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Starbanes audio. Hey guys, welcome to another episode of you from the Cheap Seats where we talk sports, a little bit of comedy.

We have a great combo today with our guest, the amazing Adam Ray. So good. So funny. So talented. Can play basketball. Played in the... Duke, he played in the NBA celebrity. All-Star game in 2019 with our buddy Brad Williams. He was amazing. Scored nine points. We'll talk about that whole story and behind the scene stories about that with him on our Patreon. But we're going to talk about the Cracken, which is the new hockey team

that's coming to Seattle, his hometown, and how excited he is as is like a newby hockey fan.

He is very excited about a new franchise coming to town. Talk about that. Talk about the NBA

finals and how great it was and our thoughts on AnteCompo and the idea of the Milwaukee Bucks. It's just incredible that a small market team won and the excitement of do they have, does Phoenix have a chance to make it back there again? We'll sort of explore all that with him. And then later on the show, we have a conversation with Al Gore. Former Vice President Al Gore.

As to who he, and we recorded before the finals, as the finals were going on, who was he rooting for? And we'll find out, and I think it won't surprise you that he's not a fan of the sons. Okay. But before that, let's get to our top take. amazingly another professional athlete currently playing has come out as gay, come out of the closet.

What a wonderful, amazing public moment.

Randy and I actually personally believe it's the beginning of a tipping point.

I hope so.

And by the way, this isn't like Connor McDavid coming out, you know, like the biggest name or Sidney Crosby. But it is someone who is currently playing on the Nashville Predators. Luke Procop. The only bad thing about this is that he's a predator. Yeah. So you kind of don't want someone to come out as gay and also be identified as a predator. That's not a good thing. Even if it's a Nashville Predator player. But still, it would have been so much better if it was just a Canadian. That's right. That would have been maybe open the door even further. But I think this is the beginning of a tipping point because these are current players on the roster. These aren't guys who used to be in a locker room or are now coming out. We know that there are gay players in professional sports.

There was the defensive end who came out of the closet in professional football for – I can't remember who it was for.

I'm not sure.

We'll find it.

He was drafted.

So he just came out, and he's going to be playing in the NFL.

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