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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Local Hour: The Sink Be Shippin'

18 Dec 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the significance of Smirnoff's sponsorship in sports?

1.28 - 10.498 Chris Cody

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.

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11.27 - 23.325 Chris Cody

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!

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23.606 - 39.292 Chris Cody

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.

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39.332 - 48.157 Chris Cody

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?

48.338 - 48.398

Me.

49.019 - 68.002 Chris Cody

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.

68.022 - 77.693 Chris Cody

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78.685 - 105.337 Stugotz

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Chapter 2: How do fans feel about the Florida Panthers' performance?

187.917 - 199.568 Stugotz

And I've been very wrong about Tua. So I don't like being very publicly wrong, all right? But at the same time, I don't know. His behavior last game, it really bothered me.

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199.988 - 214.362 Jeremy Tache

He's absolutely right. The number one feature of a Sports Talk radio host or Sports Talk TV is I want to be right. And when I'm wrong, it's not because I did poor calculations or poor projections or poor analysis. It's because the athlete I picked messed up. It's all his fault.

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214.382 - 216.144 Dan Le Batard

I think I'd rather be interesting than right.

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217.045 - 217.485 Jeremy Tache

Nick Wright?

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218.073 - 224.746 Stugotz

I like being right. In this case, I was very wrong. And yeah, this is me. I get it. It could be dopey fan stuff.

224.786 - 238.893 Zaslow

It's not journalism to be that biased. And I'm not saying that you and Amin aren't right. I believe it's a large governor and how a lot of people on sports television opine about athletes. They made me look bad, therefore I'm mad. My opinion is emotional.

239.775 - 241.077 Stugotz

I love admitting when I'm wrong.

242.103 - 247.533 Trista Crick

Zazz, are you a journalist? Oh, yeah. I would not consider you a journalist.

247.553 - 257.37 Stugotz

Oh, boy. Well, that's great that you don't consider me one, but if you were ever to come to the Zazz Low Mansion, you would see that there is a degree from the School of Journalism. And that makes me a journalist.

Chapter 3: What are the implications of Tua's recent performance for the Dolphins?

397.805 - 407.462 Stugotz

That's how we became friends. When LeBron went back to Cleveland? Yeah. That was hard too, but we did not know each other back then. She was very sweet to me a few years ago when I got let go from 790 Ticket, yeah.

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407.482 - 410.488 Zaslow

Okay, but that's nice, and she's been disrespectful now.

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410.508 - 412.252 Stugotz

I know, that's the whole point.

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412.272 - 417.821 Zaslow

Saying you're not a journalist. You say you have a degree. No, I'm not saying I have.

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417.841 - 422.788 Stugotz

Are you into this dynamic where you say something nice and then Dan just tries to put a bigger wedge between you?

422.869 - 442.497 Trista Crick

I kind of like it, actually. I feel very strong in me and Zazz's relationship. But just because you have a journalism degree does not make you a journalist. I don't think that's true at all. What? A journalism is something you live every day, Zazz, in your heart, in your spirit, in your words. You are as biased as they come, my brother.

442.477 - 447.544 Jeremy Tache

Zazz, in essence, he's saying, just because I dress like a police officer does not make me one.

447.564 - 450.468 Trista Crick

I don't think he dresses like a journalist either.

450.989 - 456.036 Stugotz

He does dress like an undercover cop. Well, that is fine. All right. I will accept that.

Chapter 4: How does the conversation shift towards the culture of hockey in South Florida?

652.424 - 662.118 Zaslow

They're traveling all over the place. You don't hear them complaining about load management. And they're traveling just as much as the baseball and the basketball players are.

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662.278 - 682.996 Stugotz

Yeah. Football players go a week, sometimes more, in between car accidents. Hockey players have four multiple car accidents a week. And you'll still get the football player every now and then who will come out and talk about, oh, they want us to play an 18th game or they want us to expand the schedule. Do they really care about our safety?

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683.356 - 686.442 Stugotz

Let me know the next time you hear a hockey player complain about accidents.

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686.422 - 704.7 Stugotz

anything more but i think i do think that most of us would concede that football physically is harder yes oh yeah no they're valid complaints is this the part where we talk about their players association being weak and not taking care of its its constituency you could argue that it's just a weird cultural thing with hockey they're they're just different

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704.68 - 725.988 Zaslow

Well, it is bizarre, and I think most people who love hockey know this. I don't know that most people in South Florida know about what it takes to be a two-time champion in that sport when that's the culture you're talking about. The culture is you play through anything to defend that cup. Broken femurs, you're a torso out there.

726.369 - 734.019 Zaslow

You play through every single thing, and the guy next to you expects you to play through every single thing. Oh, my God.

734.039 - 748.963 Stugotz

Like, I've made the point when it comes to the load management with the NBA. Like, can you imagine a hockey player walking into the dressing room the morning of the morning skate? Like, oh, you're not putting your stuff on today? What's going on? You know, I'm taking the day off. Like, the reaction would be crazy.

749.263 - 753.79 Zaslow

OK, but I also think that hockey players are unhealthy mentally and physically.

753.871 - 764.901 Trista Crick

Definitely. Oh, yeah. And they put the culture of the team ahead of themselves and probably end up with lifelong mental issues as a result of all those concussions.

Chapter 5: What does the panel think about the upcoming Winter Classic event?

930.27 - 934.639 Stugotz

There are roosters walking the streets. It is Little Havana.

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935.463 - 957.724 Stugotz

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1000.718 - 1017.394 Stugotz

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1017.614 - 1035.987 Stugotz

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1036.228 - 1057.554 Stugotz

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1057.574 - 1080.642 Stugotz

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Chapter 6: How does the discussion reflect on the Miami Dolphins' history?

