We start the hour with a Behind The Bit that takes us inside Greg Cote's iconic 4-5 am hour during Freedumb. Greg Cote is on a crusade to at least get Pete Rose on the Hall of Fame ballot, but not necessarily into the actual Hall of Fame. Plus, baseball is happening! Stugotz's New York Mets won a big game last night. Does he care? Was the New York Yankees' win in Game 1 actually a big win? When is it fair to start paying attention to baseball if you took the regular season off and your team is i...
Oct 15, 2024•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Giant NFL news is breaking as Dianna Russini joins us live from the NFL Owners' Meetings to discuss Davante Adams being traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the New York Jets. Dianna scrambles to find out information and we watch a master at work as she pulls double duty with our interview and reporting. As she leaves to do her job--which includes trying to speak to Jerry Jones about a morning rant on AM radio--we dive deeper into the impact this trade will have on the New York Jets. Mike Ryan i...
Oct 15, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rece Davis joins the crew for the entire Big Suey to discuss the biggest topics around the world of College Football. We start by giving him the credit he deserves for his heroic performance during the Cal-Miami game when he got sick after a 22-hour work day. Steve Kornhacki joins the show to discuss how the College Football Playoff picture is shaping up halfway through the season and how some of the big results from last weekend impacted the bracket. We also look ahead to a giant Week 8 that in...
Oct 15, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stugotz is trying to avoid talking about the Jets loss last night by addressing the Mets, whether or not Halloween should be a gift-giving holiday and even the Miami Hurricanes, but Chris Cote does not let him get away with it. We dive into the result from last night and why Mike Ryan thinks the right team won. Also, have the Jets actually improved with Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback? The stats suggest maybe not. Plus, penalties are an epidemic around the NFL and took over the game last nigh...
Oct 15, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan is in Los Angeles recording new episodes of South Beach Sessions and had the opportunity to interview the Second Gentleman of the United States, Doug Emhoff. Doug opens up about the unique experience of supporting his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, as she suddenly began a Presidential campaign and how he found out from a friend in the middle of a spin class. Doug discusses the ways that his life changed when Kamala became the Vice President of the United States and how he rediscovered h...
Oct 15, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stugotz and Greg Cote discuss the cowardice in rooting for your rival team after you've been eliminated, but Chris Cote explains why he's willing to pull for a team he doesn't care about all that much just for a potential trip with his in-laws. Plus, Lionel Messi has a new cologne. Enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 14, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is it possible to hear things from the NFL "punting circles?" Then, Peter Rosenberg of Ebro In The Morning and the Michael Kay Show joins us ahead of a huge day in New York sports. He chats with the crew about Mets fans and Yankees fans rooting for each other, which New York fans hate the other New York teams in their respective sports, WNBA fandom in the city, the Karl-Anthony Towns trade, and what Jets fans will do if they get blown out tonight. Plus, Roy had a great time at the Savannah Banan...
Oct 14, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast We kick things off with Lucy's trip to Oregon vs. Ohio State which was one of the best experiences of her work life and one of the best games of an incredible College Football weekend. Greg and Stu discuss the game that Greg claims to have watched every snap of, but Chris is stuck on the way Greg pronounces Oregon. Then, Caleb Williams showed up and showed out in London, and Stugotz believe he may be inching ahead of Jayden Daniels in the rookie QB rankings. Also, what does the Caleb Williams ex...
Oct 14, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hank Azaria (briefly) joins the crew to discuss his Mets, his Jets, and his Bruce Springsteen cover band. Then, Stu and Greg are starting to come around on the 12-team College Football Playoff as Jess and the Shipping Container take us through an unreal weekend of College Football. Plus, the potential Yankees-Dodgers World Series, Paintin' Manning, and road trips. Also, after referencing his extended family, Greg Cote is furious that the crew wants to know more about his extended family. Learn m...
Oct 14, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's cast: Stugotz, Greg Cote, Chris, Billy, Jessica, and Roy. Dan is out this week covering the Clippers in Los Angeles, so Greg Cote is in the driver's seat after a weekend home alone without his wife or Dolphins football. Stugotz's lazy river takes the crew right toward what he's calling the best day of his sports life with afternoon Mets playoff baseball, and a Jets Monday Night Football game for 1st place. Then, 1 p.m. hockey on Indigenous People's Day, Nick Sirianni goes after Eagles fa...
