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00:00Tough day for Darius.
00:00They were not that subtle.
00:01They were not that subtle.
00:03With the Joni.
00:05It's time for the DC Sports Spelling Bee.
00:07We do this many a year when I get in on Spelling Bee fever.
00:11So you have been a part of these in the past.
00:13There's been a lot of complaining.
00:15I've done so poorly.
00:16Good news for you is you're not involved this year.
00:18You cut me?
00:18You're out.
00:19Because you don't deal with the complaints?
00:20It's a lot of finagling and complaining and looking up words,
00:24and I just don't want to deal with it all this year.
00:26So you get to be with me.
00:27Wow.
00:27And just throw.
00:28Did you see that?
00:29Yeah.
00:30So you just get to throw darts at them while they compete.
00:32All right.
00:33We now have a three deep rotation of contestants in the producer room.
00:38I think it's an underrated storyline, by the way,
00:39that you just said, I don't want to deal with you.
00:41It got me from the contest.
00:42Have you been around for our previous Spelling Bee?
00:44I have been.
00:45I admire the move.
00:47I actually don't even disagree with it.
00:49It's a major step, though, just to go, we're doing this bit without you.
00:52Well, you're in on the bit.
00:54You're right.
00:54I'm not making you leave the studio.
00:55No, no.
00:56You get to be here with me.
00:58Yeah.
00:58You get to be the guy they ask for, you know, place of origin or whatever.
01:01Uh-huh.
01:01You're in on the bit.
01:02You're just...
01:03We just want to have a little fun.
01:05You know, we don't need a lot of complaining and, you know, all that.
01:08So, Darius, Toby, Strober, our participants today, the way this is going to work, we're going
01:16to see who can get the most points.
01:17We'll go round the horn in maybe five or so rounds.
01:21There are different ways that we could do this in terms of, I'm going to give you words,
01:27but occasionally, if you want to go for like a bonus multi-point word, I'll give you one
01:30of those.
01:31Okay?
01:32We'll do those in the final rounds, though.
01:33Okay.
01:34If you need to play a little catch-up.
01:35I'll keep the tally here.
01:36All right.
01:37So, Darius, you're going to go first on the DC Sports Spelling Bee.
01:40Hands off keyboards, boys.
01:42Danny, you are going...
01:43Please don't make me spell subtle.
01:44You are going to keep score here for us, correct?
01:46Yes, I will.
01:47All right.
01:47Very good.
01:49Darius, the first name you have to spell, DC Sports Spelling Bee fame, is Nick Allegretti.
01:54I'm looking for Nick Allegretti.
01:57All right.
01:58And we're spelling first name as well?
01:59You're spelling his name.
02:00Or just the last name?
02:01Yes.
02:01All right.
02:02Nick Allegretti.
02:04N-I-C-K-A-L-L-E-G-R-E-T-T-I.
02:15Nick Allegretti.
02:17That's a point for Darius.
02:18Very well done.
02:19Darius got a point.
02:20If you spell it incorrectly, you will hear this in true spelling bee lore.
02:29Strober, you're up next.
02:30How are you doing today?
02:31Doing great.
02:33New Commander's Linebacker, Leo Chennault.
02:35I'm looking for the name of new Commander's Linebacker, Leo Chennault.
02:40L-E-O-C-H-E-N-A-L.
02:45Leo Chennault.
02:46Very good.
02:47Strober has a point.
02:48Strober's got a point.
02:49One-to-one.
02:51Toby, this one's going to be a bit of an easy one, I'd say, to get you started.
02:56I hope so.
02:57Everyone's getting a little bit of a layup here out of the shoot.
02:59We're going to even things up.
03:01Toby, I want you to spell the name of Washington Wizards shooter Tristan Vukcevich.
03:08Tristan Vukcevich.
03:12Tristan Vukcevich.
03:13I don't even know how to say his name correctly, so good luck on spelling it.
03:16I say it differently each time I say it.
03:18I just hope no one asks me any follow-ups.
03:20Tristan Vukcevich.
03:21T-R-I-S-T-A-N space.
03:26This is where it gets.
03:28V-U-C-K-E-V-I-C.
03:35That's incorrect.
