[MUSIC] Fan Morning Show Sports at 5.9 in the fan band, and then Sam McKee feeling it for Brent Gunning, Olympics rolling right along. Track and field is the second week of the Olympics. But there's some track events starting at the like the race walking is today. >> My God. >> Yeah. >> The sexy walk, cuz I like to call it. >> I'm sorry, I know it's incredible. >> And they, it's harder than running? >> They're like doing it for like 12 hours. >> Listen, I give them full credit and like they have to keep both like the feet thing. Wasn't it like a disqualification when I was younger? Like one of the Canadian guys got disqualified because his foot did the wrong thing? >> Yeah. >> But there's just no way it does look hilarious. >> It looks hilarious. >> It looks very funny. >> It's so very amusing. >> So lost in everything yesterday with the women's soccer team. And I was watching a bunch of different stuff, not the biggest tennis guy, admittedly. Actually, I'm the opposite, can't say in tennis really. I find it very repetitive. Call me in the fifth set at three, three of a major championship. >> That's not, it doesn't mean as much if you don't watch the previous four sets. >> Yeah, listen, you've seen one tennis match, you've seen them all. >> That's so not true. >> It's so true, it's really not, it's goes back and forth. >> He slid, you actually seem like a tennis guy, you would play it. >> No, I actually don't mind playing it, I like to play, I can't serve the ball, I like to play it. I mean, now he's played in the past, I can't serve. >> I'm surprised then that you're not into it, cuz if you've played it, you understand like the ebb and flows of momentum and how it feels like you can't possibly win. And then you win a couple of points and you win a game and then all of a sudden you've broken a certain anyways, but yeah, it surprises me that you are so disdainful of tennis. But what are you gonna say? >> I will say that I think it's a really incredible accomplishment for Felix yesterday, to take down Daniel Medvedev, who was sour about it. They shook hands and Medvedev goes over and destroys his racket. He's a little fiery, I know he's a little fiery. But that's a huge win for Felix and I don't know how the way the bracket's looking, he's gonna have to face Alcaras at some point. >> Yeah. >> But if I'm not mistaken, he's had a little bit of success against Alcaras in years past, not when Alcaras is at the seemingly unbeatable point of his career right now. But I thought that got a little bit underreported yesterday in terms of the Olympic stuff and I guess it's just not late enough in the tournament and there's other stuff going on. But that's a huge story. Good for Felix. >> No, good for him. This kind of starts an entree into a topic I'm interested to hear your take on. So tennis is more intertwined with I think the Olympic idea, like we more associate tennis with the Olympics than let's say golf. Which is now, golf is not part of the Olympic menu for like 100 years, it's back. Okay? Ricky Fowler, an Olympian. >> Yeah. >> And he got the tattoo. >> I know. >> Well, for him it's tough too because it's like that's embarrassing cuz your whole thing is- >> How do you make it? >> Whatever. Who cares? >> Look at who's there this year for America. >> I know. >> It's like, how did Ricky get in there? >> Yeah. >> Anyways, it's interesting where you're talking about sports that obviously have grand histories and we got the four grand slams in tennis and I don't think anybody's gonna confuse winning a gold medal at the Olympics with any of those. Same with golf, but man, you hear from the golfers and like Rory McElroy talking about how badly he wanted to win bronze three years ago. I mean, where do you land on this? Because we do have now a men's major champion in Mike Weir, right? At the Masters. >> Yeah. >> We're looking for this next generation to win one and there's lots of reason to believe that that is possible. >> Good habit. >> 100%. >> Bunch of top 100 players from this country and we saw Nick Taylor win the Canadian Open last year and win again on tour and Corey Connors viewed by many as one of the best ball strikers on tour. Can you compare the feeling you might have of Corey Connors winning maybe not even a gold medal like a silver or a bronze medal in Olympic golf to let's, what's the least major? It's obviously the PGA championship to winning a PGA championship. Can you compare your feelings? >> I think major still would be, okay. I think in the moment, a lot of these Olympic moments are, they overwhelm you with happiness. They're, once you're in the moment of the Olympics, it's the biggest thing and it matters the most and that's always the way it's been with me with the Olympics. But I think for a lasting thing, having a major carries way more weight than like everybody called Xander Schofling, myself included, who has, there's not been many guys have done a bigger one 80 on and six months since they were Schofling. But everyone called him a choker until he won the PGA championship and he had literally won the gold medal last time. >> That's tough. >> Right? And I think in the moment, you really enjoy it and you're excited and you're rooting for it. But it's a completely separate thing and you can reference it, but I don't think you hold it up in your golf career being like, oh, he's a gold medalist. You wouldn't talk you with basketball or the more team sports, I feel like it's different. >> Is that just because of the lack of history, like if this had been played for the previous hundred years? >> I think there's something to that. >> Jack Nicholas, he won a couple of gold medals, right? Like if Tiger Woods had been winning gold medals? >> No, that's a great point. And when I hadn't considered like somebody winning multiple ones, maybe have it, but I do feel and the Olympic tournament, I felt like it's kind of been on at weird times for both. Like I remember the, when Tokyo, I remember it just bit like happening during the night and not really watching it. And the one before that, I feel like it was at a weird time, too. >> Yeah, it was a Rio. >> Yeah, I