The NFL preseason is an opportunity for football players to get the rust off of them after a long offseason. This applies to punters, too, because even though they’re specialists and the one thing they do is something they can work on all year, there is a major difference between booting the ball on a field with no one around and kicking during a live NFL game.
But through the start of preseason, we’ve seen a few punters show absolutely zero signs that they’re working to get into game shape. Earlier this week, Buffalo Bills rookie punter and noted guy who is popular on the internet Matt Araiza lined up at his own 18-yard line and sent a ball into the opposite end zone for a remarkable 82-yard boot.
Not to be outdone, New Orleans Saints punter Blake Gillikin decided to get in on the fun. Gillikin and the Saints are playing the Green Bay Packers on Friday night, and during the third quarter, Gillikin absolutely ripped one 81 yards into the opposite end zone while Packers return man Amari Rodgers had to decide whether or not he was going to try and field this thing or just let it bounce for a touchback.
Last year, rapper and superproducer Dr. Dre made news after suffering a brain aneurysm. Although he appeared to be in good health during his performance at this year’s Super Bowl, one may never guess that he almost died after his medical emergency.
In an interview with Dolvett Quince for an upcoming episode of the Workout The Doubt podcast, Dre shared his family visited him at the hospital, fearing that it would’ve been the last time they see him
“I’m at Cedar Sinai Hospital and they weren’t allowing anybody to come up, meaning visitors or family or anything like that because of COVID,” he said. “But they allowed my family to come in. I found out later, they called them up so they could say their last goodbyes because they thought I was out of here.”
Dre revealed that during his two-week stay in the ICU, doctors woke him up every hour, on the hour, to conduct tests.
“[The tests were] basically looking like sobriety tests,” Dre said. “Touch your nose, rub your heel on your calf and all that sh*t. So every hour for two weeks I had to wake up and do that.”
P-Lo is turning up the heat on his new song, “Stunna Anthem.” On his latest single, the Filipino-American rapper maintains his reign within the Bay Area, rapping along to a bouncy, hyphy Oakland-influenced beat.
The song contains a prominent sample of his fellow Bay Area rapper Too Short‘s “Shake That Monkey.” In the song’s video, P-Lo is seen enjoying breakfast in his home, surrounded by women dancing and lifting weights. He briefly dances with the ladies by the pool, falls asleep, then is immediately awoken by the famous dance group, the Jabbawockeez, who then take him to perform and dance in a banquet-like setting.
Over the years, P-Lo has worked behind the scenes with artists like Kehlani, Kamaiyah, YG, Tyga, and several other west coast artists. In an interview with Revolt, he detailed the process of writing and producing music of his own, and shared what fans can expect from his upcoming album.
“I was aimlessly recording and making songs at the beginning of last year,” he said. “I’m a producer. So, I wanted to push the boundaries of my sound. So, it took a little time to figure out the sonic landscape and the album’s energy.”
I think it’s pretty safe to say that when it comes to evolution, most people typically picture aquatic life forms sprouting legs then coming onto land … not the other way around.
Shockingly enough, a creature almost synonymous with the sea didn’t actually begin that way. And boy, is it a whale of a tale.
Yep, you read that right. Land animals. With arms and legs and everything.
To explain, we’ll need to go back 52 million years.
Before the warm and rainy Eocene epoch—the same time period that brought us the first horses and bats—whales looked more like the image below.
Something like a mix between a wolf and crocodile, if you ask me.
Yes, animals did move from the sea to the land, bringing us the first mammals. But then, over time, some mammals were like, “nah, it’s that ocean life for me.” Including some of these fellas.
These creatures first went into the water during the Eocene time period and eventually traded in their arms to become “sleeker and more streamlined,” while still holding onto their teeth.
By now they look less like a wolf and more like a murderous dolphin.
Cut to roughly 34-36 million years ago, and the species have diversified into the two major whale groups we see today: the Odontoceti (or “toothed whales”), which include sperm whales, orcas and dolphins, and the Mysticeti, better known as baleen whales … you know, those big guys with the filter-like “teeth” (aka baleen) that eat loads and loads of plankton?
