This week, Travis comes back from a two week vacation and he & Tom discuss the weeks he was away in a non-heavy, stream of consciousness conversation. Topics range from vapid sports talking heads to Lex Luthor to children's movies to rock band recommendations to Vegas being a soulless city.

CORRECTIONS:

• Stephen A. Smith’s movie scene was actually in Creed III, not II. And the quote referred to “THREE years ago”, not “four”.
• Travis meant to say that Dukat bedded BAJORAN women (hence why he coughed “RAPE!”).
• The team that Travis forgot that’s also in the NFC West division is the Arizona Cardinals. In retrospect, he understands why they were forgettable.

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Clips Cited

• A Bug’s Life, directed by John Lasseter, performance by Kevin Spacey, Walt Disney Pictures, 1998.
• “Chris Berman’s WHOOP and HE COULD GO ALL THE WAYYYY! NFL Primetime 2020.” YouTube, uploaded by firshad, 21 September 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYXqI7nrV40&ab_channel=firshad.
• “Comes the Inquisitor” Babylon 5, written by J. Michael Straczynski, directed by Mike Vejar, performances by Wayne Alexander & Bruce Boxleitner, Warner Bros. Domestic Television, 1995.
• “Jalen Rose on new NBA playoffs format suggestion: I love it.” First Take. ESPN, 20 February, 2018.

Music Cited

• “SportsCenter Theme” by John Colby (ESPN, 1989)
• “SportsCenter Theme” by Trouble Funk (ESPN, 2022)