1 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,520 This is on leash Are you listening? 2 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:13,440 Can you hear me? Hear me? 3 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,040 This is on leash. Are you listening? 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:15,960 Can you hear me? Hear me? 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,520 This is on leash Are you listening? 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:18,440 Can you hear me? Hear me? 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,040 This is on leash Are you listening? 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:27,360 Can you hear me? What's going on everybody? 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,920 BT unleashed in the house. A little extra content for you 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:31,000 today. I'm looking forward to this. 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,840 So obviously do the show live everyday at 10. 12 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,120 And of course, as as we got a little deeper and we got some 13 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,080 roots and we got unleashed off the tracks a little bit and 14 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,680 start to pick up a little momentum. 15 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,040 I said that I wanted to really have some good conversations 16 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,000 with people that I find interesting. 17 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,880 Some people I know really well, some people I don't know that 18 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,040 well, including our guests who I'll get to in a moment. 19 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:52,920 So hopefully you guys are enjoying this. 20 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,760 And we had Kay on recently, we had La Greca on, Stephen A's 21 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,760 coming on within the next week or so. 22 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,800 Supposed to have Alex this week. And then he got wrapped up with 23 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,480 the Alex Rodriguez with the WBC. So yeah, he got back. 24 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,280 He said I got a punt. But he's definitely coming on. 25 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,560 So with that being said, it is a pleasure to introduce. 26 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,720 She's a rising star. Let's face it, that's what she 27 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,800 is. She is a Bergen County girl and 28 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,120 she worked her way up the ranks, which I can respect because I 29 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,640 had to do that back in the day as well. 30 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,400 Nikki Laterullo is in the house. Nikki, what's going on, kid? 31 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,960 How you doing? Hey, thanks so much for having 32 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,120 me. I'm doing great. 33 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,200 It is a pleasure. So listen, I know the challenge 34 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,280 for me and IT guys just basically have it a lot easier, 35 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,400 you know, 2-2 minute shower. Obviously, of course. 36 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,080 Yeah, yeah. I mean, I don't have any hair, 37 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,520 so I'm in and out. I shave when I want, pack a 38 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,400 couple of suits, go out to San Diego. 39 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,840 You know, if St. John's wins and you're traveling 40 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,600 out there, which is going to be a lot of fun, if they win and 41 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,960 they should certainly win the first game, then you're out 42 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,800 there for basically four or five days. 43 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,400 I mean, how many suitcases is Niki Lauderulu bringing? 44 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,480 It's like California. That's got to be tough. 45 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,800 Well I'm a very good Packer. I'm like not I feel like a lot 46 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,880 of girls over pack and they want to bring multiple suitcases. 47 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,320 I am an under Packer so I'm one outfit for each day. 48 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,039 If I don't like it in the moment I have no choice. 49 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:14,480 I have to wear it. So usually I'm a carry on only 50 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:19,440 girl like for for these type of things I will bring a checked 51 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,760 bag but I don't own an actual like large luggage. 52 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,400 So I have to go home and get my mom. 53 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,720 So I'm like at least paying school suitcases and going home 54 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,440 and borrowing. Also I don't really have space 55 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,440 for suitcases in my apartment so I will bring 1 suitcase. 56 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,720 I did overnight several outfits, 'cause I don't know if it the 57 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,880 weather, it's warm, I don't know my summer clothes here, you 58 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,440 know, it's the whole thing, so. I get it. 59 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,840 I'm also going to go shopping and keep the tags on things, so 60 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,280 if stuff doesn't fit when it comes, I could have some 61 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,520 backups. So you know, lots of important, 62 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,600 important things besides just the content we're going to cover 63 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:56,720 you. Know, Nikki, I'll tell you who 64 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,920 the winner in all this is. That's your boyfriend. 65 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:01,640 Now, you know, I'm not personal. I don't know if you guys, you 66 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:04,120 know, maybe, maybe get married. Someday keeping on the couch as 67 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,760 we speak. Doesn't even know what's going 68 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,400 on. I love it, but that's also 69 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,120 because my wife packs everything and if you guys eventually 70 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,480 become husband and wife, it seems like somebody who doesn't 71 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,040 pack that much, so he's a winner. 72 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,160 It's crazy what what they packed it's. 73 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,080 Insane. I well, when we have gone places 74 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,680 together, I'm like, Hey, do you have any extra room for this one 75 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,600 shoe and this one and one shoe and this one? 76 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,040 Because I will sit on the suitcase until it's popping 77 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,240 open. But I will, I will try as hard 78 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,560 as I can to not pack a bag, check a bag, but I will not be 79 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,880 the person that's like packing for the boyfriend or the 80 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,200 husband. I don't know if your wife does 81 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,280 that. My sister packs her husband. 82 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:44,840 I'm like, I'm not doing that. No, no. 83 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,520 I. Barely packed myself. 84 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,120 Nikki, I'm happy when she looks at me after 16 years of 85 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,600 marriage. Forget about packing for me, 86 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,240 but. I guess. 87 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,720 I guess now I feel like the newlyweds are like he's like, 88 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,120 did you pack this for me to go? Yeah, in the front pocket. 89 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,880 I'm like, this would never be me. 90 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,000 I barely remember what I packed for myself. 91 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,320 All right, so let's have a little let's let's do the long 92 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,400 walk here. You, as I said, Bergen County 93 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,080 girl. I am proud of it. 94 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,240 Jersey strong for sure. I've met you. 95 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,640 I remember Sal was talking to you about this goes back to when 96 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,120 Sal and I were obviously working together. 97 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,959 Love Sal. He's he's he's crazy and he's 98 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:20,480 awesome. Eddie loves you as well. 99 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,440 And your name came up one day. I said she's good. 100 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,880 And I saw you on S&Y. So you know you you have this 101 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:31,320 dream, right? And we, I want to know like when 102 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,280 did it first start? Like what was your, the first 103 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:35,880 time you like, I want to do that. 104 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,520 And then how did you go about trying to be able to do that? 105 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,200 I I find this interesting with everybody. 106 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,920 OK, so the, I've always said that I wanted to be a sports 107 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,400 reporter. I didn't really know how I I 108 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,360 feel like when you want to be like a doctor, you know, like 109 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,840 the steps you have to take to do Med school and all that stuff. 110 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,520 Like when I was a young kid and Kim Jones was the Yankee 111 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,960 reporter, I remember there was like an exact moment when I 112 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,800 don't know what year it was. I guess we'd have to think of 113 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,160 when, I don't know if it was a World Series, when Jeter poured 114 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,680 the champagne on her head in the clubhouse. 115 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,360 And I was like, that's so cool. Like, how did she get this job? 116 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,200 So then from that moment, I was like, I'm going to figure out 117 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,120 how to do this. So I think in high school, we 118 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:15,960 had like a broadcasting department. 119 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,360 We had a student morning announcements thing. 120 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,960 I auditioned to be an anchor, and I did not get the role. 121 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,160 So I did the morning prayer at my old. 122 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,200 There we go. Well, and then I did like 123 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,600 broadcasting classes and then I remember I would like rent or 124 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,080 borrow the equipment from the school and go to like Bergen 125 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,960 Catholics football practice and like interview them and like 126 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,640 practices and stuff and like put some packages. 127 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,960 But then I went to college and I decided to go to a school that 128 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,400 didn't have broadcasting, so. Seems like a pretty convoluted 129 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,840 route. Yeah, I was like, I want to do 130 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:51,800 this. And then I my mom was like, what 131 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,640 about Syracuse? Arizona State? 132 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,440 And I was like, I love Rhode Island. 133 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:57,720 I'll figure it out. It's fine. 134 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,160 It doesn't matter that they don't have it. 135 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,240 And then I figured it out. So you're, you're still, you're 136 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,480 still very young, right? And, and you're, I wouldn't say 137 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,240 you're just starting, but obviously you're, you're a 138 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,400 couple of years on the scene here in New York And I, I don't 139 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,040 know if you're, you're probably not like this yet because you're 140 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:16,760 still kind of fresh with it. I have old tapes that the 141 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,560 dinosaurs can listen to at this point. 142 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,640 And it would make sense to them. It's so old, right? 143 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,200 And when I was doing a show like in Detroit in the early 2000s, 144 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,240 one of my first jobs and I can't listen to myself. 145 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,840 It's like embarrassing. I. 146 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,400 Oh, I can't either. So you don't like watching? 147 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,920 So I could show you a video yesterday me and my friend were 148 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,640 like going through it came up on like her Facebook memories of us 149 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,480 in college and I was in. I wonder if it's still there 150 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,520 from last night. It was like me at the NCAA 151 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,640 Tournament. It was the first year Rhode 152 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,160 Island had been back in so long. Dan Hurley was the coach and 153 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,640 they beat Oklahoma. And I was like, if this doesn't 154 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,280 describe March, I don't know. It does. 155 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:57,000 And I was like, I can't watch it back. 156 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,320 I was like this is so bad. And my voice. 157 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,320 Was just like different. I still, I was just like a 158 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,520 couple minutes ago, I was like going through some of my videos 159 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,800 from this weekend and us at the Big 12 champion or not Big 12 160 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,000 Big East Championship. And I was like, I was like, oh, 161 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,320 I can't listen to that interview. 162 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,800 Like sometimes I just cringe at myself. 163 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,040 I don't know, like what it is. So back then my voice was really 164 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,800 interesting. But that's a good thing because 165 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,080 I like it. Well, well, Nikki, think about 166 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,320 this. If you're sitting there and you 167 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,400 know, you pop it on highlights of yourself and you're like, oh 168 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:30,640 man, I'm good. Oh man, that. 169 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:31,760 That yeah, I guess that's. Weird. 170 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,640 Yeah. You know, you'd rather have the 171 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,200 the humility and the the ability within just like to almost like 172 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,600 laugh at yourself or cringe. The worst thing here, here's the 173 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,960 worst thing with me, though, when I look now, you don't have 174 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,200 to worry about this. When I started doing TV. 175 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,000 Now this is based in Detroit as well. 176 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,000 You know, like they had like a round table show, like on Friday 177 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,200 night on the Fox affiliate, get on the air, talk Lions, talk 178 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,880 Pistons, talk Tigers, Michigan, Michigan State, that stuff. 179 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,320 And I started doing it a lot and I was in that very and and guys 180 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,120 could relate to this. You can, but I was in that very 181 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,800 odd stage of, all right, I'm losing the hair a little bit. 182 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,320 I'm not going to buzz it yet. And I look like I, I, if, if 183 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,960 any, if a picture ever emerges of me on that round table from 184 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,560 like 2002 with like half a head of hair. 185 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:18,680 I don't know what I was searching for. 186 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:19,960 I don't know what I was going for. 187 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,760 I honestly, I think I'd have to go to a different country. 188 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,560 I don't think I, I don't think I can function anymore. 189 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,880 It's like it's paralyzingly ugly. 190 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,560 It's awful. It's absolutely horrendous. 191 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:34,240 So, so here you are. You go through you were in 192 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,559 Texas, right? That was, that was your first 193 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,200 and not Dallas you were in. Where were you in Texas? 194 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,039 Waco. Oh my God. 195 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:42,559 So you're doing Baylor stuff at that point? 196 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,920 Yeah, yeah, which was actually pretty good for a first job. 197 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,520 Yeah, it's not bad. And how long were you in Waco 198 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,120 for? Almost three years, like that's 199 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,680 a long time, 2 years and like, well, you have to remember I was 200 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:58,200 there for COVID. So I was, I got there in March 201 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,400 or I got there and August of 2019. 202 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:06,240 I graduated in May of 2019 and then I did 1 football season and 203 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,640 we went to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's 2020. 204 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,720 And then we got back and coronavirus was this thing and I 205 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,680 was 1/2 news half sports reporter there. 