Original subtitles

Cam: TONIGHT ON

"106 & SPORTS," WE ARE COUNTING

DOWN THE TOP STORIES OF THE

LEAGUE.

BRITTNEY GRINER TALKS TO US

ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WNBA.

Ashley: HBCU FOOTBALL IS.

TURNING HEADS LIKE NEVER BEFORE

AND WE ARE COVERING IT LIKE NO

ONE ELSE CAN.

Cam: PLUS THE LATEST ON THE.

WNBA LABOR SHUTDOWN AND

MICHAEL JORDAN'S COMMENTS THAT

EVERY ATHLETE TALKING.

Ashley: ALL THAT AND MORE.

THIS IS "106 & SPORTS."

WELCOME TO "106 & SPORTS."

I AM ASHLEY NICOLE MOSS.

CAM AND I ARE SPLIT UP.

THAT'S OKAY.

YOU KNOW I?

THE LIVEST SIDE OF THE AUDIENCE

IS ON THIS SIDE OF.

'S.

Cam: THAT WAS CUTE.

Ashley: I'M JUST SAYING.

Cam: HOLD ON.

STILL LIVE IN 2025.

I AM HEARING THEM, AND I AM

ACTUALLY WITH THE LIVEST SIDE!

Ashley: HOLD ON.

IT IS NOT JUST THESE TWO

BLEACHERS.

WE HAVE GOT THE PEOPLE OVER

HERE.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

THIS SIDE.

Cam: ARE Y'ALL READY TO.

START THE SHOW?

Ashley: LISTEN, LISTEN.

THIS WAS A HISTORICAL SPORTS

WEEK FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT

REASONS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORY LINES

IN THE NFL, THE BILLS AND THE

CHIEFS.

IT WAS NOT JUST A REGULAR GAME.

IT HAD ABSOLUTE PLAYOFF ENERGY.

JOSH ALLEN MADE HISTORY SUNDAY,

BREAKING THE NFL RECORD FOR MOST

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS BY A

QUARTERBACK.

THAT RECORD WAS ONCE HELD BY

SOMEBODY.

MR. CAM NEWTON.

Cam: BASICALLY WHAT SHE IS.

SAYING IS I'VE BEEN BOTHERED.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE GOT TO REMIND

THESE SUCKAS WHO THEY FOOLING

WITH.

Ashley: BEFORE WE GET TO.

THE OTHER STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN

THE WORLD OF SPORTS, JOSH ALLEN

BROKE A RECORD THAT BELONGS TO

YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?

SOME PEOPLE WHEN RECORDS GET

BROKEN OR SALTY.

BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?

Cam: I'M JUST HAPPY THAT MY.

NAME WAS IN THE RECORD BOOKS.

FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, OR FOURTH.

THEY WANT YOU TO BE MAD AT ALL

JOSH ALLEN, BUT THE THING IS,

THE WAY THE NFL HAS MORPHED AND

SHAPED INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY,

IT'S DESIGNED TO BE OFFENSIVE-

OFFENSIVE-CENTRIC.

QUARTERBACKS WILL HAVE A LOT OF

YARDS, RUNNING BACKS SHOULD HAVE

A LOT OF YARDS, RECEIVERS SHOULD

HAVE A LOT OF YARDS, SO WHEN A

RECORD LIKE THIS IS BROKEN, I

AIN'T SALTY.

DON'T CALL ME ASSAULT BEI.

NO, NO, NO.

I AM EXTREMELY PROUD AND PLEASED

OF THE PERFORMANCES THAT WE HAVE

BEEN ABLE TO GET WITH A GUY LIKE

JOSH ALLEN.

WHEN YOU SEE GUYS LIKE LAMAR

JACKSON, JALEN HURTS.

THE GAME IS IN A GOOD PLACE.

ALSO IN THE NFL, THE BANGLES

MADE THE WRONG KIND OF HISTORY,

BECOMING THE FIRST TEAM SINCE

THE 1960s TO SCORE 38 POINTS.

TWICE AND STILL LOSE BOTH GAMES.

SO NOT A RECORD YOU WANT TO HOLD

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE

RECORD BOOKS.

Cam: THERE IS A SAYING IN.

SPORTS THAT SAYS WINNERS WIN.

BUT IN THE CASE OF CINCINNATI...

Ashley: LOSERS LOSE.

Ashley: OUCH.

ANY BANGLES FANS IN THE HOUSE?

Cam: I WOULDN'T TECHNOLOGY.

MYSELF.

Ashley: ONE PROUD OR.

SEMIPROUD BANGLES FAN.

Cam: IN THE WORLD OF.

HBCUs, NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL.

TOOK DOWN HOWARD IN A TIGHT

MAGIC THAT KEEPS THEM IN THE

HBCU TITLE RACE.

OREGON STATE FELL TO

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE, SNAPPING

THEIR WIN STREAK AND SHAPING UP

THESE STANDARDS.

YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAD A

HISTORICAL WEEKEND?

THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WE SEEN WHO WAS NOT CLAPPING.

Ashley: THAT WOULD BE THE.

YANKEES FAN.

THE DODGERS WON THE WORLD SERIES

IN DRAMATIC GAME 7, FIRST TEAM

TO GO BACK-TO-BACK SINCE THE

2000 YANKEES.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I

WAS HATE WATCHING THAT GAME.

WATCHING IT BUT NOT REALLY...

HAVE YOU EVER WATCH SOMETHING

AND YOU ARE HATE WATCHING IT,

KIND OF HOPE IN BOTH TEAMS LOSE?

THAT'S HONESTLY NOT A

POSSIBILITY.

