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That thread, the John Harkes-Winalda thing. Oh, yes, please. There's a great podcast series done on that whole 98 World Cup that Roger Bennett was behind. It was a disaster. Yeah, Winalda, I remember watching Fox Soccer Channel when he revealed this stuff very casually.

I saw him reveal it. Was it with Kate Abdo? Yeah. I don't recall the Wynaldo thing, but this thing has been out there. Has it? Because he's telling the story, and I'm like, where is this going? And then it's like, oh, my God. And then he's like, but I didn't want him off the team. I'm like, what? Yeah, Harkes and Wynaldo were two first-teamers, and they were embroiled in a scandal off the pitch. One banged the other one's wife.

Ah, classic. He said, I got hurt and I was so into my rehab. Like the families knew each other. The couples would go out on dates together or whatever. And when they're on the road- This is all according to Eric Wendell. Yeah. This is the story he told. They're on the road or they're out, whatever. And I guess he got hurt. And while he was rehabbing, he kind of got really into, as athletes do sometimes, they become very insular or whatever. And so the other one was like, hey, what's going on? Bangs his wife-

And then, like, it comes out, they find out it's no. That is a scientific term for it. Bangs. Gave her the hog. Adultery? Bang! So then, like, it comes out, and he's like, I don't want my teammate kicked off the team. Because he's like, I thought that would give us the best chance. And I'm like, win what? Are you talking about the World Cup? Are you serious?

I'm sorry, this is the part where sobriety has to come in. It's like, my dignity and the dignity of my marriage versus us placing 700th out of 699. For the younger members of our audience, there was a fair amount of hype entering the 1998 World Cup for the U.S. They had a lot of great results against Argentina. They were playing Brazil pretty well. And they went into that World Cup, and I think they lost to Iran in the 1998 World Cup. They sure did. It was just...

All these toxic vibes. Like, if the World Cup happened in 96 leading up to where they were in form, this was a team that was likely headed to the knockout stages, and then they just fell on their face, and then you start dissecting what happened there, and this was one of those ugly things that was happening behind the scenes. Yes, it was ugly happening behind the scenes. I feel bad for all parties involved. Also, they could have been all blissfully in love and married and faithful, and the same shit would have went down.

That team was not going to be doing and making any sorts of noise. The results beg to differ leading up. We're not talking about leading up. How are you approaching this as a cocky Brazil guy? Your team is in total disarray. Can you imagine if Brazil win? He'd be getting on to us when our teams win. Can you imagine a mean if Brazil win? Brazil all of a sudden puts its foot down on pink hair. That's the line.

Brazil won't cross. Pink hair, that's it. Exactly. The Yankees all of a sudden. Yeah, Ronaldinho's given up on them because they drew against the U.S. That's how bad the U.S. is. Ronaldinho saw them draw the U.S. He's like, I can't watch these guys. I will not be watching these guys. He's absolutely watching these guys. Where is Jimmy Butler? Why isn't he at any of these games? I'm really upset.

He was at the X Games. No, who gives a shit about it? They do the X Games every year, don't they? I don't know what to tell you. Jeremy, did you see that clip of Jimmy Butler telling Camila Cabello that he wanted the fans to show up early? Yeah, that was pretty funny because, look, for him to play into all of the things that everyone else nationally thinks about Heat fans is funny objectively, especially because every Heat fan's reaction was just like,

Well, we can't. Nothing we can do, Jimmy. Sorry. Here's a clip. And Jimmy, I guess, is reveling between that and the that number looks good in purple and gold type of line that he threw out there. He has taken some public digs at the Miami Heat and their fans, and this is the clip. What is the best and worst thing about Miami? And then the worst part, to me...

Our fans never show up one time. They never show up one time. You know why, though? Because that's Latin people. I'm just like, damn. I wanted to be rocking from, like, the jump ball. Fans, come on. We need y'all. Go in. What was the best thing? You know what, Jimmy?

Just understand bro, we get off work at what time? About 6, 5 o'clock. We gotta go home, take a shower, then beat this traffic. You seen this traffic around here? It's like one way in, one way out. Two bridges only. And them motherfuckers always just backed up. Big bro, show some grace to your fans. We support you. We buying your jerseys. Lay off of us. You just set us back, what, 10 years if you're a Miami Heat fan. Also, the best thing he said in that clip that was cut out was the fans.

