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Say hello and tell it demand that it play the Infinity Sports Network. A busy day, a busy Wednesday. Of course it is today. We went through a lot of things.
Of course, it's Wednesday. And so we talked about or I gave you a new top six list today. We went through some of the biggest underdogs that we've ever seen in sports. Top six list. I told you that U.S. hockey beating the Soviet Union in 1980 is the biggest underdog story that we've ever seen in sports. OK, you missed the list. Go ahead.
Hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. We'll get to that in a second. Talked about the White Sox. They've had an interesting well, they've had an interesting month, a lot of losing until they actually won a game last night. Congratulations to the Chicago White Sox. They won a game. They did not break the American League loss record. Twenty one straight losses until they won last night. And you want to know what the White Sox did today? They lost again, but at least they lose in straight games. So congratulations to them. Brandon, are you didn't get traded yet?
Nope. He's still a San Francisco forty niner. We were joined earlier in the show by Andrew Filipponi from ninety three seven, the fan in Pittsburgh. Andrew Filipponi said a source told him that it's only a matter of time before Brandon is a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thank you, Andrew Filipponi, for joining us. Go ahead.
Hit rewind on the free Odyssey app and you can get you can get the lowdown on that. We talked about Jim Harbaugh being punished by the NCAA recruiting violations dating back to a covid time. He allegedly sat down with a recruit and had breakfast when he wasn't supposed to. I'm not joking.
And they say he had a cheeseburger. I'm also not joking because they have a receipt. I am not joking.
Nothing that I said over the last twenty five seconds was a joke. Also, he's punished. He's going to be suspended for a year by the NCAA.
Here's the thing, though. He don't work there anymore. He's in the NFL. I don't think he's going back to college.
That's just a hunch. We talked about the Philadelphia Eagles. So many conversations about the relationship between Nick Sirianni and his star quarterback Jalen Hurts after that disaster of an ending last season.
Theme goes to a Super Bowl one year. Shane Steichen leaves and out of trash. That's how it works, right? That's how it goes.
So much going on. I'll be hanging out with you for one more hour. 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. For the rest of this hour, I'm going to have some fun like I always do. I'm going to pick up the phones.
855-212-4227. At the end of the show, I'm going to share with you quite a few things that took place this day in sports history. It is still August 7th. We're going to go back in time.
And then we got to talk Olympics, right? Except for this story is not a good one. It's a bad one. It's a bad story. Anyway, last hour, I gave you a top six list of the biggest underdogs in sports history. Go hit rewind.
Go listen to the last hour and then you can listen. But here's the deal. And number six, I gave you Buster Douglas beaten Tyson. And number five, I gave you the New York Giants knocking off the undefeated Patriots. And number four, you want to talk about some of the biggest underdogs in sports history? Number four is Kurt Warner.
Number three is Muggsy Bowes. And number two, I gave you Villanova. Over Georgetown. And then number one, I told you about U.S. hockey beating Russia, excuse me, the Soviet Union at the time, back in 1980.
They beat them and then they ultimately beat Finland to win gold in the 1980 Winter Olympics out in Lake Placid, New York. But there's a lot of underdogs, a lot of teams, a lot of individuals who had no business winning a damn thing. They went out there.
And they did so. Who comes to your mind? Who's an underdog?
Who's somebody who had no business going out there and winning a damn thing? Tell me. Fill me in. 855-212-4227. Adam is calling from Virginia. You're on the chair of support. We show us up, Adam. Hey, what's up, man? How are you?
I love listening to your show. I'm doing good. How are you? I'm excellent. Tell me about the underdog.
All right. The underdog I'm thinking about is the 1987 Washington Redskins, now the commanders. Joe Gibbs, Bobby Besser formed a team of scab players, the replacements.
There was a movie about it. Tony Robinson out on parole from Tennessee along with Anthony Allen, a receiver. They beat the Dallas Cowboys 13 to 7. And they had no business winning that game, but they hoisted Joe Gibbs upon their shoulders and carried him off the field. He's won some Super Bowls, but I bet he remembers that victory very well.
Well, thank you. I remember Doug Williams helping to win a championship later on that time as well. Yeah, they won a Super Bowl that year.
Yes, sir, they won a Super Bowl that year. We've had we've had Doug Williams right here on the show. I've spoken to Doug plenty enough times.
