A'ja Wilson is a Competitor, Fake Trumps, & Skip Bayless Leaves Fox | Hour 1&2 | Le Batard Show

Dan, Stu, and the Shipping Container finish off Hour 1 by reacting to A'ja Wilson's criticism of her teammates and discussing competitiveness in women's sports before doing Against the Spread and reminiscing on when you could smoke on an airplane. Then, Dan gives his thoughts on Skip Bayless leaving Fox and the general sports media landscape. We end the show with Stugotz's all-time Big East basketball starting lineup.
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[@IrishWeegee]

[0:00-11:24] A'ja Wilson upset with Aces [11:25-16:49] Against the Spread [16:50-20:01] Fake Trump [20:02-24:27] Kevin Costner's movie flops [24:28-31:45] Smoking in businesses [31:46-36:05] Show Olympics [36:06-48:24] Proving your worth [48:25-53:48] Health, All Time NBA Big East team Dan & Stugotz in Studio, Chris EP Lucy, Billy, Tony, and Jeremy in the Shipping Container

[@sesomediagroup]

Thank you

[@Reese13]

Dan, if this year's taught me anything it's that your health should be your no.1 priority. Do what you gotta do to ensure you're here for as long as humanly possible. We love you and we're not going nowhere. Now, if you keep ramblin' and yammering on and on about sports media crap, I can make no promises 😏.

[@Bman32x]

You ain’t going anywhere. You’ll be back every day like everyone else bc you love the ramblin Dan

[@jr921-in2se]

Dude, you are here every single day posting the same, lame comments. Talk about rambling, look in the mirror

[@WorldB403]

You can be like me and make use of that beautiful skip button, pal 😄. ⏩

[@JustMeELC]

lolol👍

[@KingGreqo]

I love it so he can replace you with me

[@nailsi-am5324]

I passed out in front of a cafe a few months ago. My wife couldn't do anything to help. I felt so bad. I just kept mumbling, I'm good I'm good, meanwhile I can't stand or walk and I'm slurring. Life is crazy.

[@johancorrales6537]

Hugs bro

[@jejbsh2191]

​@@johancorrales6537🧚‍♂️ 🌈

[@pompelmostique]

I'm sure the reverse can also be true, where husbands also feel helpless when something happens to their wives. I'm positive of it actually. Glad you're alright.

[@joseacisneros5983]

I’ve been a CONSTANT daily listener since 2010 and Dan I believe most of the regular listeners love hearing everything you have to say about the media and the current state it is in. I want to hear about your perspective and opinions on the media landscape WHENEVER possible. It’s one of the most authentic and informative segments you talk about, for many reasons but the main one being you’re a huge part of sports media and have actual stakes invested. Besides I couldn’t think of anyone better to speak on the subject than you! A person who’s been a witness to the huge transformation taken place and has been personally impacted by it. Going from local radio to National Radio to then evolve into a sports show that also made its way from only being on local channels to then on ESPN the biggest sports network to then walking away to cofound your own media company!Unlike stugotz I believe most of us diehard listeners enjoy the show so much because there’s always new knowledge being gained every show i listen to.

[@Simon_E32]

I watched Chris's Biden come together and fall apart over the course of an episode lmao

[@Browneye475]

Sounds like an accurate impression

[@IrishWeegee]

We love you, Dan, and the shows you put on for us. But PLEASE take care of yourself, you must not put yourself through undue suffering. Wishing you & everyone at DLS the best 💚

[@gregorydonohue8789]

“Greg Louganis I am not” might be Stu’s funniest line ever.

[@christopherdukes2476]

I would like to understand how the market and advertisers have the dollars to support 50,000 sports podcasts?

[@jeffreytubbs8262]

Almost pissed myself during cote’s Biden impression 😂😂😂😂

[@spiderknight007]

So happy Lucy brought up how poorly Dan positioned talking about A'ja video. Wish that this was instead a conversation of how A'ja as the leader of the team is handling the Aces first half of the season being a bit up and down after winning back-to-back titles while still only being in 3rd and what that could mean for second half of the season after the Olympic break.

