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For home loan solutions that fit your life, Rocket can. I'll be hanging out here with you for one more hour and damn it, I'm gonna have me a good old time. I hope you have a good old time as well. Super producer and host Dave Shepherd, he's here with me, he's here with you and we're just here hanging out. It's been a very busy night and congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers. They just played a basketball game and they won.

They held on. They didn't blow a lead. The Lakers just a few minutes ago, they beat the Portland Trailblazers 128 to 109. LeBron James, 31 points. Anthony Davis, 27 points.

It's that guy's name. Russell Westbrook, 10 points. 414 from the field. Anyway, we talked about Deshaun Watson. He will be returning on Sunday. We talked about Kyler Murray. Patrick Peterson throwing his old teammate under the bus saying that Kyler Murray only cares about Kyler Murray. We learned how much money the Yankees offered Aaron Judge, $300 million. We talked about Lamar Jackson. Not only did he curse out a fan on social media after their loss earlier this week against the Jacksonville Jaguars, on Wednesday, Lamar Jackson had the exit practice early because of a quad injury.

Terrible. We took some time to congratulate or celebrate the birthday of Russell Wilson. That was two days ago.

Shows you how much we care. Anyway, we also took some time to talk about Tiger Woods, a global star. Tiger Woods made it very clear that he's running out of time to compete. That is leg injury from his car accident. He's also now his foot.

You might recall there was a point in time that they thought that there was going to be an amputation. He's like, listen, man, I can, I can play golf if I can get in a cart, but to walk from hole to hole, that's, that's tough. Tiger Woods is hoping to catch lightning in a bottle, whether it's at the Masters or PGA, U.S. British Open, he's, he's hoping to catch lightning in a bottle. The most culturally significant golfer ever. And so following that and thinking about the World Cup and all the sports that we have going on right now, I gave you a top six list, the greatest international sports stars of all time. And when I say greatest, I'm talking about cultural significance. I'm talking about their athletic achievements. I'm talking about finances. I'm talking about cachet. You know, who, who checks all of these boxes in that space?

And so just to give you a quick recap, and if you miss the full explanations, you can always hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. It's impossible to throw everybody in in six slots, but at number six, I gave you Ronaldo, the man who was recently offered $207 million per year to play in Saudi Arabia's domestic league. Yes, that is $517 million over two and a half years. Ronaldo, also the first human being to pass 500 Instagram followers for whatever that's worth. He is just, he's a pitchman, a salesman, and also one of the greatest footballers ever. And number five, I gave you Jesse Owens, 1936 Olympics.

Just, this is always nice when you can prove Hitler wrong. What else can I say from there? And number four, I gave you Usain Bolt, eight Olympic gold medals, 2008 Beijing, London, Rio. And number three, I gave you Pele, named the athlete of the century by the international Olympic committee in 1999.

Also the winner of three world cups helped, helped, I don't want to say bring, but it was a major deal when he, he left Santos in Brazil for which he played when he was a teenager to, to join the cosmos, to just bring a little bit of attention to soccer here on the States. And number two, I gave you the greatest. I gave you Muhammad Ali.

And at number one, I gave you someone who I believe checks every box from cultural significance to, to athletic achievement, to finance, just all of it. His name is Michael Jordan. He doesn't dribble a ball anymore, but you cannot go anywhere and not see his logo.

You do not see youth all over the planet lining up for his shoes. He's just, he's just gone in a million directions because he was absolutely great and phenomenal. What he does.

He is also one of the most famous human beings flat that I've ever graced or walk the face of the earth. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. Didn't forget anybody, but there's no way in hell that I could fit everybody in six. Who do you have on your mind? Let's go to Tom from Chicago. You're on CBS sports radio.

Yeah. I couldn't possibly be more proud of you. Thank you. Thank you, Tom. Tom. I put you on hold, Tom.

I don't, I hope Tom is not getting abducted by aliens. That's a little tricky right there. Damn. Anthony's calling from Pittsburgh.

