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I get started every weekday, 6pm Eastern, 3 Pacific, much loved, everybody on their way home from work, people going to work, people still working, people relaxing, people chilling, making that money, whatever you're doing, thank you. Right before we went to break, we talked about Matthew Stafford. Says he wants to return and play football in 2025. We don't know if it's going to be for the Rams. They might cut him.
They might. We talked about Bill Belichick. He said that they should rename the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the Brady Trophy.
No thanks. Don't want that. Thank you to Will Mansell for joining us. Speaking of Miami, from WPLG-TV down in Miami, he gave us the insight on what's going on with Jimmy Butler.
He thinks he's going to be moved. The Saints still don't have a head coach. Might be Kellen Moore, the current offensive coordinator for the Eagles. He's pretty busy right now. And then it looks like Mike McCarthy isn't going to coach anybody.
Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll, they could be back together, maybe with the Raiders. And we briefly touched upon the idea that Adam Silver wants to shorten NBA games. I don't do that.
These guys don't play enough and they get paid a lot. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that at all. OK.
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Just search the Infinity Sports Network on YouTube. And if you want to find me, I'm at J.R. Sportbrief. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube. I'm all over the place. Anyway, it is Wednesday. Every single Wednesday I do this, and I've been doing this for a very long time. I've been doing this 16 years, top six lists.
Damn, that's a long time. But it's time for a new top six list today with everything that's going on in the world of sports. Today's top six.
Is going to be. Of the most miserable fan bases. In sports, we are going we are going to take a deep dive into fans who are absolutely suffering. And no, the Miami Heat are not here on this list. Apparently, a few of their fans are in favor of the actions of Jimmy Butler. You guys are not on this list.
And here's another bit of a teaser, a little bit of a teaser. We had a caller earlier from San Diego. He said, man, I know my charges are going to be on the list. No, you just made the playoffs. I know Justin Herbert and his four interceptions in the playoff game might make you a little nauseous. It's not something to be that miserable about. There's this optimism with the Chargers. Rather, you still believe in them in San Diego or Los Angeles. There's optimism in that fan base. There's some teams that they don't have optimism. They're just they're just confused. Their fans are downtrodden. They don't know what a championship is. They haven't seen one. They're trying to think about their future and what might be in their future.
And it's just a whole lot of suffering and confusion. These are fans that just. They're wayward. They're confused. They're worried.
Maybe they have hope, maybe they don't. So I'm not going to waste any more time. It's time for a new top six list of the most miserable fan bases and sports today. Six, five, four, three, two, one.
Three, two, one. It's time to get JR's latest top six list only on the JR Sport Brief. It is the JR Sport Brief Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. It is time for a new top six list. We're taking a look at the top six miserable fan bases in the world of sports today.
Which fans are really feeling the pain? It's a top six list. It's a countdown. And so we start with this number.
Number six. Man, they still hurting from Sunday. And no, it is not Washington. We just had a Washington fan.
He's like, man, I'm excited about my team. This team, nothing to be excited about because they lost again to the Kansas City Chiefs. You want to talk about a miserable fan base? My apologies to my friends in western New York. I got the Buffalo Bills at number six on this list. We had to. This is still a fresh wound.
It's open. It hasn't even scabbed up yet. The Buffalo Bills, we saw them lose to the Kansas City Chiefs 32 to 29 in the AFC title game. This is another amazing season by the Buffalo Bills, at least the regular season. 13 and four. And then they reach Mount Mahomes again. And they can't conquer it.
Not at all. This is their fourth time losing to the Chiefs since 2021. Josh Allen is seven and two versus everybody in the playoffs, but can't beat Mahomes 0 and 4.
This man has seven victories, the most victories of any quarterback ever to never reach a Super Bowl. And you might recall after the game, Josh Allen, he was asked about what they have to do to beat the Chiefs. Excuse me, the Chiefs, the champs. And this is what he said.
It's not fun. But to beat the champs, you got to beat the champs and we didn't do it tonight. Yeah, we know. Rick Flair told us that a long time ago.