And I met him a couple of times at the game in passing. Have all this. I hate to call them scabs. They gave all them scabs. Then they give them rings, too, right? Yeah, they got Super Bowl rings.
Yes, they did. Yeah, but it's just a great story that I think a lot of the Redskins history is often underrated and not talked about enough, especially with Joe Gibbs has done winning three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks. None are in the Hall of Fame. And, you know, it's just not talked about enough how he was the innovator of the HVAC formation. Well, Adam, there's there's a reason we don't have to have too much of a further conversation.
We got a lot of people here who want to talk. I think there's one there's one guy that I think we can blame for the past 25 years of history being trash and being forgotten. OK. Yeah, this was before the Snyder era. Yeah, absolutely. I'm not old. Yeah.
Well, I think Dan Snyder has a lot to do with their history being kind of forgotten a little bit. Hey, Adam, thank you for calling for me. Hey, thanks for taking me, man. Appreciate it. No doubt about it. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. We're talking about underdogs.
We're talking about some of the biggest underdogs in sports history. Jack is here from Michigan. You're on the JR Sport Reef show. Yo, what's going on there? How are you doing, man?
I'm excellent, Jack. Do me a favor. Hit me with the underdog.
OK, here go the underdog, man. I can't believe you forgot about the 1984 North Carolina State Wolfpack, man. They beat five slam a jammer. Yeah, I didn't I didn't forget about them.
They get talked about so much on the show. I had to talk about somebody else, Jack. Oh, yeah, man. That was that was an epic game, man.
I forget the guy who had the tip and dunk. You know, Renzo, Lorenzo Charles. Yes. OK, you go.
You're welcome. Yeah. Lorenzo Charles, man. Yeah, that was one of my favorite games, man. Well, yeah. Well, like I said, I didn't forget. We we have so many opportunities to talk about Jim Valvano and how inspirational he is and his story.
Sometimes I got to switch things up, Jack. I got you. I got you. Thank you so much for calling from what part of Michigan you call it from? I'm calling from Pontiac, man. Thirty, thirty minutes north of Detroit. Yes. I know all about Pontiac.
You excited for them lines this year? Oh, my God, man. I am like the biggest Lions fan. I'm 60 years old, man. I've been a Lions fan since I was seven.
So you can do the math. Is Jamison is Jamison Williams. Y'all took his phone away from the the fantasy and the gambling, right? Oh, definitely, man. But he's the key, though. He is definitely the key, man. That's right, man.
There we go. That's why I said I hope you all took his phone away. Hey, Jack, thank you for calling from Michigan. Good luck to your guy. Tell him to stop fighting the Giants, OK? I'll tell the man. I'm a tell him tomorrow. OK, that game.
All right. Thank you, Jack, for calling from Michigan. The New York Giants and the Lions. They were both fined two hundred thousand dollars today by the NFL for all this damn fighting that they've done. Over the past couple of days, it's like, hey, the NFL is like, you're supposed to be practice and stop the damn fight.
No mas, no mas, no more. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
Talking about underdogs, some of the biggest underdogs that we've ever seen in sports history. Jay is calling from Maryland. You're on the JR Sportbreeze show. What's up, Jay? Hello, Joe. How are you? I'm amazing.
How are you? I am very good. Thank you. Appreciate it.
Sure. Yeah, this goes back, though, I'd say well before your time, but I remember watching the game. I can't say who all the players were, but when Notre Dame ended UCLA's 88 game win streak in 1974 and ESPN even made a documentary about it. And it's it's considered to be one of college college sports, all time greatest upsets. So I just thought I'd throw that out there to you. Well, thank you. You are right.
That's about a decade before my time, Jay. I appreciate you for coming through and reminding me. Sure.
Definitely. All right. Thank you very much. Have a great night. Thank you so much, Jay.
You as well. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. Let's go to another underdog, Jess. Oh, Jesse's calling from Boise on the JR Sportbreeze show.
What's up, Jesse? Hey, boss, thanks for taking call. Appreciate it. No doubt about it.
Go ahead. Tell me about that underdog. So, of course, I got to say Boise State 2007 against the ball against Oklahoma. Yeah, we went to that one.
Another one is the 2007 app state over Michigan. Oh, here we go. Yeah. You're just rubbing it in salt in the wound.
