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3 Sep 2026 · 1h 55m · 44 chapters

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THE LAST CALL! 🤼‍♂️🔥 Tampa wrestling is stepping into the ring for a great cause! We preview the upcoming charity matches, break down the WNBA playoff picture 🏀 and hit the latest from MLB ⚾. Three worlds of sports. Plenty of opinions. One Sports Ride Sh

In short

The show is a Tampa sports roundup plus a major promo for an independent charity wrestling event, “Last Call,” on September 26 at Trinity School for Children. The hosts also discuss the WNBA playoff picture and MLB’s latest, alongside lots of banter about sports culture and rule changes (e.g., flag football/pro bowls).

Guests (panel members and backgrounds)

  1. Deputy Prado (Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation): A Hillsborough County firefighter and foundation president. He’s organizing the wrestling fundraiser with Trinity School and the Fire Rescue Foundation. He also references PTSD/mental health funding after a recent suicide in the department.
  2. “The Voice” (Mr. Wilson’s panel persona): A large former football player/competitor type, described as 6’4” and 280 pounds; involved in the event’s hype and wrestling-style stunts.
  3. Mr. Wilson: Another panelist with a football background (mentions offensive line/flag football) and sports commentary.
  4. “Lifetime” (panel persona): Another contributor who jokes about “concussion protocol” and waxing; also participates in the event’s physical-stunt talk.

Key claims

  • The September 26 match is framed as “career on the line” for Deputy Prado, with a belt required to be returned.
  • The wrestling event is sold out in two days and is expected to be the biggest independent Tampa show.
  • Foundation funds target PTSD clinicians and mental health support for firefighters.

Notable examples

  • The event is tied to Trinity School for Children and a gala on November 6 (700–800 attendees) with speakers like Derek Brooks.
  • Deputy Prado cites 9/11 remembrance and firefighter mental health as major motivations.

Written by AI. May contain mistakes.

Chapters

0:45

Preview of Tampa Wrestling Event

Discussion about the upcoming wrestling event featuring Deputy Prado.

“And remember, here at the Sports Ride Show, every sports story belongs to you.”
3:10

Confrontation with Moose

Deputy Prado shares the conflict with Moose leading to the match.

“And that's got to end September 26th at Trinity School for Children.”
4:31

The Importance of the Title

The significance of the championship title for Deputy Prado and its history.

“He pushed one of our guys and very unprofessional.”
5:43

Training and Preparation for the Match

Deputy Prado discusses his training regimen and motivation for the match.

“We don't let some moosey come and try to retire just because he wants to push the edge on this situation that is happening right now.”
11:06

Expectations for the Match

Expectations for the upcoming match and the stakes involved.

“and his reputation is going down the toilet.”
12:15

Discussion on Wrestling Dynamics

Light-hearted banter and discussion on the dynamics of wrestling events.

“If not, he's going to pay the price double.”
14:00

Wrestling Anticipation

The hosts discuss the excitement surrounding an upcoming wrestling event.

“and with the pink tights on, that's got to be something.”
16:46

Charity Wrestling Initiative

A deep dive into the charity event and its purpose in supporting local foundations.

“About six months ago, I was put in as the president of our foundation, and you met Chief Doherty was here last time.”
19:16

Highlighting Mental Health Awareness

The discussion turns to mental health issues within first responder communities.

“That's one of the biggest issues in our profession today.”
20:31

Reflections on 9/11 and Service

A conversation on the impact of 9/11 and honoring the service of first responders.

“And we're exposing our men and women to the community where people know how special these men and women are.”
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23:09

The Importance of Remembering History

The hosts emphasize the significance of remembering historical events and their lessons.

“before I joined the same agency that we were in, I worked for FEMA.”
25:53

Closing Thoughts on Community and Support

The episode wraps up with a discussion about community efforts and ongoing support initiatives.

“But I think doing within the community, like you are Deputy Prado, Chief Doc, of course, and the rest of the fire department.”
28:00

Wrestling Charity Event Overview

Discussion about an upcoming charity wrestling event and its significance.

“There's going to be some special things going on that night.”
29:10

Firefighter Competitions

Conversation about firefighter teams and their competitive spirit in various sports.

“Anyway, guys, I think this event is going to be amazing.”
30:30

Pickleball and Sports Events

Exploration of pickleball's rising popularity and the organization of sports events.

“47 and 48 are being built, and then 49 and 50 are in production.”
33:30

Reflections on Athletic Performance

Discussion on aging athletes, performance, and the evolution of sports participation.

“My brother-in-law, who played Major League Baseball, is a fanatic, Tino Martinez, who played for the Yankees.”
36:30

All-Star Games and Their Future

Debate on the relevance and future of All-Star games across different sports.

“yeah what is the tail of the tape for you Mr.”
40:30

Nostalgia for Baseball's Golden Era

Nostalgic recounting of baseball history and the Cincinnati Reds' legacy.

“The days of Pete Rose taking out the catcher at home plate in an All-Star game and hurting his buddy who was his buddy, the guy that was catching.”
42:00

Tampa's New Stadium and Local Sports

Learn about the excitement surrounding new sports infrastructure in Tampa.

“That would be the Dodgers payroll right there.”
45:30

Upcoming Charity Wrestling Event

Get insights on the charity wrestling event and its community impact.

“Wilson, been struggling with the Marlins down there in South Florida.”
50:40

Reflections on Life and Sports

Hear heartfelt reflections on life, sports, and community connections.

“we should be – we are truly blessed to be here.”
52:50

Baseball Season Updates and Team Performances

Stay updated on the latest baseball season developments and team standings.

“We're going to start posting it in our social media regarding the event.”
56:00

Yankees Controversy and Marlins Playoff Hopes

Discussion on a controversial play involving the Yankees and the Marlins' chances for the playoffs.

“I mean, he said everything you can say on the book regarding the play.”
56:40

Wild Card Race Analysis

Analyzing the tight standings in the MLB Wild Card race and team performances.

“They won't catch the Cubs or Philadelphia, but they can catch Arizona.”
58:00

Recent MLB Player Performances

A look at the impact of returning players on their respective teams.

“It's icing on the cake if Arizona gets in over the Marlins.”
1:01:10

WNBA Updates and Controversies

Updates on the WNBA standings and discussions on recent controversies involving players.

“See what these ladies are doing before, you know, the other people that want to play.”
1:03:20

College Football Draft Rules Discussion

In-depth discussion on the implications of new college football draft rules and regulations.

“And I've said it before, and I always use the phrase, I'm like a broken wrecker.”
1:09:50

NIL Impact on College Athletes

Exploring how Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals are reshaping college athletics.

“You know, there's a reason why if you make the practice squad, stay there.”
1:10:00

The Impact of NIL on College Sports

Discussion on how NIL deals are reshaping college athletics and player decisions.

“Well, no, it's like$230 ,000 a year or something like that.”
1:18:00

WNBA Playoff Picture Overview

Analysis of the WNBA playoff standings and team performances.

“And it shows you that, hey, things might be tough.”
1:24:00

Fantasy Draft Shenanigans

The hosts discuss the upcoming fantasy football draft and its quirks.

“But on the first one, you were the number one pick, by the way.”
1:26:30

Calling Manny: A Live Attempt

The hosts attempt to call a friend to join their league while joking about his bedtime.

“But at least he knows he's the crooked commissioner.”
1:28:45

WNBA Team Preferences

The hosts discuss their favorite WNBA teams and players, highlighting their performances.

“So, Sports Boss, when the hell are we going to know now the new pigs?”
1:31:35

NBA Team Loyalty and Player Fandom

The conversation shifts to discussing team loyalty versus player fandom in the NBA.

“Guys, any particular team from the WNBA that you may like?”
1:35:05

Rivalry and Humor in Sports

The hosts engage in light-hearted banter about various sports teams and their nicknames.

“It's like when he was a fan of the University of Miami.”
1:38:01

Disappearing Acts and Team Loyalty

The hosts joke about disappearing acts and their unwavering loyalty to teams.

“Listen, you already know, hey, when I follow a team, baby, all the way, no matter what.”
1:39:21

Nicknames and Rivalries in Sports

Discussion about nicknames, rivalries, and opinions on the Knicks and their recent championship.

“You know, for that, for that, we should punish you by having the voice say in New York.”
1:41:35

Suspensions and Personal Lives of Athletes

The hosts discuss the suspension of an athlete and share personal anecdotes.

“What do you think about, what's his name, Jacobs getting suspended?”
1:43:19

Cultural Food Preferences

A lively debate on different cultural cuisines and preferences.

“This is something unbelievable, you know.”
1:45:47

Fast Food Opinions and Preferences

The hosts express their opinions on American fast food and its comparison to other cuisines.

“If y 'all call burgers, no, man, come on.”
1:47:46

Favorite Sports Analysts

Discussion about favorite sports analysts and their impact on sports commentary.

“It wasn't bad compared with German food.”
1:50:15

NFL Team Projections and Playoff Chances

Rapid-fire predictions regarding NFL teams' playoff chances and future.

“Regarding the championships, you guys are definitely right.”
1:52:02

Dolphins' Draft Predictions

The hosts discuss the future of the Dolphins and their draft prospects.

“Yeah, but it was like they said there was like extra people.”
1:53:28

Wrestling and Chair Hits

The conversation shifts to wrestling antics and playful banter about chair hits.

“You know something, even if we're not allowed to.”
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0:08Welcome to the Sports Rise Show with Sports Bubs. Listen to the voices if you want to get in trouble with the voice or tease. Dallas Cowboys neighborhood with Mr. Wilson. It's about time with Top Ball Maverick and the big crew. Star your engines. The Sports Rise Show is ready.

0:44Welcome, everybody, to the Sports Ride Show. I am your host, Sports Pops. And remember, here at the Sports Ride Show, every sports story belongs to you. But we have a heck of a show tonight because we started last week as we have the main event coming here to Tampa on September 26th as Deputy Prado, who his career on the line at the last call event here in Tampa. Welcome back, Deputy Prado, but you're here with me at the studios tonight. We thought Moosey was going to come over, but he acted like the Moose and the Pooh. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm going to keep it PG-13 right now. Yeah, he didn't show up.

1:29I think he knew that Lifetime Concussion Protocol was going to be here, and he said, no way. I'm not confronting. lifetime for nothing there we go you see lifetime he's red anyway let me go ahead and present my panel before we get to deputy prado listen to the voices if you want to get in trouble with the voice ortiz and of course mr wilson and the dallas cowboys neighborhood gentlemen let's give the microphone to deputy prado so he can talk about this whole saga that is going on for him right now with good old moose but i call it moosey and the translation for that is between a moose and a poo you know what i mean with that so deputy prado thank you so much for having me i am so excited to be back on your show uh last time we were on we had a wonderful time and uh with everything that's been building that we've been trying to build uh with the wrestling show um And we are having a wonderful time doing this.

2:35My son's putting it together. And we tried to get Moose on the show tonight, and apparently he doesn't have the intestinal fortitude to come out and talk to us about everything he's done and everything he's disrespected me with to make this match happen. I know what he's doing to try to get me out of the nursing home to get in the ring, but he has managed to do that. So he's got a price to pay because he's disrespected me in front of my professional career, in front of everybody that I work with, and everybody that I grew up with in West Tampa. And that's got to end September 26th at Trinity School for Children.

