It's a YUGE show! ESPN Analyst Jay Bilas joins us to talk about legendary #21's, his appearance on The White Shadow, Young Jeezy, the state of college sports in a COVID-19 world, taking Barney the Dinosaur to court and more! It's an absolutely jam-packed show!

Our Guest
Jay Bilas is one of the foremost analysts in college basketball today. A 4-year starter at Duke where he played on the first of Mike Krzyzewski’s 12 Final Four teams. He also won back-to-back National Championships as a Duke assistant and got a law degree.  He's a 5X Emmy nominee, actor, author, likes Young Jeezy and has a first-rate Twitter account.

2:08 – “Well, thank you for having me.”
ESPN Analyst Jay Bilas joins us to dive right in on a jam-packed show. He reveals that he liked #21 because of Roberto Clemente. Plus he talks about The White Shadow, I Come In Peace, the state of college sports, taking Barney the Dinosaur to court, Young Jeezy and more.

18:50 – “There are so many great number 21’s . . .”
Tom starts with the baseball list of notables which includes Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Mike Hargrove, Ruben Sierra and Terry Puhl. The Greatest Generation gets some love with an accounting of the accomplishments of Hall of Famers Warren Spahn and Bob Lemon. Finally, we hit the contenders, Sammy Sosa (barely), Roger Clemens (begrudgingly) and Roberto Clemente.

22:40 – “It’s a great number for basketball.”
Rudy hits the basketball contenders starting with Tim Duncan. Then Dominique Wilkins, Kevin Garnett and Bill Sharman.

26:27 – “I almost named my son World B. Free.”
Sentimental favorites include scorer supreme World B. Free, former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Vlade Divac – the first guy who could get you 20 pts., 12 rebounds and smoke 4 cigarettes in a game. Notables include Michael Cooper, Sleepy Floyd and Alvin Robertson.

28:23 – “Cam Neely. Who is really known more for #8.”
Hockey notables include Neely, Guy Carbonneau and Brent Sutter. Sentimental favorites are Maple Leafs legend Borje Salming and all-everything female Cammi Granato. Contenders are Stan Mikita, Peter Forsberg and Mike Eruzione.

31:15 – “Wow! I love it. You’re teasing Screen Stars.”
Rudy really comes around on Screen Stars, tipping his hand on who this week’s honoree will be. Go to 39:24 to hear Screen Stars which includes big-time actors Jesse Plemons, Matt Damon and Patrick “Don’t Call Me McDreamy” Dempsey.

31:34 – “One legendary #21 that drove a car for a living.”
Rudy shouts out NASCAR legend David Pearson before hopping into football, where the notables are Charles Woodson, Tiki Barber, Eric Allen and James Brooks. Sentimental favorites are Barry Sanders, Desmond Howard, Jim Kiick, John Hadl and Cliff Branch. Contenders are LaDainian Tomlinson and Neon Deion Prime Time Sanders.

44:19 – “An official unit of measure, the buttload.”
We segue into the Derrick Rose Award:

1. Curt Flood
2. Sean Taylor
3. Ken Caminiti

And the Hall of Shame:

1. Rumeal Robinson
2. Jay Johnstone

50:04 – “I’ll attack this list with vigor.”
Heat Check for #21:

1. Joel Embiid
2. Walker Buehler
3. Zeke Elliott
4. Todd Gurley
5. Frank Gore
6. Patrick Peterson
7. Zach Grienke
8.  Todd Frazier
9. Hassan Whiteside
10. Brayden Point

54:35 – “Remind us of the order that Jay put it in.”

Our first disagreement as a married couple on the Hall of Fame List:

1. Roberto Clemente (Rudy would have Tim Duncan here)
2. Tim Duncan
3. Roger Clemens
4. Deion Sanders 
5. Stan Mikita

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