3.2.23 - JR SportBrief Hour 3

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Good stuff. It's been a busy day. We've talked about everything going on at the Combine. Mike McCarthy is like, yeah man, Kellen Moore was trying to score too many points.

I've never heard that before in my life. The New York Jets are begging for a quarterback. Alvin Kamara pled not guilty to beating the living hell out of a guy in Vegas. Jalen Carter, he came down here to Georgia, went to Athens.

Two misdemeanors for racing and reckless driving. He is back at the Combine having his meetings, or at least he went back. Jerry Richardson, founding owner of the Carolina Panthers, he passed away. And then we talked about beef. Eric DaCosta, general manager of the Baltimore Ravens.

Rashad Bateman, his wide receiver. Beef. In a few minutes we're going to talk about film beef. We're going to talk about fighting in a movie. We're going to talk about Creed and you'll hear from Michael B. Jordan. We'll get to that momentarily.

Let's talk about some real beef. Eric DaCosta was asked about the wide receiver room. Why can't you find the all-pro wide receiver?

And this is what Eric DaCosta had to say. If I had an answer, that means I would probably have some better receivers, I guess. We keep trying. We've never really hit on that all-pro type of guy, which is disappointing. But it's not for lack of effort.

It's one of those anomalies that I really can't explain other than to say we're not going to stop trying. Yeah, well, one of his wide receivers, Rashad Bateman, who can never stay healthy or hasn't stayed healthy the two years since he's been drafted. He went on social media and basically said, stop blaming us. You know, blame the people that you hired. He didn't have any clarity as to who he was referring to, whether it was his former offensive coordinator. Or whether it was, as one of our callers mentioned, the strength and conditioning coaches.

And then he deleted the tweet and he apologized. Because you shouldn't call out your boss. This is not the WWF. This is not Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon. This is the real world. Call out your boss and you get fired for real.

You don't get a chance to come through and give him a Stone Cold Stunner. And I guess somebody told Rashad Bateman that and that he should just probably relax. Speaking of relaxation, last week I did something that I typically don't do or have the time to do. I went to the movies.

I did. I went to the movies last week and I saw a screening of Creed 3. I'm not a movie guy as you can probably, probably tell if you've heard the conversations between Shep and I. Shep, you love movies. I'm not a huge movie guy, man. I love movies because a lot like sports, you never know what's going to happen. And life imitates art all the time. And I really like seeing art.

And make no mistake about it, obviously we're not talking painters, we're not talking sculptors, we're not talking those who do oil on canvas. But to watch individuals, whether it's Denzel or Will Smith or Daniel Day Lewis just completely transform into another character, that's fun. And the guy that you talked to, Michael B. Jordan, he's among the finest actors of his generation. I'm not just saying that because he's coming on your show tonight. He is.

It's pretty awesome to see what he has done over the course of his career. I remember seeing Michael B. Jordan for the first time, like most people, on The Wire. He was Wallace. He was one of the neighborhood boys. And he had the braids. I will remember him as Wallace.

And to see his growth over just, I don't know, the past 20 years is pretty awesome. I didn't see the movie. I remember him, I think he was the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four. And then he was, he was Creed. He was Creed. As we know, everybody knows about Rocky and we got a spinoff into the Creed franchise, Adonis Creed, the son of Apollo Creed. I think most of us have probably seen Rocky, maybe one of them at least once or a million times.

And the reboot that they've done for a new era, a new generation, is awesome. And so I'm a huge sports fan, as you can probably tell. I wouldn't be sitting here doing a sports show every night.

We don't talk about it a lot. I'm a huge boxing fan. I love boxing. I know a lot of the promoters. I know a lot of the fighters.

It was only, what, December. You know, I was hosting one of the events for Javonte Tank Davis for Showtime in DC. I love people getting punched in the face, as long as it's not me. And as long as it's sanctioned.

I'm not an advocate for unsanctioned violence. Now having said that, I've seen every Creed movie. I went to the red carpet for Creed back in 2018 in New York City.

And they had a big red carpet here last week. Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors, Tessa Thompson, who plays his wife now, his love interest. Jonathan Majors is his opponent, his antagonist in the film.