3:13Let me ask you something, Deputy. I know there's a lot of problems out there. So people that haven't listened to the situation here right now, I know you were doing a press conference to announce the event. Yes, sir. Very professionally, you know, you came out with your coworkers and, you know, just being out there for the community and the fire department, you know, foundation and everything else you do for Hillsborough County. And this guy just came in like he owned the place and started interrupting everything that you were talking about. That's exactly what happened. So we partnered with Trinity School for Children, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Foundation, Firefighter Foundation, of which I am the president.

3:55And we decided to do a wrestling show. At the time, I was not going to wrestle at all. My wrestling days were over 10 years ago, if not longer than that. So he caught wind that we were doing this press conference at the school and putting it together to put the wrestling show together. He shows up in the middle of a press conference, interrupts everything right in the middle of what I'm doing and trying to push the wrestling show. And he decides that he's going to try to bring me out and make sure that I have a match with him. I denied the match with him. We got a little physical there. He pushed one of our guys and very unprofessional.

4:35I never known him to be that way. But I guess when something's been eating at you in your life for over 30 years, something that he's wanted to achieve through me, I'm assuming, because he called out no one else but me, he shows up, disrespects me, disrespects the school, disrespects the kids in that school, and we put it on the line. I invited him to my house, which is part one of the cuts that we did, and to apologize. And what does he do? He takes my title. He walks out of my house as I walked away, and he takes my title from my house, and he leaves. Leaves a contract on the table stating the fact that if I want that back, I got to sign this contract with my career on the line.

5:28In other words, if I lose this job, this match, my career is over in the fire department after 39 years. I said it last week, and I'm going to say it again, Prado. You retire when you want to retire. That's right. We don't let some moosey come and try to retire just because he wants to push the edge on this situation that is happening right now. I know for sure that if we were at that press conference, because, you know, Mr. Wilson, to get you updated, we are the four horsemen version of Deputy Prado. So we would have been there. You do your Kung Fu fighting. And then we let the voice just go ahead and throw everybody out like he used to when he did, you know, bouncing and security and everything else.

6:13So it would have been great. And, you know, it is what it is. But now we're going into the event on the 26th. We're going to be there. I know the voice. The 6 '4", 280 pounds of pure muscle is going to be there. I don't know if Mr. Wilson can make the trip or not, you know? My plan was to be there. Oh, you see? We got reinforcement. There you go. There we go. We got reinforcement for you. All the way from the 305. We need you. Yeah, there we go. Yeah. No doubt. We need some of that 305 juice there. Yeah. I know Lifetime over here is ready to jump from the third rope. He told him. He said he's ready.

6:56From the third rope starting counting from the top down? No, no, no, no, no. He's been practicing, you know, top rope, and he says that you got to accommodate Moussy on top of the table, and he'll fly. Moussy's not that tall, so you'll be way above his head. He's going to have a high struggle to get out of bed.

7:17but you know we're going to be there we want to be there not because of the event the event itself is going to be extraordinary we got five other matches there's a Royal Rumble by the way Mr. Wilson the voice is going to be at the Royal Rumble 6 '4 yeah 6 '4 280 pounds they're planning to do a tour after that for the nursing homes that's what Deputy Prado mentioned last week. We're trying to convince him to get in a set of tights, some pink tights, and what that's going to look like, we're not really sure. But imagine that man as big as he is in a pair of pink tights coming down the hall and coming into the ring and see what he's going to do.

8:03What do you think of that, boys? I don't want to see it. I don't want to see it. Maybe a lot of people don't, but I've got to tan myself, and I want to make sure that I'm really waxed up. Okay, there we go. Very important. Just in case. Yeah. Wax on, wax off, please, before you get to the show. So that way, you know, we'll get everything ready in that sense. By any chance, Lifetime, you do Brazilian waxing or no? I do Brazilian waxing. He does Brazilian waxing. So he can take care of you. That way we don't have to pay for it. I'm staying far away from him. That's fine. Very, very far away. Far, far, far away.

8:42Yeah.

8:47Deputy, I'm going to do a little bit of journalism here. Not that I'm trying to put you on the spot. But let's say you lose the match. What are your plans? Have you thought about it? If you lose the match, what are you going to do after that? So when you get into these type of things, the last thing you want to do is think about what's going to happen if you lose. because that doesn't drive. What you have to think about is what he's trying, what Steve Madison, what Moose Madison, what Steve Favada, whatever the hell you want to call him. Moosey. What he's trying to take from me. What he's trying to take from me is almost my entire professional life.

9:28Everything I've known, the only thing I've known is a professional, and he's trying to remove that. My entire life I've done whatever the hell I wanted to do, at the time that I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it, and I got out when I wanted to do it at whatever it was that we were doing at the time of my life. This guy, of which I helped him get into the fire department, I helped him get into wrestling, and apparently now he wants to take something from me. What it is that I've done to him, which I don't believe I've done anything to him, that he believes he needs to travel to make it to the top through me, he's got another thing coming to him because the amount of time and effort and training that I've done in the last four months, five months, and then especially in the last month and a half trying to get in shape for this match at 62 years old is not easy.

10:24But sometimes experience will shock you, and sometimes life experience when a guy at 62 years old has been put up against a wall, he's going to fight back. And I'm not going to allow him to take everything that I've worked for in my career and in my life in 20 minutes, 30-minute wrestling matches. It's not going to happen. Well, let me tell you, once I saw you today coming in here, he became a token of motivation because he's looking amazing. He's looking great. He's ready. He's ready for this last call. Now, let me ask you, did Moosey put anything on the line besides his big mouth and his actions?

11:04So he really didn't put anything on the line other than his reputation, and his reputation is going down the toilet. Whoosh. Yeah, he's not put anything on the line. All he wants to do is show me up. I guess he's trying to get to a place through me and through beating me in a match. Where that's going to take him in his life, I'm not really sure. But apparently a lot of people are interested, and we sold the show out in two days. and this is going to be the biggest independent show in the history of Tampa, we believe. It's well done. We have a lot of good people working on it. And Moose does come with some gas.

11:46Moose does come with a – he's a very talented young man. But a lot of the talent that he has, he's learned through me. So I know the things that he can do. I know the things that he's done. and he has not seen me at this level in the shape that I'm in today. Oh, yeah, he's going to be for a rude awakening. Big surprise for him. Oh, yeah, yeah, he is. He's going to. Well, he better bring the belt, too. He's bringing the belt, right? There's no match without the belt. He doesn't get in the ring without the belt. He has to bring that belt back. If not, he's going to pay the price double. He's got to bring the belt back.

12:22That's something that's very dear to me. That belt was given to me by my son. I retired five years ago from the fire department before they brought me back, and that belt was given to me by my son. It means the world to me. So that title and that belt was a gift that is very important to me in my life. It was sitting in my home in a case, and he decided to come in my house and take part of what means a great deal to me, and he's going to pay the price for it. Perfect. After you're done with him, can we jump in the ring and just give him another beating? We can beat him all the way back to the locker room.

13:03Without a doubt. Without a doubt. We sure can. That would be great. Lifetime. That's when you jump on the third rope. We put him on the desk, and you jump over. Woo! Concussion. I don't know who's going to get it, but somebody's going to be concussion if this man actually jumps from the third rope down. Mr. Wilson, will you do that then from the third rope and smash him on the table? Man, if this thing gets intense, I don't know, man, because the young me, I do crazy stuff. So I don't know about the 44-year-old me. I'm not sure whether or not I'm willing to do something like that. But who knows, man?

13:44If they get me hot enough, I just start seeing red and everybody's in trouble at that point. So maybe. I'm not going to say anything's off the table. What about you, boys, with that 6 '4", 280, tell of the fighter that you're going to be, and with the pink tights on, that's got to be something. Okay, we go through two tables, not one. Oh, two tables. Not one, two. If you're going to go big, let's go huge. Let's go huge, two tables. We can go through two tables. Wow. I don't know if you've ever done that. But one table is enough, two tables is a lot. It's a lot. And a man your size, holy crap. That's a lot.

14:30I don't think he needs to jump from the third rope for that thing to bust wide open. I think he can jump from the little steps going into the ring and table will be done. I probably just jump over a credit card.

14:46Anyway, here's our undertaker walking right behind us. But for our fans, you know, for this show to make all the sense that doesn't make sense, that's him. Lifetime concussion protocol at his best. Anyway, Mr. Wilson, we have a little bit of a promo. Would you like to go ahead and see if we can showcase it one way or the other when you get the opportunity? No, go ahead. Take your time. I'm going to keep talking to Deputy Prado here. I have to say, the production that has been done by your son is amazing. Yeah, he's done a wonderful job. When all this started, he started having ideas and bringing it all together.

15:30And I had no idea where we were going with this. We had a plan and we had ideas of what we wanted to do. What he's done is he's reeled it all in together. and I have never seen at a level of our wrestling an independent show with this class of production. So he's done a great job. He's made us all look good, and that's important. And not that we don't by ourselves, but he's certainly made us look a lot better than we are at times, and it's going to be a lot of fun that night. We've had a lot of fun doing it, and it means a lot to my family. It means a lot to everybody that's involved. A lot of hard work's going into it, so a lot of blood and sweat going into this production.

16:23So we want to make it right. We think it's going to be one of the best nights we've ever seen in professional wrestling in the history of Tampa. There we go. I love it. Right there we're showing the promotional stuff that we got in there for the different foundations and everything else. Can you explain to us a little bit more about this particular document? Or you want me to do that, Prado? No, you can do it, but I'll touch bases on some of the things that we have going on. About six months ago, I was put in as the president of our foundation, and you met Chief Doherty was here last time. Of course.

16:59He was our fire chief. And what he's done for our department in the last two and a half years as he's taken over has been incredible. So we sat down one day and we asked each other, what do we want to do? Where do we want to go? And what do we want our department to look like? What does the face of our department want to look like? So as this wrestling is a very unique thing, and we're using wrestling as a vehicle to raise money and to help people, help the school, help children. But we also have a gala November 6th, which is amazing. We have about 700, 800 people. It's very formal, and it brings our department together.

17:36We have a great time. We have a little gambling. We have all kinds of things going on there. And Chief Dougherty does a wonderful job. We've had speakers from Derek Brooks, the coach of the Lightning. Wow. We are hoping to get a special guest speaker this year. We'll see how it works out. Okay. But maybe Titus O 'Neal, if he's available. Oh, you know Chief Dougherty will love that one. Yeah, he's from. Yes, Gators. Gators, you know. Chief Doc and the Gators, they drive us crazy. You remember that moment. Absolutely. You got two Miami Hurricane fans in here. Absolutely. And so Chief Doc and I sat down and said, where do we want to take this foundation?

18:17So this, what we're doing with you the day we met you at the wrestling, doing the podcast, we've done shows, we've done some stuff for our page. Okay. And Doc's done interviews. He's done, I call him Doc, by the way, Chief Doc. Yeah, yeah. But we wanted to showcase our men and women. We wanted to showcase what it is exactly our men and women do, aside from just what they do every day. These men and women wake up every single day of the week, 365 days a year. We never shut down. And they perform at the highest level. The amount of stress that they're under sometimes catches up to us. So the reason why we're raising this money, we just had a suicide about three weeks ago in our department.

19:04And those type of things stick with you for a long time. So we're raising money to put things together with PTSD, clinicians. We have classes, and we have different type of things that we help our department with when it comes to mental health. That's one of the biggest issues in our profession today. I think in the whole wide world right now, mental leisures are. becoming I agree 100 % in Maine yeah and we have a very high suicide rate in our profession divorce rate so we are trying to make it better yeah and I think we've done that this is one of the things that sells our brand coming to a show like yours going to the media we're doing all kinds of different things in the community doc is speaking all the time to special groups any Any group he can get in front of, we put them in front of them, either him or I, and we sell our department.

