Introducing: REAL DEAL with Tony Reali
2 Pros and a Cup of Joe
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Welcome to Episode 001 of REAL DEAL! I’m Tony Reali, and I’m so happy you’re here.
Every episode starts with one unforgettable sports moment, and together we relive the feeling to figure out why it still matters.
For this first episode, Olympic champion and legendary broadcaster Rowdy Gaines joins me to revisit his unforgettable call of the 2008 Olympic 4x100 freestyle relay, where Jason Lezak chased down Alain Bernard and in the process kept Michael Phelps’ dream of eight gold medals in one Olympic Games alive.
The moment still cracks me open. But it also raises a bigger question:
Was this the greatest teammate moment in sports history?
Let me know what you think in the comments.
Subscribe for new episodes of REAL DEAL every Tuesday on YouTube. You can also listen on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | So here's Michael Phelps, and he's got to be wondering how he got here. One second before that |
| 0:08.6 | image, Jason Leesack touched the wall in the greatest relay in Olympic history. Hi, Nora, how are you? |
| 0:16.2 | Ten seconds earlier. Maybe not even that. Five. Nobody thought it was possible. How do the impossible |
| 0:23.4 | become possible? And if that's not enough, is this the greatest sports teammate moment in history? |
| 0:31.2 | Oh! Woooooooooo! |
| 0:44.3 | Woo hoo hooo! |
| 0:47.3 | Woo hoooo! |
| 0:51.3 | I mean, isn't there no earworm? Anthony Joseph Paul Reale, great to see you. |
| 0:57.0 | We have a show, people! What is happening? Where have you been all my life? |
| 1:02.0 | Look at you! You're magnificent! |
| 1:04.0 | The waiting drove me, man. You're finally here and I'm a mess. |
| 1:08.0 | I don't even know. I just walked into a studio. The studio was here. I don't even know I just walked into a studio the studio was here |
| 1:11.9 | I don't know if to sit down to stand should I stand up for this show look at this yes this is |
| 1:18.5 | real deal with Tony Realli why are we real deal with Tony Reilly well we'll get to that at some point I |
| 1:23.4 | guess um because we are going to be real in this show. |
| 1:28.5 | And we are going to talk about some moments in sports. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm going to sit down. |
| 1:33.6 | How about that? |
| 1:34.9 | Can I get you guys something? |
| 1:36.4 | Water? |
| 1:37.7 | Coffee? |
| 1:38.4 | I mean, schvueudel? |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 27 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.