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Broadcaster Al Michaels joined the show to talk about covering the Olympics with Dan and more. Michaels talked about covering the Giants-Cowboys game he’ll open the season with. Dan asked which team had higher expectations. Michaels said the expectations aren’t that high for the Giants. But for the Cowboys, they’re always high, regardless of what…

Los Angeles Clipper and U.S. Basketball gold medalist Chris Paul joined the show to talk about winning the gold. Paul said that he later saw Coach K jumping up when he hit a decisive basket in the gold medal game. He said he’s looking forward to giving Coach K a hard time. Paul said Coach…

Andrew “McLovin” Perloff projected the yardage total for the four rookie quarterbacks who have a good chance of starting this season. Brandon Weeden, Cleveland Browns: 3,000 yards Ryan Tannehill, Miami Dolphins: 2,750 yards Robert Griffin III, Washington Redskins: 2,000 yards (Only because he’s too vulnerable to injury. He’ll be great, but he’ll take too many…

NFL Network host Rich Eisen joined the show to talk about the big stories around the League. Dan and Rich talked about whether Tim Tebow is over-covered.”Tim Tebow moves the needle,” Eisen said. “You saw it in the ratings.” Eisen noted that Tebow brought in the “crossover audience” — not just the hardcore football fan.…

Radio host Paul Finebaum joined the show to talk about LSU and Tyrann Mathieu. Finebaum weighed in on the chances of Mathieu coming back to LSU. “I’m hearing they don’t want him around,” Finebaum said. Finebaum said there are reports out there that he’s failed multiple drug tests, even though Les Miles hasn’t been able to…

Sports Illustrated’s Peter King joined the show to talk about the big preseason storylines. King weighed in on Chad Johnson. He was in Dolphins camp and saw some of Johnson’s behavior and comments. He said it was kind of funny, but there was something off. Dan asked King why the Dolphins even tried the Johnson…

MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds joined the show to talk about the big stories in baseball. Reynolds weighed in on Melky Cabrera’s 50-game suspension for failing a drug test.  “You have to be a knucklehead to get caught,” Reynolds said. “But the payoff is great.” Cabrera thinks that big factors are batters taking a passive…

Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush joined the show to talk about training camp and more. Dan asked how practice was after the country saw Chad Johnson get cut last night on Hard Knocks. “It may cause a small distraction,” Bush said. “But guys were pretty focused. We still have to go to work.” Dan…