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855-212-4227. I am on the internet everywhere at J.R. Sport Brief. And I can't believe this. Hickey, are you? Hickey just told me this.

Hickey, are you serious? This is this is the report for Dan Hurley. What the Lakers reportedly have done what?

According to Anthony Irwin, they have reportedly offered Dan Hurley a deal in the ballpark of eight years for one hundred million dollars. Wow. So Anthony Irwin. He is a host of the Lakers Lounge.

At an Odyssey Sports. Wow. Now, this doesn't mean it's true. It doesn't mean it's not. You know, when you get these type of things, you expect them to come from woes, you expect it to come from, you know, shams.

No disrespect to Anthony Irwin. That's that's a lot of money, Hickey. That is a lot of money.

They are not messing around. Wow. Yeah. Damn.

Do you think this is true? Like it's the Lakers. I mean, what are they? They've been inspired by the Dodgers potentially to just hand out money.

That is a good point. I mean, teams in L.A. are you know, there are a lot of distractions, we'll say in terms of sports with the Dodgers. I mean, the Chargers now at Jim Harbaugh are interesting. The Rams are a good team. Like you're starting to fall behind a little bit if you're the Lakers here.

Kind of things getting stale. But also I think it shows like that, you know, if you are going to get Dan Hurley, he's not leaving to go to Lakers job for chump change for, you know, whatever the equivalent of like a coaching minimum contract would be. I think you've got to show him you're serious. And I think showing him you're serious is giving him a big time deal like this. Forget the numbers in terms of like millions of dollars, hundred million dollars is massive.

Even just the years. Right. Eight years is a massive commitment.

That eight for any he hasn't even coached in an NBA game. And that's it. And by the way, this is understood, folks, this is not necessarily true.

We have no idea. It's a report. This would automatically put him at twelve and a half million dollars per year. First of all, given a guy an eight year contract is nuts. Most coaches out there at the onset, they might get like four years, three, four years out the gate. How about this? Steve Kerr reportedly makes seventeen and a half million dollars.

Okay. Seventeen and a half million bucks. Greg Popovich in Spolstra reportedly make about 15 mil. And so I guess this twelve and a half is not all that shabby.

I believe the contract that a Tyrone Lou just signed with the Clippers, that's approximately 14 mil. But the length eight years. And let's be this is guaranteed money, guaranteed. It's one thing to make.

I don't know. Hey, I'm making twelve million dollars for the next four years. That's 48. And he's guaranteed double.

Like, is that a safe bet? Is that how comfortable the Los Angeles Lakers are with with saying, hey, let's bring in a dude from Yukon who won national championships and make him our guy? I can't recall any coach getting this type of commitment when he's never coached in the pros.

You know what? Let's go back to April. Because Dan Hurley was on Dan Patrick's show and he was asked, you know, what would it take for you to leave Yukon? I mean, let's remember he said no to the Kentucky job. There were no NBA jobs available at this point. Take a listen to what Dan Hurley said. Maybe just burnout at this point.

For me, just, you know, pushing too hard and probably, you know, just breaking down at some point just because you just can't keep up the intensity and the energy and, you know, the output. And then maybe down the road, if I could grow up a little bit, mature a little bit with the emotions, maybe the NBA, you know, down down the road. So why do you want to do that?

Why do you want to do that to yourself? Go to the NBA? Well, you know, I think college has become like the G League. Yeah, in a way.

I mean, it's, you know, that's obviously tongue in cheek. But, you know, a lot of the college game has changed. You win a national championship. And obviously we're going to do things.

We had the parade to do these things. But you're basically right into free agency frenzy. So, you know, I'm more worried about burnout than I am going to the NBA. Wow.

You know, Hickey, this is something else to basically think about. Is this the type of contract he wants at UConn? Think about that.

That'd be more in line, right? I mean, right now, this minute today, he makes about five million dollars coaching UConn. Bill Self is making about 10.

It seems a little bit more realistic, right? To think, hey, I can make this money at UConn. I don't have to move if I can get, you know, more than Bill Self.

Hey, give me two million dollars more than him and lock me in for 100 guaranteed. That seems a little bit more plausible without all of the stress of the NBA, without the change. I mean, what if UConn counters and UConn says, hey, we'll give you the same deal as reportedly the Lakers did. Don't you stay at UConn? That's very fair.

