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For the last night Ever I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you so much to our producer, New York City, holding things down, Ryan Botcher. Thank you so much to everybody who tuned in to the first hour of the show. Because for a couple of years We got started every weekday at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific.
There were many years on the CBS Sports Radio Network that we got started at 10 p.m. Eastern. Seven Pacific, but tonight is it? You will not hear my voice here. After the next three hours, it's done.
It's curtains, it's over. I'm getting. The boot. Not the worst thing in the world now, is it?
Okay. 888-710-4ISN is the number. That's 8 at 8710-500. For IS and this network is going to cease. To exist comes Sunday.
That's it. Hey, shout outs to our producer, my first producer, Stu Kovacs. Stu Kovacs, hit us up. In the first hour of the show. Shout out to all of our callers who hit us up.
in the first hour of the show. Take me down a walk down memory lane and Helping get people through tough times and Having fun. I mean, this, I just try to wake up every day and have fun here on the radio. That's it. Life is too short.
Like people calling me up, asking me about things. I'm just like, man, I'm just trying to have fun. You tell me about this stuff, like, is life or death? I am just trying to have fun. 888-710-4ISN is the number.
You can find me online tonight. And I guess after tonight, if you want to find me where you can get me next. At JR Sport Brief. Sweater. Instagram.
Facebook. TikTok. YouTube. All of the places. I am at J.
R. Sport Brief. Listen, I've learned a long time ago in life Nothing. lasts forever. in six years here national radio, How many people get to say that?
Not a lot. Not a lot. Damn. At the end of the song, you go suckers, and shoutouts to Jay-Z at the end. Oh, it wasn't suckers.
There's another word that sounds like suckers that ends in a begins in another letter. But anyway. We don't want to get in trouble on the last day. Hey, Bacha, what happens if we get in trouble today? Nothing, right?
Nothing. Ah, good question. Nothing. If we, hypothetically speaking. Nothing.
I'm saying something something doesn't get dropped or something like that? Listen, bro, I don't know. What happens? I don't need no trouble pass today. Let's put it that.
I don't need no problems. I have no idea what's going on past For me, for me, Tuesday and for you, it's probably today. Yeah, today I don't need no problem. I don't need no problems after today, okay? Things aren't formally done, but I don't need no problem.
Yo hey, by the way. You know, I shouted out all the listeners, all the callers who hit us up. Shout out to my main man, Andrew B.
Okay, he's the one who put me in this side. This radio thing. I was uh very happy on the internet. And we did a podcast on CBS Sports Radio. Of course, everything I've ever done has been called the JR Sport Reshow.
Why the hell would it not be?
Okay. Shout out to Andrew. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. Shoutouts to Spitz. Yeah, Spitz.
Not uh well, no jokes there. Shoutouts to Spitz. Shoutouts to the Yoda, baby. I can't even call him baby Yoda. It's disrespectful to call that man a baby Yoda.
He's not a baby. Shoutouts to Chernoff. That's the man who put me on. Chernov did it. Chernov!
Okay. It's Salolano. I like Salolano. Olivero. Shoutouts Olivero.
Hurley. And shout outs to my main man, Mayernik. That's the man. Mayornik is the man. Man, I ain't had no job.
Well, that's not true. to hip hop and R and B radio here in Atlanta on a morning show. You couldn't ask for better bosses, right? Shasami Yurik, the boss. Eight eight eight seven ten four I S N That's 888-710-4ISN.
After tonight, I'm done. I got three more hours. You got three hours here with me, and then it's curtains. It's the time of year, right? You go to a holiday show.
Got those red, thick-ass curtains. When the show is done, it's done. You clap your hands, and everybody leaves. You go home and go to sleep. We about to be curtains.
888-710-4ISN. Tim is here from Baltimore, Maryland. I love Baltimore. I love Maryland. Utah Street.
Little pickle place downtown across the street from the state. I love Maryland. It's home. You on the JR Sport Breast show, what's up, Tam? Hey, JR, first of all, I want to say I feel honored to be a caller tonight on your last show.
You do a great job. Second of all, um I'll tell you what, I'm a Ravens fan and um What's really throwing me off and was during the game last night is how the last two drives of that game Derek Henry is standing on the sidelines with a jacket on next to Lamar Jackson. It just completely baffled me. Harbal in the press conference or post game show. said, well, they do a rotation, and that's why Keaton Mitchell was in there.