03:37Tristan Vukcevich.
03:38V-U-K-C-E-V-I-C.
03:42Was that one harder than the other ones?
03:44That's the hardest one so far.
03:45Okay.
03:45Yep.
03:46So I'll have to remember to maybe give Toby something a little easier in the future.
03:49I thought that was like my one-pointers at the beginning, because I thought it spelled
03:53exactly like it said.
03:56But you and I both acknowledge we say it differently every time.
03:58That's a good point.
03:59Vukcevich.
04:00Vukcevich.
04:01All right, Darius, you're up.
04:03Hello.
04:03No.
04:04Pierre-Luc Dubois.
04:06Oh.
04:07And you need to know where to put the hyphen.
04:09Oh, come on.
04:11Come on.
04:11It's his name.
04:12You have to spell his name correctly.
04:13Oh, darn it.
04:16All right.
04:16Pierre-Luc Dubois.
04:18P-I-E-R-R-E-L-U-C-D-U-
04:30Wait, you said the hyphen or the accent, right?
04:33You've already done the hyphen.
04:34Okay.
04:34Yeah, yeah.
04:35Right, right.
04:35L-U-C-hyphen-D-U-B-O-I-S?
04:44You know why I set that up.
04:46I do.
04:48His name is hyphenated on the front end.
04:50It's Pierre-Luc.
04:51It's a double first name hyphen.
04:52It's not Luke Dubois.
04:54Darn it.
04:55It's not like Devin Fitzgerald.
04:58Right, right.
04:59So that's a bad answer for you.
05:01That is.
05:01That's tough.
05:02Love you, PLD.
05:02You're still sitting at one.
05:04You don't love him enough.
05:04Derek's just figuring that out just like our own John Cakes Allville as well.
05:07It's not Luke Dubois is the last name.
05:09Oh, did Johnny not know that?
05:10He did not, no.
05:11I didn't know.
05:12All right, Strober, you're up.
05:14Let's stay away from the Wizards with Strober.
05:16Here's one for you.
05:18Washington Nationals right-handed hitter with bat speed who can't hit lefties even though
05:22they keep trying to make fetch happen.
05:25Andres Chaparro.
05:26How do you spell Andres Chaparro's name?
05:29A-N-D-R-E-S-C-H-A-P-P-A-R-O.
05:41Incorrect.
05:43Chappie only has one P.
05:44C-H-A-P-A-R-R-O.
05:47One P, two R's.
05:48I would not have gotten that right either.
05:49I got that wrong when I typed it the first time.
05:51That's why it was a little bit tricky.
05:53That's a tricky one.
05:53All right, Toby, you got a chance to pull even here.
05:59How about Anthony Beauvillier, Washington Capitals winger?
06:04Anthony Beauvillier.
06:06Anthony Beauvillier.
06:09A-N-T-H-O-N-Y.
06:13So far, so good.
06:14Anthony Beauvillier.
06:16B-E-A-U-V-I-L-L-I-E-R.
06:24Let's go.
06:25Look at Topes.
06:25We got ourselves a one-all tie between the producers after two rounds.
06:31Just like that, he is back.
06:33All right, round three, here we go.
06:34Darius.
06:36Let's stay with the Capitals.
06:38Oh, boy.
06:40Alexi Protis.
06:41Oh, no.
06:43Alexi Protis.
06:44I know this one's going to be tough because I always, I have a friend who always, like,
06:49corrects me whenever I try to spell his name.
06:51So I'm expecting to butcher this one.
06:53Alexi Protis.
06:55I don't even know what I'm going to try.
06:57A-L-E.
07:00Yeah, yeah, whatever.
07:01I'm all over Protis, by the way.
07:02That one I got.
07:03Guy, Alexi is the hardest thing ever.
07:06It should just be A-L-E-X-I or something.
07:09A-L-I-A-K-S-E-I.
07:11Alexi.
07:13A-L-E-A-K-S-E.
07:16A-L-E-A-K-S-E-I is how it's spelled.
07:17Right, exactly.
07:18I'm sure, by the way.
07:19I am sure.
07:20No chance.
07:22All right.
07:24Strobes.
07:26We're going heavy with the Capitals right now, by the way.
