1. Do I really feel vindicated as a result of I spent tons of time on the SI Media Podcast the previous two weeks pumping up The Roast of Tom Brady and explaining to Sal Licata throughout our “Traina Ideas” phase that it was going to be a must-watch?
And massive shoutout to TopShotYoda who acknowledged my effort.
As for the roast itself, it was even higher than I anticipated and I had very excessive expectations. Listed below are my ideas.
• It was an fascinating technique for the producers to make use of the 2 huge weapons, Jeff Ross and Nikki Glaser, proper out of the gate. It made me surprise if the manufacturing crew wished to make it instantly clear that this was going to be an actual roast and never some watered-down, PG-rated borefest.
• Make no mistake: Whereas Drew Bledsoe, Julian Edelman and Invoice Belichick had been excellent, the masters of roasting—Ross and Glaser—had been on one other degree.
• That is my energy rankings of prime 5 roasters:
3. Kevin Hart’s opening
• How on earth did the administrators not give us a shot of Brady when Glaser unleashed this NSFW line?
• I don’t know why Kim Kardashian was a part of this, however her presence was properly value it because of this shot from Brady.
• It takes A LOT to shock me. And I can’t say I used to be “shocked,” nevertheless it was positively surreal to see so many Patriots gamers joke about Aaron Hernandez being a assassin.
• He would by no means admit it as a result of it’s a must to be an excellent sport at a roast, however I don’t suppose Rob Gronkowski favored a few of the jokes about his lack of intelligence. However, my goodness, was this so rattling good.
Belichick’s set was made even funnier as a result of he was so out of his component and didn’t ship the punchlines the way in which punchlines ought to be delivered. It was like his efficiency on Pat McAfee’s Draft present. It’s simply Invoice being Invoice and that in itself is humorous.
An enormous theme on social media in the course of the roast was, “Why would Brady conform to this” and “Why would Brady topic himself to this?” How about as a result of it’s enjoyable? How about as a result of laughing is an efficient factor? How about as a result of it’s leisure?
2. With the Pacers and Knicks opening up their collection tonight, this clip of versatile New York ahead Josh Hart trashing the state of Indiana has been unearthed. That is some good added spice to the playoff collection.
3. Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, which noticed a photograph end with Mystik Dan beating out Sierra Leone, was the most-watched Derby in 35 years. A median of 16.7 million individuals watched the Derby on NBC. Viewership peaked between 7 and seven:15 pm ET with 20.1 million viewers delivering.
4. Generally baseball is humorous, as confirmed right here by Giants shortstop Nick Ahmed.
5. The WWE has been touring in Europe over the previous week and the crowds for dwell occasions have been wild. Listed below are a couple of nice clips that includes WWE champion Cody Rhodes interacting with a few of his followers.
6. The most recent episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina options an interview with Puck senior correspondent John Ourand about all the newest sports activities media information. Ourand breaks down the newest studies relating to the NBA’s upcoming tv offers and the place issues stand between the league and ESPN, TNT, NBC and Amazon. Ourand additionally shares ideas on how the brand new TV offers would affect the way forward for the Contained in the NBA crew of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal.
Ourand discusses the modifications at CBS’s NFL Right now with Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms out and Matt Ryan in, whether or not the NFL Draft would ever transfer to a Wednesday-Thursday-Friday schedule as an alternative of Thursday-Friday-Saturday, the standing of the Marchand & Ourand Podcast and extra.
Following Ourand, Sal Licata from WFAN and SNY joins Jimmy for the weekly “Traina Ideas” phase. This week’s subjects embody an NFL Draft shocker, a blow to an MLB famous person, Dave & Busters permitting playing, Jerry Seinfeld turning 70 and rather more.
7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Great things by Jerry Seinfeld on this week’s Saturday Night time Dwell as a man who has carried out an excessive amount of press. Hell of a shoutout for Wealthy Eisen, as properly.