That is completely, at least in my eyes, unacceptable. Derrick Henry had a snafu early in the game. He fumbled, absolutely. Then he picked his game up, and he's coming off scoring a touchdown. There is absolutely no reason to not have the King on the field.
I mean, that that just blew my mind. And I don't know what was going on with Harbor and Todd Munkin making that decision. They kept the rotation the way it was. I want you I'm sure you have heard this, Tim. But I want the country.
To hear this as well. because John Harbaugh spoke to the media and he says, looking back, He should have and would have preferred to have Derrick Henry in on that drive. Let's go ahead and take a listen to that. Looking backward, I'd rather have Derek starting the drive. Yeah, but you know, Derek was kind of ready for Keaton to start that drive.
And then he was planning on coming in next.
So they were working that rotation. You look back on it, I think it's pretty easy to say, hey, th he should have been in there or shouldn't have been in there. But we're rotating those guys throughout the game as as two backs, you know, and But, yeah, game-winning drive. Do you want Derrick Henry on the field? Sure, I do want him on the field.
Yeah, well so I mean these are the things, Tim, you never know. It it could be very simple. Maybe Derrick Henry needed a blow. That's it. That's it.
Who's going to say that? Who's going to say that? I mean, John Harbor ain't going to go, hey, my running back was tired. The running back, Derrick Henry, ain't gonna come up. Hey, God was tired.
His teammates ain't gonna go, oh, yeah, that guy needed a blow. It's just, you never know. How about this? Even outside of that. That drive last night.
The Ravens been cooked all year. Lamar Jackson, his body has been cooked. We have always known that the Ravens will go if Lamar Jackson and his body is healthy enough to go. And I mean even throughout this whole year He hasn't been able to go. He's not running the way that he used to.
So the offense is a little bit more one-dimensional than it's been in the past. I agree. I'll tell you one thing I was impressed by. He did a nice game as being a manager of the game manager last night with Snoop Huntley. I thought he did a good job.
Yeah, well, I thought he. Go ahead. No, I say you get neat in your back, you be watching the game manager too. Yeah, good point. Good point.
Yeah, I'm sorry. The other thing is, though, I do want to give a shout out to the NFL for suspending DK Metcast because that was completely unacceptable. And I'll be honest with you. I don't know. I think the fans should file assault charges against Metcalf.
Yeah, or you can file assault charges, but let's also be honest. And thank you so much, Tim, for calling from Baltimore. Look, DK Metcalf was wrong. And now he's facing a two-game suspension, more than a half million dollar fine. Reaching up, grabbing that fan, and kind of shoving him, slash, pushing him the helipone out the way.
But let's be real. Did the fan deserve it? Maybe, possibly, but DK can't do it. Even if that fan deserved to get punched in the mouth. I this is one of my favorite Chris Rock lines ever.
You could punch an old lady. You're just not supposed to do it. Yeah, go Google that. Don't hold me to that on that one. 888-710-4ISN.
That's 888-710-4ISN. It's the last JR Sport Brief show ever. Speak now or forever hold your peace. 888-710-4ISN. You can find me online at JR Sport Brief.
Vlad is here from Chicago. Yeah, there's a couple of places in Chicago I like. Hey Vlad, you're on the JR Sport Reef Show. What's up? What's up, Mr.
Jackson? How you doing today, my brother? Uh, m uh Mr. Jackson, if you're nasty, not you, Vlad.
Okay, not you. Yeah, what's up? No, man. I just uh long time note here, man. I just uh I was uh going through my uh Twitter the other day and I saw, you know, you you said something about your last show being on Monday or Your last show on Friday.
And I just wanted to say thank you, man, for the good memories and The good sports takes. I randomly uh came across you 'cause my phone died. And I was scrolling through the radio channels the sixth time of the score. Shout out to them. And uh I stumbled upon your show in 2022, man.
And uh ever since then I've been rocking with you and listening to you and vibing in your music and I appreciate you, brother. I I I just I loved your show from the beginning. And uh Whatever you go, man, I'm going to support it.
So, thank you so much. Thank you so much. I appreciate you. Shout outs to everybody in Chicago. Who has listened on the score?
