PMS 2.0 1346 - Rest In Peace Jim Irsay, Former Nuggets Head Coach Michael Malone, Bruce Arians, Lord Stanley's Cup, Heather Dinich, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 157 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys discuss the tragic news of Colts owner Jim Irsay’s sudden passing, and reflect on one of the most unique, giving, philanthropic humans of all-time. They also discuss the Pacers having one of if not the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history last night to steal game 1 from the Knicks in MSG in overtime, plus the Dallas Stars erasing a 3-1 lead at the start of the 3rd period to take game 1 from the Oilers in the Western Conference Finals in the NHL. Joining the progrum is former Head Coach of the Denver Nuggets, NBA Champion, and now ESPN NBA analyst, Michael Malone to chat about both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals and how he see’s both series panning out after each game 1. Next, 3x Super Bowl Champion, 2x AP NFL Coach of the Year, Bruce Arians joins the show to say a few words and help remember Jim Irsay. Later, ESPN College Football Insider, Heather Dinich joins the show to chat about the news that the College Football Playoff will be seeding teams 1-12 next year and how quickly we might get a 14 or 16 team playoff. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, we’ll see you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode the thunder down on this rest easy gym Thursday. May 22nd, 2025. This program starts now.
0:13.0	Sports are happening all around us, especially here in Indianapolis, Indiana. I shed some tears last night when a friend of mine was announced that he passed away.
0:23.0	And we will obviously talk more about that as the show goes on. And what the Indianapolis Colts owner, Jim Ursay has done for me, for this program, for the show, for the city, for everything is going to be tough to kind of break down and chit chat about. But Jim Ursay left a legacy of compassion and give back
0:42.3	that I think should be studied by everybody that ends up with
0:45.3	any type of money or any type of success.
0:48.3	He woke up every single day hoping to make the world a better place,
0:51.3	making people happier.
0:53.3	And I know life gets in a way sometimes
0:56.1	and I don't think he always got it right. And he certainly battled his demons. But God bless this man,
1:01.7	Jim Ursay, in the way he wanted to treat other people, especially people that he knew. If you
1:06.3	actually got to know Jim Ursay, you loved him. I wrote something on Twitter last night and it took me a lot of attempts as I was watching the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks in game one of the Eastern Conference finals in Madison Square Garden with a comeback that hasn't happened in 1,414 games. As I was watching, the great city of Indianapolis and a great state
1:32.6	be represented. I was trying to talk about the greatest philanthropist in the history of this
1:37.8	state in Jim Ursay. Finding the right words was not easy. Because what could you say about a man
1:43.2	who has literally been the owner of an NFL
1:46.1	team since he was 37 the youngest general manager in the history of the league as a 24 year old
1:52.0	he'd been around the game since he was a child he basically chitch had about those Baltimore
1:56.8	Colts locker rooms as being like his babysitters. He grew up in the locker room.
2:02.5	Always talked about cleaning and sweeping and hanging out and talking to the boys. There was a story
2:08.1	that has come out that when he was 16 years old after his dad said something to the effect about
2:13.5	the guys being bums and not representing and sawed the team down.
2:18.3	As a 16 year old, he went onto the team bus and said,
2:21.3	football is a team sport, let's never forget it, and cried and walked off.
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