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What's good y'all? It's Von Miller, Super Bowl MVP, SAG Master, and now your host of Free Range. This is where NFL meets real talk. Every week, I'm bringing you inside the game, from locker room stories to league-wide headlines. You want football IQ, locker room insight, and real conversations with the people shaping the league?
Welcome to Free Range with Von Miller, where nothing is off limits and every down counts. New episodes every Wednesday. Listen and follow Free Range with me, Von Miller, wherever you get your podcast. It is The JR Sport Brief Show on the Infinity Sports Network. I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia.
Thank you so much to everybody listening all over North America. Happy Wednesday. I hope you had a tremendous day. I'll be hanging out with you for one more hour. The show gets started every weekday at 6 p.m.
Eastern. Three Pacific. I'm in Atlanta. Our producer Ryan Botcher He's holding things down in New York City. We've had a busy show.
Thank you to WNBA Star, All Star, Rookie of the Year, three time All Star. Thank you to Aaliyah Boston. For coming through and joining us, talking about the WNBA and her career and the fact that she's helping out others. She's passing it on to future female athletes.
Okay, thank you to Aaliyah Boston. You missed that conversation, hit Rewind on the free Odyssey app. Of course, we talked about some of the injuries in the NFL. Looks like Aaron Rodgers is gonna give it a go against the Bears. We might have Jackson Dart back.
On Sunday for the New York Giants against the Lions, Joe Burrow might even make a return. For the Cincinnati Bengals, okay. We know he's been dealing with that foot injury, and Joe Flacco is dealing with a shoulder issue. and so Joe Burrow might actually get the call. We won't see CJ Stroud tomorrow against the Buffalo Bills.
He's still dealing with that concussion. Concussion Protocol is holding down CJ Stroud and Michael Pennix Jr.
well, Michael Penix Junior is out for the year. He needs uh his ACL. Not good for Michael Pennix Jr. Of course, at the end of the show, we'll talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. We saw LeBron James make history last night.
23rd season, the only NBA player to play 23 seasons. And then Shador Sanders, he's not LeBron James. He's making his first. career start this Sunday. against the Raiders.
So we've had a busy show. And then of course we gave you a top six list. Taking a look at some of the biggest, dumbest, stupidest sports injuries. that we've ever seen.
Okay, and of course I had Plaxico Burris shooting himself. At number one on the list. You can't top that. You if you can top that, I'll give you credit, but you can't. Got guys shootin' themselves, man.
What are we doing out here? Anyway. If you want to be a part of the show, you can. 888-710-4ISN is the number. That's 888-710-4ISN.
Four I S N And we have some more callers who've uh They have some injuries, some dumb sports injuries that come to their mind.
So I'll certainly get to the phone lines. And so, we have so much more to do.
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So, let's get some more of your calls. Uh let's hear from uh some of the individuals who I mentioned, guys who are hurt or have been hurt or might be coming back. And speaking of coming back, we'll also hear from uh Steve Sarkeesian, who says, I'm not leaving. Texas.
So we got a lot to do here in this final hour of the show. Let's hit the phone lines: 888-710-4ISN. Let's go to Hawaii. And talk to Eric. Eric, you on the J.R.
Sport Brief Show. What's up? Hey, aloha, JR. I got one back when the Washington Redskins quarterback Gus Ferrat. scored a touchdown and celebrated by banging his head into a concrete wall and sprained his neck and had to go to the hospital.
Yeah, well, we just mentioned that one, Eric. Yeah, so. Yeah, we got that one in there. Thank you. Is there any anything else that comes to your mind, or is it just Gus?
Oh, it's just Gus today. That's all I got. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Eric, for calling from Hawaii.
888-710-4ISN. Lee's calling from Cincinnati. Go ahead, Lee. Hey, JR, and you might appreciate this. The one guy that I have to talk about is Ron Gant, and that's a name that nobody seems to remember.
But what I do remember is he signed a big multimillion dollar contract. All he had to do was stay off of a motorbike. Because he said if he had any kind of injury on the motorbike, the whole entire contract was null and void. And what does he go out and do? He breaks his leg riding a motorbike in the offseason.
Yeah. You tried to fight him for that money, I remember that. Yeah, so I mean, you tell me now, was that just stupidity or was that stupidity? Total. That man had the ability to be in the Hall of Fame, but he just thought he could chance.
