The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Old Dogs (feat. Matthew Berry and ******* *****)
24 Oct 2025
Chapter 1: What is the significance of Smirnoff's sponsorship in sports?
All right, kicking things off with Smirnoff, the official vodka sponsor of the NFL and the number one vodka in the world. Chris Cody, you're here. Smirnoff! Wow, you're on the money with Smirnoff.
Smirnoff!
Chris, you know what goes great with Smirnoff? Smirnoff! Yes, but I'm really talking about the game day fit. The style's got to match the vibe. Smirnoff! All right, here's the deal. Game day is everything. And that's exactly why your fit has to match the occasion. Smirnoff!
Starting this December, Smirnoff is giving fans 21 and over the chance to score limited edition Smirnoff commission merchandise from some of today's top creators, including Kayla Jones, Gavin Matthew, and Alaylee May. Smirnoff! Here's the kicker. One lucky fan will take home the grand prize, a trip to the biggest game of the offseason.
Plus, one fan will win a Lely Mays one-of-one game day jacket. Wow. The merch will be dropped on select dates from December to January 21, and it's all courtesy of what brand?
Me.
That's right, Chris. Fans 21 and over can head to Smirnoff Socials to learn how to sign up. And don't forget to grab a bottle of Smirnoff vodka, number 21, at your local retailer. Smirnoff. Please drink responsibly. Smirnoff. Number 21 vodka distilled from grain, 40% alcohol by volume. The Smirnoff Company, New York, New York. Please do not share with anybody under legal drinking age. Smirnoff.
No purchase necessary. Must be legal. U.S. resident, 21 or older. Sweepstake starts 12-15-2025 at 12 a.m. Eastern and ends 1-23-2026 at 11-59-59 p.m. Eastern. See official rules at program website.
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Chapter 2: How did last night's NBA games impact the season's narrative?
A.J.
Mitchell for the Thunder. I wish that right now we had just Tony and Amin going live 20 minutes after bananas last night. We're not there yet. The World Series is tonight. I know. We just got to Damoshek. He's going to do the fourth hour on a Friday. We'll get there. Please get me. I don't think that's accurate, but that's happening either. But still, check out Football America. America. Cyclones.
Top of the table Cyclones. You know, gritty team this year. We're led by the Undertaker. Great draft pick.
Is this AI?
No, that's how he plays. And that photo of El Barba grabbing his lower back. El Barba not even on our roster? No, that was when our injury replacement got hurt and needed an injury replacement. We have not gotten nearly enough. Mike forfeited a game the other day at the top of the table. Mike, to protect... Are those dreads? Yeah, he dreaded his beard. You can see the heart, though.
Yeah, you could. You could, because it's inflamed. I can see his gut. Seconds later, he got a Theragun to the lower back and was replaced by an active gigolo.
Your dad?
The Magic City Fronton. We put the magic in Magic City. But we are top of the table. We are coming off a tough loss. The fixture list has been tough. Mike, you've been with this team through thick and thin. Chris doesn't show up to the games anymore. It's the owner. He wasn't there when I was fighting with Unda in the locker room.
Mike, you were in the locker room fighting your star player and forfeiting a game. Bullseye. I need to play. Chris was nowhere to be found. Yeah, that's fair. But that was my job that day as GM. I was allowed to forfeit the final match because we had the game in hand. Then I tried to do the same exact move because Manu's got a groin. Mighty great groin that is.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Shohei Ohtani's performance in the World Series?
He was on that team, right? I remembered a couple of other names, and then I said, oh, yeah, that's right. Ron Borges played there, right? After he left Boston?
No? Ray Bork is going to sting with me for a long time. I felt that when I called. You mean sit with you? I called.
Chapter 4: How are the current NBA teams shaping the league's future?
No. It'll sting. It'll sting with you for a while. Don't seize on him just because you're insecure. You can say 88's June 127, Doug. Before we get to the basketball, though, please get, because I don't want to just skip past, the greatest player there's ever been in soccer. And we talk about a time of greatness. LeBron, Shohei Otani. What? Messi re-signing in Miami.
I don't want to just skip over it. And they handled the optics on it beautifully because they packaged him correctly with a commercial that's moving, with good marketing. Right. You guys haven't seen this, so I'll give play-by-play because this is largely video. So let's go ahead and play it right now. But the club formally announced Lionel Messi's extension.
It seems as though Messi will indeed finish his career. with Inter-Miami, which is just a wild statement. This is arguably the greatest player ever. So it starts with Messi sitting down in an office. Dramatically. Dramatically reading the contract, presumably for the first time. I assume this is when he's going over all the details. This is how he does business. This is how goats operate, folks.
