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Randy Moss & Mike Portnoy 06/10/2016

Friday, June 10, 201610 takes

The guys discuss Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final and the resurgence of the Cleveland Cavaliers. White Randy Moss joins the show to talk about the Belmont and bullying horses off twitter. America's Lawyer Mike Portnoy consults the guys about cease and desisting the entire internet. Segments include "PR 101" for Cam Newton retiring the dab, "Hurt or Injured" Tommy Lasorda, "Witch Hunt" and a Rio Olympic Update. The week closes with Jimbos of the week.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
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The 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins are the softest and worst team to ever win a Stanley Cup

Congrats to Pittsburgh, right? They are probably the softest team to ever win a Stanley Cup... I think that this Pittsburgh Penguin team is probably the worst team to ever win a Stanley Cup.

The 2016 Penguins are generally seen as a very strong team that revolutionized the NHL with speed, winning back-to-back cups. PFT's assessment is highly subjective and contrarian.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
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The Stanley Cup is the greatest trophy in sports and every trophy should be drinkable

Every time the Stanley Cup champion is crowned, it reminds me that it is the greatest trophy in all of sports, and it's not even close. Every single trophy you should be able to drink out of.

This is a standard opinion shared by many sports fans, though the 'drinkable' rule is his personal criterion.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
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Steph Curry is playing poorly because he is addicted to opioids

I think that Steph Curry, he got hurt and he got put on some pain medicine... Now he's off the pain medicine. He's off the Vicodin and he's addicted to opioids now. And so like he can't – He's got like a vicious hangover. He can't find a stroke because his arms are shaking.

There was never any evidence for this; Curry was recovering from an actual MCL sprain.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
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The Cavaliers will lose the 2016 NBA Finals in six games

The series hasn't started yet... real talk... they're going to lose in six.

The Cavaliers famously came back from 3-1 down to win the series in seven games, making this prediction incorrect.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
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Big CatBig Cat

The NBA will give the Cavs the 'David Stern treatment' with favorable officiating in Game 4

I think they're going to win game four. And I think we're going to get another David Stern treatment where they'll get some calls. And game five and six, the Warriors will punish them.

The Warriors actually won Game 4 to go up 3-1, though the officiating became a major talking point in Game 5 when Draymond Green was suspended.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
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If you do a bit better than the person who invented it, it becomes yours legally

I feel like if you do something a lot better than somebody else, then it becomes yours... On the internet, we call that a hat tip. So as long as you give somebody a hat tip, then you can steal all their shit and it's totally above board.

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Legally, this is not how copyright or intellectual property works, which the guest (Mike Portnoy) correctly tries to explain.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
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Destin is a better play to win the Belmont Stakes than Exaggerator

Destin, who ran in the Kentucky Derby, didn't have the best of trips... Todd Pletcher trains him. Now he gives him five weeks off, and he brings him back to the Belmont fresh. And I think that makes a horse like Destin a much better play than a horse like Exaggerator.

Destin lost by a nose to Creator. Exaggerator finished 11th. While Destin didn't win, Moss's 'better play' take was spot on as Destin nearly won while the favorite failed.

Pr 101

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016·PR 101
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Big CatBig Cat

Cam Newton's next celebration should involve converting to Islam and refusing to stand for the anthem

Cam X, Cameron X, converted to Islam, doesn't stand for the national anthem. His touchdown dances to pray, and then he hands the ball to a black kid. I mean, there we go.

Cam Newton did not do this. This was a joke about how to maximize 'pissing off' old white fans.

Witch Hunt

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016·Witch Hunt
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Maria Sharapova being caught for PEDs proves Serena Williams is using them too

My witch hunt is actually going to be, I think that this proves without a doubt that Serena Williams has been using PEDs. Because Sharapova is 2-19 against Serena Williams while Sharapova was taking PED.

There has never been evidence that Serena Williams used PEDs. Sharapova's failure to beat her while doped is likely just a talent gap.

Spin Zone

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016·Spin Zone
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Trent Richardson is definitely taking steroids if he thinks he is a Hall of Famer

Pre-crime. Trent Richardson is going to be using steroids. I'd say it's a fair assumption. He obviously has not taken any performance-enhancing drugs... but he hasn't been taking PEDs [yet].

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Richardson never made the Hall of Fame and was never suspended for PEDs after this.