Denny Hamlin breaks down exactly how he won Daytona 500

Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin joined the show to explain how he did it and follow up on his promise to send us the wheel if he won the race on last Friday’s show. Dan asked if he’s seen the video of the last lap. “It happened so fast,” Hamlin said. “Going into the last…

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Grant Wahl on writing LeBron SI cover story in 2002

Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl joined the show to talk about his 2002 cover story on LeBron James. LeBron was 17 at the time. He said that James was ready for that big of a stage and a very good interview. He said that at first he had no idea that James would be…

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Chris Stapleton on not knowing Adele, tossing football with Dan Marino

Country singer Chris Stapleton joined the show to talk about his emerging stardom and more. Stapleton said he never would have believed he’d be here. He told great stories like tossing the football around with Dan Marino and Adele covering him and him not knowing who she was. Stapleton said it wouldn’t have been good…

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Adrian Wojnarowski breaks down NBA trade deadline rumors

The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski joined the show to break down the NBA trade deadline. Woj said the looming salary-cap increase likely waters down anything that will happen today: “A lot of teams are saying why give up our young assets if they can be really aggressive in free agency.” Woj also said that teams don’t…

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