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Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

For 33 years, he was paid by the Denver Nuggets not to speak but to entertain — with unparalleled vitality and virality — as Rocky the Mountain Lion. Now, Kenn Solomon breaks his silence, on the bloody, back-breaking work of a very private profession. Plus: Rocky's flu game, his beef with Russell Westbrook... and what it feels like to get knocked unconscious by Charles Barkley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out.
0:02.1	I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:07.5	I broke my back one time, doing a dunk.
0:12.3	Right after this ad.
0:15.1	You're listening to Draft King Kings Network.
0:36.0	So there are some episodes, Ken, that I've been wanting to do forever since before the show launched.
0:37.5	And this is one of them.
0:39.1	I've been chasing you.
0:39.9	You know this.
0:41.8	I want people to appreciate this.
0:43.6	I've been chasing you for a while.
0:45.6	It's been over a year, yeah.
0:50.2	But I guess for people who don't know your alter ego, Ken Solomon.
0:52.0	Thank you for being here in studio, by the way.
0:52.7	My pleasure.
0:57.3	How do you describe what you did for 33 years?
1:01.4	I told people for a long time that I played dress-up for a living.
1:06.5	I just found, by the way, the other day, I was going through some boxes.
1:07.8	I found my first credential.
1:12.5	It says, Ken Solomon, entertainment guy.
1:14.7	I just made stuff up all the time.
1:15.3	I was having fun.
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