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30 to 20. The Nuggets got things going here. About two and a half minutes left in the first quarter. We'll talk about that game in a second. We talked about a lot tonight. As a matter of fact, thank you to our guests. Jim Plotkin came by, former professional golfer, to talk about today's PGA Championship.
At least the start of the PGA Championship. Thank you also as well to NBA staff writer from the athletic, Shaquilla Taylor. And thank you to you again for being here, hanging out with us on the show. We've had a busy day.
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That's 888-710-4ISN. You can go ahead and find me everywhere at JR Sport Brief. Let me tell you about this Nuggets game right now. We just talked about it before the break.
You think about all of the backs up against the wall type games you could have. Either sink or you swim. Nuggets are down in this series 3 to 2. Blew a lead in the last game. Jokic, it seems like everybody outside of him ran out of gas.
That's not the case so far here at the start. I told you the Nuggets still lead 30 to 20 at this moment. Jamal Murray, this morning it was reported that he was sick. They didn't know if he was going to play. It wasn't reported that he was going to play until about an hour ago.
And well, let's just say he ain't feeling sick right now. He has 11 points here in the first quarter. He is 4 of 5 from the field. He is leading the way for the Nuggets. We know Jokic is the guy. But Jamal Murray is the one who's putting up these points. And then Christian Brown as well. He has 7 points. In the last game he couldn't hit a damn thing.
He is 1 of 3 from downtown. Ironically, before the game, Jamal Murray missed the 11 points so far here in the first quarter. Jamal Murray says, I feel very confident.
I feel very good. Of course I'm optimistic that we're going to force a game 7 and go back to that loud ass Oklahoma City. We're going to go play the game endeavor and then we get to come back. And we just got to keep that mindset. It's not like we're playing a bad brand of basketball. It's not like we're playing selfish. I just think it comes down to getting a couple stops to stop to win the game. And they've been doing a good job executing down the stretch. And yeah, we'll be better.
Well, he's better. I don't know what they gave him for. What is it? Ray, what's in an intravenous? Do you know what's in there? What's in there? Some kind of feel good.
That's not my domain. Right. He didn't have what that Minnesota fan had. He didn't sniff what he had, right?
Not at all. Maybe, you know, I know in other sports they mention Toradol and things of that nature that gives them a little bit of a boost. Yeah, but that's that's the takeaway. The pain, the pain of it.
I mean, if you said he takes days off, maybe he needs to numb the pain. Yeah, he got a lot of that. Well, you know, it's crazy now. I forgot. You heard about that. Typically, you do not want an IV. You do not want one because that means something is wrong. You saw this trend from a few years ago.
You got these places that you could just go get an IV drip, maybe because you were drunk the night before. You've seen that, right? I remember that it wasn't a trend that lasted long, but I absolutely remember that trend. You can it's a trend. People can still do that, right?
No, if they do, it's not publicized. Oh, come on, man. I can find I can find where can I get an IV in Atlanta? I'm sure there's a place I don't know if it's in somebody's basement, but I can get an IV somewhere. If I if I if I went out tonight and had a time and I woke up like crap tomorrow, I could somebody will give me an IV. They'll probably give you a Gatorade and a bacon, egg and cheese.
But I don't know about an IV. I know bacon, egg and cheese here in Atlanta. What?
That's a crime. No, no. Bacon wings, man. No bacon, egg and cheese. You don't want to chop cheese. And that's not here in Atlanta.
Where can I get IV fluids? Here we go. Atlanta is specialized places.
Let's see. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Right down the road in Atlanta.
You can receive IV fluids at various locations, including IV hydration clinics. OK. Oh, how about it's like the drip bar. Come on. See, we go easy. The drip bar.
That's the most Atlanta thing I've ever heard. You can go to the drip bar and get IV. And I'm pretty sure they're very popular every day of the week. Can you buy some clothes there, too? Can I get my drip right at the drip bar? I'll tell you the address. Oh, Bracliff Road. It's possible. It's in the shopping plaza.
So, yes, you can. You don't have to go far. Now, whatever Jamal Murray had, they gave him some good stuff in Denver, Colorado, and he probably didn't have to smoke it. Anyway, their head coach.
Well, it's kind of wild. Yeah, we heard from their head coach. He's like, listen, guys, we got this. Let's listen to the other head coach, Mark Dayno. Just hoping that they could get things done in Denver in advance to the Western Conference Finals. He says we will be ready for Denver right now.