Everybody who's listening on the Odyssey app, people on SiriusXM. You know, I I love Chicago. I get up there every now and then when it's not cold. Um I appreciate you, Vlad. And I appreciate you whether we're here.
Go ahead. Yes. Oh, I want to say, too. I uh I took um I took a couple of Druco classes last year, and I got my associate degree, and I'm going to tell you now the Southern Illinois University of Carbondale. And sports management and media.
So I just wanted to thank you for that too, man.
So that's my career path, and I just want to thank you. And go dogs.
Well, listen.
Well, which dogs? Your dogs or my dogs in Athens? How about both? How about that? I don't take a fight with anybody.
Well, listen, Vlad, I say this, and this is not the BSU on the radio. If there's anything that I could help you out to do on your career path, If I got to call up a professor, if I got to write a note, if I got to leave a video message, whatever I can do to help you out, Vlad, by all means, you reach out to me. And you tell me how I can help you. I appreciate you for listening. You have listened to me nationally.
You have listened and connected with me locally in New York City. I appreciate you, man.
So you hit me up anytime, anything I can help with, okay? I appreciate you too, man. And remember, when you're not on, they lose. Customers. They lose customers.
Hey, Vlad, I'll talk to you soon, brother. Have a good holiday. All right, brother. Be smooth. Appreciate you.
No doubt about it. Shoutouts to Vlad for calling from Chicago. Hey, Bacho, are you familiar with that? That's one of the drops. Is that in there?
You see it?
Okay, drop. What would that be? Smooth? I don't know. But there's a gentleman who called up a couple years ago.
And he called and made it very clear. He said, J.R. when you are not on the radio. I do not listen. he said, When you are not here, This station eluses customers.
I don't know what it would be as, but it was an amazing drop. I'm looking through. I'm looking through. Now, you do your thing. He was amazing.
He was absolutely amazing. 888-710-4ISN. That's 888-7104IS. And tonight is the final JR Sport Brief Show. Ever.
There's no more JR sport brief after this. In less than a week, there is no more Infinity Sports Network. There is no more CBS Sports Radio. Things are going to switch over to the Westwood One Sports Radio Network, or whatever they may call it. Uh this is it.
You can find me online at JR Sport Brief. We're going to have some of my buddies. Shep is going to call up. I'm going to take more of your calls. We've got to track down Marco Belletti, see where Marco is at.
Always a pleasure. to talk with Marco. Great to to work with Shep.
Well, let's go to Dave in Tampa, Florida. You're on the JR Sport Ree Show. What's up, Dave? JR, it's my year anniversary talking to sports with you. Can I get some clarification on JR?
Are you going to be done with radio completely? Uh uh I'm not going to get into that. As it stands today, National Radio The Infinity Sports Network I'm done. I'm finished. Curtains.
Well, over the year, JR, I can take pride in the beginning of the year, man. I came to you about Aaron Rodgers trying to be positive. I've been calling Sports Radio JR for 25 years. I talked to numerous guys at the beginning of the year, sports radio guys. All of them were saying Rogers isn't going to get it done.
And you kind of had my back a little bit. You said it's a pos I was telling you him and Tomlin working together. I think they can do it. And what do you think? Yeah, well, we see what they're doing, right?
They look like they're on their way to the postseason. And, you know, I don't know. Are they going to get into the first round and lose? It's quite a possibility, but we got to wait and see. But this is what I expected from the Steelers.
It's the same old, same old. Are they going to win a championship? I don't expect it, but they're good enough to get to the postseason, so I expected this. But JR, even a Patriots team and a Broncos team, and we're talking playoffs, let's say the Steelers win their next two games and Rogers is doing what he's doing, man. Possibly.
But to win it all, I don't know if the Steelers could put up enough points.
So you got to do that for four rounds. I mean, if you asked me if I was in a rock-throwing competition, is it me or the Steelers winning? You know, I go with the Steelers. But if it's me in a Super Bowl game putting up points, I go with the other team.
So we got to see. We gotta see. I just think it's gonna be tough ahead for them, Dave, okay?
Well, I I just thought it was cool, J.R. You were the only radio guy that, you know, you were kind of feeling me a little bit, going, it could it could be done. I mean, at least you were open-minded, you know. Which is, man, good luck.
So we got to catch you online right now, right?
Well, you can find me on the internet and you can figure out what I'm going to do next. You stay tuned. Ah, yeah, okay. That JR Sport Brief, Dave.
