try to get back into this fortress is rich guys in the studio, receive visitors. I don't have a key card or an official pass that opens doors.
It's not minority report over here with my eyeballs means and and I knock on the door and then there's a discussion there's like some of the patient's nobody moved only just outside right it's soundproof. I think these are still bulletproof windows and is changed without so we were talking about the 2020 NBA bubble season right and we were trying to figure out who the best team was you know first week of March, before everything for Rudy Colbert touched all the microphone is in everything and I mean thanks and so we were in the middle of that discussion. The door knocked Michael Ohe bends at the door and we were just like, okay, so you're going to go get him because you notice and then nobody moved and I was like why do I have to go because I know some in the middle on the old guy like you. You will fall asleep on the way over the door as I could. Just as I saw, I got knocked I saw everyone look and I guess I would've heard the Lakers beat the Clippers in the box and the reaction was a time when the Lakers when it was the box okay but what about and then it was just like I got a text Brockman. It's insulting to green tea. When I finally got started back so you don't get something and didn't want to know. There was no I didn't.
Well, after you let the listeners in America and throughout the world was sitting the absolute furthest from the door. And yet, while these two brownies are arguing who got up and walked to live there and let you know TJ did for me. I think how many doors TJ has old friends from people strange complete strangers-I'm in the grand facilitator. The teller (my friend, I'm here for you know it's funny that that problem from yesterday when the show started and I'm going off about your pitch and twitter was not a fan of everyone. Everyone is I saw this tweet from a bashful reporter. I love his name is Tommy beer, timing, and he says 41 of the past 43 NBA finals series have featured at least one of these nine players… The last 43 NBA finals have featured 5 to 41 of the Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson chemo/1 shack Tim Duncan Kobe Lebron and Steph Curry. Moral of the story you need an all time great to win in the NBA, and I think your pitch is terrific. I think he's had an incredible run. I think he's done something that doesn't get enough credit when talking about his game. I think he's been available. Some of these other guys don't play. I believe two seasons ago he played every single game this year. He had to play north of 70 guys available every night. So I took my To that.
Do I think he's one of those guys on the list. I think he's one of the all-time greats. Now I don't. I can stand by that. It's okay. I'm okay with that. He still is a lot more of his legacy to write. Of course, I just don't think it's enough for him to be the best player on a championship team and his levels to this in the MBA and the conversations we have around the game. All these men are amazing. All the women in the WR incredible. We know that's why the professional athletes in the world's best basketball weeks, but we can talk with some nuance and some some some gaps that we can analyze a player and say he's amazing. Why haven't they gone to that next level yet. It's been some injuries for some key players around him lost a game seven at home in the playoffs. The Portland yet cheap shot somebody in the back you get swept in the sons and forget ejected from a playoff game like these are things that happen. We can talk about doesn't take away from his greatness. I just don't think that he's going to be the guide.
I like take you over the top. I just don't think that time will tell and I hate hiding behind that excuse. In this in this medium.
It's the worst, but when you look at that list from Tommy to hatchet to really win the NBA.
You have to have an all time great player Kawai Leonard to time. Finals Mbps is been hurt all-time great player and I think your pitch is just a notch below you rather have joke adjuster number two let's guy I don't even like playing the 123 game of of NBA because it is such an end like a such a team sport right but I just think he's got such a unique set of skills that it's almost too unique like it's not complementary in a way that you have to run through him with mellow either. So so incredible at what they do and how they do it can necessarily play another way, I'm always the perfect running mate for Joker that would get them over the top in your mind. Is it someone like Damon who also has a very unique skill set that they need to be paired together to have a shot. Do they even come out of the West. If somehow Damon Joker played on the same team would II would like a combo guard is better than Jamaal Murray and Jamaal merge really good.
But let's do me like I haven't seen jewelry play in two years availability stick to think and are you expecting to come back better off the injury. Helping does. I sure you have a great career but he's he's never been an All-Star does not close levels to this I were talking about deeming Millard's upgrade from Jamaal Murray right you go to the NBA on the heat.
