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A U D A C Y. And we've had a busy show. Thank you so much to Dieter Kertenbach from the Bay Area News Group. He came by to talk to us about the departure of Klay Thompson from the Warriors to the Mavericks. And also Brandon Aiyuk, who's. Well, he's unhappy.
The fact that he doesn't have a contract extension in the Bay Area. Thank you as well to Kurt Heelan from NBC Sports covers all things basketball to talk about Team USA as they get ready for the Olympics in Paris. Cooper Flag is lighting it up.
The players are saying LeBron James is still the best player on the team and is like, damn. And then as well, thank you so much to John Machoda. He covers the Cowboys for the athletic. He came by and talked to us about Dak Prescott in his boot. Well, the fact that he was in a boot last week and Dak Prescott had to tell everybody I'm fine, I'm fine. Everything is fine. Nothing to see here.
I'm fine. You know what? A matter of fact, we'll hear from Dak. We'll hear from Klay Thompson.
We'll hear from them in a few minutes. It's just been a busy day. I mean, DeMar DeRozan was introduced to the Kings and Chris Paul was introduced to the San Antonio Spurs. Chris Paul is just like, yeah, I came to the Spurs because I want to play.
Not trying to chase a championship on the bench like I want to play basketball. A busy, busy day. And then we had an idiot today, someone of the dumbest things I've ever heard in my life and Mike Gundy. Yes, the head coach of Oklahoma State. I don't want to say he put his foot in his mouth. He needs a good foot in his ass. This man pretty much downplayed like drunken driving, driving under the influence. We'll hear from him reluctantly in a second just for educational purposes.
These are the type of things that you shouldn't say. We'll hear from everybody momentarily. OK, I already told you you can listen to the show if you missed a minute, an hour, a second. If you missed an interview, you can hit rewind.
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Now, let's listen to a few people that did some talking today. You know what? Let's start off with Dak Prescott, who last week was photographed in Cabo on vacation with his foot in a boot. The same leg, the same ankle, the same foot that snapped in half on national television against the New York Giants back in 2020. The same leg that he had to deal with a strain the next season. Well, Dak Prescott, we saw the photo of you in the boot.
Dak today at his own camp, he told everybody what was going on. Yeah, I'm great. Honestly, I'm getting older. It's the same ankle, right, that I snapped and had a nasty surgery on four years ago. So, yeah, a couple of hard days of training and, you know, you get a little sore and then you're going on a fishing trip and you want to protect it and make sure that things don't get worse. So literally, it's absolutely nothing.
That's why I suppose that people are reaching, trying to make things that they aren't. I'm getting older, have to take care of my body, have to be smart. And if I can take precautions and lessening something by putting on a boot, I'm going to do it. And so sorry that it costs such a whirlwind.
All right. Well, he's just on vacation, walking around with a boot. He worked so hard before vacation. He's just like, I'm going to put my boot on so I don't hurt my foot fishing. I wonder if he can wear the boot while he plays football. That'll further protect his leg from the pounding that it's going to take.
Now, we did a lot of talking about this. This dude, this man, Dak Prescott, he's going to have to deal with this for the rest of his life, OK? When Dak Prescott is 60 years old, I'm sure his right ankle will be humming and screaming because of the way it was snapped four years ago. OK, yeah, he can walk and play football now, but of course, it's still going to bother him. And am I overly concerned? No. John Michauda said the same thing.
But come on, man, it's not a good look. Your foot is in a boot. You're heading into a contract here. And oh, yeah, Dak, what's the latest with your damn contract?
Listen to this. There's been conversations back and forth, but for the most part for me, as you all know, I've been letting my agent do that, especially as we get right here into training camp. Day one of training camp, my mind flips to just obviously helping my team and just doing everything I can within the organization and on the football field to make sure that I'm my best and everyone around me is their best. And the money and all that will take care of itself as it always has.