And speaking of a long time ago, I don't consider this to be a long time ago, but it was. There's some, some members of the Buffalo Bills fan base that remember going to four consecutive Super Bowls and losing every single one. This is old hat for the Buffalo Bills. I mean, they still had fans, 50 fans showed up to greet them when they arrived back from Kansas City. They arrived at three a.m. in the morning and they had fans die hard to outside. You want to know something? NBC Sports, as they told us on 13 Wham! News. Hey, these fans, they're used to it.
Listen to this guy. This team just woke everybody up. A lot of love going around for the team, you know, and it's because of Josh.
Josh Allen is everything man to us guys. So, you know, it's just is a bummer. What are you going to do next year? Next year? We're used to it. Next year. We're used to it. That's all you can say. And that's the attitude to have next year.
Yeah, because we're used to it. Oh, the pain. It's a lot of pain. Top six miserable fan bases.
Who's feeling the pain? What's the next number? Number five. Every time this team just gets a glimmer of optimism.
Door gets shut. This is a basketball team. Oh, they could have been a few on this list. And number five, it is the Sacramento Kings.
Oh, my God. You got Vivek Ranadive as an owner. The man who wants to play four and five basketball because it's revolutionary. This man bought the team in 2013. They went a record 16 years without making a postseason. New York Jets are trying to catch them. They went 16 years, 2006 to 2022 without going to the playoffs.
How? Like, do we have to bring back a Vlade Divac and Chris Webber and White Chocolate? I mean, Pasha Stoyakovich got a kid in college right now. Lighten it up.
Where's Pasha at? That's how long it is. But last time they had success.
And it's sad. And so when they finally went back to the postseason in 2022, man, these Sacramento Kings, their fans were excited. They beat the Blazers to break the drought. Listen to this call.
NBC Sports. And with that, the angst, the anger, the disappointment comes to an end. The Sacramento Kings are going to the playoffs. Oh, my.
Yeah. Look at the excitement. You would think that they almost won. I don't know the NBA championship just to go to the playoffs. Well, let's just say things haven't been all that positive since they went to the postseason. I don't know.
I don't know. They went to the postseason and then they lost. You can thank the Golden State Warriors. They didn't even make the playoffs last year.
They didn't get past the play in this year. Mike Brown was fired a couple of days after Christmas. The Sacramento Kings recently have hired a former player, Doug Christie, whose wife paraded him around on a leash and a chain.
That's their new head coach. No wonder the Aaron Fox wants to leave. No wonder the guy, the best player, sorry, Sabonis, no wonder that the best player on the Kings, he now wants out. I mean, this was the report from Shams yesterday on ESPN. The Sacramento Kings have decided to open up on a potential trade of De'Aaron Fox on the February 6th NBA trade deadline. They are now open to listening and potentially moving De'Aaron Fox ahead of the deadline.
They can't they can't win. It's like, hey, we got some hope. Let's light the beam. And that that light went out quick. I don't even know if they still light the beam. Is it worth it?
How much is the electric bill? Well, the way the Sacramento Kings are going, they're not going to have too many opportunities to light that beam because they are going right back into the toilet. They're getting ready to start a new playoff drought.
What a shame. Yeah, I got the Kings at number five on my list. Their fans are really suffering.
What's the next number? Number four, top six miserable fan bases in sports. And speaking of droughts, this team currently has the longest active drought of not making the postseason.
It's the New York Jets. I can go on. I can write you a book. I know people don't know what an encyclopedia is anymore.
I don't know the last time anybody saw one unless you got one in your house. I can write an encyclopedia on the pain and the misery of New York Jet fans. They have not won a championship since 1969. Joe Namath still had crap knees and he was wearing pantyhose. That is 55 years. 55 years. If you remember the New York Jets winning the Super Bowl, you are a senior citizen. You talk about a drought. This is a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 14 straight seasons and counting. And now they got to deal with Aaron Rodgers.
Well, they had to. Is he coming back? Is he leaving? Is he coming? Is he going? I mean, after he had that glorious victory to end the season against the Miami Dolphins, speaking of a quitter, yeah, Tyreek Hill quit that game.