20:04The only thing that you have to do is you've got to let people know who you are. If you don't do that, nobody helps you. So by doing this, people come back. You would not believe how much interest we've had in our department from highly recognized people in our community. So we think that we're going in the right direction. Certainly for us, this type of thing is a lot of fun for us. But we're learning a lot of things. We're getting a lot of experiences. And we're exposing our men and women to the community where people know how special these men and women are. You know, from myself, and I know the guys feel the same way, but, you know, the men and women from the armed forces, fire department, police department.

20:51I mean, these people, it's like anything in the world. There's always a lot of great people, and a couple of them are not behaving the way they're supposed to. Of course. But they're amazing what they do every single day. You know, they fight for our freedom, and they fight to make sure that we are healthy within that freedom. That's right. And for that, you know, I applaud them. I got no doubt in my mind, and I love the fire department. I love my police department. And Mr. Wilson loves to get arrested by a policewoman. Always does, you know, with the handcuffs. That would be my preference, in a way.

21:33Okay, there we go. But definitely our thoughts and prayers with your department, with your entire crew and everything that you guys go through, we definitely appreciate it. And we're happy that you're taking this initiative to go out there and really support everybody within that field. So that's great work. Thank you so much. And we thank you guys for taking interest in us and helping us. We are on the verge of coming in on 9-11 here, our 25th anniversary of probably the darkest day in our country's history. So that day we lost 343 firefighters in those buildings. I remember. aside from the over 3 ,000 men and women that died that day, I remember what I felt like that day.

22:22I remember what our country felt like that day, how unfortunately it took an act of terrorism like that to bring us all together. We had no political views that day. We had nothing. We were Americans, and we took a shot in the gut, but we responded, and we would kick back, and we responded back. And this coming 9-11, which is next Friday, not this Friday, next Friday, is going to be a special day. There's a lot of events going on in the city and in the county and all over the country and really all over the world. We cannot forget, and we cannot forget those men and women that died that day. And God bless them.

23:03We can, me personally, believe it or not, you probably, or the guys, well, I think Mr. Wilson knows for sure. before I joined the same agency that we were in, I worked for FEMA. That was my first federal job with FEMA. Right. And my second assignment was 9-11. Oh, my God. Unbelievable. We can do a show here all day long. Yeah. And all I was doing at that moment, we were in a call center, getting all the calls to try to help people as much as possible. Yeah. I will say this. Since it was not a situation that was expected to happen, everything was reactive. Right. There was no way to be proactive about what took place in our history that time.

23:53You know, it's not like when you say, hey, a hurricane's coming. Go ahead and go ahead and, you know, get the best possible way. Stay safe. You know, buy what you need. Get what you need. But no, this was just an evil day that, you know, we will always remember. And I think when the young kids come, new generations that learn about that history, they'll see in that part because history has everything from great days, dark days. And that was a very dark day. Yeah, I just, we took, my wife and I took a trip to Hawaii about three weeks ago and we went to Pearl Harbor and there was another event where what an amazing place that is.

24:36And to think of all the men and women that died there and what exactly happened there that day and then to have lived 9-11 as we did for us people that are a little older than some of the youth. We have the responsibility of not letting that die. We have the responsibility of continuing every year to do events and make sure that our grandkids and our kids know exactly what happened here that day and what the pain we felt that day, what it was. And I think that through shows like this and events that are put on across the country, we'll keep those men and women, their memory alive. If we look into, in 2028, it will be, that's it, 100 years, yeah, of the first World War, because it was 1928, if I'm not mistaken.

25:34So, 2028 will mark the 100 years, if I'm not mistaken. I mean, look at what has happened from 1928 till today. Yeah. A lot of commotion, a lot of friction within our nation and the rest of the world, of course. So hopefully, you know, things get better. But I think doing within the community, like you are Deputy Prado, Chief Doc, of course, and the rest of the fire department. What you guys do is amazing. And we thank you for that every single day. And I have told you always, this is your house. You come anytime you want. You don't even need to call me. You just got to come. You know what this dude is at.

26:13Yeah, I know where you're at. Let's go with Cheap Dog, and we'll get it done. I don't know what's wrong with Mr. Wilson today. He's doing the – what is that thing with Undertaker? He disappears, he appears, he disappears, he appears. What's going on? Boys. The cha-cha slide. What was that? I'm doing the cha-cha slide. I guess – I don't know what you're doing, but – We don't want to know, but you're beginning, you know, in and out, you know. What can I say? But, guys, we're going to be ready for the 26th. I know I am going to be. I'm going to be pumped. I don't know if I can hit somebody with a chair, but I would love to.

27:01I know I can't. I'll probably get charges. Don't hit Chino, dude. Don't hit Chino with a chair. Chino. He needs no more damage.

27:14Check it out. I'm definitely proud of you. So what are the chances of one of you guys calling The Rock? So he can show up and say a few words. Mr. Wilson, The Rock from... The U, baby. Why we got to bring the U into this beautiful moment? We're doing history. We're doing everything. and the voice. Well, because he is the ultimate boss. See what I mean? He runs WWE now. That's right. Pretty much. That's right. He's the ultimate boss. Well, I know The Rock won't come to that event, but we got Brian Blair from the Killer Beast will be there. Steve Kern will be there. Joe Gomez will be there. There'll be many other people there.

28:01There's going to be some special things going on that night. and everything will come together. There's going to be some tearful moments that are going to happen. We have several things planned out. And what we do in that business of professional wrestling is entertain people. So that night is built for entertainment, but there's a serious matter going on as far as I'm concerned with my career on the line. We've put that down. Aside from entertainment, there's serious business going on. I am not going to let some snot punk kid tell me when I'm going to retire. And the 26th of September, Steve Madison, Moose Madison, Moosey, how you guys call him.

28:50Moosey. Is going to pay the ultimate price. That's right. He's going to pay the ultimate price. And along the way, he's going to learn the lesson of a lifetime. You know, Moosey between a moose and a poots. Oh, sorry. PG-13. We're trying to stay, you know, like iHeartRadio version versus, you know, bar stool. Just a little touchy there. You know? Anyway, guys, I think this event is going to be amazing. It will be the first time I've borrowed something. I mean, not directly, but indirectly. I love it. I think it's going to be a great night. and we're pulling for you, Deputy Prado. We want you to beat the hell out of Moosey.

29:37And he didn't have the balls to come here tonight. He didn't. He didn't. He's been talking a lot of trash around town. I've seen a couple of St. Pete firefighters. You know, Moose is also a firefighter in St. Pete. And I seen one of his guys today, and he was putting him over and telling me how Moose has, what he's done to me. And I said, well, he's going to pay. He's going to pay on the 26th because there is no other way. If we don't teach this youth of ours a lesson on how to do things the right way, and I think Moose needs to be taught a lesson coming to 26th. There we go. Yeah. I got an idea.

30:16You tell me if it sounds good or not. How many stations you have within the Hillsborough County Fire Department? We have 47 right now, and they're building two more. so we'll have 49 here shortly. 49, okay. 47 and 48 are being built, and then 49 and 50 are in production. Any chance of flag football tournament? We actually have a flag football team. Oh, you do? Yeah, absolutely. We have softball teams, flag football teams, basketball teams. How many guys do you play, 7-on-7? I believe they do play 7-on-7. Okay. Mr. Wilson will be ready. I got my offensive lineman. I'm going to give everything I got left in the tank, and we would like to be part of that tournament against the firefighters.

31:10Man, that would be unbelievable. We can make a day out and see if we can get somewhere to play. See, Mr. Wilson, he's a competitor. He's already having those juices. You can tell his wife. The voice is going like, why are you talking all this shit right here right now, man? Well, hey, as a former offensive lineman, I don't know if I can block people anymore. There's not that much blocking that goes on in that game. You'll be our big tight end right in the end zone. But there is. Is Mr. Wilson the quarterback? No, he's too fast. Chino's the quarterback. No, no, I'll be the quarterback. Chino, we leave him at the bleachers, you know.

31:53You know? No pom-poms because he might start dancing, you know. I'll let sports pop throw, but this arm is a cannon. You know what I'm saying? This arm is real. I just played flag football probably in December. I only play like twice a year. And I can still throw the ball from the one-yard line to the 45 on the other side. Wow. Yeah. So, yeah, I still got at least 55 yards in me. It was a lot further before. No, I'll make it to the 30 at least, I think. I think I can make it to the 30. I don't know. You're not going to have to throw it that far with this team. It's maybe a 10-yard out, and that's all we got.

32:40Okay, yeah. That's easy. We just got to get our timing down then. Yeah. So what we got to do is we get together. We need four more players to have the seven, you know. Maybe top fun comes for that. Because he was playing in different leagues. Do any of you guys play pickleball? No, I haven't played pickleball yet. I need to pick that up. I hear it's a lot of fun. That's what I understand. We're actually having some of our men and women. We did this last year at Lifetime Fitness on Harbor Island. and we played – their members actually paid to play against our firefighters, and they donated to the foundation.

33:28And this year they're going to do it on 9-11 on Friday night also. And it's a lot of fun. I've never played. My brother-in-law, who played Major League Baseball, is a fanatic, Tino Martinez, who played for the Yankees. Yes. And he has lost his mind with pickleball. That's all he does all the time is play pickleball. And he travels around the country playing pickleball. It's incredible. Wow. Up and coming sport. Well, anyway, if you guys put a little tournament together, that will be great. I can even talk to, I mean, do you guys like to do things with other departments, let's say like the police department?

34:07Yes. Okay, because my nephew's working for Coral Gables. And about four months ago, they had a softball tournament. He and Tampa, but it was only police departments. They came from New York, California. I mean, there were like 50 teams in there. Believe it or not, his team from Miami won the whole entire thing. They're always great. All the teams from Miami. No, softball. Softball. Yeah, yeah. It was 50 teams, Mr. Wilson. But, you know, Oye, the voice. You know, all these guys, we played in Olympics. We have Firefighter Olympics in the state of Florida and all these fire departments from across the state gather together.

34:47Chief Doherty just played, and they won the gold medal last year. Woo! He pitches and some believe it. Way to go! Yeah, he's incredible. And for his age, he looks like he's 75, but he's only 50. I mean, unbelievable. Oh. Way to go, Deputy. I think he plays in the 70 team. But the teams from Miami, every year that we've played for the last 40 years that I've been around the fire service, those guys from Miami, always, they bring it. They bring it because a lot of them have played baseball, professional baseball. They've played at universities. They're incredible. My nephew Julio played for Florida Gulf Coast, and then he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals.

35:28I mean, unfortunately, he didn't make it to the big show, but heck of an athlete. They can still play. Yeah, yeah, they can play. They can play. And it's a lot of fun. Oh, it is. It is a lot of fun. Yeah, I would love to get into that. black football tournament. And, you know, as long as I get the wall, you know, covering the blitzes and everything, I can pass the ball to the playmaker over there, Mr. Wilson, and we'll be in good shape. You know, that's all we got to do. We still got game, I think. Not much, but we still – well, he got a lot. I still got a little bit, and I know Boyd's got a couple of quarters in there in him.

