Bo Jackson Talks Wild NFL Stories, Beers In Royals Clubhouse & Athletic Career

Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This isn't the first time Bo Jackson has talked with Chris Long. Bo was teammates with Howie Long with the Los Angeles Raiders and Bo tells Chris that Howie was Bo's alarm clock before NFL games. Bo would take a nap before kickoff and Howie would come by right before the team ran onto the field and wake him up, saying 'it's time to go.' Bo revealed plenty of other tremendous stories from his NFL and MLB careers. He tells Chris about the time the White Sox plane caught on fire in the air. Bo would sometimes have a beer in the clubhouse during Royals games to break out of slumps. And of course Bo talks about his Auburn career, spurning Alabama and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers because of his principles and opens up about his new podcast that sheds light on mens health. Enjoy the episode and the amazing stories from one of best athletes in professional sports history. (00:00) - Intro (01:00) - Bo Jackson & Howie Long (02:30) Los Angeles Raiders (10:20) - Being Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (18:10) - Going to Auburn Over Alabama (21:18) - Baseball Stories (24:45) - Bo Over The Top (25:15) - MLB All Star Game (27:45) - Wild Airplane Story (34:50) - Bo Jackson’s Podcast Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline presented by Zone Nicotine and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ Head to https://nicokick.com/zone and use code GL20 for 20% off at checkout. Check out Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I even sent you cover house a picture of me shooting on the bird.
0:05.0	Really?
0:07.0	I swear to God, I had my roommate take it.
0:09.0	I go up and get me a Miller light, chuggy, walk back down the tunnel,
0:13.0	get by the manager, Burke, in his face.
0:17.0	And he's like, that smells good.
0:20.0	Get up, get on deck, get up to the plate, and hit a bomb. Yeah. I compete like a rabid animal. Yeah. And everything I do. So this is a real treat. This is a guy I've heard a lot about. This is a guy I met when I was a little kid, but I get to meet him again now. All-Star, Pro Bowler, Absolute Legend. Bo Jackson, welcome to the show. Thank you for having me, Kea. I appreciate it. It's great to see you. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm quite sure that your dad have given you all a lot of stories about me. I've heard a few. I've heard a few. Actually, your dad was the only one
0:55.9	right before the game before we go out on the field to start the game because we would come
1:01.9	in from pregame and I'd take my pads off. Now, I had the ritual where I would lay down, take my
1:08.1	pads off with the jersey, lay down with let my pads be my pillow,
1:13.2	and I would go to sleep.
1:14.9	Within that time from when you come out the field to the game starts,
1:18.2	and everybody would get up and go, and they would walk past me.
1:22.0	And I'm asleep.
1:23.1	I'm literally damn near snoring.
1:26.4	And we call your dad tight.
1:28.3	Yeah.
1:29.3	Somebody that's going out first is try to wake me up and but your dad's, oh, no, no, no, no,
1:34.3	let that motherfucker sleep.
1:36.3	Let him sleep.
1:38.3	We know when he wake up, he'll be ready to go.
1:40.3	So he, he would be in the last group to go out. So he walked by and kicked me.
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