JR SportBrief Hour 2

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It is the J.R. Sportbrief show on CBS Sports Radio. Much love to everybody tuned in all over North America, people listening all over the world. I'm back. I wasn't here last night, Shep was holding it down.

I was actually on in the daytime, holding it down for Maggie and Perla. It's good to be here at night. Where the freaks come out at night, at least that's what Houdini said.

Shout outs to, not the freaks, but shout outs to everybody. People working, people getting money, people relaxing. My people on the road, people in traffic, people at work.

People, I don't know what you're doing. Just thank you for listening, okay? I'm going to be hanging out with you for the next three hours. I've been here for an hour already.

I get started at 10 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Pacific. We've had a busy first hour of the show. We talked about OJ Simpson.

Why? I don't know, but we did. We talked about Rob Gronkowski.

He's making jokes about returning. We talked about Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook is like, hey, I'm a New York Jet because of Aaron Rodgers. When have you ever heard anybody say, oh yeah, I'm going to be a New York Jet.

The answer is never, until Aaron Rodgers did it. I guess he wanted to hang out in New York. He saw the defense, he played against them last year and they whooped his ass.

I guess he said, yeah, can't beat them, join them. Congratulations to the New York Jets for being a relevant football team. They got a TV show.

Good for them. Now, over the next three hours, speaking of a TV show, Shannon Sharpe is going to be on a new TV show. It's going to be with Stephen A. Smith on First Take.

Yeah, he'll be on First Take. We'll talk about that. I'll tell you when.

I'll tell you how often and then we'll talk about that, okay? The New York Yankees suck. Congratulations to them. They got an off night so they didn't lose, which is great. And then also, in a few seconds, we're going to talk about the release of the NBA schedule.

It's a dog days of summer. We got some things to do. 855-2124 CBS. That's 855-2124 CBS.

Speaking of fangs to do, we'll discuss this as well. I guess Taylor Swift is so busy, she rejected an opportunity to perform halftime or at halftime at the upcoming Super Bowl in Vegas. So it must be nice when you can tell the NFL, ah, no, thank you. I don't need you. Sure. Let me tell you this. The NBA schedule came out. Are you excited? Sharpe, are you excited about the NBA schedule? I'm excited about the season, not so much the schedule.

Yeah, same here. I mean, we've had some convenient releases. I forgot what team put out a schedule and did it in video game format for social media. Everybody's so creative. You can't send out a press release. You don't put out the schedule on a website anymore. You got to be creative. You got to make a video announcing the games and the season, et cetera, on and on and on.

And so here's the deal. The season starts October 24th. The Nuggets are going to host the Lakers. So LeBron James can stand around and stew about Nikola Jokic getting his ring in his face. The Phoenix Suns, man, this is the team that now has Bradley Beal. You're going to have Kevin Durant there for the start of a season with Booker. They're going to take on Golden State to open the season as well.

A couple of the Christmas games we got. Golden State taking on the Nuggets. The Lakers hosting the Celtics on Christmas, which is always fun. The Milwaukee Bucks in New York against the Knicks.

And this is going to be fun. I'm going to mark this on my calendar. Martin Luther King Day. The Spurs. Shout out to all my folks listening here in Georgia on 92-9 the game. If you want to go to State Farm Arena, when Benyama will be here on Martin Luther King Day on that Monday.

Still Martin Luther King Day. Golden State taking on Memphis. Oklahoma City at the Los Angeles Lakers. All those young dudes on OKC. And then the NBA.

You may not even known this from this past season. The NBA has started something called Rivalry. Rivalry Week. OK, the Knicks are going to take on the Nets. Boston and Miami and the Lakers and the Clippers once again. No, it's not a presidential election, but the NBA is not going to have any games on Election Day, November 7th.

And then we have a couple of international games. The same Hawks that I mentioned. They're taking on another young Magic team in Mexico. The Orlando Magic did a great job to end last season when Del Carter Junior was here with us a couple of months ago representing the Magic.