They grew up together, unfortunately, not under the best circumstances. Jonathan Majors is away in prison. He's incarcerated. He comes out and he's ready to fight. He's ready to pick up where he left off. And when you think about the success that Adonis Creed had in the movie, you know, Jonathan Majors, his character, he feels away. He's like, man, I was a better fighter when we were kids and you kind of ditched me. And now I'm out and he wants what Adonis Creed had, was the championship.

And he's willing to go get it in any way possible. I can tell you for a film that is about boxing or fighting, there's so many deeper just stories in it that you have to love and appreciate. This is one thing I love about boxing in general, is that it's relatable.

It's the training aspect of it, the preparation. Like you can look at life, and I think you can understand this if you're old enough, life is a fight. You're going to have your ups. You're going to have your downs. Nobody walks away unscathed. Nobody goes one million and oh, you're going to take losses. Every day, every month, every year is a different round.

What are you going to do to keep going, to have more wins than losses? And that's what makes this story with Creed even more impressive as it dives deeper into just emotions. It has every emotional touch point. I mean, Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson, their daughter in the film, is deaf.

If you saw the first two films, you know that already. And so this film has a little bit of it all. And so last week, amongst all of the media moving around and press conferences and junkets and red carpets, et cetera, I stopped by a special press conference that Michael B. Jordan was doing. It was for HBCU students here in Atlanta, not just Atlanta, these students came from all over the country, historically black colleges and universities, and they had a chance to hone their skills in front of Michael B. Jordan.

I went to go check it out. And as a part of that, I guess I was the professional in the room. If anybody wants to consider me a pro and not just some dude who talks for a living, I asked Michael B. Jordan specifically, in a gigantic room with plenty of people, quite a few questions. They said, hey, you talk to him first, you're JR. And I'm like, OK, whatever, fine. And I asked him, amongst all of the messages in this film, what is the biggest message that you wanted people to walk away with if they go see Creed?

This is what Michael B. Jordan told me. I want to feel like an origin story, you know, a sequel and a trilogy all in one film. And to do so, we had to go back into Adonis' past, which I feel like to those childhood traumas, you know, those mongols that really shaped us as people, as humans. And that's something that I wanted to universally talk about, you know, how we carry around that trauma, that baggage. Sometimes it's too painful to address, you know, sometimes we ignore it, we go over it, you know what I'm saying, but we try to push forward.

But, you know, we're not our full selves. You have to go through something painful. You have to address those things. It's OK to talk about it. It's OK to talk about your past. It's OK to talk about things that are uncomfortable for you.

And we had Adonis go through all those things and show what it looks like when you don't talk. You know, what could happen and how that affects people around you, not just yourself. And at the end of the day, you know, we love these characters so much because I think it represents an underdog nature on all of us. Life's hard. You know, there was obstacles at you. You're damn right life is hard.

Life throws obstacles at you. There wasn't a moment in that film that I didn't feel some type of emotion where I'm like, I can relate to that. That's familiar.

Well, that reminds me of this. It hit every note. This is also Michael B. Jordan's debut as a director. He didn't just act. He directed his co-stars.

He directed the film. And this is part of his growth process. It's amazing. And the cool thing about it is he's taken people with him.

He's opening up doors for other people just by not just acting, but by going out and providing opportunity. I told you about his daughter in the film. She is amazing. In the film, her name is Amara Creed. Her real name is Mila Davis Kent. She is absolutely amazing on camera. She is deaf. She is someone who encourages other people to learn American Sign Language, ASL. And she was there as well. And I asked her specifically to be involved in this film. This is her first feature debut. Amazing job she did. I asked, why is it important for people to see someone like you on camera, on film, in the movies? Her response via her interpreter was absolutely amazing.

Listen to this. For me, inclusivity, what that means is that, you know, deaf people, and black deaf people especially, can see this movie and realize that there's representation and that they can do anything they put their mind to. They can be like anybody else. Those who aren't black, those who are hard of hearing, any other community, those who are hearing, even though there's differences between the hearing and deaf community, I think this film shows that anybody can do what they put their mind to. So inclusivity means that we are really a part of it. And we want deaf people to look at this and feel inspired and feel proud to be part of the deaf community. You guys can do it. Sometimes people look at deaf people and say, let's just push you to the side.