07:29International Flavor will do that to you.
07:31Yvonne Moresh Nishenko.
07:34The pop in the room.
07:36Can you use it in a sentence?
07:38Yes.
07:38Danny, you got my sentence?
07:40He only played 13 games for the Capitals, and his name is Yvonne Moresh Nishenko.
07:45Can I have the language of origin?
07:46Russian.
07:48Can you say it one more time?
07:50This dude didn't play very much for the Capitals, and his name is Yvonne Moresh Nishenko.
07:55I-V-A-N-N.
08:01Why were there two N's there?
08:03What are we doing?
08:03N-N-N-N.
08:04You're just throwing N's on the N in A's now?
08:07Yvonne, I-V-A-N.
08:09Moresh Nishenko is kind of exactly how it's said, to be honest, but M-I-R-O-S-H-N
08:15-I-C-H-E-N-K-O.
08:18Moresh Nishenko.
08:18It's just a lot right there in the middle.
08:20It is.
08:21That's why they're all like, everybody over Miro's, and then you see why.
08:24Toby's got a chance to pull ahead here.
08:26Look at Tobs.
08:28From the depths.
08:29Let's go, baby.
08:30New third string quarterback, Aethan Kaliak-Manis.
08:33Aethan Kaliak-Manis.
08:35All right, well, I know Aethan.
08:37That is A-T-H-A-N.
08:40Kaliak-Manis is K-L, or no, K-A-L-I-A-K.
08:51M-A-N-A-S.
08:55Guy, you were so close.
08:58I need you to go I-S at the end there, and you got it.
09:01So Kaliak-Manis, K-A-L-I-A-K, M-A-N-I-S.
09:07Kaliak-Manis.
09:07You were right there.
09:09And just like that, we got a clean sweep through the boys that round.
09:12It's still 1-0.
09:13That was a tough one right there for everybody.
09:14And for Dad and Strober, they're 0 for their last two.
09:16They got a little slump working here.
09:18Let's get a slump buster here.
09:20All right, Darius, I'm going to give you a national.
09:23Zach Littell.
09:24Starting pitcher, Zach Littell.
09:29It's always tricky with Zachs, because it could be K, it could be H.
09:33But it's 1, and he pitches all the time, and you're a Nats fan, so you clearly know what it
09:37is.
09:37Sure, right.
09:37Of course, obviously.
09:38But you start thinking about it, you're not sure which, you doubt yourself a little bit.
09:42Zach Littell.
09:43Z-A-C-K-L-I-T-T-E-L-L.
09:53Silly.
09:55Honestly, I think I would have gotten that one wrong.
09:57It's sneaky hard.
09:58It is.
09:59It is.
10:01All right, Strober.
10:02We'll go Nats for you.
10:05This one's either going to be the easiest or the hardest one in the whole thing.
10:08And I'll have to further explain later.
10:10Okay.
10:11Clayton Beater.
10:13Bullpen.
10:14Clayton Beater.
10:16C-L-A-Y-T-O-N-B-E-E-T-E-R.
10:24That is correct.
10:25Strober.
10:26To me, it always feels like there should be an A there instead of the second E's.
10:29It's so many E's.
10:30Yeah, I'm sure that one's harder than Tristan Vucevic.
10:32It's got three E's.
10:33It's not.
10:34That was on the one-point list.
10:35I've given both of these.
10:36Zach Littell and Clay Beater were back to the one-point list for these guys who couldn't get any
10:39the last couple rounds.
10:41Don't worry, Toby.
10:42I'm giving you one from the two-point list right now.
10:43You should get this.
10:44All right.
10:45Martin Farivari.
10:47Capitals defenseman Martin Farivari.
10:49Martin Farivari.
10:50M-A-R-T-I-N-F-E-H-E-R-V-A-R-Y.
10:57Atta boy, Tobes.
10:58Tobes.
10:59And just like that, we're in crunch time here into the final rounds, and everybody's got two points.
11:05We're about to elevate our game.
11:07I'm just telling you guys right now, right here.
11:08Okay?
11:09Vero wasn't elevating the game?
11:11That one was.
11:11Okay.
11:12But it's about to get a little tougher.