Okay. I knew I'd get it out of you, man. Yeah, you get it out of them. Anyway, thank you, Dave, for calling from Tampa, okay? It's a little bit of a brother.
Hey, you love Tampa, right? I love Tampa. I got family in Orlando. I don't see them, but I need to stop by sooner than later, okay? I knew you say that.
I do. Thank you, Dave, for calling from Tampa. Yeah, I do. I listen. I got a little bit of a connection everywhere, okay.
Just a little bit. 888-710-4. I was talking to my aunt in Orlando today. She was hanging out at the Florida Mall, saying, like, it's crowded. And somebody, of course, it's crowded at the Florida Mall.
What do you expect? What you expect? People trying to get them gifts. 888-710-4ISN. That's eight at eight seven ten four ISN.
It's the final J.R. Sport Brief Show. of Walzan. Gary is calling up from Rocky Top, Tennessee. You're on the JR SportB show.
AJR, just like all these other guys, I'm going to miss you there, buddy. I must have spent hundreds of hours driving an 18-wheeler while listening to you. You keep me informed, entertained, and awake, by the way.
So, you've done a great favor to truck drivers all over this country. And you got a top-notch show, you got top-notch producers. The whole team there has always been great. And at some point, I'm going to forget that you're not on. I'm going to reach over to turn you on, and you're not there, and that's going to piss me off.
So, anyways. Since this is a sports talk, I better talk a little bit of sports here. I was a bit disappointed with the college playoffs because they take the two small teams and they throw them to the Wolves. They should have played each other. One of them should have got a win, a home win, maybe, and they get to play again and make another payday for them.
So, anyways, I was kind of disappointed. The little guys didn't. You wanted James Madison to play like Tulane? Yeah, yeah, that would have been good. We would have had a good game there, maybe.
So, anyways, that's the only thing I didn't like about the whole thing. But, other than that, it's going to be great. Anyways, buddy, I appreciate the hell out of you, and I hope you do pop up somewhere else. If you do, I'll find you just like the other guy. Thank you, buddy.
Thank you, Gary. Bewall drive safe. Thank you so much. Shout out to my main man, Champ Bailey. My man Champ, I saw he said something over the weekend calling the games on Turner.
He's just like, come on, man. Ain't nobody expecting, you know, James Madison and Tulane to hang with the big dogs. Like, This is not where they are. I'm saying this. Like, we're giving away participation trophies.
They are. A group of five ain't the power five. What are we doing here? Stop it. Eight at eight seven ten four ayah sen.
That's eight at eight seven ten Four I S N. Mike is here from Chicago. What's up, Mike? Up, Mike is gone. Hey, Dan from Wisconsin.
Go ahead, Dan. Hey, JR, man. Love your opinionated sports and everything, man. There's nobody like you in the world on sports radio. I love the way that you bring forth the passion of the fans like you do to me.
I am like two point five hours from Green Bay, Northern Wisconsin. I grew older in Chicago. I haven't grown up yet, but I moved up here when I was fourteen, and I will never be more loyal. He even asked my wife. The Bears all the way.
Hmm. I don't think they're gonna win a Super Bowl. But so far, we've been the underdog all year. I figure anything's possible, they got the playoffs. Nice win on Saturday.
I didn't expect Caleb to go out there and make that pass, but it was nice. You know, that's the second week in a row he's done that.
Well, it's not just that, but I mean, he's got an arm, he's got pinpoint passes. And Ben Johnson, he's the quarterback whisperer.
Okay. I don't know if I'm going to trust them in a postseason. I got to see a little bit more consistency, but I'm happy for the Bears. They they got themselves a coach. They they maybe have themselves a quarterback to grow with.
So if I'm a Bears fan, I'm happy about it. I'm happy. I am. I am. You know, and living in Packard Country, it is fun to do.
I got one more thing for you, TR, man. I'm not an Instagram guy or TikTok or anything else, but I'm definitely going to follow you, man. You are definitely an awesome, great guy. I wish you the best in your future endeavors, and I'll find you. I know so many others will.
Dan, I appreciate you. At JR Support Brief on social media. Hey, listen, you be well. You have a great holiday, okay? You as well.
Merry Christmas to you and a happy new year. Merry Christmas, Dan. Shout out to Dan for calling from Wisconsin. You know what I'm getting for Christmas? Nothing.