You don't know what to do. And sometimes we feel, you know, not seen, not understood. But in this movie, I think that it's going to show and help other people to realize that we are just like you. And hearing parents who have deaf children should learn ASL for their children. That is going to make a better life for your kids.

That's going to make it easier for your families to communicate and everyone to feel important and united. You never thought that you'd see a movie about big, strong, tough guys punching each other in the face. You never thought that you'd come out with a message, come away inspired. It was a good film. I will see it again. I hope they make another Creed and Jonathan Majors is absolutely amazing between Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors. They both I think these guys consumed six thousand calories a day, exercise multiple hours a day to get the physiques that they had for this film. And so from the acting, Tessa Thompson is in there. There are so many cameos from other boxers. Canelo Alvarez is in the film. I won't spoil some of the other names who kind of pop up. It's it's amazing. And Michael B. Jordan to both direct and act in this film to have representation from communities that wouldn't be represented.

Someone like Mila Davis Kent, Tessa Thompson. I can go on and on and on. Felicia Rashad returns in this movie. Final question I asked Michael B. Jordan. You did an excellent job directing this. You're pulling at all the emotional heartstrings in this film.

The film is diverse in its presentation. Why was this important to you? That's what he said. It knows me and what I'm about and what I'm involved in has always been about diversity, inclusion from the Jones. You know, that's how I was raised. That's what I was brought up around. That's that's a reflection of the world that I live in.

You know, so as I move through spaces where that's not commonly talked about, you know, that comes with me. So when it came to, you know, the ASL nature and the deaf community, Ryan beautifully touched on in the first movie. You know, Don has met the love of his life, you know, who's hard of hearing and had progressive hearing loss. And in the second film, they started a family and having a child and what parents care about the child being healthy. And the fact that, you know, their child might have hearing loss.

And the third film, you know, we have an ASL family and I don't want to talk about it. This is what it is. You know, this is the life that they live.

This is the home they live in. This is the, you know, the regular issues a little girl might have at that time. And, you know, Mila being a beautiful, you know, deaf actress that she is, she's a natural. You know, she steals the show. Every scene that she's in, she's fearless. Nobody's feeling sorry for her.

She's not feeling sorry for herself. I was in line for actually the second film. And, you know, the way I observed her, her family and her interpreters and just I learned so much. It was such an education. And I became stronger, you know, through this process. And I get strength from her every time I look at her. You know what I'm saying?

And she's very blessed to have her in this franchise. Hey, Creed 3 is out on Friday. You might already be in Friday.

You may be a couple of hours away from Friday. Take it from the movie guy. And they ain't paying me to say this. Go see Creed. I enjoyed it. And there's a lot to learn. It's a great paced movie. There's not a point where you go, when is this going to be over? How long is it?

I'm hungry. It's a damn good film. And I don't think you could say that about too many trilogies. As you just heard from Michael B. Jordan, he wanted this to be kind of a prequel going back into the past.

But then also another sequel. And everyone involved did an amazing job. I enjoyed it. And damn it, I may go back and see it in the theaters again. A big shout out to Michael B. Jordan for taking the time to chat with me. Much love and congratulations to Jonathan Majors for joining the cast. Mila Davis Kent, who did an amazing job as a deaf actress here in her first feature film.

Go see Creed. The phone lines are open right now. That's 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS.

Hey, a big shout out to Gloria and Jeff for helping to make this happen as well. It's the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. I'm going to take your phone calls on the other side.

Don't move. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. What is happening, JR?

I've been listening to it for a little while now. I've called it a couple of times. The most sensational voice on the radio is you, JR Sport Brief. No doubt about it, man.

Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. Thank you again, Jason and Jeff, Gloria. Much love to Michael B. Jordan. We had a big Hollywood star, whatever you want to call him, actor, global guy. From Newark, New Jersey. I'm almost certain he's from Newark.

I know he's from New Jersey. Shout out to Brick City. Came through and dropped some knowledge on his new film, Creed 3.