Maybe this is exactly what it is. He's using the Lakers. Go figure, by the way. Probably the only time the Lakers have been used. Actually, that's not true. I'm sure many coaches try to use that as leverage to get better contracts where they are. But I will say it is a little telling to hear him talk about the state of college basketball and repeatedly using the word burnout. And you kind of heard at the end like he's like, we won the national championship.

We, you know, we had the parade. Then it's like right basically right back into the season. It's kind of hinted at.

And he's right. There is no offseason, right? It's just the season ends and you are now right back to recruiting your own players to avoid them going to the transfer portal.

And it's, well, who's in the transfer portal? Can we get any better? Then you also got to recruit high school kids as well. It really is 24-7, 365 in it. At least from that one clip sounds like he's starting to get a little tired of that. Well, he's going to coach somewhere. It's not like he's going to get time off in the NBA. He might get he might get a couple of weeks off in the summer. And it's it's just on and on and on. There's no there's no time off. It's just a matter of, hey, do you want a new challenge and a headache in Los Angeles?

Do you want to stick around in Connecticut where you kind of know what's going on? You know, the challenges that are taking place and we don't know. We don't know where these numbers are coming from.

We don't know where these reports are. It might be a legitimate offer from the Lakers. It might have been leaked to prompt a counter offer from Yukon. And I think that's that's part of it. And if you're Dan Hurley, you know what's good. I mean, for anybody in a negotiation. When you got options, when you're wanted, when you're desired, it's this is a wild situation. I mean, does he want to deal with college? We've seen some of the best coaches decide I'm not doing this anymore. Coach K said, I'm going home. Nick Saban said, I'm going home. Jay Wright said, I'm going to television like this is there's a lot of work here.

You know, one thing and Hickey, this is selfish to me. I hope J.J. Redick gets the job so I don't have to listen to him on TV. Now, what is that?

I would say maybe is worse. What? Because then you have to hear him.

Eighty two, eighty two times before and after the game. No, probably go on to probably do his own podcast, because why not? He loves talking about the game and tell everyone how smart you think if he was the Lakers coach, he continue on with a podcast like that.

No, probably not. But like, he is not exactly shy when it comes to being asked about his opinion. I think you'd probably hear him more and get sick of him quicker as a Lakers coach than you would if he's just calling ESPN games twice a week. No, I think he I think he'd get he'd get I would love he'd get irritated by the pushback.

Yes. I want to see him get upset. I want to see him lose it. He just is it. Correct me if I'm wrong. He comes across as like very condescending. No. Oh, hundred percent.

Yeah. He thinks he's the smartest guy in the room. So I'm just like if he was the coach, I would love seeing the reporters give him crap because they could. And he has to do it as a part of his job. And I think there'd be a point in time where he has to realize, like, oh, man, I have to change my approach. I have to change how I interact. I have to change how I say this to the media. I would I'd be I'd be here to see it. Not that I not that I actually listen to him on TV anyway, but the lesser him, the better. I would love to see him get needled as a coach.

Yeah. Be a coach. And then you catch the catch the heat when the Lakers suck, you know, or have a bad day, have a bad press conference.

I'd be here for that. And speaking of a bad day, a Jason Kidd had one of those last night as the Dallas Mavericks got spanked by the Boston Celtics in game one of the finals one oh seven to eighty nine. I mean, damn it. Even Jason Kidd was asked about his two cents when it came down to the Lakers job. And he had an interesting perspective as to whether or not it should be J.J. Redick or Dan Hurley.

Listen, both basketball IQ is extremely high whoever the Lakers shoes that's up to them. But when you talk about championships, Hurley is one to Yukon. I've gotten to play with Hurley in high school. He is a warrior. He's a champion. And so coaching runs deep in their blood in that family. And so if he was to become a Laker, that's that's incredible for him and his family, but also for the Lakers. But J.J. also has a basketball IQ and understands how to play the game the right way.

And so either candidate is going to be great for the Lakers to choose from. Man, just, you know, Hickey, I'm surprised he answered that question. Right? No. Like, isn't that the type of thing where you go, I don't have nothing to do with me and I'm worried about my team right now. And that what you're supposed to say as a coach.

Yes. But I also do think, like, because, you know, even though, I mean, Dan Hurley's a college coach and J.J. Redick is not in the coaching fraternity, but he's seemingly going to enter the coaching fraternity. I think there is kind of a mutual respect and, you know, trying to look out for other guys in the profession. Kind of high tide raises all boats.