206 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,040 So I did, I just got pulled to news to cover like a student 207 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,640 from Baylor like went to China and was like quarantined and it 208 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,160 was like this huge thing. So that was like the story that 209 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,800 I was on for like months, like the fact that there was this 210 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,160 student that was stuck in in China and then it became like 211 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,080 the pandemic. And then I was a full news only 212 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,160 news reporter for a full year. Do you like doing news? 213 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,880 No. Yeah, I I don't blame. 214 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:41,440 You. I was. 215 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:47,280 I was there was not to get like dark here, but there was a a big 216 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,440 military base Fort Hood in Killeen and there was a girl 217 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,880 that got murdered. One of the soldiers got murdered 218 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,800 by like her higher up in the military. 219 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,080 And like, it was a whole like national story. 220 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,320 And I was the reporter covering it for NBC, like for full NBC 221 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,000 because they weren't sending people because it was COVID. 222 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,400 And I was like 21 on these searches for this missing girl. 223 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,800 And then when they found the body, like I was there and I had 224 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,160 to do all this like breaking live news for like all these 225 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,960 stations across the country. And I was like, pretty good at 226 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,320 it, honestly. Like everyone was like, you're 227 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,320 pretty good at news. And I was like, because it's 228 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,920 just like, it's just like breaking news is like sports. 229 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,120 You're just saying what you're seeing. 230 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,920 It's not like you can really prepare for it ahead of time. 231 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,360 So I did that for a year and then I got promoted to weekend 232 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,480 sports anchor. So I stayed for one extra year. 233 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,280 So I only had one full year. So let me get this straight. 234 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,800 So now as, as we can tell by the last name, proud Italian. 235 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,640 I know your dad's Italian. Mom's Italian as well. 236 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,320 We're 100% on both sides, OK? Good stuff right there. 237 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,440 So my mom's Italian, my dad's Irish, so I got the Irish name, 238 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,040 but I'm half Italian and I know how much my mom, my mom still 239 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,120 worries. Did you eat? 240 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,720 Of course, Nikki. I will be talking to my mom in 241 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,680 the car like, and if there's a raindrop, she's like, I don't 242 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:03,480 talk on the phone. I'm like, mom, I got it. 243 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:09,160 I'm holding the phone. 2026 OK, so I'm trying to put my myself 244 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,120 in the shoes of your parents. You're young, you're just out of 245 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,520 college. You're in a state that's not a 246 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,080 neighboring state. You're halfway across the 247 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,920 country and it's COVID. Could you get back home to 248 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,440 Bergen County or do they come and? 249 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,360 See you at all. Well you also have to remember 250 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,280 the whole state of Texas froze during that. 251 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,440 Like the power grid went off in the. 252 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,480 Yeah, my wife and I remember that. 253 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:36,320 Yep so my apartment naturally the ceiling bursted and all the 254 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,080 pipes exploded and I'm like living in a hotel for a month 255 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,600 and 1/2 with the dog that I decided to get during COVID with 256 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,160 my stimulus check. I decided to get an 8 week old 257 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,000 golden doodle cause I was 21 years old. 258 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,360 I was like, oh, I'm fine, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 259 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,200 So. My mom was like, what do you 260 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,960 what should we come get the dog? I was like, you need to take the 261 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:56,240 dog. I don't know what to do. 262 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:59,040 Do you still have? Do you still have the dog? 263 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,960 Oh. Yeah, he's sleeping right next 264 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,680 to me, Gino. He's got a good life. 265 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:03,640 He's the best. Yeah. 266 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,040 He's from Texas. He's chilling. 267 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,960 He's lived in a million places. So I had to move to a new 268 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,560 apartment during COVID and an ice storm. 269 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:12,840 My apartment was like flooded and then frozen. 270 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,520 So I did a lot as like a 21 to 23 year old alone in Texas. 271 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,280 And my parents, just like, I guess when I started saying I 272 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,240 wanted to get into sports, I always knew I was like, I'm 273 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,000 going to have to move to like North Dakota or Michigan or 274 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,400 something. And they were like, Are you sure 275 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,960 you're the most anxious person we know? 276 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,440 I'm like the most anxious person, but with things that are 277 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,280 not like what regular people are anxious about. 278 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,000 So I was like, oh, I'm fine. I'm going to move. 279 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,080 Like I'm good. OK. 280 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,280 So I just, I think they were like worried kind of but. 281 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,640 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it, that. 282 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,440 But that's being apparent. What are you, what are you 283 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,480 anxious about? Like before you go on the air, 284 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:50,600 are you? Are you anxious? 285 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,200 Yes. No, no, but not about going on 286 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,240 the air I'm anxious about. This is so niche. 287 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,560 I'm anxious that I'm going to be on air and I'm going to like 288 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:02,760 pass out or throw up or something for no reason. 289 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,000 Like I'm not. I've never fainted in my life. 290 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,160 What that's yeah about to me. Like if I thought about that 291 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,280 every time, I don't know if I'd be able to actually function and 292 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,440 can construct the center. That's the only thing I think 293 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,440 about when I'm on air. I'm like, really, you would 294 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,680 never know. I'm like my mom's like I'm 295 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,800 texting her on the break. I'm like, what if I faint and 296 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,760 she's like, you look fine, you're doing great. 297 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,720 I'm like, I can't even think about what I'm going to say 298 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,680 because what if I throw up and she's like, are you nauseous? 299 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,320 I'm like no. But what if I randomly? 300 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,240 Oh my God, so have you. I don't know not not to probe 301 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,720 too deeply, but have you spoken to somebody? 302 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,640 About therapy, no, I feel like it's just an internal battle 303 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,840 I've just had since I was a kid. I'm like, what if I puke? 304 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,160 I don't know. I I haven't puked in like 20 305 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,480 years so. All right, well, if you do, make 306 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,280 sure you puke on Sal. Nobody else but I. 307 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,800 Always say I'm like I'd probably go viral if I puked on live TV. 308 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,760 Like honestly it would probably be my big break. 309 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,080 That's true. Well, I think so, yeah. 310 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,920 I think you got your big break because now I remember when at 311 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,520 least your big break thus far, when I remember and and I want 312 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,920 to hear, I want you to take me through this guy. 313 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,000 I know what it means to a young broadcaster and I know what it 314 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,040 means on the other end of the phone when you call your 315 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:08,440 parents. I remember calling my parents 316 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,120 and I was, I won't bore you with my story cuz it's about you, but 317 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,080 I Long story short, I was, I was interviewing to get a job at at 318 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:19,480 ESPN New York in the 2003, 2004, whatever, still in my 20s, try 319 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,200 to get home. Had worked in a couple of 320 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:22,920 different states like you working my way up. 321 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,480 Long story short, I get the job right? 322 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,000 And it was like a month long process and I call my parents 323 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,040 and I'm in my apartment in, in Michigan, one of the suburbs. 324 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,760 And you know, I'm like playing like, I don't know if I and then 325 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,280 I just say, Hey, guess what, I'm coming home. 326 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,680 So when you find out that you're, that you get hired by 327 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,640 S&Y and you're coming back home, take me through the phone call. 328 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,520 I want, I want, I want to hear. I don't even remember that well, 329 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,440 OK, It was like a whole thing, honestly. 330 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:56,120 Like I so I was in Waco and then I was in Nashville and I was, I 331 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,920 don't know if I should say this, whatever I guess of. 332 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,040 Course you. Should I was in Yeah, but what 333 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,160 if like these whatever I guess I. 334 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:04,640 Just. Say in Nashville anymore? 335 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:10,120 I was in New York for the NCAA tournament with the University 336 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:11,280 of Tennessee. Got it. 337 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,680 And SNY was like wanting me to come do an audition. 338 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,080 I was like, I have another year on my deal. 339 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,800 Like, I don't know, like I love Nashville. 340 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,640 I just moved a million times already. 341 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,760 Like I have the best friends. Like, I was having so much fun 342 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,520 in Nashville, obviously. And Nashville is great. 343 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:26,960 And everyone was like, why would you not want to come and ask 344 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,000 them why? I'm like, no, I don't not want 345 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,040 to come. I just don't think I'm going to 346 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,480 get the job. So like, why would I ask my 347 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,200 bosses if I can go do this? Like it's we're busy. 348 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,240 Like we're covering the Titans. We're about to, you know, like 349 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:41,360 go into their season. So I was like, OK, I'm going to 350 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,800 New York for the NCAA tournament to cover Tennessee. 351 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,720 And I was like, if for some reason Tennessee gets upset it 352 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,080 was in the Sweet 16. I was like, then my company 353 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,520 already said like if you have a flight back on Monday, like if 354 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:56,960 they lose, just go home with your family. 355 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,600 Like it was at Madison Square Garden. 356 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,960 So they were like, go cover the Vols, like it's in New York, 357 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,240 whatever. So I was like, Tennessee's not 358 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,440 going to get upset by FAU. Like Tennessee was a high seed. 359 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,320 So I I told SNYI was like, I might be able to, I don't know, 360 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,800 like I have to keep you guys posted. 361 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,480 And they were like, OK, yeah, whatever. 362 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,760 Like super chill and Tennessee gets upset. 363 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,080 So I was like, oh, so I guess I'm going to go do this. 364 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,560 I guess why would Tennessee get upset? 365 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,360 So I I was at the garden till 3:00 AM because local TVI was 366 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,480 doing like morning live shots and this and that. 367 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,640 And I just kept the same outfit on. 368 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,880 And I just like literally went to SNY the next day, like in the 369 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,360 same outfit. Like I didn't even go home 370 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,400 because I didn't have a car. Like I was in the city. 371 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,880 So I went back to the hotel like whatever, went to SNY, did the 372 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,640 audition. I was like, that was so I was 373 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,000 like, that was so bad. Like I'm not getting this job. 374 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,680 It's fine. Like not meant to be. 375 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,880 So I told my parents I was like, don't get your hopes up. 376 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,360 And they were like, yeah, you're like 24, like, OK, it's fine. 377 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,200 And like a week later they were like, OK, so here's the offer. 378 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,720 And I was like, oh, wait, so this is. 379 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,400 So then I was freaking out because I was like, how do I get 380 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,280 out of my contract in Nashville? Like it was like stressful. 381 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,359 I was like, I just resigned my lease with my roommate. 382 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,560 Like it was like a whole thing. Did you have an age just like 383 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:10,720 did you have an agent at this point yet or no? 384 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,400 Yeah, yeah. But like the. 385 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:13,839 Agent does the work. That's easy. 386 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,319 But like I was having the no, but my agents weren't like 387 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:20,440 involved with my job in Nashville because it was like 388 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,319 local TV. Like I had just got that job, 389 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,079 got it. Like they had never spoke to my 390 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:24,920 agent. Like they weren't. 391 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,760 Involved with that so like I had to go to the GM and be like hi, 392 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,720 so this and everyone at my job was like you have to go like 393 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,240 it's your home market and I was like, Are you sure? 394 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,680 Like, I was just so nervous because I hadn't even been at 395 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,640 that job a year. Yeah. 396 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,520 But that's what it's about. And these smaller stations, they 397 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,440 know that they know. So a young broadcasters not I 398 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:47,920 mean, listen, Nashville is a great place. 399 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,600 I'm not to speak for you, but if you would have put down roots 400 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,560 there and become the the number one anchor in Nashville, you'd 401 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,240 have a great life. It's an amazing state. 402 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,240 It's an amazing, vibrant city that grows by the. 403 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,520 Year it's. Phenomenal, but you got to do 404 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,160 what you got to do. So your first show on SNY, how 405 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:07,640 nervous were you? And I don't think I was like, I, 406 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:12,120 I don't get nervous doing like studio shows because you can't 407 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,120 see anyone, you know, like it's just a camera. 408 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,080 I get more nervous if I'm doing like a live interview or 409 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,120 something, or if I'm like in not that I get more nervous, but 410 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:21,840 it's more like my heart's beating. 