for the first time. This is the first new port.
Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in
and be I can guarantee you, any other West Coast
team that's watching this, I'm sure USC is gnashing
their teeth right now saying, how come we couldn't
have thought of this first? Interesting guests.
Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waskowski,
Melissa Lombardi, Max Torres, El Toro, joining
us. Sharp opinions. I think if you're a supporter
of the NBA that you should at least have some
level of interest in the WNBA because the things
that interest you as a NBA fan should still interest
you as a WNBA fan. and some smiles. Can you guess
what position I played in football? Left out?
No, I did not. Yeah, exactly. I didn't think
about that for a second. Yes, actually, I did
not play. I was not big enough. Goose tried to
kill me today on the golf course. Advanced warning
was given. It just apparently was not heard.
I will dispute that in a court of law. It's Danny
Havel. If you're driving and you're trying to
do this in your head, pull off the side of the
road. I don't need any accidents. Justin Grossweiner.
I love to hear Coach go, we're going to focus
on that bad four game stretch the rest of the
season. We will never do that again. That may
be a good point. I don't know. Maybe you could
do that. Maybe that's another strategy. Danny
and Justin starts now on Fox Sports Eugene and
Fox Sports Newport. Hello, neighbors. Welcome
high top to Delta Triad in the Crystal Palace,
the Bigfoot Beverages Studios. Fox Sports, Eugene
Fox Sports, Newport. This is the fastest 60 minutes
in sports. It's the little Danny and Justin radio
program. Seven more days, seven more programs,
including today in the Danny and Justin life
cycle. We'll talk about that a little bit as
well today as we're going to discuss Micah Norris
contract. The scuttlebutt with Tom Dunn and the
city of Portland over the Moda Center. Caleb
Williams, not Caleb Wilson, Caleb Williams is
back in the news again and he's not happy. We'll
also discuss the pre -fontaine, which is coming
up here a little more than a week from now as
well as we will be. At the graduate next Friday
on our last show with a cavalcade of stars that
are be appearing at the pre -fontaine classic
We've got the great general Jeff Oliver from
track town USA in studio Who is apparently auditioning
now for the third wheel here on the Danny and
Justin radio program? He comes in at the end
of the shows and now all of a sudden. He's gonna
be a regular Goose you might be replaced Goose
hasn't been here the last couple of weeks for
the Big bets segment and we're already auditioning
on air replacements for Steve Mims. I'm Danny
have a right over there That is Jeff Oliver the
general and to my left Depending on how I'm sitting
just an Alexander Grove sweater our own Jag Corp.
It's baby J I think we need to start off the
show by talking about that video that I texted
you yesterday with our very own hawk Yes, so
it's the more more more I was it's the Heisman
campaign Yeah, so, you know listen they could
have done the whole Song as well more more more
would have been great No, there's there's a couple
of different versions. There's a bunch of them.
Yes I think I sing way too much on this program.
It started to happen. I'm getting way too comfortable
We are your own karaoke machine general. You
can hop in here anytime you want you're you're
sitting in here We've got the official interview
segment at the 20 after hours. So we'll try and
keep some Some sanity into this program you can
jump in at any time, man Well, yeah, again getting
close to pre phones going off. Uh, i'll pay attention
when it's time to but uh, I heard mims has been
absent But i've also heard he's been on the golf
course and last time we played with him. Yes
That's where he needs to be. He needs to practice
Wow Well, he almost killed danny that one time.
So he was there. He was my witness He was gonna
defend me in court is what was gonna happen So
I also want to emphasize and I just said the
countdown has begun in earnest now seven more
shows the Danny Justin radio program culminating
at the graduate one to four we're gonna have
a special three -hour show we've got a ton of
guests that Jeff Oliver is lined up for us on
that day we're gonna be really happy to really
dive deep into the pre -fontaine we'll talk about
that in a little bit on this radio program by
the way follow us on the socials Danny and Justin
and also on YouTube you can follow us there and
also wherever you platform, like your podcast,
your music, like Apple, Amazon, Spotify, iHeart,
we're there with the podcast. And if you missed
yesterday's show, really entertaining. We had
Ryan Gillum, who is the head coach of the Savannah
Bananas on, and he was on fire. It was a very
fun conversation. And then we thought, well,
it can't get any better than this. And then Jacob
Archer, the voice of the M's, comes in, and I
think we top it. I mean, he gave us that little
nugget about in Bull Durham. There is there's
actually an emeralds throwback jersey in there
and Jeff's shaking his head. Yes. That's great
radio is I didn't I don't know how many times
I've watched that movie and I never ever noticed
that I know Jeff watches movies a lot closer
than I do You know what? I watch when I watch
movies or even television shows is when they
do a cutaway shot and then they go back To a
tighter shot and something that and the cutaway
shot was in one spot. Yeah because you know they're
resetting like like a glass is is half full and
then it's all the way full again and it's just
like come on man or the the napkins in a different
spot or the foods in a different spot it's like
come on there's the famous one in game of thrones
with the coffee cup the starbucks coffee cup
that's on the background yes that's awesome so
we got a lot to go over so um where do you want
to start man that's it's always tough but i do
want to say we'll get to it in a second, is after
our last show we are going to have a party up
at Laurelwood Pub. Everyone's invited. I know
it's going to be there's going to be a lot of
stuff going on at Hayward that night as well
we'll get into that but we're going to have a
little I don't want to say it's a going away
party because I want to emphasize this to everybody
I can't say yet I'll say more next Wednesday
but I can't say what's coming but something's
coming something coming down the tracks and I
won't tell you all of it but we'll start telling
you a little bit about it to tease you. Danny
and Justin is going away. Okay, that's it. That's
that is final July 3rd party at Laura would at
430 Then we'll reveal a little bit more on that
final program So you want to it's gonna be must
hear radio. I played golf with Danny Tuesday
I can affirm everybody. He's not going pro in
golf either You did pretty good you did pretty
good on Tuesday. Thank you I just kind of defend
my honor. It was I was a rough start It was a
very rough start but I was like huffing and puffing
late From a meeting that I was having here in
the building and then getting out over there
the golf course I started on three. I I recovered
pretty quick though. We were playing from the
tips from the blocks It was for a 61 year old
dude. That's not easy I there would know but
I wasn't playing all on the tips though because
remember on the two par threes I played from
the white. Yeah when you got tired we let you
play up This is what I have to deal with and
I keep accepting the offers to come on play golf
So it's like, you know, I'm accepting the abuse.
