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I almost said it earlier on the show, but I didn't want to tip the scales or maybe tip someone off that this was the answer I was expecting. A Patriots fan finally gave me public enemy number one, Roger Goodell. I knew it was going to happen.

I knew it, but I couldn't say it out loud. So Matt finds our Facebook page Patriots public enemy number one, Roger Goodell. We don't always agree. Well, I think back to the whole deflated footballs mess, not just the fight between Roger Goodell and Tom Brady, the suspension that was then overturned on a legal appeal that was then overturned again. Then ultimately he had to serve it. Then Roger Goodell going back to New England. Oh, they couldn't wait. They, in fact, do you remember before he got back there in New England, there was a game, I'm pretty sure it was on NBC because Al Michaels was calling it and the where, where is Roger chants were taking place every now and then you'll still hear that drop, that audio.

I bet if you tried to find it on the web or on social, you could where is Roger? I knew it. Thank you, Matt.

Thank you for obliging me. Why, why are we talking about public enemies? Well, maybe it makes me less of a woman or less of a sports talk radio host, but my first impression of the NBA finals is that Kyrie's going back to Boston and they can't wait. The fans will have something special planned for Kyrie.

And remember, this is Kyrie who acts like he's above it all, but we know he's not. I don't know if it necessarily gets into his head. I don't know if he can be rattled.

I'm not really sure what goes on up there anyway. So I don't know if he can be rattled, but I do know that he responds to the haters, if you will. One of, and I don't remember exactly what date it was. I think it was probably the first game that he played there after he had gone to Brooklyn. Not that it was just the one game, but his initial reception back in Boston where they, they booed and jeered him every single time he touched the ball.

And what does he do? Well, he makes fun of the fans and acts like it's no big deal. Remember the whole, Boston hates you. Boston hates you. Right? He's talked about it more than once on his podcast or other podcasts.

And then there's the whole warding off of evil spirits at the garden, on the leprechaun, stomping around, rubbing sage on the court. So he could tell you it's no big deal. He could tell you that it's only about the Celtics standing in the way of the Mavericks winning a title. Don't believe it for a second.

And also don't believe it for a second. I'm not sure if you'll find any Celtics fans who will tell you it doesn't matter. Oh, it matters to Celtics fans as well. His two years in Boston, the way that the team struggled around him and also the moves they made to get him only for him to spend a lot of it injured, but also it turned into a dumpster fire, the locker room specifically, then he bolts to Brooklyn. And I, I have spoken to a bunch of Celtics fans personally who actually are looking forward to it and might enjoy a little more if it does come against Kyrie. You're at the expense of Kyrie.

It's the dark side embrace it. Uh-huh. I think you'll get the players to be largely professional. You would expect that many of these guys are conditioned, no bullets in board material, no guarantees, nothing personal.

It's professional. And the Celtics are professional enough that they're going to keep it wet that way. But there are some of these guys who remember.

They may not say it publicly. They're not going to tell you themselves that Kyrie was a bit of a cancer in the locker room, but it only took two years and it was a mess in his wake. Maybe not quite as disastrous as Rick Pitino coaching the Boston Celtics, but I know it was an era quote unquote that they'd like to forget. It didn't work out so well. Of course it didn't work out in Brooklyn either. He didn't really want to stay in Dallas.

He wanted to go to LA, but Dallas was the place for him. I will give him credit. He has found a way to make it work and he seems happy. He seems content and he's certainly productive. And he is one big reason why the Dallas Mavericks are back into the NBA Finals for the first time since 2011. But yes, call me petty if you want.

I'm looking forward to Celtics versus Kyrie and the reception that he will get at the Garden for game one next Thursday. So that's my first impression. Maybe you think less of me now. At least I'm honest. I will own it.

It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence. It also gave me the idea for tonight's, this morning's, show question. Oh yeah, good morning.

Happy Friday. I'm so entrenched, so locked in on what I'm doing here. Thinking about Kyrie as public enemy number one in Boston, or at least one of them, teams that have a long tenure, franchises that have long histories, there tend to be more than one public enemy. But public enemy number one, at least for these next few weeks, there'll be plenty to say about Kyrie Earring. So for your team, your franchise, your fan base, your city, who's public enemy number one? That's the answer to the question for the Patriots.

Matt says it's Roger Goodell. Boom. On Twitter.

You found it. Wait, wait, start over. I was talking. I was talking. I was talking.

