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18:42That's what's up, man.

18:43Shannon Sharpe:Appreciate that, man. I really, really appreciate that. the support that I got from going on Undisputed and being on there for seven years and building a fan base. And then, you know, people started Nightcap, not Nightcap, Club Shea Shea and building a fan base there and moving over to ESPN for the two years I was there. Ready for a different take on Formula One? Look no further than No Grip, a new podcast tackling the culture of motor racing's most coveted series. Join me, Lily Herman, as we dive into the underexplored pockets of F1, including the astrology of the current grid. Lewis Hamilton, Capricorn Sun, Cancer Moon.

19:23Wouldn't you know it, Michael Schumacher is also a Capricorn Sun, Cancer Moon. The story of the sport's most consequential driver's strike. We have one man who, upon hearing that he was going to be fired, freaked out, and apparently climbed out the window of the bathroom. And was Daniel Ricciardo's illustrious F1 career a success story, a cautionary tale, or some combination of both. He started getting all this attention, and he maybe started to think, I'm bigger than this, I'm better. And plenty of other mishaps, scandals, and sagas that have made Formula One a delightful, decadent dumpster fire for more than 75 years.

19:59Listen to No Grip on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you are a founder or a freelancer or the friend who always says, I said, you know what? What if I started that? This is for you. I'm telling you I had nothing to my name. I didn't know a single person in New York. And somehow I'm dressed by Oscar de la Renta walking down that red carpet. This month we sit down with entrepreneurs and creators who actually did it. Who turned this scary leap into a business, a paycheck and a life they are proud of. Direct center of our happiness or our regrets is whether or not we're taking action on the things that matter to us.

20:36They're not selfish. They're so important. they actually lead to our greatest contributions because when we're living fulfilled, we actually show up better everywhere. We lead better, we're better friends, we're better relationships and collaborators and all those things because we have passion about the things we're doing. If you're trying to build something of your own this year, join us in these conversations that will make you braver and smarter with your money. Listen to Dos Amigos as part of the My Cultura Podcast Network available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

21:35Network and the Ad Council. What's up? I'm Miles Turner. And I'm Brianna Stewart.

21:41Shannon Sharpe:And our podcast, Game Recognized Game, has never been done before. Two active players giving you a real look at our lives and what we actually think on and off the court. Nothing's off limits. We talk trade requests. What's the vibe of that when it's like your star player is like, well, I want to leave. And then actually now I'm going to stay. We talk tanking. I mean, honestly, like, I might get in trouble for this answer, but I think it's, like, definitely happening in the WBA. And, yeah, we talk about our mistakes, too. They pulled me to the side and was like, hey, man, we got a call last night, man.

22:14You can't be rolling around the city like this the night before games, you know, doing this, doing whatever. And, of course, family stories. They'll be like, mommy, why did you miss that? Mommy, do you play basketball? Check out Game Recognized Game with Stewie and Miles on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm John Green. You may know me as the author of The Fault in Our Stars, and now I guess also as the co-host of The Away End, a brand new world soccer podcast. I'm Daniel Alarcon, a writer and journalist, and John and I have known each other since we were kids.

22:51My first World Cup was Mexico 86. I was nine years old. I watched every game, and I fell in love. On our new podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. For us, soccer... Football. ...is a story we've shared for over 30 years, since Daniel was the star player on our high school soccer team. Very debatable. And I was their most loyal and sometimes only fan. I love this game. I love its history, its hope, its heartbreak, and above all, its beauty. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer is the most important.

23:29Listen to The Away End with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

23:38Shannon Sharpe:Starting Nightcap, all that in the process, and Ocho and I, what we started here, and then we had Gil for a little while, and then JR for a little while, and then we finally found the guy that settled in, and Joey just picked right up, and this has been amazing. I can't thank you guys enough because you guys make it as possible. Whether it's Nightcap Club Shea Show or whatever platform I'm on, the success that we get to enjoy on said platform is all because of you guys. And, bro, I can't thank you enough, so I appreciate your support. I really, really do. Bossman, hey, we need a mighty mouth. John Jones and a Ray Lewis on Club Shea Shea.

24:14Shannon Sharpe:Also, I'm 28 starting Muay Thai tomorrow. Any advice? I'm nervous and excited. Hell no, I don't know nothing about no Muay Thai. Hey, I know about Muay Thai, aunt. What'd you know? Man. Uh-oh. What you mean what I know, man? Joe, look at me, Joe. OK, I see you bounce. Yeah, yeah, OK. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, you know what I know? Tom Poe kick your dad in his face. Whop! Oh, no, hey, hey, aunt. I know a little something about that Muay Thai, now like for real when it comes to combat hey joe you gonna see wait till like wait not when i get in the ring with you because i really whoop your ass but wait till i get in there with one of the real boxes you're gonna be like what the hell this nigga can really hang i'm gonna teach hey hey i'm gonna teach you to stop playing with me and my name i'll tell you right now i ain't the one you hear me hey joe hey boy and you might be six eight but when i'm done with you gonna be about five eight You hear me?