And he said, yeah, man, people aren't paying attention. I'll tell you out of my own mouth that the Magic are on the up and up. And then the Nets and the Cavs will be in Paris. And so, yeah, NBA schedule release. But I got to be a downer here for a minute.

I got to bring us to reality. All these teams can be thrilled about the schedule. They can hype up matchups. They can sell tickets. And I'm sure the NBA ain't going to be happy I'm saying this. But the fact is, it's like buyer beware. You paying tickets to go to an NBA game unless you got like a package or you're getting season tickets. If you're buying a single game, you comfortable doing that? All the dudes who sit out and it's an 82 game slate guys are like, yeah, I'll play 60 games and I'll be fine. Like, come on, man.

How are you selling money against that? Like buying tickets to a boxing match, knowing that, oh, yeah, I can buy tickets to the fight. But would I be shocked if the fight was called off? Someone tested positive for banned substance or somebody blew out a hamstring, somebody popped a blood vessel in their eye, and now there's no fight.

I mean, we see it all the time. Card. Subject. To change. You're going to a boxing match.

You're going to a concert with a large lineup. Card. Subject.

To change. And this is professional sports, okay? People are going to get hurt. Injuries happen. But when you have dudes that are just sitting out, basically because, A, the team wants to protect their investment long-term, you're going to get hurt.

You're going to get hurt. Basically because, A, the team wants to protect their investment long-term, and then you got the players who are just like, oh, I can take a day off. That ain't card subject to change. That's just, this is lazy. And come on, we're locked in. The new CBA is here for the next six or seven years.

There ain't going to be no changes or adjustments. The only thing that can players just, they want to ball out. And the NBA does have some players that want to play every game.

And they go out there and they do so. Shout outs to Anthony Antman Edwards. He's made it very clear. He's like, man, I'm going outside and I'm playing ball. Mikel Bridges. I think he had, at one point he was on a streak.

He plays just about every single game. And I appreciate this. We need more stars yapping like this. Okay. Tatum, Jason Tatum, he was at a Brand Jordan event and he was talking to young players.

I'm talking high school and college. These are, these are, these are, these are amateurs and he's telling them, man, don't disrespect the game at minimum, just show up. Listen to Tatum. I appreciate this.

Listen to this guy. We playing the hardest tonight. I'm going to chill. I'm going to get dropped two times a year. Somebody paid their money to come watch me play.

Like not trying to be arrogant. Like, like it's a bunch of kids in there, my shoes and my jersey. And just because we playing Charlotte on NBA league pass on a Monday, but ain't nobody watching.

I'm chilling tonight. That's not what the great players, the best players do. So the way y'all compete in the middle, I loved it. Competing, talking, blocking shots or fouls will still be a safe. That's basketball.

But then you can't go on the side. That's like, ah, we ain't playing them. They still watching. They still evaluate. They didn't come to see me play.

Paulo or Brad, they know what we can do. Y'all juicers, y'all Knicks. So just keep that in mind. Like right Claire, not big game, not big game, like compete, play basketball. Cause don't take it for granted.

Yeah, please, please. Thank you. I get it. The players are running up and down. They're flying all over the place and what they got more aches and pains, but they don't play. They're not playing through injury.

Like what's the deal? I know Michael Jordan took some years off, but I mean, damn it. And his last season, he's 39. He played 82 games. It's like pulling teeth to go see anybody.

And so I'm not trying to be a downer, but there's just the facts. If I'm looking at the NBA schedule, if I live in, I don't know, Oklahoma city, or I live in Portland or I don't know, you could live wherever, Dallas. And if you're looking at the schedule and you're like, I want to go to this game. I want to go to this game. I want to go to this, this game and this game.

It's almost like a crap shoot. Like it's Kawhi Leonard going to play it. Probably not. LeBron going to play tonight.

I don't know. LeBron needs a rest. He's old. Okay, fine.

We get it. What about Damian Lillard? Wherever he's playing. Is he going to play games? Is he going to be hurt and Joel Embiid? How many games is he playing this season?

60? What about James Harden? Who also said, Hey, Oh, I love China. I might have to play my in China. Stay over there, please. Don't come back. I hope James Harden doesn't play another game in the NBA. Somebody give him a donut.