THAT'S HOW I WAS FEELING ABOUT

THE BLUE JAYS AND THE DODGERS.

IT PAINS ME TO SAY HOW DOMINANT

THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE.

Cam: WELL UNFORTUNATELY,

MISS ASHLEY NICKEL, YOU

IDENTIFIED YOURSELF AS...

Ashley: A HATER?

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

Cam: BUT IT'S OKAY.

WE GON' PRAY FOR YOU.

SAY AMEN!

IT'S OKAY.

I THINK WERE BASEBALL IS RIGHT

NOW IS IN A GREAT SPACE, SO

SHOUTED TO THE MLB FOR

RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS.

CAN

YOU KEEP IT UP?

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MAGIC JOHNSO

MAGIC JOHNSON.

HIS LEGACY STANDS AT AN

INCREDIBLE 18 CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THIS INCLUDES NCAA CHAMPION,

FIVE RINGS WITH THE LAKERS AS A

PLAYER, FIVE MORE WITH THE

LAKERS AS AN OWNER, A WNBA

CHAMPIONSHIP AS OWNER OF THE

L.A. SPARKS.

MLS SOCCER CHAMPION WITH THE

WASHINGTON SPEAR.

OH, THAT AIN'T IT.

AND NOW, THREE-TIME CHAMPION AS

A PART OWNER OF THE DODGERS.

GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

AND SINCE WE HAVE A LOT OF

PEOPLE THAT THINK LIKE ME, ENJOY

THE ENTERTAINMENT LIKE ME.

TURNING THIS INTO A

KENDRICK/DRAKE THING.

DRAKE?

LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THESE

TWEETS.

ONCE SAID THAT THE BLUE JAYS

LOST TWO STRAIGHT GAMES AFTER

DRAKE SHOWED UP, THE CURSE LIVES

ON.

IT'S A COINCIDENCE THAT EVERY

TEAM DRAKE ROOTS FOR US TO LOSE.

BUT THAT BRINGS A TO WHY WE ARE

ALL HERE TODAY.

WE ARE HERE TO INTERVIEW SOME

DOPE PEOPLE.

WE ARE ALSO HERE FOR THE

WHO IS READY?

COMING IN AT NUMBER FIVE, IT'S

ALL ABOUT THE SUSPENSION OF JOHN

AURANDT'S PICK ONE OF THE NBA'S

MOST TALENTED AND EXCITING YOUNG

STARS GOT SUSPENDED FOR ONE GAME

FOR "CONDUCT DETRIMENTAL TO THE

TEAM."

AFTER THAT LOST TO THE

LOS ANGELES LAKERS.

HE BRINGS UP A POINT OF WHAT

IS HIS FUTURE WITH THE TEAM?

Ashley: FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

HAVE NOT SEEN THE GAME, IT WAS

VERY CLOSE.

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE JAH MORANT

CHECKED OUT.

ALARMING THAT THE EFFORT IS NOT

THERE FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS

TALENTED AS HE IS.

I THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH IT

FROM TWO DIFFERENT ANGLES.

ONE, JAH MORANT WAS ONCE

CONSIDERED THE NEXT PHASE OF THE

LEAGUE.

HE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IS NOT

SOMETHING HE WANTED, BUT WHAT DO

YOU MAKE OF THAT IN CORRELATION

TO WHERE WE ARE WITH JA MORANT

RIGHT NOW?

Cam: THE LABEL FACE OF THE.

LEAGUE IS THRUST ON AN

INDIVIDUAL THAT MAY NOT WANT

THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

NOW, DO I BELIEVE HE IS A

FRANCHISE PLAYER?

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING HIM

PLAY ESPECIALLY IN THIS LAST

GAME, THERE TWO THINGS THAT YOU

HAVE TO THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

IS HE FRUSTRATED?

YES.

AND HE WAS IN THE HEAT OF THE

MOMENT.

WHEN IT'S FRESH ON YOUR MIND...

AND I KNOW REPORTERS, AND NOW I

AM A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA... YOU

HAVE THIS APPROACH TO SAY "HOW

DO YOU FEEL REAL TIME IN THE

MOMENT?"

BUT AS ATHLETES, I WILL

CHALLENGE JA AS WELL AS OTHER

ATHLETES TO DO THIS, TAKE A

BEETS.

TRUST ME, I DIDN'T.

IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST GAME, AND

IT COSTS YOU.

IMAGE DEFAMATION, SO TO SPEAK.

JA IS A PERSON THAT GETS ALL THE

FLOWERS, AS HE SHOULD, AND MORE.

NOT JUST FROM A FACE OF THE

LEAGUE STANDPOINT.

SO MANY OF OUR KIND ARE ABLE TO

RELATE TO AN ATHLETE LIKE HIM.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY

AUTHENTICALLY YOU, BUT DON'T PUT

YOURSELF IN THE SITUATION RIGHT

NOW, THE HEADLINE WILL BE THE

SUSPENSION.

AND IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO WHO

YOU USE AS A PERSON.

IT'S INTERESTING.

THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES WERE NEXT

UP IN THE WEST.

THEY WERE A YOUNG, TALENTED

TEAM, AND LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD

BE A REAL THREAT.

OBVIOUSLY A BUNCH OF THINGS

TRANSPIRED.

WE KNOW JA MORANT'S SITUATION ON

INSTAGRAM LIVE AND HOW THAT

REMOVED HIM FROM THE TEAM.

HE HAS DEALT WITH A PLETHORA OF

DIFFERENT INJURIES, AND SOME SAY

THAT IT HAS AFFECTED HOW THE

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES HADN'T BEEN

ABLE TO PROGRESS.