25:16I'm hungry. Come down here with me. Hey, speaking of combat sports, boy, you seen Jerron Ennis and Xander Zayas for the fight?

25:28Shannon Sharpe:I heard that. Ooh, hey, June 27th. Damn. Yeah, the press conference, April 8th. Okay. Where they fighting at? Man, in Brooklyn. That's going to be a good one, boy. Yeah. Sam Legrand how many times have people told you that you and Andre Johnson favor since you and Ocho are supposed to scrap just make sure you don't do him bad as Andre did Courtland Finnegan I'm going to do him just like that I just know Ocho sitting there listening to all them injuries thinking y 'all just need to eat Ronald McDonald man listen that was a good question the funny part about it is this was a while back man, I hung out with Andre Johnson and everybody always say we look alike.

26:18Shannon Sharpe:I think the scariest thing is we got the same mannerisms, Uncle Ocho. Yeah. You know what I mean? Quiet. Yeah, but don't, don't, you see if you piss, you piss Andre off, you see what happened don't you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just want you to know, Ocho, yeah, I'm going to treat you just like that boy he did. He rag dolled him out there. Yeah, you think so? You think so, Joe? Yeah, but now Dre a good dude though. Y 'all already know that. He was once a Jordan brand athlete. We both was on the brand. So I got a chance to kick it with him a few times. He was a super cool dude. And if I had to say anything, do we probably look like a little bit?

26:58Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but I think our mannerisms. Mannerisms, yes. Yeah, yeah, they the same pretty much. Goddamn, goddamn Dre. Kevin non delusional cowboy fan Hey Unk and Joe Leave my man Ocho alone He ain't the only He ain't the only freak on the show Hey what he said He said you're not the only freak on the show Yeah I mean no I'm not saying that Ocho is But Ocho take it too far Yeah He just ain't got no limit I'm not doing nothing That's not in the bible it's in the Bible I got a question for you right here Uncle Joe and I know you're going to know this answer what chapter come before James what chapter in the Bible come before James LeBron

27:59Shannon Sharpe:that's what I'm talking about that's what I'm talking about baby let's go I mean Ocho you go too far I think the thing is Joe and I Because we got limits Yeah we like hey we enjoy Our partner and you know Hey baby yeah Nah nah Ain't no limits Ain't no limits when it come to having a partner Unc you need to explore You need to experiment when you go deep sea diving When you go deep sea diving It's about searching All of the ocean or what you can be or what you can search for until you got to come up for oxygen. That's what y 'all need to do. All right? I need both of you, whoever you're dealing with, whoever you're talking to, I need them to take you to the depths of the goddamn abyss and try some new shit.

28:47Shannon Sharpe:Man, hey, hey, we have... Hey, we have tons of funds over here, man. We ain't got... Hey, chat, now y 'all know. Y 'all know. Y 'all know. Hey, good time don't owe nothing. nothing a good time to open up nothing i mean side the highway you know i'd have been done you know hey the poor side the road it rain yeah see no i see that's old man uh we got to graduate august 2026 there's so many different things we can be doing that like just listen to me listen to me i'm trying to get y 'all boys like to that next level there's levels to everything and the level y 'all let y 'all at level two i need you to get about i need you to get to level eight I can't tell y 'all.

29:28Shannon Sharpe:See if I tell y 'all, y 'all gonna know it's me. But there was somebody with a ski mask on the balcony a couple of months ago. I'm just saying, I'm just saying. I ain't said it was me, but there was somebody, you know what I'm saying, I'm just saying. He had a ski mask on. He about 20 folds up. I'm like, dang. I wonder if somebody knew that was me. TS Car Watch Detail Service Be my attorney and defend me like you do, Bron Them Lakers not getting out of the first round Let's keep it real Ocho, who had better feet than Doug Baldwin? Iso, who's the hardest post to guard? Be my attorney and defend me Oh, that's easy Hey, did you do it?

30:20Shannon Sharpe:Even if you didn't do it, I can get you off that's the job I mean you make my job easier when you didn't do it you know I'm saying it's easy to defend somebody but you know what a lot of times they don't even ask you because they don't want to know they don't want to know they don't want to know no bro so let me ask you a question so if I took Shea Chet Holmgren and Jalen off of OKC are they getting out of the first round So if I took Jokic, Jamar Murray, and Aaron Gordon off the Nuggets, are they getting out of the first round? Yeah, I'm not. I'm going to take Jason Tatum, I'm going to take Jalen Brown, and I'm going to take Pritchett off the Celtics.

