Athletes

Utah Jazz great Karl Malone and Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant have a little spat that's been going on for years. Bryant accused Malone of making inappropriate comments to his wife at a Lakers-Jazz game in fall 2004. Now, more than a decade later, they still aren't speaking to each other. However, Malone says he wouldn't have a problem with talking to Bryant again. Kind of.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady won a 2015 Chevy Colorado for his Super Bowl XLIX MVP efforts in a 28-24 win Sunday over Seattle. However, he plans to give the truck to safety Malcolm Butler, the Patriots rookie who made the game-saving interception.

So did anyone else catch this Sunday night during the Super Bowl XLIX announcement of the Seattle Seahawks' starters?

We were joined on the air on "The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show" this morning in Phoenix by 14-year NFL veteran and University of Notre Dame All-American Bob Golic.

For some reason, boxer Manny Pacquiao was one of the judges at the Miss Universe Pageant in Miami on Sunday night.

In all the madness surrounding the New England Patriots and DeflateGate deflated footballs matter, one thing has been overlooked. What has been missed is how the scandal with underinflated footballs is affecting the fragile, beautiful psyche of New England quarterback Tom Brady heading into Super Bowl XLIX against the defending champion Seattle Seahawks.

University of Florida running back Adam Lane, Jr., had an embarrassing moment over the weekend in the Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. He scored a touchdown, but the glory was short lived. Lane gambled and lost.

Early on "The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show" today, we talked with retired professional boxer Laila Ali. She is the daughter of heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali and is married to former NFL wide receiver Curtis Conway, who is one of Free Beer's sports broadcast partners with Compass Media Networks.

"The Karate Kid" reincarnate has been found!

The other day, while cleaning his gun at the kitchen table, former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco failed to check that the chamber was clear and ended up shooting his finger completely off. That's a big bummer. Doctors were able to reattach the finger, but the prognosis doesn't look so great.