All the Michigan fans that are already upset today. I remind them. OK, go ahead. Go ahead. Explain. Remind everybody. Go ahead, Jesse. They're getting the big heads with the Lions in Michigan. I got to get them out of that.
OK, well, thank you. Well, are you a Boise State fan or you app? Who do you root for? I'm a Boise State fan, but I mean, that's obvious. But Appalachian State was a bigger upset. I got to say that.
So you came you basically came you called up the radio station to rub salt in the wounds of Michigan fans. Absolutely. OK, I think they're fine. They just won the championship. But this that'll last them.
How many? Another year or three months? How long is the championship going to last?
Oh, no idea. But with hardball gone, you never know. OK. Yeah.
He ain't coming back either. Hey, Jesse, thank you so much. Exactly. Thank you, man. Appreciate it. No doubt about it.
Yeah. Appalachian State beat Michigan. Thirty four to thirty two.
That was also 2007 eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. Brian is calling from Buffalo. You're on the J.R. sport brief show. Brian, we're talking some of the biggest underdog stories in sports history. What you got for me?
How you doing, man? I might sound weird, might sound crazy, but I want to say Tom Brady. The man was one hundred ninety nine pick of the draft. The very last pick, Mr.
Irrelevant. And the man just took over the whole entire league seven times. And nobody thought about that, man.
Nobody thought about him being being feared by him. Forty. Forty times was terrible. You know, he was sitting on the bench until butts. OK. Just got caved in by Mo Lewis. And did you say just know his brain got caved in.
OK, this is the man had he got concussed eight times with that one hit by Mo Lewis. OK. Yeah. Yeah. I'm a Buffalo Bills fan. You know, I'm a Buffalo.
So, you know, I. How do you feel? Well, don't forget Brady for a minute.
It sounds like you're having a traumatic experience. How are you feeling about the Bills this year? Are you excited, a little less excited based on the offseason than last year?
I'm extremely excited because they finally started to run the ball. You know, that new coordinator took over mid season last year and we had to win six out of seven games. And he did it by mixing it up, running the ball, throwing in a little bit of pass, getting rid of the diva. You know, I know he was good.
He was well and all that good stuff. But he just got to the point where he felt like he was the only one that should get the ball. And that's not football.
It's not football. So how do you feel about Mr. Keon Coleman? You like him?
You know, you know, it remains to be seen. I like his attitude. His attitude is awesome.
I don't think he'll ever be a cancer. You know, I'd like to see him in a game situation. You know, we all look at these draft picks and we say, oh, man, he's going to be awesome. You look at the game and again, he sucks, you know, and so you got to see the man in action.
You know, well, it's a real and worse and worse comes to worst. If Keon Coleman doesn't work out on the football field for Buffalo, he can do stand up comedy. I know a couple of places across in Rochester he could go to do comedy. Well, good luck to you, Brian. OK. Thank you, sir.
I had no doubt about it. Andrew is. Andrew is so many L's and C's and calling. Andrew is calling from California. You're on the J.R. sport. We show us up, Andrew. Hey, J.R., man. Thanks for taking the call.
I'll make it quick. My dad is a huge, huge fan of the 1969 Miracle Med. He tells me the story. One hundred and one odd before the season started. The old shoe polish story. I can't remember the exact content context, but some foul ball got sprayed into the dugout. Someone rubbed shoe polish on it.
And then they pointed out and said, hey, it was a foul ball hit off his foot. So I just wanted to drop that for you. I know I want to be quick. I love the show. Thank you. Well, thank you so much, Andrew.
I appreciate it. Hickey, was he getting abducted by aliens in the back? What was that stuff? That was a yeah.
I can't even describe what that sound was. I don't know. Look, not anybody that that tells you about the New York Mets winning anything. Yeah, they are underdogs.
Good for the end. Nineteen nineteen sixty nine Miracle Mets. I'm from New York.
I've heard all of the Miracle Mets stories. If only they would win something and. I don't know this century.
That'd be nice, right? They got Hickey. Do you think they got them now? Was that 10 years ago now at this point against Kansas City? They're like a decade ago. We're getting there. Pulling up was at 15, right? Twenty fifteen.