If you missed the conversation, if you missed the questions that I posed to him, you can go ahead and hit rewind on the Faree Odyssey app. It's a cool franchise to think that we were able to stop making Rockies and move towards Creed and a different ecosystem based off of Rocky. And it's pretty cool. I was like, man, Rockies done. OK, we done. And then we got Creed.

And I wouldn't be surprised if we get more. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. Ramon is calling from Indianapolis. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up? Good evening. Good night to JR. Thanks for my call.

I'm definitely going to go see. I want a quick question and I'll get to my comment. Is it appropriate for under 17? Oh, it is. It is. OK. OK, good. I'll take my grandson with me.

No, it's a great it's a great story. Right. You'll sit down. Will you sit down and watch a boxing match with him? Yes. Yes.

Oh, so, yeah, he can go take him. It's there's a great. As you just heard from from Michael B. Jordan, there's a great story in the film.

There are multiple stories and lesson in the film. It's something for everybody. What else you got? What's up? OK, good.

Yeah. Excuse me. I coach third and fourth graders and I played college, high school and college baseball and tore my foot up. And, you know, glad I did stand school because I'm a health care professional and that's taking care of me for the rest of my life. But what I tell all of them is most of you guys never going to play pro. That's not the purpose of sport. The purpose of it is to learn failure. I coach soccer, baseball and basketball.

My first three, two years of coaching soccer myself, I won three games. But the fight and like I had to teach them, it's the fight. It's the it's the character building.

This year, I won a championship in basketball. So now they get to the spoils and now they can taste it. So I asked my grandson, I said, of all the losing that happened, what does this winning, how does it feel? And I say, I guess it was all worth it. And that's life in a nutshell. You're going to get punched, beat up, knocked around.

But then those victories, when those victories come, you take it. And then lastly, with the diversity thing you talked about, that's very important. I was conversating with my boss the other day and in the workplace, people. Diversity, diversity, equity and inclusion is a thing. Some people are taking it out. Some coming, taking it out.

Some companies are struggling with it. But we're strong. We're only as strong as the differences between us. And we need to embrace those.

I'm happy to see it. Film shows it. And I think it doesn't carry on in the regular life like it should. But I'm hoping one day with films like this that that diversity is just not banter for those that may not understand it. I coached eight different people that were not black and I'm an African-American man.

And eight of the ten on my team were not African-American. And they all embraced me and loved me and treated me just like I was their own dad. That's what we want out here in this life.

That's why I'm going to take them to see Creed. Thanks for taking my call. Thank you, Ramon, for calling from Indianapolis. Go get some water, too, man. Typically I hear from him every now and then.

His voice never sound like that. Go get some water. Yeah, diversity and inclusion is awesome. There's some people who get scared about it. I don't know why.

I mean, people will go, oh, it's dangerous. You keep talking about the separation. No, because it's real. It's existed.

There's no eraser that has changed that. And to be honest that it exists and that we're better to acknowledge it, it actually brings us together. It's not a dividing thing. It's important.

We are all better if we get into places and do things and experience things, people, places, that we're not used to. It's simple as that. You know, we have Bernie Williams on from the New York Yankees.

I think last week, two weeks ago, Bernie joined us and he said it perfectly. He's like, hey, yeah, diversity and inclusion. It's not charity.

It's not just giving something away to somebody, but it's just giving them a chance and an opportunity. And it makes everybody better. You know, we were talking about Mike McCarthy last break before we we heard from Michael B. Jordan and Mila. We were talking about Mike McCarthy and and Greg Roman and Kellen Moore. How many damn coaches can we recycle? We're just going to recycle everybody all the damn time. It's always good when we have new voices and new thoughts and new perspectives and new opinions.

We all do better that way. Eight, five, five, two, one, two, four. CBS Mike is calling from Cleveland. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Mike? Oh, great program. You know. I never met you, but you paint a picture in the radio where you like you include it and we paint a picture back and we think our mind back. And you bring us right there.

What a great job you do. And speaking of diversity, if you are in the Cleveland area, they just build a brand new center here called the February Douglas Recreation Resource Center. It's a brand new 20 million dollar facility opened up about two months ago. And I've been going there getting this 40 foot jacuzzi whirlpool.