Doesn't look like it. We've had to really test ourselves through five games. Game six is going to be a massive test for us in Denver because it's on the road and because the way they're going to play. And we'll grow from that as well, regardless of outcome. Yeah, growing and getting better and all of the things we'll see. Minnesota Timberwolves are sitting around. They've already advanced to the Western Conference Finals. They await the winner of this game and of this matchup.
We'll keep you up to date on this this contest as we continue on with the rest of the show. It's been a busy day otherwise. Had some interesting news coming out of the NFL. A couple of interesting things. I don't know why it's coming out of Indianapolis as well as Chicago.
What a wild situation. The Indianapolis Colts earlier today had to apologize for their schedule release. They utilize the video game Minecraft.
They kind of utilize the graphics to create telling the story of their own schedule release. And at one point in time, they are going to take on the Miami Dolphins and they had him arrested as a dolphin in their video. You might recall Tyreek Hill was arrested and then released and then his citations thrown out for reckless driving on his way to the stadium last year. And so the Colts apologize to him, I guess, because they felt that it was insensitive.
Tyreek Hill didn't care. He posted on social media. He thought it was funny. And then they also apologized for utilizing Microsoft's Minecraft, or at least their imagery, without permission. They said sorry for that.
And then we also got what I found to be absolutely hilarious and funny news. Caleb Williams in a book that will be released later on this year about quarterbacks. Caleb Williams and his dad made it very clear that they did not want to go to Chicago. Caleb Williams did not want to play for the Chicago Bears. His dad was quoted as saying Chicago is where quarterbacks go to die. Caleb Williams wanted to go and play for Kevin O'Connell in the Minnesota Vikings. He wanted the Twin Cities. He got to Iberfluss, he got to Chicago, and he says that they didn't even work with him on studying tape. Well, now he has a new offensive line.
Now he has additional weapons. He's now moving into his sophomore year. And he also has a head coach who at least has some type of experience getting to a championship game. That's Ben Johnson from the Detroit Lions. And earlier today, Ben Johnson, he was having a chat with Colin Cowherd and Ben Johnson heard about this story. And Ben Johnson says, I'm not worried about Caleb Williams and his commitment to Chicago, because what happened before ain't got nothing to do with me.
Well, you talk about fears and I don't see it quite the same way. I see this is is what a great opportunity we have to do something that really has never been done. There hasn't been a 4000 yard passer here in this franchise. And and I think Caleb is going to be the first one. I see a chance for greatness here for him. And he feels the same way. I don't know what's going on prior to him joining the organization, but he he is very proud to be a Chicago bear. That's what our conversations have included.
And he's really excited to get to work right now and be the best version of himself for 2025. Reportedly, Ryan polls got wind of this. Well, it was it was said that between father and son, they were just like, well, how do we get out of this? We got to trash Chicago and then they won't pick us. Ryan Post said, no, don't matter what you say, I'm gonna pick you anyway.
So don't bother. That's an interesting situation. I'm trying to remember. Have we have we really gotten that recently where a guy took a dump on a city and they're like, we can't get that guy. We all know about the manipulation of Eli Manning to the New York Giants.
That certainly worked. But I mean, that guy's dad played in the league like Archie knew what it was. I don't want him at San Diego. Eli didn't go to San Diego. He got drafted and then was immediately traded to the New York Giants.
I feel like in a lot of cases. The athletes wait until they have the money. Before they take a dump on the city like they wait until they're actually playing the sport before they go scorched earth. Earlier in the show, we talked about Jimmy Butler, who last night was eliminated. Golden State Warriors losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jimmy Butler went scorched earth.
I need to find my joy. OK, a couple of years ago, I remember James Harden, Houston Rockets on his way out the door. They're basically sat down at a press conference and said, I can't play here and win with these guys. It's like, damn, bro, you two feet from the locker room talking trash. Go in the locker room and say that.
And then I mean, I don't know if this is scorched earth. Antonio Brown just said, I'm out. This man left in the middle of a game, took his clothes off, took off his pads and his shirt and walked off the field. I don't know if that's taking a dump on Tampa.
He certainly took a crap on his teammates. Ray, I'm trying to remember somebody pre draft that just like that's never happened before. Hasn't nobody? No players trying to mess up with their money that bad. That's too risky.