don't know why. I just remember it not being like, it's not an Olympic broadcast sport, right? >> Yeah, it's time. >> Where it's like all these things that they are like, you're watching on CBC and they're popping in and they're like, here's this, here's that. It's like the long form five and a half hour broadcast doesn't exactly appeal to the Olympic type thing. So I think it needs some time, definitely. I think a couple more Olympics, and maybe we start talking about that a little bit more. >> Yeah. >> But boy, they are talking about it a lot on the NBC broadcast of the open. They're like, the gold medal, the gold medal, the Olympics coming up next month, the Olympics, the Olympics. >> I mean, we have this looming decision of who the player of the year is going to be, right? We've got Xander Shoff with two wins, but both majors. And Scotty Schaffler with six wins, including one major, I think the gold medal means different things for different people. Like if it is, you're Xander Shoffley before you've won a major and you've won a gold medal, it's like nice, but it's not, yeah, it's almost, it's not embarrassing, but it's like almost embarrassing. If you're Ricky Fowler and you made the Olympic team and you get the Olympic rings tattooed on your shoulder and like you just really, you haven't done anything in your sport's biggest events means something different. As opposed to like Xander Shoffley and Scotty Schaffler, who are the top two players in the world, both have major championships this year. I go a gold medal at the Olympics to solidify one of the great seasons in golf history. >> The cherry on top for sure. >> No, I think that means something different. >> I agree. I think that's a great point. And it's more of like just an award on top, like a cherry on the Sunday for them who've already had unbelievable years. And by the way, it's Xander, two majors better than whatever, right? Like nobody really wins two positions in a season. >> I agree. >> I mean, but I'm the guy that also called Scotty Schaffler fraud, because he only wins in a gossack. >> I mean, I mean, I like this egg, I like this egg. >> Go through his career, like where is he won after the month of July? >> And he also just, it just can't putt again. >> He's got to switch back. He's got to switch back to the mallet. Can't putt again. >> All right. Let's go across the pond to France and talk to Devin Haru, CBC Olympic reporter. How's it going, Devin? >> Bonjour. I'm in the sun outside of a pool. >> I'm sitting in a dirty old studio looking at the schlub across from the shows. >> Okay. >> Somebody's got to do it. Somebody has to do it. >> What, we are outdoors at a pool? Is this at the hotel or you cover it? I'm not familiar with one of the outdoor pool events. >> Right. Exactly. No, just outside of Le de France, it's actually an incredible scene. They've got all of these restaurants here. And it actually feels like you're at a soccer match. I'm looking at people with all of these flights from everywhere. They're drinking. It's just past one o'clock here in the afternoon and the fans inside this arena. It literally goes to feeling like you're at a soccer match or a French disco tech. It's a party, every heat, every finals at the swimming pool. >> So it's funny you mention that because I've been watching pretty much everything. I've been fully all in on the Olympics. And I don't know, maybe the last Olympics is a bad example because there's literally not allowed fans. So I won't use Tokyo as an example. But it feels like these events are incredibly well attended and the passion from the fans for everybody, I guess maybe Paris is a more central spot. It's an easier spot for a lot of different people to get to. But just the fan involvement there and the feeling around the city must be incredible. >> Well, you know, as you say that, guys, you talk about the fan involvement. I've just found the Ella Janssen support group, and of course, Ella Janssen is making her Olympic debut and she just played a key role in helping the team four by celebrating, helping Canada qualify for the Women's Four by 200 meter freesa, how good is that? We didn't even practice that. They're just enjoying a beverage house here. But listen, this is what the Olympics should be about. You know, I was walking here this morning, the lineup to let the phones arena stretch for as far as you could possibly see. Everybody wearing French flags, of course, Leon Marshawn is the great French Opier and they're going crazy for me. It's won three gold medals. They've got signs. People are having a great time. This is a French sort of renaissance, these Olympics and the fans are just so happy to be here, the families who were stripped of these incredible moments during Tokyo. They're so happy to be here. And I really believe it's leading to these incredible and historic performances from the Canadians. It just gives them that much extra motivation. Yeah. You know what else motivates a Canadian is taking six points away from the soccer team and then picking up nine and advancing to the quarterfinals either way. How has that story evolved, like being on the ground there Devin, like were the Canadians villains and has that changed, like, did now neutrals kind of root for this team? Maybe not France because, you know, they were in the same group and kind of beat them to one. But some of the other people you're talking about that aren't Canadian, like how is that team viewed in the success that they had despite the six point punishment? It's a wonderful question. You know, I love what Jonathan David posted the other day. He said, you know, they tried to stop us. Go ahead. Right. And these Canadian women are making our country so proud. I don't know if I've ever covered a more sort of roller coaster wild cycle out of the Olympics because you have the initial reports. And I think Canadians, the sense I got, they were embarrassed, right? Like it felt so un-Canadian and nobody knew details. And so people sort of wanted to point the finger at them being cheaters. I'm telling you right now, unequivocally, the tide has turned. And the sense I