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The Wingo Network is the podcast network led by Trey Wingo, built for fans who want substance over noise. This is the home for smart, adult sports conversation across multiple shows, anchored by credibility, access, and experience. From long-form analysis and reporting to thoughtful interviews and on-course storytelling, every show respects the audience and the game. Shows include Straight Facts, Homie and Trey Wingo Golf, with more to come. Each show is united by one standard: real insight, no hot takes.

  1. The Brian Flores Lawsuit Is Going to Trial. Here Is Why That Matters for the Entire NFL.

    2 days ago

    The Brian Flores Lawsuit Is Going to Trial. Here Is Why That Matters for the Entire NFL.

    Brian Flores took the NFL to the Supreme Court. He won. And now — for the first time in league history — 31 NFL teams have to open their hiring files to a federal court. That process is called discovery. And it is the one word the NFL has spent years trying to avoid. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored For over four years, the NFL did everything in its power to keep this case private. They argued it belonged in arbitration — handled internally, with Roger Goodell as the arbitrator. Courts disagreed. They appealed all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. On May 26, 2026, the Supreme Court said no. The case is going to trial. Discovery is mandatory. There is no more stalling. This is not a small thing. The NFL's arbitration system has been the legal shield that kept internal disputes — discrimination claims, misconduct allegations, coaching decisions — out of public courtrooms for decades. That shield is now gone. What Flores exposed is that the league was essentially running its own private court, with the commissioner working for the owners serving as the sole judge. Multiple federal courts called it what it is: legally unconscionable. The details of what Flores alleges are extraordinary. He received a congratulatory text from Bill Belichick before his Giants interview — a text meant for Brian Daboll, confirming the hire was already done before Flores walked in the door. He claims Denver Broncos executives showed up to his interview an hour late and appeared hungover. And in Miami, he alleges Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him $100,000 per loss to deliberately tank for draft picks. That last allegation exists in a league that has since legalized gambling. The legal implications of that have changed considerably since 2022. Flores's legal team has now served subpoenas to 31 of the 32 NFL franchises and filed over 1,000 discovery requests. What they are looking for: internal hiring communications, Rooney Rule interview records, and any documentation that shows whether minority coaching candidates were ever given a genuine chance — or whether the interviews were, as Flores alleges, procedural theater. The Rooney Rule has been debated for years. A federal court is now going to see the actual evidence. The NFL has until June 5th to file a motion to dismiss. Based on where this case has already been — through multiple federal courts, the Second Circuit, and now the Supreme Court — that motion is unlikely to stop what is coming. Discovery is the next phase. And as anyone who followed the John Gruden situation knows, you never fully know what is in the files until someone has to show them. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    22 min
  2. Wyndham Clark Wins the CJ Cup — Plus the PGA Tour 2027 Schedule Is Taking Shape

    3 days ago

    Wyndham Clark Wins the CJ Cup — Plus the PGA Tour 2027 Schedule Is Taking Shape

    GOLF LIVE returns with a look at where the PGA Tour season is headed next, from the schedule taking shape to the players raising the biggest questions right now. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Trey Wingo and Justin Ray break down what we know so far about the upcoming schedule, what they like, what still needs work, and how the structure of the season could affect players, fans, and the biggest events on the calendar. This week’s episode also looks back at the CJ Cup, where Wyndham Clark continued his strong run, Si Woo Kim let a closing opportunity slip away, and the question around Scottie Scheffler remains simple: is anything actually wrong, or are expectations just impossibly high? Then Trey and Justin turn to Jordan Spieth. Where is his game going, what still flashes, what still feels unstable, and what should we realistically expect from him as the season moves forward? This week’s episode: 1. Schedule Release So Far What works, what does not, and what the early schedule picture says about the direction of the PGA Tour. 2. CJ Cup Takeaways Wyndham Clark’s win, Si Woo Kim’s missed chance, and why the Scottie Scheffler concern might be overblown. 3. Where Is Jordan Spieth’s Game Going? A closer look at Spieth’s current form, his long-term outlook, and whether the next version of his game is coming into focus. 4. Questions Viewer questions and final thoughts from across the golf world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1hr 2min
  3. Abdul Carter Said He and Jackson Dart Talked Like Men. Why Not Do That Before You Tweet?

    4 days ago

    Abdul Carter Said He and Jackson Dart Talked Like Men. Why Not Do That Before You Tweet?