OK, 40 yard, 40 yard, 40 yard. And I walk in it. But I'm seeing all the children, the ages, the races are coming in there. And you if you are in the Cleveland area, I want you to come to the Frederick Douglass Recreation Resource Center.

It just opened up two months ago. And you will see the best thing that I think the world needs, what you're describing on the radio. What a beautiful thing. And keep up the good work. You are inspiration over the radio waves because you paint a picture.

You paint a picture to us at home to actually feel and want to know what you're doing. What a great job you do, sir. Well, thank you, Mike. I'll be up to Cleveland when it gets warm. It's still cold, right?

No, believe it or not. Oh, it was 60 yesterday. Man, it was 80 degrees here in Georgia two days ago. OK, Mike. Yeah, we we we we only have an inch of snow.

I don't know what happened here. I don't know what to do in June. I haven't I haven't seen snow here. I haven't seen snow in a minute. I'll be up to Cleveland soon, Mike. Thank you, man.

Appreciate you. And trying to say, Chef, didn't you just see snow in New York? Yeah, like three days ago.

I ain't trying to see no. Did it snow in Atlanta? Probably not. No, the pipe. No, it did.

It did. Yeah, the pipes were bursting all over the place before the holidays. All types of pipes burst in and it was pipes burst in the airport. Hey, shout outs to everybody at Hartsfield Jackson. I know you're listening. I know you are. All them Delta mechanics in the back. People down there. I see your eight five five two one two four CBS. That's eight five five two one two four CBS. We talk about sports movies.

What am I supposed to do? Life is like a fight. Hey, Marco, you you like the Rocky franchise. You like them Rockies? Absolutely love them all. Did you see Creed? Did you see the first two? Love the first one. Second one was OK. The first one was tremendous, though. Looking forward to the third one.

This third one is crazy, Marco. Go check it out. I definitely want to do there's I'm trying to think. Yeah, there's not one of them that I haven't seen. So I'm definitely looking forward to this one.

Yeah, this is a it's a it's a fun one. And as you guys know, I don't know squat about movies. Yeah, that still confuses me.

But what let go? What confuses you? Well, because there's a lot of just like regular movies. It's just it's strange to me that you've never sat and just really watched movies. It's weird to me.

I got to be fair. Watch movies. Really?

From what it sounds like, you don't really. It's like one or two a year, it sounds like. And that's strange. I don't go to the movie theater like that. You don't have to go to the theater because I'll be fair, as I've gotten older.

I used to go all the time when I was younger. You get older. There's too many things to do.

It's hard to carve out the time. I get it. But you're telling me you're not sitting in front of the TV sometimes. You're just watching stuff in the middle of the night.

No, I'm here. I know that. But when you're when you're off, when the show ends, we're six days a week.

I know that I'm aware. But there are no times where you sit in front of the TV. Yeah, maybe for 30 minutes.

Most of the time the television is on is just sports there, you know? Yeah, I know that part. I think, you know, this is what you travel a little too much.

I think that's I think that's what it is. You don't have enough time to just sit and watch a movie. I think you need to relax more. I listen. I listen to the radio. When I'm home, the radio is on or there's some sports or news on in the background or I'm sitting in front of the computer like a schmuck.

Yeah, you got it. See, this is actually probably smarter than this is why you're smarter than I am. I spend way too many times where it's in the middle of the night and where I'm not working and I should be asleep to try to catch up on all the sleep that I've lost. And instead I'm staring blankly at it at a TV screen watching some of the movies that I haven't seen. So I try to catch up. What's watching you back?

What's watching me back? What do you want a movie in particular show? No, whatever. Depends on if there's something I seek out most of the time it's blindly whatever on TV, which is the worst way to do it. Because then you wind up watching either gems where you catch like the awful movie like you and I both like ricochet.

You'll get those at like five o'clock in the morning, which is awesome and terrible at the same time. So there's too many times where I'm sitting there staring at that predator. Now, see, Predator is a great movie. That's not a bad movie.

That's a great. Oh, my God. I mean, Commando is a great bad movie.

Who? Commando. That's also Schwarzenegger. I didn't watch that one.

See, that's again, that's in the category of awesome but terrible. Yeah, I didn't see I saw Rambo a million times. I don't remember damn Rambo. First Rambo. Tremendous.

