Takes

Justify may be running low on energy heading into the Belmont Stakes

In the Preakness, he wasn't quite as good as he was in the Kentucky Derby... Energy level might be getting a little bit low. He really needed that wire to come up when it did in the Preakness... How much he's got left in the tank is the big question.

Gronkowski the horse does not have much of a chance in the Belmont Stakes

We talked to the trainer, and he doesn't even know what to expect... It's like he's been going up against Class A pitching, and now he's got to go against the Yankees. So you have no idea what to expect. Big, nice, good-looking horse. I don't think he has much of a chance.

A cup becomes a bowl once it is wider than it is long

I think it's when it's wider than it is long. When it becomes a chode. When it's a chode, it's a bowl.

If Alex Ovechkin wins the Stanley Cup, he might be the GOAT

If [Ovechkin] gets the Stanley Cup, which would be his third Stanley Cup in this playoffs, you've got to say, is he the GOAT? He might be. GOAT Vetchkin? It's either him or Gretzky.

The Yankees' protest against ESPN's scheduling is a power move using Aaron Boone's inside knowledge

It's also a power move because you know Aaron Boone knows the inside deal with ESPN, so he knows the leverage he has.

Darren Rovell officially killed 69 jokes

Rovell has caught on... He did it on the Browns to win the Super Bowl, $6.90. And get this, the ticket writer laughed no less than three times... This is like when your parents figure out how to text emojis... it just kind of all loses its luster.

The best way to kill a stale joke is to have Darren Rovell use it

The best way to kill a joke... the best way to kill that would be to have Darren Rovell just hop all over, and then everybody just... so it's dead.

Miss America is no longer a beauty pageant if it removes the bikini portion

It's also ridiculous that a beauty pageant is no longer being judged on beauty. That's where we're at.

Selling songs to commercials is a valid way to support a family and not 'selling out'

I've always viewed music with the eye of like... laughing and kind of throwing up like, kind of like that, that whole thing that exists in the urban world. That's kind of like, yeah, yeah, I'm in this commercial and it's dope and it's taking care of my family... I've just never understood the mentality... of like, hey, it's sellouty to make money and I'd rather be like a cool hipster that is not making money for my family.

LeBron James' bad body language on the sidelines in Game 1 was weird and indefensible

To never even look at your teammates in the eye and be like, hey guys, we could still win this game. That was a little weird to me. ... he did the bad body language where he was like, we will lose to Golden State. He didn't look, and he kind of moved his shoulders like, oh, fine. You guys have cooties. I don't want to touch you.

The referees are taking the torch this postseason by being consistently bad

I think the torch goes to the referees. Yes, the refs were also bad. They take the torch from Kevin Durant. A combination of game one and two. They followed it up. At least they're consistent. They're consistently bad.

Draymond Green should get credit for the dress shorts look, not LeBron

Shorts are definitely back. But [LeBron] got co-opted by Draymond Green. Green showed up in some dress shorts, too. I think that's the new look. It's like ACDC chic. Draymond said that he should be getting credit for shorts, not LeBron.

Nothing short of injuries to Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant will allow the Cavs to win the series

When I say they're dead, I mean they could win a game, maybe even two games, but there's nothing short of like Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant both getting injured that would make the Cavs win this series.

Dan Snyder is sitting somewhere pissed off that a DC sports team is actually winning a championship

What I really do like about this run that we're on is that Dan Snyder is sitting somewhere so pissed off. So, so mad that a sports team in Washington, D.C. is winning something.

Jon Taffer is a curse on everyone

Well, there's definitely a Taffer curse. Yeah, Taffer's definitely a curse. It's a curse on everyone.

Pusha T killed Drake in their rap beef

So Pusha T killed Drake. Yes. Drake cannot stop. He's still going to come out with an album. We'll probably have some subtle shots, but I don't think he's going to come out with a full-on diss track.

Drake doesn't have the bars to keep up with Pusha T in a rap beef

Drake doesn't have the bars... Slash Drake is also very scared. I'm just going to say this. Drake doesn't have the bars.