He puts pen to paper on this table, and he's about to look at the camera, very pleased with himself because he signed his famous signature on it. He looks straight to the camera, and then boom! We reveal that it wasn't an office. It was all a facade. It was just a curtain behind him. A drone shot pulls back the new stadium that he will unveil as an Inter-Miami player.
He is sitting in the middle of it. That's where he signed the contract at Freedom Park.
Can I ask a question? Are you guys not in the least bit concerned that in a city where every construction project takes place, Decades, it feels like, to complete. This will be a miracle. This stadium is up this fast. Every time I land, it's a lot more completed. And I'm like, I don't like this.
Well, that's what the owner does for a living. And if you thought this was fast, you should have seen how fast their stadium up in Fort Lauderdale came together at Lockhart. Because that was...
Okay, if you're not familiar with what our swampland is and how many developers have gotten away with building quickly here, you know, with varying degrees of safety, do you realize the wonderful grift that the city of Miami, which is just sort of a way station between small Latin American countries and whatever the real America is becoming now. America.
That stadium being built that fast in our city has to be one of the greatest miracles I've ever seen in construction in this town, filled with scam and everything else. And Messi built it, and Messi will get to. Building a stadium near the airport and getting soccer to Miami, he built it here. He built it off of whatever the Apple arrangement was.
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Chapter 5: How is the dynamic between Steph Curry and Victor Wembanyama evolving?
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Jeremy, thinking he's whispering sweet nothings to me, is whispering right before we start, do you know that the Dodgers have the top three K per nine inning guys in the history of big league baseball? It's not even including Yamamoto, who's actually their ace. That's right. It's crazy. It is. It's a very good staff.
I'm going to be locked in tonight, Dan. You know I'm a big Dodgers guy. Big Dodgers guy.
Will you open your MMA hangout on Saturday by talking about the World Series? I might. Maybe you should do some sports show that is not just MMA. Maybe you should invite Jeremy to yammer about baseball over there to pollute your MMA audience. I might. What are you doing tomorrow? He's not. What do you mean?
He said he might. I don't believe him. I might. Depending on what Jeremy's doing. He might. He's a busy guy. But UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi. It's an early start time for the MMA Hangout. 2 p.m. start time Eastern. 2 to 5. We'll be hanging out. You're going to be right here.
You're going to be in the studio.
Right there. Literally sitting where you're sitting.
The exact same. seat live programming opposite mma this is a and college football this is a card that uh you're gonna want to watch and if you don't watch it you're gonna want to watch tony watch it exactly because we got big meaty men slapping some meat in this main event it's the heavyweight championship of the world title on the line tom aspinall versus cyril gone and mike found out cyril gone
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Chapter 6: What are the major storylines emerging from the latest basketball games?
If someone outperforms Steph Curry tonight in Portland, then they're the MVP? Like Highlander? Yeah. It's a kind of magic. Chris Cody is now giving him the highest form of love, a love once only given to Tua, to look at him longingly and worship Steph Curry because it was Steph Curry's night last night. It was the worst part of losing Louisville, losing the MacGuffin. It now resides in Kentucky.
My father has arrived in the other room. He was told Eduardo Perez was going to be here. He is friend with the Perez's, Donny Perez, Eduardo's father, who I once asked, do you ever pee in a shower?
Hmm.
On behalf of this show, Tani said he did not. His wife said he was lying. No. Foiled. I've just embarrassed an elderly Cuban Hall of Famer. My father didn't believe Donny Perez either. Should DeAndre Jordan still be getting $3.6 million? He just signed with the Pelicans. He's a great guy. He's a good locker room guy.
He's a great guy, man. Look, kids at home, when it's like, oh, you should be nice. No, it's not because of karma or whatever. It's because you might get paid $3.6 million just for being a great guy. Be a great guy.
He was mocked as a laughing stock two days ago. He's being mocked on television as being bad at basketball. Who's mocking him?
Bad at basketball. He's a great guy. He's great at vibes. Exactly right. What do the Pelicans need, by the way? You guys are great guys. They need a great guy.
You guys cannot be talking about last night's basketball and end up on DeAndre Ayton for some reason.
No, no, no. Not DeAndre Ayton. Jordan. DeAndre Jordan. DeAndre Ayton. Now that one. They need to work on that. Oh, my gosh. Luka. I feel bad for him, man. Luka's not going to be happy in about six games. A lot of, six games, you got it six games? A buddy of mine who's in the league sends me a text and he says, this Ayton thing's not gonna work. I said, yeah.
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