I think that's more where he was coming from than just to be like, I can't answer that. I'm not worried about my team. You got to have the other guys back. OK. Right.

OK. I guess Jason Kidd is a brand new guy because, I mean, for the most part, he's I've never found him to be like an advocate for anybody. He's just, you know, as he's gotten older, he's just relaxed. You know, he's never been a rah rah rah, you know, you know, blank stirrer, but I've never heard him, you know, wave anybody else's flag. He just shows up.

He does what he does and he leaves. Oh, interesting. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty-seven.

That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty-seven. You know, one of the reasons that Dan Hurley might leave is because the college system continues to change. I mean, the team that he won with UConn this year is different than the one he won with last year.

And I guess if you get one hundred million dollars, who cares how things change? Let's see what Dan Hurley does. Is he going to be a Laker? Is he staying at UConn? I assume he's pretty split. Who knows?

Maybe his wife hates L.A. We have no idea. We're going to find out sooner than later as the Los Angeles Lakers try to hijack the NBA finals. It's the JR Sportbree show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. You know, speaking of all these changes, we know the Big Ten is certainly changing in college football in college, period. Their new athletic director or the new athletic director from Nebraska, he just got the job.

He is already talking about how NIL is going to change and how schools they're going to have to start any and up directly out of pocket to the players. Nothing wrong with that, right? Is that good?

Is it bad? We'll discuss it. We'll hear from him as well.

Got more to do before I roll out. It's the JR Sportbree show on the Infinity Sports Network. Don't move. You're listening to the JR Sportbree show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network on a Friday night, hanging out, minding my business, waiting on the Stanley Cup to get started tomorrow, waiting on the NBA finals game two on Sunday. Man, we had my main man Corey Anderson here. We had a cricketer.

Hickey, that's what they are, right? Cricketers? That sounds cool, but it sounds right to me. Yeah. We had a cricketer on. A cricketeer? No, that sounds disrespectful.

That does. A cricketeer sounds like a miniature cricketer. We don't want that. Corey Anderson joined us. He was a part of the Team USA squad that upset Pakistan yesterday in Dallas, Texas. So if you're in Dallas, go watch some World Cup cricket.

T20, go watch it. Corey said, yeah, you can drink a beer. You can have as many beers as you can handle. Do it safely, please. If I was in Dallas, I'd go.

But I'm in Atlanta, minding my business. Right before we went to break, we talked about a reported contract offered to Dan Hurley by the Lakers. Eight years, $100 million. It's a report. Don't know if it's true.

Don't know if it's fake. Give us about a week. We're going to find out what the Lakers do at head coach. And Dan Hurley, as Hickey mentioned, he pretty much said one of the reasons that he would potentially leave Yukon is if he got burned out. OK, and I don't know, maybe he wants this contract from Yukon instead of the Lakers. We know it'd be less stress, right? You go to the Lakers, man, you got to do this from October to probably they're going to probably go to the playoffs more often than not.

May, potentially June. You got to move your family to the West Coast. It's I don't know if he gets the same offer in Connecticut. I think he'd stay.

I think he would. College is crazy, right? I mean, earlier, we actually heard from the athletic director out in Nebraska.

And man, maybe they need to ask Matt Rule to give some money back. But the athletic director pretty much said, yeah, we're lagging behind when it comes to NIL, he says. But eventually all of us are just going to have to pay the students directly. This is some wild stuff. And the Big Ten is just crazy in and of itself. The fact that you have Rutgers in New Jersey and UCLA and one damn conference is just crazy to me. But here we are in college sports where everything is a money grab and it's less regional.

It's all about the cash. Listen to Troy Dannen. This is their new athletic director.

He just got the job a couple of months ago. He says, man, when it comes to NIL budgets and money, he told the 1890 initiative, he basically said, yeah, they got all the money. At Washington, our football program last year had an NIL budget of about 10 million and went to the nation championship game. Our audience was 23. Ohio State's is 23.

Ours here is not even 10. We're doing it in a lot of respect because we have the facility, we have the coaches, we have the fans. In the next couple of years, we'll be fighting an even fight when it all comes in. Right now we're not fighting an even fight. I thought Matt Rule would give some money back.

He continued on. He says eventually some of this NIL stuff is going to change because the schools are going to pay the money directly to the students. Listen. Now let me tell you something about NIL. It is not going to last forever. Here's what I think is going to happen. There will be an antitrust settlement this year in the courts.

