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Former teammate Stone Garrett alleged Josh Naylor hid in his closet with a butcher knife, jumped out, sliced Garrett's thumb open, required surgery, and received only a one-game suspension while the team kept it quiet. The front office apparently wanted it hush-hush.
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PFT leads off his Hot Seat with Serena Williams, who lost in three sets at Wimbledon in what appeared to be the definitive end of her comeback attempt. He also flags the Jaylen Brown situation — trade offers apparently nowhere near what the Celtics expected, and Brown liked an Instagram comment from @orlandovibedealer suggesting he deserves to go somewhere that respects him. The discussion shifts to Memes raising Emmanuel Acho's incendiary claim that the WNBA would be better without Caitlin Clark, which lands without PFT available due to a brief connection drop. [1] — PFT Commenter "If we got mad at Kevin Durant for going to Golden State, this would be pathetic. Pathetic." 04:34 Big Cat's Cool Throne goes to Ben Simmons, who is hyping yet another comeback while fishing on a boat in Miami — which PFT suggests might actually be his true calling. The segment's most jaw-dropping moment arrives when Big Cat reads Stone Garrett's Instagram comment alleging Josh Naylor hid in his minor-league apartment closet with a butcher knife, jumped out, sliced Garrett's thumb requiring nerve surgery, and received a one-game suspension while the team kept it quiet. [2] — Big Cat "Former teammate Stone Garrett alleged Josh Naylor hid in his closet with a butcher knife, jumped out, sliced Garrett's thumb open, required…" 54:23 Zach's Cool Throne goes to Nick Saban writing a character testimony letter for former Alabama player Terrion Arnold, who is facing kidnapping allegations. PFT suggests Saban should have led the letter by declaring himself anti-kidnapping.
Emmanuel Acho claimed the WNBA would be better without Caitlin Clark. Malik Beasley is going to prison for sports betting. And Josh Naylor may have once hidden in a teammate's closet with a butcher knife — allegedly.
Stone Garrett alleged in a public Instagram comment that Josh Naylor hid in his closet with a butcher knife, jumped out and sliced Garrett's thumb open, requiring surgery, and Naylor received only a one-game suspension.
Chris Johnson announced he has ALS on Good Morning America. Two players from the same Titans team — Johnson and Tim Shaw — are both now living with ALS. The hosts urge listeners to donate to ALS research if they can.
Thomas's wife deferred her CrossFit career — she's in the global top 1% of athletes — to put him through law school debt-free. He wants her to chase the dream now; she wants the emergency fund and house down payment first. On a $200K lawyer income with no debt, the opportunity cost is just a few months of slower saving.
Underground calisthenics battles are exactly like UFC meets a rap battle — 150 people crowded around a circle, fighters walking out with masks and chains, nicknames like 'Extra Money' vs 'Calisthenics the Prince,' and people throwing money and betting. The battle set: 100 burpees, 50 muscle-ups, 75 dips, 75 squats with a 65-pound dumbbell. This is the next big spectator sport.
Rico Verhoeven controlled the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion for approximately 10 rounds — and had his appeal upheld when officials admitted the fight was stopped after the bell. The result was never overturned. Rogan calls it either incompetence or corruption, and argues the money behind Usyk made an upset politically inconvenient.
Rogan lays out a blunt case: boxing's 3-judge system is structurally broken, and the judges know who the promoter wants to win. Glory's 5-judge format is the right model. Corruption doesn't have to be conscious — just knowing Usyk is the cash cow is enough to tilt the scales.
With the Usyk-Wilder fight stalling and Fury-Joshua coming too late, the real fight the world wants is the rematch. Rico is a free agent. Usyk vacated his belts. The story is unfinished and both Rogan and Rico know it. His Excellency Turki Alasheikh already called for it ringside — the question is money.
Rico texted Jason Statham during the Canelo-Crawford fight. Statham showed Rico's highlight videos to promoters. Two days later, Rico was on a call about fighting Anthony Joshua. When Joshua pulled out, Rico pitched Usyk himself — Undisputed vs. Undisputed. Usyk said yes in two weeks. The whole thing started with one text.
Every heavyweight who faced Usyk tried to move to the right — straight into his power hand. Rico and Peter Fury identified the obvious solution: move left, away from the left hand, and smother him with size. It sounds simple. Nobody had done it. That one adjustment was the foundation of 10 dominant rounds.
MMA fans boo when fights go to the ground. They love stand-up. Kickboxing is pure stand-up. Yet it barely exists in America while boxing and MMA are enormous. Rogan's diagnosis: no promotion machine. If the UFC got behind kickboxing the way they've built MMA, it would explode. The talent is there — the storytelling machine is not.
A nation of 17 million people gave the world Ramon Deckers, Peter Aerts, Badr Hari, Melvin Manhoef, Rob Kamen, Ernesto Hoost, and Rico Verhoeven. Rico's theory: the country is so small that every gym shares knowledge freely. In the US, you need a flight. In Holland, you drive 40 minutes and spar the national champion.
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