31:03Shannon Sharpe:Are they getting out of the first round? So let's just say this. I'm going to take the two best players off any team. So that's going to be Shea and Jalen. I'm going to take JB and JT. I'm going to take Jokic and Murray. Chap, who's getting out of the first round? None of them. So I'm just trying to figure out what you mean. That just goes to show you how great LeBron is because you expect these superhuman feet from a 41-year-old. That's all they know. That's how great he is. That's how you knew how great Tom Brady was. Because what? We were expecting things from a 42, 43-year-old that we didn't expect from anybody else.

31:53Shannon Sharpe:We never expected a quarterback in his 40s to play like Brady. We expect LeBron James in year 23. First of all, nobody's ever played 23 seasons. Nobody has played as great as he did in year 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. The expectation level that we have, that's what greatness is. Ocho, you had better feet than Doug Baldwin. A lot of people had better feet than Doug Baldwin. I think Doug Baldwin was a phenomenal player. He ain't got feet like Ocho. He ain't got feet like Devontae Adams. He ain't got feet like Lloyd. Yeah, I think they just look at the clips of some of the stuff he's done in short and intermediate routes.

32:35But he has very, very good, great feet in condensed place running short routes. I think that's what they're mistaking. and if that's the case, you might as well put Hunter Winfrow in there as well. Yes. I mean, we had, I mean, Devontae Adams. Or what's Ladd McConkie? Oh, that's another one. I mean, my feet were great regardless of what area of the field I was in, whether it was short, whether it was long, routed 20 yards. Either way, I'm running full speed and I'm stopping on the dime. It's a difference. You can't even compare the two, but he's really, really, really good. I don't think his feet better than Keenan McArdle, Jimmy Smith.

33:14oh let me let me you know what matter of fact let me let me throw stevie johnson in there too because i think stevie's feet were better than mine but what he's able to do off the line i still ain't seen nobody do that to this day i think stevie might have been a little bigger than you too ocho yeah he talked about six four stevie was tall he was taller for him to move like that at that size man he was twitchy boy what was what was the question he said uh who

33:42Shannon Sharpe:Who was the hardest in the post to guard? In the post? Yeah. Shh. Mellow. Damn. Mellow just relentless, bro. He's like a bull. He's like, it ain't even just a post, but he posted up a lot. Mid post, low post. You know what I mean? High post. He was one dude who posted up quite a bit. Mellow, the guy who really brought the ball up the court a lot, he was a great half-court set guy, meaning you throw it to him, he catch it. He going to get to his spot. I think he was the hardest post player to guard, bro. You hear that a lot. A lot of people said that about Melo. Yeah, because look, his mid-range was automatic.

34:25Shannon Sharpe:So he hit you with that jab. He probably had the best jab step I ever seen in the game, in hoops, you know what I mean? With a jump shot, man, that's hard to stop, bro. I like that move, Joe, that Melo do. when he got the ball and he had put that shoulder into you and come back just to create a little bit of space and that bitch go in every goddamn time. I got that move in my repertoire. Imagine you guard me and I hit you with that shoulder. I hit you with that shoulder. You got that too? Come on, man. I got a little bit of everything in my game. I want your stop playing. I know how to stop it though.

35:03After watching it multiple times. How you stop it? because listen, when you put that shoulder into me, I'm going to grab the bottom of your elbow. So when you come back, I'm bringing myself back right with you and I'm going to block that. I'm in your face. I'm in your face. I'm going to call cookies when I block it. I'm built for all the BS in your game, bro. All the foul. Joe, we can make a jailhouse ball if you want to. Don't make me no different. Make it loud on yourself, Joe. Don't make me no different. This is what I do. You're not going to out-talk me. You're not going to out-play me. Okay.

35:41I'm just letting you know. All right. One thing I'm going to do, even though it's not my sport, I'm going to compete hard as hell. It's okay. I want you to compete, but that shit ain't going to do nothing. All right.

35:53Shannon Sharpe:All right, Joe. This is a good one. Big Mike won. Ye or Hov, if you can only go to one concert in July. I'm going to see Hov, bro. I'm going to see Ye. and it's nothing about the comparison of them as an artist. I just like the difference in creativity. Yay production. Bingo. That's where I get the creativity. The visuals. Ain't no telling what you're gonna see because yay is unpredictable. He's unpredictable. I seen him out there on the world. I seen him on their world. That was hard. Yeah, that was hard. That's hard. I seen it. Ocho, I think I'm about to agree with you on this one. I think I'm about to go see yay.

36:32I think I'm about to go see yay. Yeah, when you go watch Hove, You know, he's going to have lights. He's going to have, you know, the visuals on the jumbotron behind him, you know. But he's just standing there, just walking back and forth, rapping what we already know. Kanye, boy, it's different.