Would you rather have a gnocchi together have Jimmy Butler on your team or jet of yoga and you'll catch Jimmy Butler on my team Joker and then than just a bunch of desire depends on the company how my team is made up, but if China were entitled to share what he wanted team want to bother you on your pitch Jimmy Beller you want your boy Tatum are you are you okay 01 while Tatum got. I was there.
I'll take Tatum you want Llanes you want got us over everyone you want impede or you want your gifts.
Yeah, I know you love them. I mean for me that I can't really answer that question has offices in Arlington to six is that out of the conversation in Brooklyn you want Katie are you on your pitch to Kevin as he 70 Mike 67 guys I'm taking all these guys even though Joker's Mbps will. Aside from Butler. I think it did not get much pushback on the scene with you on this.
Some people would take Joker over and be a lot of people take him over Tatum, possibly guys also do special players want to generate nuclear Luca F.
George at this stage in his career, maybe two years ago I read that Paul, George, I don't know. I think Paul George. I love Paul George but I think I'd rather have your Kevin Booker. I think a brother of Devon Booker interesting that the MVP is what it the 15th best player you'd want to weird out everywhere. That's what I'm saying. That's what's weird about it guys and it's all love like I said the man is incredible.
A unique set of skills. Let's call him Liam Neeson of the NBA right.
He's he's taken he's got a such a unique set of skills.
However, I think they're so unique that there is a limitation to them. I don't think that he can take the nuggets over the top as the best player on a championship team to get pushback on pushback on it to tell you he was good enough to be the MVP of the league, but he can't be the MVP of a championship team that we see happen all the time having to happen a lot in NBA history. What we saw.
There was an argument. Celeste won the MVP and lost the first round, exactly, and I was willing to the unwanted eye. The argument this year, though, that our friend the club and was having because he's a Sixers fan as well. You know it.
While people in thought and Beauchamp MVP and he was saying look for the MVP of the league can't get out of the first round. What is at stake.
Should he have won the award what you guys think about that. I mean, it is a regular-season award and what he did in the regular season was amazing.
Did not have his two best teammates as we talked about yesterday.
Absolutely no injuries have defined the NBA postseason.
Historically, there have always been moments throughout time where key injuries have caused the doors of Faye to open in a different direction if you will absolutely sought to send me a bit and is fortunate for the LAST two seasons to have guys down at key times in year are is that Gemini guy.
I don't know. It will that what you want to say like he he has guys injured. Everyone is guys injured when when the warriors lost the finals to the raptors is Kawai Leonard, not a champion because Katie and Clay were out know you Knox staff for that know which part of the game and and I don't want to see Michael Porter Junior is is a solid player, but Jonathan and Chris Middleton. Amazing guy in the league. Michael Porter Junior is not a mean guy on any level in the league right Chris Middleton is an Olympian is an All-Star goes out our playoff series and takes his team deep and I don't know I am a big fan of so many of these guys and I understand why Denver fans love their yoke it she's there guy I'm telling you it's fools gold telling you town is not gonna work out.
I want to get into this week on the show, but today to be a big golf joke. As we got Holly Ledbetter and Chris Solomon. He's from no weighing up which is a great podcast. I love the no weighing up brand got Steve Wiseman to break down all the stuff that happened out at Wimbledon and they know you Dede Richards from the W from the Newark Liberty checking in at 11 o'clock here on the West Coast will be show deadlines and for Rich. This is a Rich Eisen show every golf equipment company claims to be longer off the TV right but Callaway got the new Road ST driver. It's the only one built to completely bomb it can speed soon to be Callaway's fastest, most stable driver ever. Every rogue ST is engineered with the new tungsten speed cartridge, which is you more speed on off-center hits and provides more forgiveness thanks to high am alive.
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Welcome back to the show Ben Lyons in for Rich. This is the Rich Eisen show on a Wednesday. We appreciate you hanging out with the show being a part of it wherever we all were everywhere. You guys are everywhere Peacock YouTube Sirius XM everyone to see Westwood One everywhere actually know from East to the West Coast. I love I love the archives here. I love between the brakes.
