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<v Speaker 1>In the sports page with The Orlando Sentinel at FM

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<v Speaker 1>ninety six to nine the games, Mike the Bulldog beyond

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<v Speaker 1>you on jrr's.

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<v Speaker 2>Trying to find two words that I think will probably

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<v Speaker 2>describe the bulldog out of the gate this morning, and

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<v Speaker 2>I settled on cocky confidence. Yes, you know what we do?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what? You know what my Panthers do.

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<v Speaker 3>They go if they are the worst house guests in

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<v Speaker 3>the world, all right, they go into the other team's house.

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<v Speaker 3>They wipe their muddy boots on the white carpet, They

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<v Speaker 3>smoke cigarettes on the couch, They eat all your stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>They leave wet towels and dirty dishes all over the place.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what they did last night. That's what they did

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<v Speaker 3>last night. They go into Carolina and whoop the Hurricanes.

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<v Speaker 2>Five to two. It wasn't even that close.

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<v Speaker 3>Game one, Eastern Conference Finals, Game seven of these semifinals.

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<v Speaker 3>They go up to Toronto in Game seven and blow

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<v Speaker 3>them out, and then they blew out the Hurricanes last night. Lynch,

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<v Speaker 3>this is this is gonna be. This is gonna be

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<v Speaker 3>at least a gentleman's sweep.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, color me and press because Raleigh is that building

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<v Speaker 2>there is probably the toughest place to play in the

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<v Speaker 2>entire league this year.

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<v Speaker 3>There were five and oh at home in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 3>prior to last night.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the fact that his bad house guest smokes

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<v Speaker 1>cigarettes on the couch.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean he probably gets some hockey clashes and put

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<v Speaker 3>the butt out on the cushions.

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<v Speaker 2>He's what they did. Probably still got a few hockey

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<v Speaker 2>players smoking the butts. Oh yeah, you know what.

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<v Speaker 3>They're old school, just like the quarterbacks used to do

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<v Speaker 3>in the NFL. They used to smoke cigarettes on the

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<v Speaker 3>sideline baseball too, Right, the Panthers win last night. They're

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<v Speaker 3>up one oh in the NBA. Oklahoma City blew out

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<v Speaker 3>Minnesota last night. Shay Gildess Alexander who will soon be

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<v Speaker 3>the MVP of the league when that gets named in

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of days. He scored thirty one points. Twenty

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<v Speaker 3>of those came in the second half, one fourteen to

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<v Speaker 3>eighty eight. I'll tell you what Oklahoma City is scary.

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<v Speaker 3>They're the youngest team in the league. They're also the

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<v Speaker 3>best defensive team in the league and it's not even close.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's very rare to have a team that young,

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<v Speaker 3>committed and playing hard on defense. Night in in night

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<v Speaker 3>out in Oklahoma City? Does that this is a this

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<v Speaker 3>is a possible dynasty in the making. So NBA Eastern

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<v Speaker 3>Conference Finals begin tonight, Knicks against the Yankees. By the

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<v Speaker 3>way back to the NHL Edmonton in Dallas. Yes, what

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<v Speaker 3>did that say? The Pacers and the Knicks matchup. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>the Pacers and the Knicks, not the Yankees. The Pacers

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<v Speaker 3>and the Knicks will play tonight in in Hockey Edmonton

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<v Speaker 3>in Dallas. Open up the Western Conference Finals tonight as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you guys see the ratings for the Caitlyn Clark

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<v Speaker 3>Angel Reese game on Saturday night WNBA rating that drew

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<v Speaker 3>an average two point seven million viewers on ABC. It

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<v Speaker 3>was the most watched WNBA regular season game in twenty

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<v Speaker 3>five years. It out drew ESPN by the way. On

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<v Speaker 3>Sunday had the best Sunday Night baseball audience it's ever

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<v Speaker 3>had with the Mets playing the Yankees. All right, two

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<v Speaker 3>point five to three million. The WNBA outdrew that.

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<v Speaker 2>How would how would that number compare to say, the

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<v Speaker 2>PGA Championship that was going on that day? What did

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<v Speaker 2>the PGA Championship get that day?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm asking you I don't know. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll have to look that up, but it out drew

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest Sunday night baseball game ESPNS ever had. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>make a Bowl prediction here, if Caitlyn Clark in the

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<v Speaker 3>Indiana Fever or in the WNBA Finals, it might get

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<v Speaker 3>a higher number than the NBA Finals.

