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Hour 3 - Bob Nightengale & Nick Friedell Join the Show!

You Better You Bet

Audacy

Sports

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Audacy MLB Insider Bob Nightengale joins the show to discuss the latest surrounding a MLB salary cap and a potential lockout in 2027. Nick Friedell stops by to break down Thunder vs. Spurs, the Knicks chances of winning the NBA Finals, and the league's new draft lottery. Plus, Chris Mack wraps up the show with his Three Stars of the Show.

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0:00.0

in Odyssey Sports Station.

0:01.5

Always live on the free Odyssey app.

0:10.8

Welcome back to you better you bet on Westwood One Sports.

0:18.0

And here we go, the final hour of the show on a fabulous Friday.

0:23.7

It is the power hour on You Better You Bet.

0:26.1

Chris Mack, in for Nick Costos today here on Westwood One Sports.

0:30.5

With you every single day, wherever you may be, whatever you're up to, always inside the Westwood One Sports app.

0:36.4

And also the Odyssey app,

0:38.1

A-U-D-A-C-Y, and always live across North America on Sirius X-M Channel 375, back into the discussion

0:44.8

about Spurs Thunder, Game 7 tomorrow night in Oklahoma City.

0:50.9

These two teams going back and forth, has it really been a good series, a great series,

0:55.6

or has it just been me? I know we're getting a game seven, which is great, but have these

1:01.5

games really lived up to what we thought they would be following the game one thriller we got?

1:07.4

We'll talk to Nick Friedel, Odyssey NBA Insider, about that in about 20 minutes here on Westwood One Sports. Plus, the changes to the draft lottery as well, which I think it was pretty clear on earlier. I hate them. They're stupid. I think they're terrible. I think they reward mediocrity. Now, Major League Baseball is trying to find maybe a little bit more mediocrity. That's probably

1:30.4

not the right word. Parity, right? We've talked about competitive imbalance. It should probably

1:35.6

be more about financial imbalance because you've got teams that are spending a ton of money.

1:41.4

You've got teams that don't spend nearly enough.

1:50.5

And Major League Baseball came to the players yesterday with a proposal that included both a salary cap and a pretty hefty salary floor here to talk to us about all of it and just how messy

1:56.7

this could get and whether it will include missing games next spring and summer,

2:02.3

Odyssey MLB insider Bob Nightingale Insider Calls presented by Granger with professional grade products

2:07.9

for every industry. Granger has you covered. Call, click granger.com or just stop by. Good morning,

2:13.8

Bob. How are you? Thank you for taking the time on what should be the first of very many interesting days over the next six months plus.

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