Matt and Paul are back with a great interview with former 49ers wide receiver Trent Taylor. But before the guys get to Trent, they check in on the final days of one of the most miserable San Francisco Giants seasons in recent memory and debate whether almost losing 100 games might actually have been the best thing for the franchise. Then it’s time for Paul’s Super Bowl, the US Open. The guys debate whether Ben Shelton has officially taken the next step as a legitimate Grand Slam contender and Sascha Zverev’s hilarious post match interaction with Shelton’s girlfriend Trinity Rodman. Plus, has the US Open gotten too big for its own good? Matt and Paul get into the three in the morning matches, the commercialization of the tournament, influencers taking over Arthur Ashe and whether making tennis less stuffy has turned the US Open into Coachella.

(17:00) Then Matt and Paul sit down with former 49ers wide receiver and Louisiana Tech legend Trent Taylor for a hilarious, wide ranging conversation about life in the NFL. Trent breaks down the 49ers hot start and what he sees in Brock Purdy that fans might miss, takes the guys inside the Kyle Shanahan offense, and tells stories from coming into the league alongside his best friend George Kittle. Trent also looks back on the arrival of Jimmy Garoppolo and Trent’s infamous “flu game” in Chicago, playing in a Super Bowl with Joe Burrow and the Bengals, his welcome to the NFL moment, returning to San Francisco for a second stint with the Niners, and what really goes through a receiver’s head when the rest of us are sitting on the couch wondering what the hell just happened. Plus, Trent talks retirement, what’s next and why scouting might eventually be in his future.

(1:06:12) Later, Matt and Paul make their 49ers vs. Dolphins predictions and in Best Things They Saw, the fellas review the FX show Furious, which might be the show of the summer, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen Season 2, and The Shards, an FX series they somehow managed to hate watch all the way to the bitter end.

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Matt and Paul are back with an all-timer as 49ers legend and four-time Super Bowl champion Jesse Sapolu joins the show. Four rings. Fifteen seasons. Montana. Young. Walsh. Candlestick. This one’s for the Faithful. But first, the guys dive into the latest Bay Area sports chaos, including the Giants somehow finding a new rock bottom, Rafael Devers continuing to mash after the season has been mathematically, spiritually and emotionally decided, and whether there’s finally some legitimate hope coming from the farm system. Plus, the Warriors actually make a couple moves, adding Georges Niang and Brandon Williams, and the guys congratulate Klay Thompson as he heads to Miami.

(18:12) Then Matt and Paul welcome Jesse Sapolu for a wide-ranging trip through one of the greatest eras in NFL history. Jesse takes the guys back to being an 11th-round draft pick out of the University of Hawaii and walking into Bill Walsh’s building. He shares what made Bill Walsh such a brilliant coach and gives an incredible inside look at playing alongside Joe Montana and Steve Young during the 49ers dynasty years. He tells the story of Montana spotting John Candy in the stands during the legendary Super Bowl XXIII game-winning drive, reflects on winning four Super Bowls, explains why beating the Dallas Cowboys in the 1994 NFC Championship Game meant more than beating the Chargers in the Super Bowl that followed, and shares what it was really like playing in the trenches during an era when football was a very different game.

The conversation comes full circle to today’s 49ers, as Jesse breaks down Brock Purdy, the offensive line, the pass rush, Kyle Shanahan and whether this team has what it takes to make another Super Bowl run in 2026. Jesse also talks about the growth of Polynesian players throughout football, his work with the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame and Men In The Trenches, and what it means to help develop the next generation. It’s nearly an hour with a guy who didn’t just witness 49ers history. He was standing right in the middle of it.

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Matt and Paul sit down with legendary Hall of Fame photographer Andrew Bernstein, the man who has spent more than four decades courtside for some of the most iconic moments in sports history. Recorded on location at the brand new Pawn Shop Sports Bar in Los Angeles, the guys dive into a career that spans the Showtime Lakers and the Magic Johnson and Larry Bird rivalry to Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, the Dream Team and the Warriors dynasty. Bernstein didn't just witness basketball history, he helped define how generations of fans remember it.

The guys talk about his unlikely journey from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, earning Pat Riley's trust during the glory days of the Lakers, photographing Larry Bird inside an empty Boston Garden, witnessing the infamous Kevin McHale and Kurt Rambis clothesline from just feet away, and what it was really like inside the Forum during the wildest years of Showtime, complete with Jack Nicholson, Hollywood stars and the legendary Forum Club.

Andrew takes Matt and Paul behind the scenes of his unforgettable image of Michael Jordan celebrating his first NBA championship with his father, what it was like traveling with Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and the legendary 1992 Dream Team in Barcelona, and his extraordinary relationship with Kobe Bryant, whom he photographed throughout his career and collaborated with on The Mamba Mentality. Andrew takes the guys inside Kobe's surreal 60 point final game, explains what Mamba Mentality actually looked like up close, and reveals the greatest photograph he never took, a moment he believes might have won a Pulitzer Prize.

And somehow basketball is only part of the story. Andrew recounts being in the Dodgers dugout for Kirk Gibson's legendary 1988 World Series home run and racing Tommy Lasorda to home plate to capture the celebration, plus four decades photographing Bruce Springsteen and the stories behind shooting The Boss from the 1970s through today. It's a conversation about access, trust, timing and what it feels like to spend a lifetime standing on the other side of the camera when history happens.

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