Cam: DO YOU THINK JA MORANT.

MAKES IT THROUGH THE NBA SEASON

ON?

Ashley: I DON'T.

Cam: IT MAY BE TIME.

MIGHT NEED A CHANGE OF SCENERY.

I THINK HIS TIME IN MEMPHIS HAS

SERVED HIM, FROM WHAT WE HAVE

SEEN, FROM MY HISTORY AROUND

EXTREMELY TALENTED PLAYERS.

Ashley: FOR YOU AT HOME,

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH

WORKPLACE PROBLEMS?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE JOHN

JA MORANT AT YOUR JOB?

USE THE #106AmpSports.

Cam: DON'T GO ANYWHERE,

COUNT ON THE WAY.

Ashley: BRITTNEY GRINER IS.

IN THE BUILDING.

Cam: THIS IS

"106 & SPORTS."

Announcer: TO SEE WHO WAS.

UP NEXT, GO TO BET.com.

Ashley: WELCOME BACK TO

"106 & SPORTS," WHERE CULTURE

MEETS THE GAME.

WE ARE STILL COUNTING DOWN THE

TOP FIVE MOMENTS IN SPORTS THAT

MATTER TO THE CULTURE.

Cam: BEFORE WE GET TO THE.

NEXT COUNTDOWN TOPIC, LET'S GO

TO THE CROWD.

BY THE SOUND OF NOISE, ARE WE

LIKING OR DISLIKING... IN CLAY?

Ashley: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU.

CAN SEE OVER THERE, BUT WE GOT

ONE GIRL OVER HERE SAYING THAT

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN END GAME.

RING RING RING.

SHE PUT UP THE RING FINGER.

YOU HAVE GOT TO DO IT THIS WAY.

HOW MANY OF THE LADIES IN HERE

LIKE THIS?

LET'S FLIP IT.

HOW MANY OF THE FELLAS LIKE THE

COUPLING?

YOU HAVE GOT TO SEPARATE IT.

THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.

THERE'S A COUPLE WE HAVE TO

HANDLE BEFORE WE HAD THIS NEXT

TOPIC IN OUR COUNTDOWN.

I KNOW YOU ARE A BIG FAN OF

THEM.

THAT'S STEFON DIGGS AND CARDI B.

Cam: SEPARATES.

Ashley: THEY ARE NOT LOVING.

MAKE SOME NOISE.

FOR THE OPTICS.

THERE MAY BE SOME FOLKS REALLY

ROCKING WITH IT.

I MEAN, I'M A FAN OF LOVE.

IF ANYBODY GON' STUNT, CARDI B

GON' STUNS.

Ashley: WE ARE GOING TO.

KEEP THE ACCOUNT ON MOVING.

EVERYBODY READY FOR NUMBER 4?

Cam: THE NFL TRADE DEADLINE.

CAME AND WENT YESTERDAY.

A FEW TEAMS MADE SOME NOISE

BEFORE IT WAS ALL OVER.

Ashley: THE EAGLES TRADED.

FOR MIKE TO REPLACE.

THEY GOT DRYER ALEXANDER AND A

2,277TH ROUND DRAFT PICK, FOR A

2026 SIXTH ROUND PICK.

THE EAGLES GOT OUTSIDE

LINEBACKER JAELAN PHILLIPS FROM

THE DOLPHIN FOR A 2026 THIRD

ROUND DRAFT PICK.

THEY ALSO TRADED FOR JETS

CORNERBACK MICHAEL CARTER THE

SECOND.

I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS.

COMPARING THIS TO THE NBA, WE

SAW A RELATIVELY QUIET TRADE

DEADLINE, A RELATIVELY QUIET

FREE AGENCY BECAUSE OF THE

BRANDS AND TEAMS TRYING TO CUT

COST AND NOT ADD IT.

WHY DO YOU THINK WE HAVE SEEN A

RELATIVELY QUIET TRADE DEADLINE

IN COMPARISON TO SEASONS PAST?

Cam: THEY LOCKED IN.

I THINK IN THIS CLIMATE OF THE

NFL, THE WORD THAT'S BEING

"DEVELOPMENT."

WHEN YOU HAVE COACHES THAT HAVE

NOT OR HAVE BEEN IN QUESTION OF

DEVELOPING THEIR PLAYERS WHEN

THEY GET TO THE NFL, TEAMS WANT

TO KEEP THEIR PICKS.

THEN YOU HAVE COST, THE SALARY

CAP.

THAT SEPARATION CAN SET A TEAM

BACK.

AND YOU AIN'T GOT THAT GOING TO

SPEND ON ALL-PRO.

PERENNIAL PRO BOWLER.

IT IS BEST THAT WE WINDOW SHOP

AND JUST GO ONTO THE NEXT.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN A LOT

OF TEAMS DO.

RESPECT.

Ashley: INTERESTING.

Cam: SOME OF THE OTHER.

TRADES ARE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF

YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

Ashley: WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR.

A PLAYER TO BE TRADED AT THE

DEADLINE?

YOU ARE AT A TEAM EXTENDED

PERIOD OF TIME, YOUR LIFE IS

THERE, YOUR TEAM IS THERE, YOUR

FAMILY, YOUR NUTRITIONIST.

THE LIST GOES ON.

ALL OF A SUDDEN TUESDAY,

"4:00 P.M., YOU GET A PHONE CALL"

WE NEED YOU TO PACK UP YOUR

LOCKER AND HOUSE AND HEAD TO

"CLEVELAND, OHIO."

AND YOU ARE LIKE "WAIT, WHAT"

GIMMICK WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE

AS A PLAYER?