Okay, start from the beginning. Is that Where is Roger? Well, there's the first ever Where is Roger? Patriots fans were so proud of that. They were so proud of that. They were on TV.

And Where is Roger? Exactly. Anyway, you can find us on Twitter at Amy After Hours. That's where you can send your answer on Twix. I'm trying to adjust to changing it, Twitter to Twix. And then on our Facebook page too, looking for, well, you know me well, producer J knows me well, looking for the Star Wars GIF that sums it up perfectly.

It's brilliant. Producer J. Our phone number 855-212-4227.

That's 855-212-4227. Just to clean up a little bit here. J looked it up. What was the date for the Allen Iverson?

We talking about practice? It was 2002. 2002. Okay.

So it's 22 years ago. A little off. Right.

It's longer than I thought. Wow. Yeah.

2002. We celebrated every year. It's worth it.

It's just, it's worth it. So one of the shows that we did where we first instituted the hall of flame, that was, that was classic, a classic example of the hall of fame. I can pretty much do the whole thing. I don't do impressions, but I can do that one. We ain't talking about the game. We're talking about practice, man. I feel like you got that off a replay somewhere on a comedy channel. Do you hear the laugh track in the background? I did sense in our system, but.

All right. Let's talk about the NBA finals. Boston Celtics finally know who their opponent is and boy, did they get Luca's killer instinct in Minnesota. This was first quarter right off the opening tip.

He was not messing around. Luca left side of the floor. Once Gafford to come up and set the screen to the left. Luca turns that one up.

From the bottom of the logo. He sure did because Anderson went under the screen and he saw that opening and took it. You can't leave them open for a little bit. A 17 point first quarter for the most points he's had in any quarter in the playoffs. Timbrough to miss the last seven Luca pulls off and hits again. A three pointer from the top of the arc and Chris Finch and Mike and Nori have to take a time out. Dodge it's a 20 point lead. It's a three point lead.

Mike and Nori have to take a time out. Dodge it's a 20 point first quarter. Only his third 20 point half of the playoffs and he's got 20 in the first. No time like the present sparked a 12 nothing Dallas run and Minnesota looked a little shell shocked.

It's kind of hard to defend a guy who's launching from the logo. Who's shooting it over a couple of guys that are even between him and the three point line. So yes 20 from Luca in the first quarter. He outscored the Wolves all by himself and after that well Kyrie had some work to do. So between the two of them 72 points and one juncture in this game in the second half. This is rough. I gotta feel like the Wolves just weren't ready. I don't know this is total failure. It's a franchise failure in this particular game. They were trailing by 40.

40! These are two teams that we've seen fight tooth and nail. I know Luca's good and all but it's not like that was a surprise to you. Maybe demoralizing after that first quarter. A little bit of oh no we can't come back and win this. I'm not sure a younger team but in the second half they're up by 40. Wow it was it was rough to watch if you're a Wolves fan I'm sure. Mavericks having to begin the third quarter.

They shoot to our left in their white uniforms. Minnesota in the slate grays to the green and white. Luca across the floor. Back door and the dunk for Washington as Luca throws a 40 footer on time and on target.

Now Towns comes over to help. Solid Spain screen by Gafford. Luca in the lane floater good and a timeout by Chris Finch and absolutely no effort defensively from Minnesota and the fans are letting the Timberwolves know exactly how they feel. Here comes Irving they try to trap him lob to Jones met by Gobert back out to Luca put it on the floor left to right on McDaniel's gets in him and draws the foul hits the shot three-point play chance for Doncic. Chuck Cooperstein just saw a photo of him on social media with the western conference finals trophy.

Yes the play-by-play announcer gets to hold the trophy as well. So the Mavericks are into their first final since 2011. Luca starts out with 20 finishes with 36 10 rebounds five assists and two steals.

My mind will set the tone. I know they're gonna start doubling after so we just play with the doubles double team after and we just play basketball. I was enjoying it just like everyone else was. He had 20 points I think in like six minutes to seven minutes and you're just watching a special performance take place but you know as a teammate you just want to continue to do the little things to bring the lead a little bit further along and just continue to play well. Kyrie himself had 36 and also impressed that he had no turnovers.

Five assists for him to go along and so he is the guy who's been to an NBA finals though it's been a while. Feels great man uh definitely don't take this moment for granted because of how hard we had to work to get here and we had to earn our spot into the NBA finals and we had to go against some great opponents OKC, Clippers, Wolves and I feel like they got us better as a team. They really challenged us on the defensive end made us focus in and you know I think every single one of them like I did the previous two series for making me better. It has been seven long years but it's also felt like the right amount of time you know in order to reward myself be in the locker room with my teammates and enjoying it a long time coming. Great team effort incredible to be atop the Western Conference Minnesota is well coached they're a really good team and we're just happy to be able to represent the Western Conference in the finals.