You can't fire an FBI agent for breakdancing

You can't fire someone for feeling a dance circle. If you've ever been at a wedding, any kind of party, there's nothing more awkward than a dance circle where no one goes in. So this guy had to go in. He did an unbelievable move.

Raleigh Fingers has a better sports mustache than me

I don't think so [that I'm the #1 sports mustache]. Who's number one? You've got to go way before you guys. Raleigh Fingers with the handlebar mustache.

Radar guns should be removed from baseball so pitchers actually pitch instead of just throwing hard

I would take the radar gun out. Pitchers watch. I talked to Jacob deGrom, and he said he looks up there, and if he's at 94, he wants to get to 95. You know they're watching and I think just take them off the board... Just so the pitchers would pitch instead of throw. Nothing better than a pitcher that knows how to go out and watch a guy throw a beautiful game.

Mike Trout is the best player in the game

Oh, Trout. Trout's the best player in the game. He's ungodly.

Steroid users who were caught should not be in the Hall of Fame

He's tainted. You're right. You shouldn't get in the Hall of Fame. Yes, I do [believe that]. If you're caught.

The Tom Seaver trade was the beginning of the Mets' downward spiral in 1977

I didn't really appreciate when I was coming up... the Mets were very good, but starting to fade a little... And then they made the Seaver trade, and I think that was the beginning of the spiral in '77, and they were horrible teams.

If Doc Gooden hadn't missed time in 1987, the Mets would have won 10 more games and the division

if we had had Doc [Gooden] I think that it would have been... we would have had 10 more wins. We would have won the division and no one would be talking about this. So that i just those things piss you off... '87 will always stick in my craw.

The Cavaliers lost Game 1; the Warriors did not win it

I would say that the Cavaliers lost this game. The Warriors did not win it. So it's still 0-0.

If you don't appreciate LeBron James' greatness while watching him, you aren't a sports fan

LeBron, at this point, you can hate him... but if you're sitting and watching LeBron and not being like, this is incredible, everything he does, then you're not a sports fan. Even his teammates do it.

The 76ers must fire Bryan Colangelo after the burner account scandal

So what happens with Bryan Colangelo? He's got to get fired. You got to fire him. You got to fire him. You got to fire him.

The modern NBA is soft because referees bail out scorers like James Harden with constant fouls

Basketball has changed. It's not like when we played. We were more physical. We could put our hands on guys. All the jumping into everybody and all the fouls going towards the offensive player, that wasn't happening in our era... Nowadays in this era... letting [scorers] go underneath your arm and letting [them] get the threes when he jump up and you're trying to guard him and the referees bail him out.

The 2004 Lakers were lucky to even make it to the NBA Finals

We were even lucky to get into the championships... Shaq didn't play 50-some games. Kobe didn't play 40-some games. And [Malone] 62. So it was a situation where we were even lucky to get into the championships... we just so happened, got everything together and we lucked up and got into the championship.

Dikembe Mutombo has the worst feet in NBA history

You know, I used to watch his [Shaq's] feet a lot. ... have you seen the Dikembe Mutombo feet? That's the worst.

Draymond Green is the best trash-talker in the NBA today

Draymond is probably the one that can do it the best... Draymond was like me, but he takes it far. And some of the referees would have kicked him out a lot, and he would have had a lot of texts like me.

Yu Darvish reading hate on Twitter is making him sad and affecting his play

Yu Darvish is sad because he thinks that all of the Cubs fans and all of Chicago hates him because he's been on the DL twice and it's just now June 1st. And he also reads everything on Twitter and doesn't like getting the hate.

Chris Jimenez is a terrible friend for publicly revealing that Yu Darvish is sad about Twitter hate

How terrible, though, is it for your friend to go on record and be like, hey, every time you go on Twitter and hate on Yu Darvish, he reads it and he despises it and gets him really sad. Yeah, that's basically the worst thing he could do. I know he was trying to be a good friend. Terrible friend. Very bad friend.

Nick Saban needs to relax and stop trying to expand the SEC schedule

Nick Saban said that he wants to expand the SEC schedule so that you can play nine SEC teams, which is just... Nick, just relax, man. Just chill out. Just fucking chill out. You beat the fuck out of everyone already. Just relax.