411 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,400 We're in the studio. It's like whatever. 412 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,840 But they've had me kind of shadow for like a good week or 413 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,760 so that I was like, OK, I can like, and I think it was me and 414 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,840 Michelle, we like double anchored the show too. 415 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:37,880 So it wasn't like just me and I didn't I knew all the got the 416 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,920 contributors just from like growing up in this market, like 417 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,040 I didn't like have any connection with them yet, you 418 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,120 know, like honest and why we're all like bantering and like 419 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:47,440 whatever, like messing with each other. 420 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,720 I didn't have that yet. So that's kind of what I was 421 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,680 nervous about. But I feel like my dad was just 422 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,080 fangirling so hard over everyone that I felt like I knew everyone 423 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,600 already. My dad's a huge He was the one 424 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,120 that was like more happy about the job than me. 425 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,160 Like I was just worrying about the logistics and he was like, 426 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,920 this is unreal. These people. 427 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,680 Oh my God, JJ Silo Sal. I was like. 428 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,920 Did he say Sal third would? Would Sal be like JJ and Silo? 429 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,760 Like he's like, so are you going to invite like Sal and JJ to 430 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,360 your wedding? I'm like, dad, I'm literally not 431 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:23,040 getting married anytime soon. He's like, I got to see them. 432 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,640 Like I love those guys. Like he he like texts JJ 433 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,520 separately. He really hangs out with JJ. 434 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,200 I'm like Dad J is a great. So yeah. 435 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:31,960 He's an. I know. 436 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,800 That's a cell I love. And Sal. 437 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,880 I hope he never gets sales number or he's going to be poor. 438 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,160 Sal, Seriously. Did he listen to the fan a lot? 439 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,720 Did he listen to BT and Sal or no? 440 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,880 Oh my God, yes, He listens. He sends me videos every day. 441 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,200 He's like, this person just shouted you out. 442 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,320 I'm like Dad. Well, you got to tell him. 443 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,960 In his office, at work, like he has it on all the time. 444 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,320 Yeah, but Nick, you got to tell him to stop. 445 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,400 Like he can't listen because we're not on the show on him. 446 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:55,720 Like it's he could stop. Oh. 447 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,760 He's not very happy about that. Oh, he wasn't, so he knows they 448 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,720 messed up. Too right, you guys, he's like, 449 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,880 he's like, what happened to them? 450 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,320 Like they got. Yeah, colorful language. 451 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,120 I got you. I'm like he's like give me sales 452 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:08,680 number. I got it. 453 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:10,400 I'm like, I'm not getting involved. 454 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,560 So so your dad's a monster sports fan growing up and. 455 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,160 My mom and your mom too. My mom listens to WF and 456 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,640 probably more than my dad. That's hysterical. 457 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:25,160 Like she she went and waited online to like, meet Mike 458 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,040 Francesa one time. Oh my God. 459 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,160 Like alone with my little brother when he was like a 460 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,920 small. Was Mike nice to her? 461 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:31,200 Did. Did. 462 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,720 Mike give her the hand wave. Took like a picture with him and 463 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,400 was like, nice guy. Yeah, my parents are like New 464 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:38,880 York, die hard. Everything all right? 465 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,200 So you were telling me when I, I and, and I, I don't know when I 466 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,800 first planted the seed about getting you on, but I remember 467 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,400 bumping into you a few times at the garden last year when you 468 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,280 really start to cover St. John's, Right. 469 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,080 And then obviously you came up to Providence, you were there 470 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,040 for the, for the first couple of games when St. 471 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,960 John's played. How did you, how did the St. 472 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,760 John's beats become yours? How did that happen? 473 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,640 Yes, well, I always loved college basketball. 474 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,480 Like that was what I got my start with with you or I like 475 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,280 Dan Hurley helped me pretty much like launch my career. 476 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,520 So I covered that's like what my whole reel was in college. 477 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,480 And then when I went to Waco, I covered Baylor, they went to the 478 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,280 national championship, women's and men's. 479 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,680 And then when I went to Tennessee, I also covered a lot 480 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,080 of college basketball. So when I came here, I knew that 481 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:31,960 Chelsea was doing UConn women and I was like, can we cover 482 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,520 Yukon men? And they were like, oh, no one's 483 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,880 really ever had an interest in doing it. 484 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,520 I was like, I have a relationship with Dan Hurley. 485 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,640 Like I can get him one-on-one like anytime. 486 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,200 And they were like, oh, well, Patino's getting hired. 487 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,840 It was like, I don't know when his hire was made, but we came 488 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:49,480 in pretty much at the same time. I got there in June of 2023. 489 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,120 So I don't know if he was already hired, but he was hired. 490 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,040 A couple of months before that, yeah. 491 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,960 So I went to his first exhibition game and I was like, 492 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,440 can I get an interview with you? And I did a one-on-one with him 493 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,120 and I they were like, oh, he you got a one-on-one. 494 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:04,680 I was like, there was literally no media there. 495 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,840 They were playing like I, I think it was against not even a 496 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,200 Division One team. I don't even remember. 497 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,440 So then I kept going to all of his games the first year and 498 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,000 doing one on ones with him. And they were like, if you want 499 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,440 this to be your thing, like if they're if they stay relevant, 500 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,200 like we want to cover them. No one just ever really had 501 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,800 interest because they weren't good. 502 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,760 Like it was no reason for us to be going. 503 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:28,400 So I would go and do Big East media days, Big East tournament. 504 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,520 And then when Saint John's lost the first year, I stayed with 505 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,320 UConn, I wanted to cover them in the tournament. 506 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,320 I would always get Dan Hurley. So then last year when they were 507 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,400 obviously like like nationally ranked and stuff, I already had 508 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,160 built the relationship with Pitino. 509 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,400 So then they just, they only would send me because I was the 510 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,080 one that kind of like wanted to. I mean, if I wasn't, I would 511 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,680 like to switch my off days. Like they'd be like, hey, 512 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,320 they're playing this day. Like could you switch? 513 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,640 And I would just go. But if not, someone else would 514 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,440 go. But I wanted to just keep 515 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,280 showing face. So then it was like I was the 516 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,280 one that was always covering them. 517 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,120 So I kind of just like asked and then it ended up working out 518 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:04,200 that the coverage people like it so. 519 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,560 So you, you know, you know Danny very well and you've got to know 520 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:08,680 Rick. Who do you find more 521 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,200 interesting? Well, Rick, I feel like, I don't 522 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,280 know on a personal level, like I don't feel like I've ever had 523 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,680 like just a regular conversation with him. 524 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,600 Like it's always like a quick interview and then he's like 525 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:25,840 rushed to the next thing. But I feel like he's interesting 526 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,640 to me because I don't really know him personally. 527 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,040 So I'm like, Oh, I wonder like this or that, Like I know about 528 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,000 him based on what I've like, what I know about him, what like 529 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,280 the public knows about him, but I don't like personally know him 530 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:42,160 where Dan is like I know he's a nut and people have their 531 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,680 thoughts on him, but he like if I I called him right now and was 532 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,000 it going, I need this like he would help me out in a second. 533 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,200 Like he is the type of guy that has seen me grind since I was in 534 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,000 college and coaches are the same way. 535 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,040 They have to like work themselves, work their way up. 536 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,960 So I think he like respects the hustle and like he's always 537 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,360 trying to like network me and connect me with people and like, 538 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:03,760 Oh, this is this person at this network or this and that. 539 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:09,160 So like I just I like, love him. He's he like mailed me a signed 540 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,200 book of his like he's so nice. You think he's misunderstood? 541 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,640 You think he's misunderstood? No, I think people know he's a 542 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,560 good guy. I think he's just a crazy coach. 543 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,800 I agree with that. And I like the old. 544 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,560 That's why I like covering Rick because I feel like you had that 545 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,880 whole type of coach is like dying. 546 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,000 It's now like with NIL and all this stuff. 547 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:34,080 It's not the same like I love like a Calipari, a Bill Self 548 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,920 like a her. Tom is home. 549 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,800 And I love that. Yeah, I love that. 550 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,000 So that's. Like when he was. 551 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:44,920 Yep, yeah. So I, I, I, I mean, I would like 552 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,080 to get to know Rick on the same level, but I feel like now 553 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:49,480 there's just always so much media. 554 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,800 So it's hard to just be like, hey, and like, shoot the shit, 555 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,080 you know? I oh, he go he. 556 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,920 I don't know if I could curse. Of course you could. 557 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,800 I mean, I'm trying not to because I have a lady on the 558 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,240 show, but yeah, I mean, this is a leash. 559 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,000 You should hear me going nuts when I've got to go nuts. 560 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,160 Yeah, I I pick my. You say whatever you want. 561 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:03,120 Trust me. They keep so good. 562 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,360 So the I got to get this up now. I think this is absolutely 563 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:08,800 adorable. I'm going to embarrass you. 564 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,560 Look at this. Look at this. 565 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,840 Little adorable. How old this little Nicky there? 566 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:14,680 Mummy. Mummy guess. 567 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,680 That. Is is that 6 year old Nikki? 568 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,920 7 Probably. 5. Oh my God, look at that. 569 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,040 Now why are you wearing a St. Keep that up, J Rod, why are you 570 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,000 wearing the Saint John shirt? Because they weren't that good 571 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:31,160 back then. Well I was on a team called St. 572 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:37,680 John's OK, but I can't tell if that was that or if I was just 573 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,760 in a St. John's T-shirt with it being the 574 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,120 same colors. My dad is a die hard St. 575 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:44,520 John's fan so it probably could be a St. 576 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,400 John's shirt, but we have a lot of St. 577 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,200 John's gear at home. My brother, who is a St. 578 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,480 John's fan from childhood, did go to UConn, so now he's turned 579 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,760 over to the dark. Side but. 580 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,520 Yeah, we're, we're a St. John's household, so you know 581 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,120 how to wrap. And I don't know what that 582 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,640 beating is in my hair. Like. 583 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,800 What is that? That probably my mom probably 584 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,080 had to cut that out of my hair. That is absolutely I. 585 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,920 I definitely wasn't good at basketball. 586 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,440 I think I was just there for the picture and like the free pizza 587 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,800 at the end or something. Little pizza party, Jay, you can 588 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:20,880 get that off. I I was going. 589 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,800 To probably, but you're. You're you're athletic. 590 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,920 I don't know what's what sports did you play growing up? 591 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,240 I played all of them. I played all of them until no 592 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,360 basketball. I probably played till like 593 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,520 third grade. I played softball till 9th 594 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,520 grade. I played lacrosse till 9th 595 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:41,080 grade, and I played like soccer as a kid and stuff, but I did 596 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,280 gymnastics as a kid. I did dance my whole life and I 597 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,840 did cheer up until college. So wow. 598 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,000 Wow. That I'll. 599 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,280 Tell you like athletic in terms of like flipping and like 600 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,280 getting across from the air, but I'm not athletic in terms of 601 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,600 like a sport involving a ball or a bat I. 602 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,400 Remember, Nikki, this is true. I remember. 603 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,560 So my son's 11. He just turned 11. 604 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,320 My daughter's nine, right? And he plays baseball, 605 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,080 basketball, football, even even one year he played soccer, he 606 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,800 was playing 4. But if that's untenable, a 607 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,200 little jiu jitsu, very busy. My daughter plays basketball. 608 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,560 She does cheer, she plays soccer, she plays softball. 609 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:27,080 Anyway, I remember when, God, she was probably like 5 and we 610 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,920 were kind of new in town. We didn't really know anybody. 611 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,080 And some of the girls were starting to do like competitive 612 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,120 cheer. Like I know TJ Fours are very 613 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,640 involved in that. Oh yeah, they're on on CJA. 614 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,600 They're belated. Yeah, Central. 