DK Metcalf Not Worried About Steelers QB (Hour 4)

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That's 855-212-4227. What a show. Talked about everything from Cooper Flagg spraining his ankle. And then we heard from some of the other stars in the NFL who are now on new teams. Joey Bosa talked about joining the Bills.

How about this? DK Metcalf, he talks about his new team, the Steelers. Good for him, even though he doesn't know who's going to throw him the ball with the Steelers. And then we even heard from Demarcus Lawrence, who's now a member of the Seattle Seahawks.

And so we talked about a lot. The Oklahoma City Thunder getting no respect. We talked about Bill Belichick wanting his girlfriend CC'd on all of his emails.

We got into Tom Thibodeau of the New York Knicks driving his players and their kneecaps into the ground. Rogers? Is Aaron Rodgers going to quit? We don't know. Is he going to play? Who knows? Russell Wilson is going from the Browns to the New York Giants to look for a job. I know Russell Wilson is a wealthy man, but at this point it seems like panhandling.

Like to go from the Cleveland Browns to the New York Giants. That's sad. It's very bad. Anyway, you want to be a part of the show? You can. I'll tell you again. 855-212-4227. If you use the Internet, you can find me. I am at JRSportBrief everywhere on social media, all over the Internet. I'm on Facebook. I'm on Instagram. Yeah, I'm on Facebook where grandparents argue about politics, and I'm on X where people just argue and hate each other about everything.

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Anyway, that's so much to get it. We talked about LeBron James. Back in Los Angeles, he's like, I'm not stopping in Cleveland.

I'm not doing this at all. Take my groin back to L.A. and get treatment. The best groin treatment is in Los Angeles.

It is. Anyway, we got so much more to get into at the end of the show. Of course, we'll talk about a few things that happened this day in sports history. Give you an update on the Tampa Bay Rays. I don't know how much longer they're going to be in Tampa. They got to fix the stadium and build a new stadium. That's a lot of money, even though that old stadium looked like a a giant plastic bag. Hickey, how much work would it really take to fix a plastic bag? Come on now. I thought minimal, but clearly a lot more than we assumed.

It is a giant plastic bag. I don't know. Anyway, we'll get into that. Let's hear from some of the well, let's start off on basketball. We've heard a lot from coaches in college and new NFL players. I told you about Cooper Cup. This is the biggest name in college basketball.

The Duke Blue Devils are the best team in college. It's just a matter of whether or not they're going to win the championship. Well, Cooper Flag, the man who's probably likely going to be the number one pick in the draft this year. He sprained his ankle today against Georgia Tech in the ACC tournament. He's probably done for the entire tournament. We don't know if he's going to play in the NCAA tournament. Forget the conference tournament and his head coach, John Shire. He says, you know what? We don't know the status of his ankle, but it ain't worth it to play him the rest of this tournament.

Listen to this. It's not about being ready to go tomorrow. That's not the most important thing for us. We got to see if we can get him right for this run that we can make in the tournament. But I would have to be really convinced that we should even consider seeing if he can go tomorrow. He may not be able to go anyway. He probably won't be able to go anyway. But I think it's a real long shot. A real long shot.

Yeah. Look, if he doesn't play the rest of the conference tournament, good. Hopefully he can be ready by next Thursday or Friday when the Duke Blue Devils play in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

And if he can't play in this tournament, we'll see him in an NBA uniform next year, because I doubt this guy returns to Duke. Speaking of ankle injuries, Cooper Flagg sprained his ankle today. We don't know the severity of it, but someone very familiar with leg and ankle injuries is Joey Bosa. Yeah, Joey Bosa, the newest member of the Buffalo Bills. He spoke today and and I want you to hear him. This man says he's excited to be in Buffalo. You be the judge if he's excited to be in Buffalo.

Listen to this. Coming to a team back like, you know, the Ohio State days where you're really living in a football town with an unbelievable fan base. It's really got me excited. And, you know, just something different.