Yeah, you know what you guys are doing something here. I see that video team maybe a very manipulation Convenient editing out of like oh, let me leave the best part out and just focus on the worst part Well, why we was trying to start shit here man. What's that? Here's what I'll say about Jimmy. He ain't slick right? You're not slick with any of it with Camilla Shakira We came from Brink. You're not slick

And now you did the Taylor Rooks thing where you just said stuff into a microphone because you're courting. I'm just saying. You're not slick. How dare you? You know that's what's going on. We're watching you. We're watching you. Keep your eyes. There's a pattern. There's absolutely a pattern. Why can't he just be a fan of all of these people? Did you watch the Euros yesterday? I did. I watched Spain and...

Georgia. Georgia, yes. Georgia went up 1-0. I mean, tough, tough. As soon as the equalizer came in, my dad said, it's going to be 5-1. I mean, I took Georgia plus two because any SEC team, you've got to take them at plus two. But they lose 4-1 to Spain. Spain's got a 16-year-old first.

Look, that's the new status symbol I've realized watching both Yorick and Copa. How good are you guys? Man, we got a kid who can't even buy cigarettes. He's playing well. We got a kid that, because of workers' laws, can't actually play this game. That's how young we are. And you know how we know he's young? Because he's got the broccoli hair. And he's like 110 pounds. Yeah, all the young players have that haircut. But in the England-Slovakia game...

And Gareth Southgate came back from the dead. Everybody was pouring dirt on his grave. England have this immensely talented team, a team that should have every right to be playing in the final. They almost get knocked out by Slovakia. They concede early because you fall asleep during a pass that goes directly through your back line. And Slovakia look good on the day and right at the death. Who else?

Jude Bellingham. That stupid-ass haircut, man. I'm going to tell you right now. Jude doesn't have a stupid haircut. I don't like it. Jude doesn't have a stupid haircut. What he does have is a flair for the dramatic. I'm going to say this, man. Elitism. Someone asked me a question, like, what happens if Argentina plays the USA? Like, where do your roots—I said I want it to be like a negative draw if possible. But, like, very close to my hatred for Argentina. You only got the draw when Brazil played the U.S.,

A couple of weeks ago. We're talking about intern. We're not talking about friendlies and little bullshit. Usually Brazil can speak from the catbird spot. Not right now. We're both kind of going through it. Catbird my ass. How about that? Hey, yo. But...

For England, man, England's very close in that ranking of teams I hate. And so Slovakia being up 1-0, I was like, okay, here we go, man. Please, please, please. Did you see the video of fans leaving the stadium? Dog, did I see the video? They were complaining. They were like, Southgate's got nothing. But Jude Bellingham is a special player, and he plays for Real Madrid. He's an Englishman that plays for Real Madrid. And seemingly...

England has taken on Real Madrid's identity in that this team in white will look listless for 90 minutes, but at the death, they'll find a way to make it happen. And usually the tie that binds is Jude Bellingham. He's probably going to win Ballon d'Or. He is an absolute superstar, and he has these moments under his belt. And the moment where he turns to the camera and says, who else?

As if who else could have possibly done this? I hate them so much. Dude, you gotta like Jude. I hate them so much. You gotta like Jude. Everyone, get out. All of you. All of you, get out. No, I love Jude Bellingham, and I'm so happy that he had that moment. England, by the way, for those that don't know, are you English? Maybe. I'm English.

For those that don't know, England is the New York Knicks of world football. Right? Like, they had a championship a long goddamn time ago, and they think this is their year every goddamn year, every tournament. Only they got to the final three years ago. Congratulations. Three years ago because it was impacted by COVID. Exactly. And they lost to Italy, which has had truly a bizarre six years.

Italy is the Miami Heat. They play ugly and somehow at the end they pull it out. How did they do this again? I think Italy found a way to have the longest win streak in the history of international football and still miss the World Cup. And then they won the Euro.

Two years later. Yep. Or again, because of COVID, maybe a year later. And now they're knocked out of the Euro three years later by Swiss. The Miami Heat. Yeah. Very, very bizarre. While you guys are watching this men's national team game tonight, I will be watching the season finale of Clips. Is that tonight or tomorrow? I think it's tonight. Tuesday. Doesn't it come out on Tuesdays? What day is it today? Today's Monday. Oh, man. Oh.