I like this dynamic of The assertion of power
over here. We both hid probably a couple of the
best shots of our lives Well, you I can't say
that because you have an albatross on nine I
don't think I got ever gone in a conversation
with Jeff where I has not come up. There was
no albatross getting on nine from the tips. No,
there wasn't. We never did find his ball, by
the way. So on five, I hit a hybrid from like
190 yards out. And Jeff, you were hitting five
iron or something. Yeah. He hit it within like
three feet of the cup. And I, and that's not
a very big green at number five on at Lowerwood.
I think I was probably 10 feet away. That was
one of the best shots I've hit with that club.
It just felt so good. So good. And I did make
the birdie. He's got to back it up. Got to make
the birdie. I'm proud of you guys. And our buddy
Ian, if he's listening out there, he did officially
get the KP on eight. That was another incredible
shot there, too. That was a great shot. This
little par three. And that was from way, way
back there. That was a 181 -yard poke, right?
Yeah, stuck it like three feet or so. Yeah, that's
awesome. All right, so enough about us. Let's
talk about Caleb Williams. This poor guy. We
had the story when it first came out that he
was trying to trademark Iceman because of what
happened in the postseason and it was just like
a comment I wasn't a it kind of went viral pretty
quick That he was being called Iceman ice water
ice in his veins and the cold and everything
in the sports world Everybody thinks of the real
Iceman George Irvin So the United States Patent
and Trademark Office has initially refused the
Chicago Bears quarterback's application for Iceman.
And do you know why? It's another company that
has the trademark. Right, so it's not George
Gervin or former UFC participant and now Hall
of Famer Chuck Lydell. Instead, they saw too
much similarity and a likelihood of confusion
in a trademark filed in 1988 by LaCrosse Footwear
for Insulated Boots. Now organ based company
how how about a slap in the face? It's like it's
not because of George Gervin or Chuck Liddell.
It's because of a pair of boots from 1988 it's
a classic you didn't think somebody thought of
this before like Everybody had thought of the
term Iceman like I don't know. I thought the
whole thing was ridiculous. I'm I Think the whole
nickname thing you just can't nickname yourself,
and it's a self -appointed nickname. It's just
never a good thing So here's he was trying to
trademark athletic bags water bottles sporting
goods a website and entertainment services in
addition to clothing and so the statement from
the USPTO is That the marks are identical in
appearance sound and meeting So additionally,
because they're identical, the marks are likely
to engender the same connotation and overall
commercial impression when considered in connection
with the applicant's and registrant's respective
goods and or services. I did sound like a lawyer
when I said that. Sounds like a bunch of mumbo
jumbo to me. You have to deal with stuff like
this all the time people with trying to trademark
themselves or trademark names Yeah, I dealt with
a little bit yesterday on something, but maybe
he can reapply once the Bears have an Indiana
address, right? There you go Hammond, Indiana
Have you heard Justin's version of Hammond, Indiana?
I've seen pictures Talking up or down seen the
music man. Yeah, Gary, Indiana Gary. Yeah, so
I do that. I did a parody Called ham and indiana
indiana that's you can imagine. I did not think
there was going to be a music man reference today
That's my wife's favorite musical. There you
go. She's gonna be happy. There we go You put
that on the bingo card you win. So that's uh,
that's caleb williams and his attempt on that
so I want to get into the the moda center thing
But I don't know if I do we have enough time
to do it now before a break or I mean, how long
do you want because there's two separate things
that are going on here, right? But they all relate
back to tom Because Tom Dundon appeared up in
Portland at this $350 a plate Dinner, I guess
we're gathering with a bunch of civic leaders
government officials to talk about The renovations
at Moda Center, so I'll want to pause here for
a second because I think people are getting A
mischaracterization and listen. I am NOT going
to be one to defend Tom Dundon but the Moda Center
is owned by the city of Portland I Think there's
a perception that the Blazers own the Moda Center.
They do not they lease the Motor Center. Rip
City Management, who's affiliated with the Blazers,
obviously, they operated under a lease agreement.
And they, the city of Portland got the Motor
Center for a dollar back in 20, well, in 2024.
The transfer was made to a publicly owned facility.