Oct 14, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stugotz and Mikey A are really nervous for the Monday Night game between the Bills and Jets. Does Mike McCarthy survive the season? Nick Sirianni is the sole Winner and Loser of the week. Would you take Myles Garrett if it meant you also had to take Deshaun Watson? Lucy stops by after her trip to Oregon for the game against Ohio State. Lucy thinks Ryan Day's job will depend on the game on against Michigan this year. What is a bigger game this Saturday: Bama/Tennessee or Georgia/Texas? Billy give...
Oct 14, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hockey is finally back as the NHL kicked off its regular season this week ns Roy and David are here to celebrate the start of the season. They kick the show off with some hot takes from the first few days of games, as well as winners and losers of the first week. Then, Shayna Goldman of The Athletic and the Too Many Men podcast joins the show to discuss The Athletic's predictions for the season, how she sees things shaking out in the Metro Division and the Seattle Kraken's historic hiring of Jes...
Oct 11, 2024•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast We kick things off with some Florida Panthers hockey, but we can't go for TOO long before the Bucket of Death. Then, Stugotz's Top 5 Drives in Sports, the hype around Anthony Edwards, and Billy wants to celebrate Baker Mayfield and his sparkling personality. Plus, the Reed Sheppard-Steph Curry comparison, some more "Jess or No," and the return of Tony's Refran Del Dia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 11, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's cast: Izzy, Stugotz, Billy, Jeremy, Jessica, Roy, and Tony. Izzy has an issue with the lazy river, but it doesn't have much to do with Stugotz's lazy river mentality for the show. Then, Jess and Izzy lead a conversation on last night's thrilling Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, and it leaves the perfect lane for a Stugotz hot take. Plus, Dan heard from Bob Costas after Stu and Billy's takes on yesterday's show, we play a quick game of "Jess or No," and Tony analyzes the difference in danger be...
Oct 11, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stugotz, Billy and Mikey A discuss the Jets firing their head coach, Robert Saleh this week and just how much Aaron Rodgers had to do with it. Chris Simms joins the show and talks about the difference between Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels before they face off this weekend. Simms doesn't understand the timing of the Jets decision to fire their coach and has a few words about the NFL's concussion protocols. Plus, the picks segment goes off the rails again when Gordy, Sharebear and Brandon Siler...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jessica Smetana and Lucy Rohden are back with a new episode of Gen CFB to talk about the biggest upsets from the weekend, including Vanderbilt stunning Alabama, before previewing the Week 7 slate of games. Plus, we go Off Rohden with Lucy in South Carolina! Help out Hurricane Milton victims with food on the frontlines: Give what you can to World Central Kitchen at Donate.WCK.org/LeBatard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 10, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Pitch Clock is back for another episode as we inch closer to the Championship Series in the MLB Postseason. Adnan Virk joins Jeremy and Chris for this week's edition of Taylor's Trivia. It's been 18 years since the Mets and Yankees had played a postseason game on the same day, so Taylor wants to test the trio's knowledge on the Mets, Yankees, Tigers, and Dodgers lineups from that day back in 2006. Plus, Jeremy chats with David Samson about all the action taking place in the divisional round ...
Oct 10, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's time to do some candy-shaming as we welcome David Samson back into the room to discuss his outrageous candy bag containing several candies the Shipping Container has never heard of. Then, Joker 2 is one of the biggest flops at the movies we've ever seen. What went wrong? Is it a musical? Was it a dream? Jessica lays out the facts. Plus, Jessica accuses the entire show of daddy issues to start a segment where everybody proves they have daddy issues. Help out Hurricane Milton victims with foo...
Oct 10, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Billy is feeling a little under the weather, but it seems like it may be because he caught baseball fever. Then, we go Behind The Bit on an all-time "Stugotz isn't paying attention" moment involving the movie Predator. Plus, the Padres have banned Ken Rosenthal from their dugout after an article criticizing their personalities, and Dan and the crew discuss if this is a change in media or the players. Also, Gerald McCoy is here to chat with the crew about Turkey Trots, QBs leading the league in "...
Oct 10, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast With news of Rafael Nadal's planned retirement at the end of the year, Dan, Stugotz, and Mike try to put the greatness of Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic into perspective. Is this like three MJs? Three Tom Bradys? How do they compare to Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and J. Cole? Then, how seriously do we take catastrophic weather events if they're not in cities people can recognize by name? We take a look at some more images out of West Florida and also discuss the milkshake ducked Lieutenant ...