But we can still talk about Clip. We can still talk about Clip. I was so excited to see the finale. What's going to happen? You think they're going to sell the team? I think they're going to have to sell the team. Oh, no. He said for life. Well, Shelly wants to own the team. Shelly said, I want to keep. And her stupid-ass lawyer, all of a sudden, he says, oh, I've got an idea here. Like, what kind of idea is this? You want to talk to me about it before you say that to the commissioner? Man, she's a mess. They're a messy, messy couple. How is the V-State?

Stiviano storyline in Clip. Oh, no. She's ass off or ass on? Ass way off. Oh, my God. Episode five was the Barbara Walters interview. Right in. Arm man. Yes. Shout out to the woman that got to play Barbara Walters who also did a good job. It's funny. Some people are doing incredible jobs.

Al Bundy, incredible job. The woman who's playing Shelley Sterling, incredible job. V. Stiviano, incredible job. Ed O'Neill, I think is doing a great job. I'm not being funny here. He might be Emmy nominated for this. Really? Because this is the thing. Has he ever won? For Modern Family. I'm sure Modern Family collected so much hardware. And he never won. That he might have gotten a career thing? I have no idea.

My favorite detail on the show is Ed O'Neill's hair is dyed brown, but you can see his gray roots. But that's Donald Sterling. It's so good. The crazy thing is watching him, and I'm like, guys, you don't understand. That's how Donald Sterling talked. He always spoke like this. Oh, I like it. You'd grab people by the hand. Yeah, that. Always unsettling. Eating people's food. This is all real shit. That's an alpha move. He's doing that shit with purpose. That's like standing.

Ed O'Neill is three times nominated. He has not won yet. He's never won? He's got to win for this. I'm with you. I think that when the show came out, a lot of people made fun of the casting of the players, which is understandable because if they're players that you know very well and you see who's cast, you're like, that guy doesn't look like Blake Griffin or whatever. But the casting for the rest of the people in the show is so good. And that's kind of more so what the show is about.

about like it's i think doc rivers is kind of like the main character like hero in the show no shit and consulting producer yeah glenn rivers oh okay and then like the sterlings and v stiviano are kind of driving the plot more so than the team itself ed o'neill lost to his own castmates two out of those three years ty burrell in 2011 eric stone street 2012 tony hale 2013 for v oh he deserved that i'm not gonna lie the bad poor ed o'neill let's get stone street on the line

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Don Levitard. Number three, Chick-fil-A waffle fries. Love it. Nah, I think it's an overrated fry. You guys go ketchup or Chick-fil-A sauce when you have the Chick-fil-A fry? Chick-fil-A. Polynesian sauce. Polynesian? That's my brother right there. Good call. You're my brother. Stugatz. Oh, my God. What a weird interaction. Wow. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.

I want to shout out NBC because I haven't been able to follow Olympic storylines this well headed into an Olympics. I think they're telling really good stories headed into these things. And one of the things that have never really been as readily available is

to me, as it has been this year, is the trials for the Olympic team being on network television, getting a fair amount of marketing and publicity around it, is really allowing you to establish connections to these athletes well in advance. And that's not usually how I've watched the Olympics. Haven't they always done that? They've always had the Olympic trials. They've always had Olympic trials, but they've never been...

to this scale. They have Lucas Oil Stadium being sold out for swimming. They're really trying hard to make these people stars before the Olympics. Usually it goes the other way, where people become stars because of the Olympics and you find out more about them and if they play in the next Olympics...

then you know. But they're really trying to develop superstars here in the trial phase, which is interesting. I like when places like Home Depot have ads letting us know that 700 Olympians have worked for the Home Depot. And I like pointing out that the U.S. actually doesn't fund its Olympic programs the way that most developed countries do. Yeah. It's not like a huge...

war chance. No, the U.S. is actually doing poorly here, and I imagine the collegiate athletes will end up paying for this. It might be your favorite Big Ten football program. Jess? I didn't know that. I think the promotion has been really, really good this year because the last two nights especially were gymnastics and track and field, and they've done such a good job on the broadcast of getting you really invested because I'm not someone who watches track and field in non-Olympic years. Nobody does. I usually just watch...