One donut will lead to another donut and maybe just gone. 8-5-5-2-1-2 for CBS. It's 8-5-5-2-1-2 for CBS. Dale is calling from Birmingham, Alabama. You're on the Gerald Sport Brief Show, CBS Sports Radio. What's up, Dale? Jay, are you and Shep the Man?

That's all I can say. Both of us are the man? Yeah. I mean, y'all have a perfect tandem. Y'all have a perfect team. Like, we're like Magic and Kareem or Shaq and Kobe?

We're going to scare Michael Jordan and Pippen. Uh-oh. Shep, I'm not gonna, well, you don't have no kid that I could date, right, Shep? No? Not yet.

I got some news on that, Dale, but go ahead. Finish. When we talk about tickets, I'm in Birmingham. Right.

When I go see games, I go over to Atlanta. Those guys used to play. Perfect example. I was watching YouTube.

Alan Alderson. Chris Webber had a story. He asked him why he go so hard. He said because a kid, or it might be somebody out there that's never seen me play before, so I go hard in every game.

So, these guys now, I don't want to say they're soft, but you make it up. Who sits out like that? Yeah, they're making more money, and it seems to be less effort in playing, and the reason has to do more with body maintenance, which for all of that, the NBA should just shorten the season, but they won't because it's all about money.

It's a business, you know? They want to play more games, but just imagine Alan Alderson now. You can't blow on a player, man. Oh, nah, he was a tough you-know-what. There is no play.

As far as I know, there's no player like Alan Alderson. I mean, he stayed on the floor. They hammered him, and he still came back. Game after game after game.

No sitting out. Yeah, he was the smallest dude out there, and thank you, Dale, for calling from Birmingham. Hey, thank you, Dale.

No problem. He was the smallest dude out there on the floor, and he played through everything. Everything. Busted elbow, he played. Sprained ankle, he played.

He just limping around, he played. I know Alan Alderson didn't have the best end to his career, didn't accept what his role was and where he was going given his size and durability, but I mean, damn, when he was at his peak, he was like a shooting star. You got to catch it, man. It just is there, it's hot, it's flaming, it's jumping through the sky, and it's gone.

I mean, I would love to have seen what his career would have looked like if he was a little bit more committed to the game. I'm trying to remember. We spoke to someone recently. Shep, do you recall? I don't want to put you on the spot, but we spoke to one of his teammates recently, and he crapped on Iverson. Do you recall who it is? I don't remember. Yeah, Scott Williams.

Oh my God, yes. Didn't even want to talk about Alan Iverson. Didn't say he was the worst teammate, which I don't think Alan Iverson would necessarily reject that idea, but when he was on the court for the regular season games, because we know how he felt about preparation. That guy was nasty, man.

He was nasty. I don't know what player we have. They make more money today. They play less games. They talk about durability, but let's be real. When you got dudes like Jalen Brown in the range of making $60 million a year in the front and back of his brain, you don't think that he's thinking about career longevity?

Come on. But JR, with Iverson, I understand he has the reputation of absolutely laying it all on the line on the court, but he wouldn't have had to have done that, even undersized, if he had taken the time during the off season, before shoot around, during shoot around, if he put in the work. Iverson never put in the work. It's why his career fizzled after just 14 years in the NBA. He should have been like Kobe. He should have been like Steve Nash playing into year 18, 19, 20. So it actually hurt him in the long run.

Oh yeah, no, that's my point. What would his career have looked like if he actually worked? He showed up, he balled out, and then he got pushed out because he didn't want to change.

It's amazing now. This is why I have so much contempt for James Harden. We're looking at the end of this guy's career. I don't know where he's going to play, how many games he's going to play, how many games he's going to play. I'm sure by the time we get into September and early October, we're going to have a whole drama show with James Harden. But I think his best days are behind, and we know that we see it, and it's just like, okay dude, go away. But for the stretch of games that he played, of which he played his ass off for Houston, what would he be if he was a little bit more committed? Not going out at night, and yeah sure, he's living life. He's burning the candle on both ends.