Aaron Rodgers was asked after the game on Fox. It's like, hey, man, you leaving? You staying? You going?
You coming? What you doing? I'm going to get home and relax. I'm going to clear out my head and get healthy from the bumps and bruises from the season. And just, you know, I got a lot of gratitude right now. I'm going to enjoy this tonight. But once I get back out west, I'm going to take my time and I'm not going to hold anybody up. You know, I'm going to have conversations tomorrow with everybody here with the Jets and see what they're thinking and then make a decision before it gets too late in the off season.
Oh, it's going to make a decision. Well, by the way, he is a bump and a bruise to the New York Jets. He just doesn't realize it. And now we got the New York Jets.
They don't know what they're doing. They're trying to figure out what the hell they're doing with Aaron Rodgers. I mean, Aaron Glenn was finally introduced as their head coach the other day.
And this man is as bad as his team has been. He says, oh, we have the New York Jets. We're going to fight because we're the Jets, man. They were asked before you got there.
They might be asked during your tenure. Listen, you're going to put your seat belts on to get ready for the ride. Listen, there are going to be some challenges, but with challenges becomes opportunity. It's opportunity.
But here's what I do know. We're the freaking New York Jets. We're built for this. Oh man. That's like getting excited to fly spirit air.
Okay. Telling everybody that we're the freaking New York Jets and you should be excited. It's like flying spirit. The seat belts don't work. There's no lights. There's no lights. Don't work.
There's no lights at the terminal. Like it's not exciting. It's dangerous. Ain't nobody excited to do anything for the New York Jets. Don't even get me started on Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan and the feed and the snacks and the Rex Ryan trying to kiss the lady in his fur coat.
I can go on and on and on. Damn it. I didn't even mention the owner and his son who reportedly helps him run the team. He said, it's not true. The owner of the New York Jets, the bandaid man, Johnson and Johnson, man, Woody Johnson. He spoke to the media too this week. He was asked why fans should be excited for the jets.
Listen to him very carefully. Woody, what is your message to jets fans today? I'm going to quote, uh, I'm going to quote Aaron strap on your seat belts, strap on your seat belts. It's going to be really, really fun going forward. I hope I don't expect where's the optimism. It's going to be really icky. It's going to be really, really fun. I hope what, what, what quick caveat there, huh?
Oh my God. They have the New York jets and that's why their fans should be absolutely, or they shouldn't be. That's why their fans are miserable. And that's why I got the jets at number four on my list. Top six miserable fan bases in sports. If I got the jets at four, who could possibly be worse?
Number three, I found one. Aaron Rogers might be a nut. This NFL team. Well, this, uh, I got to watch my words here. Oh, their NFL quarterback is guaranteed money and he's not a nut.
He's just a pervert. And now he's hurt. Unfortunately, it's the Cleveland Browns, man, Cleveland, the Cleveland Browns, how they worse than the jets, man, that last title was pre merger. The team was stolen, taken from them in 1995. They didn't come back until 1999.
And let's be real. They pretty much been ass. And when they had a sliver of hope, they had a quarterback in Baker Mayfield and a coach of the year, Kevin Stefanski.
They said, no, no, no, no, no. We got to swing for the fences. We have to bring in a guy who was suspended ultimately for 11 games. We got to bring in a guy and guarantee him $230 million, even though he had about 25 to 30 cases and allegations of sexual assault against them. We have to bring into Sean Watson and even the explanation to bring him on by the Haslam's Jimmy and D they, they talked about how, how deep they dug into his personality and how empathetic they were to the victims.
And, and just listen to this. We put more time, more thought, more effort, talked to more people, did more research on this decision by far than any other decision we've made with the Cleveland Browns. It's not something we took lightly. It's something we took very seriously, and we feel comfortable with the process we've been through. I'll let you make any comments you might want to make.