Cam: WELL, I'VE NEVER BEEN.

TRADED.

I'VE BEEN CUT BEFORE.

Ashley: SAY THAT.

NEVER BEEN TRADED.

SPEECH OF THE THING THAT I WILL

REMIND FANS AND EVERYBODY, THEY

ARE HUMANS FIRST.

THEY HAVE REAL LIVES.

I JUST LOOK AT SPORTS AS A

WHOLE, WHERE A LOT OF

INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A

SUPERSTAR YOU ARE, NO MATTER HOW

LOW ON CHARTS YOU ARE.

A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND

MULTIPLE FRIENDS OF MINE.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRADING.

WHAT ABOUT IF YOU ARE JUST THE

53RD PERSON ON THE ROSTER

BATTLING FOR A PRACTICE SQUAD

SPOT?

AND THEN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO

HOME, YOU JUST HAVE TO STAY

AROUND IN HOPES THAT THEY BRING

YOU BACK, AND YOU CAN STAY IN A

HOTEL FOR TWO OR POTENTIALLY

THREE WEEKS JUST TO LET A TEAM

FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

THAT IS THE LIFE OF BEING A

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE.

EVERYBODY IS NOT LeBron JAMES.

EVEREADY IS NOT STEPH CURRY.

EVERYBODY IS NOT JOSH ALLEN OR

PATRICK MAHOMES.

THERE ARE GUYS OUT HERE FOGGING

IT.

A SHOUT OUT TO THEM, NOT JUST

THEM BUT THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEM,

FOR BEING PATIENT.

THAT VISION THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE

IT TO THE LEAGUE IS NOT ALWAYS

PEACHES AND CREAM.

Ashley: WE HAVE A LOT MORE

"106 & SPORTS" ON THE WAY.

BRITTNEY GRINER JOINING US LIVE,

AND THE LEGEND MICHAEL JORDAN.

A NEW GENERATION OF BASKETBALL

PLAYERS.

IT'S GOT EVERYBODY TALKING.

Ashley: WELCOME BACK TO

"106 & SPORTS," WHERE CULTURE

MEETS THE GAME.

Cam: ALMOST TIME FOR US TO.

GET TWO OR NUMBER THREE TOPIC IN

COUNTDOWN.

YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR OUR FIRST

GUEST THOUGH?

Ashley: OUR NEXT GUEST IS.

ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE

FIGURES IN BASKETBALL, A

TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST,

NINE TIME WNBA ALL-STAR, ONE OF

THE FEW PLAYERS IN LEAGUE

HISTORY WHO CAN SAY THAT SHE

TRULY CHANGED THE GAME ABOVE THE

RIM.

Cam: SHE IS ALSO A VOCAL.

ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND

PLAYER RIGHTS.

PLEASE WELCOME... LET'S GIVE HER

A WARM "106 & SPORTS" WELCOME.

I PRESENT... THE BRITTNEY GRINE

BRITTNEY GRINER.

BRITNEY

NICE TO MEET YOU.

Cam: WELCOME.

A REUNION.

Cam: WE GET HISTORY.

Ashley: I AM THE ODD ONE.

OUT.

USED TO BEING IN THAT

I AM NOT.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TEAM

CHEMISTRY.

I CAN SEE THAT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, HOW ARE YOU

LIVING ATLANTA?

I LOVE IT.

SHADOW TO THE A.

WE WERE TALKING THE PLAYERS

WHO PLAYED IN ONE PLACE AND THEN

MADE THAT TRANSITION TO A NEW

PLACE AWAY FROM FAMILY.

WHAT WAS THAT TRANSITION LIKE

FOR YOU?

ABOUT 11 YEARS.

YOU KNOW HOW SPORTS GO.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE

THERE FOREVER.

AND IT CHANGES.

IT'S AN AUDIBLE.

YOU HAVE TO SWITCH IT UP.

IT WAS HARD.

LITERALLY EVERYTHING WE KNEW.

I JUST CAME BACK FROM BEING

DETAINED IN RUSSIA.

I COULDN'T GO BACK TO MY HOUSE,

I HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT

AND THEN SWITCH IT UP AND CHANGE

IT.

SO LIKE CAM WAS SAYING, WE ARE

HUMAN.

IT WAS HARD.

I PROBABLY WAS NOT THE BEST IN

THAT MOMENT.

LOOKING AT MY FAMILY, LIKE I AM

A PROVIDER FOR MY FAMILY, I HAVE

GOT TO STEP UP AND DO THIS AND

MAKE EVERYTHING SAFE.

MOVING THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY

WAS HARD.

WHEN WE GOT HERE, LIKE I SAID,

IT WAS A WARM WELCOME.

Ashley: LOVE THAT.

Cam: THAT SOUTHERN.

HOSPITALITY.

BEING THAT YOU ARE HUMAN, BG, AS

MOST PEOPLE CALL YOU, YOUR

SEASON ENDED NOT LONG AGO.

THE TOXIC ME WANTS TO KNOW WHERE

DID YOU GO WHEN THE SEASON ENDE

ENDED?

I STAYED HERE IN ATLANTA,

HONESTLY.

WE STAYED RIGHT HERE.

WE STAYED RIGHT HERE.

WE GOT MORE SETTLED.

WE JUST GOT SETTLED.

SHOUT OUT.

Ashley: SHOUT OUT.

Brittney: THAT IS MY HEART.

I HAVE FREE TIME.

I ACTUALLY HAD TIME TO SPEND

TIME WITH HIM AND SEE HIM GROW,

LOVE ON HIM, BE PRESENT, BE

THERE FOR MY WIFE.