You're on CBS sports radio. What's up, Anthony? Well, being fortunate to have been born in the middle fifties and seeing the transformation of technology and, and, and some little bits that you were talking about stature and, and how the cultural changes in the world, Muhammad Ali stands tall for me, standing up for civil rights and human rights and being stripped of his title. And it's Michael Jordan is significant commercially, but Michael Jordan took none of those stances, no controversial stances. So he, he's way down on that list as far as I'm concerned for what I saw growing up on legalized segregation and Jim Crow and seeing how Muhammad Ali stood up for, for people, not only himself and was stripped of his title. He could have kept his mouth shut too, because a lot of people may have bought, bought something that was relevant to him, but he didn't. And so I could, to me, there's no comparison between the two, but there's one more commercially and technology has changed, but Muhammad Ali was like, you said you saw something in India, in a small remote village on the, maybe as the nineties or 2000 or whatever, not, not, not in Indiana, India, I said India, yeah, 10 years ago.

And I agree with you to, to, I, I a hundred percent agree with you when it comes down to, to social stance. That is, that is definitely something that Michael Jordan, it took him late into retirement until recently to actually stand up and say anything, but that's not the, that's not the entire pie that I'm looking at. When I think about international of all time, if you were asking me about my favorite athlete of all time, it would, without a doubt be Muhammad Ali for the same reasons that you mentioned, but that's not the largest part of the criteria that I'm looking at. Well, I'm looking at it from technology standpoint, of course, in the two thousands, but Muhammad Ali was, was known in villages in Zaire in the sixties and seventies where they didn't have it. It was word of mouth that his word, his name got around the world.

I mean, this man was on the same stature as presidents and prime ministers and kings and queens. And I saw it. So I'm looking at it from generationally compared to you. You are correct. Michael Jordan also didn't play in a time where the internet was there. He came at the end. A matter of fact, he came back at the end. And so I understand, and you're, we're all entitled to our opinion.

We can go back and we can all go back and forth. I can tell you about my own interactions with Muhammad Ali's family. So I certainly understand if I want to talk about it from a cultural standpoint, without a shadow of a doubt, it's Muhammad Ali.

But if I want to think about it from an overall, I think it's, it's Michael Jordan. And you see it through your prism. I'm seeing it from my prism to have been, like I said, alive when these people were, had the relevance and saw what it did culturally. And no, we didn't have the technology when I saw it from the sixties on and when I was old enough to recognize what was going on in the, but just when you, when you take a stance like he did and Pete, and you're still well known around the world and you in another, I think it's, well, that's, well, that, like you said, that's, that's, that's your opinion.

I think no doubt. Thank you, Anthony. I think from each, each space I can look at, at Muhammad Ali, I can look at boxing.

I think what each did for their eat, their own individual sports. Oh my God, Michael Jordan, he didn't just quote unquote, take the torch. He took it to another level and he did not do it in an internet era.

Internet was there when Michael Jordan was on his way out the door, when most Americans were probably just starting to get a computer in their house. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. Gordon is calling from Toronto. You're on the JR sport reef show. Good afternoon, chair. How are you? I'm good, Gordon. What's up? It's been a while since I, you and I have spoken. I just want to say, I agree with your list wholeheartedly. The gentleman who called before, I think his issue is because we have developed a wicked way to deliver news. Stuff goes farther, far faster.

So it's kind of hard to compare the errors. I think, but I like your list. I like your list, but for me, just because the nature of the sport Muhammad Ali, as you said, culturally, nobody compares to Pele, nobody in any sport, any corner of the world, in every country of the world, for a lot longer than Michael Jordan. And it's still relevant today. You mentioned Ronaldo.

I love the game. So I would ask the question, which one? Because the one who is playing now, well, not the Brazilian Ronaldo. Exactly.

The Ronaldo who has, you know, half a billion followers on social media, that Ronaldo. Indeed. Indeed.

Indeed. That one. But again, I'm a gamer. I love the game.

I played the game. You can't compare them. Yeah, no, there's no, there's no, there's no comparison.

There's no, there's no comparison. I hear you. I hear you.

I hear you. I digress. I digress. You do digress.