1207.347 - 1212.634 Stugotz

And I just want this to feel a little bit more vibrant and reflect that community specifically.

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1212.794 - 1214.697 Jeremy Tache

You can say vibrant. Q-tip said vibrant.

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1215.233 - 1236.33 Zaslow

I think that what Mike is speaking to is sort of how the world baseball classic when it came to Miami and all of a sudden it's super Latin in the crowd. He's talking about will Miami represent the culture on a street of land where my grandparents lived and didn't speak English the entirety of their lives because there are roosters around there and there was supposed to be a town.

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1236.31 - 1242.662 Zaslow

That was supposed to be an economy that got lifted there. You're asking for it to be super Latin. Not just energetic, but Latin.

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1242.682 - 1252.059 Stugotz

I understand why it's not. They announced one of the musical performers. And while it's a guy that, you know, a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. I like Role Model. Role Model's performance? I had a decent SNL performance.

1252.079 - 1252.86 Mike Ryan

I don't know that fool.

1252.9 - 1261.04 Stugotz

Who's going to be his Sally? It's not Pitbull. You know, that's what I kind of want. Second intermission. You know, let's... Liven it up a little bit.

1261.14 - 1279.581 Zaslow

We'll talk more about the Winter Classic tomorrow, but I want you guys to answer the question before I get to Tua and the University of Miami of whether you're willing to buy on the idea that whether South Florida fully embraces it because it understands hockey or doesn't understand hockey.

1279.561 - 1298.893 Zaslow

You're presently looking at something that, not unlike the Chiefs and the Patriots, is the best thing this town has ever had in sports in terms of everything that you feel about sports. Because it's not just the winning, but you're going to fall in love with the players because they care as much as you do in a way that's super unusual.

Chapter 7: What are the emotional ties fans have with their teams?

1491.427 - 1498.54 Stugotz

No, no, there's nothing to get mad about with Tua yesterday. I mean, I don't know what there is to be upset about. Like, he's going to say, I'm upset, of course. Like, what do you expect him to say?

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1498.56 - 1516.991 Zaslow

You're not questioning the amount he cares, correct? Because McDaniel is saying he wants conviction from the quarterback position. Let's play the McDaniel sound here, talking about what seems like a slap at Tua because his decision-making, if it's not there on the first option— He needs him to have conviction about the second option.

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1517.011 - 1524.14 Zaslow

So he's basically saying he's got a quarterback who doesn't have confidence. And if you throw 15 interceptions, lead the league in interceptions, you're going to lose confidence.

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1524.641 - 1561.299 Mike Ryan

Ultimately, the team needs and I'm looking for conviction in quarterback play and understanding that he is a rookie. I felt confident. that he would play the position most convicted, which impacts every player on the field. Realistically, that's what I was looking for. I needed more convicted play from the quarterback position. I thought Quinn could deliver on that. That's not used correctly.

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1562.221 - 1581.394 Zaslow

Most convicted means arrested a bunch of times. The coach is using the wrong words. He needs his quarterback to have more confidence. That's damning. He's slapping him when he's down. I want to examine the entirety of this with Tua because I will tell you that he lost this team. in the middle of the season.

1581.695 - 1603.041 Zaslow

And wherever it is that he didn't have real confidence, it evaporated right there when the guys in the locker room didn't like how he reacted to the adversity. So I imagine he's got a quarterback who's, you think he's mentally broken because of the concussions. I think he's mentally broken because this is a really hard job and he was kind of alone in doing it as the ship started to sink.

1603.207 - 1629.805 Trista Crick

How do you have confidence or at least maintain confidence when your offensive line year after year has been ranked the golden sieve for worst in the league and you're under duress and Tua has been hit a bajillion times so close that we think he could retire at any time. It's really hard to have confidence when those two factors continue to be right there.

1629.785 - 1647.968 Zaslow

The one that she's like, when I say the all of it, okay, there's one player in the entire league who's consciously watched the last few years. His television has talked about his brain might not be right. This sport is dangerous. He looked like he had a ton of confidence when he was leading the league in passing.

1648.088 - 1659.403 Zaslow

But what if you wake up next to your new baby and you're like, I don't know how my brain is doing. And I got to hide some of this from people. And now when I get in front of the microphones, everyone's mocking me.

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1855.742 - 1871.304 Zaslow

Uh-oh. He doesn't want to be bothered anymore. Now it's getting tense because he didn't need that as a result. He needs something that happens. You can see him mother-effing it. Can we bother? Are we bothering you right now? Turn on your microphone, Greg. My microphone's on. Stugatz.

1871.644 - 1874.569 Mike Ryan

Paint the scene. Paint the scene is I got to go to work.

1875.089 - 1909.494 Zaslow

Good night. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz. You guys aren't understandably being very human about the mockery, laughter, and anchor that we throw around to his ankle at the end. Here, thanks for the good times. Get out of here. Hurry up about it. And I get it. Journalists. But I get it. I could turn it off and on. 25 years, Dolphin fans have been wrong about this team.

1909.514 - 1931.646 Zaslow

You think the journalists are angry? Like, 25 years. This guy, this is... The worst thing is being poor after you've been rich. For five minutes there, this fan base dared to hope because of this quarterback who kept getting brain injured. And now we're mad at him because he dared to allow us to hope and we look stupid.

1931.666 - 1950.733 Jeremy Tache

You're absolutely right. That's what it is. If he had just been not good. Like, everyone would be like, all right, well, who's next? Quinn, yours. Give him a try. But it's the idea, Dan, that he tantalized them for a brief moment in time. They saw a future. Remember the Super Bowl? We were like, what if the Dolphins make the Super Bowl here? That was a thing that we talked about.

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