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Paolo Banchero will win an NBA MVP at some point in his career

Rookie of the year. All-Star, do we want to say that you're gonna win an MVP at some point? Be the first to report it. [Paolo: Yeah, I definitely think that.] ... Exclusive inside scoop Paolo Banchero MVP at some point.

Outcome won't be known for years, but Banchero's early career stats put him on an MVP trajectory.

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Grabbing Mookie Betts' glove was the best use of $5,000 by a fan of all time

You go to that game and I saw people clowning 'em online saying you spent $5,000 for front row seats just to get kicked out. No, that's, that's maybe the most well spent $5,000 of all time for those guys. Yeah, they're, they're heroes.

Whether it's the 'best' use of money is purely subjective, but the fan certainly became legendary for the incident.
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The two Yankees fans who interfered with Mookie Betts are responsible for the Yankees winning Game 4

Those guys sparked the Yankees. Like I believe that those guys are responsible for this win in those bats waking up because basically the, all the Yankee fans sitting in, in Yankee stadium tonight were like, do something. And the Capobianco brothers are like, you know what? We'll do something.

The Yankees did win Game 4, but attributing it to two fans in the first inning is a humorous exaggeration.
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The Colts had to bench Anthony Richardson because they were wasting a potential playoff season

The fact that you're so close in all these games, if you're the head coach, if you're Shane Steichen, you have to start [Flacco] because you're wasting what could be a playoff season. And also you also risk losing the locker room when all the other guys are dependent on the quarterback for their salary. They're not getting the ball, the offense isn't moving.

Flacco did start, but the Colts' season continued to fluctuate, eventually resulting in Steichen going back to Richardson.

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Michigan was definitively the better team in the National Championship and it never felt like UConn was in danger of winning.

Michigan was the better team. We all saw it. It never felt like [the game] was in danger. Like the only moment that I was like, oh, UConn might have a chance, was when there was like maybe five and a half minutes left and Mullens missed that three to cut it to four.

The episode presents Michigan winning the 2026 National Championship as a fact within the show's timeline.
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Michigan was the best team all year — outside of Duke, who would have won the championship by a lot

They were the best team. They were the best team all year outside of Duke. 'Cause that actually was my other big takeaway — Duke just completely, Duke beat this Michigan team a month and a half ago.

Subjective comparison of team quality. Duke did beat Michigan during the regular season in 2025-26.
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Danny Hurley is 18-1 against the spread in his last four NCAA tournaments, which is insane

Danny Hurley remains 18 and one in the last four tournaments against the spread. How insane is that? Furman is the only one that they didn't cover. That was the first round this year.

This is a factual claim about Hurley's ATS record over the last four NCAA tournaments. Based on UConn's remarkable tournament run, this is plausible and presented as a known stat. Cannot fully verify exact record but the claim is stated as fact.

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