And this was, I believe, the Allen family who
did this because they wanted to have it for the
entire city. So let's start there. So this is
where, and again, I don't want to give shade
to Tom... Dundon. General, I know you're looking
at me. Every time we say his name on this program,
we have to play that music. It's a rule now.
But listen, it's a city -owned building. It would
be... So if people... Now, I'm not disagreeing
that people should expect that the ownership...
who is going to derive a benefit from this should
pony up something for it. I'm not disagreeing
with that. But how much for what that's not mine
is kind of like me coming to you, Justin, and
say, you work here at Fox Sports Eugene, Fox
Sports Newport. I need you to help me pay for
the windows in the building. Not your not your
building you work here you get some benefit because
if I'm improving those windows, maybe the sun
shines a little brighter and such But would you
be okay giving me some money to improve the windows
as an employee? No, but doesn't it's a little
different right when you're when you own a sports
team Because isn't okay isn't the sports team
theoretically making enough to at least well,
it's not about what you're making though It's
about what benefit you're driving and if you
own right, so I guess the comment I didn't like
from what I saw from it was that he's basically
it sounded like he implied that He was doing
the same a favor by staying. Yep by just not
leaving Yeah, it was a very arrogant comment,
in my opinion, to say it like that. To say, well,
I'm keeping you here. Well, honestly, you should
keep them there, because you have no good reason
to move the Portland Trailblazers. We're not
asking you to move to Portland. Please don't.
You can stay in Texas or Carolina or wherever
else you want to go. That's fine. However, there
is, and I understand, I'm taking it to the extreme,
though, but it's like... It's like this place.
If the ownership of this building came to me
as a leasee and said, I need you to pay for the
improvements on the building because you'll derive
a benefit for it, I would probably go, well,
wait a second. I don't own it. So then if you're
going to do that, then you need to give me an
equity share. You need to give me something that
I can get back when I leave for the money that
I put in. That's where I think Portland is missing
the boat a little bit. You know what, if they
want Tom Dundon to invest, I went over the top
of him, I went too fast with the Tom. Dundon
to invest in the renovations of Moda Center,
give him 10%, give him 15 % of the Moda Center
then. Then you back him into a corner of saying,
well, you're getting something out of it, besides
the benefit of having a beautiful place to...
be able to entice the nba to come and have their
all -star game there or whatever it is the draft
if they want to start doing things the right
way in the nba draft something then i have to
have a piece of it well and if i'm not mistaken
didn't the blazers sell the modus center for
a dollar because they couldn't renovate it basically
they couldn't upkeep it the way they needed to
they can't Well, yeah, the Blazers knew that
this building was and what's weird is when you
go there, you don't think it's like falling apart.
But but in but in real terms, like a building
like that, with all the usage it gets 20 years
is a long time. I mean, they're replacing schools
faster than that. I mean, it's it's premium seating.
That's what drives a lot of this. You can get
the high dollars for. you know, seats that are
closer. PSL premium seat licensing. You know,
peek into where the aphid tunnel run out. Like,
that is, you know, kind of where a lot of this
drives. Up where we sit, I think it's great.
It's a good spot. There's nothing wrong with
it. And that's where I think sometimes, from
the public, there is a disconnection of, well,
why do we need to throw $600 million at this
building? It looks great. Now, but you know what,
then? You know when you want a real stark comparison?
Go walk next door to Memorial Coliseum. And then
look at that and the concrete everywhere and
it just looks like a mausoleum Still I think
it's still a great facility and you know the
winterhawks play there and such But it is wildly
different when you walk across back and forth
between those buildings. I've seen concerts Memorial
Coliseum wait just to be clear you're saying
in a positive way or a negative way okay yeah
but that but it's been there it's the age of
the building that's what I'm trying to compare
it to is that was way back in the 1970s this
was in the 1990s and early 2000s and now you
know it's 20 years later so what can be improved
and and other markets are building and renovating
their arenas and so now it's like Well, we got
to keep up with the Joneses Well, you got to
keep up until one other city says we'll back
up the truck and build an arena, right? That's
the threat Is always some other city's gonna
gonna build it for you Well and Vegas and Seattle
sound like in a couple years I think that the
NBA said like 2030 was the year maybe 2029 and
either one of those years that they're thinking
about either expansion which obviously would
not be a move, but I don't know. I mean, there's
just something that feels, for lack of a better
term, kind of yucky about the situation. Well,
it's in the presentation, I think. It's that,
like I said, I'll go back to it, it's the arrogant
comment of, you know what, you should feel grateful
for me being the owner because I'm keeping the
franchise here. Well, that's what you're supposed
to do. It's kind of like, you know what, you're
the breadwinner of the family. You should be
thankful that you have food on the table. That's
what you're supposed to do. It's just this constant
feeling with Tom. Dundon that he bought this
NBA franchise and by the way he's not the sole
owner if I'm not mistaken there's others that
are contributing as well but ever since he bought
the team it's like oh I don't have enough money
he just he's crying broke the entire time it's
If you're a Blazer fan, it's the worst possible
thing to hear. You don't want to hear that your
owner is penny pinching at every single possible
turn to make a buck. And so it feels like if
this was the, you know, owners and arenas, like
that's a tale as old as time. Like we've seen
that before. But I just think that it's all of
the other stuff. And we'll talk about the Mike
and Norrie contract. It's like every single step
of the way. It seems like he's trying to find
his little advantage. And yes, I get it. The
Hurricanes won the NHL championship, but I just
don't Stanley Cup right right the Stanley the
Stanley Cup. That's right That shows a bunch
of a hockey fan. We are hockey guys on the side
of the table. He's a big Flames supporter Right
still playing blues flames. Oh, that's right.