11:15Darius.
11:16Former Nationals lefty, bounced around the big leagues, Mark Zebchinski.
11:19Here we go.
11:21Scrabble.
11:23Mark Zebchinski.
11:24I need you to spell his name for me.
11:28What in the world?
11:30M-A-R-K.
11:33All right, great.
11:34Cool.
11:35That's all for me.
11:36You've been great.
11:37Want to take a try and Zebchinski or just let it ride?
11:40No, there's no point now.
11:41What do you think Zebchinski starts with?
11:43An R.
11:44You're right about that.
11:45Yes.
11:45Yeah.
11:46So you might have been able to pull it off.
11:50What if he gets Zebchinski but screws up Mark?
11:53I don't remember if the Z comes after the R.
11:57What else would?
11:59So yeah, it's like R-Z-E-P-C-Z.
12:04Nah, I'm done after that.
12:06You were doing great.
12:06Was I?
12:07Yeah.
12:07R-Z-E-P-C-Z-Y-N ski.
12:10Oh my goodness, I would have got it.
12:12Ski.
12:12You would have got it.
12:13So it was M-A-R-C then?
12:14It was.
12:14M-A-R-C.
12:15That's so dumb.
12:17That's tough for you.
12:19Strober.
12:23Tua Tagovailoa.
12:26Tua Tagovailoa.
12:28T-U-A-T-A-G-O-V-A-I-L-O-A.
12:36And just like that, we have a new leader.
12:38Look at this.
12:39Three to two, Strober takes the lead over Salty Dad.
12:43It's amazing that a young man that has never had to look up a single word in his life
12:48was raised on nothing but keyboards and cell phones with all the information
12:52is leading the spelling contest.
12:54He's leading the spelling contest.
12:55He's never had to spell a word in his life.
12:56You know how many times I've had to type in Tua's name when we do highlights
13:00throughout the NFL season?
13:02I could have gotten that so easy.
13:03Probably not that many, right?
13:04I could have gotten that from you over there after not getting one.
13:08Toby's been Rick over there.
13:10Toby, why are you so salty?
13:11I mean, Tua's so easy.
13:12So easy?
13:13Yes.
13:14So easy.
13:14Let's see if this one's easy for you.
13:17San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk.
13:20How do you spell Kyle Juszczyk's name?
13:23Kyle Juszczyk.
13:33J-U-S-Z-Y-C-K.
13:37So close, though.
13:39J-U-S-Z-C-Z-Y-K.
13:44Juszczyk.
13:45You want me to go down there?
13:46Now I want to Juszczyk.
13:48That's a good one.
13:49That's my bit.
13:50That's pretty good.
13:51That, by the way, is an impossible name to spell.
13:53That one's really hard.
13:54The combo of letters S-C-Z-C-Z-Y-K is tough.
14:00So we're going into what is going to be the final round here with Strober leading three
14:06to two to two.
14:08Mm-hmm.
14:08Okay.
14:10Darius to try to pull even.
14:13Former Capitals great Dino Cicerelli.
14:17Dino Cicerelli.
14:18Dino Cicerelli.
14:22Dino Cicerelli.
14:24Have you heard of him?
14:25Never.
14:26Never heard of him.
14:27This will go well.
14:28This will go great.
14:29D-I-N-O.
14:32Am I good there?
14:33You're great.
14:34Yeah.
14:34Nobel.
14:37Cicerelli.
14:37What in the world is that?
14:40C-I-S.
14:41Yep.
14:42All right.
14:43Looking for a double C there.
14:44C-I-C-C-A-R-E-L-L-I.
14:47Dino Cicerelli.
14:49Thank you for trying.
14:51Strober, to give yourself a big old juicy two-point cushion here.
14:59Recently called up Pittsburgh Pirates player nicknamed the password Yostinson Garcia.
15:06Yostinson Garcia.
15:10Yostinson Garcia.
15:14Y.
15:18J-H-O-S-T-Y-N-X-O-N-Yostinson.
15:22J-H-O-S-T-Y-N-X-O-N-Yostinson Garcia.
15:27Sorry, Strober.
15:28That one was...
15:29Yeah.
15:29That was just when we needed someone to come back to the pack.