But it leaves a little bit to be desired when you think about what could be. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. Yes, if you're going to buy yourself some NBA tickets, buyer beware. It's the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. We are going to take a break.

I'm going to come back and get to some of your calls. I also, one of our callers mentioned this, he said Shep and I are like Michael and Scottie Pippen. Well, Scottie Pippen's ex-wife and Michael Jordan's son. We know they're dating.

There might be wedding bells ringing. I'll tell you about it. It's the JR Sport Brief Show on 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. It's the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. I told you before we went to break, the NBA schedule is out.

But you better be careful if you're just trying to buy a single ticket to a game because you might be flipping a coin as to whether or not the star you want to see is even going to play. Sorry about that. And then we had a caller. Shout out to, I forgot who, Dave? Shep, his name's Dave, right? I think.

Believe so. Shout out to Dave from Alabama. He's like, you and Shep, Michael Jordan and... Dale. Dale.

Yes, thank you. Shout out to Dale. My apologies, Dale. Dale is like, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen. And it made me remember what I saw in the news today, that Michael Jordan's son, I'm sure you know about this, Michael Jordan's son and Scottie Pippen's ex-wife, they've been frolicking around the country or maybe the world. And I don't know if they're trying to troll Scottie Pippen or what, but they've been dating.

And so if they've been dating, I'm sure they've been doing other things. And I remember it was a month or two ago, Michael Jordan's minding his business in Italy and a guy shouts at him. He's like, hey, you approve of this relationship? And Michael Jordan's like, no. He laughs.

He's like, no. And then Larsa says her feelings were hurt. And she said before that, that she was with the family and they were fine with it. And we haven't heard Scottie Pippen talk about it, which would be hilarious. And so Marcus Jordan is leaving a restaurant with Larsa. Of course, the paparazzi is conveniently there.

And TMZ caught it. This is what the hell they asked this guy. Listen. Hey Marcus. Hey Larsa. How's your guys' dinner?

Good. Hey Marcus, I have a people's question, man. What's the possibility of a marriage happening between you and Larsa? We're looking for a location. Looking for a location?

Looking for a location. Do you guys have a date? It's in the works. In the works? In the works?

Yeah, go ahead. Well, congratulations man. Thank you.

Larsa, did you get the wedding dress yet? Great. Bye man. That was another woman. Larsa ignored the man. That wasn't her.

Man. What would that mean? They're in-laws now? No, no, they're not. They wouldn't be in-laws. They'd be nothing.

They'd be nothing, right? Michael Jordan and Scottie, that's his ex-wife. So he don't have nothing to do with that, right? Correct. Yes, you're right. Although, yes, technically Michael would be the grandpa. Or, excuse me. Yeah, Michael would be the grandpa.

If they would have kids, Michael would be- Oh my God. Continue on. Go ahead. Say it. So like, in other words- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. Yeah. And I'm not saying this is impossible. Right. Isn't she like 50? Yeah. No, but JR, but if- She's 49 years old.

Correct. And Marcus is 80. So Jeffrey's- He's what, 30?

Yeah. Jeffrey's the firstborn. He's two years younger than me. So he's 34, 35-ish. And then Marcus is the middle.

Yeah, that makes sense. He's going to be 33 in a couple of weeks. Right.

I think he's 90 or 89. Right. But JR, but if- So right now, if Larsa has a kid, and obviously that's her biological son or daughter. I don't know if the Pippin and Larsa- I don't know if Scotty and Larsa have kids together. I know Scotty has kids.

They do. The kid is like a- I think he's a baller, I think. That's Larsa's son? I thought Scotty was previously married. I didn't realize that was Larsa's son, because I know he was with the Lakers at one- Scotty's son was with the Lakers at one point.

I know that. That's not the kid? I don't know.

I don't- Maybe. I don't know how long Scotty and Larsa- Because I could've sworn- Like Michael's had two marriages. Scotty, I think, has had two marriages too. On November 2000, Larsa and Scotty welcomed their first child together. Scotty Pippin Jr. is Larsa's first son and Scotty's third son. Okay, got it. Similar to his famous father, Scotty Jr. is a renowned college basketball player. Gotcha. Wow.

