PMS 2.0 076 - ESPN's Mike Greenberg & Road Rage At The Indy 500 With Alexander Rossi

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat sits down for a chat with one of the most respected men in sports media. Former host of the Mike & Mike Show, current host of Get Up!, and one of the most prominent voices at ESPN, Mike Greenberg. They discuss his career transition from Mike & Mike in the Morning to Get Up! and whether he felt pressure to succeed, he gives his background on how he got to where he’s at right now, discusses the NBA Finals, talks about who some of the people he’s been most star struck around, and rants about the current state of the New York Jets in an incredible interview (2:27-36:13). Later, winner of the 100th Indianapolis 500, runner-up at this year’s Indianapolis 500, and one of the biggest stars in all of IndyCar, Alexander Rossi, joins the show. They discuss all the drama from this year’s 500, and he talks about what prevented him from taking the checkered flag, talks about the emotion he showed that gained him fans around the world, and chatted about how he thinks IndyCar is handling drivers becoming well known personalities in a hilarious and insightful interview (46:42-1:13:01). Pat and the guys also discuss why they think the concept of one-hit wonders are now dead, and Pat makes a statement about the whole Shane Morris situation. Today’s a good one. Come and laugh with us, cheers.

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0:30.0	Hello, it is Tuesday, May 28th.
0:35.0	Yesterday was Memorial Day, I hope you said your thanks to all the American bad asses that sacrificed it all for this incredible country of ours.
0:42.0	If you're in Canada, you too. You know what I mean?
0:45.0	Yeah, of course. They wouldn't be here without us.
0:47.0	You want to leave them out?
0:48.0	We appreciate it. We're a nice little tag team, can't we?
0:50.0	Yeah, can't let us for a nice little tag team. Happy Memorial Day. I hope you had an incredible weekend.
0:54.0	Today's show is lined up with great conversations.
0:58.0	I don't know if you've heard of the guy, Mike Greenberg, also known as Greeny.
1:02.0	Stop spying gives a 30-minute interview. I don't think I've ever heard anything like it before.
1:06.0	We're checking the internet for him. He doesn't do a lot of interviews.
1:09.0	We got a chance to chat with him about the Mike and Mike split, about the life at ESPN, about the NBA, about his future, about meeting his heroes.
1:17.0	I mean, it was a great conversation. And Alexander Rossi, the second place finisher at the Indy 500 joins us.
1:23.0	Where? He opens up about not particularly loving every other driver that was in the air.
1:29.0	It was awesome. And I'm very thankful you chose to listen today.
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