Anthony Edwards is back in the headlines for something that has absolutely nothing to do with basketball. Mike and Rudy react to a court ordering Edwards to pay $14,000 a month in child support for a three-year-old son he testified he has never met, leading to a bigger conversation about fatherhood, child support and separating an athlete's personal life from what they accomplish on the court. That discussion expands into how social media has changed the way we judge celebrities, athletes and other public figures.
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Anthony Edwards is back in the headlines for something that has absolutely nothing to do with basketball. Mike and Rudy react to a court ordering Edwards to pay $14,000 a month in child support for a three-year-old son he testified he has never met, leading to a bigger conversation about fatherhood, child support and separating an athlete's personal life from what they accomplish on the court. That discussion expands into how social media has changed the way we judge celebrities, athletes and other public figures.
On the football side, former TCU safety Jacob Fields gets the ITB punch after being dismissed from the program following an alleged locker room assault on a teammate. The guys discuss the severity of the incident, questions surrounding how it was handled and Mike's continuing campaign to eventually get Jeff Traylor to Fort Worth.
Then it's time for some Texas music. Following the death of ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, the guys dig into Texas Highways' list of the 50 greatest Texas recordings, including ZZ Top, Willie Nelson, George Jones, the Geto Boys, Janis Joplin and more. Columbia House shutting down also sends Mike and Rudy straight into nostalgia mode, remembering the days of ordering stacks of CDs and cassettes through the mail and getting in trouble when the bill showed up.
Topics Covered:
- Anthony Edwards ordered to pay $14,000 per month in child support
- Ant-Man says he has never met his three-year-old son
- Fatherhood and the responsibilities that come with it
- Separating athletes' personal lives from their accomplishments
- Is Anthony Edwards one of the best players in basketball?
- Wemby, Anthony Edwards, Nikola Jokić and the NBA's best-player debate
- Reports that Victor Wembanyama may have grown again
- Why Wemby's continued growth actually concerns Mike
- Goodbye to Columbia House after 71 years
- Growing up ordering CDs, cassettes and music videos
- Texas Highways' 50 greatest Texas recordings
- ZZ Top, Willie Nelson, Geto Boys, George Strait and Janis Joplin
- TCU dismisses Jacob Fields following an alleged locker room assault
- Mike continues campaigning for Jeff Traylor at TCU
- Netflix's upcoming Mr. T documentary
- How social media changed celebrity and fame
- Why Tim Duncan's privacy makes him even more legendary
- LT Electric Slide
Key Moments:
- Ant-Man's latest child support story turns into a serious conversation about absent fathers and why simply writing a check isn't always enough.
- The guys still give Edwards his basketball flowers, debating whether he belongs alongside Wemby and Jokić among the best players in the NBA.
- Reports that Wemby may be even taller now have Mike saying, essentially, that's enough growing, mijo.
- Columbia House closing sends the crew back to the days of getting a pile of albums for a penny and hoping Mom didn't discover the bill.
- The Geto Boys landing in the Texas Highways top 10 gets a VERY enthusiastic reaction from Rudy.
- ZZ Top's “La Grange” lands at No. 3 as the crew runs through the publication's top 10 Texas recordings.
- Jacob Fields gets punched after TCU dismisses him following an alleged assault on a teammate.
- The upcoming Mr. T: I Pity the Fool documentary immediately makes the watch list.
- LT Electric Slide asks the crew to choose between living without music or living without movies and TV, then makes them pick the ONE album they'd take to a deserted island.
- A conversation about Taylor Swift, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan and other celebrities leads to a simple realization: sometimes less is more when it comes to knowing everything about famous people.
Episode 629 has a little bit of everything: Ant-Man's personal drama, Wemby's apparently never-ending growth spurt, a serious TCU locker room situation, old-school music nostalgia, Texas classics and Mr. T. Somehow it all turns into a bigger conversation about celebrity, social media and whether knowing too much about the people we admire has ruined some of the magic.
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