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Lil Wayne and John Buccigross say farewell to Linda Cohn after 34 years on SportsCenter
Lil Wayne and John Buccigross say farewell to Linda Cohn after 34 years on SportsCenter
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We've gone back to the desk because this woman right here, Linda,
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>> what's going on?
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>> Through him.
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>> Who's responsible, Trevor?
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>> Apparently, apparently you.
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>> Oh my gosh.
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How I love it.
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Riveting.
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My favorite word of the night.
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>> That was a moment.
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>> Uh, before we get into the laughter, >> oh gosh, it's good to be back.
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>> It is good to have you back.
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>> Thanks, Nicole.
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Man, Trevor.
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I'm a little like in this moment
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because >> in so many ways we're not here without you.
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We're not here as a brand.
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We're not here as a show.
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>> Maybe I'm not here in my job without you.
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Thanks, Nicole.
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I remember being young and and watching you.
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And >> you're still young, Nicole.
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>> Yes.
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Obviously, it's the it's the idea if you can see it,
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you can believe it.
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And you were the one I saw.
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>> I love that.
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>> So, thank you for everything.
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That's what means so much
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when I look back on my professional legacy
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and I hear words from a young woman like Nicole talking about this
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that that to me means everything
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that I inspired women like you women who have reached out to me told
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me song and verse about why me sitting here
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or another studio virtually on Sports Center uh meant
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so much to them
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and gave them hope
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that they too could be on Sports Center.
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And and listen, Linda, as John Anderson mentioned earlier today,
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you weren't just an icon for young ladies, but young men alike.
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And and I think one thing
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that sticks out is your ability to own
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that laugh and let it fly,
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and it gave me clearance to enjoy my dang self at this desk, too.
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And so, just your fandom and and being able to lean into that,
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I I just admire the Evan loving mess out of it.
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So, thank you for that, as well.
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I love that you mentioned that, Trevor,
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because it took a few years
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because I felt like
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when I first started here on ESPN
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and Sports Center,
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>> I had to stay in my lane.
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I felt that being a woman in a man's world.
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Um, I'm not complaining about that, but then I realized, you know,
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all those Sports Center commercials came out and I think they started to realize,
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oh wow, Linda really does have a personality.
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Linda really does know sports.
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Oh my god, let her let free Linda say whatever you want.
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Be a fan.
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And I that's how I connected to the viewers.
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But seriously, right?
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But do you remember that moment that that actually happened for you?
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Because I I do think you were right.
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For a long time you feel like you have to >> have a certain standard,
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be in a certain box, be a certain way, don't make a mistake.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Um and then one day you realize, >> no, it's okay to just be me.
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Do you do you remember the moment where you sort of said,
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>> I'm going to be me
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and I feel comfortable in my own skin
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and this is what I'm going to do.
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You know, when you're in that moment, Nicole and Trevor,
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you both know what this is like.
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It's like you don't think about it.
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You're just excited to be there.
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You're excited about reading a highlight of your favorite team or your favorite athlete,
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knowing that people are watching this show.
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Listen, we're still the only game in town in my mind.
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This is where people turn, which we're all grateful for that.
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But I just was tried to be in the moment and not look bigger.
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Now I'll have all the time.
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I have time to look back on everything, right?
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But it's just uh I don't know.
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This has been such a whirlwind.
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It's just been so great
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and it's just great to be on the set with you,
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too.
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>> Listen, it it's just an honor to be able to give you your
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flowers as you're around here
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because it it is
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so very welld deserved.
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But >> beyond just the celebrating that we could do here at this desk,
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I do believe there's a gentleman out in Buffalo
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that could uh also contribute to this.
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>> Mr.
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Bucha, where am I?
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Am I where am I looking?
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Over here at my friend Jeb Right here.
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Right.
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This this one there.
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This one.
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John Butcher Grass.
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My friend, how are you?
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>> Linda, it's past our bedtime.
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>> John, don't you know it?
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God, could you couldn't you have sped up this draft thing?
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My goodness.
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Why did it take so long?
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Engineered about a million trades.
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>> Exactly.
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That was the problem, right?
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All the trades that made this a 4-hour show.
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It was a Yankee Red Sox Sunday night baseball game from 2009.
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Right.
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Dodgers Sports Center is next with Linda Con.
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>> Yes.
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No, but I just want to send along obviously my flowers
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as well and you know
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when Nicole mentions how much you know an inspiration you were to young women.
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I think if we focus on
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that too much it's almost a disservice to you
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because you were an elite sports center anchor.
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No one ever read a better highlight than you.
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Your brain the synapses of your brain how quickly you could formulate words.
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Your diction was perfect. you could weave in opinions
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and strategy and just
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and that's what I loved about you most.
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Our most important skill
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as Sports Center anchors is to be a sports fan like our customers,
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right?
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Like our viewers.
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That's what we do this for.
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Right.
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Right.
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And my favorite and my favorite trait for people is energy and your energy.
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I just love being around energetic people
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and that's your greatest blessing
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and gift that you have.
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The cackle that echoed through the hallways of ESPN was absolutely wonderful.
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And nobody panic.
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Nobody panic.
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The greatest catchphrase of all was nobody panic for me cuz you're energy
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and fun.
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That is Lind Naone.
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Hardcore sports fan.
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Energy and fun.
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>> I remember the t-shirt.
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>> I worked with you.
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I was terrified to sit next to you.
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Oh, and that's crazy because No,
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because it's it's not it is not it's a little bit like what Buchi
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said to say that you were just an inspiration to me is a disservice
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to you.
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It's because when you are sitting next to somebody
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that you have admired
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and respected and to be honest it it happened with B
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but too when you
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when you sit next to somebody who you admire
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and you respect for a really long time
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and they are your career goals
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and then you get to share a space with them.
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>> It's the same thing that you said,
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I just didn't want to mess it up.
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Yeah, >> you set a bar for all of us in this industry.
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>> Well, I can Thank you.
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I can relate to this because when I first started working with, you know,
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Dan Patrick, Keith Oberman, and all those people,
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I didn't want to screw it up.
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You know, I was trying to be somebody instead of just being myself early
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on.
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And yeah, you bring up a great point.
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And then Butie, that is such a great compliment
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that Butchie said because um yeah,
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I mean, connecting to fans, I wanted them to know I'm a fan first.
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And also the reason for my longevity I really feel is the fact
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that I always thought
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that someone was watching me for the very first time
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and I had to prove to them
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that I belonged in this chair
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and the enthusiasm comes from the passion
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that I have for sports whether it's my teams whether it's just being here
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and the excitement that adrenaline rush guys you all know it of like reading
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a highlight after a game is done
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and knowing that you know the guys
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that played in these games were watching us.
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It wasn't an ego thing.
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It was more like this is the closest we have come to being an
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athlete on a big stage.
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>> You said it.
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We're not the athletes,
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but this is this is sort of >> this is our Super Bowl.
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This is our Stanley Cup final.
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You know, >> for sure.
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>> So, I just have a I just have a couple more things.
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One is I loved
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when we got the NHL package back in 2021
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and Linda was a part of our broadcast
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and the players would come out
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and sit next to her after the game. you would interview them
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and the look on their faces in awe of this woman
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that they grew up watching.
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I It was such a tender,
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beautiful moment to me
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when these young men would come out
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and just sit next to Linda.
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They would beam that Linda Con was interviewing them.
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I'm getting kind of emotion just talking about it,
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but it was really a beautiful moment, Linda.
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It was almost like a a mother.
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And I kind of feel that way now with these players in the league.
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I feel like they're my third sons, right?
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Because they're our kids' age, >> right?
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the kids, the the players in the NHL are now our children's our adult
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children's ages.
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So, they're like our But I want to ask you because again,
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the best part about you is you kept getting better.
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Your energy, your sports fandom never wavered because it does in our business, right?
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Some people get cynical
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and bitter and they're not the sports fan they were
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as children like we still are.
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What about the Rangers?
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Pavle Doraf, are you kidding me?
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What an what a moment tonight for the draft for your final day.
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The Rangers make a move like that.
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Your thoughts?
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Okay, thank you, Butchie, and thanks for that other comment.
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I enjoy every moment sitting on the bench next to these players.
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Pavlovor, my goodness, Chris Jury was on the hot seat for goodness sake.
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He watched the Knicks win a championship.
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He's already that seat was getting hotter as it, you know, heated up.
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He had to make a big move.
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And then they sign him to a big extension, 11 million a year.
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Uh let's see what happens now.
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Let's see if Pavle Dorf can handle the big apple.
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But uh it's a great move.
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It brings excitement uh to Broadway.
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I love it.
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>> So good.
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>> Uh it is past your bedtime.
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>> Yes.
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>> You did a 94 hours show.
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So yes.
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I think there are pieces of cheese and something else waiting for you.
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>> Okay.
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>> Yeah.
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He's looking.
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Thank you.
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I love you.
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>> We do have one other thing.
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>> We do have one other thing for you.
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But real quick, I loved what you said to me earlier.
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I said, we were walking around the halls.
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I said, "Does it feel like this week has been like this is your
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life?"
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And what did you tell me?
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>> I said, "I'm I'm just glad I'm alive to see it."
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>> Is that what I said?
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>> You said, "I'm glad I'm alive to see it
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because it's such a gift to hear these things about you.
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It's such a gift to be in the moment."
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And it was a reminder, too.
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Live in the moment a bit more.
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>> That's right.
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And thank you.
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And that and yeah, I mean, I said that tongue and cheek,
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but it's just nice and I so appreciate all the people that reach out.
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This is where social media has been a good thing.
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So, thank you and I try
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and I will try to reply to each
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and every one of you.
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>> So, on that front, >> yes, >> one more message for you.
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>> Okay.
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>> Congratulations, Miss Linda.
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I cannot believe you're retiring from Sports Center.
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Over 30 years, Hall of Fame career.
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>> ESPN and Sports Center would never be the same without you.
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I remember watching you.
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You would talk so passionately about hockey
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when there was a hockey highlight in the top 10.
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>> It made me get into it just to find out what you was
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talking about and you let me to in the crease.
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You know about that, man.
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Congratulations.
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And you always show me love.
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Always show me love.
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I do the same for you forever.
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Smile forever, Miss Lind.
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>> Oh my gosh.
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Love Lil Wayne.
10:17
He put me in a song Earth.
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Great song.
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You know, I was part of the lyric along with a couple other uh
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Sports Center people.
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Love love.
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>> I feel like he is like the president
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or at least like the original member of the Linda Cohen fan club.
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Like he's definitely leading the way.
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>> He's established.
10:34
He's president, CEO, whatever you so honored and flattered.
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