Not at all. Like that's why everyone usually references Eli Manning, because that is the most obtuse version of that where people got involved and made some maneuverings to where he got to where he wanted to go. More often than not, these kids coming out of college don't call their shot.
They go where they drafted. So it's tough to to figure that one out. And that's part of the reason why.
So people allegedly felt should do it because they were afraid Dio was going to try to pull a Manning family, so to speak. So no. Yeah, there hasn't there hasn't been that.
There hasn't been that player. It'd be a cool. Well, I don't know if it's a cool story to say so.
Well, and that wouldn't be the case. And who cares? This is a dream. I guess a dream come true.
You want to get paid. Of course, everybody has an ideal as to where they want to go. Like if I'm Cooper flag this week and I'm looking at the Dallas Mavericks ending up with the number one overall pick. If I'm Cooper flag, I'm not thinking about a team that has a one point eight one point eight percent chance of winning the draft lottery. I'm looking at the loser teams at the top and I'm saying to myself, oh, my God, I'm going to go to Utah and they're going to stay. I'm going to go to Washington. They're going to stay. I'm going to go to Charlotte or wherever they're going to stay.
The man is going to Dallas where they are. The GM might have made one of the worst decisions ever. But he's actually going to a solid team.
I don't know about a solid franchise based on the decisions that they've made. I'd prefer down if you're a Cooper flag. Aren't you thrilled you're going to Dallas? Like what would he want to go to D.C.? What would you want, Ray?
I think he came up, quite frankly. You know, this is a very fortunate time to be the number one pick in the draft, because when you look around at D.C., chocolate city. Yeah, there's some trappings off the court. But as a kid who went to Duke, won a lot of games, came a fadeaway away from pushing overtime in the national championship game to now going to Dallas, where you have built in pieces like Anthony Davis, provided he stays healthy. You've got a couple of quality bigs, Klay Thompson, whenever Kyrie Irving gets back. Essentially, you're landing in a situation a la Jason Tatum about seven, eight years ago where you got a bunch of vets. You're protected, you're insulated. You can fail quietly in that kind of a situation.
Yeah, he's in a he's in a good spot. You know, just for my own personal entertainment and amusement. I need a guy who is is for sure going to be a number one pick, unanimous number one. I need one of those guys just to be very clear, like. I don't want to go to this team. Hope they don't pick me.
I need to hear that. You know what? How about this is this is this is not even the most similar situation. Steve Francis did not want to go to Vancouver. He's like, where's that? That's that far? Like, I don't want to go there. And that I think that might be the closest situation, a scenario, but even that's a deep cut.
Yeah. Why? What happened?
I mean, in like no one would even remember that that Steve Francis scenario. Oh, I'm sorry. Well done. Well done. What came to mind?
He's like, can't. And look, where's the franchise in Vancouver? Not there anymore. It's in Memphis. Are there any Grizzlies in Memphis? Does Memphis has Grizzlies?
I don't know. They got to be. There's bears in Tennessee.
That much I know. Bears everywhere. Not Grizzlies, right? We're Grizzlies just in the Pacific Northwest. You got to go mountains. The higher elevations. Right.
For a grizzly bear was the grizzly bears in the woods. I don't know. They picked a unique situation and they're a Western Conference team playing in the East Coast. But I digress. You know, we're going way off track.
Close. I mean, well, look, team travels. So does the name. Right. Why are the Lakers the Lakers? They got nothing to do with them lakes in Minnesota no more. Right.
This is very true. Jazz. Jazz are no longer in New Orleans. What is Utah's known for jazz? Nope. They might as well be known as the Utah Snow Cap Mountains.
I don't know. Well, considering the rebrand in the late 90s and I think they're bringing those uniforms back. Yeah.
They should be called the Snow Cap Mountains. Well, they wear it. Don't they wear those purple things with the mountains on anyway? Yeah. But and now they're bringing it back as a as a full uniform set starting next season. Oh, full uniform. Yeah. Like a like a full bag, not a full on throwback.
But they took a lot of elements from it. I haven't watched a full Utah Jazz game in a while. OK. I mean, I miss so much. Yeah, I know. Trying to think the last Darren Williams and Kirilenko, maybe. That was the last time they were really good. Well, no, you had Donovan Mitchell. Yeah. Mitchell and Rodeo Bear. Yeah.