It's been nine years, which I'm really thankful for for my career and how it's played out. But I'm ready to experience something different. I'm getting old and I'm ready to win.

And I think this team is primed to do that. Hickey, if that's how he sounds when he's excited, what does he sound like when he's sad? Bill Belichick. Oh, geez. We're on the same side. Oh, my God. It's tell me how excited you are. Oh, wow. Somebody give give him some wings.

What will make him happy? He doesn't look like he you think he the Bolsas drink beer, right? They probably drink not but like what do they drink? I don't know.

I don't know. They're both pretty chiseled. They look like they just put good things into. They look like you know what? They look like they are on the Brock Lesnar diet. Meat only. Just meat. Them dudes is like guys are trucks, man.

Eating raw eggs. You don't think that you don't think Nick and Joey Joey throw back a beer? I guess maybe they would think they did. They both go to Ohio State. They were drinking beer.

Come on now. Yeah, I guess you're probably right. They were in Columbus drinking that beer. Probably light beer, though, to, you know, low the calories. Miller, Miller Lite.

Oh, no, not Miller. Michelob Ultra. Michelob Ultra.

Less than 100 calories. You make you like I don't think I've ever drink that. Really? Is it good? It's not bad. It sounds like water.

It's pretty good. I mean, a lot of those light beers, like what light beer is in water. You're right.

You're right. Now, of course, Bud Light, Miller Lite. You drink two of those, you go to the bathroom in five minutes. Wow. Keeps you hydrated.

Let's have a hangover. I guess right. What, by peeing it out? I don't know.

Well, no, I just meant like this is like water. Not a lot of alcohol in there. Well, he needs beer. OK, he needs he needs beer and chicken. Buffalo Buffalo. Who won?

So you can get both those things. Buffalo. That's why he needs to cheer up. He sounds miserable. Well, let's see if DK Metcalf sounds.

A little happier. DK Metcalf. Well, he did get a big old contract. He's making 30 million dollars a year now with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But DK Metcalf has no idea who is going to throw him the football outside of making 30 million dollars per. DK Metcalf explained why he wanted to play for the Steelers. Like I said, man, these guys showing interest. Coach Tomlin, Mr. Omar and Mr. Rooney all hopped on the phone with me Sunday. And it just felt, felt homey, felt welcoming, you know, that they wanted to to bring me to this historic organization.

And, you know, everything was just snowballed from there and brought me here in front of you today. And 30 million dollars doesn't hurt either. And speaking of a classic diet, DK Metcalf has claimed to just be fueled on coffee and candy. OK, this guy looks like a Greek god, too.

Yeah, just coffee and candy. Meanwhile, Mason Rudolph is back with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Got himself a new contract after time away with the Tennessee Titans and outside of him.

Yeah. DK Metcalf has no idea who's going to throw him the football. Is it Aaron Rodgers? Is it Russell Wilson?

It's not going to be Justin Fields. Hey, DK, are you worried about who's going to throw you the ball, man? When I hopped on the phone with those three great gentlemen, they made me feel well.

I felt welcome first off. And then secondly, they made me feel like they had the they had the right decision, you know, with who was going to be throwing me the football. You know, I'm not making a decision in the quarterback room. So I'm just going to try to do the best of my abilities to, you know, help whoever they have out there throwing the football. So, you know, they make the correct decisions, you know, to bring the quarterback in here.

So I'm just going to roll with that. It's above my pay grade. Leave me alone. None of my business. They made me 30 million dollars a year. I ain't talking about no QB.

Simple as that. And if you want to think about his room, he's in the wide receiver room with George Pickens. He spoke to Mike DeFabo from the Athletic earlier this week. He covers the Steelers. We asked him specifically about George Pickens. He's just like, man, J.R., I don't know. They may trade him. OK, I get it. Yeah, he's kind of out there. George Pickens, a wild child, always with the penalties, always just bad in front of the cameras.