Yeah. I just want to say, I mean, this has been a really hard and difficult journey for, for us and for our family. And we spent a lot of time and a lot of evenings spending time with our daughters and working through this as a family. And I have to tell you, it was, it was really hard and we had to really work hard to get comfortable with the decision. We knew going into this, this could be really hard on individuals that could trigger emotions from individuals that had been through sexual abuse. But we're going to do it anyway.
Here's $230 million. Oh yeah. And by the way, there were additional allegations after he was already suspended. They know he wasn't going to play the first 11 games of the season. And then last year, the guy breaks his shoulder, torn, rotated up. And then this year, October 20th.
Oh, by the way, he's guaranteed $230 million. You might remember when this happened on CBS, this from October. Just stumbled and now Watson is hurt.
Oh boy. Immediately clutches at his right ankle. The Sean Watson carted off the field. This was seconds ago, players from both teams, giving him words of encouragement. See the emotion outpouring from the Sean Watson.
Unbelievable. He blew out his Achilles. And then he blew out his Achilles again in rehab.
He just had surgery on January 9th. This guy's career looked over and it probably is. And oh yeah, by the way, he's guaranteed $230 million. You want to talk about a miserable pain franchise. The Browns had the team stripped and taken away and then brought back and then they were bad. And now you got a court. It's just ridiculous. At least they got the number two pick in the draft.
I guess there's a bright side for everything. You want to talk about a miserable franchise? I got the Browns and number three on my list. What's next? Number two. You know what? I want you to hear you.
You want to know the number two pain, miserable fan base on my list. I just want you to listen. Listen to this clip from NBC, a special city close to my heart.
Listen. Well, the White Sox ended their season with a victory on the road yesterday, but it wasn't enough to turn around their record setting bad season. Yeah, the White Sox finished the season winning five of their last six games, but they still make history with the most losses in a season in the modern era. Their record stands at 41 and 121 for the 2024 season. And that is one more loss than the 1962 Mets.
Still that final win gave them something to hang their hats on. White Sox owner Jerry Rinesdorf released a statement apologizing to fans. He said in part, quote, by all measures, our on field performance this season was a failure. As the leader of this organization, that is my ultimate responsibility. There are no excuses. I want to thank you for continuing to support the team throughout what was an embarrassing season. You all deserved better. We owe it to each and every one of you.
And like, what do I say after that? They were terrible. They were the worst team in Major League Baseball history.
How they won 42 games last year. Now we got Jerry Ronsdorf. I guess if there is a bright side, Jerry Ronsdorf, who won't who's on the team since 1981, he might sell like that's it.
There's no other bright side. What can I can't beat up on the White Sox fans that bad. They're miserable.
I got them a number two on my list. Miserable fan bases in sports. We're going to take a break. And when we come back on the other side, I'm going to tell you what fan base in the world of sports is really miserable. I'm going to tell you what fan base is really feeling the pain. We get to number one on this top six list on the other side.
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It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. Today's top six list. We're taking a look at the top six most miserable fan bases in sports, which fan bases are really feeling the pain. I'm about to share with you who I have at number one on the list. If you missed the list and the top five, you can go ahead and hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. Thank you to people tuned in on the free live stream on YouTube. Just search the Infinity Sports Network if you want to go ahead and tune in before we get to one. And number six, I gave you the Buffalo Bills.
I think you understand why their fans are miserable. And number five, I gave you the Sacramento Kings. The Sacramento Kings current head coach.
This man has been walked around publicly on a leash and a chain. Hi, Doug Christie. And number four, I gave you the New York Jets. Do I have to tell you why their fans are miserable? There's a list.
And like every day, there's something added to it. And number three, I gave you the Browns. Yeah, clearly the Browns are miserable. And number three, I gave you the Browns. Cleveland Browns, the ones paying $230 million to the sexual assault guy with the blown out Achilles twice. Yeah, at least they got the number two pick in the draft.
That's nice. See how they screwed that up. And number two, you want to talk about a miserable fan base. Do people still watch the Chicago White Sox? 42 victories last year, 121 losses. That is a Major League Baseball record. Baseball has been around more than a century.