Money will take care of itself. Yeah. There's Jerry Jones just running his organization, the Dallas Cowboys, like it's like it's a movie, like it's Hunger Games. He wants Mike McCarthy to sweat. He wants Dak Prescott to sweat. I don't I guess he's I guess he can still sweat. Hickey, you may not know the answer to this, but Jerry Jones, he can physically sweat, right? I don't know. I mean, he eats a lot of salt.
That's what I'm saying. I thought about the the Egg McMuffins and did he put did he put salt on the pancakes? I think it was on the Egg McMuffin, if I'm not mistaken. So an already salty breakfast just added a little bit more sodium. Now, I haven't had this in a long time.
I think this is a good thing for me, at least for my heart. Didn't McDonald's used to sell like a breakfast sandwich with instead of bread, it was pancakes? Yes. Was it the McGriddle? Something like that.
But yes, you're 100 percent right. So maybe he could have put more salt on it. If there's a will, there's a way for Jerry when it comes to putting salt on his food. He just reminds me of Mr. Smithers, not Smithers, his name Smithers. Oh, my God. What's the old Mr. Burns? Oh, he reminds me of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.
Yeah. I guess his son would be Smithers. I don't know.
I don't know. I guess Mr. Smithers. Didn't Smithers secretly love Mr. Burns and not like a father and son? Didn't he, like, love him, love him?
I don't exactly remember. I think Smithers love Mr. Burns. Anyway, the Dallas Cowboys are run like like Mr. Burns runs the nuclear power plant. Anyway, good luck to them in Dallas.
All right. Speaking of Dallas, Klay Thompson is their newest member of the Dallas Mavericks. And Klay Thompson gave an explanation today as to why he decided to leave the Warriors.
Listen to this. A new change of scenery can do wonders, and I'm very grateful for my time at Golden State. But I just felt like moving on could just re-energize me and do something special for the rest of my career. And Dallas was so attractive because of the young players they have, the style of play. When I was watching the playoffs and I'm watching the mass, you know, make a run for the championship, I just saw myself fitting in really well with this team and the personnel. And they look like they have fun playing with each other. They play for each other.
And that was very attractive for me. Good for you, Klay Thompson. Hopefully, Klay Thompson, you want to talk about leg injuries. Hickey, that's one thing I think about professional sports. I know people get shoulder, you know, baseball players, they get hurt everywhere. Arm hurts, shoulder hurts, ribs hurt, obliques hurt.
You got to have developed obliques to hurt them. But man, when it comes to football and basketball, the leg injuries, Hickey, I mean, I guess you get paid enough and you out there running around, you don't worry about it. Hickey, I got a bum left knee. I couldn't imagine.
And by the way, Kevin Durant hasn't been playing with Team USA. He got a sore left calf. What a shock.
Hickey, I don't know. I hear about these that I remember watching Dax ankle break like it would take me one. I don't want to do this no more. Just give me more money. I'm done. I wouldn't want to do that. I'm with you. And imagine being in Klay Thompson shoes where it's not as bad of a break, but you get two season ending injuries in back to back years.
I just from a mental standpoint, I could not come back from that. You just well, this is why we're not professional athletes, right? One of many reasons. I'm not sure. Yeah, you're right.
You're correct. Yeah, I don't got that in me, man. You got to want this.
And good, good for them. I mean, Dax ankle. I saw that thing break. I'm like, oh, my. There's nothing worse than a compound fracture. OK, nothing, nothing.
Paul George, I remember watching him in the summertime and he was for Team USA basketball around the same time of year. The man goes up, he comes down, his leg is in the wrong. Oh, my God. Not trying to freak anybody out, but, you know, shout outs to all these the athletes out there who are toughing it out. I'm not talking about a bruise, a bang, a bump.
I'm talking about ligaments and bones that that gets snap, crackle and pop. I haven't seen Rice Krispies in a minute either. That's that's breakfast food. That's better than that's better than the McGriddle, right? Isn't it?
Oh, way better. Rice Krispies. They still sell it, right? Oh, they do.