[@UnoJimenez]

DANNNN PLEASE STOP SAYING THE AUDIENCE DOESNT WANT TO KNOW THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE MEDIA THAT IVE WAYCHED NEARLY THE ENTIRETY OF MY 38 YEARS ON EARTH. A lot more people want to hear that shit than you think. Sorry JuJu and Stu, there are fans of the show that love the behind the scenes look. Love the show!

[@oaktree1626]

I heard NO ONE talking about A'ja Wilson's comments. Total non-story.

[@ChildTheDJ]

9:57 NGL I kind of disagree. If an Star NBA player said literally, the exact same line and it was caught on camera, it would be newsworthy.

[@ShroomGodBreadzilla]

Billy with the Highly Questionable tee 🔥

[@UnoJimenez]

ESPN needs to stop acting like cats and just release all the highly questionable episodes like on ESPN+ or something. I used to die laughing at Papi man.

[@seand5915]

Actually HQ Trivia

[@ShroomGodBreadzilla]

@@seand5915 eh close enough lol

[@plinkogucci]

@@seand5915lmao damn I forgot about that. What a time

[@JasonBrendan-td4qb]

Dan talking about the sports media landscape is one of my favorite topics on this show. I love listening to them talk about stuff they’re passionate about and if I’m interested too, then great.

[@PandaRawr07]

We need Skip on the show the same way Mad Dog comes on. Give him an alternate outlet. Bayless. Meadowlark. Collision course.

[@EarHustleSports]

Dan was in his 50’s when his wife was in her 20’s, and wants to tell us how his wife leads him and teaches him😂😂

[@EssAhrBee]

Why's that funny?

[@actuasco]

He does go on about it a lot. If anything, he was more so immature vs her being the wisest woman ever.

[@telford32]

He was explaining how he has these cultural blind spots and she has educated him on things that he has for the better part been ignorant to, how did you not grasp that. Astounding.

[@CADClicker]

Are you saying you can't learn life changing things in your 50's, or that someone in their 20's can't majorly change the life of someone in their 50's? I can't tell which asinine point you're trying to make

[@glenndowling8383]

Happy wife Happy Life Just don’t cry about it. There shouldn’t be a mental health month.

[@bloppaveli161]

Dan, I’m apart of the small minority of your fans who actually like the sports business talk. Stugotz cares abt nothing substantial & Juju doesn’t matter on this topic. Keep it up!

[@MrBezl]

I LOVE SPORTS MEDIA TALK. I have enough sports shows to make me numb about real life. I need a certain amount of shows to actually educate me and keep me interested.

[@jramos5513]

The sports media talk is fine when it isn’t prefaced with how much no one wants to hear it and rehashing why it’s important to the show - just dive on in to the topic

[@aderounmuadedeji183]

IS Dan gonna actually talk about the WNBA instead of talking about the toxic discourse? Talk about the actual games and league

[@CypressSaint]

Discourse about discourse is the best kind of discourse 😂

[@robertjones9595]

The problem with people like Dan is that he wants people to treat athletes like they're blue collar workers because people like him and sports media figures are making as much as the players now

[@fernandogomes3787]

Watching Dominique and Pablo do show last week has me questioning if Dan is still able to do show. Hasn't happened since he left ESPN.

[@demetra5514]

This comment from A’ja was directed at the refs not her teammates.

[@rosieperez1291]

Lebatard with the Marc Hochman reference at 17:20. Hoch used to love annoying the hell out of Dan on 790 the ticket when he was EP.

[@MrCobrien1212]

I wonder if Dan has been interacting in some way with meats/cold cuts just before each of his panic attacks? Worth looking into.

[@atlgator1928]

Yes smoking was permitted in rear of plane back in the day.