I agree with your, I agree with your list and keep on keeping on my brother. You're doing it. Well, thank you, Gordon.

I appreciate you. Go hit up. Go hit up young street for me. Okay. What would you like?

One of my favorite places is one of my favorite places is a shoe store on young street and they, they sell converses downtown. Okay. I got you. I got you. Yeah. I appreciate you, Gordon. I've been able to save that my brother, daytime.

All right. Shout outs to Gordon for calling from Toronto. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. Skip is calling from Maryland. You're on CBS sports radio. How are you doing, J.R.? Thank you for taking my call. No doubt about it, Skip.

What's up? I know you only did six, but there's, you know, there's so many more. Um, if you could do an infinite number and I know you can't, but how about Jackie Robinson? And you also mentioned the cultural and the society effect. And I think you paved the way for a lot of today's athletics.

Yeah, no, without a shadow of a doubt. I think his, his significance more so is, is known here in the United States or appreciate it more so in the United States of America, but. But culturally and, uh, in terms of society.

History. And you had mentioned that as well. So, absolutely. Yes.

Yes. Okay. Well, thank you so much, Skip. Appreciate you. Thank you. Good night.

No doubt about it. Keith is calling from Canton, Ohio. You're on CBS sports radio. Hey Keith. Shep, did you just hear that?

Shep, did you hear that? It sounded like he had the phone on, on speaker on one side of whatever he was at. And now he's like Jr. So he was the Keith call. He was excited to get on. He wanted to tell you about meeting, uh, Muhammad Ali.

So why wasn't he on the phone? I can't speak for Keith. I wish I wish I could. Hold on Shep. What I'm going to do is I'm going to open up the studio door and I'm going to walk down the hallway and I'm going to do the show from down the hallway and yell into the microphone. Would that work? So Keith will get a firsthand experience of what we just experienced from Keith. What if I, if I, if I, if I walk away from the mic and walk down the hallway. Yes. And just yell, then he'll understand what just happened.

Exactly. But you'll still be more clear than Keith was. I'm like, Hey, Hey, what's up, Keith?

You're on the Jr. sport brief show. Keith. Hello. Hello.

Hello. Jr. Jr. Jr. Come on, Keith. Type of crap is that 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS.

We're talking about the most influential, just just the biggest, greatest international international sports stars of all time. Let's go to California. Let's talk to Michael. You're on CBS sports radio. Hello. Yes, Mike, you're live. Go ahead.

Hey, how you doing? Yes. We don't think we think of as an actor, but he only did that for about three years. For 11 years, he was a professional martial arts trainer and instructor Bruce Lee. If you talk to his peers from that time in the 1960s, they claim he's a great, they say he's the greatest martial artist of all time.

There's enough evidence of it. And I know we don't typically think of him as an athlete, but if you think about his international reach and what he's really known for, being a martial artist, that's who I would have as an honorable mention. I wouldn't take anybody off the list that you have, but I would have him as an honorable mention. Okay.

I mean, that's, that's, that's, that's reasonable, but you just said it. People think about him more so as a, as a, as an actor. Well, no, because it depends on who you talk to. If you talk to his peers in martial arts, he was a legend in the martial arts world in the 1960s, before he was, before he was an actor. But, but, but, but Mike, we're not talking about his peers. We're talking about people on earth, the majority of which I'd say 99.9% are not his peers. True. But they think of him as a martial artist first, not really an actor.

They think of him as a martial artist. Who? Conor McGregor's won. Oh my God. Oh my God. Conor.

Oh my God. The guy who beat up an old man out of bar? Conor McGregor, the UFC fighter? Come on. One of the greatest of all time.

Yeah. I've, I've, I've met him. I've spoken to him. He's also a, he's also a, just, I would say he's a complicated, he's a complicated, isn't the word.

How would I describe him? He is damaged. He has issues. He has problems.

So I don't know if I would, if I would, I would throw him in there. That's it? Okay. You're telling me about, okay. Yeah.

Yeah. You're telling me about fighters. I told you about the world and you're picking out fighters. I might as well throw Israel Adesanya in there.