Some people do. There is a fairly big running... Some of these Olympian track and field athletes have millions of followers on social media, and they're big celebrities in track and field. But they're big celebrities in track and field because of their exploits internationally. My parents used to live in France, so I'd go visit them

On a regular Tuesday, you turn on the TV at night and it's like, today, the, what do you call it, indoor thing from Berlin. And people, and the place is sold out, and people really gave a shit. Adel Bolden, the sprinter from, was he from Trinidad? You got me here. I don't know who that is. He was the biggest rival to Michael Johnson back in the day, right? Wasn't that the Canadian dude?

No, no, no. You think about way further back. You're thinking about Ben Johnson. That was 1988. That was Carl Lewis. I was thinking about, no, Michael Johnson was in 1996, wasn't he? Yes. Yeah. Wasn't there a Canadian dude that was always his rival? We're getting lost in the weeds here. Exactly. My point is- The guy who sang When a Man Loves a Woman? That's Michael Bolton.

The guy who won six championships, that's Michael Jordan. Was it a Johnson and Johnson? I think it was Ben Johnson, the Canadian. Ben Johnson was 88, and he got with the doping. Like Woody Johnson? Yes, yes. Woody Johnson's the owner of the Jets. I'm like a dog with a bone on this one. Balco is the place that did the stuff, the drugs. The dog bolted.

Ah, Bolt. Bolt. Balto. Balto. The dog that cured all the kids in Alaska. Donovan Bailey. There it is. Donovan Bailey was Michael Johnson's. The flooring guy in North Miami? Michael Johnson's. No, the Duper Bronco. That is a Don Bailey. That's Don Bailey. That's Don. Defensive back. Don, are you ready? The comic strip about the guys in the Army in Korea?

That's Beetle Bailey. Beetle Bailey, yes. They got new Beetle Juice coming out next month. That's Michael Keaton. Oh. Oh, the silent movie star, right? That's Buster Keaton. Ah, damn. Seven for 50. The baseball expert. I know, man. That's Buster Rossi, too. Oh, you're talking about the guy who beat Mike Tyson? That's Buster Douglas. That's Buster Douglas, yeah. Oh, you mean OJ Simpson's lawyer.

No, that's Carl Douglas. Oh, Carl Douglas. What's he up to? The guy who played Apollo Creed, rest in peace. Oh, that's Carl Weathers, man. Still raining, by the way. That's bad weather. Oh, man. Did you know that Wyatt Earp and Betty White lived in Los Angeles at the same time? Bullshit. For eight years. They were just both living in LA. Wait a second. You're telling me the Golden Girls in Quick and the Dead? Yeah. There was eight years in Los Angeles where they were like,

Yeah, I'm going to go to Betty's place. If I may. I'll see you at Wyatt's. Okay. The gymnastics. They announced the women's gymnastics team last night on NBC, and they put the trials on TV, and there were tons of people there. It was sold out. Everyone was cheering. It was crazy.

So it was such a well-done television show. And yes, I mean. Who is America's sweetheart now? Simone Biles is still the sweetheart. I think she's the oldest Olympian to ever compete for the United States now. And Ledecky is also still America's sweetheart. So a lot of the names are coming back. Also, America's sweethearts on Netflix also are America's sweethearts. The DCC Dallas Cowboys. Can I ask what's happening across this entire country where for decades,

We had a cycle of this person is in, you're out, and then the next person comes in. And whether you're talking about people running for president or people in the Olympics, these people just won't let go. Modern medicine. Simone Biles is so good. I know. Did you see the video of her? Shikari wasn't the biggest star four years ago. No, she didn't get to go. So like superstardom now. Simone Biles, last night, one of her passes in her floor routine, she was 12 feet in the air. Jesus.

12 feet and she is 4 foot 8. Dude, I went to a trampoline park the other day with my kids. Dangerous game, buddy. Terrifying. Dangerous game. Also an Olympic event, the trampoline gymnast. That shit is crazy. Dude, do you see how, like, how do you not think I'm going to shatter every single bone in my body? I thought you were about to

say I'm going to shat my pants because that's what I think can happen. It's the best thing that can happen if I show up on a trampoline. No. I don't know where that age was for me. It's the best thing that can happen. Yeah, that's the best possible thing. Like, you got out of here with just dirty pants. Great. Survived. That is an ACL in Achilles graveyard. Oh my god. I can just hear it like a chicken bump.