They hated each other. That's right. Yeah. You're right. You're right. You're right.
Not this scene. Who's out there? Sexton and Kessler. Trade bait for picks. Yeah. No, thanks. Yeah.
No, no, thank you. Sorry. I'm more interested. What's that new hockey team? They have the mammoth. Yeah.
I like that name. Do we got a logo on it? Is it is it a mammoth?
Yeah. They dropped the new uniforms. Today's Thursday.
I think the new unis dropped on Monday. So what's on the front of it? It's not a mammoth legit with horns and everything. It's a snuffle up against.
OK. You know, I'm trying to be respectful here, Joe. No, it's a purple snuffle up. It's a silhouette.
I think I've seen it. Yeah. Wow.
Let me see. Oh, you know what? That's not that evil. Oh, my God. The logo looks like the thing from Star Wars.
You don't talk about see the face. Yes. It kind of looks like a wookiee a little bit, but it has horns. A wookiee. A wookiee is Chewbacca, right? Yeah.
No, no, no, no, no, no. He looks like one of those bad guys. Them Sith guys. That's what it looks like. He looks like there's one of those robots, you know, them robots with the lightsaber that whoop your ass. The bad, the bad guy one. You're talking about General Grievous. He looks the I'm looking at the mammoth.
It's a profile of the image, right? I'm going to look this up. He might be one of those those unnamed synths that you see, but they're not really like part of the major story. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's a robot. Yeah, yeah. This is badass. What I'm looking at is badass and shout out to the Utah Mammoth and everybody that support him.
Not me, though. I'm not going to Utah to see hockey for what? Anyway, it's the J.R. sport show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network, man. We got a basketball game. This is getting let's just say it's close.
It's probably going to be close to a whole damn way. The Denver Nuggets are still trying to fight off the thunder. The lead has shrunk just a little bit. Thirty seven to thirty two.
Thirty seven to thirty two. And Jamal Murray still leading the way here with 11. We'll keep you up to date on this game as things continue on. Of course, at the end of the show, we'll talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. We come back. Speaking of things, I'm not going to see. Well, one day I'll see the mammoth.
No, mammoths are extinct. I'm going to tell you about something that we will see in the twenty twenty eight Olympics. Looks like the NFL is expanding a little bit. The J.R. sport show, the Infinity Sports Network. It is the J.R. sport show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network.
And we've had a we've had a packed show, a busy show. Talking about golf. NBA. NFL.
A lot. But now, briefly, before we get to the news, I want to talk to you about something not in the past. We will do that next segment.
Things that took place this day in sports history. That's that's the next segment. Right now, I want to talk to you about the future. I don't want to go too far, but I want to talk to you about twenty twenty eight, because in twenty twenty eight, the United States of America is going to host the Olympics.
We got the Olympic Games that will be held in Los Angeles. And I can see this one of them things I'm like, am I going to be there? Am I not going to be there? If I'm there, am I going to have a headache?
I just I can think about it now already. The traffic, the movement. I mean, every time I go to L.A., they're like, oh, we're building a train.
I'm like, for what? To take me where? Building a train forever, whatever.
Anyway, not here to talk about the traffic. In twenty twenty eight. Not only will we have the Olympics in Los Angeles here on American soil, of course. We will have the introduction for the first time ever. Of flag football into the Olympic Games.
You heard me correctly. We're going to have flag football in the twenty twenty eight Olympic Games. Now, I hope it goes better than that breakdancing stuff that we just saw in the Olympics.
Well, I think it is in Paris. I forgot that lady, that kangaroo lady. I remember her name anyway. What's her name? Robot Ray? Her name was like robot or something, right? Ray Gun, Ray Gun, legendary Olympic breakdancer, mold breaker, iconic, whatever you want to call it. And she now ruined breakdancing for the whole world.
Thank you so much, Ray Gun. We got flag football in twenty twenty eight and the NFL is looking at this as an opportunity, although it is tackle football. The NFL is like, wait a minute, we can have flag football. We can actually grow the game. We can introduce the world to what we have here in the NFL.
We've been talking about this all week. The NFL is now going to be playing a record seven games, international games and five different countries this upcoming season. I mean, right here in Atlanta, the Falcons are going to be the first team along with the Indianapolis Colts to play a regular season game out in Berlin and Germany. That's fun.
