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Chapter 1: What insights does Tony share about the Stanley Cup Finals?
Hey, it's Tony. On today's show, I'll get a chance to show off my soccer knowledge when we talk to Taylor Twelman about the World Cup, and we'll talk to Ryan McGee about what's going on with Texas Tech and their quarterback, Brandon Swordsby. But first, commerce. Previously on the Tony Kornheiser Show. And we want to get the momentum for the game because people really get jacked up.
No, it's the most, for the casual fan, it's the only thing that matters. And if you don't, if they're not eligible because a trainer pulls them, it's not good. And I should say, Eddie knows all about horse racing, but he's way too big to be a jockey. And that's why he was a hockey player.
Hey, Tony, I get near a horse and I can feel the vibe of being a former athlete in the National Hockey League.
Chapter 2: What are Taylor Twellman's predictions for the World Cup?
Horses look at me and go, hey, buddy, you're not getting on the back of me. This is General George Washington, and you're listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show. So let's start with hockey. Former, former athlete. What does that make us? We just talked to Ed, so. You're not even a has-been. No, never was. You never was. Let's start with the hockey.
I was particularly impressed when he said a couple of days ago that he would have made the same challenge that Torts did. Absolutely, he thought it was a goal. Torts, look at you. Torts. John Tortorella. Everybody calls him Torts. Torts. So they played last night. I didn't watch all of it, but I watched a bunch of it. Once again, high scoring.
There's an empty netter at the end, but the four games between Carolina and Vegas have been 5-4, 4-3, 5-4, 5-3. It's a tremendous amount of goals in hockey, particularly in the Stanley Cup Final Series. It's probably, it is no worse than the second most amount of goals in the Stanley Cup Final Series. in the first four games.
Because going into this game, it was second only to the Minnesota North Stars and the Islanders in like 1981. And they just got eight more. They just got eight more. And it was another like, I think Carolina got out to like 3-1 or something like that. 2-0. 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3. Yeah, just great. Yeah. So again, as we've said many times, our friend Bernie Wolfe,
who was the Washington Capitals goalie, said a 2-0 lead is the shakiest lead in hockey, and it was again because ultimately it was tied.
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Chapter 3: What updates does Ryan McGee provide on Texas Tech's quarterback situation?
The winner was Jordan Stahl falling down. A backhander, as he's falling down, made the score 4-3, and ultimately that was the margin because it was an empty net goal. At the end. This is a real series. Look, I'm not going to pretend I know anything about hockey. I'm not. I mean, I've watched it my whole life, but I've never understood it.
And I've never loved it the way I've loved baseball or football or basketball. But it's a great series. I mean, it's a high-scoring hockey series that goes back and forth. And there's no reason to believe it won't go seven at this point. Oh, sure. Yesterday on PTI... P.K. Subban said that this was an absolutely critical game for Carolina. They had to win this game or the series was over.
So you're asking a road team to win that game in Las Vegas, and they did. So I think it'll probably go seven, even if it's got to go at least six at 2-2. So you get your money's worth. If you're ESPN and you bought the series and you're putting it on TV, the ratings are going to go up every single time. Yeah. It's on ABC. So that means you don't have to worry about cable.
You don't have to worry about the $327 you pay every single month to see something you want to see because it's over the air. It's on network television.
Chapter 4: How does the Nats' recent performance impact their season?
Everybody can get it. You could send your dog up on the roof holding a bone, and that would act as an antenna, and you could get it in your house because it's on ABC, as is the basketball. That's why the ratings are so high, because they're not on cable. They're not. They're not on a subscription service. They're over the air. They're over the air. Don't. Yeah, get me started.
When this whole world starts getting you down. Yeah, let's go up on the roof. Let's go up on the roof. All right. Can I just say one thing in referring to Eddie Olchek from the opening talking about horse racing? Yeah. I think yesterday was the anniversary of Secretariat at the Belmont. That certainly could have been. On my Twitter feed, all of a sudden, the video popped up.
I just want to say that if people haven't watched that. The horse wins by 8,000 feet. It's the most impressive. It breaks the heart of the rival sham. Oh, sham's just done at the end. Breaks the heart of the rival. It's the most spectacular performance you'll ever see. This is why in the 1900s. One of us in this show voted Secretariat the eighth best athlete. Yes, yes.
Because of that triple crown. That's amazing.
Chapter 5: What notable moments occurred during Tony's golf game?
Secretariat. Yeah, Big Red, right? That's what the nickname was, Big Red. Yep, Big Red. All right, so let me get to the Nats. And I'm not going to lie about this. I didn't watch any of it. You didn't stay up for the start? No, I didn't. And I was up. I love watching San Francisco games. Yeah, so it's a cool park. It's a great ballpark. So I didn't watch any of it.
Delivered again, like three triples, I think, in the game. Okay. Because you watched the other night, too. The Nats have won twice in San Francisco in front of an audience of nobody in my house. I mean, it helps a lot last night when the second batter hits it out of the park for the Nats. Garcia, right? After Woods had a great at-bat. He got hosed on a strike.
Woods got a bunch of hits last night, did he not? Three hits. So they won again. Six times this season. They won 4-3. Today is Wednesday, so they won 4-3 on Monday. And then last night, Tuesday night, they won 6-3. What I'm going to tell you now is remarkable.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of gambling in college sports?
I got a note already this morning from Saliza. Saliza believes they are now tied for the third wildcard spot with two other teams, with the Padres and one other team that I cannot recall at the moment. The Washington Nationals have now won five straight road series. They win this series. Even though it's the third game, they've won the first two.