I kind of like what we've seen the last few years. The Miami Heat were the number eight seed and they made the NBA finals in 23. Of course taking out the Celtics which is another piece of their motivation and their history that's gotten them to where they are. These Mavericks are the five seed.

How about that? So I don't want to hear anymore oh it's always the one seed there's no upsets in the NBA finals. I think a lot of people would tell you honestly they did not expect the Mavericks to get this far. They are a younger team except for Kyrie according to Luca he's old. So what is it about older I mean he's 32 for heaven's sakes that's not old. It's actually not going to be that different the experience factor for Luca versus Kyrie because Luca has been pro since he was 13. Old as f***.

Goodness yeah we'll get to you Ant. So they are a younger team and I think it's really impressive. We see this in the NFL sometimes where a team will go from worst to first or they have the overall number one pick or they have one of the top draft picks sometimes a QB and they'll go from non-playoff to winning their division like the Houston Texans did last year. That happens a lot in football. We don't see as much draft lottery to NBA finals though which is notable because remember last year they picked Derek Lively out of Duke with that number 12 pick and here they are still standing. Insane I think we got a great team but most importantly we got the great guys and great guys on the team from players to coaches to everybody in the team we have great guys and that's the most important thing.

Like I said we stay together and we just play basketball you know especially I think we beat three very very very good teams and not having home advantage which is pretty good for us. Yeah it's also notable that they haven't had any issues going into hostile territory and Luca you can tell that he enjoys that. He was jawing with someone in the lower bowl near the court in Minneapolis. Now I'm not sure it might have been Snoop Dogg or someone told me it was Jimmy Jam who was sitting next to him. I didn't quite see who was next to him I just noticed Snoop. I don't know if that's who it was but Luca definitely enjoys driving the stake into the heart of those faithful in hostile arenas.

It's a good feeling man I can't lie just go out there and you know it's us against them just stay together but that feeling that feeling is great. Was there one fan in particular that you kept going at early on? Yeah. What was that about? I can't tell you if I tell you I can sue him but you know that that gets me going.

Everybody knows that by now so just gotta do it. Yeah that's a quality about Luca and Kyrie both. They tend to feed off the hate, sports hate of course it's not real hate. Luca goes six of ten from three and in the first half the Maverick shot 61 percent from the floor. That defense that we've heard so much about with the Timberwolves it didn't show up or at the very least it wasn't effective in game five. Luca came out tonight put a stamp on the game um you know hit a couple bomb threes that kind of got uh gotten them really loosened up um and then you know offensively we were we were kind of never really settled in their physicality bothered us.

The game kind of slipped away from us in the first quarter when we missed a lot of easy stuff you know went one-on-one too early just kind of got busted out of any kind of offensive structure um you know and then we couldn't couldn't get stopped so that was the game. Disappointed for sure uh I think it's simple uh that's for the Western Conference Finals you know couldn't get the job done um it hurts you know and this team has worked tremendously hard um not only improving ourselves as players but as a team collectively just playing together trusting the process through the ebbs and flows of the seasons and all the adversity we found a way to always stick together and move forward together so disappointed uh for us. I think that for the Timberwolves as much as it hurts to come this close they've taken some major steps forward primarily that seven game series against the Nuggets in which they were able to eliminate Denver that was huge for them still say they've got this incredible tandem Anthony Edwards is just 22 years old also maybe still maturing he was asked what he can learn from the Mavericks and how they played him moving forward. Nothing. All right all right nothing nothing nothing at all just nothing maybe something small just a little from the tape nothing nothing all right so Anthony Edwards might uh maybe down the road find something he can take away but at this point.