get from the Canadian Olympic Committee, the sport community in Canada and the Canadian public is that this is one of the great stories of the games. You know, the margin of air was razor-thin. You couldn't lose, you couldn't even have a draw. They needed to win all three matches and they did that against the odds. And so now that sits the scene for this match, quarter-final against Germany. This is a Canadian women's soccer team that hasn't lost the game at the Olympics in ten consecutive matches going all the way back to the semi-final in Rio. You want to talk about Canadian grit and resilience? They're going to show it on Germany. I can't imagine how many Canadians are going to be glued to that match because they have an entire nation behind it but more than anything. They're playing for each other. As one of them said the other day, I don't know who it was but we're a damn good soccer team and they're showing that right now and they're playing for the country and playing for each other. I think they're unstoppable at this point. So Devin, after you finish perusing at the pool, working super hard there, what's on the docket for today? What are you covering? You know what? Well, we're going to be here for Summer Mackintosh here tonight and you know what, this place is going to be electric because she's poised to win her third medal. I think she's going to win gold. I really think she's ready to meet the moment and you know, there are these sort of transcendent moments at the Olympics and here tonight you couldn't script this stuff. Her mom, Jill Horst, now Jill Mackintosh, swam the 200 meter butterfly 40 years ago in LA and now she's cool side watching her swimming sensation daughter swim in the same event favorite to win a gold medal. It gives me goosebumps telling you that. So watch out. It's going to be, I predict, another golden summer night in Paris. And then tomorrow I'm going to athletics, you know, that other sort of sport people like to tune in to and watch track and field opening day and guess who gets it started? Defending Olympic, the lifelong champion, Damian Warner, he'll be on the track in the hundred meters sprints to begin it all. So I'll go over to athletics and I'll come back to swimming on Saturday for Summer's final act, the 200 individual medley and then I'm at athletics arrested the way we've never had four world champions in depth and talent like this in track and field. So for so many reasons, this is a historic Olympics. And guess what? I haven't even mentioned the men's basketball team who I think are going to compete for our medal. Everywhere you turn, Canadians are showing up in the biggest ways in globally respected sports and people are taking notice. Yeah, sure are a couple of goals already, seven total medals for Canada. Yeah, Summer McIntosh, 200 meter butterfly and the 200 meter individual medley. Yeah, feeling pretty good about the 17 year old. That's outrageous, Devin, that she's 17. This is her second Olympics. Oh my God. I have never felt less accomplished in my entire, I mean, how many cycles could like we could be talking about something obviously historic and her being the most decorated Olympic athlete this country's ever produced, right? You know, first of all, I want to preface all of this by saying I don't want to put too much pressure on the 17 year old, but every time I've ever asked her about her relationship with pressure, she says, I don't feel any. In fact, if people think I'm capable of something, I see that as support, which I think is a crazy thing for a 17 year old to think about. If she stays healthy and if she continues to keep the group around her who is who have just kept her in such a good spot, she'll be not only the most decorated Olympian in Canada. She'll be one of the greatest Olympians of all time. She could go, you know, two, three more Olympics like she's just getting started. You know, she was 14 years old when she made her Olympic debut in Tokyo. She was the youngest member of the team now. She's still the youngest member of the team in her second Olympics. I forget when I'm doing poolside interviews with her that she's only 17, although, you know, she sometimes shows signs of being a teenager. It was a really nice moment with her. She told me that the prime minister called her after gold medal. The other day, she said, my hands were shaky. They were sweating. I couldn't believe he was calling me in. So there are these moments, little glimpses I get with summer, because I've covered her the last three years where I'm like, ah, you're still a kid, you're still a team. And then she gets into pool and she's just, she's just a cold stone killer in the pool. You know, all gas, no breaks like Penny, like I said. So I think she's, I think she's going to win four or five medals here, three, four, then, you know, gold. And it's just special. We've never had an athlete like this in Canadian history. Yeah. I can't wait to watch. It should be a whole lot of fun. Devin, this was great. Thanks for doing this. Thanks, man. My pleasure guys. Have a great day. Ben Herou, CBC Olympics reporter, having a good time. Sounds great. Love it. I love his work. His passion on TV cares. I really love his work. It's funny. The way that the, it really offends my North American sports fan sensibilities of curses and all this like, you know, he be G.B. stuff that doesn't exist. But like I was watching before, what was the gold that summer won? Like the, she won the 400 meter individual medley and they were teeing it up on CBC. And it was, and who's the end of the swimming else? I forget the guys. Anyways, he's like, this is a guaranteed gold medal. It's a guarantee. And I was like, guarantee. I was like, Oh my God. Yeah. And then it watched. She won. Oh, it was a guarantee. It was. It was. It was. It was. It was a guarantee. It's like, okay. Yeah. So yeah, I guess I was not right. So, and you would figure that event. So she's the defending world champion, the 200 meter butterfly, which she will. She will swim in tonight in finals. I don't think she's the defending world champion in the 200 meter individual medley, but she just won the 400 meter individual medley. So stands the reason. So the 400 meters, like you do two lengths of each, each stroke stands the reason that if you're just doing one length of each stroke, you should be just as good, especially if you won by six seconds. Give her the gold. I don't even need to see her swim. Give her the gold. To guarantee, we're talking about potentially three gold medals to go with her silver in what was, I think the 400 meter freestyle. That's all her individual events, and then there's the relays, right? Like we could be talking about her coming home with like a half dozen medals from these one games, and then a couple of more cycles to go as a 17 year old nuts, nuts, nuts. Um, yeah, the decathlon getting cranked up tomorrow. Love it. Yeah, that's that we have the defending Olympic champion in that event. And Pierce Lippage was supposed to be a guy that was gonna be up there with Damien Warner as well. But like an injury kept him from these games. Yeah, there's a couple of signature events at the Olympic games. The one signature event, of course, is the 100 meter final, which is like the last day of the Olympics. I think that's probably the greatest Olympic event in men in sorry, Olympic, sorry, let me speak winter or summer. I think that's probably the number one event. Yeah, there's nothing more exciting than like, yeah, 10 seconds of insanity sports at its purest form. It's just like, we're going to run and I'm going to be faster than you. That's the best. Dude, that's, that's it. I mean, that's part of the reason why I love watching the swimming events. It's like, Hey, um, you know what's and what I can understand as a sports fan, so I jump at the pool, go as fast as you can. Who gets to touch the side of the pool? The first. Who's that? So much less sexy. They got over those stupid hats, those goggles, they just, they look so silly, like sprinting is just like, it's, it's so pure. I love it. So yeah, for mostly guests. Pure. Anyways, that's a good point. It doesn't have that doesn't have the most pure past, but a pure sport. That's right. If they're, if their blood is pure, then it's, it's pure sport. Uh, Hadeki Matzuyama leading the way early on in the men's Olympic golf tournament. He's 700 through 13 holes. Uh, the golf national seems like it's very gettable here. Uh, he's 700 Corey Connors tied for seventh early on. He's three under through 14 holes, uh, everybody's ripping this thing up right now. Yeah. I look at men wooly who is plus four through 14. Well, and Nick Taylor still yet to make a birdie on his round. He's even par through six holes, but still plenty of time to go for him. Uh, but when we come back, we will talk to a man who is out in Alberta for the Canadian women's open, the women's Olympic golf starting up next week where Brooke Henderson is a threat to win a medal. Talk to Adam Stanley, Sports Night Golf Reporter Naxx as the fan morning show continues. Ben Anasamikki, Sportsnet 590, the fan. Fan morning show, Sportsnet 590, the fan Ben Anasamikki, are they using like bigger holes at the Olympic golf tournament? It's that whole regulation size or what? Yeah. Uh, Hadeki Matsuyama eight under through 14 holes, the early leader at the men's golf tournament, uh, walking Neiman, he's two back. I would tell you that, uh, I'm very invested in this radio show, Ben, because I'm really happy to be here and if we haven't hosted many shows together, so it's really fun to do this with you. Have we done one full show together? Not sure we have, but we're good friends. So it's quite easy. Yeah. But I will say that I've been watching a little bit of the golf. I have it on here on CBC Gem. I'm streaming it. Yeah. It's pin placements. I mean, it's looking a little lake view as it's not exactly tucked pin place, but it's like big flat green middle, like maybe put it in the top of spot. Okay. Yeah. That's my early indications. Well, okay. And apparently Corey Connors is well versed because he has the golf national on his simulator at home. Great. Enlistable. Well, I mean, you know how I feel about simulators. Yeah, I think like like, like, like most people. Hey, it's the best we got in, in February, there's one opened up near my house in the last year. And you went? I'm a regular there. It's open 24 hours a day. You telling me in the middle of February, you don't get the shakes to go to the simulator? I absolutely don't. Oh, my last week of the year will be either late October, early November, depending on weather. Yeah. And then my next swing will be either if I go to Florida or April, I don't even, I just don't play. When the master's hits, when I hear the pianos, I'm like, I got the edge of time to go. But other than that, I don't really care in the winter. Can I, can I go with you to Florida, a golf in the winter? Well, I go to, I go to Orlando, which isn't the most sexy destination. They do have golf courses there. You know who we should go with? Adam Stanley. Yeah. Wow. I mean, we go to Fox Harbor, a cabin with this guy. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. We go to the new cabin in France, Adam Stanley sports that golf reporter who's going to take us out somewhere nice this winter. How's it going, buddy? Wow. I am great. How are you guys? Good intro. Thank you. You're not following that up. For sure. Yeah. No, no stimulator action. Never. No. I know. That's surprising. The number one enjoying thing, enjoy the enjoyable thing of playing golf is striking the ball, striking the ball, and watching it fly. That is the number one great thing about golf. So I can't be choosing to smash it into a screen that tells me, it's just, there's nothing to it. It's stupid. It's stupid, stupid. It's like, oh, I get to go hang with my buds. They have this thing called bars. You just go to a bar and just. But it's as close as we can get in February in this climactic region to golf. If people want to go swing and bash a ball into a screen, that's their prerogative. I just won't get it. Okay. You know, you know, my one thing about the simulators is that I don't know what like what to wear. Like, are you, do you just put like a full hardo and wear like an actual outfit to a simulator? No. Yeah. Or and like glove in the back pocket, or do you wear like at leisure and go or like are you at a bar and you wear like jeans and like, that's, that's, that's almost reason enough. No, regardless of golf, regardless of anything. No jeans are involved. Yeah. I don't feel like you can't play golf in jeans, regardless of the type, especially the way I play golf, like I, I perspire a little bit, even playing simulator golf. Cause buddy, like, yeah, I'm, I'm working. I'm grinding out there. No sweatpants. And just say, you don't get a golf shirt, but a golf shoes, where it's golf shoes, sweat pants, and just like a normal white t-shirt. But now I wear shoes. Like I'm going to runners. No. We got, we got problems here. Just get the simulators entirely. I have heard that like the simulator experience has definitely evolved. Yeah. Like there's ones with like sand traps now and all that kind of stuff. So that's interesting, but I won't go. All right. Well, anyways, Corey Corey, yeah, I'll, I'll go to Corey's like if he invites us all to his own simulator, um, I very well, he showed me a video when we, when we chatted a few weeks ago. It's a very nice simulator set up. I bet. He's a millionaire golfer. But when does he use it? Yeah. Good question. Like isn't he golfing all year round? Like he's like, he's in February when we'd be using it. He's playing on the PGA tour. Yeah. I mean, I guess he's just, why would you not? Probably. I was a millionaire. I would have. I would do it. It's more of like a simulator ex trophy room, ex like guys, then kind of situation. No, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's paying off so far. He's 300 through 15 at LeGolf and National, um, but yeah, uh, Hadeki Matsu, you have his going nuclear is 800 through 14. I mean, him being, I don't know how different these, these Olympic golf tournaments are to like a PGA tour event, but having the experience three years ago, does he give him a leg up? Are we talking about Corey? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So yes, is the short answer. I saw it. I thought we were talking about Hadeki because obviously in Japan, you know, it was, there was so much pressure and he ended up falling short on that seven man playoff LeBron's and you know, there was all that disappointment and et cetera, et cetera, obviously doesn't have that pressure this time around. But as far as Corey goes, yeah, I mean, it's so unique. Obviously the, the Olympics in Japan were so firmly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. So you can almost not even compare the like competition or, or the Olympics, like as a whole from the Japan games to, uh, to this year's game. So yes, well, you know, all the layers of I am an Olympian. I am representing Canada. I have to do my uniform sitting and I know that there's all these logistical things that I need to go through while all of that, you know, Corey has experience in all of it. The logistics, like being able to be in the, um, in the opening ceremonies, um, and just basically everything being fully normal, like the, the, um, the experience is completely different. And, um, you know, the actual competition probably feels a lot more familiar, uh, as compared to what they do, we can wait out on the PGA tour. Same kind of faces, uh, you know, the golf course itself is, is one that's hosted big events. Uh, and again, you know, there's just a lot more just, nor everything is normal. So yeah, experience for sure. But again, you can almost not even compare the two Olympics that, uh, that Corey's been a part of. So me and Betty were talking about this a little bit earlier, but I think there's still a disconnect between fans thinking how important this is and the players, like every per, every player that talks about this, it's like the biggest thing. They feel, it feels like a major championship week. And I don't think they're there with golf fans and me and Ben were talking about why that is. And we had some theories in terms of, you know, it just hasn't been in for long enough. There's not enough, sorry, not a lot of memories with it. They're on a weird time. So the last two ones, the COVID one was weird. But why do you think that is? Is it just that there haven't been enough memories with it? Or what do you think it is Adam? Yeah, I think that the biggest thing is that every single golfer who is still a part of this particular generation did not grow up wanting to win an Olympic medal. That was just not on anybody's radar. And I do think that if you listen to anyone, uh, who talks in their kind of pre tournament press conference, every single one of them was like, yeah, the four majors for sure. But an Olympic medal is kind of creeping up as something that is globally important now. If you have someone who is 11 years old right now and they're picking up golf or they're just, you know, a sporty 11 or 12 year old and they're watching golf on the Olympics. And it's like this big global phenomenon that, yeah, maybe the next generation, not maybe not 2028, but in the 2030s and certainly in the 2040s. I do think that there's going to be another generation that's probably going to put this Olympic golf medal up a lot closer to the major championships than this current generation, for sure. Real quick, it was fascinating because it's a little bit country dependent as well. You know, Johnny Vegas, who won the 3M Open last week, he had mentioned in kind of his press conference on Sunday on the PGA tour that, you know, given where he's from, Venezuela, like, I think he actually said that he would put the Olympic medal like higher than the Masters or higher than a major championship because, you know, people in Venezuela, like they don't really know, they just don't know the Masters. They don't really know, well, maybe the Masters, but the Olympic championship, the US Open, it doesn't register at all. But Olympics, yeah, like that's a really, really, really big deal. Yeah. You didn't mention PGA championship and the one America because that's what that's the ugly step-sister of the majors, right? It's absurdly large, but you know, the Claret Jug, I think, fits into the -- according to Sandra Chaflay and his father, so, yeah, I missed that one. But yeah, I think an Olympic gold could mean different things for different people and comparing it to majors is different if you don't have a major, right? If you don't have a major, getting your first puts you in a different echelon of golfer, but for Scotty Sheffler and Sandra Chaflay, who both have majors this year, and they're competing for Player of the Year, like would -- and I guess this is a tough one. I don't know, like, compare Wanamaker to gold for both of those guys that now have -- and I know Scotty Sheffler doesn't have a Wanamaker, Sandra does, and he also has a Claret, but like, next season, like, if you could compare winning the Wanamaker trophy to a gold medal for those guys, do you think they would make the choice of a gold medal now that they're major champions? Yeah, I mean, they already had a gold medal, right? So it's like one of those -- but that meant something different before he had a major. A million percent. I agree with that wholeheartedly, and I think that that was kind of the thing that he could like lean on to be like, "Yeah, haven't won a major yet, but hey, guys, look, I got this. I got this. I got my neck. Don't worry about it. I got you." So this year, in particular, I think it's going to be super fascinating to see, like, if one of Xander Sheffler or Scotty Sheffler ends up winning kind of A medal and the other one doesn't, or if one of them wins gold and one of them wins silver or bronze, like, I just think it's another kind of big resume pattern in these guys, and they're kind of player of the year race, because it is kind of wild to think that Scotty Sheffler may not be the player of the year on the PGA Tour, but given, you know, Xander Sheffler's summer time run, the two major championships, if you kind of ask anybody whose season they would rather have, like, they're probably going to pick Xander. Like, you think about the historical, just longevity of two majors in a single season. A lot of those guys will probably pick that. So as we inch over closer, you know, FedEx Cup playoffs, the Olympics obviously is part of it. You know, if one of those guys wins the medal and the other one doesn't, it's going to be a pretty unique kind of part of, "Hey, who are we going to really pick for, for player of the year?" You know, Scotty's kind of won every tournament, including a major, Xander's won two majors. A gold medal or a medal at all is just going to be kind of another feather in their cap, and certainly something to talk about as we get closer to that voting for PGA Tour player of the year. It's crazy. I can't remember, you know, an athlete changing my perception of them so quickly that Xander has. Yeah. Because I always just kind of expected bad things to happen to him. You think about the players this year where he melted down down the stretch, Scotty Sheffler comes up and like, "That wasn't that long ago." And then I was watching him put it in the water on 16 at Augusta, which doesn't happen. Yeah. Never happens. And you think of, and I was watching the Open in the back, and I'm like, "Oh, this guy, no one can touch him. No one is in. I just can't believe how quickly he changed my perception of it." Honestly, it's kind of a bummer because you like having guys. You like having guys. Who's the guy without the major? I don't know. They all have them. Like, there's no Sergio story. There's no Phil story early in his career. I guess it's like Ricky, but Ricky's past that point now, right? So like-- Victor Hoblin, I guess, will probably be-- I guess that's the guy. But we all think you'll get one unless he stops tinkering with his swing. Maybe he'll get one. But yeah, I think it's a really crazy flip for Xander. It's been incredible for him. Yeah. And I mean, he's kind of done things a lot, like just really close to the chest, right? Like he added all this speed and distance. And he hasn't told anybody basically what he's done or how he's done it. And I think maybe that is kind of part of the reason why it's kind of like, "Oh, yeah. We always knew this guy was good, but how did he get so good?" And now he's just kind of like, "Yeah, I'm awesome." See you guys in a trophy presentation again. So yeah, definitely a curious-- I mean, curious is the wrong word. It's not really a curious rise to the top because he has been so good and so solid and so steady for so many years. But to kind of bust out the way that he did this year, definitely impressive, but also one of those things where it's like, "How did this happen?" Yeah. Wyndham Clark, also a part of that American Olympic golf team, Bryson DeChambeau, obviously not because he's not able to accumulate world golf ranking points. And John Rahum isn't either. He is there for Spain. The field not quite as deep for Spain as it is for the Americans. He said, "Hey, how come we can't just like pick these teams like they do in other sports, obviously, as a guy with a vested interest in that, playing on the live tour?" I mean, does he have a point though? Obviously, the way Bryson DeChambeau played this year, yeah, probably has a better case to be on the American team than Wyndham Freaking Clark. Yeah. I think two quick answers kind of back to that one. The Rahum line, there's very much a live talking point for this week. I think Joaquin Neiman said the same thing, or what do the other live guys said basically the exact same thing. So it's okay, fine, whatever, but because there's no, I think if there was a team aspect to the actual competition, we as either two male golfers or we as in one male and one female representing a particular country and we have a chance to win a medal, then yeah, I think perhaps the United States Golf Association or whomever, there would be a reason for them to want to pick the best players to represent their country and try to win a medal on behalf of the country. But since that's not the case and it's just individual, this is kind of the best way that they could do it with respect to points