Take a chance to fate and he lost. His career wasn't the same. I forgot where he went after. I think he was somewhere in the Midwest, Cincinnati. Yes, absolutely.
You missed that year and went and went to the uh the Reds, yeah. Yeah, now that's stupid, but I mean, uh blowing off your hand, I think might be dumber.
Well, no, I didn't say it was as bad as Plaska Burris, but it is up in the top ten, definitely. Guy who he just totally threw away millions and, like I said, possibly a Hall of Fame career because he had that ability.
Okay. Well, thank you, Lee, for calling from Cincinnati. Appreciate you. Thank you, sir. No doubt about it.
Yeah, it's tough. I mean, just boiling things down to a top six dumbest sports injuries, even thinking about 10 is crazy. Like I d there's so many that I I just know off the top of my head Glen Allen Hill Former masher in Major League Baseball and Blue Jays and he's bounced around. This man had a apparently had a nightmare. and woke up and and crashed through a glass table.
Okay, and and he he cur he cut himself, he was hurt. and they asked him what happened. He had a nightmare about spiders. Come on now. Yeah, Jeff Kent, he broke his what did he break his wrist?
He said he was washing his motorcycle. We think that's that's crap. We had Trevor Bauer, who's not in baseball right now. I don't even know if he's in Japan or Korea. I don't know where he's at right now.
All those that.
Well sexual assault allegations have kept him out of the major leagues Trevor Bower cut his hand fixing a drone. Got guys slicing their hands, uh cutting apples and taken out the trash, I think it was John Wall who already had a Torn Achilles, and this is not. This is a dumb sports injury, just an unfortunate one. I think he re-tore his Achilles in his house, just walking down the steps. It's just.
it's bad. I you know, I'm not making light of injuries, but That's why I wanted to talk about some of the dumbest ones. Because everything that I mentioned here on this list These things were preventable. These weren't freak accidents. Charles Barclay rubbing lotion in his eye.
Vernon is corneas, Bill Grammatica celebrating a a first quarter field goal as a rookie. Like he that's not preventable. Joel Zumiah. This man was thrown one hundred four miles per hour and a half. And he overworked his arm, not pitching, but playing a video game, Guitar Hero.
Antonio Brown freezing his feet in a cryotherapy chamber. Jason Pierre Paul blowing off his hand. and Plaxical Burris. shooting himself. He shot himself.
He ain't even shoot somebody else. This man shot himself. and put himself in prison for two years because he had an unregistered weapon. That of Botcher, come on. He shot himself and had to go to prison.
And it wasn't even like. He dropped a drink, it seems that, and it just accidentally fell down and dischambered.
So that's like you spilled something on yourself or around you, you were shot in the foot, bleeding out, and it seemed that nobody was in a rush to kind of help you immediately because they didn't want to be involved. And then you go to prison. It's just...
Alright.
Well, he shot himself in the thigh, which is horrific. Oh, ouch. He got himself in the thigh. And he did get help. I always remember this.
Antonio Pierce got in trouble as well.
Okay, because Antonio Pierce was the guy trying to help him but he was the guy out there also trying to help him cover it up. And so here you have two New York Giant superstars. These guys just months ago, they they're on cloud enough they're on cloud nine. They just helped the Giants win a Super Bowl. They own the city.
I remember watching them on the parade, and they were the toast of the town. And I guess they were feeling themselves too much, so Yeah, Plato Burris got in trouble. For shooting himself, he went to prison. And Antonio Pierce, well, yeah, he got in trouble too. He caught some heat.
for helping him uh cover it up. He took him to the hospital. It was uh It's it's not not good. That was bad. Hey, botcha, never shoot yourself, okay?
Uh, that's not the goal. Never the goal.
Okay. Yeah, don't don't shoot yourself. That's bad. It can lead to an injury. Ask ask Plaxico.
It's tough. It really is. It's tough. And shout outs to everybody out there. You know, I get emails.
There are people who listen all over the country and in different circumstances. Shout outs to everybody out there holding it down. And if you're holding it down, you know exactly what the hell I mean. I appreciate you for listening. I'm here too.
Okay. 888-710-4ISN. That's 888-710-47. For ISN. Let's talk about injuries that aren't some of the dumbest sports injuries ever.