Oh, my God. Feels like yesterday. New York Yankees haven't won since oh, nine. Jets haven't won since ninth. The New York Jets last won a championship when the Mets won this championship in nineteen sixty nine. At least the Mets won another one in eighty six. New York Jets. I think about my God, the New York Jets, a New York City team.
All the money, the resources, all these players that want to go there and do nothing and party and all this other stuff. They won a championship since sixty sixty nine. New York Knicks haven't won a championship since seventy three. Shame. Shame, shame, shame. New York Rangers ninety four, man.
Come on. Hickey, why the New York teams? They can't win more consistently in a little bit of a drought now, man.
A little bit is kind. New York City has like 12 professional sports teams. Who's the last one that won? Was it like one of the soccer teams right now? And why CFC have the oh, I mean, MLS.
If that's what we're claiming, sheesh, we're in trouble. Yeah. MLS has a last. The Giants got to be the last ones, right? New York Giants. They got to be the last two thousand eleven. What is Boston done?
Oh, my God. Win everything. They win everything. New York can win one thing. I don't know what they've done that we haven't done, but I would like that.
Please, whatever it does, whatever it takes. I don't know. I don't know.
Damn. What New York team is closest to winning? The Yankees, probably Yankees and the Jets.
That sounds dirty to say. Yankees. What?
What? Who has the best odds to win a championship first? I mean, let's just I mean, we're in a calendar year. The Jets are going, oh, the Yankees going into this season. The Jets are going into this season. So if we had to say who had the best chances of winning a title between now and I don't know, June of next year.
Would you say? Yankees, Jets, Knicks, or would you say Yankees, Knicks, Jets? I mean, is it crazy to say the Knicks number one?
Oh, the Yankees just like this is we've seen this every year from them. Yeah, but there's less. There's I don't want to say there's less teams.
True. All you have to do is, quote unquote, get hot. A little easier, right? Let the Knicks baseball is definitely easier. The Knicks got to go through multiple rounds and then they got to end up. You know, it's just healthy.
Yeah, it's tough. It's not. And it's not like the Knicks. Yeah, they got Jalen Brunson, but it's not like they got numero uno guy, you know, like they don't have enough.
I don't know. We'll see. They will.
They will fight tooth and nail with anybody. I think that the second best team in the East, if they're healthy. It's going to be tough. And then the Jets, no comment on them, huh?
Yeah, I would not feel if they are the best hope for the city. Let's just say that drought is going to continue for a long time. Can't wait for Aaron Rodgers to say something crazy. It's it's been about what, a month, three weeks. Would you say like week three before he says something nuts?
Yeah, because now I mean, you're still in the honeymoon phase. He's back in training camp. Everyone, you know, still loves you again. They barely saw you last year.
How much? I mean, they had a little spat with him and Garrett Wilson. How much can you actually get mad during training camp?
It's the happiest time of the year. Media wise, at least. Well, we haven't we got hard knocks with the Jets last year and there's no hard knocks this year. So no funny Aaron Rodgers stories.
Not yet. You know what? Let's take a break. When we come back on the other side, we actually had the summer debut of hard knocks. The Chicago Bears are getting the treatment that people are talking about. Caleb Williams and his his mercy.
Is it a murse? Yeah, we'll get into that on the other side of the break and then we'll actually share some of the audio with you. Hard knocks is some of the best stuff on TV. We'll talk about it on the other side.
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Oh, man. There's so many fights. I mean, NFL players, I guess they're sick of training camp already. I told you earlier in the show, both the Detroit Lions and the New York Giants, they've been fined individually. Two hundred thousand dollars each for the training camp fights that they have had earlier this week.
Now we got an actual game tomorrow between the New York Giants and the Lions. And so when they actually play or at least the backups play, maybe there'll be less fights. Hickey, you said less fights because these guys are gonna be fighting for jobs, right? That's right. And you can't afford you can't win a job if you're not playing. That's right.
You can't. We got more fights. How about this? It's been reported that the Seattle Seahawks at least five fights broke out at practice today, including one where D.K. Metcalf, one of the physical freaks of the NFL.
This guy got to be, what, six five six six to thirty to forty. The guy's built like a truck, built like a tank, can chase down another wide receiver, defensive back, whatever the hell it is. He reportedly swung a helmet at his own teammate, Trey Brown.
Well, damn. Head coach Mike McDonald. Welcome to the NFL, man.