The baleen whale’s evolution in particular has scientists a bit baffled, as there is no definitive evidence as to how, when or even why they began filter feeding in the first place. In fact, the first fossil of a mysticetes appeared around 36 million years ago, but baleen doesn’t show up until later, around 11 million years ago. Even the baleen’s oldest ancestor, the Mystacadon, according to the PBS video, showed no signs of baleen when researchers discovered it in 2019.
One theory: The cooled ocean current of the Oligocene epoch brought about an abundance of nutrients—specifically plankton—which made it more advantageous to bulk feed rather than hunt for single prey. This also helps explain the giant boom in different whale species.
Still, it’s all up for debate, and likely will be for a while since ancient baleen is hard to come by. Baleen, unlike teeth, is made of keratin, the same biodegradable substance hair and nails are made out of and, therefore, doesn’t fossilize well.
As the host cleverly quipped, “It’s basically like a big mustache inside the whale’s mouth.”
Bottom line: We know a lot about nature, but there is still so much to learn.
If you’d like to find out more—like how the Mystacadon ate its prey by doing a super weird thing called suction feeding—you can check out the full video here:
Few things bring people together more beautifully than art. Whether its music, sculpture, paint or fabric, the arts are a way for us to express ourselves, our cultures and our common humanity.
But rarely do we witness one singular piece of art truly encapsulating the creativity of our human family.
At first glance, the dress created for the Red Dress project is quite obviously stunning. It looks as though it could be worn by a royal—though a royal from where? The style, colors and patterns of the dress don’t shout any particular country or culture; in fact, we can point to different elements of it and say it looks like it belongs on any continent.
There’s a reason for that. The dress is made out of 84 pieces of burgundy silk dupion, which have spent the past 13 years being sent around the world to be embroidered by 343 people from 46 countries—a truly global, multicultural creation.
Of those 343 embroiderers, 136 were commissioned artisans who were paid for their work and receive a portion of all ongoing exhibition fees. The rest were volunteers who contributed their stitches at events in various countries. Just seven of the embroiderers were men.
British textile artist Kirstie Macleod conceived the project in 2009 as “an investigation into identity, with a desire to connect with women from the around without borders and boundaries.” The basic design started as a sketch on the back of a napkin and has grown into a tangible garment that is not only a gorgeous work of art but a platform for women around the world and from all walks of life to express themselves and have their voices heard.
“Embroiderers include female refugees from Palestine and Syria, women seeking asylum in the UK from Iraq, China, Nigeria and Namibia, victims of war in Kosovo, Rwanda, and DR Congo; impoverished women in South Africa, Mexico, and Egypt; individuals in Kenya, Japan, Turkey, Sweden, Peru, Czech Republic, Dubai, Afghanistan, Australia, Argentina, Switzerland, Canada, Tobago, Vietnam, Estonia, USA, Russia, Pakistan, Wales, Colombia and England, students from Montenegro, Brazil, Malta, Singapore, Eritrea, Norway, Poland, Finland, Ireland, Romania and Hong Kong as well as upmarket embroidery studios in India and Saudi Arabia.”
On Instagram, Kirstie Macleod shared a panel of the dress that was embroidered by two women in Kosovo, who shared some of their reflections on their experiences in the war there.
They stitched words into the birds they embroidered:
“Better one winter in your own country than a hundred springs away.”
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
“Freedom has come. Love yourself first.”
“Love all. Trust some. Hate none.”
“A winter is a winter. Be nice, everyone.”
“We live in peace now.”
The creation of the dress began in 2009 and was completed in 2022. Each woman embroidered a piece of her own story into the dress, which contains millions of stitches. From established professional artisans to first-time embroiderers, the women were encouraged to share something that expressed their personal identities as well as their cultures. Some used traditional embroidery styles that had been practiced for hundreds of years where they are from. Others stitched in meaningful elements of their life stories. Some of the women are also using textile work to rebuild their lives and earn a consistent living.
The dress is on tour, being displayed in museums and galleries around the world. The photos showing women of various ages and ethnicities wearing the dress are made all the more moving knowing the history of how and by whom it was made.
Absolutely stunning. What a wonderful way to connect women in a way that lets them share their stories and showcases and beautifully honors them.
LeBron James is taking his talents to Seattle this weekend to play in Jamal Crawford’s pro-am, The CrawsOver. LeBron isn’t the only NBA player who will take the floor, as he’ll be joined by Dejounte Murray, top draft picks Paolo Banchero and Chet Holmgren, and Pacific Northwest legend Isaiah Thomas.
