Behind the Line

Disney stock has lost five years of gains in a matter of months...and the landscape for improvement doesn't look good. Disney released their third installment in the Toy Story franchise last weekend.

Opening weekend for Lightyear was incredibly disappointing. We discuss why the latest Disney film flopped at the box office...and explain why Disney as a company is struggling right now. We mention parents being tired of their children losing their innocence...and question whether Disney can recover.

Brittney Griner has been in Russia unwillingly for several months. In that time...Brittney Griner has been unable to speak with her wife Cherelle Griner. In celebration of their wedding anniversary this past weekend...Brittney Griner worked with the US embassy in Moscow to arrange a phone call with her wife.

Unfortunately for Brittney Griner...the scheduled call never happened. We discuss the US embassy forgetting about the call between Brittney Griner and her wife...and explain how this show the irrelevance of the WNBA. We also discuss the lack of loyalty in the woke movement.

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This past Sunday most people in America celebrated Fathers Day. Joy Reid and MSNBC went in a different direction. Instead of airing a special about fathers...Joy Reid produced a special for MSNBC about women. Unsurprisingly...the ratings were disastrous.

We reveal and react to the ratings for The Culture is Black Women. We also react to Joy Reid ratings for the Reid Out...her nightly primetime show on MSNBC. We question how Joy Reid still has a job in mainstream media...and show a compilation of clips explaining why Americans refuse to watch Joy Reid.

Last week...Michele Tafoya was invited to by Dan Le Batard to be interviewed on his show. Before the interview...Dan Le Batard told Michele Tafoya they would be talking about her media career and new podcast. This couldn't have been further from the truth.

We react to a clip of the interview between Dan Le Batard and Michele Tafoya. We discuss how Michele Tafoya was invited on the show under false pretenses...and Dan Le Batard really brought her on the show to embarrass Michele Tafoya.

Lia Thomas has dreamed of competing in the Olympics. After dominating women's swimming at the NCAA level...Lia Thomas set sights on winning gold at the Olympics. However...that dream is unlikely to become reality.

Over the weekend...FINA announced that Lia Thomas wouldn't be allowed to compete against female athletes at the Olympics. We react to the announcement...and credit FINA for having common-sense. We discuss how America used to lead the world on these issues...but America is no longer stepping up to do what's right.

Ron Rivera and the Washington Commanders fined Jack Del Rio for sharing his opinion on January 6th. We reveal and react to the statement from Ron Rivera explaining the reasoning for fining Jack Del Rio...and highlight the hypocrisy in the statement.

We also react to Bill Maher defending Jack Del Rio. We discuss how Bill Maher has become a rare voice of reason amongst Democrats. We agree with Bill Maher and his explanation that Americans have the right to be wrong...and discuss the problem behind censoring speech.

Ratings for the NBA Finals continued their disappointing trend for Game 6 Thursday night. We reveal and react to NBA ratings for Game 6...and discuss the disappointing NBA ratings throughout the NBA Finals.

We explain why this is troubling for the future of the league. We discuss the difference between the type of controversy Michael Jordan generated in the 90s...compared to the controversy Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors generated this year. We explain how these NBA ratings spell the end for the Warriors as the most popular NBA team...and how there's not another superstar or team to replace Steph Curry and the Warriors.

Skip Bayless and Stephen A Smith formed a dynamic duo for ESPN. First Take with Stephen A Smith and Skip Bayless was highly entertaining...and launched both men to the greatest heights of their careers.

Currently...Skip Bayless and Stephen A Smith are arguing about who made the show successful. We play and react to clips of recent comments from Skip Bayless and Stephen A Smith. We explain why Stephen A Smith is wrong...and defend Skip Bayless against his comments. We discuss how Skip Bayless saved the career of Stephen A Smith...and how Stephen A's ego is getting the best of him.

Two years ago...the WNBA made history and it was completely overlooked by most in the mainstream media. Layshia Clarendon played nine years in the WNBA with her final season taking place in 2021.

We explain how Layshia Clarendon made history in the WNBA...by accomplishing several "firsts". We look into the confusing life of Layshia Clarendon...and come out of this discussion more confused than when we started.

WNBA players often complain about their supposedly inequitable treatment. Players like Sue Bird want higher pay...and many in the WNBA have been bringing awareness to their supposed unfair treatment having to fly commercial to road games.

Now...we have a WNBA player complaining about back-to-back road games. We reveal and react to a recent tweet from Skylar Diggins-Smith. Skylar Diggins-Smith whined about flying commercial to back-to-back road games. We discuss how WNBA players have no leverage for their complaints...and compare their road schedule to the NBA.