Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
With Colin Cowherd out, Jason McIntyre steps in to discuss the state of the Lakers. J-Mac explains why he’s all in on the Lakers as title contenders in the Western Conference behind Luka Doncic, LeBron James & Austin Reaves.
J-Mac also gets set for March Madness revealing his Final Four picks after Selection Sunday and the release of the bracket.
Plus, NBA reporter Jovan Buha joins the show to discuss why LeBron James is taking a back seat to Luka & Reaves as the Lakers prepare to make a playoff run in the West.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 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. |
| 0:13.8 | Find your local station for the herd at Fox Sports Radio.com or stream us live every day on the IHeart radio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. |
| 0:23.8 | This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:32.6 | Happy Monday, everybody. |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to the herd. |
| 0:36.2 | It's me, Jason McIntyre in for, yes, vacationing once again, everybody. Welcome to the herd. It's me, Jason McIntyre, in for, yes, vacationing once |
| 0:40.7 | again, Colin Cowherd. I'm joined by Rachel Nichols, and I'm just going to say right out |
| 0:46.2 | the gate, holy cow, we have a monster show. It is an incredible week. You need to match my |
| 0:52.2 | energy, people. There is so much happening. I just learned |
| 0:55.5 | of a huge NFL trade. Fine, not huge, but involving my jets and the team I dislike the most, |
| 1:01.5 | the Kansas City Chiefs. We got March Madness starting Thursday. Rachel Nichols, I know you're |
| 1:06.0 | fired up. I know your Northwestern Wildcats did not make the tournament, but you still love |
| 1:10.3 | March Madness. Absolutely. I used to be a silent reporter for March the tournament, but you still love March Madness. |
| 1:11.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:11.5 | I used to be a silent reporter for March Madness, but CBS, I love that gig. |
| 1:14.8 | I remember. |
| 1:16.2 | March Madness, World Baseball Classic. |
| 1:18.6 | I mean, folks, we are just so blessed to be sports fans. |
| 1:22.1 | I'm going to start the show by turning back the clock a couple of days to Saturday night. |
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