I get it He has had success in the NHL. Yeah,
but I don't think the NHL and the NBA are the
same thing Well, they're not it no absolutely
not it's you know my comparison and him as an
owner is gonna be much different than the Allen
family and Paul Allen as an owner, too. I think
Portland fans need to be kind of blessed for
what they've had for the last 20 -plus years.
And the thing is, the people that, like, slammed
Jodie Allen, like, she was an absentee owner,
yes, but she didn't mess anything up. Right.
She wasn't out in front of a microphone, like,
pointing the finger in the chest of the Portland
fan base saying, you should be thankful for me.
I'm paying enough in taxes. Well, again, that's
what you're supposed to do. That is, that's a
part of the deal. And then he did his finger
pointing and left. Like, I'm thinking if I'm
asking for $600 million, stick around for dinner.
Yeah. Well, maybe he thought he was gonna have
to pick up the check. He doesn't care about optics
though. You stepped over that line. Wouldn't
it be great to have Tom Dundon at dinner, like
at a really fancy restaurant in Portland, and
when the check comes around, everybody gets alligator
armor so they all have to excuse themselves to
go to the bathroom at the same time. And he's
just sitting there staring at the waiter, and
the guy's going, hey, right here, man. Everyone
said, you're paying. So that's not gonna happen.
All right, let's take a break. When we come back,
General's been very patient, chiming in a little
bit. Steve Mim's not worried at all right now,
but he might be after this next segment. We're
gonna talk Tracktown USA specifically, the pre
-Fontaine classic with our very own General,
here on the Danny and Justin radio program. We'll
talk Micah Norrie contract and just the strange...
I don't want to say it. The way it's put together
is just, it's just odd. And now some folks from
like the NBA Coaches Association are chiming
in on the Blazer, new Trailblazer head coach
contract. Just the way it's compiled is just
odd. We'll talk about that in the last part of
this program. Danny and Justin, seven more shows
left until we Kiss it goodbye. That'll be next
Friday, July 3rd at the Graduate Hotel. From
1 to 4, we're going to be doing an extravaganza
around the Pre -Fontaine Classic. We're very
happy to welcome in. You can follow him on the
socials, Mind4Sports. It's the great general,
Jeff Oliver, from Track Town, USA. And man, you
put together quite a list for us to interview.
I'm not going to say all of them, but we've got
some pretty big names in here, like Ryan Crouser,
Nikki Hiltz. Cole Hocker is going to join us.
Among many others. So we're really we're jazz
for that. So and it's a the prefontaine classic
is obviously a wonderful event. It's It's the
the creme de la creme which is really the way
this has been set up and then refined throughout
the years is awesome. And again, having it around
a 4th of July weekend is supreme as well. It's
got to be gratifying. Yeah, I mean, we kind of
tout the pre -classic as a bit of a mini Olympics.
It's a lot of the world's best athletes kind
of come to Eugene. Honestly, some will be in
town for less than 48 hours, but we have so many
that are coming in. I got some stats that we
can kind of throw out later on the number of
athletes that have been in the Olympics and gold
medals and the such. But yeah, you guys are kind
of doing your countdown for your show. We're
doing our countdown, too. We always kind of celebrate
our 100 days out, our 50 days out, and kind of
now we're in that single digits. And so, obviously,
there's not panic. We work on this year round,
but now it's... We're directing the orchestra
to make everything happen over the 4th of July.
So how has this evolved? Because I kind of mentioned
it because it wasn't always the way this competition
is now because again, it's it's very select.
It's you know, I would imagine it's like invitation
only type of stuff and I'm sure athletes are
wildly competitive to try and get into this elite
field. So how has it grown to what it is now
over the last decade or so? Yeah, I mean really
looking back to 2010. So this will be the 51st.
Pre -classic so it's been a great meet America's
best meet for all that time and really in 2010
the pre -classic joined a circuit a global circuit
called the diamond league and so we're one of
You know a dozen plus more meets as the diamond
league has grown and we're talking Paris London
Doha, you know China and then boom here we are
in Eugene So we have a great team. That's you
know reaching out to athletes and agents, but
really it's also kind of happened organically.
Like athletes across the globe want to compete
at Hayward Field. They want to compete in honor
of Steve Prefontaine. They want to feel what
that Hayward magic's all about. So it kind of
happens amongst them, especially when you're
looking like... at like a 100 meter race and
you kind of hear, okay, this one guy's gonna
go, this guy's gonna go, and then the others
are like, I'm just as good as them, I wanna be
there too. So you mentioned invitational, that
is truly what the pre -classic is. You have to
get an invite. There's no qualification or anything
to get. So it is a, you know, there's nine lanes
at Hayward Field. Our hope is in all those running
races that if you're taking up a lane, you're
one of the nine best in the world at that time,
and you're gonna go out there and you're gonna
do something special. Specifically for the hundred
meter to ask you guys have seven of the top ten
ranked sprinters in the world for this hundred
meter And then the bowerman miles could be stacked
as well Feels like those two events like really
key events just for any track fan How important
are is it for you guys to have like the big guns
in those two events specifically? I mean, I think
it's important that that we can get them for
our fans, you know, you know, Eugene Oregon Northwest,
I mean, honestly the United States in general
to be able to bring the world's best to our home
soil and have them compete against each other.
