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Since we last talked to you, the final 6 rounds of the NFL Draft have commenced. Some notable SEC quarterbacks have new homes. Joe and Cole disagree on whether or not Stetson Bennett actually has a future on the field in the NFL. A handful of teams really did a nice job in the draft. Matt Berger joins the show ahead of this week's Miami Grand Prix. We suspect that we will see more parking lots pai...

Less than 48 hours ago the Boston Celtics ran the Philadelphia 76ers right off the court in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal. Joe decided now would be a great time to declare them to be choke artists. Cole believes Joe is mistaking the Celtics for a different Eastern Conference representative. James Harden is a bipolar basketball player. Vegas has the Miami Heat at the top of the list to...

It is nowhere near football season yet, but Cole is already planning his tour de SEC, and Joe might join him on one of his destinations. Will they even make it into the stadium? Who knows, who cares! St. Louis is officially a part of a region, and it's not the Midwest. TNT is far more fun to watch than ESPN. Anthony Davis hates even numbers and that's why he disappointed the universe last night. C...

Joe is newly single, and we learn that he has no fear of his family embarrassing him around girls because nothing could be more embarrassing than what they did to him on his 16th birthday. Cole doesn't tell his family anything because of their gossipy tendencies, D calls in with a thought on Giannis. There's an F1 race this weekend, so Matt Berger joins the show to get us prepared with his F1 minu...

Mike Zakarian has put together a solid following on social as he offers his style of comedy in a basketball context. Joe and Cole bring their own sense of humor to the interview and ask for Mike's take on some of the funny headlines that the NBA has given us.

It was a sports holiday last night in Kansas City, Missouri! The first round of the NFL draft came and went. Are we in or out on Bryce Young being successful at the next level? The Houston Texans went all in on the top of this year's draft class. The Detroit Lions put together one of the more controversial draft combinations. Lukas Van Ness had one of his family members try to steal the spotlight...

Cole and Berger close out the show by revisiting their earlier conversation about the NBA playoffs. Every series but one in the Western Conference is incredibly fun to follow. The Warriors are basically the exact same team that they were last season, but there is one glaring difference that is holding them back. Cole is very impressed with Andrew Wiggins in the playoffs. D calls in to share that S...

We enjoyed Brenden Deeg so much during his Cover 2 debut back in March that we decided to invite him back! Cole and Berger chat with Brenden about the ramifications of the Jalen Hurts contract, the news of the day regarding the Lions/Commanders having players get popped for gambling, NFL draft thoughts and a whole lot more!

Matt Berger is in for Joe Davis today as Joe is visiting his sister in lovely Denver, Colorado. We're excited for college football and pro football to merge at the NFL Draft in less than a week. Are the Raiders in the market to draft a QB despite signing Jimmy G? Will Levis has been sharing his workout pics on social media. Adam Silver has no regard for folks in the Eastern Time Zone, especially t...

Joe and Cole offer their thoughts on the NBA playoffs which will officially be getting underway this weekend. The two are in agreement on their champion, but there is one key series that they disagree on.

Cole has been in St. Louis for a combination of 12 months at this point, so he offers his evalation of the city from a variety of angles. Joe is here to adjudicate to make sure Cole is being fair.

Joe and Cole are moving on up! Cole broke his Gen Z tendencies and actually picked up a physical newspaper to learn about how the Cover 2 hosts have been shouldering the load on The Charlie Tuna Show. Joe makes an observation about the difference in on-field attitude between the Pirates and the Cardinals and how that may have impacted the outcome on the scoreboard. Cole gets annoyed with some Card...

Women's college basketball surged in popularity this season which was highlighted by a record breaking audience tuning into this year's NCAA tournament. Jacy Sheldon was a key piece of Ohio State's team that finished as runners-up in the Big Ten tournament as well as Elite 8 finalists in March Madness. Jacy was selected to the Seattle Regional All-tournament team, and she was kind enough to join C...

St. Louis got one day of summer this week, and Cole made a premature musical selection because of it. We discover that Joe, yes, that Joe, actually has strong connections to the country music world! Cover 2 may be exactly what Frank Cusumano needs to figure out what song he's going to dance to at his daughter's upcoming wedding reception. The Dallas Mavericks are actively disgracing themselves for...

Cole's family discovered that he has a radio show after Cover 2's interview with Chancellor of Colorado Phil DiStefano last week. (If you missed it, go check it out!) Joe tries to coach Cole through the path of having friends and family listen to your show. There was big news today in the St. Louis sports world! Caleb Love has made his decision on where he's transferring to, and it's U of M! No, M...

Cole invites himself to the cookout with a song that Charlie Tuna would appreciate, however Joe is just marginally impressed. Matt Berger blows everyone's minds in his return to Cover 2 as he performs another edition of Matt's F1 Minute ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Images were released ahead of May's Miami Grand Prix, and it appears that there will once again be parking lots painted to look...

Deion Sanders has been on Colorado's campus for a few months now, so he's had time to implement his own influence into the Boulder atmosphere. Phil DiStefano joins us to give us his insight on how Coach Prime has impacted the entirety of the University, not just the athletic department.

Despite the Cardinals drawing the short end of the stick, Opening Day was a resounding success around Major League Baseball. The rule changes appeared to be largely positive with only a few hiccups, and this should maintain the interest level of casual fans and grow the game. Oli Marmol has the ability to get quite creative with the Cardinals lineup early on in the season, and he would be remissed...

Cole and Berger may have just accidentally invented a new segment. The fellas blitz through a number of topics to round out the most fun Friday show you're going to find!

Drew King was the very first guest Cover 2 ever had back in November, so it's only right that he visits the show at the end of the basketball season to recap everything that's taken place for the Tigers. Matt Berger concludes the segment with Matt's F1 Minute. Berger highly recommends watching Drive to Survive on Netflix.

Matt Berger of The Charlie Tuna Show is filling in for Joe Davis who is under the weather today. Cole's taken two separate basketball-related trips since last week, so travel is on the mind! Cole and Matt share their all-time dream vacation destinations. Mizzou's basketball season died last weekend, so Cole prepared another obituary to read live on the air.

Joe forever wishes he was north of 6' tall and thinks that his athletic career would have taken him further in life than where he's at now. A famous face walked into a locker room of NCAA tournament losers and patronized them as if they were little children. Caller Baby O makes a good point about some of the coverage of the NCAA tournament and how some people feel that the tournament is devalued w...

Despite all the excitement surrounding college basketball over the past week, the NFL has been making its fair share of headlines thanks to their free agency frenzy. Brenden Deeg is the NFL News Editor for theScore and is also the host of The Double Doink Podcast. (Can you guess who his favorite team is?) Brenden offers his thoughts on some of the major headlines surrounding The League. Follow Bre...

The Grizzlies have a fun matchup with the Warriors on Saturday evening, and Cole is about to make the trip down to the Mid-South for his first NBA game in years. SLU's basketball season has officially died since we last aired, so Cole performed their obituary to remember their legacy. The Blues are about to have their obituary prepared here pretty soon. Despite the disappointment surrounding the B...

Joe has a hypothesis about Baltimore's strategy in regards to their handling of Lamar Jackson's contract negotiations. Somehow, someway this has actually worked in the favor of the Ravens. The New York Giants got caught up in a bad habit that is plaguing NFL franchises across the nation. Jim Boeheim can't decide if he retired or if he got fired. Joe teases a theory about who might be replacing Boe...