We talked about Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers might very well be in action against the Chicago Bears this upcoming weekend. We know that he broke his wrist in that game against the Cincinnati Bengals, and it's his non-throwing wrist. It's a small fracture. And so today, Aaron Rodgers spoke to the media and he was asked, Well, what's going to be the determining factor if you go out there and play for the Steelers?
And Aaron Rodgers said, It's just a matter of how I I can manage the pain and And stay healthy. Listen to what Aaron Rodgers said about playing against the Bears. No, it'd be a safety. Safety. Did it aggravate anything, or is this like a brand whole new injury?
Brand new. What has to happen before you have playoffs that are going to settle? Got to get the okay and got to feel like I can protect myself. You gotta see if he can go out there and just Protect himself. And so Aaron Rodgers, that Almost 42 years old.
I think he's going to play. Come on. It's going to be the Chicago Bears. It's his non-throwing hand or wrist. They'll probably give him medicine.
If Aaron Rodgers wants to take the pain medicine, I think he'll be out there. Speaking of being out there for anything. How about this? It looks like we might Have Joe Burrow back sooner than later. I mean, there were rumors a few weeks ago that Joe Burrow might make his return from that foot injury.
On Thursday on Thanksgiving against the Ravens.
Well, Joe Flacco is dealing with a shoulder issue.
Okay, we got Joe Burrow who started practicing. And so we might see Joe Burrow as soon as this Sunday against the New England Patriots. I mean, the Bengals have a record of three and seven. Uh if you ain't gonna put Joe Burrow out there now, you might as well just call the season a wrap. Because New England will probably beat him.
And so, look, if you're Zach Taylor, the head coach, You might as well sit down Joe Flacco and his bum shoulder and And see if you can get a win or two with Joe Flacco against New England and Baltimore. It's a tough one. Keep in mind, on Sunday against New England, there will be no Jamar Chase. Because he will be serving his suspension because he decided to spit. on Jalen Ramsey.
Yeah, I don't know. Just put Joe Burrow out there if you want to save your season. It's a long shot, but you might as well try. Zach Taylor was asked a very specific question. Is Joe Flacco?
Is Flacco going to start? Listen to this. We'll keep working through it, you know, and see how we go through the week. Is there a scenario that that Joe Burrow Joe Burrow hasn't practiced 11 on 11 yet.
So like I said the other day, until we get through some practices, there's no reason for me to even speculate on that. Yeah, well, if Joe Flacco ain't playing, who do you think gonna play? It's gonna be Joe Burrow. There ain't gonna be no other quarterback, so We'll see what happens in that regard. Also, another quarterback who we'll definitely see on Sunday, Shador Sanders.
Shador Sanders is officially going to start his first career NFL game against the Raiders. We saw him come on in relief. Of Dylan Gabriel this past Sunday, and that didn't work out against those Ravens. He only had 47 yards passing and interception, and it just didn't look good. He looked like a rookie.
Okay. Shador Sanders. He basically said, you know what? Am I going to have this job? I'm not so sure.
But you know what? A good performance? It could make me the starter the rest of the way. Listen to the question, listen to his answer. I don't think too much into that, you know?
Like, I think in the moment, present today. You know, I go over the game plan and make sure I execute that. When you start moving too fast in life, sometimes you know, you miss the small details of things.
So I never want to overlook anything.
Okay, well let's see what he can do. I think Max Crosby will be out there trying to whoop his ass.
Well He's probably gonna beat him up. We'll see.
Someone who you will not see this is unfortunate the rest of the season is uh Michael Pennix junior. We saw him go down and I mentioned his ACL injury. I don't care if it's a partial reconstruction or reconstruction. They gotta cut this guy's knee open again.
Okay, he has had two ACL tears already, and this is now the third time that he needs any type of reconstruction. Doesn't look good for the Falcons, but hey, Raheem Morris. He says, We trust that Michael Pennix is going to come back strong. It tells me anything. The one thing we say about Michael is we know what it's like to be battle tested and he's shown us that before.
And you know, the last injury he had was 21, I believe it was shoulder. I think he had the last knee was in 20. And he's done that, but come back stronger every single opportunity he's been given. And when, you know, I think his famous line was, you know, check his EKG. And it's no different now.
Like, the guy's going to come back stronger for us. You know, this organization believes in him. This coaches believe in him. His guys believe in him. And he's going to come back strong for us.