You mentioned that men's 100 meter race. All
of the men in that race are Olympians. That's
pretty rare to look around any 100 meter race
in the world. that everyone that's lining up
has also been to the Olympics. And you mentioned
the Bowerman mile. That's obviously just as iconic
that's, you know, that's the world's best mile
race. And you mentioned, yeah, Cole Hawker, obviously
hometown boy. We want him to do good. But I think
maybe locally we also forget he's the Olympic
gold medalist in the 1500. So I know he's expecting
to win that race. But there are some people that
are going to line up to that. They're expecting
to win it as well. Follow him on the socials
mind for sports. It's Jeff Oliver from Track
Town USA here on the Danny and Justin radio program
talking the pre -fontaine classic, which is coming
up July 4th weekend, and the tickets are going
fast. I want you to hang on to our Oregon Man
Clinics phone number at 343 -5673. We are going
to give away a family four pack. We call it the
fun pack, right? Family fun pack. We'll give
that away here near the end of the interview.
I'll let Jeff call it out and we'll. pick up
the phone, and these things come electronically,
so you don't need to come down and pick up tickets.
We'll just send it right to your phone. So I
would imagine the lobbying and the competition
for these select spots, because this is a unique
meet, because there's no heats, there's no qualifications
internally. It's like you're running the race,
you're running the race. That's it. We can go
boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And it's completely
televised as well, which is fantastic. But what
is it like? in the room where you've got agents
and athletes lobbying for a position for one
of those nine lanes. Thankfully I'm not in the
room. I get just the confirmation that they're
in or they're out and I start doing my research
and everything to tout them up that they're coming
to the pre... But yeah, kind of as I mentioned
earlier, a lot of it kind of happens. Obviously,
you know, we were just talking about, you know,
the Blazers owner and the business of sports.
There's the business of track and field as well.
So some of that stuff's going on on those phone
calls and in those rooms. But yeah, as I said,
like a lot of it does happen organically. Like
all these athletes know pre -classic in Eugene
now celebrated over the Fourth of July weekend.
Like that's always going to be on their calendar.
And they know if they get that call. to be, you
know, be invited to that race, that event, that
competition. You know, it's going to be world
class. So are there any challenges like in terms
of just like, is it like the logistics of just
getting people there? Like, what are the kind
of challenges of getting these athletes to Eugene?
Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, you know. I've
been doing this a long time. Our track town teams
been doing this for a long time, so I think we're
well versed in those those challenges. Actually
got the similar question from a reporter last
week and we were chatting it up. I mean, it's
no secret. I mean, again, I mentioned the list
of cities that are the Diamond League goes to
and Eugene on that list is is the smallest and
so. But aren't these athletes used to getting
here because of US? track and field and the trials
and things like that. Like over time they're
used to it and but again like the number we have
amazing hotels we have enough hotel rooms to
do to do this event but like maybe we don't have
that one big hotel room that everybody can stay
under under one roof so logistically hey you're
staying here you're staying here but one of the
great benefits is that they come to this community
all these athletes and they really just get ingrained
like if they just if you go to an event in Paris
you might just go to the Airport go to the hotel
go to the track when athletes come here I mean
you could go to Starbucks and you could be behind
Ryan Krauser getting his morning coffee and such
and those athletes know they're going to get
recognized in Eugene. Maybe not other places
in the world being a top profile track and field
athlete. And so I think those athletes embrace
it. So yeah, maybe a little bit more logistical
challenges. I mean, if we had LaGuardia to fly
everybody into, it might be a little bit easier.
But a lot of people come right in Eugene, a lot
to Portland. And as Danny mentioned, this isn't
our first rodeo. So we're well versed not only
in the pre -classic, but Olympic trials, national
championships. Gosh, NCAA championships already
happened this year. Last weekend, there was an
event at Hayward called Nike Outdoor Nationals.
6 ,000 high schoolers from around the country
came. If those families can figure out how to
get to Eugene, yeah, we can get the athletes
here easily. So as we get the countdown clock
going. What kind of preparations or how has that
changed because you know Hayward field after
the remodel and it's now a palace It's it is
absolutely Mecca for track and field. How has
that changed? How like the day of the event goes
for you guys and obviously it's improved because
you have better facilities to work through but
Kind of take us behind the scenes on what kind
of goes on up to the point where the first gun
Yeah, I mean, we've been in, you know, New Hayward
or we kind of call it Reimagined Hayward Field
for five plus years now. So, you know, I think
it, you know, kind of feels like home now. We
kind of know where all the, you know, the nooks
and crannies and we can store that there and
we can do that there. But yeah, I mean, if you've
been out to the pre -classic Olympic trials,
any big event, you know that we do a lot of things
that are obviously outside the stadium as well.
So our fan festivals and I think that's kind
of one of if you come this year or when you come.
You know those areas are a little bit more enhanced
this year bigger fan festivals outside the stadium
So, you know come to come down early right now.