I thought it was gonna be a movie… now it’s HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This will be a day like we’ve NEVER SEEN @KingJames WILL BE PLAYING @thecrawsover PRO AM!!!!!!!!!!! It’s O-V-E-R pic.twitter.com/wEmLW8zooq
Banchero and Holmgren are no strangers to The CrawsOver. The top-2 picks played in the pro-am earlier this summer to support their Pacific Northwest roots. Thomas is also no stranger to the event — he dropped a friendly 81 points in a game earlier this summer, displaying all the skills that made him an All-NBA player during his time with the Celtics.
But this will be LeBron’s first time playing at The CrawsOver, and his first time playing basketball in Seattle in 15 years. The King, as you can guess, seems quite excited.
NBA players have been making appearances in pro-ams all over the country this summer, giving fans a special opportunity to see players up close and personal without having to pay the crazy money it costs to go to a game during the season. Earlier this summer, LeBron put on an absolute show at The Drew Leauge, which marked the first time fans were able to see him in a pro-am since 2011.
A Paolo-LeBron matchup will be the headliner, but the matchup between Murray and the No. 1 overall pick might draw more intrigue after Murray said he “lost all respect” for Banchero after their last pro-am matchup. The animosity between the two could make for some great basketball, especially after the NBA slotted the Hawks against the Magic early in the season.
The event can be seen on NBA.com and the NBA app on Aug. 20.
Barbz are elated at the fact that Nicki Minaj is gearing up for a new era. On the heels of her latest single, “Super Freaky Girl,” Minaj has teased the colorful visual, which may include an appearance from Hunger Games actor Alexander Ludwig. She’s also released an extended version of the song, which features an appearance from her alter-ego, Roman Zolanski. Last night, Minaj dropped an acapella version of “Super Freaky Girl,” which was only available for an hour and a half. While fans rallied and purchased the song in droves, Minaj admitted that she hadn’t listened to this particular version.
“I refused to listen to it,” said Minaj in a tweet. “I don’t think I’ve ever dropped an a cappella… I knew if I listened I probably wouldn’t approve it.”
I refused to listen to it. I don’t think I’ve ever dropped an a cappella… I knew if I listened I probably wouldn’t approve it. https://t.co/JsqkKAxv4b
“Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” said Bruce Gillmer, president of talent and music programming at Paramount, in a statement. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style, and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki’.”
United States striker Josh Sargent had a rough first year in England, as the Missouri native struggled to consistently play in his natural position while suiting up for Norwich City in the Premier League last season. The team was relegated to the Championship for 2022-23, where Sargent has found playing time up top and, to this point, thrived.
His best game at this early point in the season came on Friday, when Norwich City played host to Millwall. Sargent started at striker and put in one heck of a shift, scoring both of the Canaries’ goals en route to a 2-0 win to put them in fifth place in the Championship as of this writing. The two teams were tied at halftime, but Sargent managed to break the deadlock five minutes into the second half thanks to some lovely combination play with Danel Sinani.
His second came 25 minutes later thanks to his stellar work to win the ball despite getting hounded by a pair of defenders. Sargent ran into the space that opened up as a result and buried a proper striker’s finish while finding himself 1-on-1 with the goalkeeper.
While he eventually got subbed off, Sargent was named Man of the Match. The fans at Carrow Road showed their appreciation for his performance by singing along as Bruce Springsteen’s beloved anti-war track “Born in the USA” played throughout the stadium.
They’re blasting ‘Born in the USA’ at Carrow Road after Josh Sargent’s brace for Norwich City
Sargent is one of the most promising striker prospects the United States has ever produced, but in recent years, he’s seen his club career hit a bit of a plateau as he’s suited up for teams that either don’t play with the ball and/or throw him out on the wing. While he’s appeared in 19 games for the United States, his last appearance for the national team came in Sept. 2021. Since then, the team has found itself desperate for a consistent striker in the lead-up to this winter’s World Cup — the de facto starter, FC Dallas forward Jesús Ferreira, has done a nice job in the role and seems to have good chemistry with whomever else is on the pitch alongside him, but he only scored one goal in World Cup Qualifying and four of his seven national team goals came in a recent game against Grenada.