Good. We got a game in Spain and Madrid. We got a game in Ireland. We got a couple of games in the United Kingdom.
We got the Kansas City Chiefs and the Chargers. They're going to be down in Brazil. And so the NFL is not shy in its plans for a global expansion. Am I one of these people who go, oh, my God, we're going to get a team in London?
No, that's just too much logistically. But don't be surprised if the NFL one day, maybe I'll be gray or gray or maybe even gone by then, if the NFL had enough temerity to say, hey, we're going to start some flag football teams in other parts of the world and then try to grow it out into the full tackle sport. The NFL has already tried NFL Europe.
So this is not a surprise. Jalen Hurts, a Super Bowl champion, is is an ambassador for this. And so right now, the NFL owners are trying to figure out the best way to allow their players to participate.
And so they're actually getting ready to do a vote. And they're trying to see how many players could play. Are we going to have one player eligible from every team?
Think about that. I mean, if you got Jalen Hurts, is he going to play quarterback? I don't know is if he plays. Does that mean A.J. Brown can't play? NFL is trying to figure out the contractual situations and how they can be protected, because let's be real, even with flag football, man, you juke the wrong way.
You could juke yourself right into an injury. As someone who's not all that concerned about such is, well, it's it's a Kelsey and no, not the retired one, Jason. It's Travis because Travis was sitting around with his brother, Jason, because that's what they do. And there's no football. They got this podcast that pays them a lot of money. Travis Kelsey basically said, sign me up. I want to play flag football in the Olympics.
I need to go. The NFL is encouraging players to participate in the Olympics. Tyreek Hill, A.J.
Brown, Micah Parsons and Gronk are some of the guys who have already expressed interest. I think I think we're all just going to be like assistant coaches or some, but I need a I need a gold medal. So I need to be on that roster.
It's somehow, some way, man. You missed the Super Bowl. Worry about that first.
OK. And good luck. I'm here for it. And I don't even feel bad for that.
I forgot that guy's name. Apparently, the United States of America has some type of flag football team already. There's some college football player who was like the lead best guy, and he feels that he's getting pushed out for the pro. What do you expect? You expect you're not a pro. You're not playing in the NFL. If the NFL is going to go out there and send flag football players to bust some ass, they're not going to get you. Call up Jalen Hurts and Joe Burrow and tell them to go out there.
Now, who the hell is the competition? The man, the person you were talking about is Darryl Hoosch Duquette, the quarterback for USA flag. And he took offense to NFL guys even considering entering the equation. Yeah, it was. He's from Louisiana, I believe. Right. Yeah.
I'm almost certain he's from Louisiana. Yeah, I know this guy. That's like. Never mind. Can't say that. Man, you're not an NFL player, bro.
You just going to be happy, is he? Did he like win a championship or something and fly football? I know nothing about this kid. I didn't know he existed until he came out and said that he could quarterback a flag football team better than if an NFL quarterback came in and took over the team for the Olympics.
And he lost me from that point. Maybe there's a difference. I don't know. I've never played flag football.
I'm too lazy. You played flag before? Yeah, I played those urban professional leagues out here in New York City. I mean, there's some other flag. Is it real flag for?
Because I played football. Supposed to be flag. And they hitting you, bro. No, no.
Listen, I had to go to work the next day. No, no hits. We'd be pulling flags. OK, OK. And there are some unique differences as far as like the snap and things that you can do.
There's no, quote, pocket. You can't take certain steps after like they got to count it off. You know, when you play football as a kid and you have one Mississippi to Mississippi, there's something similar to that in that regard. So there's some unique differences between flag and actual gridiron football. But he wouldn't be the best option, huh? If the gold medal meant Patrick Mahomes or Darryl Hoosch to set, give me Patrick Mahomes. No disrespect, Darryl. Patrick Mahomes look like he playing flag football out there anyway, right?
Well, pre Super Bowl Mahomes, I don't know. He got body swapped recently because he hasn't looked like Pat in a couple of years. No, he's he's been fine. You get knocked around. That's what happens.
You don't have Tyree kill out there. And then the other wide receivers are, well, I was going to say a criminal one. One might be a criminal. She writes just might be a criminal. We'll find out sooner than later.
That guy driving like a complete maniac out here. But the other part about this is who the heck is the competition? Like what what countries are we planning to get? Apparently, and this is due to my my my deep research teams internationally that participate that participate in flag football.
