Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd breaks down a thrilling NBA Cup Final as Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks brought home the win over Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, crediting the NBA for taking a bold swing and creating a must-watch event. Colin explains why the league’s willingness to innovate is paying off—despite criticism from traditionalists—and what the NBA Cup means for the future of the sport.
Plus, Colin draws compelling comparisons between Bears quarterback Caleb Williams and Broncos QB Bo Nix, explaining why both young NFL stars are being underrated. He dives in on how they stacked up against the other Super Bowl contenders across the league.
Plus, 3-time Pro Bowler Matt Hasselbeck joins the show to tell Colin why the Dolphins benched QB Tua Tagovailoa and what makes Bills QB Josh Allen the best in the NFL right now.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
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| 0:04.3 | Thanks for listening to the Best of the Heard podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio in noon to 3 Eastern, 9 a.m. to noon Pacific. |
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| 0:23.8 | This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:31.9 | Here we go. |
| 0:33.5 | It is a Wednesday. |
| 0:35.4 | We are live in Chicago. |
| 0:38.2 | It's the herd wherever you may be and however you may be listening. |
| 0:42.1 | Thanks for making us part of your day. |
| 0:45.6 | You know, it's interesting. |
| 0:48.5 | There's people out there. |
| 0:50.2 | One of the things I've learned over the course of my life, people that complain a lot, don't create a lot. |
| 0:57.9 | So a rule I try to make part of my life is I surround myself with creators and not complainers. |
| 1:05.8 | It's just a psychological truth. |
| 1:10.1 | It's a psychological truth. i mean harvard's done study |
| 1:14.4 | optimists are more successful in life professionally than pessimists so when anybody rips on the |
| 1:21.7 | NBA taking a stab with the NBA cup i'm like you don't even watch the league you just you're |
| 1:27.0 | just a complainer which means you're not a creator, which means you're a pessimist, not an optimist. No, thanks, I don't want that life. So last night I'm watching the NBA Cup, and I'm like, the NBA got more Wemby on TV and more New York Knicks on TV. I'm for it. Baseball did this. They'd put baseball games in London, |
| 1:45.3 | the Yankees, Red Sox, the Mets, Phillies. They'd put him in a cornfield. They'd put him in Bristol |
| 1:49.8 | Mortar Speedway. Rob Manfred took six or seven swings. I mean, baseball's on a two to three-year |
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