It just just seems out the lunch on a lot of cases. DK Metcalf was asked if he tried to get the number 14 from him. What?

OK, what did he say? No, sir. I mean, he's been here. He's made a staple in the number 14. I'm not trying to take away from anybody's legacy. I'm just trying to help build my what legacy. Man, got a legacy.

Am I am I missing something here? The legacy. That's up.

That's interesting. And DK Metcalf is going to be out there wearing the number four. OK, I guess while receivers now in single digits, they can and go out there and get the job done. Good for him. Well, he's not the only guy who was introduced today. To Marcus Lawrence, he was introduced as the newest member of the Seattle Seahawks.

And when asked why he decided to leave the Dallas Cowboys for Seattle, let's just say I don't know if Jerry Jones would appreciate this answer. You know, Dallas is my home. I made my home there. You know, my family lives there. You know, I'm forever going to be there.

But, you know, I know for sure I'm not going to win a Super Bowl there. Oh, ouch. Ouch.

I mean, he ain't say nothing that we don't all know already. Like this is the reality, right? They want to know Super Bowl.

Ouch. Man, I feel bad for Cowboys fans. Like I feel like over the past decade, we have gone from just optimism to just Jerry really is screwing this up. Like we will not have success until Jerry is gone and nobody trying to bury the guy.

But damn, you got football players saying that publicly. You might as well say, man, Jerry Jones is running the team into the ground. We ain't winning no Super Bowl. The man went and joined a team that has Sam Donald at quarterback. OK, what are they going to do to get to a Super Bowl?

The answer is nothing. This man left the Dallas Cowboys to go to Seattle. Seattle got a better chance to win a Super Bowl. I think not.

Might be in the same damn boat. Speaking of old crazy teams run by old guys. Cincinnati Bengals have yet to figure out anything. There's no contract with Jamar Chase, who they said they're going to pay more money than anybody in the NFL.

That's not a quarterback. T. Higgins is still being tagged. He's still tagged. They have no extension with him. Trey Hendrickson, they told him, hey, man, we can't pay everybody.

Go out and see how much you're worth. And apparently the Bengals, they don't want to play ball. Diana Rossini was on Gojo and Golick. And she said the Bengals, they're not even being realistic about trading the man who helped lead the NFL in sacks last year. And Trey Hendrickson, listen to this. There are teams out there who are willing to pay Trey. And we understand that market is booming right now after what we saw from Max Crosby's deal and Miles Garrett, the pass rush position. That's what you want to do right now if you're not a quarterback in terms of making the most money. So I've spoken to a bunch of teams who want to do it. That's not the problem. The problem is the Cincinnati Bengals. They're asking price for, you know, one GM even said to me just was ridiculous is how it was described. Well, it's the Bengals.

Do they do anything seriously? Come on now. 855 212 42 27.

That's 855 212 42 27. Let's go to Wisconsin and talk to Corey. Corey, you on the J.R. Sportbrie show. What's up? What's up, guys?

I was just sitting here. My man came drinking beer on a Friday night. Watch my box Friday and Thursday. Thursday.

My Friday. Sorry. Good. So moving on. I just had a question. I keep wondering every time I watch Giannis have a potential game against LeBron James and LeBron is either missing or on the bench.

I think it's been like five or six times in a row that I've turned the game on and he wasn't there. And I'm just wondering if you guys can answer if he's ducking Giannis or if he's just trying to steal his clout at this point. Is LeBron James trying to steal what from Giannis? Clout?

Yes. You know, because he won't play him. So then he can't have the you know, the the book of playing against LeBron James. He's taken that away from him. And I think at this point it's getting ridiculous.

Every time I turn the TV on, he's never there. Well, let's be I don't know. How many beers have you had?

I just opened my first one, so none yet. Oh, OK. Well, what type of beer is it? Well, you were just talking about that, like beers. It's a Keystone. A Keystone? I never had that. You get that at the gas station, right?

