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Evan & Tiki

Hour 2: Knicks Victory Laps, Mets Misery And A Big Tom Surprise

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals conversation, and Evan Roberts is taking a well earned victory lap after calling their rise before the season began. Evan and Tiki Barber revisit old predictions, debate what made the Knicks the class of the East, and give Charles Barkley credit for seeing it too. The hour also delivers plenty of chaos, from Big Tom DeVito calling in to defend his athletic background to a debate over when parents should be honest with kids about pro sports dreams. The crew mixes Knicks excitement, Mets frustration, parody songs, and wild ideas for filling Citi Field with the kind of unpredictable energy that defines the show.

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0:00.0

Let's congratulate our Friday fan cash winner, John.

0:05.0

John, congratulations, my man.

0:08.0

Thank you very much.

0:08.6

How's it going, guys?

0:09.3

Oh, excellent.

0:10.1

So what are we going to bet on this weekend?

0:11.9

You're going to bet for your Yankees to have a good weekend in Sacramento?

0:16.9

No, I'll probably just put it on the next to win.

0:19.9

And you know what's great for that, John? I like that. They're underdogs. Like, they continue to be, even though we all sit here watching the West saying, eh, not that good. They're okay. You will do well if the Knicks win an NBA championship, because I think against either team, they're in the plus twos in terms of being an underdog. So when they win the championship, I'll grab some money. I'll let you guys know. Now, you're a Nick fan. You're a Yankee fan. What's the football team you root for? The J-E-T-S. Jets, Jets. Will you put any money on the Jets going on a surprise run and Gino Smith leading us to the promised land? Zero percent, yes. Well, by the way, John, congratulations and enjoy your weekend, my man. Thank you very much, God. Thank you. There's our Fandatix fan cash winner. Now, right before we were going to break, I revealed a story that I think makes me very insensitive in which I told my son when he asked me point blank, is he going to make the major leagues? I said that's not happening. He broke his heart by saying, no son. I was being run. You have no chance. You're small and you're nerdy like me. You score baseball games. You have no shot. First of all, I didn't say any of that last part. Oh, sorry. I just, I made the assumption. That's my bad. I was trying to inspire him that you have to work harder.

1:28.8

Like, that's also too. Not that he doesn't work hard, but he doesn't work hard to be a major league. He works hard on a million different things, but not just that. Of course. And so it led to a discussion of genetics and how important it is. And then Sean Morash did something that was just unfortunate. He started to talk about Tommy DeVito and how his parents weren't athletic.

1:47.1

Is that exactly what you said, Sean? I just want to confirm that. No, I just said I don't know about his mom, but we've seen Big Tom. He doesn't look athletic. Well, joining us right now, Mr. Tommy DeVito. Big Tom joins us right now, probably to defend his athletic prowess. Big Tom, thanks for calling in. How are you?

2:04.7

You guys do know I live like 15 miles away, right?

2:05.3

That's right.

2:07.2

You're a local hero.

2:11.3

Sean Morash is basically saying you're an unathletic poop.

2:12.5

Would you like to counter that?

2:13.5

Because I think that's unfair.

2:21.4

Listen, in Sean's defense and Tommy's run in 2023, I was stress eating to see if my son was ever career, was totally out of my norm for me, and I fell into the whole chicken-colored

2:28.0

mania too.

2:28.7

You had way too big.

2:30.3

Yeah, you guys were making them in the pocket lot, big Tommy.

2:32.9

You remember?

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