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<v Speaker 1>There's something happening in the world of sports that JB

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<v Speaker 1>is now interested in, and he wants to know if

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<v Speaker 1>that what's made him interested in it has made him

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<v Speaker 1>makes him a scumbag? All right, we'll get to that,

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<v Speaker 1>and just to say, how do you not stick around

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<v Speaker 1>for that? How do you tune up? Yeah, I'm a loser.

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<v Speaker 1>But before we get to that, I would love for

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<v Speaker 1>you guys to help us out with something. You've heard

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<v Speaker 1>our introductions for the story We Love where it's one

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<v Speaker 1>of our listeners saying live from the Lester Holt studio,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Tricia Delicia. If you could use the talkback feature

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<v Speaker 1>on the iHeartRadio app, tap the microphone and just record

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<v Speaker 1>something like that, it would make me feel good, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>Just if we get two or three of you guys

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<v Speaker 1>to do it, do it all right, and we'll play

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<v Speaker 1>it on the radio. And I don't care what anybody says.

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<v Speaker 1>It's still fun to hear yourself on the radio. It

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<v Speaker 1>will always be fun to hear any shout outs on

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<v Speaker 1>the radio. We had consultants for every now one cares

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<v Speaker 1>about shout outs. Someone wants to hear them set their

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<v Speaker 1>name on the radio. Pull Loney pull looney. People love

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<v Speaker 1>hearing their name on the radio. I don't care what

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<v Speaker 1>you say, and I'm gonna do it. And people also

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<v Speaker 1>like to know what people's birthdays are. So I am,

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<v Speaker 1>I am. So use the talkback feature record a message

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<v Speaker 1>that says live from the Lester Holt studio. Here's Tricia Delicia.

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<v Speaker 1>Now JB is putting himself out there a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>here when he shares with you why he has a

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<v Speaker 1>new interest in the w NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>Mm hm and you tell me, am I a scumbag scumba.

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<v Speaker 2>So yesterday social media was filled with this brawl and

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<v Speaker 2>fouling at the WNB game with the Indiana Fever and

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<v Speaker 2>the Connecticut Sun. Because Caitlin Clark Yeah plays for the

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<v Speaker 2>Indiana Fever. She is selling out arenas. She is the

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<v Speaker 2>most loved and hated figure in the w NBA, loved

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<v Speaker 2>by the fans, hated by her.

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<v Speaker 1>Opponent, and her opponent should be kissing her ass.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all they're all getting more TV time, they're all

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<v Speaker 2>getting more ticket sales, their sponsors are getting the money's

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<v Speaker 2>going to come. It's going to trickle down. Ask anyone

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<v Speaker 2>who played golf in the Tiger Woods. Hate it Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you're right because that you know, you're a big golf fan.

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<v Speaker 2>Look what that did for more TV time and viewership.

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<v Speaker 1>Bigger purses. I mean, my buddy rich Beam says it

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<v Speaker 1>all the time. He goes, I send Tiger a Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>card every year and thank him for what he did

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<v Speaker 1>for right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it just everybody was elevated, and that is definitely

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<v Speaker 2>happening in the w n B. A well, she got

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<v Speaker 2>into it, and there's some scrappy stuff. And here's where

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<v Speaker 2>I feel. I'm being honest here. I feel like a scumbag.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I want to watch a game now because

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<v Speaker 2>they're going into playoffs, okay, all right, And I'm like

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<v Speaker 2>I'm interested because they're fighting. I'm being honest here, and

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<v Speaker 2>I love And it's also I'm maybe trying to defend

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<v Speaker 2>myself a little bit. It's Caitlyn Clark defending herself and

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<v Speaker 2>defending her position is the greatest thing to happen to

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<v Speaker 2>the w NBA for you know, her opponents hate her

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<v Speaker 2>like they've actually you know, there was the whole Britney

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<v Speaker 2>grinder thing going around a few weeks ago. Yeah, when

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<v Speaker 2>she said and white girl, yeah and then denied it

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<v Speaker 2>in an interview, completely denied it, like you're making this worse, right, right,

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<v Speaker 2>She's a great athlete, she's fun to watch play. It's

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<v Speaker 2>she I said this the other day, like her teammates

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<v Speaker 2>have to elevate their game just to be prepared to

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<v Speaker 2>keep up with her.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, because the past is going to come from

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<v Speaker 1>out of nowhere. Right, She's that much better than everybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>She is far and away better than everybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm being honest.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the fighting dude that just makes you a dude.