36:51Shannon Sharpe:Sexy Ed Boy, I asked Jim and I to sim 100 games, Ravens versus the 05 Bengals. Ravens win 64-36. Ray Lewis and Chad Johnson were MVPs. Raven D was just too suffocating for Carson Palmer. I don't like that. I'm trying to figure out where the hell them 64 points came from and they ain't had the goddamn offense like that. Huh? A hundred games. We beat y 'all 64 times. Y 'all beat us 36 times. I'm just trying to figure out after the first game, how did y 'all have anybody eligible to play? Because we hurt y 'all.

37:29Joe, you see that, Joe?

37:30Shannon Sharpe:I see a little pebble you got in there. That ain't no pepper, Joe. That's 30 inches there, boy.

37:41Shannon Sharpe:Skater XXL. Iso, what do you think NBA players need to do to stop getting injured so much, and should they consider lowering the gains? No, I don't think they should lower the gains. But I do think guys have to take serious initiative as far as taking care of their bodies, Anke Ocho, training properly. All that goes hand-to-hand. Eating right, training properly, getting the right amount of rest. Because I think what's taken for granted as a professional, especially in basketball, because you've got to play almost every other night, back-to-back. You may play four games in five nights. And what I've always told y 'all, that's equivalent.

38:20Shannon Sharpe:One game is equivalent to three and a half, four miles running. So if you're doing it four out of five nights, bro, So, you know, you got to be taking care of yourself. Wear your body down. Yeah. Got to be taking care of yourself. You do. Got to get your sleep. Man. Got to get your ribs. Got to get those nutrients in you. You know, quality food. Got to get your treatment when you don't feel like going there to get treatment. You got to get all that.

38:51Shannon Sharpe:No, they ain't going to lower the game because you lower the game, you lower the pay. Damn right. Sheldon Pope, do you believe Luca dealing with the child support petition, his ex-father in California, but despite living abroad, was weighing heavily on him? I mean, she's trying to take – I guess she won't sole custody. It's going to be hard for her to prove that she didn't have the kids in California. Even though he's a California resident, I don't think the other – I don't know if any of the kids conceived in Cali. it's gonna be hard because cali won't have jurisdiction

39:28Shannon Sharpe:that's tough bro that's tough i'm sure he's dealing with it i'm sure i'm sure that's on his mind it's only natural yeah

39:45Shannon Sharpe:yeah i don't see it's only natural i mean look we joe i don't know if you had to do with the but you and I, we were in the smack dab in our career. We had to deal with it. Yeah. Hell yeah, I had to deal with it too. Okay. So you know. Yeah. I know exactly what it's like. That shit's stressful. You know, like, come on, you ain't got to do this. Hey, whatever you, nah. Part of them want to embarrass you and all kind of foolish have your business all out there. Yeah, I know.

40:18Shannon Sharpe:But hopefully it gets resolved. at the end of the day two parents bickering I think the thing is that as you get older you start to realize why we fighting if you say you love the kid I say I love the kid let's do what's right for the kid me and you going back and forth whatever we had we don't have that anymore but let's do what's right for the kid I ain't got no beef with you I want you to be happy you found happiness over there I found happiness where I'm at I ain't got no problem I want to do I want to do why do you think I'm doing this absolutely she want that money she ain't trying to hear all that we gonna do right by the kid but she gonna give me this money I'm taking this money with me what the type of money that boy making right now oh yeah yeah yeah but I'm saying because boy look here I know some people in California they was on football salaries paying 15 ,000 a month so I know Luca hey Luca probably I mean, if they let California have jurisdiction over that, he'd probably have to give up$50 ,000,$60 ,000,$70 ,000 a month.

41:25Shannon Sharpe:Man, yeah. I know some people who ain't. Per child. Let me take that back on your per child. Maybe more. Yeah. Hey, I know some girls who didn't even live in California and moved to California just to file. Yeah. Yeah. Goddamn. Yeah. Joe, just to file, Joe? Yeah, because you're going to get a lot more in California than you would anywhere else. They'll let you have, because normally, because normally, wherever the child was conceived, is that how they try to do it? Some states, like, they cap it. Okay, how much money you make? You go get this. Yeah. I think there are a couple of southern states, but see, in order to do that, you're going to have to have somebody that's in the legislative, that make the laws, you're gonna have to have them get jammed up and then they'll sleep that thing through.

42:20Shannon Sharpe:They'll get that through, they'll get that special session, get that thing done. Yeah. But yeah, it was a, it's tough, man. It's tough. Yeah, imagine him having to deal with all that and he gotta go out here and play and compete at a high level. That's always gonna be in the back of your brain, bro. Yeah, because you thinking like, these kids. One's two and I think he just had one. So you mean to tell me a two and a two month old, three month old they need 50, 60, 70, 100 ,000 a month? A month? You know how that game goes. Hold up though. When you look at it who in the hell grinning that? Why come people can't use their common sense?