615 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,360 Jersey All Stars are good. Yes, it's one of the best ones 616 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,080 in the nation, I believe. Like he's very humble, but he's 617 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,200 like, dude, these, these, they're. 618 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,840 Yeah, they're really good there. And I remember I'm Nikki, I 619 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,560 remember telling my wife I'm like, listen, I'm like, this is 620 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,520 a lifestyle thing. Like if you want to have the 621 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,560 kind of the kind of life where you never watch your son play 622 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,200 baseball. And I never I and I and I never 623 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,680 get to see my daughter dance, then go and sign her up. 624 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,360 But it's going to be a split household because. 625 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:06,200 That's what I did. Yeah, that, that's a tough, 626 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,080 that's a tough lifestyle. You gotta love it. 627 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,560 Yeah, I did that. I did competitive dance and 628 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,120 cheer and the dance was like the show Dance Moms. 629 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:18,440 Like I was travelling. We were in Disney all the time. 630 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,840 We were out like nationals and this and that. 631 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,880 We had all the makeup and the tiny outfits. 632 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,760 It was really, my dad was not a fan. 633 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,720 I think it was like a really expensive. 634 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,720 He was like, all right, you got to pick one of the other. 635 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,760 We can't be doing all these things. 636 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,280 And then I would show up to like base softball because I still 637 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,160 wanted to play with like the glitter and the hair, back hair 638 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,560 because I would go bounce from one thing to another. 639 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:45,240 And then thankfully we had my family had my brother who is 640 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,440 five years younger. So I was then off the hook once 641 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,240 he was old enough. I'm going to guess that when you 642 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,200 show up the softball, you weren't batting 3rd and playing 643 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,320 shortstop, Nikki. No, my dad would pay me like $50 644 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,040 if I got a hit. You feel like if you don't jump 645 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,320 away from the ball, you get $50. Exactly. 646 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,640 Just just take a swing. Come on, don't embarrass me, 647 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,040 Nikki, please get. Exactly, I was doing back 648 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,480 handsprings in the outfield. Like, my daughter was doing that 649 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,280 for a long time. She scored a soccer goal. 650 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,440 Finally, it ended. I'm like Yankee, you know, once 651 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,760 you get past second, third grade, like, it's cute and it's 652 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,240 still adorable, but there's got to be an expiration point. 653 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,360 Is your pops going out to San Diego to watch St. 654 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,080 John's as? Your brother's nobody's going, 655 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,880 no, but if it was like close, they would go. 656 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,840 But I mean, it's kind of, I don't even, I think my dad's 657 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,640 like in in Vegas or something. I don't even know where he. 658 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,280 Is always living. I think my parents are living 659 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,160 all the time. They're always like, I'm like, 660 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,360 are you home to watch Gino? Because I'm travelling for. 661 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,160 Work. My mom's like I'm home and but 662 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,400 my dad's like God only knows. He was just courtside at the 663 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,880 Knicks Jazz game the other day in. 664 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,960 In Utah. Yeah, like he was there for work 665 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,680 and like something with work. I was like, he sends a picture. 666 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:53,920 He's like on the court. I'm like. 667 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,520 They, I mean, they, they, we almost lost. 668 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,840 I mean, the Knicks came up. Yeah, that was actually not that 669 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:05,040 in the first game, but yeah. So I wanted to ask you this like 670 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:09,400 it's funny because you really given your age, you, you don't, 671 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,200 you don't know a life without technology, right? 672 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,800 I mean, that's all you know, pretty much. 673 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,880 Kind of I feel like in terms of work or just like life. 674 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,520 Life. Like my high school and college 675 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,360 experience wasn't social media the way it is now, which I 676 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,440 appreciate because we didn't have Instagram in high school 677 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,200 yet. Like maybe senior year it came 678 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,600 out, but it wasn't like the social media pressure that now 679 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,480 girls have. I never felt that in high school 680 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,960 or college because even in college we weren't we didn't 681 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,720 have like TikTok or we had Instagram, but we weren't taking 682 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,520 it seriously. Like we weren't doing things for 683 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,920 social media to like post or we weren't like putting all this 684 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,480 like pressure on ourselves to look a certain way in pictures 685 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,520 and stuff. So I feel like now, like after 686 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:01,240 like once COVID hit, I feel like social media changed And now 687 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,400 it's like very serious. Like I went to my high school 688 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,600 last week to speak for International Women's Day and 689 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,280 they were all like, oh, I, if I want to get into TV, like I kind 690 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,920 of want to be a social media and do this. 691 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,600 And I was like, I can't even give you any advice on that 692 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,160 because I only know like getting into the local news route, which 693 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,600 like I never thought like, oh, let me go the digital route 694 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:23,800 because that didn't really exist. 695 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,000 Like there was some stuff, but you couldn't just like do 696 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,920 digital for ESPN or something. Everyone went local. 697 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,920 And then after COVID it changed. But I guess like I didn't have a 698 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,960 phone until I was like in 7th or 8th grade. 699 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,520 Like it was the. Way that it is now yeah, yeah, 700 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,400 yeah. But I feel like I was the very 701 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:41,640 end. Like I say I'm Gen. 702 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:42,520 Z. I'm always like, oh, I'm Gen. 703 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:44,520 Z. But I'm like technically like 704 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,320 the kind of the cusp where I grew up without like a phone and 705 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,440 I was like playing outside and being. 706 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,280 Well, that, that's good. Do you do like I, I think that 707 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,720 and I worry about this for boys and girls, but you know, so many 708 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,880 of these people, younger, younger people seek validation 709 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,040 online. It's it's actually terrifying. 710 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:05,400 Yeah, it's. Creepy. 711 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,240 It's and I want to I want to actually get to an aspect of 712 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,000 that with you. I'm sure it's incredibly creepy 713 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,080 being a young woman, but like the like for and and and and and 714 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,960 boys and girls have different obstacles, obstacles 715 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,320 nonetheless, but different. You know, I feel like, you know, 716 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,080 young girls like they just all they see is beauty and filters 717 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,720 and these amazing bodies and gorgeous, gorgeous women. 718 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,200 And it's not it's not realistic. So you speak to you speak about 719 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,200 that. You're you're actually. 720 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,200 Involved in that? How dangerous? 721 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,440 How bad is it out there? Right? 722 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,240 Is it pretty bad? I mean, everything's kind of 723 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,240 fake, and that's what I was saying when I was speaking at my 724 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,280 high school. They were like, oh, like your 725 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,680 Instagram, you do all this cool stuff and I was like, I do. 726 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,840 But like, you have to remember, like social media is just like 727 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,440 the, I don't post like I only post obviously like the good 728 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,360 cool things that I'm doing. It's like people look at all 729 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,200 these like influencers and they're like, oh, but look at 730 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,800 their bodies. And that's first of all, so many 731 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,560 people are on like Ozempic these days. 732 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,080 I'm like, this is first of all just unrealistic because no 733 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,520 one's bodies actually look like this. 734 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,080 And if they, if they aren't on anything, they're probably 735 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,080 editing it on like an app. So then if you're making 736 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,840 yourself think that you need to look like that, but it's really 737 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:15,520 not attainable because it's not real. 738 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,040 Or these people, a lot of them don't actually have jobs. 739 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,640 So they just like do Pilates all day and like get iced coffee and 740 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,360 just like, you know, so they're like, Oh, but how do they have 741 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,920 time to do all this stuff? And it's like, well, because 742 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,600 that's their job is to just post on social media. 743 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,960 So like and it's so over saturated too that people are 744 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,480 like, Oh, I want to be an influencer, but it's like 745 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,080 everybody in New York, every girl in New York is like wanting 746 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,400 to be an influencer. So it's like it's very over 747 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,080 saturated to find like a niche on social media now. 748 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,680 And like not saying it's not hard work because you like 749 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,480 posting your life is like a full time job you. 750 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,760 It is. Videotape everything you're 751 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:54,160 doing. But I feel like I'll be like, Oh 752 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,040 my God, look at that girl. And then I'm like, OK, her nose 753 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,000 is done, her lips are done. She has Botox. 754 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,200 She probably is on Ozempic. She's probably has things on her 755 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,840 body done like it's just extensions. 756 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,040 Like, you know, it's just probably not all like veneers. 757 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,840 Like a lot of people on social media are fake. 758 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,360 So I'm like, OK, well, I have to remember that I don't have any 759 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,159 plastic surgery. So sometimes when I have to do 760 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:17,560 an interview from my bad side, it's not going to be cute. 761 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,120 I like had a crash out at spring training. 762 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:25,239 I did an interview with Austin Wells and Connor, our field 763 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,280 producer took a picture of me and I was like, I need an no 764 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:28,440 shot. That was so bad. 765 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,440 That side is so bad. And then I was like, hold on, a. 766 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,120 Question though, so the nose it's the same size from every 767 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:36,639 angle. How? 768 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,320 No, it's not. It's it's better on this side 769 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,520 than this side. I don't have on this side. 770 00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:44,040 This side is terrible. I only really like stand on. 771 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,199 This Are you serious? Yeah, like go ahead. 772 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,040 Yes, I'll be doing an interview and I'll be like Rick, come to 773 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,679 the side. To me, your nose looks 774 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:54,320 symmetrical, but you know your nose better. 775 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,280 I mean, everybody says that, but I just or like, you know, when 776 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,080 you go on like a video and it like flop it like flips it. 777 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,520 Yes. Like, and you're like, Oh my 778 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,240 God, this looks so ugly. That's like what my face looks 779 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:08,120 like when I'm on this side. Uh huh. 780 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,240 Are you insecure when you're on camera about the way you look at 781 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:15,120 all besides? Nose sometimes, sometimes when I 782 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:19,640 have to sit, like when I'm, if I'm filling in for Sal, like the 783 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:24,000 chair on BNNY, like we're facing this way and this is the side I 784 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,320 don't like. So I'm like all like sit like 785 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,280 this kind of and like turn my head this way. 786 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,760 And I like kind of looks awkward, but I prefer it to be 787 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:31,800 on this side. Yeah. 788 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,160 Yeah, I get it. I'm not like, I'm not like, Oh 789 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,720 my God, I can't look at myself, but I'm just like, it makes you 790 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:43,800 a little more like critical of yourself when all you do is look 791 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,520 at yourself on a huge TV like 4K. 792 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,960 You're like, oh God, every pimple, every everything. 793 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,560 Yeah, yeah. Let's be honest. 794 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,040 And I don't like to wear makeup, like I'm just not. 795 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,520 But that's that's that's, I don't want to say that that's 796 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,320 your money maker because that takes away from the actual work 797 00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,680 that you do, but. Yeah, but. 798 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,280 Doesn't matter how how people look when they're on TV all the 799 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,560 time. And unfortunately a lot of 800 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,360 people judge and I can. I wanted to get to this. 801 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:10,360 I can only imagine, I could only imagine what what you're like, 802 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:14,600 what some of the crass, crude, crazy. 803 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,240 Things. Is it? 804 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,920 Is it really that bad? I mean, I personally don't look 805 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:27,680 at like so Twitter, I turned off my inbox like you follow me or 806 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,200 or I follow you or something. Yeah, yeah. 807 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,200 Smart and then Instagram is like filtered by like words. 808 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,640 I don't know I I didn't put the words in, but I think it like 809 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,560 just knows this makes inappropriate and puts in like a 810 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,600 hidden folder. But if I like go to that folder, 811 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,640 because sometimes like someone will message me like a student 812 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,520 or something and they're like, oh, hey, I messaged you and I 813 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,000 was like, Oh, I never got it. And I look in the hidden. 814 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,720 And if they said like a word that for some reason got 815 00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:53,760 filtered, like some people's messages just get hidden. 816 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:58,040 So sometimes I look to see and sometimes it'll be like, and 817 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,280 it'll be like someone sent you an image and I'm like, I'm not 818 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,000 clicking on it. Like I don't even want to know 819 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,720 what the image is. I'm not looking. 