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<v Speaker 1>That just I mean, people love that. It's very awe

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. You never know what's gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 3>But I like it that you just went through this

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<v Speaker 3>whole list of her. She's this incredible player, she can

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<v Speaker 3>do this and this, and before you're like, yeah, she's great,

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<v Speaker 3>but not really watching the game. But now that you

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<v Speaker 3>know that they're fighting, you're like, she's great and they're fighting,

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<v Speaker 3>so I'm in Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But that would be true with anything. If you were

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<v Speaker 1>watching the French Open and there were fights happening, you

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<v Speaker 1>would you would tune in more, right, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>That's always gets the TV time when those tennis players

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<v Speaker 2>throw a hissy fit, which, yeah, John May a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of us my hockey.

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<v Speaker 3>I was so excited to go to our first hockey

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<v Speaker 3>game and I was like, but I really just want

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<v Speaker 3>to see fights, right, I mean, I don't know anything

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<v Speaker 3>about the game.

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<v Speaker 1>You know why that grabbed your attention, JB. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna and you're gravitating towards that, and you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>watch a game at the end of the day. The

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<v Speaker 1>w NBA is like, Hey, more eyeballs.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always said to you, I am shocked that there

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<v Speaker 2>are not more fights in men's basketball because of how

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<v Speaker 2>physical it is. It's just in all that testosterone going around.

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<v Speaker 2>Well in WMB there's about as much testosterone going around.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is amazing to watch her and it's like

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<v Speaker 2>a it's like it's it's like an eighties bully movie,

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<v Speaker 2>Like it's like karate Kid.

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<v Speaker 1>In a way sort of.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I can see that she is getting bullied hardcore

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<v Speaker 2>and she's just out there defending herself and the game.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a great story. It's like an ongoing movie. She's

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<v Speaker 2>not getting.

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<v Speaker 3>Karate chop though, she's getting poked in the eye. It's

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<v Speaker 3>very three stooges getting poked in the eye.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean they Indiana Fever needs to hire a

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<v Speaker 2>thug bruiser to go settle the score when anyone touches

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<v Speaker 2>their star. That is how hockey works.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, like that guy called the enforcer an.

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<v Speaker 2>Enforcer and if you mess with their darling scoring guy,

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<v Speaker 2>who are usually the best skaters, right, yeah, they're just

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<v Speaker 2>lightning fast and maybe not the biggest, and you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want them injured or hurt. You put in a defenseman

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<v Speaker 2>who's an enforcer, and they go, they go settle the score.

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<v Speaker 2>If you touch the same thing, if you touch a gullie,

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<v Speaker 2>it's unheard of. You don't do it. The girls need

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<v Speaker 2>one in basketball, right, they need an Caitlyn needs a

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<v Speaker 2>She may not even be the best player.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, she's the best player.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, the goon, the goon, Yeah, yeah, the goon

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't need to be the best player. Just if you

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<v Speaker 2>mess with if you mess with Caitlyn, I'm coming.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll start watching this now. Chick fights. Heck, yeah, chick fights.

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<v Speaker 1>Sandy's I'm gonna watch that. She's you know what's funny

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<v Speaker 1>about Caitlin, And I'm sure the end of the WABA

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<v Speaker 1>should be well aware of this. There are a thousand

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<v Speaker 1>little Caitlin's out there right now. They're all have seen

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<v Speaker 1>how she plays and what she does, and they all

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<v Speaker 1>want to be just like her. It's just like to

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<v Speaker 1>be like Mike with Mike Jordan back in the day. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>It's only good for the WNBA. But another funny thing

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<v Speaker 1>is like her big art ribal if there was an

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<v Speaker 1>ur tribal to her is Angela Angel, Angela Angel Reese.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are entire social media channels dedicated that that

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<v Speaker 1>are dedicated to showing how awful she is, how what

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<v Speaker 1>a bad player is. Like here's here she is missing

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<v Speaker 1>her first five attempts on angels. Yes, missing her free

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<v Speaker 1>throws and all that kind of stuff. So, uh, did

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<v Speaker 1>you but you said the w n b A is

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<v Speaker 1>getting into the playoffs right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I guess. So she made mention of it in

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<v Speaker 2>an interview. It's like, well, she said, oh, we made

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<v Speaker 2>the something cut whatever it is they call it, so

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<v Speaker 2>off hand, and I was trying to look at when

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<v Speaker 2>the next game is. I'm sorry, I don't know that

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<v Speaker 2>off hand. But and she do you remember she got left? Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're in a series right now. The series is

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<v Speaker 2>the yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Uh well you look that

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<v Speaker 2>up if you if you were yeah, it doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>You can look it up if you're really interested. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm yeah, I'm in. I want to watch. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a great story. I don't think it makes you scum

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<v Speaker 2>back exactly. It's a good story and sports need stories, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so