3 & Out - Spain WINS World Cup Thriller vs. Lionel Messi & Argentina, George Kittle’s plea for grass fields, Bryson DeChambeau’s British Open controversy
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff reacts to an unforgettable World Cup Final as Spain defeats Lionel Messi and Argentina in a thrilling championship match. John breaks down the biggest moments from the final, what the victory means for Spain on the world stage, and why the World Cup continues to deliver some of the greatest moments in sports.
The conversation then shifts back to the NFL, where George Kittle is once again advocating for natural grass fields. John discusses the ongoing debate over playing surfaces, player safety, injury prevention, and whether the league should finally move away from artificial turf.
Plus, Bryson DeChambeau finds himself at the center of controversy during The Open Championship. John weighs in on the latest headlines, the reaction from the golf world, and what the situation says about one of the sport's most polarizing stars.
From an epic World Cup showdown to NFL player safety and major championship golf, John covers the biggest stories from across the sports landscape on this episode of 3 & Out.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:20.9 | John Middle Cop 3 and Out podcast. What is going on, my people. |
| 0:22.0 | How are we doing? |
| 0:24.0 | John Middle Cup 3 and Out podcast. |
| 0:25.9 | We're back, baby. |
| 0:27.3 | We are back. |
| 0:33.3 | It was gone for a couple weeks and then didn't do a show Thursday or Friday. |
| 0:35.5 | But I was like, you know, let's fire up the mic. |
| 0:36.7 | Let's see if your boy still got it. |
| 0:38.9 | So we got Spain win the World Cup. |
| 0:44.4 | We got the grass fields conversation that just will not die from the NFL players after watching the World Cup and all the NFL stadiums having grass. |
| 0:48.9 | We had a big suspension in the NFL of an executive I wanted to dive into. We got training camps, |
| 0:56.2 | rookies reporting all over the league this week. Bryson Deschambeau made some headlines |
| 1:02.4 | as well over across the pond at the British Open. Scataboo, almost ripped up his knees |
| 1:08.6 | again. We'll have a podcast all week, so talking football. |
| 1:14.0 | I saw Rex Ryan followed me on Twitter. |
| 1:16.2 | I might shoot him a DM, see if he wants to come on. |
| 1:19.1 | But, yeah, we got a lot going on. |
| 1:23.3 | We'll do mailbags throughout the week as well. |
| 1:25.3 | At John Middlecough, at John Middlecough is the Instagram file firing those DMs. So we're going to get into that big time over the next month throughout the training camp. But you guys know the Joe, if you listen on Collins' feed, subscribe to three and out. If you want to watch, we're up on Netflix. You can go check that out as well as camp goes and there's stories that are outside the podcast. |
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