Okay, so this is what's crazy. If they were to marry, Marcus is then Scotty Pippin Jr.'s stepdad. And then Scotty Pippin Jr.'s grandpa through marriage is now Michael Jordan. Scotty who?

What? So Scotty Pippin Jr., his stepdad is Marcus Jordan. Because if they get married, that becomes his stepdad. But now what about Michael? Well, Michael would be his grandpa. Michael Jordan would be whose grandpa?

Scotty Pippin Jr.'s grandpa. Because Marcus- But he doesn't have nothing to do with Marcus. No, but Michael's Marcus' father. So by obviously, if we're talking specific roles here, he's his step grandpa, but he's still his grandpa. Michael Jordan, how do you get involved in this mess? No, he's Mike.

You get what I'm saying? Marcus is- I do, I know, but I'm saying Michael Jordan, he doesn't invite his son over to the house and just slap him in the back of the head. We know Michael Jordan is a jerk. He doesn't just slap his son in the back of the head and go knock this crap off. Well, JR, I remember something. I mean, if there was one person who Michael was closer to than anybody on the face of the earth, it was unfortunately the deceased, you know, Mr. Jordan. That was tragic back in 93.

So I think- What is that? With his dad? Yeah, yes. So I think when it comes to family, even if he disapproves- Just live your life. I think he's going to be loyal to his family.

Unless you talk about him nationally on TV being a bad general manager and owner, then he's going to swear you off for the rest of his life. Like Charles Barkley. Exactly, yes. Yeah.

Yeah, but that's crazy. He wasn't joking. I mean, I know the two of them. Oh, he was joking when he said it, and Marcus said, oh, I spoke to my dad after he said, no, he doesn't approve.

He was just drinking and didn't care. Yeah, but Michael Jordan doesn't like this crap. Come on, man. You know what? Who would?

You know what? There's got to be a part of MJ that's like, my number one running mate, the guy that won six championships with me, has the audacity to get on every single national airwave known to men and women kind and say that I was a horrible basketball player. Meanwhile, he talks LeBron up as if he's God.

I'm the one that got him six NBA championships. How dare he? Because he's offended and hurt and bent out of shape over the last dance.

He come on strong and say that I was crappy as a player. So Michael, to some degree, probably loves that Scotty has to deal with this. Yeah. Michael Jordan, he's happy that Scotty's feeling pain, right? Yeah. You know what? He's a diabolical competitor. He's in some, in some respect, he's a diabolical person.

This is the world is crazy. Can you imagine they get married and Michael Jordan is there at the wedding? Could you imagine if they really, really did get this lady? So there's two possibilities here, of course. This lady is going to move on and leave, right? Before there is a marriage or they get married.

Sure. And then she still leaves. Those are two high possibilities. And if they do have a wedding, if Michael Jordan is there, I'm going to fall out. I'm going to be on the floor in tears if Michael Jordan pops up.

So, you know what's interesting, J.R.? There's something off about MJ because, you know, Dwayne Wade had Iverson as his presenter. My understanding is Dwayne wanted Michael and Michael wouldn't show up.

And it's also, and listen, I'm not going to speculate here. I know his son, Bronnie was dealing, has been dealing with a lot in terms of cardiac arrest and whatnot. But it was, it did strike me that LeBron was not there at Dwayne Wade's hall of fame and triming ceremony. I don't think so. I don't look nothing into that because because you have, he sucks the air and attention out of the room. I don't, I think you, you let, you let Dwayne get all of the attention. You just leave it be. Yeah. So that's, that's, that's my approach. He also, he also, but okay, this is where I'm going with this.

Yeah. He also didn't show up at Kobe's funeral. I thought that was rather strange. You know, I saw Steph, I saw Westbrook. Was there a game that day or something?