820 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:10,440 But I've gotten like some weird. I've got like videos of weird 821 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,280 stuff going on. Really did did you ever feel 822 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,040 like you had a? Did you ever pick you out to 823 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,080 report somebody or was it that? Bad, like it's just 824 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:21,720 inappropriate guys like it's just really creepy bots like 825 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:23,560 people with no picture, like you're not going to know who it 826 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:28,480 is, but you'll just like when I was in Nashville, I like there 827 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,800 wasn't as many people watching the local news in Nashville. 828 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:35,000 So I would like get all my DMS and I once I've got a video of 829 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,440 like a guy like watching me and doing something inappropriate. 830 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,600 And I was like, oh, I need to fully, I need to fully like turn 831 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,440 my or more notifications on. Yeah, turn those on. 832 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,040 I was like, that's inappropriate. 833 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,040 And now there's a lot more people watching. 834 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:53,640 But really like people will be like, oh, I'll pay you to send 835 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,320 pictures of your feet or something. 836 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,000 But I'm like, no, I was kidding. I would never. 837 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:05,160 I would never but like. Hey, listen, I, I, I know you, I 838 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,760 worked at SNY, so I know they don't pay that well. 839 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,480 So maybe you got to get those stilettos out. 840 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,160 You got to start selling those pictures, Nikki. 841 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,400 No, they don't want the shoes. They want the bare feet. 842 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,800 Oh. My goodness, you actually get 843 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,120 requests for that? Yeah. 844 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,640 Yes, there's literally people with foot fetish. 845 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:19,720 No, I don't. I know. 846 00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:22,600 It's a big thing, I know. I don't really get like someone 847 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,800 will like if I post a picture on Twitter of like me, like 848 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,760 standing on the court, like Big East championship people, people 849 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,400 will say like inappropriate things in the comments, but I'm 850 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,080 like whatever, it has no profile picture. 851 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,520 No one's ever saying anything. That's like making me scared for 852 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:35,480 my life. I got you. 853 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,120 And I'm sure that changes if you get to like the national level. 854 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:41,960 Like I can't even imagine what the women on these big like 855 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:43,760 doing the Super Bowl and stuff are getting. 856 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,200 But I don't think their DMS are probably open. 857 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,360 Like I would probably have to limit my comments and stuff I 858 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,680 don't. Know what, what was it's funny, 859 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:53,880 like when I was growing up, I wanted to I want to be a 860 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,520 baseball player, obviously wasn't. 861 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,640 And then I knew I wanted to be on the radio. 862 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,760 And then because this is a long time ago, TV wasn't his problem. 863 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:04,320 I mean there was TV sets and no it wasn't white but like they 864 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,040 were all. I know you're not that old. 865 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,200 I'm getting there, trust me. All these regional networks 866 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,480 weren't really born yet, so there wasn't as many 867 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,320 opportunities. So my my vision was I want to be 868 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,840 on the radio. And then eventually I stumbled 869 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,320 into some TV stuff along the way. 870 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:21,760 So you're that at an interesting age because just when you were 871 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,160 born, when you're coming up and you know, not quite fully into 872 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,200 the digital in high school, but now it is like what when you 873 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,400 were young and you started to craft this, this broadcasting 874 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,520 dream. Was there actual, was it ESPN 875 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,480 like SportsCenter? What was your, in your mind's 876 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,800 eye the target? I was chasing WFAN for a long 877 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,200 time. What what were you thinking 878 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,960 about as motivation when you were younger? 879 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,560 I wanted to be the Yankee clubhouse reporter. 880 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,200 That was like the only thing I cared about. 881 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,600 I never even thought about going to a national place. 882 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,040 Like I literally didn't care. I was like, I want to be Kim 883 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:53,200 Jones. Like that's the only thing I 884 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,120 wanted. And now, like, it's just weird 885 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,440 that I work like alongside those people. 886 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,600 Like I went to Yankee Spring training and me and Meredith 887 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,360 were just working like side by side. 888 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,920 And I was like, I would have died if I knew. 889 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,240 But I'm like now I'm pretty much like I filled in on Mets like 890 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:10,960 for a bunch of series last year and I was like. 891 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,040 It's the same, like it's the same market. 892 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,880 Like it's still like crazy. Like I'm like Yankee spring 893 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,240 training. I'm like in the clubhouse and 894 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,400 it's just like not shocking to me. 895 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,760 Like I'm not fangirling. I'm just like doing my job. 896 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,360 And it's really not that crazy to me. 897 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,920 I don't know, like why the I guess the first one I went to 898 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,040 Yankee clubhouse when I was an intern, I was like, Oh my God, 899 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,120 this is crazy. But then when I actually got the 900 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,680 job here, like I think because I've been around athletes, like 901 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,360 I did the Titans and stuff. So I was in like professional 902 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:40,800 locker rooms. I never was like star shock. 903 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,200 I was just like, it's normal. But yeah, that was like the 904 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,120 goal. I don't know. 905 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,080 I never thought about what was bigger than that. 906 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:52,080 Do you feel there comes, I mentioned the validation like 907 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,200 with the chasing some people on social media, there's also an 908 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,680 internal validation, not in an arrogant way, but in a way where 909 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,240 you're like, right, I'm I'm comfortable, I feel good. 910 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,720 My game's tight. What I'm doing on air is is 911 00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:05,760 transferring from the previous markets. 912 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,880 I'm doing well. Was there a moment where you're 913 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,320 like, all right, I I don't really feel new in New York 914 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:11,960 anymore. I just feel like I'm here and I 915 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,400 feel like I really belong. Anything jump out? 916 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,560 No, because I still have like imposter syndrome. 917 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,680 Like I'm still like, am I good enough to be here? 918 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:24,480 Yeah, yeah, I have that. Like I, I just had a meeting 919 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,800 with someone at SMY and I was like, do you think I've gotten 920 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,680 better since I got here? Like am I getting better? 921 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,400 Because I feel like when I watch myself, like it's myself so I 922 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,280 can't really tell. Like I know I have gotten better 923 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:38,360 and like even when I watch inner like interviews because that 924 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,480 wasn't something I ever really did in local. 925 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,320 I would do like a high school football live interview, but it 926 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:47,600 was like 2 seconds and. Now hey, good game, good 927 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,320 touchdown. And I was like filming it 928 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,720 myself, so I was more stressed about if we were in frame or 929 00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:54,840 something like that. So I know that I've gotten 930 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,440 better. I still like in my head, I'll be 931 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,400 like, I'll ask you like, do you think I'm good enough to go to 932 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,640 the national level after this? Like I'm like, what do I need to 933 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,600 do? Like I still feel super young. 934 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,240 I don't feel like I don't belong. 935 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:09,960 Like I don't feel like alongside the other media members that I'm 936 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:14,840 like a little girl. But I just feel like I have so 937 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:19,040 much more to get better at. I still have my learning. 938 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,800 Yeah. OK, yeah, what you, what is? 939 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,280 New still. What? 940 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:28,240 What is you are you're new? What is the what's the best part 941 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,240 of your game? Stuff 1 stuff one like I can 942 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,320 answer that I could probably I could probably say my passion, 943 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,040 like, you know, I bring it every day like that's something that 944 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,520 comes natural to me. What what do you think you do 945 00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:39,960 best? And then I want to hear what you 946 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:41,080 think that you could get better at. 947 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,120 Well, I feel like I over prepare, which like does benefit 948 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:50,720 me because I'm so like anxious about not being like prepared 949 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:56,240 that I will just do way too way more than I need to because I'll 950 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,480 end up not using like half the information. 951 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:03,120 But I think that you can throw me in any situation and I won't 952 00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:08,560 even be rattled because I think doing the news in Texas made me 953 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,240 be able to think. I feel like you can throw me in 954 00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:13,800 the middle of like a fire and I'll just be like, you'll put me 955 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,920 on air and I'll just be like, I know exactly what to say and 956 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:17,520 it's all fine. You can't even tell I'm freaking 957 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,240 out. But the so like the reporting I 958 00:43:21,240 --> 00:43:24,320 feel like is my strong point, like being in the atmosphere, 959 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:29,360 the studio stuff I've definitely got better at, but reporting I 960 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,080 feel like I'm just like comfortable. 961 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,640 I love being around people. Like I thrive off the high 962 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,120 energy, high pressure environment and I haven't like 963 00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:41,200 gotten sick of anything yet. Like I'm still like so eager. 964 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:42,480 I'm like, Oh my God, what's next? 965 00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,240 Where am I going to go? Are we going to travel? 966 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:47,120 I can't wait to do this. Like where I feel like some 967 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:48,840 people are like, oh, I'm content like. 968 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,960 Yeah, that happens to a lot of people. 969 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,360 So I haven't got there. I hope I never get there, but I 970 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,280 definitely haven't got there. There'll be a point where 971 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,880 certain things will become a little mundane, you know, 972 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:00,680 whether it's a commute, whether it's whatever. 973 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:04,880 But yeah, I mean, I'm in my early 50s and I don't, I don't 974 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,120 take it for granted. Like I love it and that spark is 975 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,280 there and, you know, I still try to get better. 976 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,880 This is totally new, what I'm doing here with YouTube. 977 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,840 So I don't, I don't, Yeah, I think, I think if you really 978 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,200 care about what you do, I I don't, I don't think that you 979 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,160 stagnate. I think now I think there's a 980 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:22,320 lot of people in our business, Nikki, who get lazy, who just 981 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,720 keep collecting the check and you don't see their game improve 982 00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:26,240 a whole lot. But I don't. 983 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,360 It doesn't strike me like you're going to be one of those people. 984 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:30,480 It doesn't strike me that way. I hope not. 985 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,080 I mean, I like that I'm in my home market. 986 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,320 Everyone's like, oh, do you want to stay in New York forever? 987 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:38,520 Like what do you want to do next? 988 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,920 And I'm like, I'm down for whatever, honestly. 989 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,400 Like there you go. I mean, I love, I love being 990 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:45,800 down. Like, don't get me wrong, But 991 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,480 if, if my, I don't actually know what my dream job is like 992 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:50,840 everyone's a good dream job. Like, I don't know. 993 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,400 But if like this amazing opportunity came and I had to 994 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:58,520 move, like I'm not going to be like, no, I'm comfortable. 995 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,160 And maybe when I have kids, I'll be I'll think differently. 996 00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:05,640 But right now it's like Gino has already moved across all over. 997 00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:07,960 So he's. Yeah, yeah, I'll have to. 998 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,400 Recruit my boyfriend to come wherever but that's. 999 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,960 What I was going to say, Gino, you stick in the kettle. 1000 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,640 What about the boyfriend? Is he going to follow you? 1001 00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:19,520 Is he coming? I mean, I hope so. 1002 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,360 He's. Going to follow you there. 1003 00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:23,760 You know you could. So I got a couple of quick hits 1004 00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:24,760 for you. Then I want to get a little 1005 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:25,760 Saint John. Right. 1006 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,320 OK, debate. All right, this is going to be a 1007 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:31,720 tough one for I almost I almost feel bad hitting hitting, 1008 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,960 hitting you with this right away debate and you got to give me an 1009 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:35,400 answer. Oh. 1010 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,920 Man, I'm going. To get you in trouble in a 1011 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:42,120 debate, Who would win, Sal or JJ? 1012 00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:46,680 Are you serious? Come on. 1013 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,400 Wait, OK, what's the debate on? Because if it's on, like the 1014 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:54,360 Mets tell if it's on the Yankees, JJ. 1015 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,880 Well, but no, no, no, you take an easy way out. 1016 00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:58,680 So what you're saying is you're going to you're going to rely on 1017 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,080 the fandom. Yeah, like it depends. 1018 00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:02,840 Because, like, they're both passionate. 