You got to control these dudes, bro. Good luck, Seattle. What am I expecting from them this year? A whole lot of nothing. I'm sorry. Just being honest. Hell of a transition they got going on right before we went to break.
I told you about a transition. Chicago Bears got a new quarterback. Caleb Williams, also in one of the greatest shows that's on sports television ever. It really is one of the greatest sports TV shows.
Hard knocks. It's one of the best things to watch. It might be one of the only things to watch in the summertime. Every summer, it's like, hey, I want to see a loser NFL team, you know, go out there and try to put their lives together. In this season, it's the Bears.
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From Southern California at quarterback, 6'1", Caleb Williams. Now I got to sit down and watch this now, right? Is that what I got to do? I got to watch Hard Knocks tonight? I will say I did not watch last night.
Just that clip alone I will watch on my own. It got me. Yeah, it did too.
I got to be honest. I didn't know that they started yet until I saw that clip today. I did. I'm behind. I think I've missed the last two New York Giants clips, man. I'm behind. Well, it's funny.
You don't expect it, right? Because it's all the New York Giants. But you almost lose track of time because Hard Knocks is on the offseason edition that you're like, oh wow, yeah.
It's that time where the training camp edition is set ready to go. Yeah, I don't have time. I got to watch the White Sox when I leave here, you know? Last night I had to see if they were going to win or whether they were going to lose. That's more important than watching Hard Knocks, you know?
Hey, at least I got it out of the way early today for you. Oh, the White Sox? Yeah. Well, I guess you don't really have to watch it anymore right now that they won and snapped the streak. You think they got another, I don't know, what, 14, 15 game losing streak in them? I think so. Oh, definitely. They got two already. How pathetic.
Marco Belletti, you think the White Sox can lose another 15 straight games? Hell yeah. Yeah. That's sad. Is it though?
I don't know. I don't find it that sad. I got to be fair. You stink. You stink. Well, it is sad. It's a sad story. I guess.
I don't know. Look, I'll be fair. Winning is nice. Losing is not nice.
Come on. I kind of felt for them, but the little bit that I saw in the clips last night, a little too happy to break a 21 game losing streak for me. Be happy that they let you shake hands and get your ass off the field. A little too happy for me. They didn't look. They look kind of even if you ask me. You should have looked really happy.
A little too much for me. You're 60 games under. You stink. Get off the field. They did.
You make it sound like they hopped up on the mound like they won game seven of the World Series. I don't know. I didn't expect anything.
I was kind of surprised that there was a little too much emotion for me. OK. You know what? Why don't you put your resume in to manage on the rest of the year? They'll give you a shot. I think at this point everybody gets a shot.
You know, I think my guess is because they haven't made a change yet. This is the look, man, you're going to wear it. Everybody stinks in this room and you're not allowed to leave here until this season's over. It's almost like a punishment. You're going to be staying in that dugout and you're going to have to deal with all this garbage that we've surrounded you with. And then at the end of the year, when everything's gone and we lose everything, including the furniture, then we'll put you out of your misery. So when does Pedro Grifol get fired? Like a minute after the season ends? A day? The night?
An hour? What are they waiting for? If they finish the season on the road, he gets fired on the plane. At least he can go on vacation. Well, no, he has to be on the plane ride back to Chicago? He can't even stay on vacation?
No, I think you know, again, this is all about punishment. It's about letting him know the day he goes. So the second he goes home, like it's almost kind of like, look, you should have cleaned out your locker a long time ago. So after the game is over, we'll let you come back to our facility, get the rest of your stuff and get the hell out of here.
I'm looking up the White Sox schedule, OK? You want to let him, you want to pull Lane Kiffin? No, no, because then he gets to go on vacation. No, no, no. I want you back to Chicago.
That's where I want you to. There's no going on vacation. OK, none at all, because the White Sox in their season on a Sunday in Detroit. OK, that man is going to get back on the plane for 30 minutes and he's going home and he'll get fired. It's not like he's going to end the season in San Diego.
All right. So if I if I was in San Diego and they made me just get on a plane to fly back and they said you're fired, I'd be mad. I'm like, I could have stayed in San Diego for a week. He's going to be in Detroit. Come on. The only thing that could be worse than that is if they call the dugout phone and like the seventh inning and leave him in. Because that would be hilarious.