No, no, there wasn't. Anthony Davis, who is not nearly as close to Kobe was there. So if Anthony Davis as a Laker is there and you're LeBron and you're the face of the franchise and you played with Kobe twice on the Olympics, and obviously you had that right, you know, that budding rivalry for over a decade and you don't show up at the guy's funeral, but, but that's, but here's the point of that. To your logic, JR, about LeBron overshadowing everything, everywhere he goes, it doesn't matter if he goes to an Adele concert, he's still the biggest human being in the room. If he went to a Taylor Swift concert, he would still be the biggest draw in the room. And so with that, and so in that breath, if Michael goes anywhere near anything associated with his son and Larsa, he's just going to take the air out of the room. It's why Michael, I don't think is going to be at this wedding. It's not because he doesn't want to be there for his son. He just knows it's going to be Michael.

I'm sure it is. Who's going to, who's going, who would go to the three people like who's going to a wedding. Well, it's going to be Jordan's mom. Jordan's mom is still alive. The, the, the younger sister Juanita brother. Well, no, you think Juanita, you think she's got, she's like, I don't want nothing.

Oh, Juanita is definitely showing up. So that's his mom. I'm talking about Michael's mom.

I think Dolores, I think Loris is still alive. Michael's mom is still alive. So she's going to be a great grandma to a, to an NBA player. So if Scottie Pippen Jr has a kid, she's going to be a great, great grandma. How the hell did Michael Jordan end up in a, a Maury Povich story?

It's just, his kid is over here putting it into a Maury situation. Well, let me tell you something. What, what the dream actor believes is a lifetime of worry than us in terms of going around and sleeping with women.

That, that's a weekend for Michael Jordan before his second marriage. Let's put it that way. What did you just say? What I said, there are Pete, there are a-listers in Hollywood that, you know, they, they have numbers, right?

Especially men, 100, 200, who they've slept with. Now this is just speculation. This is just what I've heard. Similarly to Wilt Chamberlain, right? That's a weekend for Michael Jordan. Saying Michael Jordan, well anyway. Yeah. Anyway. So he was already, he was already, he was Maury Povich before that show even came onto our stratosphere.

Yeah, but he never had, he never had to run around and we never heard no crap. So yeah. Hey Dexter, are you, if, if Michael Jordan's son and Scottie Pippen's ex-wife, if they have a wedding, do you, you going to go? Nah, man. Cause it's going to be too much drama. I'm not, I'm not here to see that. I don't want to be around that.

I don't, I don't need to be around that energy at all whatsoever. It's a wedding. Ain't going to be, you know, what's, why does it be drama? What, Scottie? You think Scottie going to be there? You know, no drama.

Look, you, you never look, there's certain people in certain families. You don't know who's going to show up. So are we saying Michael and Scottie are not showing up at all? Like why would Scottie be at the ex-wife's wedding? Why would he do that?

He's salty though these days. I don't know. He might just show up. That's all I'm saying. You're right. He shouldn't be there. To stand in the back and curse people out.

But here's the thing. When Scottie Pippen Jr gets married, that's going to be the real awkward wedding because Scottie's got to be there. Lars has got to be there. Let's hope that the marriage still works between her and Marcus. And then Michael's probably going to be there too. That's going to be messy.

That is the one I do. I will agree with Shep on it. So we're getting ahead here because this lady is going to leave this young man.

We don't, we don't know that today. She's 50 years old. She'd been with every, she was with Scottie Pippen and was with Future the musician.

Like she's, listen, I know she was with another NBA player. So Jr, so you don't, you might not have heard of this show. Dex, you may not have heard of the show, but you'll remember Ally McBeal. I remember Ally McBeal. She was the lady running around in that trench coat, right?

I believe, yes. So Calista Flockhart, everyone thought Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart would never work out. We just thought it was a flash in the pan. They're going strong for over 20 years. When love strikes, it doesn't matter what the age is.

If you find your right person, no matter what age of life you're in, it can last a lifetime. I think this is that. But here's the thing, and I think this is what Jr is trying to get to. Are you willing to bet on that, Shep? Are you willing to, because I'm not.