36:06so they're pretty proud of the closest thing that I've ever gotten to pickleball so far it's meatball and spaghetti and turkey ball and spaghetti that's how much I know about it that's close enough you gotta keep that tail of the tape you know 6 '4", 280 pounds that's not easy folks that's not easy and to maintain it like that he looks good right yeah what is the tail of the tape for you Mr. Wilson um i give myself about six one um right now i'm at my heaviest weight ever um i'm at about 227 so um so now when i jump and i can still jump but when i come down my knees you come down faster you come down faster that's all and my knees are looking at me like bro what are you doing right I'm not 185 pounds anymore.

37:05Yeah. And you're still jumping high, but it don't feel the same on these tendons. It feels different. So that's the reason I'm a third down specialist now. You know what I mean? I come in on third down. If you need to play, if you need a first down, I'll get in there and move the chains for you. But then I need to just walk. Oh, you know who we can get to play with us? Mauricio. It's two offensive linemen right there for us, boy. There'll be some blocking. There'll be nobody coming in with Mauricio on the voice. Hey, for flag football, y 'all can't touch nobody. Y 'all can't block. Y 'all got to run around.

37:41It's got to be done quick. Yeah. Mauricio's about, what, 6 '2", 6 '1"? No, Mauricio's a little bit shorter than that. He's like 5 '10". 5 '10", but he's a tank. So flag football's really gotten taken off. Well, NFL is right behind it. It's right behind it. The NFL, they're doing it in the Pro Bowl, right? They play flag. Can you believe that? Don't say that. The Pro Bowl's done. Don't say that. The Pro Bowl's done. Pro Bowl. No, it's not nothing like it used to be. Oh, no, no. But honestly, the Pro Bowl is done. They stopped. There is no more Pro Bowl. The quarterbacks are actually playing flag football now in the NFL.

38:19You can't touch them. You remember when Chris Stalker talked about that he told Michael he want to sing, and Michael will go, Chris, no, please, Chris, no. No, no. Chris, please don't sing. Well, that's what I want to tell the NFL. No flat football for the damn Pro Bowl, please. Don't do it. Don't do it. But I don't think that you – you know that the Pro Bowl is done, right? Yeah. You know that there is no more Pro Bowl. They're not hosting the Pro Bowl anymore. Thank you, God. Yeah. So I think that this had to do with Shadour getting elected or getting placed into the Pro Bowl because now they just – They're going to name pro bowlers, but there is no game.

39:02So if somebody's in the Super Bowl, there's no alternate who becomes a pro bowler now because, you know, such and such isn't playing. Now they're going to name who the pro bowlers are. There is no game. There's no festivities. There's none of that. It's just pro bowlers. No alternates done. Do you think other sports will take on that? They say like basketball because the NBA, my God, that's also another terrible game. Yeah. 170 points in an NBA All-Star game. Yeah. There's no defense. All they're doing is just showing up and dunking and running the court and then keep going if you want to. I think the only game that might continue to keep it, because I think that even hockey at some point, it's too much money that these guys are being paid.

39:46And to have the best players out there possibly putting each other at risk and things like that, baseball is the only sport that I can honestly see, okay, maybe a pitcher goes out there and throws the inning and then he comes out, another pitcher goes in, throws an inning. But I think the hockey, I think basketball, I think NFL, they're all leaning towards what the NFL has done and just getting rid of the game. Is baseball still doing – remember a few years back they were doing the league that won, had home field advantage in the World Series? They changed it. They changed it back again. But, yeah, that was at one point, you know, whoever won the World Series, even if you had the best record in the American League, but the National League won the All-Star game, then they had the home field advantage.

40:32But they took it away. The days of Pete Rose taking out the catcher at home plate in an All-Star game and hurting his buddy who was his buddy, the guy that was catching. Those days are over. Well, it's just like when Kobe Bryant played in the Olympics and he ran through Paul Gasol. Yeah. I mean, he took the chest, the ribs, the hair. I think he was bullheaded for a few minutes. after Kobe hit him, you know? What about Sean Taylor in that Pro Bowl? Oh, he was a kicker, yeah? Yeah, he almost killed the punter. He went and took the punter out. I mean, out. I remember that. Oh, yeah, that was ridiculous.

41:16Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, hopefully he had insurance for that. Yeah, you're right, though. The amount of money that these guys are playing and making today, They really don't want to participate. They'd rather have the three days off, four days off, and relax with their family. I don't blame them. Who's your team in baseball, Coach Brado? So my team when I was growing up, of course, was Cincinnati Reds because they had spring training here. And I saw the big Reds machine. I used to ride my bike and watch them play. Also, you saw Concepcion, Tiny Perez. Of course, Pete was there. The entire team, we'd ride our bikes up to Redsland, and they had a little rope, and you'd see Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, David Concepcion, Pete Rose, George Foster, Geronimo, Dreesen, Griffey, Plummer, Bench, Sparky Anderson.

42:05How do you pay that team today? It doesn't happen. You cannot pay that team today. That would be the Dodgers payroll right there. And the Dodgers back in those days had a team that was incredible too. So the big red machine, of course, when my brother-in-law played with the Yankees, they were a favorite of mine, and they were winning. So it was a big deal. My brother-in-law, when he played with the Yankees. The Jack Cheaters' Yankees? He played for the Jack Cheaters' Yankees? Oh, Lord. But the Rays are coming to Tampa, my friend. So the other day they had the vote, the city council and the county commissioners, and they're coming to West Tampa, which for me, it's about three blocks of where my parents live and my son lives.

42:49So it's the neighborhood where I grew up. To think that I'll be able to take my grandkids to a ballgame where I grew up in the next few years. It's my understanding. It's going to be right across the Raymond James Stadium. ACC property. And ACC property on the side. So if you're traveling north to south, it will be on your right-hand side. And then the stadium, Raymond James, is on the left. That's correct. Oh, my God. Yeah, it's going to be$2.3 or$2.8 billion a stadium was approved. There was a lot of controversy about how they were going to raise the money. The county had to come up with a lot of money.

43:29The city had to come up with some money. I understand that billionaires have all this money. Why are we helping them? But if we don't do it here, they're going to leave after 30 years of being here. They're going to go somewhere else. Oh, he would have took that team to Jacksonville. They're gone. He would have took that team to Jacksonville. He's from Jacksonville. You're absolutely right. Because he's from Jacksonville. To think that we're going to have a baseball stadium, a football stadium, on Dale Mabry, the busiest road in Tampa, a half a block from the best airport in the United States, everything's going to be right there.

44:09Amelie Arena, which is not Amelie Arena anymore, Benchmark Arena. Benchmark Arena. It's down the road. What is happening here in Tampa? But USF getting a new football stadium. $300 million. Starts next year. The excitement of sports in the Tampa Bay area is unbelievable. What's going to happen here in the next 10 years. Yeah, it's amazing. So you guys should start moving to Tampa. I'm just saying, you know. Wait, wait. Who's you guys? The Voice and Mr. Wilson. There's a better chance of me stopping any Nicaraguan food. Me going to Tampa. And I've been eating it since I was in my mama's bed. Think about it.

44:47Oh, Lord. Un Cubano Padillo in Lakeland. Think about that for one second. He loves, you know. He lives a lot from Doc. Yeah, yeah, from Doc. Yeah, yeah, him and Chief Doc, you know. But they're pretty proud of him. Now I'm happy because that means I don't have to drive all the way to the island to go and watch my Red Sox when they come to town. I got to tell you. There you go. But you got to drive into Tampa. Yeah, that's not that bad. Only for a game, baby. Oh, okay, there we go. What about you, Mr. Wilson? Any chance coming to the Tampa Bay? Not a chance in hell. No, Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson. I bet.

45:26I bet. He keeps looking back like, who's talking to me? Oh, man. He's been, Mr. Wilson, been struggling with the Marlins down there in South Florida. it's been it's been an up and down season you know i mean they've kind of been a team of uh streets so yeah it's unbelievable yeah yeah so guys uh let's get ready for the 26th i can wait i wish it was tomorrow to be honest with you me too because i want to see you you know beating duff i'm ready uh i still got a little bit of a little bit that i got to do to get totally ready for it but we've been working extremely hard a lot of people have been my wife's ready to kick me out of the house she's i'm not eating that much i'm trying to lose weight i've lost 30 pounds i haven't lost 30 pounds in the last 20 years of my life and i've lost 30 pounds the last two months so uh we're ready um our attitude is good everybody's so excited at the fire department about what's going on.

46:30And for us, the foundation, the fire department, the community, the school, everything's coming together for a great cause to help these kids that go to Trinity to help our foundation, our men and women, for everything we do. And we are super excited about what we're about to put on. There we go. Yeah. We're going to be ready for you. And if you need us, if you need the muscle of those two over there, One is a black belt in kung fu fighting, and then the other one just loves to throw people around, you know? I'm definitely proud of one question. Is there going to be enough parking on site? Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

47:13Absolutely. Yeah, we have the parking for the school. We're going to have separate parking for the wrestlers. Then we have parking across the street for the school. We have parking next door where there's a big church. It's right, you know the Tampa Bay area there on Armenia between Martin Luther King and Hillsborough? Trinity lies right next to just south of the bowling alley there on Armenia, south of Hilton. Oh, okay, okay, okay. I know exactly where you guys are at now that I'm thinking of. The address is on that sheet when you guys put it out. Everything's on there, and there'll be plenty of parking.

47:49For sure. Well, since we're going as media, we should be able to find a good VIP parking. You guys will probably be there a little bit earlier. Yes, we are. We're going to have a VIP time that the sponsors have paid for. Okay. And they'll be taking pictures with a lot of the wrestlers and stuff. Yeah. Maybe you guys can do interviews and meet all of them. Oh, I would love that opportunity to go ahead and do interviews. We'll do live. Yeah. We'll do a complete life right in there for everybody to see us. Just like I did for Backlash. That's exactly what I did. I treated it like a tailgate party, and I was going all over the place.

48:33All over the place. Yeah, that'd be cool. And then that's when I met these two gentlemen, you know. He had a lot of people around him asking for autographs and shit over there. I was like, damn, who this guy is? You know? I was like, damn. He got it that way. It was so funny. You know, I was not planning on going to that event. I just wanted to cover it outside, see what they were doing and everything else. Got the great experience with Byron Saxton. It was amazing. He did a little clip for us. It worked so perfectly. But it was so funny because you were with your entire entourage, and I see him, like, giving tickets away, and I go, I don't know this guy.

49:17I cannot ask him for anything. So I kept going, but then I found a ticket and I went in. I was in the Raptors while they were right by the ringside. But it's okay. We had pretty good seats that day. We had pretty good seats that day. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yeah. Well, Deputy, it's been a pleasure. If you want to stay, we're going to cover a little bit of football. I'm going to go because tomorrow I got to get up at 3 in the morning and run. Oh, you're running at 3? Yeah, that's what time I get up. I get up at 3 in the morning. Just like the boys. He gets up at 3. I get up at 3. But not to run.

49:53No. You see, that's your boy. That's your boy, boys. There you go. No, I miss boys so much that I know he's not getting up. Hey, no, no, no. Hey, so check it out. I get up, and the first thing I say is I thank God for our day of life, for all of us out here and everything. The second thing I do, I question God. I go, God, why? why am I awake right now? So it's one of those things. Hey, every day is a precious day for all of us. We're lucky to be here, and the older we get and the more. I just had a good friend of mine that passed away yesterday. He was actually a sheriff's deputy, 62 years old.