Both Ferreira (21) and Sargent (22) are young, talented options, but it’s worth noting that Ferreira’s emergence came after Sargent saw himself fall out of the national team picture last year as he got his club situation all sorted out. If Sargent can consistently play for Norwich — and, even better, consistently create and/or finish chances against lesser competition than what he faced every week last year in the English top flight — perhaps he’ll earn a spot back in the national team set-up as they prepare to go to Qatar.
Peated single malt Scotch whisky is very hit or miss with a lot of whisk(e)y drinkers. In a grey world, peated scotch is very black and white for a lot of palates out there. You kind of either fall in love with the earthy, smoky, medicinal juice immediately or take a sip and want to avoid it for life.
I’m here to tell you: it doesn’t have to be like that. As with any whisk(e)y category, there’s deep variation in peated whisky. And to show that — and to maybe help you find one you like — I’m blind tasting some brand new peated single malts alongside some classics.
For this taste test, I grabbed some standard and special bottles, ranging from barely peated to “holy shit am I licking an ashtray” peated. But as I alluded above, there’s so much more to peated whisky than just the peatiness. With an open mind, you’ll also find big fruit flavors, soft honey, vanilla, caramel, woods, herbs, florals, botanicals alongside and underneath that smoke and earth.
Before I dive in, let’s clarify what a “peated” whisky is. Unlike unpeated malts, peated whisky is made with barley malts that are kilned (heated to stop germination and develop sugars for fermentation) with dried peat as a heat source. That’s real peat from real peat bogs. The dried peat burns and smolders, creating a fair amount of heat and smoke that imbues the barley with phenols. Those phenols impart various types of smoky, earthy, and medicinal flavors from ashtrays to asphalt to Band-Aids to smoked salmon belly or brisket fat, to name only a few.
Moreover, the phenol levels depend on how intense the malting smoke was. That means you can get very mild or low phenols in some malts and wildly higher phenols in others, all depending on the malt master. This is all to clarify that there’s no single “peated” malt out there that defines the style (and that’s before we get into fermentation, distillation, and aging which all add massive variation too).
Our lineup today is:
Talisker 10
MacNair’s Lum Reek 12-Year Peated Malt
Laphroaig Càirdeas Warehouse 1
Bowmore Aston Martin 21-Year
Oban Old Teddy The MacLeans
Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Years Old
Let’s find you a great peaty malt to add to your bar cart!
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The nose opens with this soft sense of pitted orchard fruits next to a thin line of beach campfire smoke far off in the distance with a hint of minerality and bright spiced malts. The palate has a hint of an oyster shell that leads to dried pears and apricot with a hint of warmth and spice malt next to dry sweetgrass. The end is full of lightly smoked plums with a hint of cardamom and cinnamon next to sea salt and a final whiff of that beach campfire way down the beach somewhere.
Well, hello there, Talisker. Oyster shells, beach campfires, and tons of orchard fruit are dead giveaways. While this feels really good on the palate, it is very entry level. We’ll see how it fares.
Taste 2
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Caramel malts and a hint of leather draw you in on the nose with hints of a mocha latte dusted with nutmeg. The palate has a very Maltesers/Whoppers vibe that leads to sweet chocolate maltiness with a touch of spiced honey and wildflowers with that old leather note lurking in the background. The end is soft and full of honey and chocolate with a short finish that just hints at smoked malts via a smoked chocolate vibe.
This was nice, but very candy/chocolate driven.
Taste 3
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This opens with a big Band-Aid note next to an old brisket smoker that’s layered with fat and pepper roasted into the metal that mellows away from the metal and toward the fat and black pepper with a slice of white birthday cake with honey and spices on the side. The palate is very much ashtray driven with a hint of burnt toffee sauce, a touch of summer flowers, a dash of dried fennel, and a small spoon full of rich and floral honey. The end circles back to those peppery and smoky fats as sweet notes of honey amp up on a complex finish.
This has to be the Laphroaig and I kind of dig it. It’s bold and funky but really has a nice and complex foundation under all that peatiness.
Taste 4
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
A clear note of good butterscotch greets you on the nose next to Nutella, boot wax, and a dash of creamy peanuts with this smoked sour plum feel. The palate adds some mulled wine spices to that smoky sour plum with a hint of mocha latte next to Almond Joy and a hint of cherry bark. The end has this hint of earthy peat that’s almost mossy with an underpinning of dark chocolate over dried red berries that descends toward a fresh mango note.