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<v Speaker 2>What about that? No, No, I don't know. I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>saying it's a possibility. But we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a possibility if those if lame Ducks team lame

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<v Speaker 1>Ducks teams are.

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<v Speaker 2>In the in the NBA finals.

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<v Speaker 3>You mean like like we may have this year with

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<v Speaker 3>Indiana and Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to call Ducks that you made it to

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<v Speaker 2>the finals, not big markets.

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<v Speaker 3>You said, yeah, he's talking about like NBA New York

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<v Speaker 3>and mid mid majors, mid majors.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, we brought it up yesterday and I think we

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<v Speaker 2>got some answers. Uh. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings on

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<v Speaker 2>his attitude towards this baseball stadium. Did you read that coverage?

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<v Speaker 3>I've tried to interview Jerry Demmings about this and he

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't really want to be interviewed, at least by me.

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<v Speaker 2>What did he say a couple comments yesterday. First is

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<v Speaker 2>he's he needs to be convinced that this will be

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<v Speaker 2>something that benefits the Orange County taxpayers slash citizens. He

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<v Speaker 2>also said he's not inclined to be donating any kind

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<v Speaker 2>of county land to billionaires to build a stadium.

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<v Speaker 1>So there you have it, so maybe a bone to pick.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do us some investors.

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<v Speaker 2>So he I mean, he hasn't poop pooed the idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's just saying, look, let's let's have our

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<v Speaker 2>ducks in a row here. Make sure there is a

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<v Speaker 2>team coming before there's any stadium, you know, put up

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<v Speaker 2>on any land, period. And once the stadium does go up,

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps the billionaire investors should be the ones paying the

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<v Speaker 2>county for the land rather than just receiving a donation.

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<v Speaker 3>They have to do their due diligence. It is a negotiation.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's probably not smart for him to just come

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<v Speaker 3>out and say, hey, yeah, let's whatever they need, we'll.

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<v Speaker 2>Give it to him.

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<v Speaker 3>It's probably smart on his part. We don't know if

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<v Speaker 3>the Rays are actually leaving Tampa, so we'll see what happens.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, I don't blame Jerry Demis for wanting

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<v Speaker 3>to drive a hard bargain.

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<v Speaker 2>He should it is.

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<v Speaker 3>It is. It's not our tax money, but it's tourist

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<v Speaker 3>tax money. And here's the other thing. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of stuff going on in Tallahassee right now about how

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<v Speaker 3>that tourist tax is going to be legislated. There's taught

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<v Speaker 3>that the Orange County tourist tax could just go in

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<v Speaker 3>a general state fund, which Orange County is freaking out

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<v Speaker 3>about that. They don't want it to go into a

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<v Speaker 3>general state fund, which is what some of the politicians

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<v Speaker 3>up in Tallahassee wants. So there's a big to do

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<v Speaker 3>right now about how the tourist tax is going to

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<v Speaker 3>be dispersed in the future. So I'm sure they're waiting

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<v Speaker 3>for that as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, waiting on the Tush push vote today. That happened today.

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<v Speaker 2>It could.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, there's going to be a vote today on

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<v Speaker 3>the Tush push.

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<v Speaker 2>The Tush push.

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<v Speaker 3>There will be more fans, more sports fans today talking

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<v Speaker 3>about the Tush push. Then the NBA playoffs, the Stanley

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<v Speaker 3>Cup playoffs, the w NBA TV ratings, any other story

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<v Speaker 3>in sports. The Tush push will uh, it will pale

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<v Speaker 3>in comparison.

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<v Speaker 2>It's now turned into a uh the tush push slash

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<v Speaker 2>pull play. That that's you know, the revamped votes just.

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<v Speaker 3>Push and pull play. Yeah, yeah, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 3>I'm more tired of. Whether the tush push should be banned?

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<v Speaker 3>Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame? Is

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<v Speaker 3>Nil ruining college football? Some of these stories. Some of

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<v Speaker 3>these storylines just get old to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree. He is Mike the Bulldog byankey host of

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<v Speaker 2>open mic weekday mornings on a Jason Sam seven forty

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<v Speaker 2>FM ninety six ninety game, and he takes time from

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<v Speaker 2>his show to join us for the sports page on

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<v Speaker 2>j r R each morning. Am I sensing some some birthdays?

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, A happy birthday to King Ferdinand today,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm card Why do you egg? Him? On?

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