- Well I don't know if you ever see these videos that go viral of people doing like the foam pits at the trampoline parks and stuff. Like people get hurt in those all the time. They're super dangerous. - I call my kids.

Bruh. How in the hell, Pablo Torre, how is Joel Embiid allowed to play for the USA team? It's the math ain't math. Me and Juju were just looking at the roster. We were talking about USA hoops and kind of when they're starting, I think like later on in July. And I'm running through the roster. I'm like, okay, bam, Devin Booker, Steph Curry, AD, KD, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Halliburton. I'm like, okay. And then I'm like, Joel Embiid. Yeah. Wasn't Hakeem Olajuwon on the 96 team? He was. He was.

so first I gotta ask, are you guys asking how is he eligible or why was he picked? Both. Not why was he picked. I don't understand why he picked. Like, how is this able to happen? My boyfriend from Cameroon. Yeah, so. You can strap up over there. So, so, uh,

Well, here's the funny thing. He got his U.S. citizenship, but he got it after he got his French citizenship. The French fast-tracked his citizenship because he told Boris Diaw, the GM of Team France, I want to play for France. So they went to the president. The president had to, like the president of the country, not the president of the federation. They did all this paperwork, fast-tracked him, so he's French. And then his U.S. citizenship came in, and he was like, on second thought, what?

On second thought, he's playing both sides. He's playing both sides indeed. And so he goes to Team USA. The French Federation goes nuts. They say he's a coward. They talk big shit about him. Man, you must be doing something wrong if the French are calling you a coward. Yeah. Yeah, so it's really interesting. Now...

I saw Smitty shrink away from the microphone like, World War WWII, they still owe us. I was about to make the same joke and then you did it, so I viscerally reacted to us having the exact same joke. WWII forever. Visceral. That's the dragon from House of Dragons, right? Yes. Dragon Ball Z. It's Viserys. So Juju, because he hasn't played for a national team anywhere...

And he's technically a U.S. citizen. He is eligible to go. Citizen. Citizen, yes. And the same way Akira Raijuan got his naturalization and then was eligible because he had never played for Nigeria. He was eligible to play for Team USA. This, by the way, Juju, you'll be very interested in this. This is part of the complication that's stopping the Ogumike sisters from playing for Team Nigeria in the Olympics because, truth be told...

Team Nigeria should be one of the best women's basketball teams in all the world with a chance to medal, perhaps even gold. But the problem is so many of their players, because they're growing up in America, have played for Team USA on a youth level or some other level. And because of that, they're deemed ineligible to represent Nigeria, which I think is kind of horseshit.

And the pendulum finally swings. The WNBA, speaking of those lovely sisters. Yes, sir. Yesterday, Diana Taurasi versus Kaitlyn Clark, the biggest game in the world. Kaitlyn got her yesterday, and she was one rebound away from a triple-double. The first rookie to ever do that in the history of the world, Craig.

Not just now, the whole world. Speaking of history, big Angel Reese yesterday, the first WNBA player ever to have 10 consecutive double-doubles in a single season. Salute to the Rickys in the WNBA right now. Both of those sisters, salute. Salute. Let me ask a question to you, Juju, and you, Jessica, because you are our WNBA lead analyst here.

Do you guys get the same vibe I do that Caitlin Clark at every opportunity throws gas on the fire every time she's asked a question? So the other day she was asked, like, yo, what kind of advice have vets given you on the court? I don't get any advice from anybody. I'm like, oh.

Like, there's a million ways to answer that where you don't add to this fire of, everybody hates me. Why? And she never, ever takes the opportunity to diffuse. Right. She just keep it real. Like, that's it. She just keep it real. She ain't trained in bullshit. And, like, she actually telling the truth. Like, well, shoot, they ain't giving me no advice. But she could...

could learn to just bullshit right there where I'm getting some great advice from all over the place. She's saying bullshit. She's going to keep it straight. She ain't got to lie. She could just say, you know what, man, I'm just focused on getting better every day. But sometimes the truth right there in your eyes, if I don't like my damn teammates, I don't like my damn teammates, if this is the case. If my coach ain't telling me nothing, guess what? She ain't taught me a damn thing. I'm going to look into the camera and say it because...