Nothing. Also at 22 years old he's got a lot of growing to do I do think we've seen a superstar in the making he's dynamic on the court even if he's he's still putting it all together when it comes to addressing the media. I just told him like y'all know that we we're gonna be right back in the same position next year so y'all know how y'all need to train to get ready and um include myself like um you know because we trained this year as if we was gonna just play 82 games maybe one one round of the playoffs we didn't know we was gonna go this far so we didn't train like it this summer I know nobody did um especially myself so um I think this summer is gonna be huge for all of us because we know what type of team we got and we know what we're capable of so we need to train like we know what we're gonna do. All right if nothing else Anthony Edwards admits that he never expected them to go this far and that now understanding the potential he will train and prepare for a deep run into the playoffs and I don't think that's a bad revelation I'm I'm I don't think that's something that the media needs to make a big deal of right he's he's got he was into the league at 19 years old he is who he is love the personality but that's quite a revelation and we didn't train even to be to this point so now you know I mean now you recognize the potential and you cannot waste the window so to speak. In light of Kyrie returning to Boston where he may be public enemy number one at this juncture for the Celtics fans who is public enemy number one for your favorite team or your fan base your city on twitter I'm gonna try I'm gonna practice on Twix but now my stomach's growling not a good idea I've wanted it since you said that makes me hungry on that social media site at ALOL radio you can look for the post and also on our Facebook page it's after hours with Amy Lawrence good morning happy Friday ready to start talking to your kids about financial literacy meet green light the debit card and money app that teaches kids and teens how to earn save spend wisely and invest with your guardrails in place parents can send instant money transfers automate allowance and more plus keep an eye on spending with real-time notifications join more than six million families building healthy financial habits together on green light get your first month free at green light.com slash odyssey that's 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amy lawrence on the rangers and panthers radio network this was tight and it was tense you know what the statistics say and what they show about a tie series and a game five this one taking place at madison square garden they were tied going into the third period and tied for 10 minutes of that third period until the visitors broke through he whips it on then a right hand save made by bob rossky and the rebound is taken out of harm's way louis terina then on for lundell left side of the circle lundell a shot and he scores and todd lundell gives the panthers their first lead of the night he lets it rip out of the left circle it's 2-1 with 9 38 to play here in the third what was the word you used to describe that goal jay earlier a soft goal yes a soft goal you said because of how it went underneath shasterkins right through his arm yeah right through his arm kind of underneath the pads let me remind me it wasn't earlier in this series didn't we have one something similar for the rangers where they got a goal it was the i can't remember exactly who it was it was lafrenier but it got tipped in front of the net and it kind of went up and under uh the arm of bob of sergei bobrovsky so i think we we had a few of those um both well it's better than a known goal i suppose or one of those or a butt goal we had a butt goal too in the western conference right um or a posterior is what the story said anyway it's yeah it's it's a series in which we've seen egor shasturkin come up with huge save same thing for bob uh and the way that they are able to pick the right angle and and put the stick in front and the breakaways even that we've seen them then uh stop they're very impressive both of them but in this particular case it's probably one that he would like back now they end up tacking on another goal an empty netter rangers do make it a one goal game with uh their second later in in that period but ultimately it's anton lindell who comes up with that go ahead and game winning goal that was huge you know uh we had some good chances in the third and we were playing really good uh fella we we just had chances after chances and just kept keep grinding and trusted that we're gonna get get the chance and the goal you know our starts haven't been uh haven't been great haven't been what we wanted but um you know it just seems like as the game goes on we're getting better and better and um yeah it's i think that contributes to our composure and um our just willingness to keep playing the same way and not trying to change our game you know we talked about the celtics getting back to the nba finals for the first time well for the second time in three years but first time since they lost to the warriors they were in the eastern conference finals a year ago panthers their situation a little bit different remember they were the team that knocked out the bruins uh as the eight seed when the bruins set records for points and and wins in the season but they were an eight seed like the heat last year that got to the stanley cup final uh and maybe a little bit along the lines of what anthony edwards said they didn't really prepare to be in a situation where they'd be all the way into the championship round but that's different than what we've heard from the panthers this year they've talked about how they're preparing for this uh along the way and here they are now one game away from returning to the stanley cup final and having a chance at redemption it's after hours with amy lawrence had a chance to catch up with hockey writer luke fox of sports net he was at msg just a couple of his answers about the series and about the panthers i wanted to add to know why it is so difficult for panthers opponents to adjust to their style of play i think it starts with their forecheck they're incredibly fast and they're incredibly fierce and it's rare that you have both of those in one hockey team they're kind of tailor-made to succeed at this time of year they just love to dump pucks in and they're very structured paul marie's has