The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy comes to visit, Jordon Hudson followed us on Instagram, and Tottenham Hotspur Son Heung-min was blackmailed
The Sports Gossip Show
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4.8 • 738 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today, Madeline and Charlotte welcome a very special guest: Thanks to the NBA, the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy came to visit at the studio (aka Charlotte’s apartment)! A true dream guest who helped the gals with their Sports Gossip Show Eastern and Western Conference Finals preview episode.
The Knicks haven’t made it this far in 25 years, and it’s against the Pacers, the last team they played in the ECFs, and the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year. In the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder are facing the Minnesota Timberwolves, and it’s a war of the young stars: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Anthony Edwards. Also, Shai is playing his cousin, Nickeil Alexander-Walker. Plus: Knicks WAGs, Myles Turner has a huge collection of legos, “Doin’ it for Mike,” and more!
Also, Giannis Antetokounmpo did a very intriguing Q+A on Twitter, and the gals talk about their trip to the Liberty home opener on Saturday.
Then, the big announcement: Jordon Hudson followed The Sports Gossip Show on Instagram. So Madeline and Charlotte invite her to make an appearance! The new Bill Belichick PR machine seems to be working, because the narrative is changing. Also, are they engaged?
A quick shoutout to Toronto Maple Leaf fans, who are really going through it. Then, some Premier League gossip: two people were arrested on charges of blackmailing Son Heung-min — a player for Tottenham Hotspur and one of South Korea’s most famous athletes — with paternity claims, the police said on Sunday.
Also, a golfer threw a club at the PGA Championship, and Larsa Pippen says she dated Detroit Pistons player Malik Beasley because she “had Covid brain!”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Charlotte. |
| 0:13.1 | We're back. |
| 0:15.0 | We are back. |
| 0:16.3 | And we have probably the most special of guests today. |
| 0:20.6 | He has been an NBA champion every year since 1977, |
| 0:25.0 | coming in at 25 and a half inches tall, weighing 29 pounds. |
| 0:29.2 | The only man in sports who won't interrupt us, |
| 0:32.2 | it's a Larry O'Brien trophy. |
| 0:34.1 | Woo! |
| 0:34.9 | Yay! |
| 0:36.2 | Wow. |
| 0:36.8 | Can you believe it? No, I, no, I can't. Larry is sitting between us. He's here in the flesh. Larry, how you doing? All right. He's kind of a quiet guy. Yeah, but when he speaks, he means it. He means it. Yes. Yeah, I think this is Larry's first visit to a rented apartment in Brooklyn. I think that's |
| 0:57.3 | accurate. Right. I mean, this is a historic day. This is true. We are just breaking barriers. |
| 1:03.0 | We are. No, truly, thank you so much to the NBA and our buddy Mark for bringing Larry and |
| 1:09.4 | chaperoning him so beautifully. |
| 1:12.9 | It's a true honor. |
| 1:16.9 | And to really make sure that we make use of Larry's time, |
| 1:20.1 | I think it's only appropriate we do an Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals preview. |
| 1:22.1 | I think we should. |
| 1:23.0 | They start tonight. |
| 1:24.0 | Can you believe it? |
| 1:24.7 | I don't know how we're already here. |
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