I'm her. So if you ask me a question, I'm keeping real. We got to let that sister keep it real. That's her honest answer. I think a lot of people probably would agree with you, Amin. But I think the...

counterpoint to that is people think that Caitlyn is just kind of, like you said, like she just tries to keep it real or stick to basketball and that is her giving her like stick to basketball answer. It's just like, oh, no, no one's giving me advice, I wish. But I think you could read both things into it. And so people are very split on where to fall on that. The way that she answers questions, it reminds me of Stormfront from The Boys. Like everything's like, well, da-da-da.

and it's like on on the surface level you could be like yo like it was just a straightforward answer but she's also a young lady like she is young as hell she ain't got the same maturity and know how to do all these media training like she got all these cameras in her face at such a young age it's surprised she don't mess up more man like salute to her just keeping it real and she ain't throwing nobody under the bus necessarily it's if you choose to look at it that way but his sister is not remember ant-man came in the league and was telling i could

beat you in baseball I can beat you in basketball she ain't doing none of that she just keeping it real these press conferences Ant-Man still saying those things by the way he never stopped you feel me but also everybody around the league the whole league salute to the I might have to do a WNBA minute tomorrow if y'all can have me there's so much going on in the WNBA right now and it's so important finally all the eyes are

right where they need to be. Directly on these ladies. And it would be great if I had two sets of eyes because yesterday the Sky and the Lynx played at the same time as the Fever and the Mercury and I could only watch one at a time. Which ones did you watch? I watched the Fever because it was on ESPN. Doc? Anthony Stolarz is going to Toronto. Spinoff knows there's no I in football. It's a we thing. An experience best enjoyed together.

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Don Levitard. Where the mother f***er Roiz at? Bring his ass on here. Where's the mother f***er Roiz is a great question. Stugatz. Running, huh? He running today, huh? I'm ready. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz. What the hell is an unofficial act when you're president?

I think it's what Clinton did with Lewinsky. Oh, yeah. That's unofficial. I mean, it happened in the workplace. That's an HR issue. It was off hours, though. It was under the desk. It was off hours, though. Wait. It was in the office. You're the president. There's no off hours. There's no off hours. It was getting off hours. But, like, this is... Okay. This is a...

I mean, did you not see what happened with Hawk Tour Girl? Oh, she's having a moment. Yeah. She was at the Zach Bryan concert. Yeah, he brought her out and she came out on the stage and she said, Hawk Tour, and the crowd went crazy. Sold about $200,000 worth of hats. Zach Bryan is a joker for that. What's up? Zach Bryan, you say he came out?

No, he brought her out. He does this thing where he always brings out. He's the joker for bringing out the hot tool. Why? I'm just going to say it. Why? Salute to Zach Bryan. Salute the hot tool girl. Thank you, Juju. You jumped the shark. Zach Bryan brings out a bunch of celebs to take part in that. Celebs. Key word. Something.

She is like one of the most famous people. I'm hearing like 2012 about this whole thing. Yeah, it's so weird. I just don't think it's that funny. What, the Hawk Tour thing? Yeah, it's risen to a prominence that I didn't expect. I saw a dude at the parade yesterday wearing one of those presidential campaign shirts that said Hawk Tour. What is going on? Jeremy, if you're frustrated by it, just wait five days. It's in the mail.

Exactly. We're going to find someone. You know, it's like, you guys ever see this on the internet? They'll do like January. This was the big meme. And then February, then March, whatever. Like June, it was hot. And it'll be like, wow, that meme feels like it was so many years ago. And it felt like it lasted forever at that time. I confused Charles Ramsey and Rent is Too Damn High earlier last week. It was kind of easy, though. Gordon Ramsey. He was at the UFC event. Aaron Gordon. We're doing this again? Yeah. Hey, Gordon. Hey, guys.

Commissioner Gordon. A nice little petty job by the NHL schedule makers. We really appreciate that. It is leaked out that the Panthers' home opener, i.e. banner-raising day, will happen against the Boston Bruins. October 8th. Now, the Boston Bruins are among those teams actively chasing the Florida Panthers, who are doing their best to keep core players, but...

painful thing that happens with every Stanley Cup champion. Some guys perform so well, you can no longer make it work for them. We told you about Brandon Montour being gone. It's great news about Sam Reinhardt. But a couple of guys that really helped this Florida Panthers team are now going to a...

direct rival in the Toronto Maple Leafs. What can you tell us? We got Oliver Ackman-Lawson going to Toronto and Anthony Stolarz also going to Toronto. Oliver Ackman-Lawson is going to make $3.5 million per year for the next four and Stolarz is going to go there for two years. He's going to make the mid $2 million.