Just they just leave him in Detroit, huh? Just, you know, look, just so you know, you're done. I mean, you knew you knew already, but I'm letting you know now seventh inning. You can still finish it out. You can't leave yet. But, you know, start taking off your shoes and your cleats and whatnot. Start getting your stuff together.
Get your, you know, your shoes. You just just let him fire him and let him take the bus back from Detroit to Chicago. Mega bus, man. If you're managing to take a bus, you screwed up. It's something to get on a greyhound.
He'd be I'd be fine. This has been painful enough. He could get on a greyhound. And I don't even blame him.
I mean, they're garbage. But you can't be 100 games under 500 and be a manager in major league. But you just can't. Somebody has to take the L and the managers and coaches. They they always end up taking Jerry Ronsdorf should take the L, but he can't fire himself. That's how it goes.
He could do other things, but he can't fire himself. Let's call Michael Jordan and ask him what he thinks about Jerry Ronsdorf says Michael Jordan. The J.R. sport we show here on the Infinity Sports Network, eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. We're going to take a break when we come back. I'm gonna get some more your calls. I'm going to tell you about an unfortunate incident involving an Olympian.
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It's the J.R. Sport Brief show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. Todd from Maryland, Sean from Michigan, Scott from Arizona. I see you guys. I'm going to get you on the line as soon as I can.
If you can hold on, I'll definitely get you on before we get out of here to end the show. You know, I know I gave you a top six list and we talked about some of the biggest underdogs in sports history. I told you about Team USA in 1980, beating the Soviet Union in hockey to advance to the gold medal round where the U.S. knocked off Finland. And we know tomorrow the United States of America is going to take on Serbia.
United States of America such smash them. They're being favored by about 17 points. That is unless Nicole Jokic just takes his life, his basketball life to a new level. And then we'll see what takes place out there tomorrow.
That game will be tomorrow afternoon. And if the United States of America wins and beating Serbia, well. They can move on to compete in a gold medal game, which would be absolutely amazing because the United States of America should win a basketball game.
They should come home with a gold medal. Now, unfortunately, there's a gentleman. Who is he's in Paris, but let's just say he's in a little bit of trouble. He is an Australian field hockey player and he got in a lot of trouble. He ain't leaving with gold. Well, listen to 10 news.
I love the accent. Let's go to Australian news. First tonight, the Kookaburras were bundled out of the Olympics, and now one of their players has been arrested in Paris, allegedly for trying to buy cocaine.
For more of this developing story, let's go to Olympics reporter John Paul Gonzo. JP, what exactly is hockey midfielder Tom Craig accused of? Police say he was attempting to purchase cocaine just after midnight when he was caught in the act. Officers witnessed that alleged transaction. The Kookaburras midfielder was arrested along with a 17 year old who was accused of selling the drugs.
It's accused Tom Craig was in possession of about one gram of cocaine. Come on, man, you can't go to the Olympics as an athlete, represent your country and try to buy coke from a 17 year old. I'm just glad it wasn't an American. Anyway, let's highlight some Americans, some some Americans. Some of these people are going to be Americans. Let's go back in time to a few things that took place this day in sports history.
It's August 7th. Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore. But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again. It's time for this day in sports history. You see, back in those days, we had radio and you couldn't see anything. And it was primitive and lousy and we liked it. On the JR Sport Brief Show.
I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. 1999, Wade Boggs playing for the Devil Rays at the time. He got his 3000th hit.
Listen to this. He was the first guy to hit a home run for his 3000th hit. Of course, the Rays lost 15 to 10 to Cleveland. August 7, 2004, another legend, Greg Maddux. He won his 3000th game as the Cubs beat the Giants 8 to 4. Of course, Greg Maddux still haven't listened to the final out courtesy of MLB. August 7, 2007, Barry Bonds ate a lot of spinach. He hit home run number 756 to break Hank Aaron's record.
Listen to this. What a special moment for Barry Bonds. And what a special moment for these fans here in San Francisco.
Yeah, all spinach, courtesy of the Fox Sports Net Bay Area. How about August 7, 2016, Ichiro Suzuki. Oh my God, he was playing for the Marlins at the time. He tripled for his 3000th hit. Listen to this. Ichiro to right and deep.