50:34And when you see these guys that are passing, that are our age, and all the struggles that they've been through, we should be – we are truly blessed to be here. Yes, amen. But on all seriousness, I want to thank you guys for allowing me to be part of your show twice now. Oh, three times now. Yeah, that's right. Three times? Yeah, yeah, last week. He forgot already. Well, I'm getting there when I forget a lot of things. But you guys have been a pleasure to work with. What an experience this has been for me. It's actually made me better to know you guys. It's made me better every time I speak because this is all about experiences of life.

51:20Definitely. And I've had a great time doing it. So I want to thank you guys so much. No, we want to thank you. Thank you for being here with us. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of this event. And I hope it's not the only one. No. We want to continue working with you guys. No matter if we go very far, you always are going to be with us and vice versa. So to me, that's just basically how we're planning this entire thing here. So thank you again, Deputy Prado. Send my regards to Chief Dog. I will. I will tell him that you said that he looks 65, but he's only 50. I will. I tell him all the time.

51:58We have a special section on this show. It's called Sports Pops Receipts. And I'm going to keep that one in his own video. Hey, listen. He's not that nice to me at times. So, yeah, it's all good. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you, sir. It's a pleasure again. Thank you. You have a good night. You guys, too. We'll see you the 26th. Yes, sir. We'll be there. Make sure you're able to get into those pink ties, manu. All right? I don't know if you got to get oiled down or what to get into them, but you got to get into them. Oh, man, hey, they're going to be hot pink. Just send me a text where we can order them for him.

52:38I'll call you tomorrow. Call me tomorrow. Call me tomorrow. Thank you, guys. There we go, sir. Have a good night. You have a great one. That was Deputy Prado from the fire department here at Hillsborough County. Last call coming September 26th. It's going to be a heck of an event. We're going to start posting it in our social media regarding the event. So people, if they, I don't know if they're going to have extra tickets, but I know they're sold out already, but we'll figure it out. You know, maybe we do a pay-per-view where people go behind the fence and make a little hole, and they pay for it for watching.

53:15Yes, sir. He's going to call me tomorrow. You have a good one, okay, sir? Thank you, Deputy Prado. Hey, guys, pleasure having Deputy Prado here again. That event is going to be something. I can't wait for it, and it's going to be amazing. But talking about amazing, Amazing is the last part of the baseball season. We're almost there. The Marlins are not doing that good. You left, you went on vacation, and they did the same thing with you, Mr. Wilson. So basically another pain and suffering for you with your Marlins. Santos Gonzalez is also suffering. Just, you know, he's suffering that one. They're still hanging around.

54:04but, you know, it's not. Well, they're like four games out, I believe. Yeah, yeah, they're still. They still got a mathematical chance? Let's see. We're four games behind the Phillies right now, so. Not bad. Okay, let's see. No, no, wait a second. I did this wrong. Let me look for the standings. Okay. So Boston lost again today. Yeah, so they lost a series, you know, to the Seattle Mariners. Wow. So they're four and a half from the Jan Sheeters, Genkies. See? My stomach is... But if you look at it, they're four games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians, right? And I'm just looking at right now, the Blue Jays are beating the Guardians 10-zip in the eighth inning.

55:03So that means that Cleveland is going to be, I believe, four and a half games away from the second wild card spot. Yeah. Well, I mean, Boston has six games over Texas, six over Baltimore, and six and a half over Toronto, and seven and a half over Minnesota. So even if Cleveland say cash up to them, they still get the third wild card spot. Yeah. Obviously, you want to get the number one. Obviously, you want to win the division. to start off, right? But at this point, they're not going to catch the Rays. And I mean, I believe they're four and a half games away from the Skankies, which, by the way, man, that was a tough series.

55:44They lost three out of four. That one controversial catch. To me, it was a catch. And yes, I'm being biased, you know, by Rafaela. And what an amazing catch. You know who was with you? David Pornoi from Barstool. He hated it. He says, how in the hell are you blind? Whatever. I mean, he said everything you can say on the book regarding the play. Yep. It was in a glove the whole time. Amazing catch. And when they call it a hit, that's when the Yankees score five runs and the rest is history. Exactly. You know, like that's why they're the Jan Cheaters skankies. You know, they take advantage of all the cheating that they can do.

56:27My apologies to Mr. Wilson, the Marlins fans, and Santo Gonzales. He probably going, hey, what are you talking about? We're only three games out. Yeah, they're only three games out of the last spot, out of the last wild card. They won't catch the Cubs or Philadelphia, but they can catch Arizona. No, I don't think so. Those two teams play very well. No, I think you can catch Arizona on the three games, especially if you have a series that you got to play against each other. That could determine how close you can get to that. Well, yeah, we do play the Diamondbacks from September 14th through the 16th, the three-game series.

57:09Are you going to any of those games? That's in Arizona, so no, sir. Oh. Mr. Wilson, you know you're my homeboy, but there's a reason why I'm rooting for Arizona to make it. And that's because we only have one. And when I say we, Nick Robbins, we only have one player in the majors. and he's a reliever for Arizona. So I want to see the guy in the playoffs. Not to mention you hate the Marlins. Let's not forget the Marlins. I was going to get into that point. I was going to go, look, that's all bull crap. The only guy can be playing for the Dodgers and he'll still go. So I hope Arizona beats the Marlins.

57:50Hey, listen, it just happens. You know, hey, I want to see the guy in the playoffs, man. That's all. Jesus. Jesus. You hate the Marlins, but then you have an additional reason. It's icing on the cake if Arizona gets in over the Marlins. Hey, wait a minute. How many games are left? Sports Pops, can you tell there? It's got to be like 20-something. 23. 22. 22, 23 for the 162 games? We're somewhere around that area? Wow. Okay, yeah. So 20-plus. Man, it's coming down to the wire. It's about three weeks. The Marlins' last game for the regular season game is the 27th of September. So we're about three and a half.

58:36Yeah, about. Okay. Okay. Yeah, let's see. We got eight, 133. Man, this is some of the best time of the year. Yeah, you're right. You're right. No, no, there's – oh, no, I take that back. 139, that's 140. 22 – yeah, you're right. 22-23 games, Mr. Wilson. Damn. It's coming down to the wire, baby. I love it. Yes, sir. The Baltimore Orioles still only two games out out of that last spot. So you might have four teams. Blue Jays, I think. What about the Blue Jays? Blue Jays, I'll tell you in a minute. The Blue Jays, the Toronto Blue Jays, the defending American League champions, they're only two and a half.

59:23Wow. Yeah. So Texas, Baltimore, two games out. Toronto, two and a half. Minnesota, three and a half. Then Seattle, Detroit, I think those teams are out. Wow. Damn, all five teams are basically fighting to get into the game. Yeah, yeah. How crazy is that, man? I would love to see four teams making it. Yes. It will be history for the first time. Oh, man. It will be a great thing in case that they go into that damn lockout that they're planning to do. then at least we get a little bit of peace of history until they decide to do what they're going to do with the money and everything else. Greedy bastards.

1:00:02Anyway, yeah, it is what it is. Guys. And one more thing about the Red Sparks, the thing is that they just got Roman Anthony back in the lineup and Trenel Story. And I can't believe people are already saying, oh, my God, you know, they should be doing more and batting. And I'm telling you, these guys were out for basically four months. you cannot work magic when you're out for four months this is like a little bit of a spring training for them again that's how crazy things are and people out there oh my god man trouble story oh my god why did you come up man give the guys a chance give them at least two to three weeks so they can get acclimated to the game again you know i mean fans out there man sometimes i can tell you they'll be ready for october oh for sure they'll be oh for sure they'll be ready for october Oh, for sure.

1:00:52But they'll be in mid-season form by then. That's my thing, Mr. Wilson. You got to give the guys a chance. You can't expect them to be out four months and then come into the damn field and destroy the league. You can't expect that, man. Come on. It's crazy. Crazy. Okay. It seems like I'm looking at the WNBA standings. See what these ladies are doing before, you know, the other people that want to play. keep making noise you know what a disgrace to be honest with you Mr. Wilson you weren't here last week what about do you like the signing Clay Thompson baby do you like the signing by the Heat I don't think it hurts and three point shooting is the way that this lead operates and I think that he'll be effective Yanis running.

1:01:48point forward a lot of times them having to clog the middle to stop that locomotive from getting to the station. Clay, one of the best spot-up shooters in the history of the game, truthfully, if he can still be just a small fragment of what he was before, he's going to hit a lot of threes. yeah yeah yeah they they need three-point shooting man because they don't they don't really have anybody out there like that caliber did you guys talk about last week um enos canter getting thrown out of the uh of course we did with that girl you know he got into the argument and you know he was like why is he arguing with the woman i think i think well we don't know what they said.

1:02:41I mean, I don't know. I know she was very upset, and he started, like, lifting his arms and everything. Then there was a clip that he goes outside with security, and security says, you got to leave. And then there was a lady, I guess she was, like, in charge of operations of the arena, and says, you got to get out. We want you out of here. He's been banned from the arena. Oh, I'm glad. I'm glad he's been banned. I don't know how that's going to work if he does somehow into the league that means that he wouldn't be able to play in games versus the sky um so he should not be able to go into the freaking league no matter what yeah that's it's just that simple you know i mean i mean it's a crazy world i didn't mean to take the show into oh no no no it's fine it's fine it's fine i mean it's something that is controversial We got to talk about it, you know, whether we like it or we get uncomfortable with it.

1:03:45I don't. And I've said it before, and I always use the phrase, I'm like a broken wrecker. I have said it. Guys, make your own league. Make your own transgender league and play against each other. Yep. That's fair grounds. Go for it. But don't try to get into women's sports, you know. You know, it's just like this bizarre thing now with college football players that enter the draft or sign as an undrafted free agent. Now you can go back to college. It's pure bullshit. But hold on. The four major conferences, they voted on their own. It's not like they came together or anything. They voted on their own.

1:04:30Now they're banned. they cannot come back to the four major conferences in college football yeah because there was judges who were trying to like who were trying to like make laws okay yeah they can come in and yeah have you but the conferences basically make the rules you know i mean a judge can't tell a conference how to operate its business that's a business that's a free enterprise you can't tell Tell us what rules we can and can't make. That's outside of the jurisdiction of legal matters. But to me, when a player makes the decision, let's talk football, which requires you to be there three years.

1:05:17They're required to be there three years, and then you decide if you're good enough to get into the draft. Okay? If you feel that you might get drafted where you want to be, then you hire an agent. If you want to save your situation, then you don't hire an agent, and you don't like the position where you got drafted. That rule was there before. Then you go back to school. But you're letting your coaches and everybody else, look, if I don't get drafted where I think that I should go and get the money that I want, I want to stay in school. So that player never got the opportunity to go and say, okay, I'm going to sign a contract.

1:05:55I'm going to be, you know, during training camp. I'm going to be there with the team and everything else. But you know something? If they release me by September 1st, like they were saying, now I can go back to college again. No, you know why I hate it? Because your schools have done recruiting already and got a kid, a scholarship. How in the hell are you going to go back to that kid and say, guess what, let's use it this way. Mr. Wilson is coming back. Sports pops, you got to get out because we're bringing Mr. Wilson back. And then I'm the new kid, and I got to go, oh, shit, where am I supposed to go to now?