Jr, you sound like me. I don't know what the odds are on this, but I'm not willing to tell. Here's the thing though, Tim. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on.

Yeah, yeah. Larsa, this I'm wanting to rely on. People magazine tells me Larsa Pippen has been obviously with Scottie Pippen, Future the musician. She's been here with Tristan Thompson, Malik Beasley, I remember that, and our Michael Jordan son. And so if we think that Michael Jordan's son, maybe this is her last stop in Salvo potentially, because it also gives Scottie Pippen a difficult life. I don't know.

I'm not sold. Well, fellas, if nothing else though, let's say this isn't about love. Let's say and pretend this might be about brand, or maybe pissing off Scottie. This is something where it puts her on the map at an even more level where there's even more of a microscope on her because she's a Jordan now. Can you imagine the amount of money Michael's kids are going to inherit when he passes away?

Why would you jump ship now? Why would you not at least wait until Michael passes away? Hopefully that's 30, 40 years from now.

But this guy was the first billionaire athlete we've ever had in history. She's 50. What is she going to do?

Right, but Michael Jordan is in his 60s now, and women live longer than men. Something tells me that she's not thinking about- I think she might be. Yeah, she can give money from anywhere.

She's just tricking off a seat and I'm going to get angry calls and emails. Yes, you are. Yes, you are. Wait, JR and Dex, there's money from anywhere, and then there's Michael Jordan, F you, generational type money. Yeah, but come on, I don't think she's- I'm just saying, is she thinking that long term? I think you are. She's tricking off of NBA players, okay, and their kids.

That's it. Now I'll get the emails. It's the JR sport brief show here on CBS Sports Radio.

I ain't tricking off of nobody. I'm going to get some more of your calls on the other side of the break. 855-212-4CBS.

It's 855-212-4CBS. Right now, Sports Flash News Flash. You heard him. Kevin Dexter. Oh my God.

Hey, Dexter, why there's so many Dex's, man? This is the second time this happened this week, man. Hickey did it, looking right at me, which is worse. He was looking right at me and he did it.

I didn't give him any problems with that, but this is the second time it happened this week. Damn. JR, I'm a little- It's too many, but Shep, was Kevin Dexter here this week?

Monday. Yeah, he was. He was. I kind of understand where you're coming from. Dexter, somebody, my apologies, Dexter. It's all good, man. It's all good. No, I'm a professional.

I pride myself on this. I just spoke to you. I just called you by your name. All good, man.

All good. He has to change his name. Well, here's how you know the difference. I love Kevin Dexter. I love him, but Dexter Henry is a lot more... He's more outgoing. I love Kevin Dexter, though. That's my guy.

But Dexter is definitely more outgoing. So we tell Kevin he has to change his last name. It's solved. Well, he's got to change his... Yeah, he's got to change his last name. I agree. It should be Kevin Henry, not Kevin Dexter. No, we don't need him. That's even more confusing.

We don't need that. Let's not confuse this. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. And I have all the respect for you. First of all, JR, I appreciate you bringing the truth every night. I listened to you on my way back from work at this time. Big fan.

I just started listening to your show a few months ago, and I'm hooked, man. Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. It's the JR Sport Brief show on CBS Sports Radio. 855-212-4CBS.

It's 855-212-4CBS. Amongst all of the drama that we have going on in the world, the sports are related to it. We know about Michael Orr and his situation.

Family is now terminating his conservatorship. I just told you about Marcus Jordan. Well, you heard it from his own mouth. Marcus Jordan says, oh, yeah, me and Larsa are going to get married. I'm like, OK, all right, fine.

And if you want drama, how about this? We learned today it hasn't been announced. It's not official. But Shannon Sharpe is going to be joining ESPN's first take with Stephen A. Smith during the NFL season. At minimum, for about two days a week, Shannon Sharpe is going to be on air with Stephen A. Smith. And this is just a terrible, awful look for that, what's that guy's name? Skip Bayless, right?

Shep, I'm not mixing people up, right? Skip Bayless? You mean the LeBron contrarian? Oh, yeah, Skip Bayless. Oh, yeah, Skip Bayless. OK. Yeah, Skip Bayless.