As a part of that antitrust settlement, 1890 is going to get banned. The collectives are going to go away. And what's going to be replaced is athletic departments revenue sharing with our athletes. I think there's going to be revenue sharing with the athletes and I still think the athletes are going to have marketing deals. Some of them.

Some of them. And so maybe there's not going to be a need for a collective to raise money outside because it's going into the school. And if I'm a business owner, I mean, am I not safer to just do a deal with the school and let you figure it out? I mean, they're going to be bigger businesses that want to do deals directly with the athletes. It's just crazy. You know, this is how it should have been, but it should have been done with more structure. And the reason why it's the wild, wild west right now is because, well, the schools, they didn't want to share any of the money. The NCAA didn't want to share money with the athletes. And so now they've been forced to and it's a bleep show.

Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven is eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. I'm still waiting for a damn doctor dietitian to hit me up about Mike Tyson and his ulcers. He says vegetables are poisonous to him.

Maybe they are. It's Mike Tyson. Allen is calling from Toronto. You're on the J.R. Sportbreeze show. What's up, Allen? Hi, J.R.

Always a pleasure. I'm on my way to Candace Toto tomorrow for the induction ceremonies. A new class of inductees, Ricky Hatton, Michael Moore and Ivan Calderon and the late Diego Corrales. He's he was killed in a car crash about being a motorcycle crash at the age of twenty nine. So he's posthumously inducted. Is Ricky is Ricky happening?

I just talked. Oh, my God. And is five five K boxing. I mean, five K race autograph. And tomorrow night is a banquet at Turning Stone Casino.

And Sunday is the parade at the parade of champions in Canistota and then the induction ceremony. So for Pete, I'll slow down. Wait. Sure. Yeah. OK. Sure. OK. For people who are not familiar with what the hell you're talking about, you're going to the Boxing Hall of Fame. OK. I just I wanted to because you didn't pause to take a breath.

You just talked about Candace Toto. People don't know what that is. People if I live in California, I don't know what the hell you just said. OK. But you're going to the you're going to the Boxing Hall of Fame, which is cool.

I hope you have a great time. And I got a question for you. And maybe you don't know the answer. Is Ricky Hatton still fat? It's they told a picture of him. He's he's a bit overweight. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah. He's always been hefty.

So whatever car he sits in the back of, I hope it has great horsepower. Yeah. You're a big boxing fan. That's why I'm telling you about it. And we'll have fun. Don King is Don King and Bob Aaron. They won't be there because they're a little long in the tooth. They're both still alive. Don is eighty ninety two and Bob is ninety three. So I doubt very much if they'll be there.

Yeah, I doubt it. I know I know have meant and spoken with both of them. I know how old they are. Yeah, they are old.

They are old. They're old and hated. I guess if you're in boxing and promoting long enough, you will be hated. And as far as Mike Tyson is concerned, the man has to be crazy. And anybody who pays money for the for that fight in in Arlington has to be they need a checkup in the neck up.

It's throwing your money down the drain as far as I'm concerned. Well, we'll find out soon enough. But hey, unlike Mike Tyson, Alan, you your fruits and vegetables are not poisonous to you, right? They're the best. Very best. I live on them. OK, good.

Healthy man. Well, Alan, have a good time in the Boxing Hall of Fame. Being around the boxing community, it's one of the best communities, if you ask me.

Everybody is so personable. And I enjoy yourself. OK. And when the opportunity presents itself, you go there and I'm sure you're going to enjoy it immensely. You know, I'm not I'm not I'm not rushing at that place in the middle of nowhere.

No, thank you. Yeah. Have fun. You driving you driving. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

I'm driving. Yeah. What is that?

What is that? Like a four hour drive for you? Five hours?

Yeah. Between four and five. Depends how fast you go. You can do it in four. There's no traffic if you if you really push it.

I don't push. What happens? What happens if a Canadian gets caught speeding in New York State?

What happens to you? You can ignore it and they won't come after you here. But if you go there and they find out and there's a warrant out for your arrest and it'll take you in and you have to pay the fine, you might have to stay overnight.

So. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You're you leave Toronto. You leave Canada and you cross into New York State. If you get pulled, let's say you're going eighty five miles per hour and you get you get pulled over.

What happens to you at that moment? They don't take you in. They just give you a citation. That's all. It's not a warrant for your arrest. Oh, good.

A citation. Just like you do in Georgia. Hey, why do you care? I used to take you in right away. But how do you know?