The rest of them. Good and terrible. Judge Dredd. Great and awful. Oh, that was a terrible one.

Relax. I'm saying like there are some movies that you just watch. There's a I mean, Nicolas Cage made a career on this. They're good, but they're terrible at the same time.

I couldn't tell you a full Nicolas Cage movie I've ever seen. Oh, come on. I know him. I face off. Con Air.

Con Air. Great, terrible movie. I never I've never seen one of his movies all the way through. So you're missing out. Hey, I am. It's all good. You got to catch up on that.

I saw Creed, so I'm good. It's the Gerald Sportbree show with CBS Sports Radio 855-2124 CBS. That's 855-2124 CBS. I'm going to get some more of your calls on the other side. We got an NBA game just end.

We got a lot to do. I'll take more of your calls on Creed and films, all that good stuff. You're listening to the J.R. sportbrief on CBS Sports Radio. Speaking about you personally, I think you're terrific. I really do. I'm a devotee of sports radio, 70 years old, all over the country.

Listen to a lot of them and you're right up there. You really do a great job. I appreciate you. Call in now at 855-2124 CBS. The J.R. sportbrief show on CBS Sports Radio. We got a lot of callers on the line.

If you're on the line, I'm gonna get you on the air. We've been talking about Creed. We had a conversation with Michael B. Jordan. He talked about the movie. And now I'll talk to you. I think the movie's great.

It has a lot of amazing themes. We got a lot of people on with a lot of opinions about everything. I don't care what it is. So let's go ahead. 855-2124 CBS. Let's go ahead and talk to, whoa.

Let's go to Arkansas and talk to Buck Nasty. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up?

Hey, how's it going, fellas? Pleasure to be on the show. I listen to y'all all the time.

I drive a truck. I enjoy the show late night. No problem. That's what we're here for.

Thank you. The Creed movies, man, are great. I haven't had a chance to watch the newest one, but I'll definitely be watching it. I'm a huge Rocky fan, and it worked seamless into the Creeds. The first two were great. I enjoyed them.

I'm sure this one's going to be great, too. Okay. Well, take my word for it. It is, Buck Nasty. With a name like Buck Nasty, you go to the movies, you're by yourself? Yeah.

Yeah, I kind of sit off in the corner, yeah. Oh, I don't know if that's a good name. Okay. Don't tell him. He doesn't do that. Jared, he doesn't sound like a Buck Nasty, though.

What does he sound like? He sounds like a good dude. I am a good dude. I am a good dude. So can we change your name from Buck Nasty to Good Dude? How about that? I'll be Good Dude.

Yeah, next time you call up, just say, hey, this is Good Dude from Arkansas. All right. All right.

Okay. And also, I'm with you on the new coaches, man. We got to do something. Especially coordinators, at least, man. Get some new faces. There should be some 35-year-old players fresh out with some new ideas that are connected to the game, man. It's just, you're watching it. And none of the coaches that they say are new great minds really produce anything. It's just the same system.

Well, they get recycled. I mean, well, for instance, Rand Carthan just became the general manager of the Tennessee Titans. He's 42 years old. He used to play. He was a running back.

Didn't have a lot of success, but he did suit up in the league. And now he's been an executive for the better part of 12 years. So it's always good when you get new voices and new thoughts. I feel like the NFL more than anyplace else just hits the wash, rinse, and repeat on the same voices, coordinators.

These dudes go from 40 to, like, it feels like 70 and 80. And it shouldn't be. Like, especially the NFL, you got to be in, you got to be connected to those players. You got to, like, be with the times and stuff. You got to know who you're talking to. And it's just, it's like a complete disconnect.

Yeah, it is. Well, thank you, good dude. Appreciate you. Hey, I appreciate y'all, man.

No doubt. Shout out to formerly Buck Nasty, now known as the good dude, calling from Arkansas. 855-212-4CBS. Larry's here from San Diego. What's up, Larry? What's up, JR? How are you, my man?

Good, man. What's up? I was just calling because I actually, ironically, I was driving home and I was listening to the show, and I can't remember where the gentleman was from. He was a coach and talking about diversity. And for me, I'm an island kid.