Man, ain't nobody out here Robocop. As far as I know, I mean, you could take body parts off and put them together and reconstruct them, and they don't necessarily come back better. I don't give a damn. He's 26 years old, 26, 25, 23, 30, 40. He ain't nobody to say.
I'm like, what are they gonna do? Reconstruct this ACL every two years and EC is just gonna be better? I I think not. I'm just uh I'm not feeling it. I f I feel bad.
I feel bad for Falcons fans. And not because they got to watch Kirk Cousins try to throw a football. I mean, not because they're wide receiver, their top wide receiver, superstar Drake London, is also hurt. It's just a bad situation. It looked like it was going to be bad.
You gave Kirk Cousins all this money. You decided to draft Michael Pennix Jr. Shoutouts to everybody listening in Washington State. It it just wasn't a good investment. going for these two QBs.
It was too risky, and now it seems like they're they're paying uh the price. Uh speaking of football, even more immediately, tomorrow night, Thursday night football, don't get excited. We got the Buffalo Bills and the Texans. CJ Stroud is still in concussion protocol. We're going to see David Smells.
Who the hell is excited about that? And Domico Ryan's tried to make it sound exciting. If you want to hear a head coach lie about how confident he is in a quarterback, listen to this. Yeah, really, during our spring practices, I mean, Davis took the bulk of the reps. CJ was out with a shoulder injury during the OTAs, so Davis had a bulk of our reps in the spring.
He's got a ton of reps in training camp, and he's banked reps now over the past three games.
So he's done a good job with what we're asking him to do. And just expecting him to keep going out and keep getting better. And that's what just has him to. Just operate the offense efficiently, do what he's capable of doing, and it's worked for us.
So we just ask him, just like every other player, man, you just do your best. That's all we ask for every guy. Do your best. And everybody doing their best will put us in position to win the game. Man, you gotta love a coach who just lies.
I mean, not well, not. I sound like a jerk. I mean, that's what coaches do. They don't tell the truth. They don't.
give you all the informa information, they don't give you all the data, they just They just say stuff. And there's different motives and different reasons.
Sometimes they have to instill confidence in their second-string, third-string quarterbacks.
Sometimes they want to protect. injuries and protect themselves. It Coaches just say whatever. Tomorrow could be a trap game for the Buffalo Bills. But I expect the Buffalo Bills to take care of the Texans.
Do I think Mr. Josh Allen is going to have another six touchdowns? I think not. But don't be surprised if somehow, some way, the Texans hang in there. Maybe I'm being too tough.
on David Smells. Man, I remember getting to Houston one year and And Davis Mills was was on the T V throwing around the ball, and I go, Why am I watching this? Anyway, I love Houston. Hey, I gave you a Thursday Night Football preview. It was sponsored by Square.
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We're gonna take a break. People or speaking of people saying whatever. I'm going to tell you about a coach. I guess he had some pointed words. It's Steve Sarkeesian.
He says he ain't leaving Texas. Are those words that you want to believe? In a lot of cases, words can get you in trouble. We're going to hear from Michael Porter Jr. Yeah, the Brooklyn Nets guy who just got sent from the Denver Nuggets to Brooklyn, and he said some wild things over the past uh several months, since becoming a Brooklyn Net.
Apparently the Brooklyn Nets told him, Shut the hell up Stop with the podcast. We'll hear from both coach Steve Sarkeesian and, well, a reckless NBA player on the other side of the break. We got more to do. The phone lines are open if you want to give me a holler as well. 888-710-4ISN.
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It's Von Miller, Super Bowl MVP, SAG Master, and now your host of Free Range. This is where NFL meets real talk. Every week, I'm bringing you inside the game, from locker room stories to league-wide headlines. You want football IQ, locker room insight, and real conversations with the people shaping the league? Welcome to Free Range with Von Miller, where nothing is off limits and every down counts.
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I love the freaks at night. I love 'em. I love all the freaks who are out at night. And in the daytime, too. I love all the freaks.
888-710-4ISN. That's 888-710-487. For ISN. We just heard one NFL head coach, D'Amico Ryans, you know, tell lies about. Uh you know thinking about Who the hell?
Davis Mills? I had to go had a brain lock. I'm so disinterested in watching him play. He told a whole lie about Davis Mills going out there. And against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night football.
Even Amazon is rolling their eyes. They're going, who? What? We got to watch Davis Mills versus Josh Allen.