They're good. They they got marshmallows in it. A plain like what? Plain, plain marshmallows. I think you're thinking of Lucky Charms. No, I thought Rice Krispies has they don't sell a variety with marshmallows.
Not that I'm aware of. Maybe they've reinvented the wheel a little bit or upgraded, but I thought it was just the the rice. Listen, I feel at one point in time they throw marshmallows in anything and just say here's cereal right now.
How you do it? Is that the break glass in case of emergency sales are down? What do we got to do? Add marshmallows. I think so.
You got to give them give them funky colors and all of this. Look, man, there was a point in time I don't know if they still sell this stuff. Maybe maybe you don't remember either. I don't know. But do you remember they used to have all these it was like Halloween flavored cereal with the different berries like Frankenberry and yes, Boo Berry.
And they had the different ghosts and stuff like that still exist. I don't I don't know. I don't think so. Not maybe not those. I'm going to say no, because that was like in the fruity pebble ish category. I'm not sure they sell fruity pebbles anymore. Oh my God.
That this was that was a part of my childhood. Count Chocula. I was just thinking him. Count Chocula. Boo Berry, Frankenberry and Count Chocula. Hickey, I've tried as an adult to stay away from this eating a bowl of Frankenberry in the morning. But if I went into the market supermarket, if I want to go make groceries and I saw Frankenberry, I'd have to get some, man. I'd have to get some.
And how quickly would you demolish them? Would that be like within a week gone? No, listen, I don't need diabetes that fast. Wait a minute.
Says that I can buy Frankenberry from from Walmart. How about some Cookie Crisp as well? Cookie? Is that who was that? Was that the was that a dog or a rat? I think it was a dog. I think it was the dog. You can't have a rat selling cereal, right?
No, I don't think so. I don't think the kids will like that one. Rat cereal?
Tony the Tiger. You know, now that I said it, there has to be a cereal with a rat on it, right? I don't know. A rat cereal?
Nothing's coming to mind. There's no ratatouille. They think Chuck E. Cheese, he's a rat, ain't he?
Yeah, yeah. So if Chuck E. Cheese, if a giant mouse slash rat could invite your kids to play games and buy tokens, why can't he be on the front of cereal? Imagine how gross Chuck E. Cheese cereal would be. Uh, pizza flavor? This? Probably. I'd figure it's pizza flavored cereal somewhere, right? Right? You got the Google machine?
I'm sure someone makes it somewhere. I've already looked up rat cereal, okay? I'm afraid actually the results you'll get. Rat puffs, okay. Delicacy in some countries. Nah, it's just straight rat puffs.
I'll send you a box to the studio, okay? Yeah, rat puffs. I don't remember growing up as a kid. I don't think we got that one.
We skipped that aisle. You would think in New York City rat puffs would be pretty popular, but we'll see. Hey, you know what? This is a great segue. Speaking of rats, we're going to take a break. When we come back, we're going to talk about somebody who I think, well, let me choose my words carefully. You know what?
Let's, uh, I can do better than that. I don't think this guy is a rat. I just think he's an idiot.
And I told you why earlier in the show. His name is Mike Gundy. He is the head coach of Oklahoma State football. He's he belongs.
How about this? I said that Jerry Jones reminds me of Mr. Burns from the Simpsons. Mike Gundy. I think he needs to be in the next dumb and dumber movie. And I think they've already done dumb, dumb and dumber. So it could be dumb, dumber, dumber and dumberous. He can be dumberous. You'll hear from Mike Gundy and why I think he's an idiot on the other side of the break.
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That's 855-212-4227. Unfortunately, what I'm about to share with you is no laughing matter. You know, we talked about it earlier in the show. It was brought up again at the end of last hour. And, you know, I hope more is said about it just over the next forever, over the next couple of hours, over the next couple of days, at least in the case of Mike Gundy, the head coach, the head football coach over at Oklahoma State. I'm pretty sure you've heard maybe in the news or in passing about star running back Ali Gordon. This man was voted the best running back in college football last year and he was more than seventeen hundred yards rushing. Twenty one touchdowns on the ground.