The weather looks great We're gonna get that
rain out of the way this weekend. Sorry. Sorry
bananas Bring your umbrellas fourth of july is
gonna be a beautiful and so Yeah, I mean I think
again the fact that we have an amazing team at
track down that is working on this year round
like there should be no surprises come next weekend
for us there'll be a few ones that happen, but
I always seem to have to buy an extension cord
or two, but... Always it seems to happen. He's
running down to the local hardware store. Yeah,
we're ready. I got a credit line down at Home
Depot. And your phone has been blowing up even
since you've been here like what kind of things
are you dealing with? Right now and up to like
you kind of got into it, but yeah, I mean There's
some late credential requests I would like to
say the media especially the two in this room
that got the request in on time Thank you very
much when you were on the golf course with Danny.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah But yeah, I mean I think also,
you know The the landscape of sports media that
has changed greatly and though in the last five
years especially you can look at it from an NBA
team pro sports to college to the pre -classic
where you're able to kind of tell a lot of the
stories yourself, kind of internally. So the
meeting I was in right before this was just aligning
with our internal team. The photographers were
bringing in, the videographers that were bringing
in that we can use to help tell the story while
at the same time working side by side by, you
know, Associated Press and the wire agencies,
Registrar Guard, all the track and field publications.
So like I kind of mentioned, it's really kind
of just orchestrating the symphony at this point.
The pre classic on july 4th weekend at hayward
field where with jeff oliver mine for sports
Is the follow that you can make on twitter and
I think pretty much everything Yeah, I think
we should we should tout the the pre classic
handles, too So pretty classic .com go check
us all out there I know the social team will
appreciate a few likes and follows over there
as well. Uh, we were speaking to a Journalism
class, uh over at the u of o yesterday and kind
of adding up everything we have across all our
networks We got like we got a million followers
amongst all of them of our TikToks and all that.
Yeah, that's a big number, knowing we're gonna
push these athlete stories out to that. So what,
in the whole scheme of things, you mentioned
the Diamond League and that association and the
affiliation, so. As this progresses and the pre
-classic has become the iconic event in track
and field, but where does it kind of stack up
and stand in the Diamond League itself, and what
are other events that people might want to follow
in the Diamond League? Yeah, so we're kind of
about halfway through the Diamond League season.
There's an event in Paris this weekend, and so
the athletes that come in, so there's... the
diamond league and there's events we call the
diamond discipline events and if you go to our
website you can kind of note we got the the diamond
graphic next to those those are events where
these athletes are earning points basically if
you win you get more points than the guy that
finished second and those points are going to
rack up throughout the year and at the end of
the season there's the diamond league final that's
in brussels and you know similarly you know there's
only eight or nine lanes available you want to
be one of those top guys that get that lane for
that final you win that race that one's worth
more money. So when you think of the Diamond
League, I mean this is where... Outside of endorsement
deals and the such this is where track and field
athletes Make their money based on their performances.
Let's tweet out. Let's get people to guide. I
know there's limited number of tickets left Yeah,
we're there are tickets left. You know we are
approaching approaching to sell out, but definitely
check out pre classic comm tickets for both Friday
Friday evening events that are gonna be followed
by a drone show over Hayward Field so come out
enjoy some great track and field and then an
amazing drone show to celebrate the 4th of July
holiday. And then, yeah, Saturday, kind of, you
know, we dub it the main event. Yeah, tickets
available for both. But yeah, if you're interested
in going, go snag them now. So this Family Four
Pack, the fun pack we're giving away, is this
for Friday? That'll be for Friday night. What
time does it start? So on Friday night, first
event gets going at six. It's a field event,
Men's Hammer. And then some of the running events
get started a little after seven. We just published
the final, what we call the timetable, the schedule
up on our website, preclassic .com. So you can
kind of check that out. And yeah, I mean, if
you're kind of new to track and field, come out
on Friday, experience the Hayward Magic, and
you'll get treated to that. drone show at the
end. And we will have our after party for the
final Danny and Justin show done by that time.
So you can attend both. Come on up to Laura Wood
and it's just right down the hill. Literally
a 10 minute, probably more than a 10 minute walk,
but a five minute drive at least to Hayward Field
down from Laura Wood. So you want to give away
the pack? I mean, I'll give it away, but I mean,
we'll do it. Your show, give it away. All right,
so we're going to wind things up by giving away
a family fun pack. It's a family of four fun
pack. And I want you to call in right now the
Oregon Man Clinics Hotline. Be caller number
five. All we need is your name and your phone
number. We'll send these to you electronically.
And you'll get to enjoy the Friday night events
and the drone show at Hayward Field for the pre
-classic. Jeff, are you going to stick around?
Yeah, stick around. I mean, if I got like 60
seconds or so, just some stats. Pull these this
morning. So I'm a little proud. Yeah, we get
the numbers Let me throw out one over first three
four three five six seven three three four three
five six seven three color number five We'll
give you a family fun pack four pack to the pre
-classic Friday night. That'll be July 3rd Alright,
let's throw out some yeah as they're dialing
in so 250 total athletes are gonna be in the
pre -classic this year amongst Friday and Saturday
Those those athletes are from 39 different countries
Another quick stat we have sold tickets in every
U .S. state, except Mississippi. Come on, Mississippi.