1019 00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,960 OK, I got one for you. I know they're they're both 1020 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,640 passionate and I'm having fun. Let's say it's something that 1021 00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:09,760 they both love so you can't take the side door out. 1022 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,920 Let's say it's about the Knicks. They're both Knick fans. 1023 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:17,280 I got you. I kind of feel like JJ. 1024 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,040 Oh, why? I guess I don't work with Sal as 1025 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:25,400 much as JJ and JJ gets so fired up about things. 1026 00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,160 He's out of his mind. I mean, Sal, like I when I hear 1027 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:30,480 him on the radio, I'm like, is that actually Sal? 1028 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,720 Because like when it when I'm with him in person, I feel like 1029 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:34,280 he's so chill. I know when you hear him on the 1030 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,160 radio get riled up. I'm like, who is? 1031 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,480 This Who is this? You know, if what if you said 1032 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:39,640 that? What do you think I was saying 1033 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:41,280 for two years sitting next to the looting? 1034 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:43,320 Thing. So maybe if I worked with 1035 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,000 Selmore, I would. I just always work with JJ and 1036 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,840 I'm like JJ, your veins are popping out. 1037 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:49,400 I know. And he's so riled up. 1038 00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:53,960 You got to tell JJ he stands. Watch JJ the way he stands with 1039 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:55,600 his hands. Have you noticed the way he 1040 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,080 stands with his hands like that? Have you noticed that? 1041 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,240 Well, not when he talks with his hands, but like when he's 1042 00:47:01,240 --> 00:47:03,440 standing there, like if he's next to McCarron or whatever. 1043 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,200 Yeah, yes. Like a mannequin with his hands. 1044 00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:07,480 Like this, Nikki? Like this. 1045 00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:09,680 Yeah. Exactly. 1046 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,880 All right. So you you say JJ but you give 1047 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:15,160 Sal respect? Yeah, because I have to work 1048 00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:17,080 with Sal more. I understand and. 1049 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:20,520 Then I'll be able to decide. You're on a weekend Bachelorette 1050 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:21,920 party. One of your girls is getting 1051 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:23,280 married. You go to the bar. 1052 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,160 You got 15 girls in cowboy hats. What kind of drink? 1053 00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:26,920 What? What do we drink? 1054 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:28,280 What's Nikki having? How many? 1055 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:30,760 Oh, well, it's wait, like what kind of drink? 1056 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:31,960 Yeah. What's your main drink? 1057 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,800 OK, a martini, slightly dirty with no vermouth. 1058 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,400 That's a classy 1. Yeah, I'm classy. 1059 00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:43,160 What do you think this is? I wasn't drinking that at 27, I 1060 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,200 was just still banging back the beer at 27. 1061 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,360 Get whatever I get my. Hands on beer, I don't drink 1062 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,640 beer. I've I've turned everyone into a 1063 00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:52,040 martini drinker. My family is like martini 1064 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,480 drinkers. My grandparents were martini 1065 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,520 drinkers. So like it's just like a family, 1066 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:01,360 you just inherit it and then I've we turn everyone into 1067 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:03,720 martini drinkers. But then so this is the thing, I 1068 00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:07,400 have to have like a martini before I go to the bar, like I 1069 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,640 need to go to dinner or something because I can't just 1070 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:13,720 like RIP a vodka soda without having like a buzz from a 1071 00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:15,560 martini because I'm like past that age. 1072 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,200 Okay, okay. Like being able to drink a bar 1073 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,560 drink but I will then I can only have like 2 martinis or I was. 1074 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,720 Going to say the. Hangovers have gotten bad 1075 00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:24,840 already. Well, forget about the 1076 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:27,120 hangovers. I mean, if you had three 1077 00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,520 martinis, I mean, your friends will be carrying you out, 1078 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,040 there's no way you can have three, right? 1079 00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:34,480 I mean, if you want to see my phone is completely shattered. 1080 00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,040 Here we go. Well then she had three. 1081 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,280 You had three that night. Because I, because we had a 1082 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:44,560 house warming party at our new apartment and I was making up a 1083 00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:47,440 martinis and I just kept like filling mine up. 1084 00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:52,120 And then my phone somehow got run over 'cause we went out and 1085 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:54,520 I dropped the phone out of the car and then it got run over. 1086 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,840 And then I, my friends take your phones in Middle St. and I'm 1087 00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,480 like and the next day I have the literal worst hangover of my 1088 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:02,240 life. So that's why I can only have 1089 00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:05,200 two martinis 'cause. That sounds like a I'm. 1090 00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:07,520 A small girl. Yeah, I I would stick with that 1091 00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:11,040 rule. So your age are are, are the 1092 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,080 girls of the are, are your friends at the gummies? 1093 00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:14,520 I mean that that's kind of a new thing. 1094 00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:15,920 Like is everybody? Like weed? 1095 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:17,720 Yeah, gummies and all that stuff, yeah. 1096 00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:22,600 I've never I've never done any drug ever in my life. 1097 00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:24,840 Good for you. I've never like smoked weed or 1098 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,360 anything. I mean, I don't know if I, I 1099 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:27,960 mean, I'm, that's a good thing for me to say. 1100 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:33,840 But no, I don't think, well, most of my friends now are like 1101 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:38,800 married or engaged or and like living in houses in the suburbs, 1102 00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:39,440 kind of. Already. 1103 00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:40,160 Well, that's the best. Time. 1104 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:43,520 That's the best time to do it. Because maybe they no, I don't 1105 00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:44,520 think they are. Honestly. 1106 00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:46,080 I've never heard of anyone doing 1. 1107 00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,320 Like I've heard of people doing them, but personally, no, not 1108 00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:53,240 not your no, We're all like classy girls. 1109 00:49:53,240 --> 00:49:55,120 We just like, sit bar martinis and like. 1110 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:58,080 Yeah, and break your phones. Observe people that was only 1111 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:00,800 that was rare. I literally and I was fine. 1112 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:02,200 I just my phone fell out of my pocket. 1113 00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,440 I got one for you and if you're not comfortable, it's it's 1114 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:05,840 nothing. Oh, I. 1115 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,480 Don't care. It's not bad like, so I'm trying 1116 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:12,040 to think like if like when I was dating my my wife, like if she 1117 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:14,560 was on TV, right. You go into a bar, everybody, 1118 00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:16,320 you go. If you go into a bar and you're 1119 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:19,520 with your boyfriend, I'm sure a lot of guys your age are going 1120 00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:21,520 to wreck you. Oh, that's the girl on S&Y. 1121 00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:25,360 And whatever is he, does he get not uptight? 1122 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,480 But is it ever uncomfortable for him? 1123 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:28,680 That would bother me. I that. 1124 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,160 That would. Drive him nuts. 1125 00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,120 Tells everyone about my jobs then. 1126 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:37,760 So I'll like see someone that I don't know. 1127 00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:40,800 And they're like, oh, Richie told me that you're you do this. 1128 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,480 Like you interview this person. So tell me about John Harbaugh. 1129 00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:44,880 What do you think about the giants this year? 1130 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:47,520 And I'm like, now, why am I stuck in a conversation about 1131 00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:49,720 this? Like, so it's the opposite. 1132 00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:52,960 I just get dragged into the conversation of like, oh, she 1133 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,120 knows what she's talking about. So like she's going to come and 1134 00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,800 she'll talk to you about this. And I'm like, I talk about this 1135 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,320 all the time. No, I feel like he doesn't. 1136 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:06,600 I get maybe when we first started like dating, he was 1137 00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:08,680 like, like he would ask questions like oh, what about 1138 00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:09,840 this? Like, oh, do you meet the 1139 00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:11,120 players? Like, do you know them? 1140 00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:14,280 Like you go to the locker room? Like I guess I'm just used to it 1141 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:15,160 like it's normal to. Me. 1142 00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:16,240 Oh, I would ask every. Question. 1143 00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:20,320 It's like a whole different world, but I feel like people 1144 00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:23,080 don't really like come up to me. It's more like if I'm at a game 1145 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,720 or something, people be like, Oh my God, like if I go into the 1146 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:28,440 concourse, people be like, Oh my God, you're from SMY, whatever, 1147 00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:34,880 But I feel like people are aged like do they watch TV? 1148 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,840 Like some people be like, oh, I know you from social media, like 1149 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,920 oh, I know you from Twitter, like you do Saint John's, 1150 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:44,520 whatever, but no one's ever been like, oh, I've seen you on if I 1151 00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:46,720 feel it on Mets pre and post like people could. 1152 00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,360 It's like on the at the bars, but I don't really I. 1153 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:52,080 Hear you, you know. Our age you're watching sports 1154 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:53,240 night I. Hear you. 1155 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,160 Yeah, I used to love it. And this is when I was single, 1156 00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,880 like, and when I was doing the show on S&Y, I'd be in a bar and 1157 00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,200 like, the wheelhouse would be replayed. 1158 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,360 I'm like, yo, that's big it. Was easy for me. 1159 00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:04,680 Oh no I'm like, I'm like, you know, like what do you do for 1160 00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:07,520 work? And I'm like like when I was if 1161 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,680 someone just asks me, I just like make something up. 1162 00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:11,040 I'm like, I don't want to get into this right now. 1163 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,120 I'm like. Yeah, keep it moving if you can. 1164 00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:17,080 If you if you can interview any Yankee that you have an 1165 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:22,320 interview, who would it be? Probably Dark Jeter, like the 1166 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:26,080 OG. Well, I used to love a rod. 1167 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:32,320 I loved a Rod like I was a rod. Well, everyone was like, he's 1168 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:35,480 not nice, he's not nice. And I'm like, I love him like he 1169 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,320 was my, like he was my childhood. 1170 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:41,080 Like I was obsessed. Yeah, so was my wife. 1171 00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,240 Yeah, he of all time. Yep, exactly. 1172 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,400 But then I met him and he wasn't that nice, so I was like. 1173 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:48,520 Really. I recently met him like last 1174 00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:49,960 year and he was not nice. And he was. 1175 00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:52,600 Wow. So this is the new rehabilitated 1176 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,480 Alex. So then I was like, so then I 1177 00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,360 was like, I still had this thought in my head, like, I'm 1178 00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,760 not going to believe anyone. Like I've never met him as like 1179 00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:02,440 a kid. Like now I'm in the media. 1180 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,680 He's also in the media. Like, why would he not be nice? 1181 00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:09,160 And I'm I met him at the Big East Championship last year and 1182 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:13,520 he was not nice. I was like, I was like, oh, that 1183 00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:16,240 this is what people say, don't meet your heroes. 1184 00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:17,120 I was like. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1185 00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:20,840 Fine, did you think? He was as good looking in person 1186 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:21,960 as you did when you were younger. 1187 00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:26,320 Well, not now, but when? When he was like, like now I 1188 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:30,400 think he's not really, but like he's old. 1189 00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:33,080 So we're the. Same age. 1190 00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:36,600 But like when he was like a when he had just started on the 1191 00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:39,280 anxious how old was he? I know he was a stud 20. 1192 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:40,600 Seven. I know, I know. 1193 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,760 I hear it. And I was like 10. 1194 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:44,280 I was like, Oh my God, he's so cute. 1195 00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:46,640 Nikki, I got to tell you, I, I got to probe a little more 1196 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,160 deeply into this because I think there's a couple of different 1197 00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:52,880 versions of Alex, like, and did you see the, the Alex versus a 1198 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:54,240 Rod documentary? Did you see that? 1199 00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:57,880 No, I, my sister, my sister was like a die hard a Rod fan. 1200 00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:59,320 She was like, you have to watch it. 1201 00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,600 And I was like. It's good. 1202 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:03,600 I'll get around to. It OK, I got you. 1203 00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:04,200 It's it's. Good. 1204 00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:07,160 I'm watching love story. You know I'm still just a girl. 1205 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:10,520 I'm watching the Carolyn beset JFK that whole. 1206 00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,240 Thing I think. I think Sal likes love story. 1207 00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:16,320 He Sal loves it. We were saying about it, so does 1208 00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,160 AJ Almighty. All right, but let, let, let. 1209 00:54:19,240 --> 00:54:21,080 So you're at the Big East championship. 1210 00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:25,880 This when when you when you met him. 1211 00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,080 Oh oh, OK. And was it a group setting? 1212 00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:31,400 Because I. Mean no, it was just like, I 1213 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,640 don't even remember like this girl that I was with from the 1214 00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:36,200 New York Post was like, I I'm going to try to get a video of 1215 00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:37,800 him with like Spike Lee or whoever. 1216 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:40,200 He was like he was just sitting courtside like he wasn't 1217 00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,480 working. And so it was like before the 1218 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,600 game. And then she went over and was 1219 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:47,040 like, oh, I don't think I said anything. 1220 00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:50,360 I think I just observed the situation and then he just like 1221 00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:52,320 was just like. To her. 1222 00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:55,040 And and I think. The Heisman Trophy, huh? 1223 00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,320 I think he's like publicist or whoever was like, oh, I'll get 1224 00:54:58,320 --> 00:54:59,400 him to take a picture with you guys. 1225 00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:02,000 And like he we took a picture with him, but like he didn't say 1226 00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,280 a word. Like it was like it was just 1227 00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:09,480 like the vibe that I had been told was but like even if but 1228 00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:11,800 even if that didn't happen, I still think like Jeter's like 1229 00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:17,400 the pinnacle of a of like a Yankee successful like story. 