He's pretty much the centerpiece of their attack. Unfortunately, Ali Gordon was arrested prior to the holiday, prior to Fourth of July, under the suspicion of driving under the influence. He refused a breathalyzer on the scene. He had a half drunken bottles of alcohol in his vehicle. And by the time he got to the police station, he blew over the point eight, which is the BAC limit.
And ultimately today was Big 12 media day. We don't know what his legal standing is going to be, but we know that the team, at least they can, you know, impose a suspension. They can say stay home. They could put them on leave.
They could do a lot of things. But head coach Mike Gundy pretty much said we're not going to suspend him. His suspension is going to be, I don't know, carrying the ball 50 times in the first game.
Listen to Mike Gundy explain why he is not suspending Ali Gordon for a game despite his arrest. We're in a time where you guys are essentially employees. You guys make lots of money to play this game.
It's different than it was five years ago. And your punishment is going to be facing the facts. That's why we brought him here today. I said, you're not going into hiding. You're going to face the music.
You're going to have to stand up and talk to people and answer questions. And hopefully more than football, you can learn from the situation you've been in. Because if not, then we have a real issue. But he's going to play. And I'm going to do what I think, what we think is best for Oklahoma State football. And I think it's best for Ali to play.
If there's any punishment, it's make him carry the ball 50 times in the first game. Oh, just, and I explained this last hour, a couple of hours ago. It's just, it's stupid. Like he didn't violate a curfew that the guy was on the road with alcohol in his car.
Like that's dangerous. The lesson shouldn't be, hey, talk to the media about it. Grow up. It should be, hey, understand that football is, it's not here for you. Like it's not your God-given right to just earn millions of dollars, even in college playing football, not to stand in front of the media and just go, oh, I messed up. I apologize. Which he did.
He shouldn't just be out here. But things got worse from there. Mike Gundy and another opportunity to chat, talk to the media during an interview, he went further and he started to say that, you know, he made a mistake and then he compared it. Well, I can't even say it.
Listen to this idiot. So I looked it up on my phone. What would be the legal limit? Like in Oklahoma is 0.08 and Ollie was 0.1.
So I looked it up and it was based on body weight, not to get into the legal side of it, but I thought really two or three beers or four. I'm not justifying what Ollie did. I'm telling you what decision I made. Well, I thought I probably done that a thousand times in my life. And, you know, it's just fine. So I got lucky. People get lucky. Ollie made a decision that he wished he could have done better. Oh, my God.
I'm not going to I'm not going to beat down as hard the same point that I made earlier in the show. People make a lot of mistakes behind the wheel. These things are not just mistakes. They can kill they can kill people.
All right. Just whether you are distracted driving and driving under the influence, you are speeding. There's so many ways that people can die on the road. Minnesota Vikings had one of their own players die in a car last week. We had a raider kill someone in a vehicle here in Georgia. The Bulldogs have had a series of issues where people have died on the road. I mean, after their championship in twenty twenty three. Come on now.
We had we had people dying on the road after the parade like this isn't this isn't a video game. It's not to be taken lightly. I implore and I said this earlier, the athletic director at Oklahoma State to do or say something because Mike Gundy, as I told you, is not intelligent enough to put forth a statement that's actually I don't know, adult adult.
I've done this thousands. That's not an adult. If I'm a parent at Oklahoma State and my kid is under this guy's tutelage.
Yeah. No, my child is not a baby. They're my baby, but they're not a kid. They're a young man.
They're a young person. I'd be looking at Mike Gundy like, can you pass an IQ test? You're just saying that you've done this thousands of times and it's no people died doing this, Mike.
I don't know. Maybe he got his bell rung enough times at Oklahoma State when he played that, you know, his brain is now mush. But this is that's one of the worst statements I have ever, ever heard in my life. And he didn't sound too clear on on whose decision it was or was not. Chad Wieberg, Wieberg, whatever his name is, the athletic director with the Cowboys.
He needs to come out and say something. You know, and speaking of stupid things, having to deal with Oklahoma State totally unrelated. Kiki, did you hear?
