Starting Five: Packers Star Gets Some Serious Cheese
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🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Plus: Another head coach is leaving Las Vegas. And the Heat and Celtics gear up for a rock fight in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the lead, add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:09.0 | Drilla Words is back for another season exclusively on Amazon Music. |
| 0:14.0 | We asked people to bring in three words of meaning and significance to their lives. |
| 0:19.0 | We used that as a springboard for conversation. |
| 0:21.0 | And then at the end of the show, we asked them for a word that they'd be happy never to hear again. |
| 0:26.0 | So that's three little words we've made, John Bishop and Tony Pitts. |
| 0:30.0 | Listen to it every Friday exclusively on Amazon Music. |
| 0:43.0 | Green Bay is now the home of the NFL's highest paid corner. |
| 0:47.0 | The NBA's Eastern Conference Finals tip off tonight with Smashmouth basketball on the agenda. |
| 0:52.0 | And a mattress salesman places a potential record sports bet from Wondry. I'm Matt Straub. |
| 0:58.0 | And I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Tuesday, May 17th. And this is starting five, five sports headlines in 10 minutes. |
| 1:09.0 | Well, Matt, we had a rare soft spot on the calendar on Monday. No NBA playoffs and no NHL playoffs. So what did you do with yourself? |
| 1:17.0 | Yeah, it was real weird, Tiff. And I briefly entertain the idea of going for a long, |
| 1:22.0 | Pensive walk in the woods or something like that. You know, cleanse the mind. |
| 1:25.0 | But to avoid being alone with my thoughts for too long, I absolutely had to plan myself in front of some sort of sporting contest. |
| 1:31.0 | So I would just like to say thank you to all of Monday's majorly baseball games for carrying me on through. |
| 1:36.0 | I appreciate it. Good thing the luck at end it quickly, or else you would be in big trouble. |
| 1:40.0 | Yes, no doubt. |
| 1:41.0 | Okay, let's get into the headlines starting in the NFL where there were some very large dollar figures thrown around on Monday, specifically in green Bay. |
| 1:49.0 | As the Packers made pro baller, Jair Alexander, the highest paid corner back in the league. It is a four year 84 million extension. |
| 1:57.0 | That includes a 30 million signing bonus, which is by the way a record among defensive backs. |
| 2:02.0 | The Packers showing Jair Alexander just how much they missed him after a season where he played in just four regular season games due to a shoulder injury. |
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