1230 00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:23,160 So if like when he, I don't know if this year he didn't. 1231 00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:25,360 Go. Derek didn't go. 1232 00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,480 Did he go the year before? Has he ever been? 1233 00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:32,000 Because we went and he didn't come out for interviews like he 1234 00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:33,760 did podium. I think so. 1235 00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:37,320 I didn't interview with like Jorge Posada and like Andy 1236 00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:39,280 Pettit and like those guys and they were so nice. 1237 00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:41,920 But then I was like, if Jeter, if I could do an interview with 1238 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:45,640 Jeter, like that would just be like more pinch me moment 1239 00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:48,680 because that's who I grew up watching where now it's like, I 1240 00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:50,600 mean, I did an interview with Aaron Judge at spring training 1241 00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:51,880 and that I was like, I I saw that. 1242 00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:53,280 That is cool. I saw that. 1243 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,440 But the people I grew up, but like we're like not the same 1244 00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,440 age, but it's like I didn't grow up watching Aaron Judge like I 1245 00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,320 was already older when he was a rookie. 1246 00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:04,120 Like, it's not like I was like a little kid and. 1247 00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:06,320 Like, I got you. Do you remember, do you remember 1248 00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:08,560 the 2009 World Series at all? Did you go with Paris? 1249 00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:10,160 Did you? But did you go with your dad to 1250 00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:12,480 the games? We went to like the playoff 1251 00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:15,120 games and we went to the ticker tape parade like I didn't. 1252 00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:15,680 Oh, you. Did. 1253 00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:19,440 Yeah, and we were with like all student college students and 1254 00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,520 they were like putting us on their shoulders, really sick. 1255 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:24,600 Yeah, I think I was in like 4th grade maybe. 1256 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:28,120 I do have to by the way, I've I've made this notation. 1257 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:31,080 I I got to I got to circle back to my guy a rod and I got to 1258 00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:32,520 find out why he's dissing our girl Nikki. 1259 00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:34,640 We got to figure this. Out don't ask him, he doesn't 1260 00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:35,680 remember I'm. Sure. 1261 00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:37,680 I'm just decent. All right, before I let you 1262 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:41,680 bounce here, so I'll see you in California, you've covered Saint 1263 00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:43,400 John's and you've done a great job. 1264 00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,440 Like really, I think, I think the conversations and I see him 1265 00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:49,840 on sports night because usually at the games, like when they 1266 00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:51,640 play like a Saturday night, the garden, whatever. 1267 00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,800 By the time I get back to New Jersey and I watch Rick's press 1268 00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:57,640 conference, get home, take a shower, you know, kids are 1269 00:56:57,640 --> 00:56:59,480 asleep or whatever. I love sports. 1270 00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:00,760 I think you guys do a really good job. 1271 00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:05,400 So Yep, I say it all the time and you know, he's, he's got a 1272 00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:08,280 million requests and inquiries and he always gives, he always 1273 00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:10,560 gives you very good time and very he does. 1274 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:13,240 Yeah. And you ask good questions, 1275 00:57:13,240 --> 00:57:15,200 which is really what makes the interview. 1276 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:21,000 So the, the, the team this year, they come in, they're #5 in the 1277 00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:23,840 country to start and then they kind of swoon out and they 1278 00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:25,520 missed the window to beat some good teams. 1279 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:29,000 They then they're not ranked for a while now they've won 19 of 20 1280 00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:30,360 for some reason. They're A5 seed. 1281 00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:33,160 I'm not complaining going to San Diego, but we should be going to 1282 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,680 Philly or Buffalo a little bit closer here, or at least Tampa. 1283 00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:38,080 You think this got a real run in them? 1284 00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:39,960 Like what do you think happens with Saint John's? 1285 00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:41,680 That second matchup could be Kansas. 1286 00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:43,320 That could be curtains if they don't play. 1287 00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:47,560 I'm more worried about Duke in the Sweet 16 than I do Kansas. 1288 00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:50,360 Like I think like when I think of Kansas, I think of like the 1289 00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:54,000 Arkansas situation last year. And I'm like, it's kind of the 1290 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,400 not let's the same conference, but it's the same type of team. 1291 00:57:57,840 --> 00:58:01,600 And so like that worries me a little bit, but I don't think 1292 00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:02,720 they would let that happen again. 1293 00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:05,920 Like I think there's more of a chip on their shoulder this 1294 00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:08,520 season because like last season it was like, wow, St. 1295 00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:10,160 John's is back. This is the first time in 1296 00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:12,400 however long like. And then it was like, OK, they 1297 00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:16,320 kind of choked and I was like, all right, well, it wasn't that 1298 00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:19,480 like it was a big deal. But I feel like there was more. 1299 00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:22,760 This year was like from start to finish, there was so much more 1300 00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:27,320 expectation that now they're peaking at the right time that I 1301 00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:29,040 don't think they lose in the second round again. 1302 00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:33,080 Like, I just don't think they I don't think they're going to 1303 00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,520 lose in the first round. I mean, I don't know if Rick is 1304 00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:36,560 like, this is such a good team. I don't know if they always say 1305 00:58:36,560 --> 00:58:38,080 that, Yeah. Pretty much. 1306 00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:42,160 Like I feel like every time a high seeded plays a lower seed, 1307 00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:44,600 they're like, this is such an amazing team, which I'm sure 1308 00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:45,960 they're a good team, but like I don't think St. 1309 00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:46,880 John's will have an issue with them. 1310 00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:51,400 I feel like Kansas could be a difficult match up, but I don't 1311 00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:53,640 think I think it's going to be a close game, but I don't think 1312 00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:55,480 they're going to lose. How good is he? 1313 00:58:56,560 --> 00:59:00,240 So I mean, when he gets 20 points down, I'm like, I don't 1314 00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:02,360 even ask Rick about him anymore because I'm like, this is just 1315 00:59:02,360 --> 00:59:04,440 like light work. He always has 20 points, 10 1316 00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,520 rebounds. Like, OK, it's like, who else 1317 00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:08,000 can we talk about? Because he's just going to do 1318 00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:11,000 that no matter what. But he's also just like, so 1319 00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:12,480 humble like. Yeah, he is. 1320 00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:14,320 You know where? I'm like, So what does this 1321 00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,000 mean? He's like, well, this team, I'm 1322 00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:17,880 like, could we circle back to you for a second? 1323 00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:19,200 I know. I know what do you? 1324 00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:22,160 You're yeah, so. He's the. 1325 00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:27,200 Best and I think he has a chip on his shoulder like just 1326 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:31,000 personally after last season, like that was just like a sucky 1327 00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,120 way to end. And then all this stuff that 1328 00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:36,120 happened with RJ that was like a whole nother thing of like, why 1329 00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:39,040 was he sitting in this? And then he was transferring and 1330 00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:41,840 there was like that. It ended in like a weird way. 1331 00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:43,160 It did. It did so. 1332 00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:45,520 Now it's like this is a whole new group. 1333 00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:48,880 I wasn't surprised that they had the struggles in that non 1334 00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:50,200 conference because they were rant. 1335 00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:51,960 They were literally random people put together. 1336 00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:55,440 They didn't gel yet and they're all coming from being the best 1337 00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:58,720 player on a different team and then they're not starting and 1338 00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,360 then this and that. So I think they're picking at 1339 01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,520 the right time. I think they really like share 1340 01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:07,200 the ball well and no one looks like they're trying to be the 1341 01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:09,080 the hero. So. 1342 01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:12,760 I don't know. I think that like Dylan Darling, 1343 01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:16,520 Josan Oziah, like those guys really need to step up in these 1344 01:00:16,520 --> 01:00:20,000 moments and then they need, they really need everyone. 1345 01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:22,680 I think it's the backcourt, Nikki, I think if St. 1346 01:00:22,680 --> 01:00:25,000 John's and that's pretty much what you just said with Satin 1347 01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:27,080 and Ian Jackson who's. Yeah. 1348 01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:29,680 My goodness, like I don't worry about St. 1349 01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,240 John's front court at all. Zubi's going to be Zubi either. 1350 01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:35,320 Bryce Hopkins been on a 2. Month And like Dylan Mitchell is 1351 01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:37,520 like everywhere. He's like flying around, yeah. 1352 01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:39,080 He really is. I think he's one of the best 1353 01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:40,240 defensive players in the country. 1354 01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:41,760 I think he's going to be in the NBA. 1355 01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,080 You know he. Looks like a typical NBA. 1356 01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:46,200 Doesn't he? I think he's going to refine the 1357 01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:47,920 shot eventually. He'll become a little bit more 1358 01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:49,520 serviceable and I think he's going to stick. 1359 01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:51,440 And I think it comes down to this. 1360 01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:56,040 If like Ian and and Sannon and and darling big bells, darling, 1361 01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:57,240 you got to love that big. Bells. 1362 01:00:57,840 --> 01:01:01,800 Oh my God, if those guys hit shots, I mean, St. 1363 01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:04,400 John's could could be playing for a couple of more weeks. 1364 01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,440 But we the one thing that worries me, Nikki, you know, 1365 01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:10,520 even against not, not the last Seton Hall game in Newark, but 1366 01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:13,280 the one before that and even the Xavier game, which I did out in 1367 01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:16,600 Cincinnati, St. John's is still a little prone 1368 01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:19,880 to these like 5-6 minute offensive lols in the. 1369 01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:21,000 Head, that's what I was going to say. 1370 01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:23,480 They just stopped, right? Even against UConn there was 1371 01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:25,840 like a 3 1/2 minute stretch where they didn't score and they 1372 01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:28,120 were lucky. They had like a 19 point lead or 1373 01:01:28,120 --> 01:01:29,760 something. Yeah, yeah. 1374 01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:32,640 And and like, you get the wrong match up, you know, and like 1375 01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:35,280 Northern Iowa, like Saint John's, their athletes are going 1376 01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:36,760 to run circles around their athletes. 1377 01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:39,800 But it's the kind of thing where it's a contrast in style. 1378 01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:41,920 Northern Iowa's looking to take the air out of the ball. 1379 01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:45,480 And then if Saint John's, if you look up and it's like 13 to 10 1380 01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:48,640 and you played 9 minutes of basketball, you know, it's like 1381 01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:51,640 now you're now you're in a pressure cooker and now you feel 1382 01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:53,520 the pressure. And I don't, I don't know how 1383 01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:55,680 it's going to manifest itself because it's, it's not a team 1384 01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:59,040 that's played together for like they've been through the rigors 1385 01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:01,600 of a couple of years, like the day, you know, back in the day 1386 01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:05,280 when college was different. So that's, that's my only fear. 1387 01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:06,920 Oh, you know what? I wanted to ask you real fast 1388 01:02:06,920 --> 01:02:09,880 too, knowing that, you know, Danny Hurley the way that you 1389 01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:14,160 do, How much did it kill him? I know he respects Rick. 1390 01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:18,800 How much did it kill him to walk off that quarter loser the other 1391 01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:21,400 night? I feel like it doesn't like 1392 01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:24,800 bother him that much. I think he's like we laid an 1393 01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:28,440 egg, like we're fine. Real you really I. 1394 01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:31,720 Think he's more mad when like the refs make a call that he 1395 01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:33,680 doesn't like. Like I think he was probably 1396 01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:35,360 like, we're going to be a high seed. 1397 01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:38,200 Like, yeah, they're obviously not happy, but I don't think he 1398 01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:41,200 has that like grudge type of like, oh, that pissed me off 1399 01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:43,120 because it's Saint John's. Like I think he would have been 1400 01:02:43,120 --> 01:02:46,000 equally as mad if it was like Creighton or something. 1401 01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:49,120 I'm going to have, I'm going to have to disagree. 1402 01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:52,640 I feel like I watched his press conference and he was like, we 1403 01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:54,040 laid an egg. We're going to stay the night. 1404 01:02:54,040 --> 01:02:55,600 We're going to watch. Like he didn't look. 1405 01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:58,680 I feel like I could tell when he's like really mad. 1406 01:02:59,040 --> 01:03:02,120 And he just looked like calm, like he was like, we're good. 1407 01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:05,080 Yeah, yeah. And they they also lost 1408 01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:06,880 terribly. Like it's not like it was close 1409 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:09,960 and like one, yeah, it was like a bad loss. 1410 01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:13,600 So I think it was just like, I think if the the issue is if 1411 01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:20,080 they meet in this tournament, I don't think I, I don't know if 1412 01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:21,880 you call loses again St. John's. 1413 01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:25,800 I, you know, we should only be so lucky to to get to that point 1414 01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:27,560 and. If yeah, I mean June is going to 1415 01:03:27,560 --> 01:03:30,080 have to be that's. Yeah, but they. 1416 01:03:30,120 --> 01:03:32,400 Also have two of their starters out so. 1417 01:03:33,560 --> 01:03:36,480 It'll be a tough matchup. Like I think Nikki, I think St. 1418 01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:39,040 John's at the Garden is different. 1419 01:03:39,160 --> 01:03:41,920 They they just are. That's the issue because it's 1420 01:03:41,920 --> 01:03:43,520 going to be, they're going to be in San Diego. 1421 01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:45,880 There's going to be like barely any fans. 1422 01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:47,680 It's in St. John's Gym. 1423 01:03:47,720 --> 01:03:51,280 It's like it's just like like even Providence. 