They play old interviews still to follow. Pitching is wonderful on some terrible idea existed so good. I enjoy enjoying the show right now you nose for his work. Cover and tennis cover the NFL. I don't know if he has any ideas he wants to pick shark tank but Steve Wiseman joins the show right now I don't Steve Gray grabbed Kevin O'Leary may not like the people I love and idea at Wimbledon that have walked out music hello video wall mean I'm buying in on that department. They Petersburg in Russia that have all that players literally walk out or their dancer, their music, there's video I made it at the party and then at the end of the department. There are before they even give the trophy presentation, though I don't know if yelling to be into it, but I am feeling the idea gets very boring. I was watching him like I like it so I get it you like the old building and they walk out, but it's like some music there.
Yeah that year they walked out on the side and this year they walked out great young preventer court. They're all about tradition and can walk on the grass and all white Nam and I got up in our when Nick areas walked out in his gaze that had read on many would wear like at Red Hat. The mat of the app. Five questions about why why would you do that you know need like I'm doing me in my tradition is more important in their tradition, though I yeah earlier in the area is making NBA fan you not to prevent at that he was on the deck with a after one of his massive knee thought me and got work on and he literally pulled itself exclude the mat in overtime or some like that evil or lose again. You will promax is the next day that that about the Celtics law, though, and yon it like a good friend but with the 50 bottom restock really great players Jimmy Butler and their great relationship and intermittent unequally yoked it Serbia and and him and I know that joke of it are also really tightened a lot a lot of connection between the tennis world and the rest of the sport season IPC Street it up because it feels like tennis is having a cultural moment, largely due to the fact that there is this infighting within the community. The fact that Nick Erie is wearing red shoes has everybody up in arms and at the Mitel to fall classic. They're talking about now to the main court material stipulates her exactly so it's is weird kind of time for tennis is in it, and let God your neck on the neck try to do their own thing. I think it's kind of fighting in general, and though some time it ruffled feathers the wrong way and work that you know gentlemen board and this and that you know that a lot of unspoken rules and notably like Nick. My opinion is absolutely box office and you have to walk 20s on the court think a little bit differently and I don't agree with everything he does and then the cursed thing in the throwing of the racket you potentially be dated for an incident where players Alden.
You know they might hit somebody in the Crowder plan racket goes close to hitting a pocket or some like that but walking on center court. In JI think that's cool. And you know his whole perspective on you know the game in a kind of wanted to entertain as well as being talented. I love that the bat tactical thinking to hit a cleaner on you know in the Wimbledon championship in the middle of a rally. Probably not put it cool device enjoying the show. In addition to his work with the tennis channel.
He works as well for NFL network to start covering tennis.
It's been really cool to watch you just do your thing. The last few years and I would imagine you had a passion for the sport of the young age, yet always played a Chrysler claim and I would like eight years old or something like that all of the first quarter ever played. Then at some point in else there on the call of the boat and go, and I know you not one thing at night school and I still play it on. Now I actually was a volunteer goes for Loyola Marymount women being for cleared out here in LA when I got the yen in 2010. I did everything it got deleted or thinner and out of the line culpable live in an ecological like that. But one thing I was try to get on the planet Don: Tonio gave me an opportunity to do basically the ear and redirecting the mix of the Australian open and Wimbledon and U.S. Open able to call Mac to our coverage and I know that I thought it was amazing. I work with folks like Mark with burden and Rubin Taylor Dent Murphy Jensen and all the folks that have become great friends and and and you know what he really helped me get my unit at tennis panel and when I left the note and email for independent channels, like a time to meet, like now, but why don't you I thought Indian Wells just for like to stay with Woody in the family and merely wanted to call couple Mac like a paid audition and so I called Marty for his first night back after his whole anxiety thing I become buddies with Marty and I called within career and was friends with Mark Whitford, like I was okay that I did a phone theme is not going to Davenport and like I killed it so I bring you back in and that's how I finally got into tennis channel and then eventually moved to LA you not been really grateful for all the both Bob Wiley and Ron Schneiderman can calm and just like everybody so positive and supportive than you know all the people I work with, whether lengthier you know Tracy oftener jammer Pollyanna counter Kandahar you know everybody there become like a family and so everybody, take care one another than you know.