Can I throw him in there too? Why not? But no, but What? No, nothing. Okay. All right. No, no.

I think, I think, I think we're just about done here, Mike. I got you, man. Okay. Okay.

Appreciate you for calling from Cali. Chuck Norris. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody who's ever thrown, every famous person who's ever thrown a punch or a kick will look at Bruce Lee and go, oh yeah, he was, he's the greatest fighter of all time.

Okay. What about the rest of the world? The 99.9% who doesn't participate in combat sports. I mean, I'm not taken away from a damn thing that Bruce Lee has done in his life. But when I think about Bruce Lee, yes, I think about martial arts, but the first thing I'm thinking about is, is his work in film. And I think a good portion of the planet, you think two things you go, okay, Bruce Lee, he will whoop your ass. And he was an actor, but there's not a discernible, uh, event for mass whooping that you, you put him in the category of Oh, greatest athlete.

I'm thinking about athletes. I'm I'm a chef brings up Chuck Norris Superman Super what? Cause he could bend steel.

Oh yeah. Batman. I mean, just, I mean, the way that guy was going, I mean, anyone that was, anyone that was a physical actor was going to be on that list soon. Oh, you have to be a physical actor who, uh, just, you know, put harm on other people.

So yes, Walker, Walker, Texas ranger, definitely. Uh, what's Chuck Norris doing by the way? What's he doing?

Uh, probably giving a thumbs up somewhere. Chuck Norris has to be, no, he's, he's, he's a chronologically enriched. I mean, he's an old guy now. No, but he's, he's, he gotta be like 80.

Doesn't he? Easy, easy, easy. 80.

Gotta be seventies. John Claude van Damme's got to be, you know what, you know, I thought what someone was going to say at one point, maybe like Sylvester Stallone. No, no. Standing on a box doing his, uh, cameos in his movies now. Oh my God. Nobody's nobody was going to Bruce Lee.

Is it? Nobody's going to call me and tell me, uh, Sly Stallone, Rocky, maybe somebody thought it. I'm glad they didn't call and say it. It's the JR sport re-show here on CBS sports radio 8 5 5 2 1 2 for CBS. I'm going to take more of your calls here as we talk about international athletes. I'm going to tell you about, uh, a great school in Baltimore, Maryland that I visited this week.

I want to tell you about some amazing things that they are doing internationally known. It's the JR sport re-show CBS sports radio. You're listening to the JR sport brief on CBS sports radio. You're listening to the JR sport brief on CBS sports radio. I appreciate you being the show for the people I stumbled on your show one night and I've been listening to it for about two months now.

I drive trucks at night and I appreciate that. Call in now at 8 5 5 2 1 2 for CBS. It's the JR sport re-show here with you on CBS sports radio. As we talk about some of the biggest international stars that the world has ever seen in the world of sports. I'm looking at this from a cultural perspective. I'm looking at this from an athletic achievement perspective.

I'm looking at this from a financial perspective. I give you Michael Jordan at number one. If you missed a second or a minute of the show you can always hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. I'm going to take more of your calls here and then when we get to next break I want to talk to you about the amazing time I had in Baltimore, Maryland this week at Johns Hopkins Kennedy Krieger Institute as they do amazing work for individuals with developmental disabilities. We'll talk about that at 8 5 5 2 1 2 for CBS. 8 5 5 2 1 2 for CBS. You can also tweet me at JR sport brief. A matter of fact this list is confusing to me thinking about his own personal list of international sports stars.

Jonathan Letterman tweets me at JR sport brief. Number one he has Pele. Number two Muhammad Ali. And number three Magic Johnson. And number four Martina Navratilova. And then at number five Hulk Hogan. OK. Shep I mean there you go. Not not quite Rocky but there's Hulk Hogan there.

Wow. John Cena is he a runner up to. John Cena one of the greatest. Just why not. Maybe John Cena is number six.

He didn't want to put him there for us. I don't know. Maybe.

Possibly. 8 5 5 2 1 2 for CBS. Maya is here from Maryland. You're on the JR sport brief show. What's up Maya.