I know somebody listening online in Mississippi
right now to the Danny Justin show. So those
athletes, 47 of those athletes have Olympic medals,
and those 47 athletes have won 78 Olympic medals.
Crazy. 56 athletes have won a combined 136 world
championship medals. And then we also have a
few para -sprint races this year. And so we have
a men's race, 100 meter race, and a women's 100
meter race. Amongst that, eight athletes have
won Paralympic medals. So, medals galore, like
we mentioned, kind of mini Olympics, mini Paralympics
coming to Hayward Field next weekend for the
Pre -Fontaine Classic. All right, give out the
socials again for the Pre -Classic. Yeah, I think
just head over to our website, preclassic .com,
and you can kind of just click along the bottom
there, the footer, and it'll open them all up
for you. All right, preclassic .com. Jeff? as
always buddy it's nice to see you well thanks
for having me you see you to stick around yeah
stick around yeah he wants to talk about turn
the phone back on but I'll stick around all right
well he has opinion on Mike and nori Auditioning
for Goose, Steve Mims. It's the great Jeff Oliver
here on the Danny and Justin radio program. Remember,
if you hadn't already called in, maybe you missed
out. We'll announce the winner of those tickets
to the family fun pack, the four pack at the
Pre -Fontaine Classic. When we return, Micah
Norrie is front and center, and there is an upset
brewing in the World Cup Group E. Ecuador is
trying to get in to the knockout round. We'll
give you an update on that score as it's late
in the match when we return on Danny and Justin.
Danny Justin radio program last segment And then
after this it'll be six more shows and then we're
done. We're gonna go on a little bye -bye Time
out for Danny and Justin, but we'll give you
some clues on what's gonna be coming next But
no more Danny Justin after next Friday, but we're
gonna go out with a bang graduate hotel It'll
be Friday as we're gonna talk pre -classic lots
of athletes lots of stars one to four big show
We'll still have big bets goose says he's gonna
be there So come on down and hang with us Okay,
but there's a golf simulator there goose you
can get some swings in on the on the he needs
them Yeah, he needs them. Are you gonna do driver
off the deck? Did you do a driver off the deck
yesterday? I don't think you did because you're
that one drive you could have done it off of
you were in though I did it on one, but you weren't
there yet. You were late. Okay, and that's the
hole You got a triple bogey on yeah Okay i've
seen jeff hit driving outside just for non golfers
hitting driver off the deck is like The coolest
thing you can do and especially if you pull it
off. It's the coolest thing. I could never do
it Jeff i've seen jeff do it multiple times and
it's every time he does it i'm just amazed by
it That's no blowing smoke. So the danny adjusted
radio pray what I wanted to ask jeff something
actually we're watching the world cup. Obviously
you ever think about like obviously Pre -classic
that's like in eugene You think about ever like
what it's like to have all these different sites
and there's all these different countries coming
in. There's three countries that are hosting.
Yeah, I mean, well, I mean, we're going to experience
kind of kind of the World Cup World Cup vibes
in August here at Hayward Field when we're hosting
the U -20 World Championships. Athletes from
150 different countries are gonna be coming to
Eugene Wow for that event So yeah, I mean like
you think of the but yeah some of the logistics
moving all these players around, you know, three
different countries I think we've seen some headlines
on some stumbling around there. But yeah, I mean
come Come this August. We're gonna kind of world
vibes here in Eugene We'll see how much stoppage
time there is but it's late in the match between
Ecuador and Germany Germany's already clinched
winning group E and It's 86th minute. Ecuador
has scored late. It's 2 -1 Ecuador. And what
this means, if this result holds, is that Ecuador
and Ivory Coast would advance to the knockout
round. Ecuador has to win this match to be able
to advance to the knockout round. This is what
it's all about. This is awesome. And people are
saying it's kind of like what Mexico and Brazil
and the US will probably encounter, is that these
teams that have already won their groups... are
like are they really putting out all of the effort
in this match because it means nothing in the
result it's not going to change anything except
for the ones that are punching up like this so
good for ecuador i mean they've they've hung
in there so i'm not as familiar in in soccer
how much it translates you know like some sports
you want to play every day you want to be in
your rhythm i think for for soccer you can take
a little bit more time off you're taking hydration
breaks Of course they are. But you know what
I'm saying, I don't think that there's as much
risk for a Germany in this situation to play
their guys and try to get a win, but they're
not going to go full throttle, right? This obviously
means much more to Ecuador than it does to them.
Absolutely. And so approaching the 88th minute
now in Ecuador and Germany, still 2 -1 Ecuador,
so we'll keep our eye on that. By the way, congratulations
and thanks for listening, Jeff. Jeff Ratio. Jeff
Ratio won the family fun pack, the four pack.
And it was funny because Laura, our front office
manager, when she answered the phone, he was
like, I don't have to get on the air, do I? Actually,
that would have been my answer. He said, yeah,
you absolutely have to get on the air. So now
you do. Jeff, we're going to text you those tickets
so you can go down with the family and enjoy
Friday night at Hayward Field and a great drone
show and a couple of. competitions there on a
Friday night, Friday, July 3rd, and also the
pre -classic full swing on July 4th, Independence
Day, and another incredible drone show after
the incredible events on the field at Hayward
Field. All right, so let's talk about Mike and
Norrie. We started the program talking about
the Blazers and their owner, Tom. Dundon and
the whole renovations that are needed at the
Moda Center and how he's not willing to put up
any Dough to do it and he says I pay taxes. I
pay taxes actually pay for it. I'm keeping the
Blazers in Portland That's not how Tom done this.