[@LaCheeserie]

Non smoking in restaurants pretty similar to planes. Sure doors open as people come and go, but generally closed space

[@glenndowling8383]

What happened to fines for tone? Did his testiculars fall off? Put what MJ has done in box Put what BronBron will do in a box Who’s got the fullest box?

[@Amandaaaah]

Ha. Ha. Tony actually made me laugh

[@STMoody6]

If Dan's argument is regular fans don't care about sports business talk and only different fans do (don't know that I agree with that), then why not talk about your sports business. The show never talks about when or why shows leave LaF Network, and rarely talk about when they're added (until several weeks later and Dan gets people's names wrong). The show is known to navel gaze and known to talk sports business... combine them please

[@TrentStanley-q3t]

Hold on,,, let me check your pockets lolol,,, & your cigarette pack !! Lolol

[@RRZZRR]

Dan, glad to have you back. I don’t watch the show because you saved your best friend’s son’s career when you felt betrayed by the company, I watch the show because you use to say interesting things and the shipping container was funny and because Stu’s ridiculousness was hilarious to me. You’ve bored me to near death because you have not found a way to discuss the economy around gasbags getting more money in an interesting way. It’s the same conversation every time, it’s grating at this point, Dan. Dan, you forcing Stu or anyone else to tolerate this talk is abusive atp. You’re disconnected from the rest of us and that’s ok. You’re older, you got the bag, you’re coming up on a contract year, you doubling and tripling down on this topic is only going to continue to push your core away. If you wanna talk about it so bad, why not write something? Why not reconnect with your roots? Take more days off, travel with your wife and see the world so you can open up your perspective, go see a doctor or therapist.

[@TrentStanley-q3t]

We also use to smoke & drink pitcher's of beer in professional kitchens while working & it was all normal,, excepted & expected then one day Exec's made it all dissappear ..So they thought lolol

[@frankbyrne6069]

I actually like Dan's Bayless takes.

[@PandaRawr07]

Put respect on Adam Ray’s name

[@PandaRawr07]

“We’ll be right back”

[@mcliatt1]

All Stu has is “women are competitive “😂😂😂😂.

[@poorjf]

Dan's take on Caitlin Clark getting knocked on her ass mirrors my take since it happened: Nobody would have given half a shit if a male basketball player had knocked another male basketball player on his ass, but people didn't know what to do with it because the episode involved women. Which, to me, is ridiculous. Elite, highly competitive athletes are elite, highly competitive athletes. They're intense. They have rivalries. They play on the edge, and sometimes over the edge, in order to mess with their opponents' heads and gain advantages. We need to normalize the idea that women can AND SHOULD do this stuff the same way that the men do it.

[@DJV7893]

Actually quite the opposite Dan, I think you claim to be well-informed but actually come off as reductive and ignorant on alot of topics. The way you reduce politics to poisonous and "we get the politicians we deserve" stance is you coming off as moral grandstanding. I actually think that for alot of topics you tend to exaggerate "divides" or rifts for the purpose of drumming up interest. You keep saying "Woke" when its just some nonsense term that has no value and yet you keep propping it up as if to say thats it universally accepted.

[@zachm8075]

No Iverson or Melo on the Big East team??

[@DanielOrteez]

As a long time casual listener I like the industry talk. But Dan does cry a bit too much.

[@TrentStanley-q3t]

I still smoked in establishments for months & years after that law was passed bcus I pretended I forgotten about the new law so I could get the better of almost a whole heater in b4 I got interrupted lolol !!

[@DaHomieRoach]

Top 5 seasons by a player during a contract year? Have it done by C.O.B. today Danno

[@ChildTheDJ]

6:30 Usher came up to her

[@Itsnotme99]

No one on the show supports Dan when he starts with his sports media talk because they have nothing to add after hearing the same exact thing for the 400th time. Come with an interesting fresh perspective and maybe it will be more engaging

[@chrisf8283]

Bent over backwards to try and make something out of nothing and then has the nerve to ask “ I am sounding like that” nah bro you do nothing wrong. The best of the best.

