Kenny Mayne! Wiffle Ball vs Ken Griffey Jr, Celebrity Softball & Horse Racing! Nico Iamaleava & NIL in the NCAA!

Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

Sports, Entertainment News, News, Football

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Kenny Mayne joins Chris and Macon for an episode of pure entertainment. Kenny's Wiffle Ball documentary, out now on fubo tv, revisits the day that Kenny and Ken Griffey Jr threw Wiffle balls together in Seattle with the documentary investigating who threw a Wiffle ball faster - Ken or Kenny. Plenty of other stories are told by Kenny - the worst moments of his broadcasting career, celebrity softball games with Howie Long, talking to Jack Nicholson at the Ali-Holmes fight and the recounting of Chris' golf tournament. Chris and Macon also send Happy Trails to Patrick Peterson and talk about Nico Iamaleava and the impact NIL is having on the NCAA. (00:00) - Intro (5:00) - Patrick Peterson's Retirement (10:22) - Nico Iamaleava and NIL in the NCAA (31:25) - Kenny Mayne on Throwing Wiffle Balls with Ken Griffey Jr, Celebrity Softball Games with Howie Long & Worst Broadcasting Moments of Career Make sure to check out Kenny Mayne at the People's Improv Theater in New York City on April 24th! - https://thepit-nyc.com/events/kenny-mayne-jokes-a-movie/ Green Light Podcast March Madness Tournament! Click the link below to fill out the form granting you entry into the GLP bracket! Prizes include 1st place $500, 2nd place $250, 3rd place $100 in Bet MGM gift cards. Must be 21+ to be eligible for a prize. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbnomKvB7t2zNKqvKNMstq_P2HClxciUC95moAHD-mDIKcyg/viewform Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ In need of sweet threads to vibe like Chris and the fellas? Check out https://greenlightpodcast.org/ for everything merch wise and then some! Also, check out our paddling partners at Appomattox River Company to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. https://paddleva.com/ Green Light's YouTube Channel, where you can catch all the latest GL action: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxWFAA-wuB7osdiAJyLOcw Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you.

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0:00.0	While you were talking about that, it reminded me of the time you played in a celebrity baseball game in Seattle at the All-Star game.
0:05.7	Yeah, 2001.
0:07.4	And you ran through a wall.
0:10.5	I also gave you and your brother Candy.
0:13.2	You guys were like 13, 14, somewhere in that neighborhood.
0:16.7	You knew who your dad was.
0:18.0	I didn't know about you guys yet.
0:19.4	But yeah, I snuck you guys candy.
0:21.0	Then in the game itself, Alvin Davis, former Mariner Great,
0:25.7	crushes a home run.
0:27.1	This is softball we're playing.
0:28.7	And they would have like a temporary fence.
0:30.6	So it's only like a 220 foot home run or whatever.
0:33.7	His is almost going to the real fence at three something.
0:36.8	I think I'm pulling it back i'm running for it
0:38.9	and i slam into the temporary aluminum fence that the kids are holding up your dad comes running
0:45.3	over i'm on the ground now and he says are you okay and i just looked at i said i'm not well
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