IT WAS MORE FAMILY TIME.

Ashley: I WANT TO ASK ABOUT.

THE FOOD SEEN IN ATLANTA.

I'M FROM NEW YORK, I LIVE IN

MIAMI NOW.

I KNOW YOU SPENT SO MUCH OF YOUR

CAREER ON THE WEST COAST.

IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT IN THE

SOUTH.

WHAT WAS THAT FIRST LEMON PEPPER

MEAL LIKE FOR YOU?

DID IT REINVIGORATE YOU?

Brittney: I AM A DRY.

LEMON PEPPER PERSON.

I LIKE DRY.

BUT TRAP HOUSE WINGS.

Ashley: WHAT'S THE SPOT?

WHERE SHOULD SHE GO ON A MONDAY?

Cam: NEW THIS... IN THE.

CITY!

MAY GIVE YOU SOME MAGIC.

YOU SEE WHAT I DID WITH THAT?

IF ANYBODY COULD SPEAK TO IT,

OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD.

YOU BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING YOU

COULD POTENTIALLY PLAY IN THE

NBA.

DO YOU STILL FEEL THAT WAY?

Brittney: AT THIS AGE AND.

WITH THESE KNEES AND THE AMOUNT

OF BASKETBALL I DONE PLAYED?

Ashley: YOU SOUND LIKE CAM.

Brittney: BEING SERIOUS.

THOUGH, RIGHT NOW, NO.

BUT DO I THINK I COULD BEAT AN

NBA PLAYER?

IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING?

IS THAT WHERE WE GOING?

Ashley: LET'S DO THAT!

Brittney: IS THAT UNDER THE.

PILLOW?

Cam: THAT'S UNDER IT.

Brittney: I DEFINITELY WENT.

ON THE RECORD AND SAID I WOULD

BEAT Demarcus COUSINS IN A.

NO REFEREE.

HE COULD BEAT ME.

HE IS STRONGER.

A CONTROLLED SETTING.

Ashley: YOU STILL BELIEVE.

BAD KNEES AND ALL THAT YOU COULD

BEAT Demarcus COUSINS?

Brittney: GIVE ME A'JA.

WE WILL GET HIM.

Ashley: WE WILL IMPACT THIS.

MARK, BUT YOU ARE A BIG ADVOCATE

FOR A PLAYER'S MENTAL HEALTH,

WELL-BEING.

RIGHT NOW.

SPEECH OF TIME FOR US TO GET TO

OUR NUMBER THREE STORY OF THE

WEEK.

Ashley: ARTHUR TOPIC ON THE.

COUNTDOWN IS ABOUT A GOATS.

THAT'S MICHAEL JORDAN.

HIS RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT LOAD

MANAGEMENT.

FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, LOAD

MANAGEMENT IS THE STRATEGIC ACT

OF SITTING OUT A GAME EVEN WHEN

HEALTHY TO PREVENT FATIGUE OR

INJURY.

Cam: IT'S LIKE USING A SICK.

DAY WHEN YOU AIN'T SICK.

YOU ARE PLAYING HOOKY ON THE

JOB.

MICHAEL JORDAN IS NOT A FAN.

HE SAID IT SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED

FOR FIRST AND FOREMOST.

ALSO SAID "WANT TO IMPRESS LIKE

I AT THE TOP WILL PROBABLY WORK

AS ASS OFF TO GET A TICKET OR TO

GET MONEY TO BUY THAT TICKET."

HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THIS, BG,

KNOWING THAT DIFFERENT

CIRCUMSTANCES... AND IT'S NOT

IT WAS WHO SAID

IT.

Brittney: DEFINITELY.

THE GOAT CITED SO... I MEAN... I

HONESTLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE AN

OLDER HEAD WHEN IT COMES TO,

LIKE, IF YOU CAN PLAY YOU PLAY.

I WOULD RATHER MISS A PRACTICE,

SIT IT OUT PERIODS.

Cam: PRACTICE?

Ashley: WE TALKING ABOUT.

PRACTICE?

Brittney: I'M SERIOUS.

I WANT TO PLAY.

IF I'M ABLE TO WALK AND PLAY, I

WANT TO PLAY.

Cam: BUT AS YOU BOTH KNOW.

IN YOUR RESPECTIVE SPORTS,

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN EVEN WHEN

YOU ARE RELATIVELY HEALTHY.

YOU THINK ABOUT JAYSON TATUM AND

HIS SITUATION WITH THE

BOSTON CELTICS AND WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU PICK UP TYRESE HALIBURTON.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A DILEMMA

ON WHETHER TYRESE SHOULD HAVE

BEEN PLAYED IN GAME 7, BUT IF

YOU ASK HIM YOU SAY YOU WORK

YOUR LIFE LONG TO GET TO THIS

POINT IN THE NBA FINALS.

YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS.

IF YOU DIDN'T PLAY, IS THAT

HEAVIER ON YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR

MENTAL THEN IF YOU DID PLAY AND

THEN YOU GET INJURED?

WHICH ONE IS MORE ON YOU AS A

PLAYER?

Brittney: IF I'M PLAYING IN.

A GAME AND GET INJURED IN A

GAME, I DON'T CARE.

IF WE DOING A WALK-THROUGH AND I

GET HURT OR SOMETHING, I'M MAD.

BECAUSE THIS IS PRACTICE.

NOTHING IS ON THE LINE.

THE SEASON... SOMETHING WRONG,

IT'S IN THE GAME.

Cam: BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

IT BE TOUGH.

THE ACHES AND THEM JOINTS.

Ashley: PUT THIS ON AND.