How the hell are you a modern team is out here breaking records of futility. That is terrible. He has a bright side. Maybe Jerry Ronsdorf is interesting in selling. He's old.
He's been around a long time. Who needs the trouble, right? Got the White Sox at number two on my list. So how could you be worse than the Chicago White Sox? How could you be more miserable than the Browns, the Jets, the Kings, and the Buffalo Bills?
How could you be this number? Number one, you are a fan base with no team. You are a team with no home. You are a team with no location. You are nomadic. You're a team that just left Oakland.
And you got to sleep on somebody's couch before you even get to Vegas. You want to talk about a miserable fan base at number one? Yeah. It's the athletics. I can't call them the Oakland A's because they gone. I can't call them the Sacramento A's because I don't think they're being called the Sacramento A's. And I can't call them the Las Vegas Athletics because they have not even moved and they may not be there for another two or three years. Oakland A fans, they are the most miserable.
They are the most miserable. They have suffered. That team was bled the hell on out for corporate welfare because they didn't want to put up more than a billion dollars, hundreds of millions of dollars to build a new stadium for billionaires. So the billionaires said, screw you, I'm leaving. And unfortunately, it culminated with this announcement that they were gone.
Listen to this from KPIX. In the sports world this morning and it hits Oakland hard. The Oakland A's inked a deal to buy an apparent 49 acre site, plans to build a new ballpark near the Las Vegas Strip. So A's fans listen up.
The team plans to pack up and move out to Sin City by 2027. Our Justin Andrews is live at the Coliseum this morning. Justin, a big blow to A's fans in Oakland and all around the Bay Area. Yeah, Reid, and we really know that Vegas rated Oakland of its football team several years ago. Well, now we're here talking about Vegas potentially snatching the Oakland A's and taking them to Vegas too. So obviously a lot of fans are upset. They're angry about this and we can understand why. But the team says it tried over and over again to make things work here in Oakland, but it made little to no progress.
Yeah, they announced that they were leaving. And you want to know what Jackass had nothing positive to say about the situation? You want to know who wasn't all that empathetic? Oh, just the commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred.
Just a lawyer in a suit who kisses, well, can't say that. He is just a shill for the owners. Listen to what Rob Manfred had to say about how unfortunate it is that I feel bad the fans in Oakland even I feel bad.
Listen to this crap. And I hear from them, you know, I feel sorry for the fans in Oakland. I do not like this outcome.
I understand why they feel the way they do. I think that the real question is, what is it that Oakland was prepared to do? There is no Oakland offer. OK, I mean, they never got to the point where they had a plan to build a stadium at any site.
And it's not just John Fisher. You don't build a stadium based on the club activity alone. The community has to provide support. And, you know, at some point you come to the realization it's just not going to happen.
Oh, my God. We as Major League Baseball make billions of dollars a year. We need the city to pay for the stadium. We need you to pay for it. You pay for the stadium. Yeah, you the taxpayers.
He should have just got the brass tax. Forget Oakland. I need you to taxpayers. You want a new stadium, then you build it. We're not doing it. It's not how we make money.
We need you to build it for free. What a sham. And then the fans in Oakland, they get the shaft at the end, these A's fans, the final home game of the season, they were they were miserable. Listen to this A's fan. This was from KPIX as well. He's he's in a parking lot and he's just like, man, this is this is the pits.
Raider games used to get like this. I know. I know.
Yeah. It's a sad day. It's a sad day.
But, you know, what are you going to do? But like I said, I won't follow him to Vegas. I didn't follow the Raiders to Vegas, you know, because we all got screwed here. All the fans, all the fans got screwed. The A's were in Oakland from 1968.
Terrible. We haven't seen a team leave a location in Major League Baseball since the Expos left Montreal in 2005. Well, we heard Rob Manfred. He said that there was no proposal. There was no money. They weren't going to pay for a stadium. Well, the owner, you know, he needs support to build the stadium. Well, they're going to be playing in a dump in Sacramento for God only knows how long. And then when they actually get to Vegas, oh, my God, this was a bit of news. The owner has money to build a stadium. Listen to this from Vegas news.