It's literally just Coors Light in a different can. OK. All right. No taking. No, I don't think what if LeBron James is snatching up every record imaginable, why wouldn't you care about Giannis?

It's at a Kumpo. And then second of all, LeBron James is old. And Giannis isn't necessarily been the most prime example of health over the past couple of seasons.

So what's the deal? You know, well, I just I just would like the Bucks and the best matchups to play each other. And it never seems to happen in regular season.

He's never there. LeBron is on the court. Look, LeBron plays in the Western Conference.

Right. Him and him. Him and Giannis. Yeah, they would play each other once a year or once in each city twice a year. LeBron James is also 40 years old. And Giannis has been busted up kind of the past few years himself.

Problem solved. This has been going on, though, and I'm just keeping it imaginary tally in my brain, but I would say the last three, two to three seasons. Yeah, I'm looking at it right now. The last time they played against each other was in December of 2022. You're in the regular season. Wow. Yeah.

Yeah, that's crazy to me because, you know, you don't want to see the best players play against each other. It's not all that crazy. We just rolled into twenty twenty five.

So that's really what? Twenty two. Twenty three season. Twenty three.

Twenty four. That's two seasons. Not all that bad. And this one, not all that bad.

Yeah. Well, maybe they'll play next week Thursday and my my wish will come true. If LeBron James, you know how to fix a groin. Well, go to L.A. Oh, yeah.

Well, L.A. is a great place to fix groins. Hey, Cory, how many keystones you gonna have in your man cave? I got to work tomorrow, so probably a couple. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You just said today is your Friday and now you got to work tomorrow.

So which one is it? You're lying to me. Well, I only get one day off at a time, so I guess it's both. You get one day off at a time. What, one day a week? Yeah, I don't get two days in a row ever. So it's weird. You were off today. Correct.

Oh, good. So why are you having your first beer in the evening? Because I got all my other stuff done earlier today. I was out in the woods finding deer antlers, all sorts of cool stuff, planting some food plots, doing, you know, redneck things, people would say.

But for me, it's fine. You were finding deer antlers or were you killing deer? No, not killing deer.

I only do that if I need it. You know, venison is good. I like venison. I like it.

Oh, yeah, it's good stuff. So you just find, wait, wait, you find the deer antlers because they shed, right? They shed the antlers? Correct.

Correct. They shed. So we go out in the spots where they're hanging out, wait in the winter and see if they're still around or not. And what do you do with the antlers after you take them? My dogs like to chew on them.

OK, why? Because they want the marrow inside, right? Is it marrow in there? No, it's like a bone. It's more like a bone. It's like a hard bone. There's nothing inside. Aren't there antlers like made out of the stuff our fingernails are made out of?

Kind of, yeah, but they're, you know, they're by this time of year, because they lose testosterone and stuff, they lose their antlers. I don't want to get into this on CBS Sports Radio, man. OK, you know a lot about this stuff. Well, thank you, Corey. Appreciate you. Yeah, well, thank you for all the time. I appreciate it. Of course. Of course.

On the Infinity Sports Network, of course. Piggy, that's all animal planted, OK? I'm impressed by you, Jayar. What, knowing about deer antlers? Yeah, I had no idea. That they fall off? That they fall off what they're made out of.

That was I mean, you you were taking me to school. I didn't know that. I know. I think it's moose. One of them things antlers fall off.

I don't know. Those antlers from the moose must be just huge, bro. I've seen I saw one in Alaska, man. Let me tell you, that thing was huge. I'm like, I'm like, damn, man.

There's a reason why these things out here about him. Some things are huge, man. That thing was huge.

Just standing out in the middle of nowhere by himself. Big as all hell. Oh, dangerous, too. They run fast. It's like that's a truck hitting you.

If you get moose, moose, moose run fast. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You ever see him glide through the snow? Oh, man.