I guess they are at a high level if there's such a thing. Austria, Japan. And what? So the United States of America is supposed to play flag football against Austria and Japan. And we're supposed to lose. This is this might be like when the United States of America said, yeah, let's just go ahead and find professional basketball players to play against the rest of the world. And we told the college guys, your time is done. And we just started wiping everybody out, except for people play basketball all over the world.
It was always and has been and certainly grown over the past 40 years. It's it's an international sport. Ain't nobody playing hand egg.
Nobody trying to throw the rock around. It's American. So we could play flag football and we'll win gold in twenty twenty eight is, I don't know, some kid we never heard of. Well, what year?
That's three years away. I don't know. Teteroa McMillan is out there grabbing 20 touchdowns against these moss and some guy from Japan.
OK, I just don't know. I just hope nobody gets hurt. And unfortunately, you play any type of football.
That is always certainly a possibility. The NFL, the owners are giving their blessing for NFL players to go ahead and participate in flag football. Great. It's like a glorified version of the the pro ball. It's the J.R. sport show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. Oh, man. Oklahoma Oklahoma City in Denver. Plan it real close. Denver.
I want to try to stand this one when we come back on the other side of the break, start to wrap things up. Talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. But to get an update on this score between OKC and Denver, to get an update on everything going on in the world of sports. It is time for a newsflash. Here he is. It's Pete.
It is the J.R. sport show here on the Infinity Sports Network. Oh, man. The tide has turned.
You just heard from Pete McCarthy. The Thunder are trying to run away. They're not whooping that behind yet, but they're trying. Less than two minutes to go before the before halftime, I should say. The Thunder currently lead the Nuggets 58 to 49 in Denver, Colorado. Jamal Murray started off hot. He hasn't scored a point in the second.
Maybe that whatever he took were off. He only has 11 points. Nikola Jokic, 10 points, six rebounds. You can bet Nikola Jokic is going to do a lot of shooting in the second half. Meanwhile, leading the way for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Shea Gilgus Alexander.
What a shock. He has 14 points. Kason Wallace off the bench.
I would say Chet Holmgren has 11. Obviously, we'll be having a chat about this game tomorrow. It's just a matter of whether or not we're going to be emphasizing the advancement of the Oklahoma City Thunder. But what the heck the Nuggets can do moving forward. Let me let me take a look at Russell Westbrook. Let's see. What has he done?
OK, nothing. Four points, three turnovers. Oh, man. It's bad when you look at a guy like Westbrook and it's.
It's curtains for the guy, right? Like his career is he's a role player now. We understand that. Come give us energy off the bench. This is his lot in life. Later on this year, he turns 37 years old, the same age as Steph Curry.
Damn time flies. The Nuggets just they got nothing off the bench. Now, I haven't said that. Anybody be surprised if Russell Westbrook just went nuts at the end of the game? It probably probably not. OK, nuts in a good or bad way. We'll see. I'll give you another score before we roll out. But this looks like what it will be as we get ready to get out of here. Eight, eight, eight, seven, ten for ISN is the number if you want to holler before I roll. That's eight, eight, eight, seven, ten for ISN.
It is the end of the show. Speaking of rolling, it's time to roll out and talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore, but some days I didn't wish I was a kid again. It's time for this day in sports history.
See, back in those days we had radio and you couldn't see anything and it was primitive and lousy and we liked it. On the JR Sport Brief Show. I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. It is May 15th. The year is 2025. If we go back in time to May 15th, 1953, Hall of Famer George Brett was born. Shout out to everybody in Kansas City. George Brett.
Wow. He turned 72 years old today. Man, I think about George Brett, one of the most memorable moments. That July in 83, where he absolutely lost his mind, he hit that two run home run. And then the Yankees were like, nah, man, you got too much Pontar up on your back. And George Brett went ballistic.
Happy birthday to this man who lost his mind in 83. Listen to this, remember? I don't know what I don't know what they're measuring. They might be going to call George Brett out. Well, look at this. The Yankees have won the ballgame, four to three.
We're using an illegal back or with the illegal substance on the back. Yeah, that's crazy. The Yankees ended up winning that game until the Royals protested. And then they played the game like a month later and the Royals ended up winning. They actually won that game five to four.