1:06:37Can I get a chance in another Division I team? And if you don't, guess what? You can go to Division II, but here comes the rule that really sucks. If you want to go back to Division I, you got to sit out a year. see those are the things that a lot of people don't explain and they talk a lot of shit in the other shows that they do learn the rules and then talk about it what makes sense and what doesn't make sense i will hate to see a kid signing to a school and thinking hey i'm here i'm ready to learn get polished in my freshman year and suddenly this guy that was on training camp says you know i'm gonna go back i'm gonna take the nil money and then you gotta get that kick out of there now i don't think it's fair i think it's a it's a big mistake i don't know why judges get involved with this shit judges just just do your job with what you got to do you know we got enough shit going on society for you to try to go ahead and and and mess up the the systems that have been in place for years.

1:07:48Well, luckily, this is only going to happen one time. This will only happen this year because the NCAA came out with a fifth-year eligibility thing, and that's the reason why now these kids were like, hold on. If I could have stayed for a fifth year, if I would have known that, I wouldn't have declared for the draft. I would have played another year of collegiate football. But a lot of them declared because you did four years, you don't have a choice. You've got to go. So that was the argument with a lot of them. So next year and for years, this will be the only year that this is happening. But I still feel like they're doing the right thing.

1:08:23These men went off the NFL training camp. They've gotten developed by NFL coaches. And even that right there is an unfair disadvantage for these guys to be coming back. And like you said, SportsPops, now this kid who has been working his ass off since April for this program. Now, this late in the game has to figure out what he's going to do with his life. He can't do that. No, and the worst part is if there's not another spot in another D1 team, it doesn't matter if it's a different conference, at least if you can stay in D1. But mostly the rosters are taken, and then they're going to go into the – if they have eligibility or not to go ahead and be able to transfer or not.

1:09:09I mean, a lot of stuff goes into it. And it's a pain in the ass, to be honest with you, when you're going to do that to the kid and the family. Because, you know, parents are going to go, oh, my God, I thought he was going to be in Texas. Now he might have to go to South Dakota and play over there. You know, you just don't know. Don't know. I think it's ridiculous. Yeah, the way I look at it is if you declare for the draft, you don't get drafted, but then you can sign as a free agent. If you don't make the team, hey, man, try to go off to Canada, Canadian Football League, try to go to the Arena Football League, XFL, call the Rock.

1:09:47But, you know, coming back to college, like you said, it's so damn unfair, man. Yeah. No, it shouldn't be. Yeah. No. You know, there's a reason why if you make the practice squad, stay there. Develop. Exactly. You might get a call this year. You might not have to wait two years. And you're still getting paid. They get paid very well. But you know what the crazy thing is? It's like$230 ,000 a month, correct? Well, no, it's like$230 ,000 a year or something like that. College players are making more. I was about to say college players. So in a way, I don't blame them for trying to find their way back to college.

1:10:28But if you already left, and especially if you signed a professional contract to play for another team, and you make that team or not, it's on you it's on you the thing is that they they went with this nil thing they went from college kids who were stars in in football basketball or what have you they went from eating peanut butter jelly sandwiches to driving up in maseratis you know i mean like the extreme that they took the nil money where you're making more money than the professional i never really wanted that i wanted the kids to get paid you know i mean i didn't want them eating you know ramen noodles every night but you know making 4.1 million dollars a year at the collegiate level you know it's yeah that's that's quite a bit yeah but hey i'm not gonna mess with anybody's money i don't know if you know the podcast pbd uh patrick ben david you know anyway uh short story he became a quick success and thanks to the late kobe bryan he gave an eight million dollars to develop his company.

1:11:37He has built an empire. But what I was going to say, he always goes when he needs information, let's go ask Chad GPT. And he does it right there in life. So I'm going to do that for the first time. I'm not trying to copy him, but let's go. How much money does a player make by playing in the practice squad of their respective teams? Let's see what he says. he says

1:12:11oh yeah they can go up to yeah like you said 18 weeks for 247 ,500 yeah it can go up to 330 or 411 ,000 yeah they're not even making close to what a player in college for 18 weeks shit I'll take it and stay developed Oh, no, no, no. Of course, 18, that's wonderful money for us. You know what I mean? For the average Joe. It's unbelievable. Like you said, Mr. Wilson, NIL, it's I always look as soon as it started. I said, I'm happy for the players. But NIL is the devil himself because it came to mess up, you know, college football. or it came to mess up the NCAA, and they need, you know, to come up with some type of rules or some type of rules in place, I guess, so they can better the system because right now it's a free-for-all.

1:13:10And by the way, it's not a coincidence. You know who makes the most money, right, in college right now? Quarterbacks. Of course. Yeah. Quarterbacks. Even at the NFL level, who makes the most money? The quarterbacks. Yeah, so right now. You got all these guys making over$50 million, and we know that they shouldn't be getting paid that amount. So, Mr. Wilson, check this out. So, Darian Mensah, who's going to start for the Canes, I believe he's making about$6 million, I believe. I would be wrong, but I think it's$6 million. Carson Beck is making what? Maybe$2 million? Yeah. As a rookie contract. I think Carson Beck must have gone, man, I should have asked for another year of eligibility humility so I can keep making that money.

1:13:56Correct. And see guys who are down the pecking order, as far as they are, like a guy who didn't make the team for, for a professional team, if you're trying to secure your financial freedom, and we all know at the collegiate level or at the pro level, one play could be the end of it all. You're going to go back. And even though you get the opportunity to possibly get a roster spot on a professional team, you're going to take the money. You're going to take the money and say, I'm going to go and play college football because it's also about securing your financial freedom or what have you. So that's the reason why a lot of these guys want to go back as well.

1:14:40And again, even if you do make the team, how long is it going to take you? it's going to take you at least three years in the National Football League to get a contract extension. And you've got to play your ass off to be able to make sure you're making decent money. Exactly. I get why they do it, but I agree with you as well. NIL has destroyed the college game. You're not going to have guys going to the same school for four years anymore. No. It's just not going to happen. It's not going to happen. You were not here, but I made the following comment, Mr. Wilson. I said, okay, you want to open the portal and have the guys, you know, transferring to this school to the other school.

1:15:15I'll put it this way. Let's say you're my guy in my program right now, Mr. Wilson, and you go, look, I'm going to go and play for the University of Miami. I said, okay, University of Miami, you're taking Mr. Wilson, perfect. Primetime player within our program. I need NCAA to make a rule that my school needs to get compensated for that loss because I gave you a scholarship thinking that you were going to be in my program for three years. And now you're both. And now you're gone. And other players that I recruited, or I decided not to recruit because I was going to have you, now they're not there.

1:15:53And, you know, when I make that phone call again, they're going to tell me, F you, I'm not playing for you. You decided to take Mr. Wills instead of me. Or they're probably somewhere else. Exactly. They'll be somewhere else. But now you got some money open and you can go, hey, look, we made that decision at that time. we can make, you know, give you a little bit more money or whatever, that place is going to show you, go, go, buy yourself. That's exactly what it's going to tell you. And they're going to go or stay where they are. So that's my problem with that. What they should do is, let's say, let's say I had university somewhere, Division I, and Mr.

1:16:32Wilson goes to the University of Miami. University of Miami, you need to give me at least the amount of two extra scholarships. So that way I can recover from my loss. Because my school is having the loss now. You have the game. It's like a franchise tag. Exactly. You know what? Now you owe me a draft pick. Yeah, yeah. Owe me two scholarships. And let NCAA say, okay, you can use two scholarships. Because this is the wild, wild west. It's everybody just going where. And again, there used to be a time where you couldn't just jump. You had to sit out a year. You can't just leave one school and then go to a school.

1:17:16That doesn't work. You had to go and play Joko or something. You had to go to junior college if you wanted to play. Oh, yeah, yeah. You play Joko first if you didn't have the grades. And you cannot go to play for a D1 school. But you go ahead and do that and develop and then transfer. And even the guys who wanted to leave the school, like Cam Newton, when he left Florida, he had to go play in junior college because he couldn't play in the SEC. He couldn't go straight to Auburn because he had played at Florida. What did I say about the one-year punishment? For going from one place to the other, if you want to go, then you get punished.

1:17:59It'll keep kids where they are. And it should. And it shows you that, hey, things might be tough. They might not be exactly how you pictured them to be, but that's what is going to make you tougher. That's what is going to make you learn, you know, lessons of life, you know, within the game and without the game, you know. But, you know, these kids today are just thinking that they own the world and they can do whatever they want, you know. I hate a player that gets an opportunity at a D1 school. and then he wants to go to another one. Look, that school gave you an opportunity. They make a showcase.

1:18:45Hey, finish it out. Finish it out. Because, you know, it's funny. A lot of the schools, they'll go, oh, yeah, we want you. But when you tell them, hey, how much playing time I get? Oh, you got to earn that. Brother, at the school that you are in, you don't need to earn it. You already showcased it. and they know that you earn your time it might be a different conference be careful what you what you're going for because it can fire back big time i'll say i'll say this as well i am i am i don't like where the college game is going but i am the type of person who understands that i i feel like it's good to have those liberties if i was a player i would be super happy because Imagine if you get to a place, you know what I mean, you don't vibe with the coach or you feel like there's favoritism, which happens a lot of places.

1:19:38You know what I mean? You go into places, jobs or what have you, agency that we worked for before. And now I'm stuck here with you guys and you guys don't even like me, you know, and there's just not that chemistry there. So to have a player stuck there for four years, I feel like that could ultimately destroy or ruin or end a player's career. I like the way that they have the flexibility. I think that the money and all those things, like you stated, I think the rules need to change as well, where, you know, teams are going to, or, or conferences and organizations are going to think twice whether or not they want to just go out there and grab that player.

1:20:16Because right now they can just pick it right off the tree and there's no consequence. So there we go. So talking about consequences, let's talk about the WNBA standings. They're ready for the playoffs. So in the Eastern Conference, Atlanta, that's where Angel Reese is playing now. They're tied in the first place with Indiana, but I believe they got the tiebreaker. I think they're done. I think it's 40 games for the regular season, if I'm not mistaken. Yes. And then Indiana second, New York Liberty was third, but they were 24 and 16. There were only two games out of the first place. and then Washington was also 24 and 16.

1:20:59But this is the drop-off here. The first four teams were close to each other, dominating, and then the fifth-place team was 15 and 25. Ouch! That's a drop. Then 11 and 29, and then 10 and 30. Ooh-wee. Angel Reese is happy she left Chicago. For sure. And then in the Western Conference, Minnesota, 31 and 9. Golden State, I believe it is, GSV, 29-9-11. Then you got LVA, Las Vegas, and the Aces. That's where your cousin plays for. Yep. Okay. Third place. And then Dallas. So 31-9, 29-11, 27-13, 24-16 is the fourth place with Dallas. And then same thing. The last four teams, they dropped 16 wins or less.

1:21:57So it's like two set of markets already with the four teams. Okay, we're going to be here, and you're going to have to develop some way, somehow, and see if you can make trades and get stronger while Seattle ended 8-32. Ouch! That hurts. Yeah. Yeah. Phoenix. That's not a loser. Phoenix 14-26, 15-25, 16-24. And like I said, they're ready for the playoffs. It looks, you know, like I always say, women lie, men lie, but numbers don't. The championship is coming from the Western just by looking at the records. Minnesota's there. Can Las Vegas Aces win it again with A.J. Wilson? As long as she's lacing them up, they got a shot.

1:22:51They got a shot. They were in our course last year, and they turned it on during the playoffs. So if she's on the court, she's going to be consistent. That much I can tell you. There we go. Well, tomorrow, everybody tune up on YouTube because we're going to have our draft live. We start 730 Eastern Time tomorrow for our Football Fantasy or Fantasy Football League. Championship. You weren't here last week, Mr. Wilson. How the hell you ended up with the number? Oh, before you say that. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. We had an issue. Because a lot of people think that we're just a fantasy league. And let's go ahead and fun and play.