Well, of course, I know, you know. This is how we know things are getting crazy in the NBA. Cade Cunningham for the Detroit Pistons today signed a five year, 224 million dollar contract. I know he I know he's been hurt. But what are the Pistons done since he's been there?
These were number one overall pick in 20. What the hell has he done? Did I miss something?
They broke a record for the most losses in a row. That's that's something that gets you two hundred and twenty four million. I guess so. You know, for that amount of money, I'll sign up to be a loser. Why not?
I don't know. And unrelated. And he played for Oklahoma State. This is the news that I heard earlier today on CBS Sports HQ. And I knew it was coming. This wasn't a shock. The Pistons almost have no choice but to pay this man.
Listen to this. Big news coming out of the NBA. Cade Cunningham has agreed to a five year, two hundred and twenty four million dollar max extension with the Pistons.
That's according to ESPN. The deal can reach a maximum value of two hundred and sixty nine million dollars and makes him the highest paid player in franchise history. Cunningham has been with the Pistons since twenty twenty one when he was selected with the number one overall pick in that year's NBA draft.
Since then, he's averaged 20 points, six and a half assists and five rebounds per game in three seasons in Detroit. Look, Pistons are just paying everybody, right? It's the same Pistons team that told Monty Williams, we know you don't want to coach.
We know you took time off. We know you had to deal with a family tragedy, but we want you to coach anyway. So here's a six year deal, almost 80 million bucks. And they fired him after one year. They got to pay this guy like 60 something million dollars for the next six years. OK, now you got Trajan Langdon in there cleaning the house, you got Bickerstaff like things can't get any worse, right? For the Detroit Pistons and they got no choice. They got to pay the man. Cade Cunningham is going to be good if he's if he's healthy. Knock on wood, what a crazy NBA where you can only in the NBA.
Can you be a loser and or get fired and still make millions? Not too bad. I need to stretch myself out the six foot nine and see how things might work out for me. It might be too late.
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That's 855-212-4227. I don't know what the hell is going on with Oklahoma State. Pretty wild. Speaking of college, we come back on the other side. I want to tell you about a woman who's returning to college. And then I want to tell you about an NFL player, a superstar who's changing his name. And then, of course, I'm going to tell you about quite a few things that took place this day in sports history.
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What are some of them? The Frankenberry. I want to put salt on my... What is that?
Egg McGriddle, like Jerry Jones. These are things I want to do, Hickey, but I don't think I'd last. I'm with you. Look, they say all good things in moderation for that reason, because if not, I mean, we are all dead in 10 years. Maybe sooner than that.
Maybe sooner than that. You know what? That's why it's always good. If you can, try a little bit of a lifestyle change.
You do it over time. Change is good. Change is good. Nothing wrong with a little bit of change.
Nobody wants to be stuck in stasis. Speaking of change, you know, earlier today, it came down the news pipe that Josh Allen changed his name. No, not Josh Allen from the Buffalo Bills.
I hate to say this. The other Josh Allen, the one that doesn't throw passes, but destroys the guys who do throw the passes. Josh Allen of the Jacksonville Jaguars. This man early this year, he signed a five-year $150 million extension.
Not too shabby when you almost get 18 sacks last season. He's going, or he's added his mother's family name to the name on his jersey. So he is now Josh Hines Allen. And you got to love being a superstar in the NFL or in any sport, because when you change your name, it matters. When the guy at the end of the bench changes his name, they probably go, man, we just going to cut you because you're having an identity crisis. Not for Josh Allen. I mean, he got a whole video on social media explaining the name change.
It has a lot to do with his family's athletic history and his mom and his dad's name. Listen to this. It's not a struggle to finally say that this is what I want to do. This is what we're going to do. I am deciding to change my last name. I'm Joshua Hines Allen, defensive end, Jacksonville Jaguars. You know, I've always been a Hines and legacy is forever.