So Oliver Ekman Larsson, which sounds like a Swedish law firm. Yes. He was on Power Play 1. He had replaced Brandon Montour on Power Play 1 by the end of things. He was a stabilizing force. Did he get the cup third in line? Yes. Yeah, he was either third or fourth. Yes. For sure fourth.

We will fight for you. I think the sneaky signing there. My guy from our flag means death. He was just a Borky Borky away from making that sweet a chef. Borky Borky Borky. Borky is also like on the free agent market. Maybe they can get Borky and Borky. But Solaris, I think, is the sneaky signer.

signing by Toronto there. Stelars was very good. He's a big goalie. He was really big for Florida. Huge in getting Bob some rest. The good news is for Florida, they won a cup without ever having to turn to him outside of one game where Bob got chased, but

I think there's a real shot. They got Wall over there in Toronto, but I think there's a real shot. Toronto just signed their starting goalie come playoff push next year. The other thing about this is they are sticking with Spencer Knight. So the Panthers...

He had his problems. He had his mental problems. And hopefully he's fixed it. Now I believe he's going to come back up to be the backup for the Panthers. I was happy for him, too. But it was awkward seeing him so involved in the Panthers celebration. Panther fans haven't forgotten about Spencer Knight. You can hear that every time they sing the Star-Spangled Banner.

He still remains a popular dude down here, but he wasn't available in the last playoff push because he was dealing with his off-ice stuff. Now back in the fold, he was front row at the parade, saw him at 11. He handed Paul Maurice the Stanley Cup, which was a really cool moment. If you know the details surrounding what had happened with Spencer Knight, Spencer Knight needs...

needs to be the guy. And it felt like this franchise was maybe moving away from him, considering how good Solorz was. But now it does seem as though Spencer Knight, who's not going to be cheap, he's got a number attached to him, is going to have to be what you hoped. Somebody that can...

Be the plan once Bob goes, because that number's coming off your books in two years. Two years left on Bob's contract. Yeah, he's going to have to be ready. To be clear, it was all worth it. Even if all these people are gone and not replaced. Oh, yeah. It's all worth it, right? Absolutely. Oh, absolutely. You won a cup. But I think what got a lot of Panther fans excited was...

You can keep this core together. They're all young. You're going to be in that conversation, but you realize it's hard to keep a champ together. These are guys. Brandon Montour, when it came to points, huge piece of that team. Fan favorites like Ryan Lomberg, gone. They have to bring Kevin Stenland back at this point. They bring back Kulikov, who was a former Panther before. Nice little closing of the story. But Oliver...

Ekman-Larsen was on their first power play unit. He proved to be pretty pivotal. Him and Mikola, you can make an argument that they were the two most consistent, outside of Forsling, two most consistent defensemen that this team had. How does it feel, by the way, you guys joined a very specific fraternity of cities, right? Cities that have won all four major championships. So Chicago's in that list.

New York is on that list. Boston's on that list. L.A.'s on that list. Dallas technically is on that list, if you're going to call Arlington Dallas, basically. I would call it. Yes, yes. I would not. It's a suburb. And now Miami. Miami's won everything. You hit the cycle. And unlike a lot of those cities, you guys have actually seen three out of the four. Yeah. What's that feel like?

Incredible. I mean, it had been a while down here for an actual tried and true parade for a championship. I always want to pay attention to the League's Cup that Inter-Miami won last summer, but I understand that's new. And we're not going to get excited. There wasn't a parade for it, so therefore it's not in the clouds. It's still a trophy, though, Mike.

No, no. That's the most adorable thing I've ever heard in my life. You say, incredible. It was. It was so cute. It was incredible. Like, dude, I never thought this day would come. I never thought that there would be pots and pans in Westchester. I thought if you would have asked me eight years ago, is it more likely that you see pots and pans celebrating the Florida Panthers winning a championship or the team moving to Hamilton? I would have said Hamilton. Or Quebec.