That mango note at the very end was fascinating and really worked. This is a good pour.
Taste 5
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This opens with a supple sense of pear candy, soft honey, smoked apple chips, burnt orange rinds, and a hint of white saltwater taffy with mild hints of woody spices tied to warm malts. Those warm and spicy malts open the palate toward dark and tart berries, pear Starbursts, orange oils infused into marzipan, and almost sour apple peels. The end slowly descends through the spiced malts toward the dried berries with a hint of honey and vanilla before the apple/pear vibe leans into a hint of orchard wood smokiness.
This is a great and subtle pour. You’d barely know this was peated thanks to the medley of fruit on the palate.
Taste 6
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Soft smokiness comes from smoldering lime leaves that lead to a hint of sour cream bespeckled with fennel seeds and wrapped up in cold-smoked salmon with a hint of pine resin and black tea in the background of the nose. The palate has this soft and sweet hint of grilled pineapple that works the taste toward salted dark chocolate fudge, orange zest, and dried lavender with a whisper of wet granite and sea-soaked charcoal. The end has a slight sweet ash vibe that’s more fruity than peaty with a sense of seawater-soaked wood smoldering away and roasting some marshmallows.
This is a killer pour. It’s complex yet welcoming. It’s bold yet subtle. This is a winner.
This blended malt from the famed Glenallachie Distillery in Aberlour is probably better known for providing juice for iconic blends like Chivas. This blend marries peaty malts with sweeter Speyside malts to create a sherry-forward dram of whisky.
Bottom Line:
This was nice but certainly had the thinnest palate (and most candy-like) of the panel. That said, I can see this working wonders on the rocks on a hot day or in a very nice cocktail.
This is one of the most awarded single malts ever. The juice is matured in ex-bourbon casks in Talisker’s warehouse which is literally feet away from the sea. The subtly peated malts take on a real seaside feel as those years tick past, creating a whisky that will not disappoint.
Bottom Line:
This was very good as an opener. It was just a little outclassed by the bigger-hitting whiskies in play today. Still, this is the perfect entry point into peated malt as it’s so soft and subtle with big fruit notes.
This year’s Càirdeas release celebrates the Friends of Laphroaig and how they keep the brand going. The juice in the bottle is made from Laphroaig’s high-phenol peated malt right next to the sea on Islay. The hot spirit was then filled in first-fill limited edition single barrel Maker’s Mark bourbon barrels. The barrels were then stored in the famed four-story Warehouse 1 right next to the crashing sea until they were just right and then bottled as-is after vatting.
Bottom Line:
This was a great Laphroaig. This brand is really growing on me but slowly. I dig this but it’s still a huge peat monster with some serious medicinal and ashen notes that are hard to get past at first but rewarding once you do.
This distillery-only Oban edition is made to celebrate the whisky makers of the past at Oban. The juice in the bottle is made from Oban’s subtly peated malts. It’s then filled into ex-sherry casks, both first fill and refill. After a good rest, the barrels are pulled and vatted before being bottled as-is.
Bottom Line:
This is just delicious, subtle, and easy to drink. It’s a great easy-sipper that’s easy to get into thanks to the peat being far in the background. Just make sure to add a cube or a few drops of water to really let all that fruitiness bloom in the glass.
This collaboration between Islay’s Bowmore and Aston Martin is about luxury. The blend of this single malt follows the golden ratio to create an aesthetically pleasing vibe. The base is 61.8% 21-year-old single malt aged in first-fill Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso sherry casks. The rest of the blend is equal parts of Bowmore’s other casks that are at least 21 years old ranging up to 35 years old.
Bottom Line:
This is delicious but, again, barely peated. This is way more bourbon and sherry forward than peat forward. It’s fruity and spicy and creamy. This is just great whisky that has no rough edges and only a whisper of sweet earthy peatiness.
This is Ardbeg’s yearly release of special batches of 19-year-old peaty malt. The whisky is Ardbeg’s signature, heavily peated whisky that’s bottled during a “haar.” That’s a thick and briny foggy morning on Islay, which imparts that x-factor into the whisky before it goes into the bottle.
