Adam Schefter & Off The Grid...Iron

The Oakland A's are leaving Oakland, but not before a rebel force of die-hards can remind billionaire nepo-baby John Fisher — the Kendall Roy of Major League Baseball — what it really means to be a fan. Slate's Joel Anderson embeds with the boycott movement and stops at nothing to unravel the conspiracy known as WristbandGate… even when it takes him to the depths of a notoriously sewage-infested stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lucy celebrates the new College Football Playoff schedule that will last a month, and we debut a new segment: What Jeremy Googled On The Show Today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Johnson is the Charles Barkley of Canada and took out Greg Cote for his Connor McOverrated take on TSN earlier this week. He joins the show for a spirited debate with Greg who may or may not expose his lack of hockey knowledge. Then, hey...Game 1 is tonight. It's time for Thursday Thunder and some actual #basketball #talk on today's show previewing the matchup. Plus, Carter Verhaeghe is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He breaks down what the Panthers are going to do on their plane rides to Edmonton, the best pranks of this year, the Panthers confidence all season long, and playoff bears. He ALSO gives Chris Cote a new nickname. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donnie Wahlberg sticks around to chat about the Finals, his nerves for Game 1 as compared to a New Kids on the Block performance, Kyrie Irving, and more. Then, have you seen the casting for the new Los Angeles Clippers show "Clipped?" Well, Lucy has, and it's insane. Plus, Adnan Virk and David Samson stop by to share their Top 5 Movies Scenes of All-Time with an interjection from Greg Cote who has his own list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is there a better feeling than seeing someone you know who doesn't see you and sneak behind to scare them? Can you be charged for murder in a case of scaring someone to death? Then, we hand out our "Greg Cote of the Day" as both Micah Parsons and Jeremy have some lofty takes about their own sports skills, Tua wants a new contract, and Donnie Wahlberg is here to discuss his die-hard Celtics fandom ahead of tonight's NBA Finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Stugotz, Greg, Chris, Jeremy, Lucy, Roy, and Tony. Folks, we have a second helping of Greg Cote. The crew dissects the differences between "targeting," "zeroing in," and "honing in" as Woj and Shams reports differ between Dan Hurley and JJ Redick as the next Lakers Head Coach. Then, Stugotz has a Top 5 List of Guys Who Told Their Agents To Poke Around UCONN. Plus, we get to Greg's feud with the entire country of Canada after calling Connor McDavid "McOverrated." Will he double down? What's the best result for Greg? What's the best result for the show? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Lucy brings up a genius idea suggested by Sean Yoo on how the WNBA can replace in-game interviews with coaches, we learn of JuJu's remarkable trip from the studio to the airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We finish off veggie talk before heaping praise onto the people on YouTube who help us fix things. Then, the most famous sports journalist in the world, Greg Cote, stops by to share what it feels like to be an international star AND to double-down on his takes. Plus, Stugotz is blown away by C.J. Stroud's QB takes at a young age, and it leads us to the classic body switch hypothetical. Plus, Steve Levy is here to laugh at Cote's take, the majesty of Sunrise, some Florida Panthers players who deserve credit for their dominance, the LACK of New York bias on his ESPN coverage, Canadians rooting for Edmonton, and who needs to step up for the Oilers to potentially beat Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The voices of the Sean McDonough and Mike Breen stop by together (despite our lack of Dan) to flip off the nation, discuss splitting meals, praise each other, and share their thoughts on pressure in the NBA Finals and Greg Cote's "McOverrated" take. They also relive a classic Vin Scully mistake and Breen discusses the future of JJ Redick as a head coach. Plus, is Broccoli real? Tony shares some insight as we finish off our hour with some vegetable talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Samson joins the show to discuss the Florida Panthers capitalizing on their trip to the Stanley Cup Final from a business perspective, a lifetime ban in the MLB, and High School NIL. Then, a debate breaks out throughout the Shipping Container as Chris Cote asks the crew how they feel about splitting a meal. It's an all-out war in here with people on both ends of the split spectrum. Plus, horse girls, Lucy was a great restaurant server, and, hey...the NBA Finals are comin' up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices