Throwbacks with Matt Leinart & Jerry Ferrara

Hall of Famer and Finals MVP James Worthy joins the show and kicks things off looking back at Braylon Mullins legendary shot to push the Connecticut Huskies into the Final Four, plus he defends Cayden Boozer’s crushing turnover. Big Game James looks back at his own NCAA tournament memories, including the emergence of a young Michael Jordan during the North Carolina Tar Heels 1982 Championship run. James talks about his time on campus at UNC, including what NFL legend Lawrence Taylor was like back at Chapel Hill. Worthy discusses his Showtime Lakers days as well, looking back at his Finals MVP performance and his crushing loss to the Celtics in 1984 before giving his thoughts on LeBron James, Luka Doncic and the current Lakers’ chances at a championship this season.  

Finally, Matt and Jerry give us their list of the best players to wear the iconic number 42 in any sport.  

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00:00 Show open 


02:24 James Worthy joins 


03:30 “I hate Duke BUT” 


07:26 James on 1982 Michael Jordan 


9:45 Lawrence Taylor at UNC 


15:15 What made the Showtime Lakers so special? 


17:13 James Worthy’s Welcome to the League moment 


22:00 Throwback 3: Best Trash Talkers 


23:40 What is the mindset entering a Game 7 


What loss hurt the most?  


34:00 Do the Lebron and Luka Lakers have a shot to win a championship?  


39:25 Greatest players to ever wear 42 

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World Series Champion Anthony Rizzo joins the show to talk MLB’s opening day as the newest member of the Netflix baseball crew alongside Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols. Rizzo talks the 10 year anniversary of the 2016 Chicago Cubs team that took home the World Series and broke the 71-year “Curse of the Billy Goat.” The three-time Gold Glove winner revealed where the infamous baseball from that final out went, and just how much money he was offered for it, chose between Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field and picked his worst fans to play in front of. Finally Rizzo picked his favorite left-handed hitters of all-time, while the guys discussed the greatest baseball uniforms ever.  

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00:00 Show open 


03:08 Anthony Rizzo Joins 


03:34 What is Rizzo looking forward to most with Netflix  


04:12 Hall of Fame “Mic’d Up” guy 


05:48 Epic nights out with the boys before a game 


08:30 Rizzo gave the World Series ball away 


11:50 Wrigley Field or Yankee Stadium  


14:39 Throwback 3: Anthony Rizzo’s Favorite Lefty Hitters 


16:00 Anthony Rizzo’s Favorite Teammates 


17:10 Unbreakable MLB Records 


21:10 All-Time Favorite MLB Uniforms 


29:38 Matt Leinart’s big flag football weekend  

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The GOAT Barry Sanders joins and talks his legendary career and whether he’d ever consider letting anybody at Oklahoma State or with the Detroit Lions wear his retired numbers. Plus the Hall of Famer picks his favorite running backs, discusses his sudden retirement and if he had any regrets and how the heart attack he suffered in 2024 led to a new mission in life for himself.  

Matt also recaps the drama caused by his comments last week, revealing that USC asked him to unretire his number a few times for new recruits. Finally, the guys make their picks for the greatest what ifs in sports history.  

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Matt Leinart and Jerry Ferrara take a look back at expansion teams in sports history, wondering aloud which is the best and worst franchises. The guys look over everything from logos and uniforms to home crowds and draft history. Plus they ask is Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game going to be a “Where were you when?” moment like Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game. Jerry gives a recap of his star-studded weekend in Texas at Gary Owens’ wedding which doubled as a Think Like A Man reunion. Finally Matt gives a call to his former teammate and fellow legendary Number 11, Larry Fitzgerald to talk about the politics behind coming to a new team and somebody has your number like Mike Evans heading to the San Francisco 49ers where quarterback Brock Purdy wears his iconic number 13.  

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Norfolk State Spartans head coach Michael Vick joins the show. Mike talks his BET reality series The Coach Vick Experience along with his rookie year as the coach of the team. Plus, he discusses the greatest run of his career, the players that inspired him growing up, what similarities he sees between himself and Lamar Jackson and much more.  

Plus, Matt and Jerry name their greatest left-handed quarterbacks and Jerry shares a touching story about James Van Der Beek. 

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