No, bro. They too big to be running. I didn't see a run. Oh, they can run. Let me tell you, that's a freight train.

You better get off the tracks. Move all them things, all them big ass animals that that look like they don't move, move. Hippos move fast. Buffaloes. I mean, you ever see Ralphie run at Colorado? Those things can run pretty fast. Oh, the buffaloes.

Yeah, they they they look like they can't move. I stay in the city. OK. Away from the moose and the. Well, speaking of which, you know, it was caught right by my apartment this week, a coyote. They caught a coyote in Manhattan. They caught a coyote in a parking garage in Manhattan.

What do you do? Come from the Bronx? I don't know. Must took the subway down, I guess.

Came from Van Cortlandt Park. I don't know. A coyote in the garage. Coyote in the garage. Was he was he scared? Was he in a corner somewhere?

I don't know. I was roaming around. Man, New York City is crazy. Tell me we got enough to worry about. Now we got to worry about coyotes walking the streets. Thank God he didn't find the subway.

That'd be a be a mess. You see a coyote in a subway. We do eat rats. Would he eat rats? Oh, he's a dog. Any a dog or wolf? He's a combination. Yeah, like a cat dog wolf. But, you know, unlike dogs, he does eat meat or cows eat meat.

So, yeah, I think they could actually maybe that's the next trick here to to control the rat population. That may be thinking. Oh, my God. What a world. What a world. It's the J.R. sport re show 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. We're going to take a break when we come back. You know, I had mentioned this quite a few times. We got to we got to take a quick trip down to Tampa, Florida, home of the Tampa Bay Rays that unfortunately don't have a home right now. And now we have no idea about their future.

It can't be as bad as the A's. We'll get into that on the other side. It's the J.R. sport re show the Infinity Sports Network. You're listening to the J.R. sport brief. It is the J.R. sport re show here with you coast to coast 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. It has been. It's been a couple of years.

Since I've talked about. The terrible atrocity that has plagued the city of Oakland. Specifically, the the athletics moving on their way to Vegas, they're going to be playing in Sacramento this upcoming season, which just seems odd as they plan their their stadium to be built in Las Vegas on the strip. Now, as bad as I feel and upset as I am, knowing that the A's will no longer be in Oakland, they're going to be in Vegas.

When the A's in Vegas, I think. Am I am I am I am I a sucker? Am I bad that I like? I'm going to go one day.

Should I feel bad about myself? No, I'm going I'm going to go and boo Fisher. Is that is that work? Then that is perfectly OK. He probably won't even be there, but he definitely will not be there. Picky, how about this? When I go, I won't pay. There we go. I'm not paying.

Now we're talking best of both worlds. You can go check it out, but not support them. Yeah, I'm going with my credentials. Knowing I've said everything that I've said over the years about them.

Thank you. They'll probably deny me. Be like, no, I can't come here. Oh, we've heard of you. No way.

Jose been talking crap about this guy for four years. We ain't letting you in here. But anyway, I'll go and I will not pay. And I don't know what I'll support, but I'll go. Baseball on the strip seems interesting. I just wish it wasn't the Oakland A's. And so we know that eventually we're going to have some teams that are moving. City of Nashville wants a baseball team. I don't know what's going on in Montreal, but will Montreal ever get a team again?

I don't know. Well, we'll see. But right now, Major League Baseball has a problem with another team in the southern part of the country. This time, not in the west or the southwest.

This time. This team is it's in Tampa. It's the race.

Unfortunately, we understand that the race. They have to deal with a hurricane. Tropicana Field or whatever the hell they call that piece of garbage. That's basically a tarp over two bricks. The place was damaged.

One. I think it's I don't even know, a couple of hundred million dollars in damage to fix it up. And so meanwhile, before the hurricane even came through, the Tampa Bay Rays were planning a new stadium that was one point three billion dollars. And if you've been paying attention to baseball, you know that the Tampa Bay Rays. They play in that dump. They rarely attract fans over the course of their almost 30 year history. They've been pretty pathetic.