I'm Dominican. We in America have taken sports and made them for wealthy people to play, when in the rest of the world, the sports that are played around the globe are meant to be played on the streets, so you learn the essence of getting hurt, or you learn the essence of teamwork, and you get diversity because it's not about where you're from. It's just, I want to go play on the streets with my friends, and we're playing soccer today. And I think we've lost that in the states where everything has to be organized.

It costs money. There's never a pickup game anymore on the streets. I don't know.

Let me know your feelings. You know, like, I coach high school boys lacrosse, and it's, you know, having these conversations, the first conversations I have with them is about what they played at Fortnite or what video game they're playing. Or they're asking me if I play Call of Duty, and I said, what was the last time you guys rode a bike down the street? Yeah, take your ass outside. You know what I'm saying? And I think we've lost that. Yeah, I don't think with technology it's going backwards. I think we can always encourage it. We will have elements of go outside and play.

Wait until somebody's kid is playing fetch with the robotic dog. You know what I mean? It's coming. It's inevitable.

We can't do anything about it. But we can certainly still try to instill those values as much as possible. I'm thrilled in the era that I grew up in. I remember sitting outside playing with ants and leaves and running around and tearing my knees up on concrete playing basketball.

I missed, I just missed the boat of playing video games against somebody who I have no idea who the hell they are, and I got no interest in it. But it's important. I think the work that you do is important.

I think anyone who works with children and young adults to help shape their minds, to help expose them to the world, I think that's what we all need. There are too many people who grow up and have their minds in a silo. It's always good to bring in different information and perspectives that you wouldn't be exposed to. It's like anything else. You grow with friction. You don't grow in the most ideal, pristine places.

Your brain gets stagnant. That's anything. Larry, kudos to you, man. Thank you, brother. I appreciate it. No doubt about it. I think I cut him off.

My bad. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. Matt is calling from Cleveland. What's up, Matt?

Hey, Matt, you're live. Hey, preach. You're taking my call. You know what? There's a reason why, there's a, yeah.

All right. There's a reason why people aren't playing pickup games anymore. And John Moran's the one. Wait, hold on. Hey, shut up. I had to put that guy on hold. I was afraid of where the hell that was going.

There's a reason people aren't playing pickup games anymore. He goes, John Moran. Well, he didn't get John's name right. What did he call him? He says John Moran. Okay.

Should I fill in the blanks? Was he going to say John Moran is scaring away children? Like, is that what's coming?

Should I ask him? Yeah, we got a dumb button. Okay, hold on. Hey, Matt, what is what does John Moran have to do at pickup games?

Tell us. He's threatening kids? Well, he, he, he beat allegedly, allegedly, he punched that kid in the face 13 times or whatnot. But this, that's that.

I wasn't even, I wasn't even to go there because But that's what you said. What does pickup games have to do with John Moran? He beats up all the kids, allegedly? Well, allegedly, it's one of them. I have to put them on hold again. John Moran is allegedly beating up all the kids at pickup games all across America. That's why we have no pickup games.

Allegedly. Shep, should I try again? Why not? In the spirit of Creed and never giving up. Go ahead, Matt. We've been inspired by Michael B. Jordan. Go ahead.

Quickly. Sorry, man. But yeah, the whole John Moran thing, you know, it is what it is.

That's not why I called it. I called the talk about the Cavs. Hey, I gotta, I gotta go to commercial. I'm sorry, man. I had to let Matt go. Come on, Matt. You're telling me about pickup games and John Moran and it took us three minutes to get there and now you want to tell me about the Cavs?

What about them? I was more entertained when you told me that John Moran was allegedly beating up kids all across America. Or did I say that? I think I said that for no reason. You had to paraphrase for him because it took him a minute to get there.

I had to help him loop it together. Maybe he's enjoying the weekend before the rest of us. That's possible, isn't it? People is the weekend.

No, you're right. Damn it. Every day is the weekend.

So proclaimed by JR of the JR Sport Brief Show. It's the weekend. Don't do anything. Don't go to work. Tell your boss.

I can't say that. It's the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. When we come back, I'm going to get some more of your calls and then we're going to talk about it to somebody else.

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