So no, for real, I forgot his name for a minute. But no, it's terrible. First of all, ESPN destroys that show in the ratings, almost three times the viewership. And a lot of what I would see, and I don't watch TV in the daytime at all, but a lot of what I would see would come on social media. And it would be because of Shannon Sharpe. And so I know they're adding Richard Sherman to the show, and they're going to have Lil Wayne come on the show. But it's like, you just lost, man. And then you have the dude go to the competition?

It's just, it's ugly. I don't know how much longer, and I don't know, he's got to be 70 plus. I don't know how much longer he has to sit on TV. I feel in a general sense, and it's not just people on Twitter tweeting, or X, or whatever the hell it's called. I think people are a little through with him.

There's going to be viral moments. Richard Sherman is going to yell at him. But it ain't, it ain't a good look when Shannon goes to ESPN. And look, Stephen A. Smith, he said this on his own podcast a couple of weeks ago, about a month ago.

He's just like, of course I want Shannon Sharpe. Listen to this. This is me right here. If this don't look good enough for you, sorry.

This is the best I got to offer. But let me tell you something right now. On my best day, I wouldn't be the Hulk. That would be Shannon. Okay? I mean, dammit, I'm not only interested in him being on first take. I might have to talk about, I talk to my man Juvy about having a partner for security. Because if I got Shannon and Juvy with me, dammit, I'm Superman. I might as well be bulletproof.

Hell yeah. So when I saw the reports, in all seriousness, I thought it was my obligation to come to all of you and to let you know, yeah, the talks are serious. I want this brother on first take. I want him as a part of the ESPN family.

And I want him to have a shinier light placed on him than a few of the times that we last saw him. Okay. All right.

A lot of high-pitched screaming for me, but okay, good. Good for him. I'm happy for Shannon Sharpe. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. And we got Greg calling from Michigan. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up, Greg? Hey, JR. Mr. Positive. Wow.

As the world turns with Pippen and Jordan and Shannon and everything, wow. Real quick, the Super Bowl, Taylor Swift stepping down on the world's biggest entertainment stage ever around the world. She doesn't want to do it. Can you imagine Swifty and the Beyhives, Beyonce and Taylor, and maybe throw in a little bit of Ed Sheeran, whatever his name is. Sheeran. Sheeran. I mean, those are the three biggest acts around today.

And then you got to throw in Barbie. And LeBron, I can't wait for the basketball because of the fighting between LeBron and the coach of the Nuggets. Oh, Michael Malone? Yes. What he said and said.

LeBron's upstaging and like Shep said, it seems, and you said that wherever LeBron or Michael go, it's them other than Messi. And I got to tell you, my friend, agents of inclusion, fantastic as always. And the comedic levity that you bring to your show, second to none, harden, go get a donut and stay in Europe.

You don't realize it. And it's just, whoa, it just comes right out of the blue. And I'm just going, whoa, is that funny?

And just spot on, my friend. Welcome back. I'm just sitting here being a jerk.

So it comes easy. No, stop it. You've got a beautiful heart. You love the Special Olympics. Everyone should take after you, your role model, and just make the world a better place. Well, thank you. Love you and everyone, go for your dreams. Thank you. Love you back, Greg. Thank you for calling from Michigan. Yeah, people check out my podcast, Agents of Inclusion.

Yeah, do it because I said so. Every week we highlight a different Special Olympics athlete. And yeah, he talks about Taylor Swift. She said no to the Super Bowl halftime show. It's going to be in Vegas. Does Taylor Swift need the NFL?

The answer is no. A lot of these artists don't need, well, at least the big ones. Beyonce did the show. Beyonce doesn't need the Super Bowl halftime. Rihanna did not need to do the halftime show. The Weeknd did not need to do it, but, well, maybe he did.

I don't think he's at the level of Taylor Swift or Beyonce. That's a good question. I'm going to take more of your calls. We're going to talk about that. There's a lot going on. It's the JR Sport Brief Show, CBS Sports Radio.