How do you know that? Yeah, I got caught in Georgia. OK, Alan. OK, OK, OK. All right.

Well, drive safe, OK? Sure. I will. Yeah.

And yeah. Always a pleasure. Thanks very much for taking my call. Thank you, Alan, for calling from Toronto.

A pleasure. Oh, my God. Hickey, we found out that I didn't expect to find that out. Why am I laughing? It's not funny.

No, not at all. He said he got got. Now I know why he won't stop here in Georgia to visit me. Damn.

He's trying to get in the state and get out. Wow. Yeah, they don't play out here, Hickey. They don't they don't play. No, they do not.

They don't play them. They listen, you you got a car issue here. I'm not I'm not going to speak what I know anyway. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. What do we got here? Dave is calling from Boise. What's up, Dave? Hey, they are just apparently it's bad to be Canadian.

The United States. Oh, you know, you can't speed. You got to not break the law. Oh, there you go. Don't break the law. Otherwise you get taken in. That's news to me.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Just Georgia, Georgia. Oh, just George. Just Georgia. OK. You got to be careful. Every state is different.

Dave, I think, you know, that night. But what else? I don't know. There's I see lots of Canadian plates in Idaho and nobody gets taken to jail. Yeah.

Well, Idaho is one of 50. But go ahead. That's true.

Anyway. Hey, I wanted to talk to you about Dan Hurley. And I think it's interesting that I hear. Here's my take on the length of that contract and the money value on that contract. I think that's a clear message to LeBron. And it says, look, we are serious about hiring a new coach and we are serious about giving them serious money and we're serious about you not being the coach of this team anymore. That's what I think that message is, whether he takes the job or not.

I think that's a message to LeBron that says, look, we're done with your nonsense. We're not going to we're not going to be drafting your son. So if you want to have that happen, you need to move on to a different team. Dave, I don't I don't think so.

Going on. No, I don't think so. I think that the fact that LeBron James has already talked glowingly about Dan Hurley. The fact is, when you're the Los Angeles Lakers, you value talent more than anything else. The Lakers want to keep LeBron. This is not a message to LeBron James.

If anything, they want to be able to placate him in the interim and then still be able to show love into the future for whoever is going to be the next coach. So I don't know. It just sounds like it sounds to me that you don't like LeBron.

Is that accurate? Oh, no, no. Hey, no, no, no. I hate no wrong. I think it's the greatest player in the NBA history. I, I love LeBron. I do. I really do.

I just his son is not NBA material. Yeah. Yeah. Well, right. Right now right now, we know that I just I don't what there's no reason for the Los Angeles Lakers to just, quote unquote, you know, try to stick it to LeBron right now and say we're the boss or we're in charge. I don't think that's the case. I didn't mean to come across that way.

I just say I think the Lakers are trying to take control of the situation and say, look, this is the way it's going to be moving forward. No, no, no. I've been driving the boat now for the last six years. You want a championship with with with. We're not going to get there with you running the boat. No, that's no, that's I don't I don't think I don't agree with that, Dave.

And thank you for calling from Boise. I just think they want both. Obviously, they want to respect him and whatever his decision is. And is LeBron making every decision? No. But is he very influential in all of them? Hell, yes. Hell, yeah, he is. And so is he going to have influence on the head coach? Yes. But I don't think they're trying to take anything away from him and in any type of way.

Hey, we're going to do things our way. He's going to have a say. Does he have final say? I don't think so.

But he's very influential, especially you want to keep him around for the next few years and still still build for the future. OK. Mike is calling from Birmingham. Go ahead, Mike. Hey, my phone is about to die. So if I cut out, you know why? I just got off work.

Listen, first time with your first time caller like to show a lot. But you guys talk about Neanderthals and stuff. But human beings and Neanderthals actually coexisted together. We were living at the same time. And even the species before Homo sapiens, Homo habilis, they walked on two legs.

They had fire, they had stone tools, but they were eating meat, too. I just wanted to drop some knowledge in here. Love the show, man. Thank you. Thank you, Mike.

We don't care about that. Is Mike Tyson? Is Mike? Is Mike Tyson? Can he are berries poisonous to the man? That's what we want to know. Oh, well, I don't know. I mean, Mike Tyson, you know, everyone's got a plan.

Do they get punched? There's a whole song made out of quotes that are ridiculous. OK. All right.