Thankful that it got work on shell deadlines, and so rich. The rich doesn't show so being somebody's comfort again. Now the highest level and with some of the biggest names around sport whose greatest tennis player of all time and work on the other day and and after Concord cut them off and unite the big guy. I think it, so I work with who, in my opinion, is the go to networking and I would love though. So cool. Economically helpful marking is to be able to, you know, basically to hang out with her for two weeks on the data in an and be able to talk tennis with somebody 19 grand plan and enough you want 20 Wimbledon nine there badly to enable to come out on the court for the 100 Year Anniversary Center Ct. He got killed it, but like Martin is the coolest and one everything and get it over like 30 and 40 years and wonder (claimant two weeks before the so I don't get it. But the comparison, but being able call marking a friend in the how others you know revere her and looked up to her. All she was able to overcome, go, but you know the goat become something that is difficult and so there's that category and obviously right now Rocca has more grand plans on the men by than anyone else. Margaret court not the goat. She had made it on the women's side a lot of offering (nobody played tournament or a good player can play at Serena Serena insane as well. You know, the 23 major able to accomplish each verse or like like marking entering our our our goat and then and then you got the big three, and you got Ragnarok, but no back in. So I think when you talk about greatest of all time.
Legacy also plays a factor that you like the legacy of more objective quality been where they make you feel right though you make a lot of people feel amazing and in the way he's able to make everything look effortless, though, that could put him on top but then you got Rocco, who ardently works harder than anyone else who literally take no point talking it 100% effort on every single point and I don't know many human life. They do that in any of their occupation and then know that you probably going to overtake rough in terms of the old (with was also insane. I put together daily greatest athlete in the world I truly believe that now when I said that I fit athlete in the world.
I didn't think player in the world that athlete prick and likes Gumby on court and like and it's strong and fast in the endurance in everything he does next level so I do know I'm to go with Martina.
I know that's not where you are heading in the question but that is the question open ended and he gave me five minutes of the history of the state of the sport. I love you guys agree to pay its if you come with it is a quick answer. Are you know we'd be onto the net would be all talk about football ravers stay on tennis and I think this is what is so exciting about the sport right now is that here you have the mix of culture – and you have you Nike said that the NBA effect if you will, on the sports the Mike deal to follow invitational if you will, but then you have the tradition in the history and the legacy and and these two things are all right now the sport heading into the U.S. Open. What can or cannot tennis fans expect our New York and in Flushing Meadows this this fall will we may not have know that that right now will not backdated and you happy backdated that the country so what, what's crazy that we may not be no back lay another grand slam at the parent because he got a lot of really so look for me in this top US government may change that rule by wild that you don't argue with the number one player in the world right now not be playing a major infill neck, may you bet that mean you know the deal mended at any camping there and he was allowed to play Wimbledon because Dan the rough in the Belarusian then there was no point within the ATP and Vandy fired a click away when the tournament calls to seven in the world and you know on the limits on Lena Reebok cannot wait. What lessons the play in the tournament and then you get somebody on the women's side one the permit literally was born in Russia, and a few years ago money from Dan and now Dan was able to play and then you know when the tournament when in all honesty she's Russian. And so, but he actually called the writings.
Well, you can get a point Nick karaoke get to a final will be 15 in the world right now 45 in the world from 40 put that aside and mean it is great opportunity.
You know Rocca still hasn't law and amazing this year we couldn't say anyone the Australian open anyone at 14 Roland Garrison to get the semifinals of Wimbledon and unfortunately have to pull out because he got heritage at dominant that the packaging that would be eloquently quarterfinals with an abdominal care is incredible. Meet you one French Open with the fact that he had foot injury to the economic everything will match how to integrate many broken written final of any Logan Philip Chris earlier this year as well so you can count dropout play each one of the favorite. If you have Neil Medvedev come back. The fact that he is playing a little while. You geared up for the grass court even you know if he still motivate then the fact that he didn't win at Wimbledon make them more motivated because the guy he feels like Wimbledon is a great affirmative autonomy and wanted like I might drop I will need to do anything for the rest of my life. So the fact that they feel motivated. I love that as well and then on the limit that is so you can see on the number one player in the world but are lost earlier Wimbledon. But you got cocoa golf teenager 18-year-old American who is going to be the future is an absolute rock star brilliant on and off the court man in the motivated people run another young American is 20 years old off looking at the box office superstar and then and in others from all across the pulpit goes on super both the may or may not of heard of and then the other question is Serena is he playing. I don't know when it made the foreground and locked and the motor and Roger is not expected to play until the labor cup which is after the U.S. Open in any foot.