It took like a damn month to complete that game. Happy birthday to George Brett, born this day in 1953. He shares his birthday. Well, this guy shares his birthday with him because in 1969, another Hall of Famer was born. This guy runs the ball, doesn't catch or throw it. His name is Emmitt Smith. He was born May 15th, 1969. The guy who has more rushing yards than anybody in NFL history. He turns 56.
You know what? Let's take a listen to him. Let's take a listen to as he pretty much explains one of his career accomplishments. His first Super Bowl victory against the Bills.
Listen, 1992. You go to the Super Bowl. What is that like for this kid from Pensacola, Florida, who was playing in front of fifteen thousand in high school? Yeah, it was so overwhelming.
I did not realize how overwhelming it was until I started to warm up because my back got tight as if as if I was out of shape. The anxiety and the excitement of playing in your very first Super Bowl, knowing it can go either way and knowing that you you don't want to be that guy that make the first mistake or make the mistake that cost your team. Yeah, well, that man went out there. You heard Joe Buck asking him the questions. Emmitt rushed for one hundred and eight yards in that Super Bowl. So let's just say a thing certainly worked out for him. May 15th, 1973.
How about this? Nolan Ryan. He threw his first no hitter for the California Angels as they beat the Royals three to nothing. Nolan Ryan missed a strikeout. Everybody lead the world in strikeouts. He struck out swell. Let's take a listen to Nolan Ryan as he got the job done. Fastball gets him.
We're down to the final out. Nolan Ryan one out away from pitching the third no hit, no run game by a California Angel pitcher. Get to right field and deep.
Very going back. He did it! Nolan Ryan has a no hit, no run game.
Man, I mean, that's what he did. This man pitched for twenty seven seasons. Damn. He has a record seven no hitters. Damn. He struck out more human beings than anybody else. Damn. Nolan Ryan, what a bad man.
Strike a bunch of people out now, too. That was 1973 when he threw his first no no. May 15th, 1981.
Speaking of no no's, this goes above and beyond. This was a perfecto. Len Barker of Cleveland. He pitched the first perfect game in 13 years. Cleveland beat Toronto three to nothing. He struck out 11.
It was the 10th perfect game ever. Listen to this. Ernie Witt stands in. Wind up. Here it comes. Fly ball center field. Manning coming on.
He's there. He catches it. Len Barker has pitched the no hitter. A perfect game by Len Barker. And the stands erupt.
The players go out. Len Barker being surrounded on the field. He has made baseball history here tonight. Len Barker has pitched a perfect ball game. Yeah, that was a 10th perfect game ever before that in 1981. Catfish Hunter was the last to do it.
1968. So indeed, it was 13 years in between perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball. We have had 24 perfect games. The last time we had a perfect game in Major League Baseball. Domingo Hermon of the New York Yankees did it June 28, 2023. Damn time flies. And Domingo Hermon, a free agent.
Yeah, he had some had some issues putting his hands on people. Let's just put it that way. Those are a few things that took place this day in sports history. It has been May 15 all day long. Some current history.
I don't know if this is history. It's kind of active. The Thunder lead the Nuggets 61 to 58. They are at halftime.
Shay Gilgus Alexander with 14 points for the Oklahoma City Thunder. I guess if you want to find a silver lining in being down, Shay Gilgus Alexander also has four fouls here in the first half. That might be a bright spot. You never know. They're either going to go at him.
Maybe he doesn't touch anybody. We will certainly see. Meanwhile, for the Nuggets, Nicole Jokic with 12 points, seven rebounds. Jamal Murray with 13 points.
Christian Brown, he's found his shooting stroke tonight of 15 points, three of four from deep. Hey, Ray, thank you for a good show, man. Good stuff. I appreciate you having me on, man. Look forward to doing it again tomorrow. Absolutely.
No doubt about it. And thank you to our guests who joined us as well. We were joined by Shaquilla Taylor, NBA staff writer for The Athletic. And also thank you to former professional golfer Jim Plotkin for coming through and talking to us about the PGA Championship currently going on right now in Charlotte. If you've missed a minute or second of the show, you can go ahead and hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. It's real simple.
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Yeah. Time of the season where the basketball is winding down or will we see the Minnesota Timberwolves getting ready to face off against the Thunder? The J.R. Sportbrie show here on the Infinity Sports Network.
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