[@LukePortable619]

Hey Dan...she took the picture with Usher to. Haha

[@kevinharada6330]

Yeah and she also dominated the game like she does every game

[@LukePortable619]

@kevinharada6330 she's a baller. That being said don't take pics with Usher until I do it 7 seconds later.

[@glenndowling8383]

Because she’s all about the W. Big W big dubya fan

[@sergiolongoria7371]

Whoa Tim Kurkjiam caught a stray

[@glenndowling8383]

Be the bigger man. Literally.

[@TrentStanley-q3t]

I use to smoke cigs & drink beer on a city bus bcus it wasn't frowned apond & was legal.

[@starscreamjesse2121]

See a post from an internet troll, make it a story and talk about it seriously. Great show template.

[@HeatNattty999]

Chris sounds like a young, gay Trump

[@Reese13]

I was gonna say a feminine Trump, but, I concur 😂.

[@HeatNattty999]

@@Reese13 yes my apologies. A more feminine Trump is a better way to put it 😂

[@RGM-23]

I miss back row Chris Cote

[@ChildTheDJ]

6:28 Gilbert Arena talks like that all the time. Literallly ALL THE TIME!!!

[@ChildTheDJ]

37:33 i agree! Keep PUSHING😊

[@nickmitros7185]

What a blind spot. Same as JLos movie but that was crazy.

[@bradmaximinus5586]

My Big East 5 is Allen Iverson, Dwane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Alanso Morning,and Patrick Ewing. Can anybody beat dat.c'mon I dare u🤫🤫

[@CorndogSandwich]

Stugotz IS NOT good at faking it. We all see it. If he wants to get better at it he should study what happens to him on Sundays.

[@abefrohman81]

Dan should probably be a little more self aware when preaching to everybody all the boogeymen that live in his head. Lucy mentioned that she really hadn't heard anyone calling A'ja Wilson un-ladylike, but he just blew past her and kept ranting about the same things. Maybe take your female employees insights into consideration if you're going to ask for them. Also, if your wife is raising a man-baby, do better. Don't just assume all men are helpless and incapable of anything but writing about sports and talking into a microphone. Don't project your insecureties on everyone else to feel better... DO BETTER to feel better.

[@CorndogSandwich]

Well said, I think I agree. It was an awkward segue from his blind-spot point to A’ja, and slightly confused me what the connecting thread was. I have no problem with anything he said, but I don’t think it’s compelling or helpful content. Cathartic for him to admit it, but it doesn’t translate to audience catharsis unless we all have the same revelation of blind spots.

[@billbixby7788]

But Dan's point was how the average man views it and then Lucy said I think this is only a problem with men... Like that was his point. New viewers. Not saying he's right but...

[@CorndogSandwich]

@@billbixby7788 Are you guessing that we are new viewers?

[@CADClicker]

​@@billbixby7788 It's amazing that people who supposedly watch this show a lot absolutely do no get the show

[@billbixby7788]

@@CorndogSandwich no...I guess I'm just calling you stupid

[@ellobomalo423]

Lets all fall to our knees for the opinion of Lucy and how speaking about one singular clip from the wnba is not your cup of tea. Get over yourself. She didnt even create a interesting perspective on it. These ancillary mics always try to hard to grandstand. We have enough of that with dan

[@jorwon]

How is game time gonna help me with sleep??

[@30adamh]

it's not that people don't like the business talk. it's that dan usually misses the point. this show and others that are successful, are so because people arnt looking to agree with you they're looking for authenticity. skip is out and Colin will be soon because we know they don't believe what they're saying.

[@deadphishbiscuits]

Afternoon Ahoys

[@nickmitros7185]

Dan never saw orange is the new black huh?

[@bigheff517]

So dan says the draftkings deal is worth even more than people think, and also says its hard to be independent...youre not independent.

[@harrytoms90]

Lucy sounds drunk at times

[@almalm4691]

Wilson was talking about the refs

[@rollyfingaz]

@LeBatardShow Did you know that there are STILL SUNDOWN TOWNS in America!!!?