The years I'm on there's no law to keep from killing y'all, you know, stuff like that. But I love Iron Mike. I hope he beats that down. Oh, OK. Thank you, Mike. Appreciate you.

My next door neighbor in Birmingham. I thought he was going to say that he hope he beats the ulcers. Marco Balletti, were you familiar that that Mike Tyson said that that kale and fruit and vegetables were poisonous to him? Did you ever hear that?

I am unaware of this. He did. He said it. He used to be a vegan. And then he realized he was losing his strength.

And he said these these berries and kale and stuff is poisonous to me. That's what he said. Hmm. Losing strength and poisonous, I feel like are different situations. I think they're different scenarios. Maybe that's me, though. Maybe that's just my definition. You can ask Mike Tyson. What do you meant? Face to face.

I think I'm going to pass. Do you ever see that interview? I'm going to pass off, Mike.

I don't care what scenario your situation you're in. You pissed off Mike. He's going to come at you. Mike Tyson confirmed he's no longer vegan. He's gone back to eating meat after claiming that eating kale, vegetables and blueberries is really poisonous for him. Damn went right after the blueberries, huh? Not just any berries, the blueberries. Blueberries are delicious. I love them.

Blueberries are good. Anyway, all the best to Mike Tyson. Now you got to wait until September for that fight. And I'm sure to get canceled between now and then to November. Excuse me, when is it November? Wait a little longer, man. November. So this means it will never happen. November because you'll be fine by then.

Between now and then. No kale. Take out the blueberries. Mike will be fine.

No more ulcers. Damn right. This this is from two years ago.

This is from four years ago. He says he eats elk in something else now. I don't know. Pick pick an animal.

No, no. I don't know. Bison. He can be eating chipmunks for all. Is he eating all the pigeons that he kept? That's what I'm saying. Like, I don't know. Is he getting this stuff from whatever plants that he's got growing in the yard? I don't know.

Here's the full quote. I only eat elk and bison. Wild stuff.

And I'm starting to feel it. I realize the stuff that's good for other people, like kale and vegetables and blueberries. It's poisonous to me.

OK. He says, I balance it. I don't believe in being a vegan. I once did.

I believe you should balance your food because your food is your medicine. OK, so I don't I don't know what Mike Tyson does. I got to say, listening to that, if I didn't know I could, but I love Mike Tyson even more than I did five minutes ago. Mike Tyson invites you over to the house. You're going to eat his cooking. Mike actually cooked it himself. You think you think Mike Tyson? Come on, he cooks, right?

He has to cook at some point in his life. I'm just saying you invite me to Mike Tyson's house. I'll sit and eat with the man. Sure.

You tell me he cooked it. Now I'm a little I'm a little scared. I probably go anyway, but I'm a little scared. Hickey, would you eat Mike Tyson's food if you said come over for dinner? Absolutely. What are you going to tell Iron Mike?

No, thanks. You know, you say that you you ate on the way in and then he then he get real angry. Disrespectful, right? Mike, try to eat me. If you imagine you and Mike invite you for dinner and you walk in with Wendy's and walk in with blueberries. Obviously, we know that's a problem.

What the hell are you bringing that in my house for you? Bleep it. Bleep, bleep, bleep. Get the bleep. I could see it. I'd pay to see it, too. Anyway, it's the J.R. Sportbreeze show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network.

I need to let you. Hey, how about this? Boom. Are you ready for Marco? You ready for this?

Sure. Hickey, you ready for this? Oh, I'm ready with Wendy's three dollar English muffin deal. You don't just get breakfast. You get a proper meal. Get your choice of sausage or bacon, egg and cheese.

English muffin sandwich with small seasoned potatoes. Grab yours today. OK, the NASCAR Cup Series has West Sonoma Raceway in California for the Toyota Save Mart. Three fifty.

Montreux Junior comes in as favorite after winning here last season, looking to go back to back at Sonoma for the second time in his career. Now, that's just a coincidence, guys. You knew that, right? Coincidence. Great marketing by you.

Listen. Take Wendy's to Mike Tyson's house. If they had a blueberry frosty, that would just be the icing on this. I'm not sure if they've gotten that to that yet, but they'll get there.

They will. Listen, if you order a plain vanilla frosty and then you you put blueberries in it, you mash it up there. Blueberry frosty. OK, picture this. It's Friday afternoon when a thought hits you.

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Hyundai, there's joy in every journey. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief. Hey, listen, folks, it is a JR Sport Brief show. Hey, Caitlin Clark strikes back. You know, the other day she had, what, two or three points in New York. Tonight in D.C., her team wins over the Mystics, 85 to 83.