They've been pretty bad. And so what do you do when you have to play in the Yankees minor league stadium, which all things considered is smaller, but probably better than your full time stadium? What do you do when you have to pay to fix your brand new stadium or your old stadium and then try to build a new one? Well, if you have the Tampa Bay Rays, you pretty much say we we can't do it. Apparently, the Tampa Bay Rays have no plan on doing anything. Their owner, Stuart Sternberg, said after careful deliberation, we have concluded we cannot move forward with a new ballpark and development project. At this moment, a series of events beginning in October that no one could have anticipated led to this.

And just excuse me, led to this difficult decision. He had a hurricane, basically. It stinks. I mean, we got a rumor leaked just last week that the commissioner of baseball, Rob Manfred, wishes he would sell the team.

They basically call him his god, cheap. It's like, man, figure it out, build the stadium. Ultimately, maybe they want to move the team out of Tampa.

This is crazy. So the Tampa Bay Rays that contracted with the city of St. Petersburg to play three more seasons at their current stadium, which they can't play in right now due to Hurricane Milton. The stadium cannot be played in right now, needs to be fixed up, and then they need to move into a new one.

I have no idea. I think ultimately they're going to force them to sell the Rays, which can't necessarily do. He's going to sell them voluntarily. They're going to move the team. Just send them to Nashville.

OK. I'd like that. I could drive there. I ain't driving to Tampa.

Not doing that. And then you get this piece of news. The mayor of St. Petersburg, Ken Welch, probably never heard of this guy. He said the city will never work with the Rays ownership again for a new stadium.

Listen to this. I have no interest in working with this ownership group. They've got a set of agreements that they signed on July 31st or August 1st of last year that we all agreed to.

Why would I go back to the same group and trust them this time? That bridge has been burned. We'll meet our obligations. If there's a new ownership group, I'm perfectly willing to have that conversation. Oh, well, basically said they reneged on the deal like you agreed to build a stadium and move in. And now you don't want to do it. You're going to blame the cost to move into the old place. Look, I don't get involved in these politics and people want to say, hey, keep the politics out of sports.

It's impossible. All these owners asking for free money is just it's nutty. I would like it if the Rays moved because I don't I don't like the Rays. Just don't like them. Marco, how you feel about the Rays? Do you care where they go? I mean, to a point, yeah, I want to see them go to a good home and a good spot.

I think Nashville is a decent spot, but they can't stay where they are. And this organization can't be run the way it's run. They play in a trash bag. Like, what are we doing? And why are we why are they fixing it up? They're going to fix up a trash bag to move them in temporarily before they move into a new place. Seems like a waste of time and money to me. Now, that's pretty much what everything is now, because you can't overspend here.

So let's just continue to spend money and throw it down the drain because it's useless. I mean, it's dumb. It's just flat out dumb. So what the hell?

What are they going to play at Yankee Stadium for the next two years? Can't do that. Why not? You said why not? Why not? Well, that's what the A's are doing. Good point.

Well, but I mean, like what? What does it hold? Eight thousand people? You getting more at the top? Eleven thousand.

Did you get more at the top? They averaged 15. OK. So how many people are dying to go see the Rays then? What are we doing?

Nobody. So we're just moving from Tampa. That's my point. You're right. But again, I don't think that they can just make them go. I think they should start moving it faster. I mean, the fire has been lit.

Let's go. You don't have a fan base. This is not with the A's moving where they upped and left Oakland. This is totally different.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I mean, this is 98. Who cares? And no one's gone. And you've had good teams.

They're losers. A couple of them. You know what? It's enough. It's enough.

And you play in a dump. Nobody wants to just we tried. We gave it a shot.

It didn't work. Move it to Nashville. It's enough that we got the Marlins down there, right? That's enough. That's too much.

