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First Take

Hour 2: Cowboy Up

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Shae Cornette, Damien Woody, Courtney Cronin, and Mike Tannenbaum debate what the most important game in the Cowboys schedule is as they look to make their first conference championship since 1995. Courtney and Damien play matchmaker and tell us the best landing spots for the league's top free agent running backs. Plus, the crew debates which QB needs a bounce back season the most and which NFL rivalry is most similar to a good old college football rivalry. This Summer marks the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, so in collaboration with Andscape First Take is recognizing Hip Hop's influence on sports and culture with a message from Christine Williamson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Time for a quick take into Miami. Introduce Lena Messy to a sold out crowd at their stadium yesterday the Argentina soccer star signed a

0:08.8

multi-year contract with the club and became the highest profile MLS sign-e since David Beckham joined the galaxy back in 2007 and

0:16.6

If you watch the introduction to this, I don't care if you're a soccer fan or not. I had to give you chills

0:21.0

It clearly with such a moment for the sport obviously for the US as well

0:25.7

And so what do you think of Messy can do for MLS Courtney the infinite all that familiar?

0:31.4

I'm trying to do my best David Beckham impersonation there on what was a historic night for American sports

0:37.1

And this is so different than when Beckham came here in 2007

0:41.0

Messy's not coming to the United States to retire

0:43.4

He just won the World Cup with Argentina eight months ago

0:46.6

Tournament's most valuable player this is big for US soccer

0:51.3

Since 2007 the last time we saw when David Beckham came here attendance is up 40 percent the TV deal is

0:58.0

$250 million franchises are valued at five hundred million dollars

1:01.3

They may be the last place team in MLS right now

1:04.0

But it certainly did not feel like that in Miami last night with 20,000 plus people in attendance to witness this moment

1:10.2

And I'm sure that's gonna change

1:11.8

Quickly being the last place team. Let's go to the sport though back to it if you will that runs our world here in the US

1:18.2

And again that could be changing soon a football again

1:21.2

We go with America's team and their struggles the Cowboys have failed to make the conference championship in almost three decades

1:27.2

I'm not kidding

1:28.2

1995 was the last time they were there and that was also the last time they won a Super Bowl

1:33.1

It has been a minute and there were all eyes and there will be all eyes on Dallas early on this year because the Cowboys open up

1:40.2

Their season on Sunday night football against a divisional rival in the Giants before facing up against Aaron Rogers and the Jets in their home opener

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