Back goes Para to the wall and it's off the wall. 3000 is in right field and Ichiro is racing for third. And he's done it. He's climbed the mountain. A triple. And he has arrived at 3000. Man, that dude ain't really retired until he was 45 years old. I guess all that stretching worked out for him.
And how about this? August 7, 2021, Tokyo, Japan. Kevin Durant had 29 points. Team USA. They beat France for a gold medal. Thank you NBC.
And those are a bunch of things that took place this day in sports history. We're short on time here. I want to get everybody on the phone that I can.
I know people want to tell me about the biggest underdog or an underdog they feel deserves recognition. Just give me the time. I love you very much. I appreciate you for listening. Hit me with it. Todd is calling from Maryland. You're on the JR sport show. Todd, tell me about that underdog. Hey JR, it would have to be the biggest one for me would be Kurt Gibson.
When Gibson came up to the plate and hit that ball out for a home run 1988 World Series. Well, thank you, Todd. Excellent call.
Thank you so much for calling from Maryland. Yeah, they said that he was shot. He came up and then they ended up beating Oakland.
I think it was four to one they won that series. Sean from Michigan. Go ahead. Give me that underdog quick. Hey, brother. Everybody forgets about dogs. And my favorite my favorite friend of my life was my dog.
She was a golden retriever and she always had a Frisbee in her mouth and she caught it every single time. What an underdog. Scott is calling from Arizona. You're on the JR sport show. Go ahead, Scott.
Yeah, real quick. Eighty seven Minnesota Vikings eight and eight beat New Orleans away. Went to Candlestick. Boy had, you know, fan from Europe. Went to Candlestick. Major underdog Anthony Carter 220 beat Montana. Roger Craig.
Jerry Rice. Thank them. Beautiful day in Candlestick. Well, thank you so much. Remember that day. Well, well, thank you. Well, thank you, Scott. Appreciate you for calling from Arizona. We'll go ahead and look it up and remember it now. Picky, we got all the calls in before we had to shut up.
All the callers listened. How about that? What a rarity. We even had the guy say his dog wasn't under. He said his dog was an underdog. Yeah, I think he took it too literally. Maybe. OK, I guess the dog.
Great retriever, though, catches everything thrown his way. You think that guy you think that guy bought drugs from a 17 year old? Is that what happened? I don't think he would say no. Oh, OK. I won't ask.
Everything's a possibility. Maybe you had too much coffee tonight. I don't I don't know.
I have no idea. Oh, Hickey, by the way, our poll tonight between and I didn't even put it on Facebook. If I put it on Facebook, the thing will just go viral for the next bunch of days. Maybe I will. What what is it?
I just retweeted it again. We were talking about eating pizzas. Pizza, you know, appropriate for breakfast. Hickey has never had pizza for breakfast. And I said, bro, if I were if I were to pizza at eleven o'clock at night and half the pie is still in my house at six in the morning, I'm going to eat it.
Hickey says he's never done it. Hickey, I just retweeted the poll again. Ninety one percent to nine percent. Ninety percent of people are going to eat it. So nine to one people are going to eat the pizza. Now, on Instagram, I put the same thing as a poll.
You can check it out at J.R. Sportbrief. And what is this? I'll tell you the 98 percent to two percent Hickey on my on my Instagram. Ninety eight percent. Ninety eight percent of people said they're eating a pizza. I'm shocked. And two percent said they're throwing it out. And I'm looking at some of the people here. I mean, there's people some of the people who responded are renowned chefs and some of them I know will eat food off the floor. So it's wow.
Those people are not surprised. It's a wide range. We got to we should do a poll every day. Hickey, we should do a poll every day.
Bad food ticks? No, just anything. OK.
Anything. It was basically nine. Nine to one.
Yeah. Nine to one. People will eat. Pizza is good for breakfast.
Hickey, especially after he's been sitting around for, I don't know, five to eight hours is good. Take your word on it. You try one day.
Hang out with me here in Atlanta. We'll keep you up all night and take you to breakfast in the morning. OK. Deal.
I got you. The JR Sport Reshow here on the Infinity Sports Network is done. We'll be back with you tomorrow.
Six p.m. Eastern, three Pacific. Let's see if Team USA Basketball beat Serbia. They better. Joel Embiid better handle Jokic. Give him my elbow. Thank you, Hickey. JR Sport Reshow is done.
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