CALL IT A DAY.

Cam: I HAVE GOT TO TAKE.

THAT.

Cam: BENGAY, ALL OF THAT.

OLIVIER PERIODS TYPE OF THINGS.

MY DEBATE IS NOT NOT PLAYING

IT'S ALMOST

TO SAY "THIS IS A GIMME GAME."

NOT A LOT OF PLAYERS WOULD ADMIT

IT, BUT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE

EXECUTIVE POSITION, HEAD

COACHING POSITION, AND AS

PLAYERS.

LIKE OKAY, WE ALREADY DONE

CLINCHED, WE ALREADY DONE WON

THEIR RESPECTIVE GAMES THAT WE

NEEDED TO BEAT.

IF OUR PLAYOFF IS SET.

Ashley: I AGREE.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK

ABOUT LOAD MANAGEMENT.

ARE YOU TEAM A SUIT UP OR SIT

OUT?

USE THE #106&Sports TO JOIN.

THE CONVERSATION.

Cam: BRITTNEY GRINER IS NOT.

GOING ANYWHERE SO YOU DON'T

EITHER.

WANT TO FIND OUT IF SHE CAN

BUILD HER OWN TEAM.

Ashley: WE ARE STILL.

COUNTING DOWN THE TOP STORIES

AND NUMBER 2 IS ON THE WAY.

Ashley: WELCOME BACK TO

"106 & SPORTS," WHERE CULTURE

MEETS THE GAME.

WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THE TOP

STORIES IN SPORTS.

WE ARE CLOSING IN ON NUMBER TWO,

WITH WNBA LEGEND

BRITTNEY GRINER.

Cam: WE WANT BRITTNEY TO.

LOOK INTO THE FUTURE.

Ashley: IT IS TIME FOR.

"CRYSTAL BALL."

WE WILL ASK YOU TO LOOK INTO THE

FUTURE.

BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU NEED AN

ACTUAL CRYSTAL BALL.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE.

OH LOOK, MAGIC.

YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD ONTO THIS,

AND WE WILL ASK A SERIES OF

QUESTIONS.

YOU WILL LOOK INTO YOUR

CRYSTAL BALL AND PREDICT THE

FUTURE.

WHO WILL THE NEXT BREAKOUT

BASKETBALL PLAYER BE THAT WE ARE

ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT

YEAR?

I WILL LET YOU DO THAT IN THE

NBA OR WNBA.

Brittney: SHE KIND OF BROKE.

UP THIS YEAR HONESTLY, BUT I

WILL SAY NEXT YEAR WILL REALLY

BE HER YEAR BECAUSE SHE FIGURED

IT OUT.

OUT OF D.C., TIKI.

I'M GOING WITH KIKI.

Cam: SILAS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, STRICTLY

THE BALL, WHO DO YOU THINK WILL

BECOME THE NEXT PLAYER TURNED

COACH?

Brittney: THAT'S EASY.

GRAY.

SHE PLAY F FOR THE ACES.

Ashley: CLAP IT OUT FOR.

CHELSEA GRAY.

Brittney: WHAT SHE BRINGS.

TO THE TABLE ON THE COURT,

BASKETBALL IQ, HOW SHE IS ABLE

TO CONNECT WITH PLAYERS.

THAT CAN TRANSLATE WELL FOR HER

AND I THINK SHE WILL BE A GOOD

COACH.

Ashley: THIS ONE IS.

PROBABLY EASY FOR YOU TO ANSWER.

WHICH WNBA TEAM DO YOU THINK

WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE?

Brittney: OH, THAT'S US.

EASY QUESTION.

Cam: MAKE SOME NOISE FOR.

CRYSTAL BALL OR BRITTNEY GRINER.

Ashley: I WILL TAKE THAT.

LOOK, ON SOMETHING WE COULDN'T

PREDICT, THAT IS OUR NUMBER TWO

TOPIC ON OUR COUNTDOWN.

THE WNBA AND THE PLAYERS UNION

JUST AGREED TO EXTEND THE

CURRENT CBA AGREEMENT FOR 30

DAYS IS A PUSH TOWARDS A NEW

DEAL.

Cam: THE PLAYERS DEMAND.

MORE MONEY, BIGGER

REVENUE CUT, AND BIGGER BENEFITS

LIKE TRAVEL, FAMILY CARE, AND

ROSTER SPOTS.

Ashley: I THINK WE KIND OF.

NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THE

POTENTIAL LOOKS LIKE IF THE

PLAYER AND UNION, WNBA RATHER,

DON'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT, AND

A LOCKOUT DOES HAPPEN.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

IT WILL LOOK BAD FOR SOME

PLAYERS.

THE PLAYERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE

TOP END MAKING THE BIG, BIG

BUCKS.

IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR THEM.

THAT'S A LOT ON THE LINE, AND

IT'S OUR FUTURE.

MAYBE NOT SO MUCH FOR THE ONES

OF US THAT ARE AT THE END OF OUR

CAREER, BUT FOR THE ONES COMING

UP RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ALL GOING

TO PAY FOR THAT.

WE DON'T... WHAT WE HAD TO GO

THROUGH.

MIDDLE SEAT ON MY ALL-STAR.

SOUTHWEST.

Ashley: THE MIDDLE SEAT AT.

THAT.

Brittney: THAT'S WHAT I HAD.

TO DO WITH AT THE BEGINNING OF

MY CAREER.

PUTTING BONNIE BAN IN THE MIDDLE

SEAT ON SOUTHWEST ON THE WAY TO

ALL-STAR!

SPEECH TO THE STILL LYING.

Ashley: YOU HAVE A LOT OF.