them all bought into a system and they just attack they make it really difficult they make it really difficult for the opposing team's defense to break the puck out cleanly because they're just on them they swarm them they wear them down and i think the longer a series goes on the more of a toll that takes on them and then when they're in their own zone they don't panic they stick to their structure and they kind of wait for the rangers to make a mistake i think of you know the deciding goal in overtime in game four the bandage ad tries to create something he tries to to force a puck east west across the blue line and then they just pick that up and counter attack the one that lindell goal the same thing with a counter-attack goal uh the giveaways tonight were 12 for the rangers one for florida i mean they're just they're very organized and disciplined in in their structure and then so they wait for the other team to make a mistake and they're fine waiting and then when the the other team does cough it up they pounce they have enough speed and skill to make you pay this is more of a quirky question because we hear it i'm not sure i believe it the president's trophy curse and the rangers of course did have the best record in the regular season why is it so hard for the best team over the course of 82 games to then go on and win the stanley cup yeah i don't know if it's a curse i think it just speaks to the parity of the league it's not as if the president's trophy team you know gets outclassed i mean the boston bruins went out in the first round last year to these florida panthers but they lost to the team that went all the way and it took them seven games and they came very close to winning that series i i think part of it is the parity of the league the nature of the sport uh i think there's a little bit more luck involved in hockey than in say basketball where after every uh possession the other team automatically gets possession um there's a little more of a randomness you know with the frozen rubber on ice right part of it's that and i think the parity goes back to the nhl instituting a salary cap so you can't you know really stack a team to to a point and and have them dominate and hey there's no shame and i don't think it's a curse if they lose this this panthers team there's no shame in it it's really a one of the the better final fours in recent memory all four of these teams none of them looped their way in into this you know on the west dallas and emington are serious teams that have been on long runs before and just haven't gotten gotten it done so all these teams are legitimate uh there's no shame if the rangers eventually do fall because they're going up against one heck of an opponent where does lord stanley's cup reside until we get to the next round it's still at the the hall of fame in toronto it doesn't enter it doesn't enter the building until uh until an elimination game until it can actually be one that the superstition is that it can't be in the building gotcha so uh not not until a clinching game will will it make an appearance but but funny story they used to not even bring it until like late in the third period because the because of some silly old hockey superstition but then it got caught in traffic away and it showed up late one year i forget what year it was but it showed up late so then they're like okay let's get it in the building i love that story and yes lord stanley's cup will make an entrance at some point we don't know where we still have four teams that are alive for these conference championships and potentially could see two game sevens yeah you'll get me if it's game seven and sudden death i might pass out i can already feel the tension oh goodness and jay is a long time rangers fan he and his dad they watch these games together is there yelling or is it silence oh there's so much yelling okay so you guys you don't get stoic you don't poker face it you're screaming you him usually louder than me honestly how would dad handle a game seven sudden death for the stanley cup final i think we'd be calm during the day but then around like an hour or so before puck drop no if it's sudden death you don't have an hour to get ready or during the day game seven you're making a sudden death okay it's in the overtime oh man it would be tense um probably a lot of screaming any simple mistake like a missed pass or like any sort of not not perfect play would be highly criticized um yeah highly criticized with choice words yes that might a little bit like how the boston fans will welcome kyrie back highly critical with choice words it'll be worse there monday and tuesday is when we would have the game sevens if they go the duration monday and tuesday in new york and dallas those would be the two host cities for the game sevens but our nba finals that is set that's celtics that's mavericks could you imagine if we had stars in mavericks both in uh their respective championship rounds that would be fun as well for the city of dallas not to mention uh you've got the world series champions residing there in arlington who is public enemy number one for your city your fan base maybe it's just your favorite team on twitter at amy after hours also on our facebook page uh we'll get to a little bit of that also the bold move trying to capitalize on the newfound and exploding popularity of women's basketball you are listening to the after hours podcast you're never happy to lose like it's not fun um but at the same time like i don't know i think there's just there's just a lot of things to build on it and you know that's what i'm trying to just be as positive as possible continue to learn continue stuck days this is after hours with amy lawrence we will get to your public enemies public enemy number one who is it for your favorite team your fan base your city maybe and we've gotten some really creative 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doors by working with you on a comprehensive plan to help you reach your wealth's full potential because doors were meant to be opened visit fidelity.com slash wealth investment minimum supply fidelity brokerage services llc member nyse sipc you look around at all these young girls like they're coming to these games and then you know even after the game we lose by you know however many points but they're like still the happiest young girls in the world like couldn't be more thrilled that they're here um with their families and with