Nothing much. I'm surprised that this gentleman didn't make your list since you were recently here in town. I wanted to throw out first and foremost Michael Phelps. I mean they had the man swimming in the Atlantic Ocean to Greece. I mean he's the most decorated Olympian.

He's from Baltimore too. I know. Yeah.

Yeah. So that's somebody I think and that list that you just read. Before you move on I'll tell you why I didn't put Michael Phelps on the list. Yeah he is the most accomplished Olympian. 28 medals.

23 golds. I didn't put him on the list because it pretty much stops there. Yeah he's the most just accomplished Olympian but he's he's an introvert. Unfortunately he's been and thank God I'm sure he's helped out other people in the process. He's been very open and honest about his own issues with dealing with the spotlight and depression and you know so yeah he's he's great as an athlete. The greatest swimmer ever.

But I think it it stops there. He doesn't he doesn't hit touch points in other areas like some of the other athletes that we mentioned. Could he have? I think he could have. But due to but due to his his issues he didn't. But doesn't it count now the fact that I mean I will put him in the top 10 because like you said what happened and how it affected him so he has gone into that kind of educational transcendence piece.

Yes. Because you know he almost didn't make that last Olympic. I know but I think I think from a global perspective what he could see here's a perfect example. I have Usain Bolt on the list and there's a massive difference. You can look at the success of Bolt in the Olympics and how he was able to take and transcend that into global fame and additional opportunities that it seems he's going to have for his entire life. The line that Michael Phelps is drawing where he could have he could have put a stamp on on swimming in America.

He could have put a stamp on swimming and I'm not just saying from his own personal standpoint that there could have been a larger effect there but that's that's not his MO. Michael Phelps is absolutely amazing but he's he's a swimmer. He's not a salesman. He's not a pitchman. He's not a a businessman to that degree. He's a swimmer. He's going to have amazing stories to tell to help people but it pales in comparison to what others have been able to do with that same platform and success.

Okay fair I get where you're coming from. I guess looking at it from your perspective because behind the scenes he has all types of swimming academies in particular in the black and minority communities but moving along you all brought up Chuck Norris and just wanted to since you all were wondering you know he's doing a lot of basically kicking people teaching people to kick butt. He does a lot of training and stuff now and well you know what happened his co-star from Walker passed away the other day so he was out in social media you know talking about that so he's he's grieving right now and then you keep up you keep if I may ask why do you keep up with Chuck Norris?

Oh no I didn't I don't keep up with him. You all just happened to mention it and it was in the news too can't think his name right now the black gentleman that was on Walker Texas razor with him died um the other day. Was it the guy that was in Die Hard?

Was he in Die Hard? Yes yeah okay I remember he was the hacker yeah I know yeah yeah so he he has actually come to find out left acting to teach he was teaching drama and everything at UNLV but real quick okay before I let you go okay uh what did you think of of Kennedy Krieger the facility and I have a specific kind of sports related reason I'm asking you. Well I'm you're you're shooting uh you're shooting you're shot a little soon here we're going to talk about that on the other side of the break Maya. Okay all right. I'm sorry I gotta keep I gotta keep with structure here okay.

I know but it I'll I'll hit your Facebook page or something because like I said there is a reason that I'm asking you that question. All right well I'm gonna tell everybody about my trip to uh Kennedy Krieger in a few minutes all right. All right you have a great weekend take care guys. Well thank you so much Maya I wish the weekend was sooner than it is but we'll get there fast enough eight five five two one two four CBS that's eight five five two one two four CBS. I'm going to take a break I'm going to tell you about my time in Baltimore Maryland this week I'm going to get some more of your calls. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio.

You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. My man JR this is kind of like a dream man I've listened to you every night for two years it's the first time I've called. I love your show man you keep it so real and I love listening to you.