Okay, at least we get Josh Allen. Let's see if it'll be a competitive matchup. But speaking of coaches, let's hear from another coach. Steve's Arkeesian. He's been in the news recently.
He's telling everybody that Texas is not a disappointment. And now he's putting to bed rumors. that he might be leaving Texas To coach the Tennessee Titans. A matter of fact, let's listen to Steve Sarkeesian. He's telling everybody that'll listen.
He's like, listen, people. This is my home. I am not leaving Texas. I came here to win championships. I've got two kids enrolled at the University of Texas, one in law school, one on our team.
I've got a third that hopefully decides to enroll at the University of Texas next fall. And my wife and I just had our son here in Austin. This is our home. We came here to win championships. We've built a damn good football program over the five years that we've been here.
We've been to two college football playoffs, we won a Big 12 championship, we went to the SEC championship game in year one. We've had 23 players drafted the last two years, which is more than any other school in the country. And our team GPA is at an all-time high.
So, can we please stop? Putting things out there that you have absolutely zero. Evidence on And then can we please stop? Retweeting, putting it back out there as if it's true, as if it's the gospel. It is not true.
If you have a question about my future, call me or call Chris Bell Connie, our athletic director, and we can set the record straight for you. Oh, wow.
Alright, I mean Huh. Do I think he's going to? I don't, you know, I know a lot of people think that he may just up and leave and go coach the Tennessee Titans. I I think there's more stability for him. at sexus.
Like if he goes to the NFL There's a good chance he gets chewed up and spat out just like everybody else. I mean, he could continue to be the king of the hill at Texas unless. Unless The Long Horns don't. want him. I think that might be the thing that moves him out, but if he 'as his way, I think he certainly uh wants to stick around.
Now have things been disappointing? I I think so. I think there was a higher expectation for this team with Arch Manning this year. There was a lot of hype. There was Heisman hype.
And regardless of what Steve Sarkeesian believes, a perception is reality. You know, there were bigger expectations uh for Texas this season. I mean, what we saw this past weekend against the Bulldogs, a lot of people are just going, Oh, we can't hang with Georgia. And we knew it was going to be a transition period with them moving into the SEC. Let's see how things roll.
I think he's going to stick around for another year, but I think the pressure is on. And if he feels that he's going to get the boot, then I think he most certainly will entertain possibilities elsewhere. That might be possible. 888-710-4ISN. Lionel is calling from North Carolina.
You and the Chair of Sport Reich Show. What's up, Lionel? What's up, JR? How are you? I'm doing good.
I hey, I'm one of those freaks that come out at night 'cause I'm on the road. On the daily out here listening to you, you want. You want the uh you the I'm a first time caller. for long time listener, but I got number one for you, Liz. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
The dumbest. The dumbest sports injuries of all time. You have one that's better than Plaxico Burris shooting himself? Yeah, yeah, yeah. All the all due respect to his family, Lord.
Let his soul rest in peace. Uh-huh. Maybe buy it. Oh Carolino. First round drive.
He killed himself. Oh, Lionel, we can't put that. He killed himself. is celebration. That see, oh, Lana, I understand, Lano, but we're talking about injuries, not accidents and deaths, okay?
He had an overdose. He overdosed. He was celebrating being pick number one. Yeah, but it's not not an injury. It's not an injury.
All right.
Well, I I I took it too far, I guess, right? You did. It's okay. I still like you, but you did. You did.
All right, all right. I'm down with you, man. I'm here every night listening to you. Keep doing your thing, man. I appreciate it.
Hey, you in North Carolina. If you find a freak that I might like, send him here, okay? Yeah. Ah, we'll do that.
Okay. Thank you, Lionel, for calling from North Carolina. Here I am. I'll get myself in trouble tomorrow. My apologies ahead of time.
888-710-4ISN. That's eight at eight seven ten four I S N. And speaking of people saying wild things that get them in trouble. What the heck is going on with Michael Porter, junior? He's playing for the Brooklyn Nets, a bunch of losers.
He doesn't have to play with Jokic any more, so now he can take all the stupid shots that he wants. I mean, over the past several games, he's dropping like 27 a game. Michael Porter Jr., coming out of college, people were concerned about his back. He was I mean, he was supposed to be one of the best players in the league. And now he's just putting up numbers on a terrible team.