Family's important to me because when you come from a rich history of athletic people in your family and myself being the youngest one to go to all of my sister's games, to know what my uncles did in college and in the NBA, it just means something a little bit more. It was almost destined for me to follow that footsteps. It's going to be a surreal moment the first time I can get my name announced. Growing up, having my sisters run out the tunnel, intros, lights going dark, Hines Allen. Everybody's watching me and I just thought that was the coolest thing. My last name has changed, but I am still that person and I'm going to continue to play like it and play even better. Now it's like I have the attention of people that are interested. They saw what I did last year, so now I can create my narrative on what I want to do and that's why I think right now is the perfect time. Once I get to the Pride of the Jaguars, I'm going to say Joshua Hines Allen.
When I look there, it's like next to my legacy and that's what I've always wanted and that's going to say that. Good for him. I hope it works out for him. I mean, how many times do you want to walk around being known as the other Josh Allen? I mean, does anybody really care that his name changed? I don't think anybody cares except for him and his family. I know the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to do an entire jersey exchange, but to me, no big deal. But for him, great. The Jacksonville Jaguars have an opportunity to market him and he can market himself and he doesn't have to be confused with the guy in Buffalo who throws the football. He's now Joshua Hines Allen. Good for him.
And speaking of a change, I guess this is someone who's not going through much of a change. Livvy Dunn. We talked about her briefly last night. She is the girlfriend of Paul Skeans of the Pittsburgh Pirates and she is probably, well, no, she is more famous than him. According to the internet, where she has more than 10 million social media followers. She makes millions of dollars. I'm not going to be a jerk, but she makes a lot of this money by being pretty. She is someone who was on the U.S. national team. I don't think she's older than 21, 22. She went on social media today.
She's returning to LSU, the gymnastics team, for her fifth year. This is the most famous, making more money than NIL, this. She she's just a star. And I wouldn't even know this woman, you know, if she just just walked by me right now. But she's ridiculously famous. She has security at LSU because people are creeps and obviously she wants to go back.
Not for the creeps, but I guess for the money. Listen to this. Dear LSU, these past four years have changed my life. There's something about putting on a purple and gold leotard. There's something about competing in front of 13,000 screaming tiger fans. There's something about being pushed by your coaches to be your very best. And there's something about being part of a team that made school history. And no matter how many opportunities come my way off the mat, there's just something about LSU.
LSU. And that's why I'm here to say I'm not done yet. Here's your five, baby. OK, that's what you do if you're on social media.
You make fancy videos that make me go, OK, fine, whatever. Hickey, it wasn't that bad at LSU. Well, for her to return, even though it was only, you know, October, November of last year, she had to stop attending classes physically on LSU's campus because she was receiving creepy messages from a stalker. She got a guy, another guy tried to break into the gymnastics facility.
Where was all of that in her return video? Someone tried to break in the facility? Somebody tried to break in. Man, people, you know, people are crazy. You know that, right? Yeah, I guess so. No, I mean, no, not they are crazy.
And I did know that. But I guess to that level of breaking and entering to to to what, like, Florida? I don't know. Maybe to find the mat that she ran on. I don't know. Are some sickos out there.
Where's the balance being? You know, I don't know. I don't know.
You know, whatever. She's going to go back to LSU. She's not going to attend class.
She's going to show up to whatever gymnastics, whatever she needs to do. Maybe she already has a degree and then she's just going to hang out with Paul Skeans and I don't know, be a model, an influencer. That's a job for the rest of her life. You know, that is. And look, it's a job I envy.
That'd be a lot of fun being famous, hanging out with a famous boyfriend with Stark. You want to start? No, I don't. I don't want. I don't want to be that level of famous.
No, that does not seem fun. I can find you a stock in Baton Rouge. You want one? I can get you one easy. I'm good. I'm good. Thank you. I appreciate the offer, though. You're welcome. You're welcome. Anyway, I hope that safety is in her future.
It's not that bad at LSU because she is returning somewhat, I guess. Whatever. Anyway, let's let's return to a few things that has taken place in the past. Maybe you were alive for some of these things.