43:05Shannon Sharpe:Why would a judge make somebody pay that type of money bro when you know they don't need. They factor in Joe this is what they do. They said if you if the child live with you you have to maintain a lifestyle but the child ain't live with me.

43:28Shannon Sharpe:Cold game. That's a thing of the past. Look sometimes like I said that's why you got to be good. Athletes you got to be good at compartmentalizing. You're dealing with a lot of things that people don't know be it injuries, be it family issues, be it stuff like this, and you still got to go out there and perform because them fans don't give a damn about what you got going on. At all. Yeah, right. We paid our money. We paid$50,$100, whatever. Ready for a different take on Formula One? Look no further than No Grip, a new podcast tackling the culture of motor racing's most coveted series. Join me, Lily Herman, as we dive into the underexplored pockets of F1, including the astrology of the current grid, Lewis Hamilton, Crafticorn Sun, Cancer Moon, Wouldn't you know it, Michael Schumacher is also a Capricorn Sun Cancer Moon.

44:13The story of the sport's most consequential driver's strike. We have one man who, upon hearing that he was going to be fired, freaked out, and apparently climbed out the window of the bathroom. And was Daniel Ricciardo's illustrious F1 career a success story, a cautionary tale, or some combination of both? He started getting all this attention, and he maybe started to think, I'm bigger than this, I'm better. and plenty of other mishaps, scandals, and sagas that have made Formula One a delightful, decadent dumpster fire for more than 75 years. Listen to No Grip on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

44:51If you are a founder or a freelancer or the friend who always says, hey, you know what? What if I started that? This is for you. I'm telling you I had nothing to my name. I didn't know a single person in New York. And somehow I'm dressed by Oscar de la Renta walking down that red carpet. This month, we sit down with entrepreneurs and creators who actually did it, who turned this scary leap into a business, a paycheck and a life they are proud of. Direct center of our happiness or our regrets is whether or not we're taking action on the things that matter to us. They're not selfish. They're so important.

45:24They actually lead to our greatest contributions because when we're living fulfilled, we actually show up better everywhere. We lead better, we're better friends, we're better relationships and collaborators and all those things because we have passion about the things we're doing. If you're trying to build something of your own this year, join us in these conversations that will make you braver and smarter with your money. Listen to Dos Amigos as part of the My Cultura Podcast Network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Real talent is defined by what people can do, not where they learn to do it.

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46:26Shannon Sharpe:And our podcast, Game Recognized Game, has never been done before. Two active players giving you a real look at our lives and what we actually think on and off the court. Nothing's off limits. We talk trade requests. What's the vibe of that when it's like your star player is like, well, I want to leave and then actually now I'm going to stay. We talk tanking. I mean, honestly, like I might get in trouble for this answer, but I think it's like definitely happening in the WBA. And yeah, we talk about our mistakes too. They pulled me to the side and was like, hey man, we got a call last night, man.

46:59You can't be rolling around the city like this the night before games, you know, doing this, doing whatever. And of course, family stories. And I'll be like, mommy, why did you miss that? Mommy, do you play basketball? Check out Game Recognized Game with Stewie and Miles on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm John Green. You may know me as the author of The Fault in Our Stars, and now I guess also as the co-host of The Away End, a brand new world soccer podcast. I'm Daniel Alarcon, a writer and journalist, and John and I have known each other since we were kids.

47:36My first World Cup was Mexico 86. I was nine years old. I watched every game and I fell in love. On our new podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. For us, soccer... Football. ...is a story we've shared for over 30 years, since Daniel was the star player on our high school soccer team. Very debatable. And I was their most loyal and sometimes only fan. I love this game. I love its history, its hope, its heartbreak, and above all, its beauty. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important.

48:14Listen to The Away End with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

48:23Shannon Sharpe:Tickets cost now. Do what you do, Shannon. Do what you do, Ocho. All right, so come on now. Yeah, all right. You better do what you do. I don't miss that. Look, my kids, we have great relationships. I have a great relationship with my kids. I got two grands now. But it's not easy. I mean, everything went peaches. I mean, it took a while to get to this point. Yeah. because they're they're taking it takes a lot of growing on both parents a lot why zoo ocho gonna run the boston marathon you doing the boston marathon this year oh no hell no you done it before joe nah i know i mean i run you know i train with my daughter that's about it but i mean she do the 800 400 that's about as far as i go now marathon absolutely not you ain't no distant runner Joe that 800 that's a little tough there boy that's enough distance for me how far is the 800 Ojo two laps I mean that's two laps we booking though when we training oh yeah

49:33how long you think the Boston Marathon is huh like how many miles

49:37Shannon Sharpe:26.2 miles oh heck Y 'all have a time y 'all self in the mile?