Yeah. He's been doing a lot of podcasts since he got treated for Cam Johnson. From the Denver Nuggets to the Brooklyn Nets. Michael Porter Jr. is more known for saying wild things than actually winning.
It's. Kinda nuts, and if you him. You got a big contract. Think he's getting paid eighty million dollars over the next couple of years. He's already won a championship.
He's living the life what else is there for him to do but make money and have fun. And so he's been on these podcasts. And he's just been saying wild things. He's talking about relationships and women and. Players sleeping with other people's partners, and he's like, I can't do it.
And he's just saying wild, wild things. And so he was sitting down on a podcast. With Lonzo Ball, of all people. Why did he let Lonzo Ball sit down and do a podcast? I have no idea.
Bacha, his brother was there too. Even Crazier Lamello was there too? No, LeAngelo. It's ball in the family. Oh, my goodness.
The rapper? Yeah, the rapper. The one the one-time all-star game performer. He stole the sunglasses in China, right? Yep, and then ruined his college career 'cause of that.
Yeah. Okay. So Michael Porter junior sat down with them. And they were having a conversation about Women in in sports in the WNBA. Michael Porter junior, an NBA player.
decided to open up his mouth about playing against women in the W Oh, my God Bacha, let's take a listen to this, but I may cut it off out of pure ignorance, okay? Yeah, it's pretty bad. Let's listen. No, no, no. You know what's crazy?
Pat Beverly said that a WNBA team could beat the bench players of an NBA team. That's crazy. I'm going to give you the most honest right now answer. And I know he feels the same way. I don't know if he said this or not, but I'm going to speak my piece.
And I mean this res as respectfully as possible. But ninth grade Lonzo Ball in the WNBA. It's going crazy. It's not going crazy. All right.
So I would say after ninth grade, no, but before that, because look, in ninth grade, I'm over six feet. And I'm dunking, like, I'm coming through the, like, no girl in the WNBA is doing that. I'm going back door, throw it up. I'm looking like Jordan out there.
So, I'm gonna just say, and I mean this so respectfully.
So, great senior. Middle school day out. I give it to the WNBA. I'm gonna go probably eighth grade. Because, look, bro, I have real experience doing this because I played.
My sisters went to the University of Missouri, and I was still a young dude, and they had me playing like on a scout team. And they had a few WNBA players on the team, like Sophie Cunningham and a couple others. And I think I was like in the seventh or eighth grade going, dumb. I'm talking about like, so I have real life experience. Like, it's not completely fair, bro.
This is a difference, man. And I wish this was stopping the conversation because it should be common sense, but like, it's just not. You know what I mean? But I did get in trouble, you know, even talking about this. But I appreciate you know common sense.
I feel like sometimes that's lost. Oh boy, all right. I mean, we had a Leah Boston on here. In the last hour, talking about the empowerment of female athletes, and we still got these knuckleheads out here. that they're sitting around.
Now this is why everybody doesn't need a microphone.
Okay, like anybody is prone to go ahead and you talk enough. I think I'm an example. You know, shoot, I've been talking for 15 plus years. I've been in trouble once. And it's just like, damn, you just got people just all loosey-goosey with uninformed opinions and just saying wild stuff.
And so. Michael Porter junior He even said that the Brooklyn Nets told him. Just brush, just just pipe down a little bit. on what you're talking about. Please And then he continued to say that.
Listen to what he shared on his podcast as well. And he's still saying stupid stuff. To be on the internet for anything else other than basketball. I feel like that's a summertime thing, but nah, definitely. Even like the organization, like.
We've just had conversations, you know, that they would appreciate if I stayed clear of certain topics, you know what I mean? That's why the WNBA thing, like, um. That's just a topic that kind of It's so sensitive nowadays, you know. Just, so I try to be just aware of that. But I, you know, for y'all, I'll pull up or like mellow.
But for the most part, I'm chilling. I'm not trying to say nothing crazy no more. Yeah, and then he continued to compare himself to uh WNBA players and and let us know, you know, how apparent it is that a a man could go ahead and beat a woman in basketball. Oh oh, thank you, Michael Porter, junior. He plays in Brooklyn.
Marco Belletti, wh when is somebody gonna pull up to the game and yell at him that he needs to shut up? They play games in Brooklyn? Oh ouch. Ouch. Nobody cares, huh?
Mm. Tree falling in the woods, man. Ooh, ouch. He's scoring 27 points a game. Uh-huh.