I know that for a damn fact. I ain't getting a damn thing for Christmas. Nothing. Nothing. Dollin?
No, but who who gets me something for Chr you think people get me something for Christmas? Nothing. Yes. There's gotta be something. You get an email from that one guy.
That one guy Johnny Johnny something from Canada Johnny from Canada. No, botcha. Christmas will come, Christmas will go, I will wake up and I got squat. Nothing. Yeah, I get some socks by accident.
Nothing, Basha. Nothing. You sending me something to Atlanta? Yeah, I don't know. Atlanta's pretty far.
Can I like Amazon wishlist it? Is that a thing? I'm not expecting you to handle that right now. Just put out the cookies and the milk, and Santa will come and deliver presents. Cole.
Cole? No, you're on the nice list. Oh, I don't know about that one. I'm coal in handcuffs. Anyway.
Eight eight eight seven ten four I S N That's eight at eight, seven, ten, or four IA. I wish well, no, I don't wish that what's Mrs. Claus doing? Is she busy? Probably not.
Because what does she do while he's out? She makes sure the elves aren't. Is she handcuffing alves? Mm maybe. I gotta keep them by the toy stations.
Oh, listen. It's a long ear. Where are they at? The North Pole or the South Pole? Which one?
North Pole.
So we gotta go. I will go. I will go to the North Pole, Mrs. Claus. Never mind.
What we got? Shep is joining us? Yeah, next segment. Eight eight eight seven ten four I S N. It's the last JR Sport Brief Show ever.
We're going to take a break when we come back on the other side. We're going to talk to someone I had many, a lot of fun with.
Okay, we're going to chat with our hosts, one of the Infinity Sports Network hosts, Dave Shepard, is going to join us. It's the J.R. Sport Brief Show, the last one on the Infinity Sports Network. That 365 is paying out before the final whistle. Check out Bet365's unrivaled early payout offer.
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Ha ha ha. Oh, my goodness. It's the final JR Sport Reef show here on the Infinity Sports Network. North CBS Sports Radio.
However long you've been here, it's whatever the heck you called it. I got started in what, March of twenty twenty?
Some of my favorite times on the airwaves have been with our are soon to be guested It's one of my producers here. Radio gold. We'll be enjoying right now on the phone lines. You can catch him here hosting. You could have, right?
Shout out. To David Shepard. It's Shepard, you're back, you're here. AJR, when they are not tuned in to your show. The station loses customers.
They lose this. We don't know where to find it. Where is that? We don't know where to find it. We can't find it, Chef.
That's the one drop that Brian Bacher would not be able to find because he's damn near perfect in every other thing he does. He's good. Where's he lighted? That's the question. I didn't, I didn't.
I hate it. Blame Hickey. Blame Hickey. It wasn't me. I love that drop.
Oh, my. We got a message, Hickey. I don't know. There we go. There we go.
JR, congratulations, man, on such a special six year run. You know, you hear from the callers how much they're going to miss you, and not just how they're going to miss you, but how they are intent. On following you, whatever you do, I think that's the question people really want the answer to right now. W the answer to what? What's next for the JR Sport Brief?
That's what everyone wants to know. I got to sell ass. I mean, it's just what it is. I got to sell it. That's just what it boils down to, man.
That's what it is. Whip it out.
Well, I hear you.
Well, listen, JR, you know this. Like, I'm going to be hosting at SiriusXM NBA Radio. And so your radio career is far from over because you are going to be one of my first guests. On the new edition of Sirius X NBA NBA Radio. And you kind of have to say yes.
You kinda do. You you're for you're forcing me to do it on a ra You're forced to. Oh, the answer is: is that a family feud? The answer is yes.
Okay, all right. Consider it done. I got to wake up early, I got to stay up late. Which one is it? I mean, you, JR, you don't get much sleep anyway.
Who are you kidding? I mean, with all your responsibilities professionally and personally, all that you do, you don't get, what do you get, three hours tops? No, no, I go to sleep. Please, if there's one thing I'm going to do, I'm going to go to sleep. I mean, I'd be a lot of sleep, but I'm going to go.
I'm going to go to sleep. No, I hear that. No, I mean, it's going to be the post-game show.