49:46Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, in high school, I could run a sub six-minute mile. Oh, boy, you booking. I don't remember. You booking. I ran a mile. We used to be playing for the Hawks. We used to have to do a conditioning test. You had to run a mile, and you had to chart your time. We had a trainer out there charting our time. I ran it in like 7.30, something like that. I read, Ocho, you remember you used to have the 12, you ever had, in college y 'all had the 12 minute run? Where you run around the football, we run around two football fields. So we had to run around two football fields

50:23Shannon Sharpe:for time. So you had 12 minutes. So you just continuously run for 12 straight minutes. No, I don't remember that. At your own pace? Well, you had to get X amount of laps. You had to get at least six laps. Six laps, 12 minutes. okay that's feasible wait one football field or two football fields? We run around two football fields oh sure that's a different ball game

50:54Shannon Sharpe:hell yeah and football I mean I would come from a track background so I knew how to pace myself know how to bring it but people that ain't run no track and offense and defense alignment I mean I think they probably had like three but you know because you know how it is. It's the same thing with the sprints, Ocho. You know wide receivers running and everybody else, you know, they got 14 seconds, and then you got 16 seconds for the tight end of the linebackers, and then you got 20 seconds for them slow-ass O-line and D-line. So you just, hey, 16 was a breeze because when we ran, getting in shape, we did 14.

51:30Shannon Sharpe:Right. So 16 is a breeze. I ain't even breaking a sweat with that one. All right, Dave, what's up, guys? Love from Raleigh, North Carolina. Since y 'all talked about him yesterday, what are your top five Samuel L. Jackson roles? Ooh, that's a good one.

51:52Shannon Sharpe:Jungle Fever, he was Gator. A Time to Kill with Matthew McConaughey. That's a good one. Steven, Django. Hey, hold on. Y 'all ever seen this movie called The Cleaners? Nah. Hold on, hold on. on Samiel Jackson. What's the people who come clean after like a murder or something in your house? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I haven't seen that one. I don't think I've seen that one. It's called The Cleaners, bro. Y 'all got to go watch that. I ain't see that. I'm going to have to watch that there. Yeah. Oh, you know a good movie, Ocho Guys? What was that? Which one? Negotiator. You remember The Negotiator?

52:32Yeah, I do. Yeah, yeah. I don't think I saw The Negotiator.

52:35Shannon Sharpe:and Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction I'm looking at some of those movies now remember Black Snake Moon? yeah yeah a couple of them told me about that hey I was in the phone that's where I want to be in the phone at yeah I forgot Samuel Jackson was in SWAT SWAT? Shaft? yeah shaft yeah oh yeah shaft was shaft was cold god damn he done been in a lot of movies man jesus christ oh yeah that reasonable doubt lakeview terrace oh yeah oh yeah he was hey this was crazy and he was a terrorizing ass neighbor boy yeah he's like have you seen anybody been in my no i just see you two hey you know what pulp fiction soul man pulp fiction is up there with one of the best absolutely

53:44Shannon Sharpe:yo yep yeah man y 'all y 'all check out that cleaner when y 'all ain't got nothing to do I'm definitely gonna see it. You remember he was in, he branched off, but remember he was Sixth Sense. So Mr. Glass, Unbreakable. Yeah, yeah. Oh, with James McAvoy. Yep. Wait, Sixth Sense. That's the movie with the little kid. Yeah, what you call him, with Bruce Willis. Yeah. Man, that was great. Hallie Jo Osmond. Man, that was a great movie. That was a good movie, good movie. I did not know. Boy, they have, hey, I did not know to the very end that that man was dead. Yeah, same, same. Hey, my favorite part, remember they were stuck in traffic on him and the little kid and the smoke kept coming out his mouth, like the cold, like it was cold or something.

54:33That was a really good movie. The Sixth Sense, that was a really good movie.

54:42Shannon Sharpe:Tommy G, last I checked, the world's strongest man was Mark Henry. I agree. They've been some strongmen. Colton, they got this guy named Colton now. He's pretty strong. Talking about doing them strongmen competition? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, I used to love strongmen competition. I used to watch with Bill Kazmaier. When they had come on ABC, they had Bill Kazmaier, Campa Terror, Paul Wren. Man, I used to watch him when they had John Paul Sigmarison.

55:19Shannon Sharpe:Cydrunas Levicus. Hey, what's the obstacle course? Mario Pujanowski. Huh? What's the obstacle course thing that people be doing? They be running, you have to jump up that ground thing, then jump off and run up the... Y 'all know what I'm talking about? It's like... American Ninja. American Ninja. Ocho, me and you. American Ninja. I bet I beat you. I like that. I bet I beat you in American Ninja. I like that. Hey, Joe, you gonna struggle because you can't lift your own body weight. Man, you crazy. You can't. Your upper body strength ain't like that. Joe, your core is weak. Man, you tripping, bro.

