Local Hour: Joe Chestnut and Connor McOverrated

The madness continues as we barrel ever closer to Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers. Zaslow has left and the dust is slowly settling on the feud between Mike Ryan and Greg Cote, but now Dan and Mike begin taking jabs at each other. It's a 12-round battle on the show today, only interrupted by Dan taking a detour to discuss the rumored details of Stephen A. Smith's contract offer from ESPN. Before we head into the battle of our lives tonight in Edmonton, Greg Cote makes sure to explain to the crew what journalism is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Dan, Greg Cote, Jonathan Zaslow, Chris, Jeremy, and Mike. The Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers face off in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final tonight, so it's time for our (fake) pregame show. This is genuinely one of the most contentious episodes in the history of the show as the rivalries between Dan and Mike, Greg and Zaslow, and Greg and Mike are inflamed to a point of potentially no return. Mike and Greg argue to where the man writing this description is genuinely hoping some of it was a bit because it was *actually* horrifying. There are words like "idiot," "pal," "nobody," "clown," and "giant infant" thrown around. It's intense. This needs to stop. Please. Please... Please. At least let it stop before Roy stops by to break down the game near the end of the hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 9 of the 10 Days of Gregmas had the biggest fight between Meadowlark employees of the entire year of 2024: Mike Ryan and Greg Cote screaming over Connor McOverrated, and it was all Dan's fault. So while Chris and Jeremy are ready to start 2025 off on a great note, we want all of you to remember one of the more contentious moments of 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To wrap up the show, we touch on Chael Sonnen saying that Conor McGregor had to withdraw from UFC 303 because he is in rehab. We also get to an image of Landon Donovan circling the internet following a hair transplant, and Greg Cote can't get his atrocities right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Florida Panthers reportedly canceled on Jason Taylor in order for Jack Nicklaus to bang the drum tonight. Was that the right decision? This sparks a debate in the room... Drive for your life: Jack Nicklaus at 84 years old or Chris Cote? Then, Netflix is a winner all of a sudden as the streaming wars continue to dominate the future of television. Plus, Greg's neighborhood parking situation, Against the Spread, and a compromise on the "McOverrated" billboard in Edmonton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Schur has been mysteriously missing from this show for a while, but he happened to be on our show schedule for the day after his Boston Celtics won banner No. 18. After he explains the confidence the Celtics group chat felt all year and how Boston fandom works these days, he delivers his June Observations in order to roast our crew and tell Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Mike Ryan, Coach Spo, Jeremy Taché, and all of Heat Culture to go to hell. Then, we steal a segment from The Greg Cote Show and launch a new clapping competition on the Dan Le Batard Show. Does everyone need a 5-pack in order to have the loudest possible clap? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Crying in the Press Box: the Charlotte Wilder Story" coming to bookstores near you. Charlotte Wilder joins the show after her Celtics added another Championship banner last night. She shares the emotions she felt watching her team win, her "I told you so," and how Boston fandom works before drinking Heat tears. Then, Mark "The Messiah" Messier joins us with his Elbo Room hat to explain why Greg Cote's "McOverrated" take is wrong, the most fun he ever had in a season, and to play a game of Penalty Shot for Your Life with a shocking result. He also debunks some old rumors from a title celebration with the Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Dan, Stugotz, Greg Cote, Chris, Billy, Mike, and Roy. The Boston Celtics won their first Championship in 16 years last night, so we're forced to start in the only place we can: Greg Cote's mustache and Mike Ryan's fury that Dan wants to put up McOverrated billboards in Edmonton. Then, the crew finally discusses the Celtics overwhelming dominance en route to their title including why Al Horford should have won the sentimental MVP, Mike's remaining questions about Jayson Tatum, the Celtics decision to party in Miami, and how the Boston media manipulated the Blazers into gifting the Celtics Jrue Holiday. As you can tell, this show is not bitter AT ALL about the Celtics victory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe Dan invited Chris, Jeremy, and their wives over the celebrate the new year last night? They share the details of the party of 6 at Dan's before explaining the tension you're going to hear on today's show as we enter Day 8 of the 10 Days of Gregmas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

And, quite frankly, the crack of the ass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices