Hey, part of my take listeners. You can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime members can listen, add free on Amazon Music. On today's part of my take, we have a packed show for the AWLs. It is Grit Week Day 3. And we have Raiders Head Coach Antonio Pierce, one of the grittiest guys out there. Great interview with him. We went to USC today to run a basketball practice with head coach Eric Musselman, recurring guest, great guy. He is going to be on the pod at the end of the show to answer listener submitted grit questions. We also have a very special interview. Probably the only

podcast that would do this interview. We ran into at the meet and greet the kid, or he's not a kid anymore, the adult who has a kid got his head stuck in the Jacksonville Jaguar statue. So we did an exclusive with him, which was great.

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