Bottom Line:
This should be a peat monster but it’s too complex to call it that. Yes, it’s heavily peated but the layers of fruit and tea and toffee and so much more elevate this beyond just being a “peated” whisky to a great whisky.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Zach Johnston
This ended up being a bit of a journey. I’d start with the Talisker 10 as a “dip the toe in” pour. It’s so accessible and even keeled while offering hints at peat. After that, try some Bowmore and maybe Oban. Then if you’re brave enough, tackle the Laphroaig and Ardbeg. Though, I’d highly recommend trying a pour at your favorite whisk(e)y bar before committing to a whole bottle.
All of that said, that Ardbeg really is a stellar pour of whisky. It’s just so… interesting and complex. It’s one of those pours you just keep wanting to go back to so you can find new depths in the nose and palate. There’s a ton buried in there, so make sure you add a little water on your Ardbeg journey.
Listen, I’ll level with you: It’s a pretty boring time in the NBA content game right now. The year-long news cycle that the NBA usually has is taking a little bit of a break right now. On Wednesday, we did get some news regarding LeBron James‘ future, as the Los Angeles Lakers star inked a 2-year extension to keep him with the team going forward.
Is it a surprise that James signed an extension in L.A.? Probably not, but for a guy who is known for using his contract situation as a form of leverage, it was perhaps surprising that James agreed to a deal before the Lakers made any major moves to improve the roster this summer by packaging Russell Westbrook and a pair of future first-round draft picks. But still, it was news, baby, and in mid-August, we love ourselves some news.
Know who else loves news? The fine folks over at First Take, because news means things to talk about. On Friday’s episode of the show, professional sports yeller Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and professional person who I cannot fathom ever sleeps Stephen A. Smith got to talking about the extension, and after Mad Dog gave some takes about whether or not James should have taken less to give the Lakers more financial flexibility, Smith dropped one line that led to some sensational television. (Head to the 2:45 mark for the fireworks)
“In terms of where he’s gonna be at, I’ll tell you where he’s easily gonna be,” Smith said. “LeBron James is a top-3 player in the history of basketball.”
“No he’s not,” an unusually quiet Mad Dog retorted. “No he’s not.”
With that, the game began. Smith, perhaps understanding the potential for this to be some Good Ass Television, repeated Mad Dog’s claim back to him, and when Mad Dog tried to get cute by playing an old favorite game of his — “here are basketball players” — Smith knew exactly what to do.
“Better than Kareem?” Mad Dog asked.
“Kareem, Jordan, and LeBron,” Smith immediately replied.
“Russell,” Mad Dog said, still quietly, the pot simmering as it prepared to get to a full boil. “Russell. Bill. Russell.”
“Russell was a great champion, but he was not the player that LeBron James is,” Smith fired back while Molly Qerim — who has seen some sh*t and knew exactly what was coming — laughed. “LeBron James is a top-3 talent in the history of basketball. Top-3 player in the history of basketball.”
The word “talent” did what it was meant to do, as Mad Dog screamed that Smith needed to clarify talent or player. But Smith was not backing down, as he screamed “BOTH” right back with conviction. More yelling ensued, and as Mad Dog raised his voice, Smith lowered his, all while putting his head in his hand. While Mad Dog was adamant that James is not better than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Smith said that despite his impeccable resume, he has an issue.
“When I think of centers and needing guards to get you the ball, but that’s a different subject for another day,” Smith said, his focus on the topic at hand and not little side quests. “You wanna debate, is between LeBron and Kareem as 2 and 3, but there’s no question that LeBron James at the worst is a top-3 player in the history of basketball, since the game was invented. I don’t wanna hear that. It’s blasphemous, it’s just blasphemous.” (You can, and should, read the words that you think should have been written with caps lock on as such.)
“LET ME FINISH,” Mad Dog screamed, furious that Smith is in control of this parlay.
“Let you finish, I let you talk!” Smith said before pointing out that this is supposed to be his time to speak.
“I’m gonna give you the TWO GUYS THAT I’D TAKE OVER LEBRON IN A BIG GAME: MAGIC AND BIRD,” Mad Dog exclaimed. “SO MAKE HIM FIFTH.”
This genre of conversation happens every now and then when these two go head-to-head on First Take, most notably when both guys seemed to get actually mad during a debate about where Steph Curry ranked all time. I would like to see them really challenge themselves and debate where, like, Kyle Korver or Mo Williams is all time, but that is for another day.
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