The place where the deal happens or whatever, right? In the room where it happens? Hamilton. Hamilton was a long-standing rumor. In fact, Panthers are going to be playing in Quebec in the preseason, and that's kind of funny. Did you go to parade yesterday? I didn't. I explained before you came in. I was a literal fair weather fan. I had woken up early, but apparently not early enough in Orlando to drive down to make it

for the parade and as I was about to get out of my car at the Galleria Mall, the skies opened up with your essential Florida, your traditional South Florida tropical downpour. I realized I'm not gonna be able to hop on this water taxi like this. - Jeremy, you were there, but had you ever gone to any of the heat parades back in the day? - No, I actually hadn't. So that's the first parade I've ever experienced. - So I was trying to find someone to give me a compare and contrast between yesterday's parade, which I know was affected by the weather,

and the heat parades, and maybe even a Marlins parade, if you want to go either further. I went to the 03 Marlins parade. I had gone to two. I was working in 06 as the show was broadcasting, so I didn't go to 06. Did you go to the League's Cup parade? I didn't. But actually, I did see what their celebration was, which was at the stadium.

So I saw I was a part of the back to back heat parades. Like I was actually on a float with Bobby and then Joy Taylor another year. We were broadcasting from it. Wow. Last year. Pick up that name. Look at me, Louie. Sunday, Sunday, yesterday seemed really cool from in terms of the Miami Heat and Florida Marlins ones. They felt separated from the people.

Don't touch me. We got LeBron on this team. Stay over there. Heisman pulls over. And the Panthers got in with the people. They would mix it up. They would pour beers on the people. You'd get to drink out of the Stanley Cup if you were one of the lucky stops. Yeah.

Chucky would run into Elbow Room and get a bucket of beer. He would run into the ocean. They were really loving it and going with the people. So I think from that sense, this was unlike any of the other parades because it felt like the parade goers and the team were all in it together.

They were. They had to be. Yeah, I mean, it was crazy to see like Evan Rodriguez, who became a fan favorite, obviously for us and our show and coming on and doing an interview, but also just because of his success in the Stanley Cup. He was walking around with his two young kids and everybody started chanting Rodriguez and

And that was so funny in Broward County around hockey to hear Rodriguez. But as he was walking around with a GoPro on his head, he was stopping and like hugging people. They had lost him briefly. It was crazy. Yeah. He got lost. Spencer Knight, who you mentioned before, ran down one side and then ran up another side. And so the Panthers PR people were looking for him. I mean, the,

the players were diving into the crowd, like embracing in a way that I don't know exists in other sports right now, like to see the way that they were really just. And I think,

I think it was elevated because of the rain. I think because they appreciated the fact that people were waiting out something that delayed the parade by 45 minutes to an hour. They were supposed to start the parade at 11. It didn't start until, I think, 11.50. And so to see that, I think they were just really excited to kind of get in it and enjoy the moment with the fans. I think there's a bit of anonymity when it comes to a hockey parade because when... A bit. I guess...

Lomborg is the guy's name that poured the truly on Ryan Lomborg. I thought it was a fan that Jeremy was interviewing, and I was like, oh, that guy looks a little small. Small? Yeah, he looks smaller than Jeremy. He is shorter than me. I mean, he's shorter than me. Look at this man's body. I mean, sure, but he looks like a guy that would be living somewhere in Broward. Look at his hair. Warrior without the face paint. Really? He also looks like he might ask how those TPS reports are coming off.

It's a weird look. That man looks like hockey. That man has an aura about him. Also, how many GD fan favorites are on this Panthers team? My God. Every single player. Really? Oh, he's a fan favorite. They won the Stanley Cup. They're all fans. They're all fans.

Kevin Stenland is my personal fan favorite. But Ryan Lomberg is truly a fan favorite. He can put you in an ankle lock easily. He's one of the more recognizable dudes. How many games did he play in this postseason, Roy? Like seven, eight? He got sick during the Tampa Bay series and lost his job to call a pose-off a little bit, but then came back during the conference final. We neglected to ask the most important question about the Panthers championship.

Has that fraud, Chris Whittingham, been on the show to atone for his sins? No, I mean, he atoned. I FaceTimed with him and my wife. We FaceTimed him after the game. It was like 2.30 a.m. and he answered. And he looked like he had been going through it. Credit to him for actually answering it. But we told him wholeheartedly, like, we wish you were a part of this. He made his choice. It's the most stubborn, manly thing I've ever seen Whitty do. I'm actually kind of proud of him.

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