I think I did a really bad Colonel Sanders impression
or something a little South Parky I like that
even better. So Micah Norrie is the new Blazers
head coach and the way his contract is constructed
It's just it's odd So it's a one it's a one -year
deal. That's it Like if you're taking over a
team you normally hear that I think the shortest
i've ever heard A coach who's been hired is like
a three -year deal. Am I wrong in that that that's
my impression It's like a three -year deal. Yeah,
I mean at the most maybe five Maybe once or twice
of one -year deals, but I don't think that's
super common for example Phil Jackson, I believed
the end of his bull's tenure was signing one
year deals. Well, that's after he's been there
for 15 years. Yeah, totally different situation.
But I have never heard of this. And it's a two
team option deal as well for the next seasons
for season two and three. So it's just a prove
it deal. Also sounds like his base salary is
low. A lot of things are based on the quote is
below market base salary. And it includes a bunch
of incentives based on team success. Pardon me,
team success. so It's just it's an oddly structured
contract and the National Basketball Coaches
Association President JB Bickerstaff should know
that name Bernie Bickerstaff's kid who was also
a coach called the unconventional structure of
the contract quote a slap in the face to our
value I Brought up the question the other day
with the mayor Travis Demers. You can chime in
unless if you want general is to me And I like
the way Travis answered, because it's like, you're
not going to speak for Mike Onori. But Mike Onori
has been an assistant for a long time, and he's
not been a head coach anywhere. In fact, I don't
even think he's been an interim head coach anywhere,
if I'm not mistaken, right? You're shaking your
head? I don't believe so. So it kind of smells
to me like the Blazers' Tom. Dundon is taking
advantage of somebody who's just so desperate
to be a head coach that they're willing to take
any Contract the devil puts in front of them
to get the opportunity and I hope it pays off
for him But I don't think it's gonna pay off
the way he thinks it is Except to get another
job somewhere else because I don't think that
Tom Dundon is gonna buy this guy a bar of soap
Well, he doesn't have to right? Yeah, I mean
I think the one -year deal is unusual for basketball,
but I think this has been happening in baseball
a little bit, too. I think you've been giving,
you know, I think a lot of the, you know, former
players that become managers, I'm going to have
to go do the research, but I think who's the
Angels manager right now? Oh, gosh. I want to
say he's on a similar thing, like, hey, we like
you, but come prove it for a year, and, you know,
if you do well, there's incentives, and so...
Yeah, some of the stuff that's, you know, coming
out of Portland and the Trailblazers, you know,
in the media isn't getting, you know, it doesn't
have the great optics. But again, like I kind
of mentioned earlier, like sports are a business
at the end of the day. And he went out and needed
a manager and the guy signed the contract. Yeah,
no, nobody was holding a gun to us. I agree with
that. Great call. You are absolutely correct.
Not only is it a one -year deal. It is the exact
same Structure as Mike and Norrie's deal where
the second and third years include team options.
So that's a great call So I think that's I think
it's happened in baseball a few other times because
keep Suzuki played not too long ago as a player
Yeah, and that's a bit of a bit of a trend I
think in in the Major League Baseball. So wait
is that this is for the Angels? Yep. So hold
on did Did Tom? Dunden by the angels No, I just
It was the Angelo family for a long long time.
Yeah, it's still the same owner That's still
paying, you know, my guy Alba Pujols probably
making more money Well, no, he got like the ten
-year pose right plane like So he has to show
up, you know at a dinner every now and then So
yeah, so that's interesting. So we'll just again
I I hope for Mike and or to have tremendous success
I don't think it's gonna be appreciated by the
ownership. I'm making a blanket statement and
an assumption however, there's been if Tom Dundon
wants to show me something different the way
he treats employees the fans and the community
He'll win me back But right now, I'm not seeing
anything that's making me feel warm and fuzzy.
And so I don't think he's going to pay Micah
Norrie what he deserves. So Micah Norrie proved
success in Portland with the one -year deal,
and I guarantee you he will be a hot commodity
for somebody else who's got another franchise
somewhere. I think the other battle right now
is that the Blazers aren't playing games. If
they were playing and winning? Yeah. That's what
I was about to say. Winning cures all in sports,
and if they win, then people will stop complaining.
Oh, a joke! I got fired from the bank today.
A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed
her. Dad jokes! Did you hear about the two Robots
that got into an argument? No. That was an ordeal.
I got a quick one. Go for it. You hear the rumor
about the butter? No. Yeah, never mind. I can't
spread it. Really, you laugh that? And you don't
laugh at my my ordeal ordeal. Well, it was no
bubble of seven. I'll tell you that. OK, I only
have I only have to put up with you for six more
shows. It's true. So Friday, Big Bets tomorrow.
We've got Tyson Alger, who has been covering
the World Cup up front and in person in Seattle
and Vancouver. He will join us on the program.
Americans play. Do the U .S. play tonight? Yeah,
they play not so it'll be perfect time to talk
to Tyson when we come back on the Danny Justin
program for a Friday. God bless. We all put a
smile on your face someone else's they deserve
it. So do you. Thanks for listening. Peace.