and qualification and I can't really see this changing anytime soon. However, I will say I'm very excited to see what happens in 2028, because it does seem like there's not just like conversation or hot rumors, like I'm almost 100% sure that they are going to have kind of a mixed part of the competition for 2028 when the Olympics come to Los Angeles. So whether that means they're going to change the qualification, I think that part remains to be seen, but the fact that they're changing the way that they are going to have medals given out, it's going to be really cool. So the women's golf gets underway next week, Adam, and you were just out in Calgary covering the women, Brooke Henderson, you know, not the not the best tournament, but you know in the mix on the Sunday. So question I have for you here is I was looking at some odds about plus 1600 around there. So like not terrible number, clearly, like she's in the mix. How's her form? How's she feeling? You talked to her all the time. What's what's it looking like for her metal hopes heading into next week? Bro, not the best tournament. She's a couple of time major champion. We have the bars outrageous. The bars. I said in the mix. Who called the wall? Look at that. I mean, glasses sister. I get it, buddy. It's her own fault. She's a victim of her own success. Correct. I think the key for her. Now her her form has been solid. The putter is always kind of a question mark. It was the same. That's right. The thing that I think she had going for her with respect to the golf national is the golf course itself is very much kind of point and shoot. It's very much like a ball striker's golf course, TD green strength is going to be rewarded. And that's really where Brooke thrives. So I think she's six or seven on the LPGA tour in Green's regulation this year. You know, she's around that same number, six or seventh in scoring average. So, you know, again, if she is able to kind of do the thing that she is known to do, which is fine fairways and fine greens, you know, if she just kind of puts average, you know, I think that she's got a real chance to at least be in the be in the mix, be in the conversation because of the way that the golf course is set up and how it kind of reflects her strength. Okay, so she's the perfect example of this two time major champion, one, like, I don't know if you asked her this question, be a good question to ask her. But if she had her choice, Olympic gold medal or another major, I think that I think she would pick Olympic medal because of the way that like the women, the way that the women's game is not, it's not so much treated, but the way that the women's game is maybe viewed on a global scale, her winning an Olympic medal would kind of take things all the way to the next, like, to the next stratosphere. Like people know her, Canadian athletes like respect her, everybody, you know, knows that she is like the big, the big deal and like the super important next generation big influence in this sport, in this country, and like she's got so much stuff going for her, but, you know, she is like inherently shy, so there's like a part of it that's like, hey, if you win a, if you win a medal, if you win an Olympic medal, then you're going to just go and take things all the way to the next, to the next stage, and it's going to be crazy. So, yeah, I mean, I think because she's been a three-time Olympian, she'll probably be a four-time Olympian, maybe even a five-time Olympian, like inevitably winning a medal like just kind of should be something that she does, so to kind of, because if she does and everyone's just going to keep asking like, hey, when are you going to win a medal from now until forever, right? So, yeah, I think she's won the two majors, she's won the CPKC Women's Open, you know, she's the winningest Canadian of all time, men's to her, women's to her, she's probably not going to be passed, so this is kind of like the last thing for her to be able to do, or want to do, I should say. She's 26 as well, which is insane. Yeah, I got that. She's been around my whole life, it's not so. Adam, great stuff, go to your child's way here in the background. Thanks, fella. Nice to hear your voice, played it. See ya. All right, there's Adam Stanley. I offended Adam. Sorry. Yeah. Wasn't the best turn she was. I mean, we expect her to win, right? There's a bit of a Rory, there's a bit of a backdoor top 10. Anyways. I mean, she was, yeah, six back, she had no chance to win, and shot herself out of the tournament early on. Yes, wasn't the best turn. But she is a two-time major champion, she's the greatest golfer, men, women. By far. That this country's ever produced. Like, it's a joke. So yeah. She plays too slow. I mean, you're, you probably think everybody plays too slow. No, I don't. She has too many colors. I'm not going to get into that with Adam, because you get mad at me. He's a glasses sister. What? She also wears glasses. I watched when she won the last major. Why is she glasses sister to Adam? Because they're both from Ottawa, and they're both wearing glasses. I always, I always kill him for the fact that she took inspiration from him, and she got glasses just like a family with the exact same glasses. But anyways, but Nellie Korda play, I was watching the tournament, and Nellie Korda was playing with her. Nellie Korda's got her hands on her hands. Like, she grinds. Yeah. She grinds. I wish we play a little quicker. Too many conversations. Anyways. Yeah. But I, she's accomplished, and I really think that who I would love for her, because I feel she's a bit underrated. No, you, and Gunner will scream at you about this, and he gets so upset about, oh, I don't know everybody else gets this coverage, and he'll get really mad about this. But I do think that she's a little bit underrated in this country, in terms of how accomplished she really is. I think she gets, I think she gets a little bit, you know, diminished as opposed to some of her other athletes. And I think for her, if she could be in the mix for a medal, it would kind of bring her back up a little bit. Give me a nice little reminder