KNOWLEDGE AROUND ROSTERS, ROSTER

MANAGEMENT.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT THAT TO THE

TEST.

Cam: IT'S TIME TO PLAY.

"BALLIN' ON A BUDGET."

Ashley: WE WILL PRESENT YOU.

A BOARD OF PLAYERS.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE OFFERED

DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.

YOU HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM

OF STARTING FIVE, BUT YOU HAVE

$15 MILLION IF WE DON'T DO

DOLLARS AND CENTS ON

"106 & SPORTS."

JUST MAKING SURE YOU KNOW.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORD.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WNBA, WE HAVE

NBA.

DON'T FORGET TO EXPLAIN YOUR

PICKS, YOUR REASONING, YOUR

RATIONALE AS YOU ARE IN YOUR GM

BAG.

AUDIENCE, ARE YOU READY?

ALL RIGHT, CAM IS GOING TO BE A

MATHEMATICIAN AND KEEP US

HONEST.

Cam: PULL UP THE.

CALCULATOR.

Brittney: A'JA.

I'M GOING WITH A'JA WILSON.

Cam: 6!

Brittney: SHE'S A BEAST.

THE ONLY PLAYER IN OUR LEAGUE

WITH FOUR MVPs.

ALREADY IS GOAT STATUS IN MY

OPINION.

Cam: THIS ONE'S EASY TO ME.

Brittney: I'M GOING CURRY.

Ashley: STEPH CURRY.

Brittney: WE HAVE ALL SEEN.

WHAT HE CAN DO AND HOW HE CAN

SHOOT THE BALL, PUT PEOPLE ON

SKATES.

I WILL GO WITH MY TEAMMATE, GRA

GRAY.

SHOOTER, WORKING HARD, PLUS WE

CAN PLAY GOLF ON THE SIDE.

GREAT GOLFER.

WE GON' GO HOMETOWN HOUSTON.

KD.

I'M GOING WITH MY BOY KD.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I WANT SHOOTERS.

WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE IT OUT.

WE ARE GOING WITH KYRIE.

OKAY.

Ashley: MODUS KNOW WHAT YOU.

THINK ABOUT "BALLIN' ON A"

"BUDGET" AND WHO YOU WOULD HAVE

PICKED.

LET US KNOW USING THE

#106&Sports.

Cam: LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR.

BRITTNEY GRINER.

BEFORE YOU GO, WHAT IS NEXT FOR

YOU, BG?

ME?

AND READY TO GO DOWN TO OUR

ARRIVAL.

COME DOWN TO MIAMI, COME CATCH A

GAME.

SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY.

I AM NOW, I'M CO-OWNER,

COFOUNDER WITH ZEND JET.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT

YEAH.

Ashley: WE LOVE THAT.

106, MAKE SOME NOISE FOR

BRITTNEY GRINER.

COMING UP, HBCU... TAKING THE

NUMBER ONE SPOT AND RIGHTFULLY

SO.

STICK AROUND TO FIND OUT WHY.

MORE "106 & SPORTS" IS ON THE

WAY.

Ashley: WELCOME BACK TO

"106 & SPORTS."

WE HAVE BEEN COUNTING DOWN THE

TOP FIVE STORIES IN SPORTS.

WE HAVE FINALLY REACHED OUR

ITS MASSIVE.

Cam: HBCUs, SPECIFICALLY.

NORFOLK STATE VERSUS... THIS IS

NOT JUST ANOTHER GAME.

TWO FORMER NFL STARS.

WE HAD TWO FORMER NFL STARS FROM

THE SIDELINE.

NORFOLK STATE AND Dashawn.

JACKSON.

Ashley: WE WERE THERE IN.

PERSON AND HAD TO DO A VIBE

CHECK.

ANY HBCU ALUMS IN THE BUILDING?

WE LIKE THAT.

Cam: Y'ALL ARE TURNED.

I LIKE THAT.

Ashley: WE WERE WALKING.

AROUND THE FIELD AND LINCOLN

FINANCIAL WE SAW EVERYONE, FROM

MEEK MILL TO ALLEN IVERSON.

IT WAS A SIGHT TO BE SEEN IN.

OVER 37,000 PEOPLE CAME OUT.

THE CRAZY THING ABOUT IT, OR THE

SPECTACULAR THING ABOUT IT, THEY

WERE NOT JUST ALUM FOR CURRENT

STUDENTS OF THESE TEAMS PLAYING:

THEY WERE FROM ALL TYPES OF

HBCUs IN THE AREA.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

THE ENVIRONMENT WAS UNMATCHED.

SPEECH OF THE THING AM REMINDED

ABOUT IS, YOU THINK ABOUT THE

FOREFATHERS WHO CAME BEFORE THIS

ERA OF COACHING.

YOU THINK ABOUT DEION SANDERS,

YOU HAVE GEORGETTE TSU, TYRONE

WHEATLEY AT MOREHEAD STATE.

THESE INDIVIDUALS DID THEIR JOB

SO OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE GIVEN

FOR OTHERS TO ALSO DO.

YOU MENTIONED MARSHAWN LYNCH.

WE SAW MEEK MILL, AI.

ASHLEY NICOLE.

Ashley: CAM NEWTON.

Cam: SO MANY PEOPLE.

I WOULD SAY THIS: WE NEED MORE

OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FROM

WE NEED MORE

OPPORTUNITY FROM FORMER PLAYERS.

BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT LEAN ON A

PERSON WHO HAS PLAYED THIS

SPORT... FOR ME, I'VE BEEN

PLAYING SINCE I WAS SEVEN YEARS

OLD.

