Jemele Hill and Michael Smith
On today's show, PFT Commenter and Big Cat talk about Big Cat's RV trip down to the Super Bowl ( - ) and Coach K's decision to not allow Duke basketball players to wear any Duke logos until they straighten their act up ( - ). They debate Trump's Bernhard Langer voting story ( - ). The guys are joined by Michael Smith and Jemele Hill from ESPN to talk about their new Sportscenter, and their plans to include the underrepresented white male sports fan in their show ( - ), Segments include "hurt or injured" for the basketball player who got his eye taken out, "Man card" for Tom Brady's 9-year old son, "Protect the shield" from Roger Goodell, and Jimbos.
Recap
PFT CommenterWinning a Masters or Daytona 500 should automatically grant you a green card and the right to vote
Langer's not even allowed to vote because he's a German national... But I think if you win a Masters, that's so American that if you have a green jacket, you should be allowed to vote. I don't care what country you're from. I want you to have a say in who our next leader is. A green jacket equals a green card. Absolutely. Or if you win a Daytona 500, I don't care what continent you're from. You're an American now.
PFT CommenterKobe Bryant will return to play for an NBA team this season
It also brings back one of my favorite segments that we haven't done in a while. And that's which team is Kobe Bryant going to play for this year? So right now, I think the Bulls, they jumped to the top of the list. Kobe to the Bulls. Let's get that topic swirling out there. If not the Bulls, then you got to think about maybe the Knicks, too. We all know that Kobe's going to play this year.
Interview
Michael SmithThe new 6 PM SportsCenter will be 90% conversation and only 10% traditional highlights
We have producers who enjoy and appreciate what we do... In fact, we had to give it a percentage. The six is going to be 85% to 90% of what you've seen on His and Hers and 10% some SportsCenter. And that 10% is going to feel like His and Hers. It's just going to be something that SportsCenter would have done anyway.
Jemele HillKentucky basketball fans wouldn't care if Charles Manson were their coach as long as he won titles
I was like, look, let's be real about what [John Calipari's] job is, is to win basketball games and compete for national titles. And I was like, given how the Kentucky fan base is so rabid, they wouldn't care if Charles Manson was their coach as long as he won a title.
Jemele HillThe movie Scarface is overrated
Another trash opinion, overrated movie. It wasn't a box office flop. It was. She doesn't like Scarface.
Michael SmithMatt Ryan has been underappreciated for a long time
I do think Matt Ryan has been underappreciated. I thought this was a serious sports part of the podcast... No, I think Matt Ryan's underappreciated, has long been underappreciated. So I'm rooting for him because I want to see him get a bite of this apple.
Protect The Shield
PFT CommenterRoger Goodell is gaslighting fans into thinking Thursday Night Football is a good product
Well, it's called gaslighting, Big Cat, and it's actually like a thing that works. So Goodell is gaslighting us, which is awesome. He's doing a really good job of it. He's saying, you all enjoyed watching Thursday Night Football. It was a great product. And then if he says enough, I'm like, holy shit. Thursday night football was awesome.
Hurt Or Injured
PFT CommenterLosing an eye is actually a performance-enhancing drug for basketball players
I'm going to go with hurt, not injured on this one. So if you lose an eye, you don't have to worry about depth perception. It's like when you're shooting a rifle, you close one eye... Losing an eye is a performance-enhancing drug.
Kings Stay Kings
Big CatJim Harbaugh's story about being hit by a mail truck as a kid is probably fake
Jim Harbaugh was Hit by a mail truck driver When he was 7 years old And he found the mail truck driver Nearly 50 years later In Iowa... This is a fake story. This is a fake story by Jim Harbaugh because this is... you can't come up with a story that's more Jim Harbaugh than this.
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