for everybody, because she hasn't won in a little while. Yeah. But she's really great. Honestly, yeah. Like, you have to be kind of like a golf fan to really know exactly. Not even just like a sports fan, but if she could break through to the just general people who have a passing knowledge of Canadian sports, what's the Olympics does, right? Like, if you make headlines at the Olympics, you become more of a household name. I got bad news for you, though. Uh-oh. No, and just in regards to pace of play when it comes to, so I played a little bit better recently. Part of the thing I've got. And I'm not, I try to get up to my ball as quickly as possible, because I know my routine is slightly. Yes, yes, yes. It's not you. Nobody's you. Who, like, you remove your brain from your, the skull cavity, I believe, when you teed up on the first wall. That is correct. Yeah. You step up to the ball and you hit it. I do hit it. And it works for you. Fast, yes. Will not work for me. Like, I've tried that, too. It doesn't work for me. Okay. But I've, I've started to play better now. I've added a couple of things to my routine. Oh, my God. And I just spoke. Yeah. Sergio and O2. No, no, no, no, no, no. But it's very, like, it's the same every shot, but it just gets me in the right headspace. Not everybody can be you, man. No, I know, I know. Not everybody can be you. Brian Harmon's out there, like, there's people out there grinding. I'm so happy. Brian Harmon's out of the Olympics. I go watch him twist his stupid little head every time he hits the shot. But yeah, hoping really, really rooting for Brooke. Like, you know, these Canadian guys, I'm clearly cheering for them. And, you know, Nick Taylor has a ton of success since his win earlier this year, which is a win. It's a win to win. It feels like it's more of an uphill climb for these men's players with the level of talent. And I know it's the same on the women's side, but it just feels like a little smaller field. Like Adam said, it's a ball striker spot, pretty easy course. Really rooting for Brooke. It would be cool to see that mixed team event, which Adam says is coming in four years. I just, how would that work? So that's a separate tournament. Like you play your individual and like throw more golf into the mix. And the like maybe short and like two rounds or something. Yeah. That's the only way they could do it. But it's a scramble. A scramble. Everybody is placing with your team. Scramble to grab it. I actually think though, if we could ever find a way to have it be like a better ball. You know, it's all sort of crazy for this, always confuses me when we get better ball is like four balls. It's like what? What is that again? We can get it. It's basketball. It's a four ball, I believe. If we can get a combined of Corey Connors and Mack Hughes, that's the best Canadian golfer of all time. Right. Because Connors stripes it and Mack is a phenomenal potter. Combine those two guys in a team event. I feel like they'd be really good together. Well, and how awesome would it be to see one of those guys with Brooke Anderson? Yes. I would love that. That would be really cool. Great. Great team event, which apparently is coming. All right. Time now for the Waken Reich presented by Sports Interaction. Our homegrown sports book, 19 plus bet responsibly. The NFL's preseason gets underway tonight with a Hall of Fame game. So what better time to look at our NFL futures, Super Bowl winners, odds, chiefs are the favorites to repeat because Patrick Mahomes still plays football, plus 550 49 or second favorite at plus 600 Ravens plus a thousand lions, plus 1200 bangles and eagles, both 1400. You can go down the list there. Anything stand out to you, Sammy? Yeah. Love the bangles plus 1400. I think people have kind of forgotten about Joe Burrell. Don't forget. He was hurt for most of last year. Was that forget something to do with the elbow? He was banged up. He even played and then he heard his leg and he was even hurt during that point. Like he had to. So you're going to keep the blonde hair though into the season? No, he can't. It's really bad. But I think that they're going to be a little bit on an F you tour in terms of you forgot about us. You forgot about us. They had a big time down year. They were one of the favorites last year. I love Joe Burrell. Joe Burrell is probably my favorite player in the NFL. There's just something about the guy. Just I really think he's got it. And I think as far as value goes plus 1400 for them is by far the best value. So I mean, you could, you could talk me into maybe some, the lions action, maybe, or maybe talk me into the bills, but I'm not going to do that. Give me the bangles plus 1400. How about Aaron Rodgers at an advanced age, staying healthy for a 17 game schedule? I think it's plus, I think it's plus a million that he makes it past the first game. It's hard to take anybody in the AFC. You got to take an NFC team here and just hope that Patrick Mahomes gets hurt before the Super Bowl. It's a great point. Yeah. So even, even, yeah, they're not going to win three in a row. Yeah. All right. Yeah. I mean, the bills at plus 1500, I guess if you're a believer that eventually Josh Allen's going to break through, you know, what was actually surprising to see was some of the early career statline numbers on Lamar Jackson comparing favorably to Tom Brady. And maybe eventually he gets his plus 1000 is what the rave. I just, when he goes head to head with all the other AFC quarterbacks, I just know what's going to happen. And I like, I like him a lot, but he just not as good as those other guys. And it just, and when it comes down to it, if Patrick Mahomes is a chance to win it, or I like the other guys more. Frank Lay, like chiefs of plus 550 doesn't sound so bad. You're right. She just got that. That was the waken rank presented by sports interaction, your homegrown sports book 19 plus bet responsibly. All right. When we come back, trade deadline in our rear view mirror. And we've got playoff races in both the American League and the National League. 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