their parents or with whoever brought them and um they could care less how much we won by or you know how many points i scored or whatever it was like for them it's like just the experience and seeing us play like that's that's the coolest thing to me she actually did admit to to being somewhat tired they've had a pretty rough schedule meaning they've had a ton of games crammed into their first couple weeks she was out there for all of the four all but the four seconds and she had a technical foul her coach got a technical foul her coach was actually stumping for katelyn to get more calls after the fact feeling like the fever are not getting treated as fairly and she's just like she's just like the fever are not getting treated as fairly that's a coach's job is to try to drum up calls for her players but also christie sides went on a bit of a passionate tangent when she was talking about how criticizing the fever the way that people are going all in and drilling down is relatively unfair we've played more games than anybody without the practice playing as the best like i i'm so proud of their fight they keep coming back i'm so proud of what they do katelyn's learning she's fighting she gets you know the whole 40 minutes she's in the game on both ends she's getting beat up she keeps fighting i've got some great people in my locker room we're gonna keep fighting we're gonna keep fighting and it's gonna click and it's gonna it's we're gonna get there but it doesn't happen overnight i like her passion it's a lot for this franchise and for the coach to handle and it's not just katelyn right the whole team is in it for sure there's frustration there is some fatigue there's technical fouls there's just a lot happening there they're going to put it together they've been in a lot of these games just at this point unable to come away with the wins to show the fruits of their labor if you will speaking of the wnba just want to mention it the only undefeated team still in the league is the connecticut sun the president of the connecticut sun is former ucon product former usa olympian wnba champion also longtime coach and college hoops jennifer risotti she and i worked together for eight years when i was calling uh the the games doing play-by-play for the hardford women and so i know her really well traveled with the team for for all those years and now that she's with the sun we maintain a good relationship she's agreed to come on the show monday and so we'll have a conversation with her not just about the the changes for the wnba but also about her team which is at this point still undefeated it's after hours with amy lawrence brianna stewart reigning wnba mvp and she and a teammate a former ucon teammate who's also in the league have decided they're going to start a new league that will pay its athletes six figures so she was all over media yesterday making the announcement about this new project this new startup in a typical women's basketball life you play in the wnba and you go overseas and there's a seven-month gap where you know our w players aren't home are in market and fee and i are co-founders in unrivaled which is going to launch in miami um come 2025 and it's going to be the top 30 athletes where we'll play three on three one on one and just be home be in market and be able to be you know in a in a market that isn't a w team but continue to grow the game and grow brands so this is brianna stewart on good morning america and napisha collier who are launching this league in january of 25 and they've gotten some pretty recognizable investors with a lot of money like carmelo anthony steve nash michelle we west is her married name actor ashton kutcher gino ariemma is investing also alex morgan and megan rapino who are usa soccer stars so they've got some pretty impressive names who are helping them to launch this and i wonder about the timing i don't know how long they've been considering it but just the idea that they can capitalize on the popularity of women's hoop and if they are doing things like three on three and one on one well then it's a little bit of a different format could be more entertaining different access than what you would get in your standard league and it won't run at the same time as the wnbi obviously they're doing this as she says to keep people from having to go overseas and play and earn a paycheck instead they can stay home the court's going to be a little bit smaller so like around 60 feet in comparison to 94 but full court three on three um so we'll have to make sure our cardio is is up we'll have a little bit of a training camp um in this 10-week window um but i'm really excited about it i'm excited to to be playing and be around the best continue to get better and um miami's not a bad place to be so again on good morning america brianna stewart uh and as i say she says that the athletes will make at least six figures like that's what they're being offered they'll be the best salaries for any women's athletes in u.s history so i think it could be the perfect timing course in january think what they're up against you're up against the nfl you're up against the nfl playoffs not to mention the nba the nhl there's a lot happening then uh ask not well and college football playoff to the end of the college football season ask other sports what happens when you tangle with football so that's the only i would say the major pause that i would have about a league at that particular moment we've been asking you about public enemies for your various teams your your cities your franchises in honor of kyrie and a boston reunion rj says cleveland fan enemies are michael jordan and john l way uh let's see but i've seen another one who said no matter what it will always be always be bleeping art modell that it will always be art modell uh this one for maple lee's fans it's the big bad boston bruins yeah i like the team rivalries but that's not really where i'm going with this it's more about uh having that public enemy the ones uh the one figure that makes your blood boil uh roger on facebook the kentucky wildcats i hate christian latner chris says for oriel's fans it's still jeffrey mayer you know the the young kid who interfered with the ball or they thought that he interfered with the ball in the playoffs remember the home run mike says nfl public enemy number one is antonio brown for walking out in the middle of a game have a 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