Oh Look, I'm not getting on poor. Seriously, th i could you be more irrelevant than the Nets? Woo in a whole NBA? The fact that you're No. No.
Wizards. Coach. No. Because at least in Washington, you're the only team. Yeah.
That that's the problem. Like the Nets are bad, but there's another team. Yeah. You have to be the Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, supposed to be, the James to actually even be relevant. And even then, it was kind of like, meh.
And that was gone in two seconds. It's like they don't even exist. Wow. They're not the most irrelevant sports team in a North American sports now, are they? Mm.
Uh, blue jackets. Hockey. Yeah, Bill Simmons just said that. Columbus, yeah, right. They gotta share no Buffalo Sabres, uh the the Blue Jackets have to share the stage with uh Ohio State.
I mean, they're the big team in in town. Yeah, but it's different sports. Yeah, but Columba yeah, but What I Now, Ba Bacha was saying what Bill Simmons said. He said the Columbus Blue Jackets are the most irrelevant professional sports franchise in North America. It's just the mo the least popular of the four.
basketball, baseball, football and hockey. and they're probably the most irrelevant. That's Just what it comes to. It's Ohio State all the time. Who cares about the blue jacket?
Yeah, I'd have to do a deeper dive into this. And then they got a, I've been to Columbus, and then they got the soccer team out there, too. I get it. I feel like when it's a different sport, though, it's a little different. As much as you're non-existent, if you will, when you're non-existent and there's another team that plays your sport in your town, I mean, that just makes it where.
Are you here? That makes you not even there. Yeah. Uh At least if they're mentioning hockey and Columbus, they talk about you. When you mention basketball in New York, they talk about the Knicks.
Do you think, I mean, the Brooklyn Nets have moved around so much over the years.
Okay, we've seen them go from Long Island to New Jersey, back to the island here in Brooklyn. We've seen them move around. Mm-hmm. Do you think one day Josiah just says I don't want this crap and somebody moves to Brooklyn. That's to let's say Vegas.
I mean, it's possible. I mean, all the development and all the hubbub that they made years ago about. Developing Brooklyn. There's a skyscraper in Brooklyn. That whole area, they've gotten rid of the malls, and it'd be a disaster if there was no anchor tenant, which the Nets are supposed to be.
Nice concert venue would certainly be booked, I think. Um Wouldn't it be crazy, though, if they moved to Vegas? Look, I mean, it's not out of the realm because obviously, look, Vegas is going to get a team at some point. We all know that, whatever way it's going to wind up happening, you would think that there's so much going on in New York City that it still can have another team. But the Nets need to do their part because you can't constantly be in a rebuild.
Minus, I mean, look, when they owned everything, the whole world, it felt like when they signed Kyrie and KD in the same offseason. It was wild that the Nets out of all teams, how the hell are they going to the Nets? And then it fell apart in two seconds. And they've been now in another rebuild. It's hard.
It's hard to be able to be. to justify your existence. If you're playing like you're the Hornets, you can't be like that. It takes, you know, but here's the thing: it just takes one star to change their fortunes. That's it.
Yeah. Just one. Which is why I hesitate for the idea of maybe moving them simply because they are one superstar away from still being part of things because you are in New York, you're in Brooklyn.
So, if you got a superstar, you can still become. Look, New York, as much as you could say, like, oh, it's a smart sports, you're frontrunners. New York is a front-running town. You know that, I know that. We all know that.
They want winners, they don't want to hear about anything else. You get a superstar, you start winning. That that place will be packed and it'll be the cool place to go.
Okay. Let let's see. All twelve Brooklyn Net fans are holding out hope. Twelve. All of them and then Josiah, the owner of the team.
May good luck to the Brooklyn ads. Hey, Botcha, you gotta call your 11 friends. Start looking for that star, okay? Yeah. Uh The hope is to be the worst team in the league and get a top five pick.
Okay. Good luck. It'd be nice to develop one. We'll see.
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That means it's time for a few things that took place this day in sports history. Shut up. Back, bad, bad. Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore. But some days I sit and 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. November 19th, 1978, it was the miracle at the Meadowlands.
Okay, we had the Philadelphia Eagles come back to beat the New York Giants. All the Giants had to do was go out there and take a knee to end the game. Joe Pizarick, he didn't take a knee. He tried to give the ball to Larry Zonka. Herman Edwards picked the ball up and he said, he had touchdown.