And we don't need anybody else. That's too much because nobody goes to the Marlin games either. Aren't they called the Florida Marlins now anyway? No longer Miami? They're a quadruple A team for the rest of Major League Baseball so that they get decent players and they ship them off.

And then they do it again and again and again and again and again. Every now and then they win the World Series. It's been a while. They had two and that was over 20 years ago.

Again, they're a minor league system. The last one wasn't. It was 22 years ago, JR. Nah, bro. No, it wasn't. It was 2003.

Josh Beckett? It was 2003. Nah, no. They won a 97 and a 03. No, no. Did they rip down the team after that too? Immediately. They did it both times.

Yes. Yes, they had Hickey. They had everybody when they won the first time. They had everybody. Now granted, that team was good, but it was a bunch of mercenaries. It was the Sheffields, the Kevin Browns, the Outliners, mercenaries all over the place. Yeah, they had everybody on that team.

And they paid them all and then they realized we can't pay any of these guys and stripped it. Forget all of that. Josh, that was 2003. Yeah. Oh my God. That's why this is not like, oh the Marlins won just what, seven years ago?

Come on, give it to me. It was 22 years ago. Why does it feel like yesterday to me? Because we're old.

And watch your mouth. But it ain't. That was, that was, no. Yeah. Josh Beckett, that was that long ago. They beat Roger Clemons and David Wells of the Yankees. Yes, it's that long ago.

That was before Clemons retired the first time. I'm depressed. I am depressed. I am depressed.

What time is it? I can't even go downstairs and get a beer. Oh my God. That depressed me. Damn.

Thank you. No, no, no, no, no. Forget you, Marco. I don't even want to be here no more. Wow. That was 22 years ago? Oh my God. Oh, man.

It's the JR sport re-show on the Infinity Sports Network. 8 5 5 2 1 2 42 27. That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 42 27. We're going to take a break. I'm going to take a much needed break. We come back on the other side.

I'm going to gather myself. I'm going to tell you about a few things that took place this day in sports history. And I'm going to try not to recall that that was 22 years ago because it felt like yesterday.

Anyway. You're listening to the JR sport brief. Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore.

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The year is 2025. If we go back to 1998, March Madness was already in full swing. And you might remember this as one of the most memorable shots in March Madness history.

We got to go back to Valparaiso beating Ole Miss 70 to 69. But it's not it's not the fact that they beat him. They beat him on what was ultimately called the shot. Bryce Drew, the coach's kid. Yeah, coach's kid hit the game winning shot to advance them over Ole Miss. Take a listen to this on CBS.

It's to check. It's the Drew for the win. Good! He did it! Bryce Drew did it!

Valpo has won the game! A miracle! They didn't just win the game. They ended up in the Sweet 16. They went on one of these ridiculous Sweet 16 runs and then they lost like a lot of teams.

Well, there's only one team that wins and they lost in the Sweet 16 to Rhode Island. We're going to get a lot more of that. Can't wait for next week. Let's see if Cooper Cup is healthy enough to go out there and play basketball.

I hope he is. Like this is the showcase. You want to see the best of the best. When is the last time we saw someone who's the number one overall pick just dominate in the NCAA tournament? I can't remember. I can't. Anyway, March 13th, 2022.

Oh my God. This is a bad one or a good one, I guess. Tom Brady, after being retired for 40 days. Tom Brady changed his mind and Tom Brady came back. He unretired this day, March 13th, 2022. Listen to this report from the NFL Network.

This is going to be a story that is going to dominate the next couple of days or so. Tom Brady making it official with this tweet. These past two months, I've realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands.

That time will come, but it's not now. I love my teammates and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I'm coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business. Let's go. Oh, my goodness. Well.

Oh, man. At least we know he's not coming back. Right. He's done. Now he's running the Raiders and that man came back to play football. And then ultimately is, well, his wife left him. Right. His wife left him.

Was it worth it? I don't know. He's doing good, I guess.

