Rachel Nichols

I'm just saying, I had to imagine they were pretty heavy favorites now.

Really?

See, I'm not allowed to bet on the NBA because I'm a voter.

That's right.

I'll just, you know, have to watch you flourish.

There you go.

All right.

Back to football.

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.

Look, he's been digging in on the NFL's effort to grow the game internationally.

Remember, he was the key part of that flag football game at SoFi, which was to gin up interest for the Olympics, right?

And the flag football they're going to play there.

He's lobbied for an international game.

And it's interesting the reason why.

Yes, you know, he wants to help the league and be a face of the league.

But also, there's this very canny reason.

Take a listen.

Oh, all right.

It's me.

He said, I would say earliest in my career, the first couple of years when you saw how the league pushes certain teams and they put certain teams in big spots when they do what they do, studying that and the teams that are in those positions year in and year out.