Okay. The plan is to host two to three, four times a week for the next few months. And like I said, man, we gotta. We got to bring you on because I I echo the caller's sentiments right now. This Yes, this itera and correct me if I'm wrong, this iteration is done.
But your career In radio. is far from done. I cannot confirm or deny that. I can tell you. Look, here, look.
I am still here. Yes, sir. The JR Sport Brief has been around since 2009. It's 2025. And so I can assure you, unless I walk out the studio and get hit by a bus or some homeless guy tries to juke me, like the JR Sport Brief show is not going anywhere.
It's not. And I got I'm I'm working on sport brief AI, which is going to be fun. I'll be able to talk about that a little bit more over the next several months.
So, yeah, the the real me, the AI me, some of my AI friends, yes, the Things will continue to move forward, yes.
Well, that's what I want to thank you for. because we work in a business and an industry That is full of people. that want to get ahead and want to make sure that their self always seeks the glory. you every step of the way. every step of the way.
allowed me to shine on your show. Yeah, I wanted you to, of course. Yeah. Why why the hell do I care? But that's but JR, but you you I mean Bacher knows this, Charlie S.
knows this, you know this all too well. When you are in our field, you have an ego. I'm not saying you, I'm saying the you in general. We have egos. And we don't want anyone coming along and taking our shine.
You. was the exact opposite of that. You embraced me and allowed me every opportunity To speak up and give a voice to what I had to say. And you do that with your fans. And you have genuine conversations with them.
It's not you talking down to them. And it's why people genuinely love being on your show and love listening to you. And it's why every single caller I hear, it's not just JR, I'm going to miss you so much. Thank you so much for all the great work that you've done. It's JR, how can I follow you?
Because you elevate us, man. You elevate all of us. you make us become better versions of ourselves. You're funny, you're witty, you're charming, you're every quality that anyone could seek in another person, but you also are deep. And I know you like to hide it with humor.
But I know how deeply you care about everybody that calls your show and listens to your show, and I know how deeply you care about the people that you have worked with.
So for me, JR, you are a true, true, true friend. Whether I was going to be in this business for another 60 years or another 60 seconds. I love you. I was an honor. to work alongside of you.
And thank you, JR, for making me a better host. Thank you for making me better in this space. and you and I are going to kick blinking ass in whatever we do next, my man. Yeah, ain't no doubt about that, man. Of course.
Well, thank you. Thank you for making showing up the work fun, you know? I've worked with some people that was not fun.
Okay. Now, who's that? It's last day. Who are we talking about? You want me to name names?
I'm right here, Shep. Not you, Botcha. Not you. Definitely not you, Bacha. Not you.
Definitely not you. Bacher, you know who it is. Come on, man. We ain't going to say it. He's not going to say it, but we know who it is.
I don't know who it I don't know what you're talking about. No, I'm not sure. I think you know what I'm talking about. I think Kacha knows who I'm talking about, too. Bacha is finding every drop except for when you're not here.
Because it's not that I've looked in the folder. I have, okay, whatever's listed as a drop that I have not made, so like I got a couple like stuff like that. Yeah. That I that's can I cool co okay, you you guys you guys know I live like twenty five minutes away, right? Wait, so you okay.
Shep, what did you label it as? It's not him. It wasn't my. Stu. It was Stu Stewart, though, Stuart.
No, it's not Stu who did it. No, it's not. It was maybe Hickey, right? When you're not here, they lose customers. Customers.
Yeah. Okay, did you would you guys want me to come down the studio? Nah, don't leave 25 minutes. Don't do that. I'm in that.
Nah, don't do that. No, I'm just leaving. If I was in New York, I'd say do it. But I'm in Atlanta. He's in.
Y'all are two. It's a waste of time. I could just, like, spam text Hiki. I know he's busy, but like. It's I don't know.
Hey, man, we got to like, yeah, it's such a good drop, too, Bacher. It's worth finding. Was it labeled as a drop? I don't know. No, no.
It's something about cash or customers. I think because it was Vlad in Chicago who said it, right? It's an older black gentleman who said it.
Okay. That's not Richard in Atlanta or Ezra in Atlanta. It's somebody else. Not Richard.
Somebody else. But Botch, let me ask you this. You have. We do not care. For Mike Tomlin, right?
That got that. Yeah, play that. I like that. I love that. We don't play that.
Wait, hold on. I got that. You got to find it now. We do not care. Because it's everything's listed as drops.
