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Against All Odds with Cousin Sal

The Most Surprising Athlete Heel Turn, and Jay Bilas Joins | Cousin Sal's Winning Weekend

Against All Odds with Cousin Sal

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Cousin Sal is joined by Jay Bilas to discuss college basketball's player of the year and the NCAA Tournament, before the D3 joins to talk Steph Curry's 3-point record, NBA Sixth Man of the Year, the most surprising athlete heel turn, and UFC 313. Host: Cousin Sal Guests: Jay Bilas, Darren Szokoli, Brian Szokoli, and Harry Gagnon Producers: Michael Szokoli, Joel Solomon, Jack Wilson, Chris Wohlers, Jonathan Frias, and Drew Van Steenbergen The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming, please visit theringer.com/RG to learn more about the resources and helplines available, and listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome to Cousin'

0:03.0

Hey, welcome the Cousin' Sals winning weekend, the show that leads the league in perfect parlays.

0:20.8

I'm kidding,

0:21.4

of course. Look at us, though. March is in full swing. Tickets are getting punched for the field of 68.

0:27.1

And as college hoops try to improve their resumes, we've got a guest who is never on the bubble.

0:32.4

In fact, he's got an automatic bid to this show. ESPN's Jay Billis is here. Jay is going to help you get ready

0:38.5

to bet on the tournament, and I'm going to present him with a cousin's conundrum that will test his

0:42.9

love of Duke basketball. Then the D3, Harry, brother Brian, Darren, the Parley Kid, join me to talk

0:48.8

some NBA wagers from sixth man of the year to when Steph Curry will hit three-pointer number 4,000.

0:55.0

I thought he achieved that like a decade ago.

0:57.0

Anyway, before any of that, it's time for a segment that test my reflexes and reactions.

1:02.0

It involves our producer, Babyface Joel Solomon, throwing a crumpled-up piece of paper

1:06.0

with a thought written on it. I'll catch it, I'll read it, and I'll tell you my thoughts on the issue. We call this tossing topic.

1:15.6

All right, fire away, baby face.

1:17.6

What do we got? Jimmy Johnson steps down. Ah, yes, the great Jimmy Johnson has retired from his

1:25.6

gig at Fox NFL pregame show. Although I had nothing to do

1:29.0

with his retirement, I feel like I was there for the beginning of his run at Fox. Let me tell you a quick

1:33.8

story. It was actually his second time around at Fox Sports. He came back in 2002. My cousin Jimmy was

1:40.3

picking games on the Fox pregame show. I was picking the games. He came up with the funny stuff.

1:44.6

Anyway, before week two, that 2002 season, there was a Fox luncheon, and everyone who had anything to do with the pregame show was invited.

1:52.5

So Jimmy Kimmel and I stood back and listened as Jimmy Johnson, Terry Howie, and J.B discussed the upcoming games.

1:59.0

Jimmy Jay starts talking about how much he loved the

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