1424 01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:54,440 Last year they had a lot of people there because it was 1425 01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:56,880 Providence. Now it's like San Diego, like, 1426 01:03:56,880 --> 01:04:00,440 are they going to get flat? I don't know. 1427 01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:04,000 I think we'll see what the vibe is in the first two games and if 1428 01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:06,360 they beat Kansas and I'm like, they're rolling. 1429 01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:10,040 Yes, yes, yes it. Has to look like first of all 1430 01:04:10,360 --> 01:04:13,480 they need to hit 3 threes. Like they need to hit threes. 1431 01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:16,560 Last year that was an issue and they were like they the 1432 01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:18,160 tournament's all about making threes. 1433 01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:20,800 Unfortunately, like these lower seeds come in and they can hit 1434 01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:22,040 threes and that's how they win the games. 1435 01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:26,960 They need to Joseon Oziah like they're the ones that when they 1436 01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:28,520 have the ball, I'm like, OK, they can hit threes. 1437 01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:31,440 They need to be on and if they are in the first two games like 1438 01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:34,680 they can. They then then they're moving on 1439 01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:35,120 to the. Sweet. 1440 01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:37,360 They just have to. They just have to hit threes. 1441 01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:39,080 Yeah, I don't. I don't disagree. 1442 01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:40,440 Well, I'm going to leave you with this. 1443 01:04:40,440 --> 01:04:43,960 So if it's off to a rocky start, I know a couple of people at 1444 01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:47,200 CBS, and if St. John's is not playing well, I'm 1445 01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,880 going to have them slap this picture back up on the screen. 1446 01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:50,840 All right, let's get it up there. 1447 01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:53,920 J Rod, we're going to get a little, we're going to get a 1448 01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:57,560 little inspiration for that little cutie at 8-6 years old 1449 01:04:57,800 --> 01:05:00,440 when her dad is trying to get her, you know, the, you know, 1450 01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:03,600 the 20 bucks if she gets a softball hit and I'm trying. 1451 01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:05,680 To. Try to score your first basket, 1452 01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:07,840 I'm sure. So if we need the luck, we're 1453 01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:11,080 going to bust out the little tiny, teeny young Nikki, and 1454 01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,080 we're going to get that St. John's mojo going. 1455 01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:15,320 Is that all right? Are you OK if I do that for CBS? 1456 01:05:15,320 --> 01:05:16,960 Is that cool? Of course, yeah. 1457 01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:19,480 Right. Well, listen, it's been really 1458 01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:20,920 good having you. I appreciate. 1459 01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,000 Thank you for having me. You got it. 1460 01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:24,440 Got it. Generous with your time. 1461 01:05:24,440 --> 01:05:27,440 I kept you about an hour or so. Yeah, man. 1462 01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:31,000 So just doing your thing. You are a rising star. 1463 01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:33,480 I I don't know what the future holds for you, but I know it's 1464 01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:36,240 going to be very, very, very, very successful. 1465 01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:37,920 Stay grounded. It seems like you're the kind of 1466 01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:39,240 person that will. That's awesome. 1467 01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:41,200 Yeah. Well, thank you so much. 1468 01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:44,760 I'll see you in San Diego. Hopefully some good, two good 1469 01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:48,000 games and we'll be moving hopefully or DC. 1470 01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:49,080 All right. All right. 1471 01:05:49,080 --> 01:05:50,760 Hey, Martini, first one on you, right? 1472 01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:52,600 You got that S&Y money. Of course. 1473 01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:55,560 Oh yeah. I'm basically unemployed, Nikki. 1474 01:05:56,720 --> 01:05:58,440 All right, kid, we. Got 2 jobs, we're good. 1475 01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:00,480 I'll see you out in California. Thank you. 1476 01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:02,920 All right, see you soon. There you go. 1477 01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:07,240 All right, All right, Jay. Hey, Nick, you still there? 1478 01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:11,520 Thank you, Thank you, thank you. Yeah, that was crazy. 1479 01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:15,480 That was I got to say that was the most Unleashed episode of 1480 01:06:15,480 --> 01:06:17,360 Unleashed yet. Really. 1481 01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:20,920 I just I feel like y'all just touched on a lot of out of 1482 01:06:20,920 --> 01:06:24,000 bounds or just like no, you're good, you're good. 1483 01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:25,200 That. Was out of bounds. 1484 01:06:25,520 --> 01:06:27,880 I just think it was interesting. I want to get a nose job. 1485 01:06:28,760 --> 01:06:31,120 Yeah, I thought it was fun. That's true. 1486 01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:33,120 That was awesome. The foot pictures. 1487 01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:35,480 Yeah, we had some funny stuff. In there I was like people said, 1488 01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:37,720 inappropriate videos. Hold on, I'm trying to get Gino 1489 01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:38,920 for. You Let's see, Gino. 1490 01:06:38,920 --> 01:06:40,400 Where is he? Look at that big boy. 1491 01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:41,760 Wow. Gino. 1492 01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:44,280 Oh my God. How many pounds is that monster? 1493 01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:46,720 It's got to be 70, no? Not No 30. 1494 01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:48,040 I just look small. Oh my. 1495 01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:52,880 God, it's a Gino that is. Wow, look at that mug man. 1496 01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:55,520 That is great. That's a big dog, Nikki. 1497 01:06:55,800 --> 01:06:58,200 No, he's not. I'm just he just looks big when 1498 01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:00,040 I hold him. He looks like he looks like a 1499 01:07:00,040 --> 01:07:02,160 lion to me. It looks like you're holding a 1500 01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:05,200 lion. It's a cutie Labradoodle, right? 1501 01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:06,840 What? Happened to your hair. 1502 01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:08,840 Labradoodle sleep in the. Past. 1503 01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:12,240 Yeah, No, he's a goldendoodle. Goldendoodle, there you go. 1504 01:07:12,320 --> 01:07:16,000 Yeah, he's not big. He's just, he's staring at me. 1505 01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:17,440 He's like, please take me outside. 1506 01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:19,120 Yeah, yeah, we've kept Mommy long. 1507 01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:21,280 Enough. We've kept mommy. 1508 01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:23,360 We've kept mommy. Tell your boyfriend thanks for 1509 01:07:23,360 --> 01:07:25,200 putting up with with us talking. He was. 1510 01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:27,120 Sleeping on the couch this whole time. 1511 01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:28,120 He just got up. I'm like. 1512 01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:30,920 There you go. I didn't. 1513 01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:33,240 Realize he was sleeping. We were watching the WBC. 1514 01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:34,400 There you go. What's the score? 1515 01:07:34,680 --> 01:07:35,400 What's the score? What's? 1516 01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:38,720 The score 2222. All right, let's go Italy. 1517 01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:41,600 Italy we need. Hey, Italy, go, let's go. 1518 01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:43,880 Hey, over there, Nikki. What I'll do is, hey, we're 1519 01:07:43,880 --> 01:07:46,480 going to put again. I'm going to have you know John 1520 01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:48,440 Fanta, right? Obviously. 1521 01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:51,000 Of course I'm going to have Fanta on tomorrow. 1522 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:54,200 I'm going to play this Wednesday because I'm traveling, so I'm 1523 01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:56,720 going to have this like in lieu of my my show. 1524 01:07:56,960 --> 01:07:59,360 So I'll tag you and all the stuff and just jump in and you 1525 01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:00,280 know, hey, like what? What? 1526 01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:02,000 Yeah, of course. Have some fun with it. 1527 01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:06,080 Oh, now Venezuela's winning 32. Jeez, I got to go watch the end 1528 01:08:06,080 --> 01:08:07,480 of this. All right, kid country. 1529 01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:09,840 Club. Oh wait, did you play a New York 1530 01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:12,000 Country Club? Many times, Oh yeah, said. 1531 01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:13,760 Many times. Why is he we've? 1532 01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:16,399 Had an outing there. For like he has like a golf 1533 01:08:16,399 --> 01:08:17,680 outing there every. Year. 1534 01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:20,160 Are you from Rockland County? Are you from up there or no 1535 01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:21,359 wait. Let me take my Airpods out 1536 01:08:21,359 --> 01:08:25,000 because you can't hear hold. On Yeah, are are you from? 1537 01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:26,439 I'm sorry, Nikki. What's his name, by the way? 1538 01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:29,560 I have the worst. I'm really bad with technology. 1539 01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:31,000 OK. Is it coming off the computer 1540 01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:32,560 now? Here you. 1541 01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:34,560 I don't know where the sound is coming from. 1542 01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:36,840 If you hit like that, why don't I hear it? 1543 01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:39,680 If you have that, there you go. There you go. 1544 01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:41,439 What? What is? 1545 01:08:41,479 --> 01:08:43,000 I didn't get your boy. What? 1546 01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:46,000 What's his name? What's your boyfriend's name? 1547 01:08:46,439 --> 01:08:47,760 Richie Rich. What's up, man? 1548 01:08:49,080 --> 01:08:51,760 But your hood, you say? My my hair looks horrible. 1549 01:08:51,760 --> 01:08:53,200 I was just sleeping for an hour and a half. 1550 01:08:53,200 --> 01:08:56,840 But we do a we do a golf hunting every year BT memory of my dad. 1551 01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:59,040 It's been like 23 years. You passed 9/11. 1552 01:08:59,920 --> 01:09:02,800 Oh, wow. And and Garrett is Garrett's the 1553 01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:04,720 absolute man. I have his phone number. 1554 01:09:04,760 --> 01:09:07,359 I know Garrett all the time. Yeah, he's, he's great. 1555 01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:11,439 He he has he during COVID he started doing some of the, 1556 01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:14,960 what's it called, the golf simulators also. 1557 01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:16,520 So we've gone to a couple hits there. 1558 01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:18,200 He does a great job with those two. 1559 01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:21,359 If you ever need to go like have like fake sand like everything 1560 01:09:21,359 --> 01:09:21,880 feels. Real. 1561 01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:23,399 Are you serious? Yeah. 1562 01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:23,960 Oh yeah. Shit. 1563 01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:27,279 Yeah, he's a businessman. I used to go there all the time 1564 01:09:27,279 --> 01:09:30,240 because this like when I before kids and everything, I lived on 1565 01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:32,000 the Upper West Side. So I would just go right over 1566 01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,279 the GW Bridge. And you know, I went this when I 1567 01:09:34,279 --> 01:09:35,800 was with ESPN, we had an account. 1568 01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:38,760 So I'd come and bring like 4 of my boys and sign for like 600 1569 01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:40,200 bucks. But one of the what are the, 1570 01:09:40,240 --> 01:09:43,160 what are the ESPN guys? Like dude, did you drain $30,000 1571 01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:44,560 worth of golf? I'm like, yeah, I did. 1572 01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:47,240 I was there all. That's a great course. 1573 01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:50,120 Yeah, it's a PER and you can get on, which is even better. 1574 01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:53,960 Like after COVID, it's so hard nowadays and it overlooks the 1575 01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:56,280 city, the clubhouse. They've done wonders to it. 1576 01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:59,280 Yeah, I love it because 10 is downhill. 1577 01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:02,520 And what is downhill? He got the short par 4 over the 1578 01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:04,240 Little Lake and then he got the par 5. 1579 01:10:04,400 --> 01:10:04,840 Great. It's. 1580 01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:10,880 Just got to blow up #9 everyone. I can't stand, I can't stand 1581 01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:12,520 that hole. That whole suck. 1582 01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:15,400 I just thought after a while I'm just like, I'm going to take the 1583 01:10:15,400 --> 01:10:18,960 driver and tee it up as high as I can and just try to bang it up 1584 01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:20,520 there. And if I'm 30 yards long, I'll 1585 01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:23,800 bow find it or I'll take a 9. I, I, I can't stand that that 1586 01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:25,200 hole. No, it's terrible. 1587 01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:27,600 It's terrible. They used to have one after, 1588 01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:31,720 what is it, 12345? You know how you always drive 1589 01:10:31,720 --> 01:10:34,240 past that? Like it was like a longer par 3. 1590 01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:37,480 Yes, yes. That used to be a hole way back 1591 01:10:37,480 --> 01:10:38,520 in the day. By the lake. 1592 01:10:38,520 --> 01:10:40,800 By the lake. Yes, I remember that hole. 1593 01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:43,600 That was fun. And if you're hitting here, if 1594 01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:45,280 you hit it to the right, there was an embankment. 1595 01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:47,960 It would trickle back down onto the Oh I dude, I know that 1596 01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:49,800 course well man. Yeah, yeah. 1597 01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:53,680 Tell, tell Garrett I said hi. Was your dad? 1598 01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:56,160 Was your dad FDNY? He was not. 1599 01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:57,480 No, he was just there for the day. 1600 01:10:57,480 --> 01:10:59,720 He should have been there. He was working for a Citibank. 1601 01:10:59,720 --> 01:11:01,080 Christ, I'm sorry to hear that man. 1602 01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:03,240 Wow, sorry. I. 1603 01:11:04,200 --> 01:11:05,760 Appreciate it. But we're, you know, keeping his 1604 01:11:05,760 --> 01:11:09,320 name alive and we've given over half a million in scholarships 1605 01:11:09,320 --> 01:11:11,800 to suffering high school, so. Have you really? 1606 01:11:12,320 --> 01:11:16,160 He's a former Geneseo basketball player, so working on using that 1607 01:11:16,160 --> 01:11:19,480 money to name a gym after him. So he played hoops in college? 1608 01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:22,240 Yes, I'm the only non dual athlete in the family. 1609 01:11:22,240 --> 01:11:25,080 My little sister is a pro lacrosse player. 1610 01:11:25,080 --> 01:11:27,320 She played for Upenn. Maryland won defensive player of 1611 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:28,520 the year. Holy shit. 1612 01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:30,960 Yeah, yeah. What happened to you? 1613 01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:34,080 My sister's a natty champ at. Town, You know, beer pong was an 1614 01:11:34,080 --> 01:11:35,520 Olympic sport. I might win in that. 1615 01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:37,320 There you go. There you go. 1616 01:11:38,280 --> 01:11:40,840 Oh man, you too, buddy. Pleasure. 1617 01:11:40,840 --> 01:11:42,240 Listen, go have fun. Go. 1618 01:11:42,280 --> 01:11:44,200 Go with your boyfriend. Thank you for hopping on. 1619 01:11:44,520 --> 01:11:45,200 Awesome. Go. 1620 01:11:45,480 --> 01:11:47,360 To bed. He's like sleeping on the couch. 1621 01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:50,680 Oh no, I'm revived now. I need him to walk the dog so. 1622 01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:54,080 He's revived now. All right, so I will get it up 1623 01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:55,960 on Wednesday. I'll text you when it's up and 1624 01:11:55,960 --> 01:11:57,480 I'll tag you on the stuff. All right. 1625 01:11:57,480 --> 01:11:59,160 Sounds good. I will see you on Wednesday. 1626 01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:00,760 You got a kid. Thanks, Nick. 1627 01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:01,800 See you soon. Bye. 1628 01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:04,760 All right, Jay Bird. Good. 1629 01:12:06,120 --> 01:12:07,680 Really, really cool. I enjoy that a lot. 1630 01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:10,560 So we're going to put this up Wednesday. 1631 01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:11,880 We got Fanta tomorrow. Cool. 1632 01:12:12,680 --> 01:12:15,080 And we're ready to rock, bro. Let's get after it. 1633 01:12:15,080 --> 01:12:16,560 Yeah, that was fun. That was good. 1634 01:12:17,040 --> 01:12:19,400 All right, let me let me chill. I'm going to go watch some of 1635 01:12:19,400 --> 01:12:20,880 this game. I'm tired. 1636 01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:24,600 Let's make the thumbnail tomorrow. 1637 01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:26,720 Do we make it Fanta? You're right. 1638 01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:29,640 I I mean, I guess probably. Well, because we did. 1639 01:12:29,640 --> 01:12:34,880 We had a judge thumbnail today and and Friday. 1640 01:12:35,640 --> 01:12:39,440 I I I that's true. I want to do like the first 30 1641 01:12:39,440 --> 01:12:40,600 minutes. I'm going to do some of these 1642 01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:43,400 stuff with with what he said. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 1643 01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:46,120 So that whatever, dude, use your judgement. 1644 01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:49,520 Yeah, I guess. I mean, I feel like the phantom 1645 01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:51,360 would be good. We could also, you could also do 1646 01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:53,280 we could do both. I mean, we could throw the 1647 01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:56,320 phantom, throw a judge popping out in the corner or something 1648 01:12:56,360 --> 01:12:57,760 like that. Have fun with it, dude. 1649 01:12:57,760 --> 01:12:58,720 Have fun. All right, Cool. 1650 01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:00,680 All right, All right. I'll see you tomorrow. 1651 01:13:00,680 --> 01:13:01,400 Thanks, JC.