This is the best game of her career. Well, the Mystics suck. They are 0 and 11. They're worse than a fever. How about that?

I didn't know that. 30 points for Caitlin Clark tonight. Seven of 13 from three.

She had eight rebounds and six assists. And now I know why the Washington Mystics have a brunch plan on Sundays. Anyway, let's go back in time. What are some things that happen this day in sports? It's time for this day in sports history.

Hey, it's June 7th. OK, let's go back to 1998 because the Bulls smoked the Jazz 96 to 54. This is a record for the fewest points in an NBA game since the inception of the Shot Clock. OK, after the game, Michael Jordan says, yeah, we whoop their ass.

I don't know. I think that what we basically have done is send them back to make adjustments to the way we play them defensively. And, you know, it forces them to make adjustments that's going to provide them with a win. And I think in Game One, I think defensively we play well. We just didn't execute in the closing minutes. And that was, you know, a little crucial time for us. And I think that's an area that we have improved. Now they have to make adjustments to somehow overcome our defensive pressure and aggressiveness. A kinder and sweeter Michael Jordan. Oh, how sweet.

How about this day, June 7th in 2004, the Tampa Bay Lightning, they won their first Stanley Cup. They beat the Flames 2 to 1. Listen. 15 seconds left to go.

Kiprasov correcting. Traffic's got to get out of there. He heads off where four on four. Once he gets to the bench, Calgary will have the advantage.

They do right now. Running out of time, though. Four seconds left. In front, Happy Boland. The Tampa Bay Lightning have won their first Stanley Cup! Yeah, I mean, I want to hear a lot of that tomorrow between Edmonton and Florida.

How about fast forward? And that was courtesy of ABC. Let's go ahead to 2019 because another team, the Washington Capitals, they beat Vegas.

They won their first cup. Listen. Smith-Belly carried Spieza off. Up comes on back. Orpik threw one around and brought Smith-Belly.

Star! Devontae Smith-Belly has tied the game. Lucas Spieza to take that and he gave it up there. And it's fed back on for Connolly. Saved. Scored! It's Eller.

It's four to three to one. The capital of the country is the capital of the hockey playoffs. They rush out onto the ice to congratulate Braden Holtby. The Washington Capitals for the first time in their 44-year history are the Stanley Cup champions.

Yeah, whoo! That was courtesy of NBC. Anyway, I'm going to watch the Stanley Cup finals tomorrow. I'm going to watch the NBA finals on what day is it? Sunday. And I'm going to mind my business the rest of the weekend. I'm not going to be on air in New York City tomorrow. Don't look for me. I'll be back with you on Monday at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific. Taking it easy.

David from Delaware. You got a quick question. You got to do it now. Shoot! Quick!

What is it? Yeah. Quick question here.

Well, first of all, I think Mike Tyson has so much CTE that he convinced himself. Okay, David, we don't have time for it. What's the question? Sorry. What's the question? My question is, is Jason Tatum the guy?

I'm in a big debate with my friends. Is Jason Tatum the guy? Jason Tatum's good enough to win a championship. Leave from Cincinnati. We have no time.

What's the question? Question is, do you think LeBron Jr., LeBron, he could ever be NBA material if he was to, like, go to the G-League? Yes. I think he has NBA potential, and I'm saying that as a guy who saw him with his own two eyes. I've seen him as a 16-year-old, and I think he can play in the NBA. I just don't think he's ready right now. I think most people would agree.

He has to develop. Listen folks. Hey, Hickey, I can't believe it. I got in two questions.

How about that? And the callers listened. Very impressive.

And they did. Listen, folks, have a great weekend. Thank you so much to super producer and host Ryan Hickey. The JR Sport re-show is done. We'll catch you on Monday. Hickey, you're here Sunday night, right?

10 p.m. Eastern, 7 Pacific. Yeah, the JR Sport re-show is done. Don't move.

Bart Winkler coming up next. Y'all be cool. I love you guys. I really do. I love you a lot.

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We've got available dual wireless charging for our phones so we'll never lose touch with civilization and we won't lose touch with the primordial power of Mother Earth. So which is it? Waste the weekend or do something a little more epic and conquer it in the all new Hyundai Santa Fe. Visit HyundaiUSA.com or call 562-314-4603 for more details. Hyundai, there's joy in every journey.