I HAVE SEEN IT ALL, DONE IT ALL,

AND AM ABLE TO BE RELATED TO OR

CAN RELATE WITH ANY SPECIFIC

INDIVIDUAL.

THE UNFORTUNATE TRUTH ABOUT THIS

ALSO IS I HAVEN'T HAD A MINORITY

COACH AS AN OFFENSIVE

COORDINATOR.

I HAVE NOT HAD A MINORITY

COORDINATOR AS A QUARTERBACK

COACH.

GRANTED, I LOVE THESE PEOPLE.

ALL COACHES WHO DEFINITELY MADE

A MAJOR IMPACT.

BUT, THERE WAS A CULTURE SHIFT

FOR ME.

ME BEING FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD

ME INITIALLY.

I HAD TO WATCH HOW I SPOKE.

AND NOT TO GET TOO FAR IN THE

WEEDS, BUT EVERYBODY'S

THANKSGIVING RITUALS JUST WASN'T

THE SAME AS MINE!

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU

GO BACK TO THE OPTICS AND YOU

SEE THE JOBS THAT Dashawn.

JACKSON IS DOING.

ALSO YOU MIGHT NOT BE SHOWING UP

IN THE LAST COLUMN, BUT FOR WHAT

THEY ARE DOING TOO, WE NEED

PLAYERS TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY,

BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THIS

METHODOLOGY WORKS.

PLAYERS ARE ABLE TO BE RELATED

TO OR WANTS TO RELATE TO THEIR

COACHES.

"I WILL RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL

FOR YOU."

JUST NEED SOME TYPE OF

CONDUCTIVITY.

FOR SO LONG, EVEN FOR ME, I DID

NOT HAVE A CULTURAL RELATABILITY

WITH MY COACH.

SO I KNOW FOR THE COACHES THAT

ARE ABLE TO RELATE WITH THE

PLAYERS, IT WOULD IMPACT

RECRUITING.

IT WILL IMPACT THE ABILITY OF

OTHER COACHES.

I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE

PLAYERS COACH.

WE ARE SEEING IT HAPPEN

FIRSTHAND WITH WHAT WE HAVE SEEN

THIS PAST WEEKEND.

Ashley: AND WE ARE SEEING A.

MAJOR SHIFT IN THE INTEREST IN

HBCU FOOTBALL AND PROGRAMS AS A

WHOLE.

OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF BIG-NAME PROS

ARE USING THEIR PLATFORM AND

EXPERIENCE TO BRING IN RECRUITS

THAT BUILD UP THESE PROGRAMS.

I WONDER, IF YOU COULD GO BACK,

ARE YOU CONFIDENT ENOUGH AT

WHERE HBCUs CURRENTLY ARE.

THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE OF

COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL, IF YOU

COULD MAKE YOUR DECISION AGAIN,

WOULD YOU HAVE ENTERTAINED IN

HBCU IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER

UNIVERSITIES THAT YOU DID COMING

OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL?

Cam: HONESTLY SPEAKING?

NO.

LET ME TELL YOU WHY.

AS A FAN, I HAVE SEEN CERTAIN

THINGS TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND

THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR YEARS.

IF I WERE TO LOOK AT A GAME THAT

NOBODY IS REALLY PAYING

ATTENTION TO, NO MATTER IF IT IS

ON THE EAST COAST OR WEST COAST,

I WOULD RATHER FOR THE OPTICS TO

SHOW HOWARD, HAMPTON, TSU,

SAVANNAH STATE, OREGON STATE, SO

MANY DIFFERENT HBCUs.

THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS.

THESE MEDIA DEALS ARE KEEPING

THESE UNIVERSITIES PAID.

AND THAT IS WHAT MY CHALLENGE

WOULD BE.

IF Y'ALL SAY YELLOW FOOL WITH US

LIKE YOU SAY YOU DO, OPEN UP

THAT PIGGY

BANK WITH THE MEDIA...

IF YOU SAY YOU FULL

WAS A...

IF YOU FOOL WITH US LIKE THE WAY

YOU SAY YOU DO, OPEN UP THE

PIGGY BANK FOR THE MEDIA DEALS.

AND IF YOU ARE ASKING ME IF I

WANT TO SEE THAT TEAM PLAY,

VERSUS A SPECIFIC CLASSIC.

YOU HAVE GOT THE FAN AT Us OF.

THE WORLD, THE TSUS OF THE WORLD

THAT I MENTIONED, BUT THESE

GAMES ARE ENTERTAINING.

I WOULD SAY ME GOING TO A PWI,

MY WHOLE FAMILY GOING TO

HBCUs, THEY'RE MORE DYNAMICS.

TO BE ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES.

I LIKE THE TRAJECTORY THAT

HBCUs ARE FROM A FOOTBALL.

STANDPOINT.

I KNOW EVERYONE IN THIS AUDIENCE

IS ALL FOR HBCUs GOING TO THE.

NEXT LEVEL.

THAT DOES IT FOR US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ROCKING

WITH US.

HIT US UP USING THE

#106&Sports.

AS USUAL, TAKE US TO THE FINAL.

Cam: EVERYBODY STAND UP!

IN A WORLD FULL OF SO MUCH HATE,

WHAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO DO IS

GRAB YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HAND AND

JUST SAY THE SIMPLE WORDS: HEY

NEIGHBOR!

Ashley: HEY NEIGHBOR!

Cam: I REALLY WORK WITH.

YOU, NEIGHBOR!

Ashley: I REALLY ROCK WITH.

YOU, NEIGHBOR!

Cam: SHOW THEM SOME LOVE.

PINKY, THUMB, LOVE.

YOU DIG!