None of my business. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. That's eight five five two one two.

Forty two twenty seven. Dave is calling from Maryland. You're on the chair of sport.

Reshow is up, Dave. Hey, you know, this this is a great day in sports history, and I'm not sure of his exact date, but it was five years ago that you went live on on, you know, all all around the country radio. Oh, well, thanks.

Well, I don't know. You were in the late night and I listen to you then and I'm listening to you now. Five years. Congratulations, JR. Keep it up.

Thank you so much, Dave. I knew it was in the pandemic. There was no sports on when I started the show. That much I know. That's a good point. What day was it? I guess I can look it up.

Not going to be that difficult. There's somewhere around here. There was no no sports. Everything was canceled. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. Lee is calling from Cincinnati. You're on the chair of sport. Reshow is up, Lee. Hey, JR. Thanks for taking my call.

Yeah, no problem. First of all, I want to apologize for asking you last night why you thought the Dolphins stunk. I mean, I knew they're not going to be any good.

And I want to thank you for putting up with me because I've been, you know, putting a few back before them. But now I have a serious question for the Gators. How well do you think they're going to do in the NCAA tournament this year? Do they have a shot to win it?

And if not, why not? What do you think the weaknesses are? Well, man, I sat down and watched all the Gator games. I know keeping up in the SEC is between them and Auburn.

That's about all I can tell you. Want me to sit here and tell you a lie? Oh, no, not at all. I want you to tell me you think the Gators are going to win it all because I'm a Gator fan. I'm not I'm not saying all of that. We got to see how about this league tomorrow? We're going to we're going to have a guest on who's going to give us a breakdown on all the teams that we need to pay attention to. Besides Duke, OK. All right. You think the Gators are going to be one of them that you can talk about?

I would I would think so. I mean, they're right there in Auburn. He is one of the top teams in the SEC.

No. Oh, yeah, well, let's face it. Auburn is the best. I will concede that Auburn is just incredible that you deny a broom what he's done. I think he should be players you like, but that's just my opinion. You tell me why wouldn't Florida be in the same category of class?

Educate me. You probably see more Gator basketball and I've seen all year. The Gators are strong. And the thing is, they're strong and they're even throughout the whole entire team. They don't have any one major score, but that's the problem. They don't have one guy that will take the team and put them on their back when they have to have it.

And that's what I think is going to kill them. Well, well, I think you might have answered your own question. And Lee, what I'll do tomorrow, we'll get somebody on and I'll ask them specifically about the Gators as well. OK, that sounds great, man. Thank you very much. You're the best. Oh, well, thank you.

Lee's suggestion. Thank you for calling from Cincinnati. Yeah, I can't watch. Who can humanly watch every single college like I can't have a thought on every college basketball team.

I can't. I've most closely followed Duke, who now has to deal with their Cooper flag ankle and see how bad that is. I kept up with St. John's and took a look at Rutgers and Auburn.

They're right next door to me. I keep I keep an eye on a few teams. I can't watch them all. Like, damn, I would die.

Hickey, I would die. I would need three of me to watch every single team worth a damn. Three a lot. Yeah.

We don't want you dying, please. Yeah. All these. I can't watch all the games.

You need some load management. But I need to talk to Tibbs. Have a conversation with Tibbs on less minutes. Tibbs.

OK, please give me a break. Anyway, it's been a fun show. Talked about all these new guys and new places we heard from D.K.

Metcalf and Joey Bosa and even Kenny Pickett. He spoke to him for the first time today and they won't talk to him the rest of the year. Anyway, we'll talk with you again tomorrow at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific. If you missed a minute of the show, you can hit rewind on the free Odyssey app, A.U.D.A.C.Y. You can find me online at JR Sport Brief. We'll be back tomorrow, 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific. The JR Sport Brief show on the Infinity Sports Network is done. Don't move.

Bart Winkler coming up next. Thank you for listening and thank you to Hickey.