[@BigZac904]

More sports business talk, please. Fuck da haters.

[@johnmolloy246]

Guyyyssss…I love the show, but god damn sometimes it is bash men hour with Dan pointing out something that we praised Michael and Kobe for and say “We don’t see this in Men”, while Aja got that dawg in her and Best of Best act like that sometimes. But Lucy with the “tiny brain” is disheartening…..

[@twobarsfourstars]

40:02 some of us come for this specifically Stu, yall do plenty of irreverent shit to counter it please stop hem-hawing at talking about the business you're in and let that shit fly

[@aderounmuadedeji183]

Wtf do Dan be talking sbout man?? these topics and arguments are so bad and boring

[@LeBronfan1o1]

Lucy, ofcourse the Aja clip is nothing. But the league has nothing and you need any type of exposure. Instead of degrading be happy they’re talking about wnba

[@EssAhrBee]

A man admitting he, as a man, has "blind spots... as it relates to women" is woke. A man learning from his wife is woke. A man loving and being grateful for his woman is woke. #EndWokeness (This is all tongue-in-cheek, by the way)

[@shivdesai3301]

Dan keep rambling and being vulnerable. We love when you share. Also, need more Lucy interventiing

[@Bman32x]

This show’s ideas are a lot of “you know what we should do…” followed by not doing it. Marching band to nowhere.

[@davidburrus3047]

I absolutely love this show but the way they try and make content out of a boring WNBA league is wild. How are women being competitive a story when Serena Williams has come and gone. The WNBA is boring so you have to milk story lines sorry not sorry

[@Itsnotme99]

It's Dan telling us his sexiest thoughts when he sees women in sports by making it a strawman macro conversation

[@davidburrus3047]

@@Itsnotme99 I just don' see he need and think people are missing the mark on the WNBA. The stories aren't coming out the way they are because coverage is sexist. It's because the gameplay isn't entertaining, so media is trying to leverage drama. Missed layups aren't fun to watch. That being said I love women's tennis softball etc.

[@Manchupacabra]

A lot of people like the WNBA, more now than ever. Just because you don't, doesn't mean everyone else is wrong.

[@davidburrus3047]

@@Manchupacabra you’re right but I think the numbers are being exaggerated because I not exactly an introvert and I can’t find these people IRL

[@Manchupacabra]

@@davidburrus3047 I like it 🤷‍♂️

[@driverjay8613]

What is your audience scared of, and/or hiding from, it's not like Dan takes up a whole 30 mins of the state of sports media 🧐 Are they good with the manipulation, the controlling and anti narratives 🤷🏾‍♀️ And our they good with y'all acting like y'all don't really know what's going on with the Heat, when Ryan gave a report in early 2023, about what the owner was doing with the money 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@tyrellbeavers1982]

Thank you Lucy

[@outkast1914]

Dan, we dont care about sports media. Please stop.

[@EllisCarver]

Speak for yourself

[@MrBezl]

I love it. It’s one of like two places I can go for it that’s interesting

[@lhu3052]

It's fun to pretend

[@glenndowling8383]

The W talk is worse than lebron and/or sports media talk It’s not fvcking interesting & ya know it!

[@thefatman1970]

Billy nobody cares. 5 minute major penalty box

[@hazbosox]

I don't understand Gil's purpose on the show.its just wasted air time.

[@telford32]

You don't get the show.

[@JoeD-gy7cx]

Men should lead, woman should help imo

[@WorldB403]

What would we do without you 😏

[@user-kw7rt9zl4e]

Dan pull strawman arguments all the time.

[@MentalWealth69]

Great work today team! Salute to Dan for getting healthier and BIGGER salute to Valerie for saving our guy! 🫡🫡Badayup

[@glenndowling8383]

What happened to fines for tone? Did his testiculars fall off? Put what MJ has done in box Put what BronBron will do in a box Who’s got the fullest box?