More impressively, and something that you can understand more readily, the Nats now have 23 road victories. which is tied with the Atlanta Braves for the most road victories in all of baseball. Not the NL East. In all of baseball, the Washington Nationals, a team that over the last six years has the second worst one loss percentage to the Colorado Rockies in all of baseball.
A team that averages 67 wins and 95 losses over the last five years. 67 and 95. Now has... now is tied with Atlanta, a really good team for the most road victories so far this season. Now, one thing I guess, I guess they've played much more road games than most teams. That's my guess. Because they're a 500 team.
But they obviously do better on the road than they do at home because they don't face the Marlins at home. 12 and 20 at home. That stinks. That's terrible. That's their average. That's who they are. Yeah, that's six and ten. That's who they are. And here's your wild card standing. St. Louis up by three. Philadelphia next up a game and a half. And then Arizona, San Diego, Washington all tied.
How about that? How about that, Mikey? How about that? You have a summer to watch. Exactly. Get off the West Coast. The first couple innings, they were talking about this on the broadcast last night, and I think one of the messages, they're a team that scores a lot of runs, and they're scoring early.
So you look at last night, James Wood works that really good at bat, and then they get two runs across in the first, and the home team is always playing from behind in those. Yeah, it's just, you know, San Francisco's not very good. And they may have made a mistake with that manager. They may have. We don't know. Those are the series you have to go out and win. Yes.
They lead the league, all of baseball with runs scored with 362. It's unbelievable. The problem is runs against 354. They're going to work on that. But yeah, but offensively, very fun team. Now, what drives me crazy? Lefty-righty.
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Chapter 7: How does the NCAA handle eligibility issues related to gambling?
The baby manager going lefty-righty all the time, keeping tenor in the major leagues, and changing the lineup every single day. Like, Luis Garcia, he probably won't play today. The only set two people... are James Wood and C.J. Abrams. Everybody else is moving. And they're moving up and down in the order. And then we can see where we put Dylan Cruz to have a hard, loud out.
You know, so anyway, you know, where do they go from here? What's their next? Where do they go from San Francisco? They go to like the Padres or the Dodgers? I'll pull it up for you. Or the Mariners. They do have the Mariners in town soon. They have Kansas City in a week or two. That's at home. Can we see Matt Cotraro? I was hoping to. Yeah, we have the Mariners in D.C.
next, and then we have the Royals in D.C. Okay. So they come back. They come back. Then they're on the road against Tampa Bay. And then you have a big series at the end of June against the Phillies four at home. Okay. And then up in Baltimore. Okay. Okay. Do you have any sense of how many road games? If they're 12 and 20, that's 32. How many games have they played all together? Hold on.
That's 32 home games. So overall, they are 35 and 32 or 33. So let's do some math. That's 88. And we have 32 of those games were at home. That's not 88.
Chapter 8: What questions does Tony address from the Mailbag?
They haven't played 88 games yet. Okay, I'm not that good at math. 68. 68. Yes. So they played 36 on the road. And 32 at home. But just testing you. You are not that good at math. No. I'm not that good at math, but I'm better than that. I see symbolism. I mean, I was an English major too, but I wouldn't go 88. But you love numbers. Well, I know I don't love numbers. I think it was the threes.
I am possessed by numbers in a terrible, terrible way. What is that to be? OCD? Yes. Yeah. Obsessive compulsive behavior. I count everything all the time. No, no. I don't love numbers. No. Numbers have a hold on me. I don't like that. One other thing. I don't like you, but I need you. I played golf yesterday. I don't like you, brother. I played golf yesterday.
And I played with Charlie Scuba and Al Serafino and Robin Buffalo. I played very well. I shot like 44 on the front and I played 16 holes and parred 16, hit a good seven into 16, 10 feet. To actually putt out on 16, you're going away from the clubhouse. So you don't have any desire just to finish the last two at that point? I was too close. It's too close a call to get to work and all of that.
And 16 was fine. And I played well. And I've figured this out. It's not a genius to do this. I play better and have more fun when I play with people my own age and my own ability. I play better. When I play with people better than I am, you might think I play a little bit better, but then I have terrible shots that take me out of holes.
I had two triples yesterday, so it wasn't like I was really good. I had two triples. I tripled 11 and 14 on the back, but I play better. So now Michael and I are playing this Saturday in the father-son tournament. Usually by the third hole. Circle number three. We're not talking. Tony three putts. Puts you down for five. Three good holes. We're not talking. This year is going to be different.
It is? Oh, yes. We have the next generation with us. Oh, yeah. We have the baby boy boots. Yeah. He went out to practice yesterday. Oh, that's thrilling. Yeah. We're not going to win. It's okay. I just want to survive.
You bring up a good point about the privilege of being a competent or experienced golfer where, you know, for beginner golfers or, you know, you're new to the game, juniors, you go out there and you're so nervous on the first tee. You're so nervous. What is the rest of the group going to think of you? And you just sit there going, everyone's in their own head.
We're just trying to get out and have a good time. Nobody is keeping your score. Well, one guy I know doesn't. I don't play with him anymore. But most people are not. You're keeping your own score. You can pick up if you want. If you take three in the trap, stick it in your pocket. I mean, you're not qualifying for the Masters here.
But I am always so... I mean, I can't hit the ball more than 150 yards anymore. So I am always so conscious that... that the other people in the group are hitting it so much further that I'm holding them up. Now, I'm not holding them up because I'm quick. I'm not holding them up, but I'm not good enough. So I like to play at least with one other person.
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