Yeah, but that play it again. I love that. We do not care. We do not care. Listen, I go through life sometimes, and that pops up into my brain.
Say play it again. We do not care. I tell you what, Steelers fans better feel some type of way about Mike Tomlin. Almost 20 straight years now of a winning season or finishing a 500. This whole Mike Tomlin needs to go chatter JR.
I don't hear it anymore. I hear it about the hardball character. I don't hear it about Tomlin. It's very relatable. To this entire situation for the network, for this show, for all the shows.
You know, it's just not. You don't know what you got.
So let's go. And so a lot of people complain about Mike Tommy. They've complained about him for years. And then okay, fine. You want Mike Tomlin fired, then fine.
Mike Tomlin, they could give him the boot or he could walk out. And then the Steelers will be crap forever. And then it's just, okay, fine. Then learn what pain is. Learn.
But, JR, like, if we're being serious about this conversation, I know you always are, we've got to give the dude a quarterback. Like, what's he supposed to do with a busy picket Mason Rudolph? What's he supposed to do with an aging Russell Wilson and an underdeveloped Justin Fields? JR? What are you supposed to do?
Nothing. I like to eat. I love food. I love food. Love food.
Vr wide var wide variety of food. I love to eat it.
Now Name a cook. Name a famous chef. Name one. Gordon Ramsey. I cannot give Gordon Ramsey dog crap and tell him to give me a good meal.
It doesn't work.
Okay, it doesn't. Thank you. You know Yan Ken Cook? I don't know if he's still alive. He was on PBS a million years.
You know Yen Ken Cook? Who can come? The name sounds. I'm more of an Emerald Legrosi guy myself. He's from Louisiana.
Look at that, got it. He got he got a great restaurant in New Orleans. But if I went to, I don't know, the 99 cent store and I said, here's some Doritos and a piece of moldy cheese. He's going to serve me garbage. Right.
And so, I mean, everybody wants Ben Roffelisberger retired. He's gone. Give Mike Tomlin a damn break. You should be happy that the team is not completely in the tank, okay? Just relax.
I agree. And listen, I mean, not everyone's going to be the Green Bay Packers and have back to back to back franchise quarterbacks. It just doesn't happen. I mean, the Colts almost had it. And then what's the guy's name?
Matthew not Matthew Stafford. What's the guy's name? Luck He ran out of luck. He was tripping. He definitely ran out of luck.
Well, listen, when you don't protect the guy, I mean, he's going to retire before 30. That's probably where this is headed in Cincinnati if they don't trade him the way he's feeling himself right now. Joe Burrows sounds like. Like a He sounds like a movie cat. He needs a hug, okay.
Like, let's switch. He got a supermodel girlfriend. He's making $55 million. He sounds miserable. Is that what the Bengals do to you?
They suck the life out of you. Why not?
Well, listen, I'll tell you what. Right, right. Playing for the Bengals is better than playing for the Titans. I'll tell you that much. My God, you have a generational head coach and you give him the boot only to fire your next head coach a year and a half later.
And Marcus Mariota, I mean, he looks like a whole new quarterback. You talk about Malik Willis, he looks like he can actually play. What's going on with quarterbacks in Tennessee? Amy Adams doesn't need to own the team. Hey, listen, Shep.
Some of us are born with a silver spoon in our mouth. Her daddy died, and she got a football team. God bless her, okay? Yeah, it's like the rite of passage when it comes to NFL owners. They are.
That's a common theme more often. Al Davis kid got a team. He got Tom Brady helping him out. I mean, yeah.
Now, has he gotten a haircut that we can actually look at in the last five years? Does he still have a bald haircut? I guess so. I don't know. The guy got a ball.
By the way, why can't Brady be better at ownership? He got better at broadcasting. Why is he stinking the owner these last couple of years? What's that about? That's fine.
He's got to get a minority owner.
Okay. I heard him. What game was it? Yesterday and Saturday, or just yesterday? Just yesterday, I believe, but he has gotten so good in year number two with him.
Yeah, I still turn it down. I don't want to hear him. I don't want to hear him. Fair enough. Fair enough.
It's Shep. You're amazing, man. Thank you so much. Much love to you. Uh, we'll be in touch, man.
Ain't no doubt about that. Mm-hmm. You are a brother. You really are. You are.