Call in now at eight five five two one two four CBS. I try my best to keep it real. I keep it so damn real that over the past year I've done a lot of work with Special Olympics on the media for the movement tour something that we started when I say we JR Sport Brief me my company and Special Olympics to run around and talk about the importance of inclusivity. Yeah basically not being a jerk trying to open up your minds to other people and be inclusive and to treat human beings like humans whether it's matters of just playing sports or whether it's matters of just even thinking about something simple as as health care and so I have been all over the country over the past year I've been to your Ohio states I have been to your Notre Dames your Florida states next week hello Seattle Washington I'll be at the University of Washington. I'll also broadcast my show from Seattle so hello to all my friends in the Pacific Northwest the JR Sport Brief show will be on the way but this week I go through Baltimore Maryland and Washington DC a million times throughout the course of the year but this week was very very special. I was at the John Hopkins school I was at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and we talked about inclusive health I was able to connect with individuals who already care about inclusion at multiple levels and we got together and tried to think about how we could all help and benefit each other to be a benefit to others and so I had an amazing conversation how about with Dr. Mia Asato a pediatric neurologist and the VP of training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute she basically makes sure that there's a pipeline of professionals who know how to work with people who have disabilities of of any type and I asked her quite simply why did you choose to do this and and and the fact about inclusion this is what she said in my past career as an occupational therapist I worked with a lot of individuals with different kinds of disabilities and it really made me understand the impact of health on daily life as I transitioned to going into medicine I brought that appreciation of the sometimes very impactful experience of disability on one's daily life realizing that the connection between health function and the world around you are very much intertwined without appreciating that I think we're ignoring important parts of people's lives it is not just about the four walls around the clinic the hospital settings that we work in but it's also about the world that people are trying to navigate and they're spending the majority of their time in yeah you gotta help people out and get them set up not just for when they're getting care but for when they're at home when they're in society Dr. Mia she's a fan of the the Pittsburgh Steelers good on her I hope the quarterback works out for them Mr. Kenny Pickett but I'm gonna borrow a line from someone who's not a Pittsburgh Steeler I'm gonna borrow a line from someone named Deion Sanders he said it quite frankly if you look good you feel good and then you play good well thank you Dr. Mia for helping to provide opportunities for people to feel good so they can quote unquote play good thank you Dr. Mia I also had an opportunity to connect with Ben Shindell he's a fellow in the neural developmental disability space of the Kennedy Krieger Institute it's a program where he learns the full spectrum of of people with disabilities all ages at home at school at work he's trying to do his best and I had a simple question for him how can we all be more inclusive everywhere with what we do easy answer is to just do it until it's normalized right I mean the one of the things I was thinking about when I was hearing you talk before is thinking about curbs and about the ramps that exist on curbs now that you know very very recently in history until you know 1990 or so 1992 maybe there were there were not ramps so somebody who uses a wheelchair to get around would not have been able to cross the street easily or you know would not have been able to get up onto a sidewalk in one way having ramps installed this was this you know revolutionary thing but it's not even a thing that I think about anymore yeah we want to we want to normalize being inclusive we really should and so Ben also had a a simple response for this we're all different right everybody's built different we have different levels of what we know what we don't know and etc what should we do with those differences Ben so I think that you know moving through the world in a way that understands that not everybody looks the way that you do thinks the way that you do moves the way that you do and that's okay that's part of the full experience of being a human full experience of kind of being a part of of this world I think the more time we spend embracing differences in the ways that that people navigate the world the more normalized those differences become yeah we gotta we gotta learn how to embrace each other we're so much more alike than we are different and anyone who tells you different tell them to come talk to me they'll be afraid to do so so thank you so much to Ben Dr. Mia thank you to Brad Schlegler who runs the joint at Kennedy Krieger Maureen Van Stone who helped put this situation together for the amazing time the amazing opportunity to to just connect with everyone you know I got a microphone I'm not a doctor I think we know that but I I do what I can and just trying to help out other people so if you are interested in being inclusive regardless of where you live if you