15:32That'll get you, yeah.
15:32We'll throw that one out there.
15:33It's your fault for leading after three rounds.
15:35Toby.
15:38How about we give you Giannis Antetokounmpo.
15:42G-I-A-N-N-I-S.
15:45Antetokounmpo.
15:46A-N-T-E-T-O-K-O-U-N-M-P-O.
15:50Nailed it.
15:51Wow.
15:52Three to three.
15:52It's Milwaukee.
15:53You think I'm not going to know that one?
15:54He literally was just spelling it in here.
15:56I was quizzing them in the break.
15:57Oh, really?
15:58Yeah.
15:58Well, Milwaukee Tobes got lucky there.
16:00That was the penultimate one.
16:01You know how many times I had to write Antetokounmpo, and I had to stop Googling it to make sure
16:05I was correcting it every time?
16:06So, Darius, you have to watch the finals now, because you're behind those boys.
16:10It's all good.
16:11Tiebreaker around here.
16:13Strober.
16:15The man they called badass now at the L.A. Chargers.
16:18Tyler Biotish.
16:21Tyler Biotish.
16:22T-Y-L-E-R-B-I-A-D-Z.
16:36You were so close.
16:38Is it S-Z?
16:39It's S-Z.
16:40Was that it?
16:40Forgot a vowel, too, though.
16:42T-Y-L-E-R.
16:43Did he say B-I-A?
16:44He said B-I-A-D, and then he went right to the Z.
16:47Okay, A-S-Z.
16:49It's B-I-A-D-A-S-Z.
16:52So, think of Jay Gruden going B-I-A-D-A-S-H.
16:54B-I-A-D-A-S-H.
16:55Right.
16:56Which means Toby can now win.
16:58Wow.
16:58Remember, he didn't get his first one right, and it was all Rip Chinsky about it.
17:02Toby, your name is Jaden Daniels.
17:04I'm just kidding.
17:06How mad would they be?
17:08Toby, your name is Doug Minkiewicz.
17:12Doug Minkiewicz.
17:14Former Minnesota Twins.
17:16Contact that.
17:17Danny, how good was Doug Minkiewicz?
17:18Doug Minkiewicz was a player.
17:20Red Sox defensive replacement late game.
17:22That's right.
17:23Just catching outs at first base.
17:24Doug Minkiewicz.
17:26D-O-U-G.
17:33M-E-N-T-K-O-E-V-I-C-H.
17:36M-I-E-N-T-K-I-E-W-I-C-Z.
17:42Doug Minkiewicz.
17:43Yeah, of course.
17:43So, we're still tied.
17:44Danny, do you have a tiebreaker over there?
17:46I just exhausted all of my...
17:47Oh, you had everything and everyone?
17:48Yeah, that was everything I had here.
17:50Let's go as quick as I can here.
17:53Who's up?
17:54Strobes?
17:54That's right.
18:00J-A-C-O-R-Y-C-R-O-S-K-E-Y-M-E-R-R-I-T.
18:13Ding.
18:14I can't believe you missed that, Strobes.
18:16That missed the last T.
18:17The second T.
18:18Two T's.
18:18The second T's for Tutties.
18:20Tobes for the win.
18:22Javante Jean-Baptiste.
18:24Javante Jean-Baptiste.
18:26Javante Jean-Baptiste.
18:27J-A-V-O-N-T-A-E.
18:33Jean-J-E-A-N-Baptiste.
18:37B-A-P-T-I-S-T-E.
18:41And boom goes the dynamite.
18:42Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
18:43We got a winner.
18:43Toby.
18:44And come from behind fashion.
18:46Look at Toby.
18:46The 2026 DC Sports Spelling Bee Champion.
18:50Toby, do you have anything to say to the losers that you beat?
18:54Yeah, I mean, it's pretty embarrassing to forget the second T on Ja'Cory Kroski Merritt.
18:58Daris not knowing apparently anything about former Capitals more.
19:02Apparently anything is tough.
19:03It's pretty tough.
19:04So I'll gladly take this crown.
19:06Not too subtle.
19:07Gentlemen, that's how we play the game.
19:09It's the DC Sports Spelling Bee.
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