The story behind Kirk Cousins’ exercise playlist takes quite a twist

1. In Tuesday’s Traina Thoughts, we posted a tweet from the Atlanta Falcons revealing the playlist Kirk Cousins ​​put together for Monday’s practice in celebration of his birthday.

At least that’s what we thought.

After Kyle Brandt did a full analysis of Cousins’ playlist on Tuesday Good morning football, Brandt heard from Cousins. Not by text or voicemail. Cousins ​​opted for the voice memo, which is a fascinating decision in and of itself.

Be that as it may, after praising Brandt for his performance, GMFBCousins ​​dropped a bombshell. He did NOT put together the playlist that was making waves on social media. Cousins ​​revealed that it was a Falcons assistant who created the playlist based on what she thought the quarterback would like.

“Yesterday at practice, I usually listened to gangsta rap all the time and I kept thinking, can we have a little variety,” Cousins ​​told Brandt. “Maybe one song out of 10 we can play a different genre. Usually it falls on deaf ears, but yesterday it was like one song after another. It was Foo Fighers, Good Charlotte, All-American Rejects. I was like, ‘Man, I like this song, I like this song, I like this song.’

“So after practice, I went to our trainer’s assistant, who is also a DJ, and I said, ‘Madison, kudos to you. That was a great playlist for practice.’ And she said, ‘That was because it was your birthday. That was all for you.’ So she basically guessed what I would like, and she guessed right, but unfortunately the list wasn’t really my actual playlist for practice.”

If the Falcons were smart, they would have Cousins ​​create his own playlist right away and release it to the world as soon as possible.

2. In an unsurprising move, ESPN has named Mike Greenberg as the new host of NFL countdown on Sunday after the broadcaster parted ways with Samantha Ponder last week.

Greenberg is a safe bet and one of the faces of ESPN. The company can put him in that role without having to worry about Greenberg’s performance being a problem.

ESPN also announced that Louis Riddick will replace Robert Griffin III, who was also fired last week, on its college football broadcasts and will work alongside Bob Wischusen.

Additionally, NBC officially announced that Dan Hicks will take over live commentary duties for Notre Dame from Jac Collinsworth. Jason Garrett will remain the analyst for Fighting Irish games.

3. YouTube has announced that NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers will now have the ability to customize the games they want to watch, with two-, three- and four-game multiview options. When I posted this on Twitter on Tuesday, I got a lot of responses from people saying they still wouldn’t pay $700 for Sunday Ticket.

Let me clear up the confusion. There is no way you need to pay $700 for the Sunday Ticket.

The price for the Sunday Ticket is $479 if you don’t have a YouTubeTV subscription and is listed directly on YouTube’s website.

The $700 price only applies if you buy it through the Apple App Store, which there is no reason to do.

4. The WNBA is back after its Olympic break and no one has lost interest in Caitlin Clark.

It attracted more than two million viewers to a Sunday afternoon game on ABC.

Even more impressive than the two million-plus viewer count is that Clark drew 1.2 million viewers for Friday night’s game on ION. People complain about having to search for TruTV during the NCAA Tournament, and Clark somehow managed to get more than a million people to find ION!

5. Legendary voice of the New York Yankees John Sterling returned to the Bronx on Tuesday night to give away T-shirts celebrating himself and Suzyn Waldman.

Sterling then commentated on a few innings for radio station WFAN, showing that he was still supposed to commentate on the games.

6. The latest episode of SI Media with Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Radio Hall of Fame member Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.

Russo talks about signing a new three-year contract extension with SiriusXM, the challenges of running a daily summer radio show, and staying relevant after so many years in the industry.

Other topics discussed with Russo include his thoughts on whether Stephen A. Smith would ever leave First attempt and ESPN what Molly Qerim told him about his segment “What I’m Mad About,” which First attempt The moment that got the most reaction from him, how he thinks Tom Brady will do as an analyst, being on sports talk radio during an election season, what it’s like to have Peter Schrager on his show, what it’s like to have a son who goes on sports talk radio, and much more.

Following Russo, Sal Licata of WFAN Radio and SNY TV in New York joins us for our weekly segment “Traina Thoughts.” This week’s topics are the gold medal win in USA Basketball, Season 3 of The bear and more.

You can SI Media with Jimmy Traina below or on Apple and Spotify.

You can also watch SI Media with Jimmy Traina To Sports Illustrated YouTube channel.

7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: HBO released a trailer on Tuesday for an upcoming two-part documentary about The Sopranos and it is a must.

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