want to learn out more learn more SpecialOlympics.org and thank you personally for me to the great folks at Experian yes the credit company Experian who also believe in inclusion thank you so much go to SpecialOlympics.org I look forward to being out in Seattle the University of Washington thank you to everyone associated with John Hopkins University and the Kennedy Krieger Institute let's get back to more your phone calls before I have to roll out 855-212-4CBS we are thinking about individuals who are some of the biggest and best international sports stars that the world has ever seen Tyler's calling from Virginia you're on CBS Sports Radio Hey hey how you doing man love your show but I was thinking my biggest three to me to me Tiger Woods number one I mean he spent 281 weeks atop the world number one ranking that's pretty huge I mean he's huge in the Asian market the European market Kobe Bryant to me is also number two again he's huge in the Asian market huge in the European market and then I definitely agree with you Muhammad Ali is in the conversation also okay thank you so much Tyler for calling from Virginia the well Kobe Bryant yeah global global celebrity global phenomenon unfortunately he's not no longer here with us and then Tiger Woods yes we can talk about Asia and Europe the world is is oh oh oh so much bigger if there's one thing that everybody in the world does is play football soccer John is calling from College Station you're on CBS Sports Radio thank you for taking my call sure you're doing an awesome job especially with all your fundraising and all that but well I'm I'm not I'm not fundraising I'm just trying to I'm trying to inform people that uh it doesn't take too much to just to not be a jerk to other people not fundraising at all yeah well you help out a lot put it that way thank you hey hey two two questions uh first David Beckham international star what do you correct yeah he is he is I think if he were around later I think his influence would be different but without a shadow of a doubt everyone is familiar with David Beckham but I think at this point for for for popularity and being a salesman I think Ronaldo has jumped him okay I got you I got you um second uh I know where Chuck Norris is at where is he well he owns a ranch about 30 minutes south of College Station about an hour north of Houston okay and uh he comes in I was working at a deal uh car dealership and he would buy uh all his trucks and cars from us and him and his wife are the nicest freaking people out there oh so he won't kick you in the face though uh I think I'm too fast for you oh you might be he's 82 years old it's quite possible John yeah I I'd run away pretty quick all right I hear that well thank you John appreciate you thank you no doubt about it well Shep that's the same philosophy you said uh about Bubba Ray Dudley you said Bubba Ray would never catch you you'd run away yeah he's not gonna make contact with me whatsoever that's too much for fiber explosiveness quick reflexes they tend to fade pretty quickly once you turn north of 50 he's a big he's a wide man he's a big dude that's great he's a wide man who's got to move and cover ground he can't cover the same ground I can right now I don't think Bubba Ray is 50 I think he is no he's not 50 years old Bubba Ray how many Bubbas do you know under the age of 50 oh Bubba's 51 I googled it quick oh man let's get a couple more in here Lee's calling from California go ahead Lee hey how's it going man very well go ahead quickly yes I was wondering about Carl Lewis where he he might fit into your list yeah well he's he's also one of the the most accomplished uh Olympic athletes and sprint sprinters and track and field participants of all time I think this is where things uh things kind of suck people do not like this man they don't like him he's not likable I've met him I've spoken to him I ain't got no problem with him but people don't like him well that's sad man not well not every people don't like me some people don't like me what are you what are we going to do here can I ask a question about baseball yeah you got you can if you can do it in 10 seconds yes yes if a guy jumps up a wall and catches the ball and falls over the wall is that a home run or a now where does he catch the ball he catches the ball climbing up the wall and he falls over the wall that's out that is an out if he catches the ball that is out oh thank you you're welcome Lee I thought that might be a home run because the guy's body fell over the wall no if he we we have people who have run through walls and jumped over them and caught the ball if you catch the ball it's uh it's an out okay okay okay thank you Lee for me man no doubt thank you Lee hey Shep I wow that was an easy one I didn't know what he was gonna I'm like I don't know what he's gonna ask me it was it was it was it was a curveball pun intended yeah guy climbs the wall in baseball if he catches the ball it's an out he can catch it on Mars it's gonna be an out and speaking of out we're out I'll be back tomorrow 10 p.m eastern time 7 pacific if you want to talk to me at jr sport brief search jr sport brief and free odyssey app Amy Lawrence is coming up next I'll catch you guys tomorrow thank you Shep go to SpecialOlympics.org you're the one who protects the flock and that requires an eye for detail because when safety and well-being are on the line it's the details that can save lives even when no one else is watching you see everything Grainger gets you and we're 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