Maybe you weren't. Either way, we gonna talk about them right now. It is the J.R. Sportbree show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. It is July 9th. The year is 2024. But if we go back to July 9th, 1968, Wilt Chamberlain. He was traded. He was traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Wilt Chamberlain at the time was the first reigning MVP to be traded. That took place in 1968. It's July 9th.
Let's move forward to July 9th. The year 2002. I remember this embarrassment. It took place in Milwaukee. It was the Major League Baseball All-Star game. Bud Selig sitting in the stands, the American League, the National League. They ran out of pitchers. And Bud Selig decided to say, this game is ending in a 7-7 tie. Listen to the call courtesy of some guys at Fox.
Uttered the line in the movie. Garcia with a 2-2 pitch to Santiago. Game over. And this game will end in a 7-7 tie.
Yeah, the familiar voice of Joe Buck and God bless the soul of Tim McCarver. That took place the tie in 2002. Unfortunately after that, they decided to make the stupid All-Star game count towards home field advantage in the World Series.
Thank you God that they don't do that anymore. July 9th, 2006. Italy. They won the World Cup. They won it on penalty kicks.
Italy. They beat France 5-3. Shout out to Zinedine Zidane who decided to headbutt somebody in the match. But anyway, listen to this courtesy of FIFA.
Let me tell you, a World Cup ending on penalties is ridiculous. Like you can't make that up. Anyway, July 9th in 2011, something else you can't make up. Man, it seemed like Derek Jeter, everything always worked out for this guy. Today, July 9th, 2011, Derek Jeter hit his 3,000th hit. It was a home run. He went 5 for 5 from the field that day. Had two RBIs, a stolen base. The Yankees beat the Rays 5 to 4 and he hit his 3,000th hit this home run off of David Price who was no scrub. Take a listen to this on the Yes Network. Like everything that Derek Jeter does, everything is perfect.
All he does is win and win and win. How about this day? July 9th, 2016. Serena Williams does it again. She wins Wimbledon. It was her 7th Wimbledon singles title. Her 22nd Majors title overall. And she beat Angelique Kerber.
Take a listen to this. It's crazy. Serena would only go on to win one more Grand Slam. She won the Australian Open the following year to put her at number 23, which is the most Grand Slam championships in the open era.
It's pretty much since I want to say 68 or 58 when they allowed the amateurs and the pros to go out there and play together. Serena in a class of her own. Derek Jeter in a class of his own. And yeah, all of those are things that took place this day in sports history.
It's July 9th, okay? Listen folks, it's been a hell of a show. And I appreciate you for hanging out here with myself and super producer and host Ryan Hickey. We've had some amazing guests that have come through and join us. Dieter Kurtenbach came through from the Bay Area News Group. We talked about the 49ers and the Warriors. I want to give a big old thank you to Curt Heelan. He joined us from Las Vegas as Team USA Basketball.
Well, they're playing against a 17-year-old select, a select shin in Cooper Flag. He's over here shooting jump shots over Anthony Davis. And they say LeBron James is still the best player on the team. Well, I mean, damn. And then also, we had a great conversation. John Machoda joined us to talk about Dak Prescott, the Dallas Cowboys, their evil owner, Mr. Burns, aka Jerry Jones.
And then also, you know, I guess Dak and his foot, whatever's going on there. And so if you missed a minute or a second of the show, whether it's talking about Mike Gundy or Klay Thompson or Livvy Dunn or Joshua Hines Allen, hey, hit rewind on the Free Odyssey app. We've had a busy show, and I can't do anything but say thank you for hanging out with us. We will be back with you again tomorrow at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific.
Of course, I'm going to be sharing with you a new top six list. You thought Mike Gundy at Big 12 Media Day today was nuts? Deion Sanders talks tomorrow.
Can't wait to hear what Deion has to say. You can find me online at JR Sport Brief. Y'all be safe, be cool, be well, be good. The JR sport we show on the Infinity Sports Network is done, but don't move. A, because I said so.
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