1:23:39No, it's a fantasy league based in our show. In our segment called Championship. So a lot of people were going, oh, I'm going to do out of draft. I said, no, well, you're not. You're not in the draft. So I had to pull five teams, five, half of it, to get in new people and come in. So it's fair to go ahead and do the redraft. But on the first one, you were the number one pick, by the way. Mr. Wills, sorry, but we got to redraft it again. Oh, damn. That's crazy. Yeah. Well, I got five new people. And you know who voted the number six to make majority win? Your buddy right up there. He's the first one that came and said, why he get?

1:24:29No. Number 10, me? No, no, no, no, no. You go ahead. You go ahead and do it again. You go ahead and do it again. That's your boy. That's your boy. I was like, you know what I said? You know what I said? It's not fair to Mr. Wilson to go ahead and redo the draft order. No, no, no, no. And he was like, what? What? What? I said, that's fine. I said, but how the hell did I end it up at 10? How? You ended number one last year. No, I did not. Yes, you did. Well, I couldn't attend because my work schedule was crazy. Yeah, I know. And then, for whatever reason, the auto drive picked Justin Jefferson for you as your number one pick.

1:25:10Yeah, well. Hey, listen, let's just put it this way. I can already see it's rigged. I already see that's happening. Second off, I wouldn't doubt that when we redraft, guess who gets the number one pick? Sports 5. I won. I haven't got it. I didn't get it last year. I had the sixth pick. On the initial thing, I got the fifth one. So you had first, had the fifth, and then big crybaby over here had number 10. And he was like, what? What? Come on now. Let's go and redo it. But I go, what about Mr. Wilson? I don't care. You go ahead and redo that thing now. I didn't say that. Not even like that. You do that thing now.

1:25:57No. Last year, I auto-drafted. Well, it auto-drafted for me. I'm not sure if I was just late or what. Oh, really? Oh, that's why your team sucks? You think your team sucks? That's why? Yeah, my team wasn't good. Yeah. But, Mr. Wilson, guess who the commissioner is again? Come on now, man. Shoot. You know what I mean? I don't have time to run the league. I don't. I don't have time to run the league. And you guys don't either. So, well, you know. But at least he knows he's the crooked commissioner. So, you know. I already know. Well, I already commissioned another league. So, yes, I'm not interested in commissioning another one.

1:26:45But the good part about me is I will be there for the draft. And number one through whatever. Hey, don't matter. Don't matter. Let's go ahead and do this thing again and see what happens. I'm not to have the number one pick. Hey, sports props. You should have brought out Manny in, man. He's always trying to live for leagues. Manny wants to play? I got one spot. I think he plays every year. I got one spot. Doesn't he play every year? We got one spot left. He does, but he's in one of my two leagues. Call him right now. Call him right now. I don't know whether or not. Call him right now. Call him right now.

1:27:22Call him right now. Let's put him on the spot. Hey, man, you want to? Call him right now. Let's have Manny live. Let's call him. Let's call him. I don't cold call people. But let me tell you. Oh, come on, Mr. Wilson. Well, it's only 9.30. Call Manny. Call Manny. Call Manny. It's way past his bedtime. It's only 9.30. Exactly. He's probably having his glass of milk and chocolate milk. Oh, no. No, he has that at 8.30. Oh. He's already... He has that at 8.30. Damn. You're not going to call him? Hey, we're so good. Yeah, that's 8.30. The milk is at 8.30. 8.30. What about the cookies with the milk? 8.30 also?

1:28:22Oh, God. It all happens at the same time. It all happens at the same time. I'm going to send him a text. Hey, man. Tell him if he wants to be live on the show right now. See what happens. I'm telling you, man. See what happens. Oh, man. See what happens. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. It's unreal. Let me go here. Hey, hey, hey, hey. So, Sports Boss, when the hell are we going to know now the new pigs? Like, you know what I mean? Like, where is it going to be? I wanted to do it today, but the problem is I need one more person. Oh, okay, okay, okay. When I came to do the show, so he was like, okay, what am I supposed to be doing?

1:29:10Hey, watch the commissioner get the number one pick over. Man, these are some crooked times. Damn, you guys are nasty. Oh, man. You guys are nasty. I'm trying to get my phone working in here so I can call Manny. I'm going to call Manny. I'm going to wake him up. You're going to wake him up, man. I don't care. Two minutes. Hold on. I got to get this done first. Default calling. He's probably eating his Oreos right now. That's messed up. It's 8.30, Pop. He has to give it time to settle before he goes to sleep. wow man I wanted to do this thing and now I cannot do it let me see man that was my stuff he got lucky I was going to call him right now and wake him up maybe he had the pacifier on his mouth already I'm sleeping I'm sleeping right now that's my guy did Matty answer the text or no He hasn't responded.

1:30:23Oh, shit me. No, he's known for, like, taking forever. What about Mauricio? Does he play fantasy football? No? He's never done it before. Okay. Oh, damn. Wow. Damn. He doesn't really follow sports like that anymore. I play a lot of fantasies, and it's not just fantasy football. Yeah. I was having one last week, and Top Taker ruined it for me. Oh, yeah? Yeah, he went and texted me about 1.30 in the morning. And I was laying with Chelsea, Chelsea Green. It was a poster, you know. Everybody thought I was laying by Chelsea. No, no, no, he texted me. No, no, but it was about 9 o 'clock. And I told him, why you text me at 1.30 in the morning?

1:31:16You know I didn't do that. I didn't do that. You know, I got an idea. Does Manny likes wrestling? No. No? No. I would have done a separate show with Top Taker and Manny. Let's talk about wrestling. That should be very interesting. Woof. Yeah. Definitely. Definitely. Guys, any particular team from the WNBA that you may like? I know you like your girl with the Vegas Aces to win it. I like her. You know who I would like to see win it? Indiana. With my girl. Really? With my girl. And it's not who you think. It's this one. It's Sophie. Sophie. That's my girl. Come on, Sophie. Do that pointing, baby.

1:32:11Do that pointing. Nothing with Kaelin Clark. I know she's a great player, but I like my Sophie Cunningham. Boy, she be doing that thing. You know, what about you boys? No interest in any of the teams? Vegas again, I guess. It's like flip a coin. I like the Lynx as well. I think that the Lynx are – Oh, that's Minnesota, correct? Yeah. Okay, yeah, they got the best record. I believe. They got the best record. They got an awesome machine there. They should win it. I would love to see that. Absolutely killing it. And, yeah, it's been one hell of a season for them. Olivia Miles, their guard. Yeah, yeah, she's awesome.

1:33:02Oh, yeah. But the girl is a bucket. She's a baller. She's a baller. She's a baller. She's a baller. Yeah. Amazing. Let me try this right here, Mr. Wilson. New York. Nickelbackers. Come on, boys. Come on. Next month, baby. Next month. No, no, no, no, no. Let's do it now. I can't wait no more, man. I can't wait no more. Let's go. New York. Next month. Mr. Wilson, what do you think? We should do it now. It's the offseason. It's the offseason. Yeah, yeah. You have your standards, man. You know what I mean? Amen. Oh, Jimmy. Why? You know, this is the guy that wanted to go ahead and take your number one pick away.

1:33:47That's all I have to say. And you're going, ooh. Wait, hold on. No, no. He's always been that way. He's always been that way. Of course not. But hold on. It's like if the Chicago Bullshitters won it, I wouldn't call them the Bullshitters. Look, I used to be a Bulls fan. And I have to tell you, I love the names. The Bullshitters. I love it. Go ahead. Give me one time. The New York. Knickerbockers. All right, so check it out. So if Jordan wants to come back to the Bullshitters, would you be a fan again? Oh, he ain't playing. Would you be a fan again? If he went back to the Bullshitters. At 64 years old?

1:34:29Wow. That would be crazy. Hold on. But let's just say that he went back. Let's say he was 50 years old and he went back 45 years old. Would you be a fan again of the Bullshitters? If Michael is there, of course. He's not a fan of the Bullshitters. He's a Michael Jordan fan, ladies and gentlemen. We all knew that, though. We all knew that, right? So, you know. What's the point? I mean, I'm not denying it. Well, I mean, there you go. So you shouldn't say, oh, when I was a fan of the Bullshitters, you were not a fan of the Bullshitters. You were a Jordan fan. But it's like. Like I was a Marino fan.

1:35:06It's like when he was a fan of the University of Miami. when he was a cane, he said. Yeah, I used to. Love my Warren Sapp days, man. But I'll tell you this. You may have started the new trend because a lot of these kids are like that these days. A lot of these kids, they follow the players. They don't have loyalty to teams anymore. They just... Well, it's even harder. You know what is so hard to follow a team? Let's be honest. When you're watching your fantasy team, and let's say Dallas Cowboys, but you have Odell Beckham, and you need a touchdown, but that touchdown will give you the victory on fantasy, but it will make the Dallas Cowboys lose the football game.

1:35:54Guess what? Our competitors will go ahead and say, score that motherfucking touchdown. No, I will not. No, thank you. Cowboys lost this week. Who cares? We'll go next week. So, Pops, at one point, you were a Washington, like I do call them bullets, back in the day. So you were a Washington fan, too, huh? I followed Jordan in those two years. I thought that he should have never came back. I understood what he did it for. But you were a fan of Washington. I follow Michael. He did that for front office reasons. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, you know, I know that the Brumians like to count those two years.

1:36:34Well, he came and he couldn't do shit. Well, fuck you. He was out for three years. The Brumians. Oh, man. The Brumians. Wow. And I'm going to say it so I can satisfy myself. The New York Dicks. You see, I did the deep voice. The New York Dicks. Hey, you know what? You know what? Respect. I mean, I like the masses, but respect. But at least say to our fans that that's what you say during the regular season about the New York. Like I said, just wait until October and it's on, baby. Jesus.

1:37:13The San Antonio Smurfs. Oh, the Smurfs. The Smurfs. And what do you call the Heat? Miami Heat, baby. That's it? You don't have a name for them? No, of course not. Why would I? Of course not. Come on now, man. You gotta have a name for them. I'm gonna come for a name. For the heat next week. I'm going to make something good. Oh, I got one, though. The Miami culture heat. Because that culture is different. That culture hits you different. Oh, it is. It is. When you guys are winning, you're all out. Oh, we're here. We're here. What a party. What a party. When you guys are losing, nowhere to be found.

1:37:57Just like the Janshee, the Skagging. Yeah, you see? He disappeared. He disappeared immediately. Listen, you already know, hey, when I follow a team, baby, all the way, no matter what. There's no damn divorcing going on with me, man. Hell no. No, sir. Nowhere. Okay. We got the top taker. We got the undertaker. Who the hell are you? Because you keep disappearing. What name can we give you for tonight for all these disappearing acts? Here's the thing. Unless you guys want to hear me blowing my nose or see me blowing my nose, I'm going to step away. Because we don't have commercial breaks on this show.

1:38:47We don't. We're a long ride, baby, long ride. Correct, yeah. So it's not like I can wait until the take or until, you know, until the break to blow my nose. So unless you guys want to see me like, I step away. It's all good. At least give us an explanation. Thank you. Thank you. Now we understand. You know, but man, shit. He was just disappearing like the undertaker. He's out. He's gone. He's somewhere. We don't know. I don't want the fans to know. Hey, listen. Adam's got it. All right. I called myself. Throw the flag. Mr. Wilson called himself that name. He called himself that name. Throw the flag, baby.