The plan ball holder to come from and after that a lot of question, but there's nothing like the excitement, electricity, Arkwright Stadium. Nikon matches all the banter back so maybe I'd be the right now.
It's a great is a great assignment, New York, and it's the greatest tennis event United States either great ambassador for the sport.
We appreciate things in Simon, thank you for my wee boy Brandon Bailey, you know coming out to start going up at Wimbledon to get you drop a band and all that and the Wilton being in the Royal but listen, thank you so much for having me on a really appreciate you been in the have a great week.
Thanks much man. Take care the whites enjoying the show town to do covering tennis at the highest level contributing to the NFL network as well by Stephen is right is a lot going on in the world to tennis anything that's how you can win Wimbledon which is regarded as the premier tournament in the sport and you drop in the rankings something almost there should be some type of live tour for the tennis For the tennis men and was valid since it is unfortunate that here you have such a beautiful sport and it seems like the only time he creeps into the national or international conversation is around the majors. The local events and tennis in America don't have much juice to them in terms of how we analyze the great players in sport. Yet in order to talk a lot about a lot of golf later on. The rest of the show, but there is no other event like you know the memorial, matters in golf and the players championship in his other events throughout the golf calendar that you know are a kind of a big deal.
Where is and tennis. You know the world.
The casual only really focuses four times a year, maybe three because the Australian open obviously is on at weird times so yeah now it's it would be really cool if there were great premier tennis events in the big cities that mattered to the conversation around the goat. How many way, who's the best this year.
All that stuff is very cool. I love tennis on thanks much to see for checking in. Coming up a little bit.
We got Chris Solomon from no laying up. Got Dede Richards and Hallie Ledbetter in studio.
My friend needs a cover for golf digest, so were very excited for a big big show today.
Lots more show coming up.
Plus our top NFL running backs will get into that next which I shall also this is a rightsizing show, I am Ben Lyons filling in for its appreciate you listening, watching, subscribing retreating past sagging whatever you do to be a part of the show we we got some of the some some great golf stuff coming up later wielded a chance to talk too much golf and golf seems to be in the news of the open championship and always talk talk around live tour so we got Chris Solomon from no laying up checking in about half an hour got Hallie Ledbetter little bit later on in studio.
She was my first guest on the Rich Eisen show last summer I college or your favorite golfer: our open championship is from times over in Europe somewhere and then called and threatened that the Evian or something to the Collins dog Hallie Ledbetter is in studio lots going on guys lots happening. I saw the story just now in front office sports. When the ABA and NBA merged in 1976. Many ABA players were left without paychecks, insurance, or pensions.
Now, NBA and NBA players Association to launch a new program providing annual payments to ABA veterans based on years playing 25 million will be split amongst hundred 15 players.