Oct 10, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's cast: Dan, Stugotz, Chris, Billy, Mike, Roy, and Tony. The crew was able to make it in-studio despite weather concerns, and we begin the show by taking a look at some of the images coming out of our state of Florida after Hurricane Milton made landfall yesterday. Then, it's time for some baseball. Fransisco Lindor and the Mets are a loveable underdog story with a bagillion dollar payroll headed to the NLCS, Bob Costas is getting ripped on social media for sounding bored during Yankees-Ro...
Oct 10, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast The director of the Oscar-winning O.J. documentary, Ezra Edelman, has completed one of the greatest films ever made: a nine-hour epic about Prince. So why won't the artist's estate let this movie out of the vault? Pablo and New York Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris are two of the only people to have seen it. And they're finally able to reveal what they learned: about the hypothetical cancellation of an icon; Prince's actual scouting report as a basketball player; the disease of pop stardom; t...
Oct 09, 2024•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast To wrap up the day, Tony brings us his Top 5 surrounded by mayhem. The MVP has already been handed out, the Ravens are back on track and things are weird in San Francisco. Help out Hurricane Milton victims with food on the frontlines: Give what you can to World Central Kitchen at Donate.WCK.org/LeBatard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 09, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pablo Torre joins the show to discuss the latest episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, where he discusses the Prince documentary made by Ezra Edelman that nobody will ever see. It's quite the tease, except we will literally never see it! Then, Lucy joins the show for about three minutes to discuss PJ Fleck almost literally barking at a referee. We get into some other college football topics including James Franklin wanting a bigger airport in State College, the upcoming Red River Rivarly and the bum...
Oct 09, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dianna Russini is back to discuss the mess we got her into with the Robert Saleh firing and takes us deeper into the details of what led to the decision. The New York Mets got a huge win over the Philadelphia Phillies last night and Grimace played a major part in it. We revisit Sal Licata railing against Grimace and discuss Hawk Tuah's impact on this Mets' season. Plus, the New York Knicks hosted a celebrity basketball game that featured The Rizzler. Finally, we celebrate Mike Ryan's birthday by...
Oct 09, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast We begin this hour by discussing Hurricane Milton and the severity of the storm barreling toward the west coast of Florida. Chris continues to struggle with cursing in front of the children as we discuss the Miami Heat putting Pat Riley's name on the court inside Kaseya Center. What would we name in Dan's honor inside the studios at Meadowlark Media? Plus, Inter Miami continues to dominate Major League Soccer and nobody really seems to care? Also, the new Brad Pitt and George Clooney movie is a ...
Oct 09, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's Cast: Dan, David, Chris, Roy, Mike, Jess. There is no cursing on today's show because there are children are in the studio, and even though he has a child, Chris cannot help himself. The Florida Panthers raised their banner to the rafters of Amerant Bank Arena last night and Roy and Chris were there to take it all in. They share their reaction to this iconic moment in franchise history as well as the news that Carter Verhaeghe has extended his contract for eights years with the Panthers....
Oct 09, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast The crew finishes its discussion on the news that the New York Jets have fired head coach Robert Saleh and which players think they're more important than they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 08, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Greg Cote is, once again, furious at his son and Dan. Then, dueling football Stats of the Day before Ron Magill joins the show to discuss Moo Dang, Dan Le Batard getting "whored out," and ducks on the pond. Then, Jeremy does everything he can to get the crew interested in an at-bat from yesterday's Tigers-Guardians game, but it only gets Stu and Greg intrigued when we talk about players from 50 years ago. Plus, was Shams always the natural replacement for Woj? Learn more about your ad choices. V...
Oct 08, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dianna Russini returns from a stressful last 10 minutes with information regarding the Jets, but after seeing the look on her face, Dan wants her to go do her job. Then, it's time to get to Stugotz's Weekend Observations including the Top 5 Bears Inside and Outside of Sports, Army and Navy, Nick Saban's smile, and Taylor's Yankees Observations. Plus, John Morales of NBC6 went viral for his emotion while discussing Hurricane Milton yesterday. He joins the show to discuss this unprecedented storm,...
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