1:39:33I don't want the fans to know Mr. Wilson has to step away. You know, for that, for that, we should punish you by having the voice say in New York. Oh, no, no. Hey, listen, it's not a punishment for me. The nigga lockers, baby. Dukes. Come on. Say that magic word. Man, you say it so cool with that deep voice when you go, Dukes. Hey, me and you hate them, right? I've never fancied them ever. So, you know what I mean? It's always been a hate-hate relationship. No, I never liked the Knicks, to be honest with you. I didn't hate them. But I said it on the show. The NBA needed the Knicks to win that championship that they just won, in my opinion.

1:40:21It was good for the game of basketball. And now they got to make sure that LeBrum, with the 70 cc's, Yeah, that's what he calls him now, 70ccs. Voice is something else, bro. 70ccs, just like that. And keeps calling Tom Brady the great Tom Brady. Damn it. I don't care where the hell LeBron goes. I'm not going to, you know, I'm not going to give anybody a nickname just because he's there. I mean, if he happens to go to the Smurfs, okay, the Smurfs, LeBron or, you know, the Knickerbockers. Give me a month. Give me 30 days, man. Give me 30 days. You know, I know I'm not your boy, but at least, you know, I know Mr.

1:41:07Wilson would have said, can you say New York Dicks? You immediately would have gone, New York Dicks. Nope, nope, nope. The day they won the championship, I said it on that show. We did it, and we said it on that show, and we called it the Knicks and the Knickerballers, and, you know, we celebrated. Now it's time to go back to our regular routine, New York Dicks. 30 days. In 30 days. In 30 days. Damn. Damn, I can't wait 30 days. I can't wait 30 days to get our nicknames out there. Hey, guys. Wait. What do you think about, what's his name, Jacobs getting suspended? Yeah. For his situation outside, you know, private life.

1:41:52But, you know, the charges are heavy. Yep. I thought they were misdemeanors. Well, he went and done misdemeanor, but the league decided to suspend him anyway. So he's not available. I don't know how many games or why he's going through, but right now he's not available. So did they make him an example? Yeah. By the way, I want to finish the show as soon as possible because I got to get up super early because I got to pick up my client, Tiger Woods. What time is early? Tiger Woods. He needs a driver. What time is early? Let's see. I got up this morning at 4.40. I was already almost on the road.

1:42:32Yeah. Ouch. Almost. That hurts. I didn't say I was. Ouch. What about you, Mr. Wilson? At 4.40, what were you? Sleeping. This morning? Or blowing your nose. Yeah. Oh, no. This morning, I was sleeping. Because I was up all night the night before. I didn't get home until like 6 o 'clock in the morning or what have you because my mom, old lady was in the hospital Oh really? She's doing She's doing well She has these little things and she's not very consistent with taking her medication Mom if you're watching, take your medication please Mama Wilson please take your medication Yep, yep We're talking about mama.

1:43:23My mama's coming down from Nicaragua. So I'm still looking forward to that. Oh, so we're getting good food? I'm getting invited for that cooking? Well, no. I guess. I mean, you know. We don't know Nicaragua food. This is something unbelievable, you know. You don't know Nicaragua food. Mr. Wilson goes and says, look, I'm going to your house in Lakeland to have your mom's cooking. He'll be going, my boy. He'll be starting to go, oh, yeah. Here's the difference. I will wait for an invite. Right now, I'm just happy for him that Moms is coming down. Bro, if you wait for an invite, you will never get invited.

1:44:03I invited my damn self. No, no, and that's fine. As long as you can do some food. Ask him when I go to his house. It's all improvised. And I call him, hey, what are you doing right now? He goes, I'm sitting here watching three games, you know, at the same time. And I go, well, I'm about 20 minutes from your house. will but he thinks about it. He pauses. If you bring the food, you can come over. You see? Hey, check it out. Mr. Wilson, have you ever taken Pops to a Nicaraguan free time game? Have you? No. The guy don't know about Nicaraguan food. You knew. But then you got to teach me. You've never gone to a free time game?

1:44:45No. No, no. Seriously. I'll be honest with you. I never tried it. Wow. I got to try it. You got to get this, my bro. Well, he lived in Miami so long. No, but you know what I was stuck? Colombian and Peruvian. Because Miami has some Colombian and Peruvian food that you got to go, oh, my God. You know? Yeah, I've had Peruvian, Colombian. Yeah. You love your Nicaraguan food. I'm not like Nicar. You don't think so either? You think Nicaraguan food is better than Peruvian and Colombian? Honestly, I don't rank them like that. I just feel like all of it is delicious. But since I'm American and American food is trash, and we don't really have it.

1:45:39No, it's good, man. Come on, man. A good burger? It's good. Shit. Yeah, that's good food. Bro, y 'all tripping right now. If y 'all call burgers, no, man, come on. Burger? A gourmet burger. They got this place called Gourmet Burger now. Yeah, yeah, America ain't got no food. So, unfortunately, I got to love everybody else's food because it's embarrassing when people come over here. What should I get, a hot dog or a burger? Look, I'm from Puerto Rico, and we know Puerto Rico has good food. But if you tell me what you think is better, Peruvian or Puerto Rican food, I'm going to have a lot of Puerto Rican people very mad, but I believe Peruvian food kicks ass.

1:46:24I love it all. I love it all. Just put a plate in front of me, whether it's Nika, whether it's Colombian, whether it's Cuban, put a plate in front of me, and you have me at hello. Yeah. Now, from the Caribbean, if you tell me, not being biased here, but I think Puerto Rican food is better than Cuban and Dominic Republic, in my opinion. Yeah, I love them both. Like I said, Haitian food, I'll tear it up. Like, bro, I got you. But I think Peruvian food is delicious. I'm getting hungry right now. Shit. What the hell is lifetime concussion protocol? Peruvian food is good. He's trying to get us out of here, and lifetime concussion protocol is missing in action.

1:47:10He's somewhere. Hey, Chino, where are you? Oh, he's there. I'm sorry. He's doing the Undertaker. He disappears, too. Look at that. He's hiding. He's not blowing his nose, though. No, he's not. Hey, I'm guessing Chino knows about Peruvian food, huh? Chino? Yeah, he knows about Peruvian food. Don't you? Hey, Mr. Wilson, but they don't know about the best, baby. We the best. They don't know about that. Hey, listen. The only food that's worse than American food is French food. food from France was horrible let me ask you let me ask you let me ask you let me ask you let me ask you oh okay I understood something else anyway you know how you know how bad French food is it can be worse than German food hey listen have you ever seen a French restaurant have you ever been to a French restaurant no I have I have

1:48:12What did you eat from the menu? What did you eat? Trash. No, no, no. It was some pastries. But it was good. It wasn't bad compared with German food. You know, it's crazy. The best German food is Arab food. He ate French fries. Yeah. No, French fries. I don't eat a French ass. Oh, there we go. You see, you guys started this shit. God damn. I knew it was coming. I knew it was coming. I was going to say he ate a passy. Not to say the wrong word, you know. Oh, my God. Listen, I'm setting up. I think next show we're going to have four live cameras. I was waiting for our production assistant that he was supposed to set it up today.

1:49:00I decided to set it up myself. Crazy. Wow. Wow. What's that? And real quick, real quick, because, man, I'm getting tired, but real quick, we're going to talk about who is my favorite expert. Yeah, yeah. I have that on the show. We need to know who's your favorite, you know, sports expert. Because he don't like Skip Bayless. What was the name that you gave to Dan Leventhal this morning? No, you called him Dan Leventhal. No, you did. He called it Levestar or something like that. My favorite analyst is Shaq and Charles Barkley. Those are my two favorite analysts. I'm only going to name a couple of my favorites.

1:49:43One of them is called Greg Olson. Mr. Wilson, you know where I'm going with this. Yeah. Another one that I like is Jonathan Vilva. Oh, this is all former Miami Hurricanes. It's the playmaker. Oh, my God. What the hell I asked this shit for. I'm going back to work. Another one. Yeah. My God. It's Warren Sapp. And last but not least, and I miss him a lot on TV, Jimmy motherfucking Johnson. You know what I mean? Oh, by the way, Mr. Wilson, I owe you an apology. Regarding the championships, you guys are definitely right. I came to accept it, that it was definitely JJ's team. Thank you so much. He said no fucking Jerry Jones.

1:50:33That's what I meant. I didn't mean fucking Jimmy Johnson. I meant Jerry Jones. Jerry. JJ. JJ, baby. He still doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. JJ. Hey, don't worry about it. He's going to go into the box underground without winning another one. I'm sorry. Oh, my God. Jesus. Did you hear that? Mr. Wilson, that's your Dallas Cowboys. Mr. Jerry Jones, I'm sorry, sir. I respect you as an owner, but as a GM, you're not even going to sniff. Oh, no, no. He stayed out this year. This is the year that his son, I believe, was the one more involved in that role. And that's why they've been very quiet.

1:51:17They have done everything down low. I like what the Dallas Cowboys are doing this year. I think they can surprise a lot of people. Sports, check it out. Rapid fire, yes or no question, Mr. Wilson. Are y 'all going to make the playoffs, yes or no? Simple question. Yes. All right. I think we have a really good chance to win the division. Rapid fire for you, boys. Are the Dolphins making the playoffs? They're going to win two games. Thank you. Okay. We're on the same page. People don't understand. This is really the rebuild they should have done a million years ago. Completely ground zero. What was the news about something that they let seven players go?

1:52:01They released a lot of them. Yeah, but it was like they said there was like extra people. I couldn't understand the news. Maybe you knew, but don't worry. I'll research it and bring it next week. But they were talking that the Dolphins for sure are going to be terrible. Terrible like Charles Barkley would say, this is terrible. If we get the number one pick, I'm going to be so damn ecstatic in next year's draft. But even if they get the number three pick. No, if they get the number one and they bring Manning in as their quarterback, I might reconsider. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

1:52:38Once you divorce, you're gone. Hey, I have seen divorced people getting married again. No, sir. Yes, there's been out there people that get divorced and then suddenly they go, hey, you know something? I made a mistake. We're in a bad time. Let's get back together. Those people should be locked up in a rubber room and throw away the key. Wow. Mr. Wilson, you believe those? You see, that's the voice. That's your boy. Hey, man, listen. You divorced him and you want to go back? Both parties should be locked up for life inside a rubber room and throw away the key. What can I say? Chino, get us out of here for sure.

1:53:19I'm tired today. I'm out of it. I want to get ready for the 26. Are we going to hit somebody with a chair or something? I hope they allow us. It will be great. You know something, even if we're not allowed to. You hit me. It don't matter. Hit me. The chair will break in two. The chair will break in two. You got to get that hand down in front when it hits. Hey, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Hey, you know what? Why don't we invite Manny? And let's use him as a dummy. Oh, my God. You guys are the worst, man. You're the worst. Poor Manny.

1:53:55You just went and put the music and that's it without saying a thing? Jesus Christ. Anyway. Thank you for tuning up with the Sports Ride Show. I am Sports Pops, the big crew right here with Listen to the Voices. If you want to get in trouble with the voice, Ortiz. Of course, the one and only Mr. Wilson's Alice Cowboys neighborhood. And for this shit not to make no sense at all, you need Lifetime Concussion Protocol. Keep your engines running. The Sports Ride Show is here.

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