I think that's amazing. I love this story. I love the ABA, the more I learn about it, the more footage you get to see his basketball fans before my time and I think your guy in this room really has ABA ties is still to follow you. Remember what the ABA and have a little but I was. I'm deftly alive yet but I'm very happy that these these legends of the game is guys who paved the way for so many of our favorite players today to be making just ridiculous money. I think very cool that they're there. Looking back in giving back so shout out to them, I think the chance to ask you guys since I didn't get a chance to see you. How is New York City for your big trip. Oh, I mean it's coming home empty-handed. It was actually great. We had a great time. Was nice to check out and I kinda go is a full on crew to the Big Apple and just kind make the most of it and relax and go nuts for a 36 hour yeah I was able to fasten just yet time in the city. We have fun and is at work is on though I to me it's like maybe the greatest city on earth, so the only problem was we didn't have enough time. There is just so sure. But we packed a lot in there and that Chris got some pizza you know and that's always a must when you go to New York and I'm just hosting all week so some tells me you be nominated again next year, so we were looking smooth in that picture that's in the client to address what seems out to bit lines in this picture there's so much happening in this picture for our radio audience. First of all, everyone cleans up real nice and that is a sharp looking group of sports content. I sat down to finding and Rich look like they walked in from another movie before they got nothing. There's something going on so filler in building for land out a few faces that I don't recognize but a few other houses are recognize because they're cleaned up. He doesn't sharp and you have on on your face glow. Well, have we had who knows what we had. We had a nice New York sports Emmys glow about you. I think that was all the whiskey with my tequila. How much one is it soon to be recognized for the work you do you guys work really hard on the show they got the opportunity to come to New York into be amongst your peers and deeply admired fans of her mobile site, less peers and more people you admire. Because I'm not peers with most of those people at all like you know so those are people that I admire in the end they were in the room and it was really cool and just to see people get rewarded for their hard work.
It's always cool and just like we constantly said you don't know it's an honor to be nominated. If you've never been nominated to probably sit there going and whatever but when you do get nominated for something like this in Chris I sent this to you.
It is the people that were nominated with us, but also take a look at the people that didn't get nominated. These are some of the biggest names in sports, with the biggest social media followings and most recognizable names in most of those people did not get nominated so that's really where that the honor comes in and I don't know how many other shows bring their entire staff to come celebrate the show that was very cool thing and it speaks lines to this community in this group. You guys ability or into Rich as well and everything is you know it just shows you know were not like one of those mega power, so to speak. We got a very small amount of macho man savage headband on today. You look like you're about to battle for Queen Elizabeth on her selling yourself short to the king, proceeded type. One of those events.
See that's Michael Jordan tequila run three go to somebody your fan out and say hello we went.
We had wet interaction with Jeff pass and that was hilarious that Jeff and I went to school with. Lindsay went to school together. We were at Syracuse at the same time and we had a lot of mutual friends but we did not actually know each other so we went up and talk to him. That was super cool. His hair was on point. We finally get to me but my Jones in person that was awesome but not Harry. I mean Jeff to good sleep posted this picture a while ago.
We can hit it again, but Jeff passes Harris just as wrong swoop even more impressive in person that it is guy asked me, as a guys flirted with the swoop over the years is not too sleepy right now me to say that's a strong swoop yeah Belmonte Jones, also a member of the tolerant person club yeah it's funny I talked about money a lot over the years on radio, but I never met him in Amherst. Same with us.
He asked me to do a sketch on his show there was it was ridiculous it was for the Masters in his HBO show and Street master's yeah industry Masters of Tiger hood and I got to the and I got to the shoot. 665 season. He's very tall, very tall and thin and so was cool to just see him and then just everyone else in our business that we see once or twice a year. Big events that we haven't been able to see in a couple years because there's been no big events to attend right and so it was nice to just kinda go in there you'll have a little in a little libations and just kind of enjoy. Enjoy your night. It was a long show but it was cool to see everyone's work on display from the last year and then see those people rightfully get rewarded. It was a big night for some of our friends NFL network and I know that was awesome. And then we just kind of enjoy the night with a great dinner we call the day was one step behind the crew was texting with TJ at the restaurant and it was a go at the lounge spine. I go to the lounge find it was the first club and second is that all of a sudden your diner with Harry styles and I'm like I was at the felon house in July. Now I can keep up to 8:45 AM call back right where we hit the ground running and then like like this up or get left behind any other big plans for the summer you steer like writing to you anymore time off. I'm just writing to yes which is creating.
I know I have been receiving our quarterbacks coming back after he defeated the evil Empire and blew up the death Star, the greatest game ever played the team from Ohio are you are you have you been writing this Michigan finally beat Ohio State hi like Rich has been on this. Yes, I'm good for 10 more years so it was so epic. It meant so much to me was a biblical affair like I said it was his relics the greatest. I remember what happened on New Year's Eve. I was still blacked out from what happen again so I smoke anything you know I don't member I was in the now shot to kidnap Mary do the cool thing with a new starter platform called Revel where he's doing these leadership summits all summer.