Hue Jackson jumping in Lake Erie on June 1st is a total cop-out

He waited until June 1st? Kind of a cop-out. That's the biggest cop-out I've ever fucking heard. ... You can't wait until June 1st to jump in a lake.

Automatic tip screens are intimidating and the minimum amounts are getting too high

When you go to pay for something, the people, when you swipe your card, the tip screen automatically comes up. It's intimidating... it's too much. The lowest amount is too much. If you get a sandwich and they show you it, you've got to tip $3 for a sandwich. That's too much.

Sam Hinkie is the 'smoking gun' who tipped off the Ringer about Bryan Colangelo's burner accounts

A Twitter egg tipped off the ringer, which people actually think this is now Sam Hinkie that tipped him off. I think it is... Sam Hinkie definitely has a smoking gun here, right?

The 76ers must fire Bryan Colangelo over the burner account scandal

They gotta fire [Bryan Colangelo], obviously... obviously, the guy is like live tweeting University of Chicago basketball games and getting upset about his collar size. Like, obviously, it's him.

Drake lacks the 'clutch gene' in rap feuds

I don't think that Drake has it in him. I don't think he's got the clutch gene [against Pusha T].

LeBron James is breaking his social media blackout by using his wife's Instagram

LeBron James, who said he's not going on social media one time the entire playoffs... decided that after the Eastern Conference Finals that he was going to do an Instagram takeover on his wife's Instagram account, which to me seems like he was on social media and not focusing on the biggest series of his life.

Braden Holtby's poor rebound control and lack of mobility will cost the Capitals the Cup

My biggest worry for a Caps fan is [Braden Holtby]... these rebounds, those are not – that will not win you the cup, those rebounds... his mobility isn't nearly what it used to be. So if you're going to come out and take away those angles, the rebounds can't go anywhere but the corner.

The NBA is an embarrassing joke of a league because it lacks parity

Being completely serious, it's the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen for a sport. Four goddamn years in a row and you've got the same team... How about you get the Golden State Warriors owner... complaining about what team you're playing against. That shows how much of a joke of the league it is.

Golden Knights forward Thomas Nosek is the definition of a true 'hockey player' who shows up in the playoffs

Say [James Harden] makes 20 million... and you know who had two goals last night? Thomas Nosek. And what does he make? I don't know, a million? That's a guy who shows up to the playoffs. That's a hockey player.

Half-Baked Idea: A traffic app that gives you directions in the local city's accent

When you go to a city, a traffic app that gives you directions in that city's accent... you go to Chicago and you get a little bit of, 'you go left on the Dan Ryan Expressway.'

Tom Wilson is a star and a complete badass

Tom Wilson, that dude's a star. I fucking love Tom Wilson. He's a badass. We make fun of him a lot because he tries to cut people's head off with his skates. And he like intentionally hits people in the head... but he's no longer on fraud watch.

The Warriors' lack of bench depth makes Andre Iguodala being out a series-ruining injury

Iguodala being out ruins everything the Warriors do because they don't have a bench. That's the problem with super teams. Can't get a bench.

JR Smith is the most important player on the Cavaliers

J.R. Smith, whether he's shooting his threes or not, whether he's making threes or not, that's how the Cavs go. You can basically say that J.R. Smith is the most important player on the Cavs.

The NFL's new anthem rule is a trial balloon and a needles complication

It was ridiculous that they did this in the first place. Essentially bringing up a story that they wanted to have die in the middle of the summer for no reason... They not only did that, but they didn't even do it officially. It's such a perfect NFL story because they made it needlessly complicated.

Grit is defined by being relentless and having maniacal work habits

For me it's it's very simple and we talk to our players about all time it's about being relentless. We talk about intensity. We talk about maniacal work habits and going about it, determination, teamwork, all those things, toughness, hardness about ourselves. Those are the things that we describe grit to.

You can hear grit on a football field without seeing it

I think a lot of it for me is really what I hear, meaning when the practice starts and the pads are on, I can hear grit without actually having to see it. And sometimes during the nine-on-seven drills... I'll just kind of close my eyes and listen, you know and say okay was that a good play for grit? Was that a good toughness play?