We got some fans who have some thoughts and opinions. Listen to this news from KTNV. The A's confirmed that owner John Fisher and his family will invest one billion dollars into the construction necessary to turn this Tropicana rubble filled lot into the new athletics ballpark.
That's great. They're putting their money where their mouth is. Las Vegas local John Cai is happier to see the new stadium come to the strip now that a better financial plan has been released. So I think a stadium, baseball stadium for the A's, fantastic. Bring it on.
This will gain a lot of support with the locals because they were worried about how much it was going to cost them. Not an advocate for violence. Somebody say something mean to a Rob Manfred. Oh, I can build a stadium in Vegas with my own money, but I can't do one in Oakland. OK, we're not stupid here. You want to go to Vegas and you want to make that money. You want to make that gambling money.
You want to make that tourist money. We're not stupid here. It's just a shame that the fans in Oakland had to be bled out. Lied to. By a team that they support it. And screw Manfred and screw Fisher, I don't care what Manfred says. Want to talk about a suffering, miserable fan base. The A's were ripped out of Oakland and they're feeling the pain. I don't blame that fan. I don't blame those fans for not rooting or following them or allowing their fandom to be a part of anything in Las Vegas.
I don't blame them. You want to talk about the most miserable fan base in sports right now? It's the fan base that just had their team ripped away from them at number one on my list. I gave you the athletics formerly of Oakland eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. This was a top six list of the most miserable fan bases in sports right now. Teams that today this moment are really feeling the pain. And number six, I gave you the bills. And number five, I gave you the Sacramento Kings. And number four, I gave you the New York Jets. And number three, I gave you the Cleveland Browns. And number two, I gave you the record breaking the Chicago White Sox.
Yes, for the most losses in the season. And a number one, I gave you the team that doesn't even have a home. The athletics.
It's the J.R. sport re-show here on the Infinity Sports Network. Is there a team more miserable? There's no team more miserable, no fan base more miserable than the A's fans. But if you're a miserable fan, if you know a team that's feeling the pain even more, call me eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
I have a feeling if the national championship went different last week, we might have a case for some Ohio State fans, but not today. I'll get to your calls on the other side of the break. You're listening to the J.R. Sport Brief. It is the J.R. Sport Brief show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. I need you to think O'Reilly Auto Parts for all of your car care needs.
Get guaranteed low prices and excellent customer service from the professional parts people at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. I just gave you a new top six list. It's what I do every Wednesday. And today we took a look at the most miserable fan bases in the world of sports. These are fan bases that are really feeling some pain. They are really disappointed.
They are really hurting. If you missed the full list, the explanations, the audio. You can hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. You can also go ahead and hit rewind on the free YouTube stream on the Infinity Sports Network.
Just go search it on YouTube. And number six, I gave you the Buffalo Bills and number five, I gave you the Sacramento Kings and number four, I gave you the New York Jets and number three, I gave you the Cleveland Browns and number two, the Chicago White Sox and number one on my list. You want to talk about a fan base that is really feeling the pain. They just had their team stripped away from them. It's the Athletics, whatever the hell they are. They're not the Oakland A's anymore. I know that much. They're not the Vegas A's. They're not the Sacramento A's.
They just exist. Wherever the hell they'll be. 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. Allen is calling from Toronto. You're on the JR Sportbree show.
Allen, what's up? Yeah, I realize it's only a top six, so you can't include anybody, everybody. But if it was a top ten, you would have definitely included the Detroit Pistons. Since 2007-8, when they were 59-23, they've been below 500 for 13 years. They only made in 2000 and 2018, 15-16, they were 44-38. But look at the last three years. 2021-22, 23-59, 2022-23, 17-65. And last year, absolutely rock bottom, 14-68.
They started the year okay last year, but then they lost 28-in-a-row. I know about Monty Williams. Slow down, Allen. Let's get to brass tax here for a second, okay? Can we do that? Sure, yeah.