55:51Joe, your core is weak. Oh, Joe, you don't know me very well. I'm looking at you, Joe. I can see through you, Joe. All right. Okay. Hey, Joe, you can't beat me in nothing, man. Huh? Joe, you can't beat me in nothing, my boy.

56:07Shannon Sharpe:You got to take that full gazing crown off, bro. They ain't any. They're full gazing? Yeah, they ain't any. You know where I got this crown from? Where? Huh? Caesar gave it to me. Julia or Augustus? Julius.

56:29Shannon Sharpe:Brightburn, here you talk about your granddad yesterday and him not playing. It surprised me. Growing up black during the peak of racism, wouldn't find Ish funny either. Did any joke ever make him laugh? What's the hardest you've seen him laugh? Occasionally he did. I mean, he like, He liked comedy. I mean, I read Fox was his favorite comedy. You know, when I brought him in the 70s, Westerns were the thing. Yeah. So you had Gunsmoke and you had Big Valley, you had things like that, Bonanza. So Westerns were the thing. He was a big, big John Wayne. He had no idea John Wayne had the history that he had, didn't know anything about that.

57:08Shannon Sharpe:And I'm watching the Bob Barker documentary. Lord have mercy, didn't know about Bob Barker. but people talk about oh but he did a lot for pets goes to show you he carried more love pets more than he loved but we're talking about that let y 'all watch it first before we get into that. Yeah.

57:27Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to think. He ain't watching nothing but mainly what the news? He watched mainly news didn't watch a whole lot of stuff but I'm trying to think the hardest part I left.

57:47Shannon Sharpe:I don't really recall. My grandfather grew up in it. You know where you get a barrel of laughs from? You know where that term comes from? Where? In the South, when my grandfather grew up, you couldn't laugh in public. You had to stick your head in a barrel and laugh. Why? What? Boy, you couldn't laugh. In the South? You laughing in public? In what? Oh, okay, okay. I see what you mean. No. No, sir. Man, please. You can't even wear your uniform. If you're in the military, you could wear your uniform out in public. Damn. He grew up in a different time. I don't – I'd have to ask Spanky because Spanky called me today because I know somebody – he called me like three times and I missed him every time.

58:35Shannon Sharpe:But I know somebody called and was telling him what I had said on nightcap and asked if any of that was true. I know they did, I know that's why he was calling me.

58:52Shannon Sharpe:I don't recall him laughing that much. I don't.

59:02Shannon Sharpe:I don't, I honestly don't, guys.

59:11Shannon Sharpe:Bills Marv say night cap visits Japan. When? Business where? Japan. Well, who paying for them flights? Bad, please.

59:28Shannon Sharpe:Roadrunner underscore Ryan. Kevin Durant addressed the poor Memphis accommodations on Out of the Mud podcast with Tony Allen and Zach Randolph, both who played in Memphis and agreed the world just loved to target LeBron. Yeah, two guys that played there, two guys that, you know, obviously played there at a high level. Kevin Durant spoke about like blah, blah, blah. But... LeBron worried is what... He understood. Look, I think the thing is, like you said, Ocho, and Joe, Joe, you said it. It says his words are powerful, and so obviously, you know, people like to hate that he said it. I don't, you know, like I said, I understood what he was talking about.

1:00:10Shannon Sharpe:I don't know how much time that he – obviously, in 23 years, he's been to Memphis every year. Yeah. And I don't know if he's gone out or did anything in Memphis. I don't know. Just says he don't like staring. He don't like playing. and I don't think it had anything to do with the people. It's just one of those towns where the accommodation wasn't up to its satisfaction. Right. Yeah. Big three, other than WrestleMania and SummerSlam, can you name other WWE pay-per-view events where a PLE that you remember from the time you watched now? Bro, you gotta realize we coming up, first of all, we didn't have cable in the country.

1:00:56Shannon Sharpe:You couldn't get cable in the country. You had to be in the city limits to get cable. So all that, no. And you had to pay for that. Where the money was coming from? Why do you think somebody got$20,$30, whatever? Oh, Lord have mercy. I promise you, Mary Porter was not going to spend no$20 to watch no SummerSlam when she was struggling to put baloney and stuff on the table. Hell no. What happened? I don't know Joe maybe y 'all had cable and maybe y 'all watched SummerSlam but we watched if it didn't come on regular TV we were watching it remember that big satellite dish my granddaddy's had that big satellite dish like a goddamn UFO and it turned left and right I remember that that's about it shit we had them hangers on the back of the TV for antenna oh yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah, we had a pole that you go out there and turn it right there, right there, right there, right there, right there, right there, that's it.

