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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
After the Knicks secured a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals over the Spurs, Colin Cowherd explains why he finds himself rooting for “likeable” New York.He also talks about US Men’s National Team falling to Germany 2-1 in their last game before the World Cup and why he’s encouraged about their chances to contend on home soil despite the loss.Plus, 16-year NBA veteran Al Harrington joins the show to tell Colin why he believes the sky is still the limit for Victor Wembanyama despite his struggles in the first 2 games of the NBA Finals.
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| 0:27.2 | World Cup Week, kicking off today in the Herd. |
| 0:31.8 | We're live wherever you may be, however, and wherever you're listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. |
| 0:39.1 | A lot of choices out there. We appreciate it. Starting today, second hour, top of next hour, |
| 0:47.7 | we'll give you great moments in the history of our best players, the World Cup, the greatest moments, the greatest |
| 0:56.2 | saves. Staff put it together. It's great. So tonight's game three of the NBA finals. Spurs have |
| 1:04.7 | led the first two games by double figures and have lost both. And so New York, I think, is going to win the series. |
| 1:12.6 | You know, you go on the road, win the first two. |
| 1:14.5 | But it's interesting. |
| 1:15.8 | The ratings have been unbelievable, 90% over the 2025 NBA Finals opener. |
| 1:23.5 | And we all know in America, who's playing matters, Cubs, Yankees, Dodgers in a World Series, big ratings. |
| 1:31.2 | Rory McElroy, down the stretch on a Sunday at the Masters, big ratings, Duke in the final |
| 1:36.6 | four of the championship game, big numbers. |
| 1:39.2 | But this New York team is different. |
| 1:41.3 | They're not hype. |
| 1:42.7 | It's not megastars everywhere, yet they're incredibly |
| 1:46.0 | great television. They didn't buy this championship. Jalen Brunson's on a rare NBA team-friendly |
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