Thank you. Talking over me doesn't help you. I got a button here that makes everybody not hear you, okay? Sure. Okay, so you don't have to over talk me and it doesn't work. None of that matters.
You want to know why, Allen? And I would not put the Pistons in a top ten or any, you can if you want to. They actually have hope. Like their fans are optimistic. The Detroit Pistons are sitting at 500 right now. They got a coach who gives a damn and didn't just show up for a check. They have an emerging star who has been a star.
He's learning how to win in Kate Cunningham. Like if I want to talk about a miserable fan base, Detroit piston fans are not miserable. They're not. The Pistons, hey, let me tell you something. The Detroit Pistons were here in Atlanta last week. You want to know something, Allen? We got a lot of people from all over the country here in Atlanta.
I got a lot of friends from Detroit. You want to know what they were asking me, Allen? You want to know if they're asking me for? Yeah, go ahead.
Yeah. They were asking me for tickets to go see the Pistons because they're actually good again and they're excited. And yes, they're not. They're not at the top of the East. They're competing for a playoff spot.
And there's reason for excitement. You want to know why? Because they have been bad. But to think about today as them and their fans being miserable. No, not today.
No, not at all. They have last year, they drew eighteen thousand one hundred and fifty nine average attendance. So that that was pretty good for it, for a hopeless team, an absolutely hopeless team. What you can't you can tell me about the past 20 years. I mean, but the fact is today their fans are not miserable. No, not anymore.
Last year. Yes. Today, we can't just but we can't just look at the past and forget the present today.
Can't do that. Yeah, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I see what you mean. Exactly.
Yeah. You got to be optimistic. You be more optimistic. OK, what's the temperature in Toronto? It's it's quite low. It's it's nine degrees Fahrenheit right now. And it's it's windy, too. There's high winds.
It's a high wind warning. So it must feel like negative 20. Yeah, exactly.
Yeah. Warm for you. Well, and the Leafs haven't won in fifty seven years. They haven't won a Stanley Cup in fifty seven years. They have not even reached the finals in fifty seven years. You know, we know everybody in Toronto.
They love the Maple Leafs so much. There's no suffering. So we'll be OK. Hey, thank you, Alan. Yeah. Always a pleasure, Jr. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much, Alan. Damn. Hickey, why is he trying to bring his misery to teams that are actually feeling OK today?
Why is he doing that for? I mean, last year was bad, at least to your point. They have turns it around. And maybe that's hope for White Sox fans.
But it's oh, my God. It was I mean, they've won a title within the last 20 years. Who? Oh, the Sox. Sorry, the Pistons. I meant by the Sox, Sox to White. Yeah, that's true. It's true.
Opti got to be optimistic. Is there a miserable last team, Hickey, that that that is pain that stands out to you like a real miserable one? I would say the Jacksonville Jaguars, in part because of obviously what we just saw with Shahid Khan, also in part mean every year feels like there's another London game added to their schedule. They have less and less home games. They're about to move out of their stadium.
Like was I think twenty twenty six or twenty twenty seven are completely out for a year. And like their nomads. Yeah, because they had that rat infested. Well, they move they move. I think it's just being remodeled. It's been remodeled for years now. Right.
But I think like the actual like one year they're like fully out to like finish it off. Really? Yes. Oh, wow. That was a question in Liam Cohen's press conference of just like, hey, you're going to be nomadic pretty soon here. Oh, my God.
I haven't seen any plans as to where they're going yet, but that's also part of the reason why I have the whole Florida, Georgia rivalry moving. Oh, by you rise into Atlanta. Yeah.
One year all the drunks will be here. Yeah. Right in your own backyard host. Sounds normal to me. OK, it's another Saturday. It is another Saturday. Drunks all over Atlanta. Sounds reasonable. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. We're talking about the most miserable sports franchises. Oh, forget the franchises, the fan bases. Who has a miserable ass fan base? Whose fans are feeling the pain? Nobody more pain than fans of the athletics. And get some more your calls on the other side of the break. It's the J.R. sport reshow on the Infinity Sports Network.