He's connecting with fans and talking to them about the game about his workouts and just really building his community and I love it. Kate McNamara is a leader one against Ohio.
I think there to be back in the college football playoff like I love was happening with coach Arbaugh who eats a vitamin every day called the state and drinks whole milk kiddingly is not healthy. I will run through wall for coach. I think she's got the best one to in terms of football and men's basketball in the country with little engine and coached Ron Howard went to the college football playoff went to the final four things rolling in college have two alarms as their two biggest head coaches his family.
It's very cool. I can't think of any other college.
It has that guys who also were dominant stars at the University right when Anna had great years and both are in the hall very good and in their respective sports or and I think it's it's it's a great energy around University I the women seen doing very well going around and eight as well. I'm not Hillman best player in the history of machine women's basketball go into the WBS is a fun time at I'm so high off that I feel a lot and you know what the nine months also great. It was so great. You understand, just so awful when you're in one of you know always a Red Sox fan was therapist Aaron Boone for you right it's just the idea of just blowing up the death Star. At the end of episode four, when the rebels are all flying they come back to the planning that you a walk-through area. Episode six episodes.
I miss you Kuban minutes is so fantastic that it is a lifelong diehard Rams fan you just get the greatest football season ever. My goddess is on the line's house and left to see all basketball early in the year the coach coach might've gone a little aggressive and took out a Wisconsin assistant code for Will Smith helped out with coach on my God and forgot about you forgot about will stop NFL running backs really hit that next speaking of football get into that next and then we got Dede Richards in about an hour for New York Liberty big show Rich Eisen show rose on yeah I went to the liberty game last weekend and they lost in overtime.
Dede is his soul long on defense. She can guard all five positions in the liberty just haven't been healthy. The right there again. My setting is the aces the aces have Chelsea Plum dropped 27 Asia Louisiana Chelsea Andre like the aces are going to the finals. I would love to see it and in aces sky finals last night double-overtime. To see the Mercury game last night. I did not curse Tyler Smith one for 30 something. She was on she trade rumors yeah talk about moving her because there under 500 yeah and she still in the primary career as a game in second overtime. I think with that Leah had a runner run a school play a game look nice so you weren't wearing the think of it with WNBA guys want to go on Thursday night. I got tickets rinse Candace Parker's return to see a crypto where we feed on the hardwood like what the situation comes to the W. All of a sudden Spike Lee Highway. All of a sudden we reside is very fair for Candace parts of your feeder on the wood.
You know like a sweet guy you know it. So while I have not had the privilege of sitting close enough for the players can hear me too often in my career and there is a time when I would I was a Hall of Fame heckler as everybody knows, and I went to a Knicks game. They were down 22nd half 20 games out of 500 and then march you know and was given Evan Turner the business because I still to this day am convinced that I am a better gospel. Evan Turner I don't know what he does well on those. I went down to the park. I couldn't even turn the business building. So, no question, no, Evan Turner, you guys are about the same side. Anyway, I didn't know Kenny Smith at the time he sitting behind me used to dinner down Houston apparently has conversation heckles. Evan Turner required you six months later, I'm on a radio show. I bring Kenny Smetana talking about heckling. I see you nauseous and came heckling Evan's earnings will that was you. I want/for another six months. I meet them in person for the first time when I got hired at Turner, Ernie Johnson's walking me around the TNT offices. He said, is our new twitter host Ben Lyons.
I think anything fan on the Evan Turner heckler and he completely lost the ring around here is ridiculous. More show coming up next for the real story behind some of wrestling's biggest moments something to wrestle with Bruce Prichard and Conrad Thompson to all opponents. Much of him as having a conversation wears on a motion. Andre was number one because not even going back before you know Holcombe was a baby face Holt and Andres were able to go in headline the New Orleans Superdome at Shea Stadium in Japan wherever they went. That was an attraction something to wrestle with Bruce Prichard listen wherever you get your podcasts