1:01:58Shannon Sharpe:Then you let it go to get fuzzy again. No, no, no, turn it back. I said, if y 'all think I'm about to hold this pole, why y 'all live there watching TV? Y 'all crazy. Man, please.

1:02:10Shannon Sharpe:I remember those days. There was the days, Ocho. There was the days, we had a, back then we called them floor models. You ever had the big console TV joke? And then that joke went out, that was a shelf you put other stuff on and just set another little TV right on top of it. Hold it, hey, them was the good days, bro. Good days. Yes, uh. Flow model. Man. Zenith and Sony were the TVs. Yeah, hey, hey. Big flow model TV. And my grandma used to. I don't remember, Ocho, but Mitsubishi used to make TVs. Yeah. I remember that. I mean, clean, too. Clean TV. Nice. Hey, my grandma used to be peed off, but we hooked that video game up to that TV.

1:02:53Shannon Sharpe:You gonna knock my cull out of my TV with that video.

1:03:00Shannon Sharpe:Hey, and don't break, hey, had the vice grips on there to turn the channel. Yes, sir. Yeah, because you done lost the knob. Yeah, you done broke that thing up. Yeah. You get the fly. But back then, you ain't have all the channels. You got like three channels. You had like channel three, because you got like ABC, NBC, CBS. Every once in a while we could get like maybe late at night you get double JCL, channel 22. But you got like, and then you messing around and messing up. We had three channels. On, off, and don't mess with me. That was it. You messed that up. Boy, what, like man, the TV go out.

1:03:40Shannon Sharpe:Ain't had no money, baby. You just be coming home like, me and Spanky just played basketball until it was dark. We just be outside playing basketball and throwing the football or something. Come in, it's just quiet. Yeah. The good days. By the way, no damn good days. Who told you that? You don't miss them days? Hell no. Hey, them days molded you, though. They molded you into who you are. You ain't got no choice. Yeah. That's why I don't really have any problems being by myself. Because, like, once my brother – my brother's three years old, so by the time he went to college, I'm going to be a sophomore.

1:04:13Shannon Sharpe:So I was a freshman, he was a senior. He goes to college my sophomore year. My sister eight years older than me. My sister dating. So basically just me, my grandma, and my nephew. So that's why I really have no problem being alone. Yeah. And not talking because, whoo, my grandma, whoo, that boy know he can talk. Yes.

1:04:38Shannon Sharpe:So you just learn to be quiet. Yeah.

1:04:47Shannon Sharpe:Varys117. I was watching Nas play the other day and was wondering what you thought about his game since you played with him. Also, why you don't think the guys in that space don't go to the league? In the one-on-one space, that's what he's talking about. I hadn't played with Nas yet. Obviously, he's on the Detroit Amps team this year and we teammates this year. But I watch a lot of the one-on-one, the 1v1 space, and Nas is great. He's been great since he joined the big three. He's been in a championship game the past two years. He just hadn't won it, which is one of the reasons why we picked him up this year.

1:05:25Shannon Sharpe:Just a competitor, ultra competitor, who just wants to win, bro. And he competes at the highest level. So I'm excited to be a teammate of his. Do y 'all think Watson has a chance to be in the quarterback battle? I think it's his two jobs to lose. I really don't think it's close. Last, we saw DW4. He wasn't a starting caliber quarterback. That was before the injuries. We're going to see. Oh, I think that definitely. I mean, the man making$47 million. He's going to be a starter. Yeah, unless he gets injured again. I agree with you on Joe. That's it. It's his job to lose. Making$40 million this year.

1:06:07he's going to be given the chance to start and be the starting quarterback. Will he be the starting quarterback of the future? Probably not. So I think whatever he does this season to date is basically a resume. It's part of his resume to see if he can be signed with another team because he's going to make that $40 million this year. But after this year, they're moving on. They're moving on.

1:06:33Shannon Sharpe:That concludes this episode of Nightcap. We want to thank you for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite up. That is my partner and co-host, Bingo Great, former pro bowler and an all-pro. That is Chad Ochocinco Johnson. And a seven-time NBA All-Star from the Atlanta Hawks, that's Iso Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button. And go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. Thank you for your support, guys. We greatly, greatly appreciate that. Those looking to purchase a bottle of shade by LaPortier, Head over to LaportierCognac.com.

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1:07:49Shannon Sharpe:And congratulations to the UCLA Lady Bruins as they take down the Lady Gamecocks 79-51 to win their very, very first Women's National Championship. Lauren Betts is your most outstanding player. Again, thank you guys for watching. I'm Unk, he's Ojo, he's Aiso we're out tonight but we'll see you tomorrow. Mañana Peace out

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