One of the best human beings I've ever met, in or outside of radio. I love you. continued success with everything you're doing. You know we're going to stay in touch. And thank you so much for having me on your last show, man.
It means the world.
Well, thank you so much. I could do everything except for find a wife. They run away from me. They come and find me and they run away. Yeah.
I'm going to pick one of my wives one day. Maybe I go for all three. Hey, Bacha, how many? Never mind. Let me get away.
How many wives do I have? Zero. I said, never mind about you. I'm answering the question. That's a never mind.
Hey, Shep, I'll talk to you later, okay? Yes, sir. Thank you, J.R. Thank you so much. Shout outs to one of my favorite people, David Shepard, here.
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Shout outs to our guest last break. My main man, David Shepard. Producer, host here on the Infinity Sports Network. He came through. We were connected.
He was One of the producers that I work with, and it was a pleasure.
Some of the most fun I've ever had professionally. was working with David Shepard.
So thank you so much to Dave for coming through. and and having that chat. I'm sure in some capacity, some way or another, we will uh You know, get back together and have a chit-chat. He already has told me that I have to work with him. At some point on SiriusXM NBA Radio.
So shout outs to my main man, David Shepard. A big shout outs. He mentioned my main man, Charlie, my partner, long time. Much love to you and Linda. Love y'all guys.
And shout outs to Gary B. You know, shoot, man. I was hanging out, minding my business in in New York City. I would not be here in Atlanta. My life would have been in another direction if Gary B.
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Hey, JR, I'm glad we finally agree with Sundi. Um, I love me a a little bit of David Shepherd, man. I love the man. Um When it comes to the JR sports brief, I'm going to be honest with you. When it first started, I didn't really like the show.
I couldn't consume it. But little by little you grew on me. And right now, I'm a fan of yours. And Every day when I get home from work, every day after I dropped the mic. I get home and I consume the DR Sports brief.
It's been a real It's been a real nice experience. And I just wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. And whatever comes next, I know that you're going to do well because you're innovative, you have a lot of talent. And it's going to take you far. That much I know.
Well, thank you, Alex. When it comes to the Infinity Sports Network as a whole, some people call it. An era, but I'm going to call it a dynasty. It was a dynasty, you were part of it.
Okay. I know that I'm going to catch everybody, all the other people that I consume to on the daily basis. Uh um through whatever through the internet and wherever they're gonna be at. Um so It's not an end, it's a new beginning. I'm sure you're going to do well.
And once again, I wish you the best of luck going on in the future. bought your as well. I wish you a lot of luck. And I'm sure that Everything's going to go well for you. At at the same time?
At the same time, you know what I'm going to miss the most Um other than than you guys to host it. I'm gonna miss the callers. of the show because I do have to give them a lot of credit. I don't want to forget my people in Canada, people across the United States, all of you. We're part of it and entertainment throughout the years, kept me entertained.
So, shout out to everybody that's listening, and shout out to all the hosts. And all the producers of the Infiniti Sports Network. Hey, Alex, thank you so much. You have a wonderful holiday. Holla anytime, okay?
Yes, sir, and I haven't forgotten about those cigars. They're going to Odyssey in Atlanta as soon as I get them.
Okay, thank you so much.
Well, damn it, I appreciate that. Give me, give me, I'll take some cigars. 888-710-4ISN. Dave is here from Houston. What's up, Dave?
Hey, what's up, JR? I'm gonna really miss you, my friend. I just wanna say that. From uh I I've known you since uh Amy Lawrence and the DA show and Scott Perella, all those great talented guys on the the sports network. I'm really gonna miss your talent, my friend.
Well, thank you. You can find it elsewhere. I mean, there was a whole lot that I did before this. And I think there's going to be a whole lot that I do after as well. Dave, I appreciate you, man.
Follow me online, okay, at JR Sport Brief. Yes, sir. God bless. All the best. God bless you too.
Shout out to Dave for calling from Houston. I mean, he's bringing up some cool stuff. He just mentioned DA. Shout out to Damon Amendalora. Used to do the mornings here on CBS Sports Radio, Infinity Sports Network.
I think he might have been before that. Man, he would play some of my clips from the evening time, and I appreciate that. DA's a. A good dude. You know what?
We're going to take a break. When we come back, I'm going to play some of my favorite clips. Clips. From here on the Infinity Sports Network.
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