Listen to this courtesy, the NFL. And the Eagles out of timeouts. As the clock winds out on the Philadelphia Eagles, a game they thought would project them into a possible wild card position that they won. Under 30 seconds left of the game, and Kazarczik can just fall on the football, and there is nothing the Eagles can do. And Pazarczyk handles the football.
It's picked up by Hermann Anders. 16, 10, 9. That's bad eagles! I don't believe it! Microphone Columbus.
November 19th, 1992, Dennis Eckersley.
Okay, he became the MVP. 51 saves and 54 chances. He became the ninth player to win Cy Young and MVP in the same year. Listen to Dennis Eckerly tell you about the good, bad, and ugly. You know, the weird thing is it's sad.
I should be, you know, sometimes I, you just remember the bad ones. Isn't that crazy? I've heard Jack Nicholas talk about that. He won 18 majors, but he only remembers losing. Like, what?
I can't help it. You know, a lot of big things, you know, obviously the Gibson thing, and I did the Alamart, they was like, it was tough. You know, I wish it could have been, hey. Come on, be grateful. I mean, I was lucky to be on.
Lucky to win a World Series, they almost canceled it. Yeah. You know, 24 years I played, got one world championship. Shut up, you got one. You know, because a lot of people don't.
A lot of guys don't even play in it. But you know, some, you don't sit around basking in your glory of when you played. Man, time flies. November 19th, 2004. Oh my goodness, I remember this.
It was a Friday night. It was the malice in the palace. Don't accidentally or purposefully throw a drink on Ron Artes because you might get punched out by accident by him, Steven Jackson, and Jermaine O'Neill. Listen to Stephen Jackson. It wasn't nothing funny about this.
They lost money. They lost careers. They lost a lot. Listen to Stephen Jackson tell a story about this on All the Smoke. We in the locker room, right?
First, this is the first.
So, you know, now you know how Jamal is. Yeah. He laughs at everything. I don't care if you shot and we on the way to the hospital.
Soon as he finds out you are right, he crying, laughing. I'm talking about, so he comes in the locker room, he's crying, laughing. And it's always like this: JT, me, Ron. That's how our lockers always are. He said, I was like, yo.
I didn't know we had this many real On the team. My bad. Jamal Tenzy said. No, this is what he's telling me, right?
So that's the Jamal. I'm talking about loud, bro. We just got in the bra. He's crying, laughing.
So he comes, the run, sit back, he's like. Jipo. Then Ron sit back, he like Jack. You think we're gonna get in trouble? I say, bro, trouble?
But we might not have a job. He's like, Yeah, you're right, son. Yeah, yeah, they were all right. I mean, they basically also cost Reggie Miller a shot at another championship. It just didn't go well.
But at least they were able to turn their careers around. Ronald Tustos when we won a championship with the Lakers. But that mouse on the palace, man, it changed the course of the NBA. A lot of rehab after that one. November 19th, Jared Goff.
He threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Everett. In the Rams, they beat the Kansas City Chiefs 54 to 51.
Okay, Patrick Mahomes, 478 yards, six touchdown passes, third highest scoring game ever. Listen to this. Mahomes ready. He's got the snap. Rams bring forward.
He's well protected.
Nowhere to go with the football. He escaped pressure to his right.
Now launches from the 20. Downfield. Intercepted again at the 28-yard line. LaMarcus Joyner on a night that LA will never forget. The Rams have defeated the Kansas City Chiefs.
54, 51. Yeah, man, that's too many points for me. November 19th, speaking of points, oh my goodness.
Okay, what else is new? 2019, LeBron, 25-11, and 10. The Lakers beat the Thunder 112-107. LeBron became the first player in NBA history to have a triple-double against every team imaginable. Listen to LeBron kissing his teammates' backside.
I've had some great teammates and great coaches that put me in a position to be able to uh facilitate and h and hopefully you know Throughout all those triple-doubles, I hope that I got a winning record in those games because that's what's most important. Uh-huh. I mean we started the show about LeBron. That was in 2019. Here we are in 20, what years is 2025?
LeBron James just started his 23rd season. There you have it, folks. A few things that took place this day in sports history. Thank you to WNBA superstar Aaliyah Boston for coming through to join us. If you missed that conversation, if you've missed anything in the show, go ahead and hit rewind.
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