    Abdul Carter Said He and Jackson Dart Talked Like Men. Why Not Do That Before You Tweet? Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored By now you have probably seen it. Jackson Dart — the New York Giants starting quarterback — introduced President Trump at a fundraiser. His teammate Abdul Carter reposted the tweet with a comment that essentially said what are we doing here. The post went viral. 55 million views. Every NFL show in the country had something to say about it. And then Abdul Carter posted again. Said he and Jackson Dart talked like men. Said everyone could keep their narratives. Trey has one question. Why not do that before you hit send? This is not a political story. Trey is not here to tell you whether Jackson Dart was right to introduce the president or whether Abdul Carter was right to respond the way he did. That is not the conversation. The conversation is about what happens inside an NFL locker room — and what the rules actually are. Here is what most people covering this story do not know. There are only two things that actually tear apart an NFL locker room. Two. Everything else — different backgrounds, different beliefs, different politics, different religions, different ways of seeing the world — all of that gets worked out because it has to. You are trying to win football games together. You put the other stuff aside. The two things you do not touch are somebody else’s money and somebody else’s family. That is it. Those are the lines. Cross either one of those and you have a real problem that winning might not even be able to fix. Michael Strahan and Tiki Barber never fully patched things up after Tiki crossed the money line. Drew Brees and Malcolm Jenkins had to have a genuine come to Jesus moment after the kneeling comments went public. These things leave marks. Jackson Dart did not cross either line. He introduced the president at a fundraiser. That is his right. That is his business. In a locker room that stays exactly where it belongs — in the category of things that are not your business because it is not your money and not your family. But here is where it got complicated. It went public. And the moment it went public it stopped being Jackson Dart’s private business and became everyone’s business — including 55 million people on social media who all had a take. And now the Giants locker room — which has 53 guys with 53 different backgrounds and 53 different sets of beliefs — has to manage something that never needed to leave the building in the first place. Abdul Carter said they talked like men and squashed it. Good. That is the right outcome. But Trey’s point is simple — if you can talk like men after, you can talk like men before. One conversation before the tweet and none of this is a story. None of it. The 55 million views do not happen. The hot takes do not happen. The Giants do not have to spend any energy managing a situation that has nothing to do with winning football games. And winning is what matters. Trey has said it for 30 years covering this sport. Winning is the ultimate deodorant in an NFL locker room. You will put up with anything — any personality, any opinion, any difference — as long as the team is winning. The moment the winning stops every little thing that you looked the other way about starts to become a problem. The Giants need to win. If they win this goes away completely. If they lose it will come back. Jackson Dart is the quarterback of the New York Giants. That means every action he takes is going to be scrutinized by every one of his 52 teammates. Some of them will agree with him. Some of them will not. That is the job. With great power comes great responsibility. He appears to have handled the aftermath well. The lesson going forward is that the leader of an NFL locker room has to think about how every public action lands inside that building — not because he is not allowed to have his own life and his own beliefs — but because perception is reality in a locker room and his job is to keep 53 guys pointed in the same direction. Talk first. Tweet second. That is the lesson. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    14 min
  4. The NFL Is Chasing Tech Money. LIV Chased Saudi Money. The Cautionary Tale Is the Same.

    22 May

    The NFL Is Chasing Tech Money. LIV Chased Saudi Money. The Cautionary Tale Is the Same.

    The NFL Is Chasing Tech Money. LIV Chased Saudi Money. The Cautionary Tale Is the Same. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored The NFL has never been more powerful. Ninety of the top 100 rated shows on television last year were NFL games. Sunday Night Football has been the number one rated show in prime time for 15 straight years. Networks are paying north of two and a half billion dollars a year for the right to broadcast games. Roger Goodell is doing his job — making the owners as much money as humanly possible — and he is doing it brilliantly. But there is a version of this story that ends badly. And LIV Golf already showed us exactly how it goes. The Saudis wanted golf. They thought it would be fun. They had money to burn, a brand to reshape, and a vision for what sports washing could do for Saudi Arabia's image on the world stage. They poured billions into LIV Golf. And then the moment it stopped being fun — the moment the returns did not justify the investment — they walked away. PIF pulled the funding. LIV is filing for bankruptcy. Just like that. Now look at what the NFL is doing. Games on Wednesday. Games on Thursday. Games on Friday. A new holiday invented specifically to justify another game. Nine international games this season with plans to expand to ten and eventually sixteen to twenty. The Chiefs played a game every day of the week except Tuesday a couple of years ago. The scarcity model — the thing that made the NFL appointment television — is being dismantled piece by piece. And who is being courted to pay for all of it? Apple. Amazon. Netflix. YouTube. Google. The biggest companies in the world. Companies that would love to have NFL games. Companies that think it would be fun and profitable and a great addition to their platforms. But here is the critical question Trey is asking: do they need it? Apple sells a gazillion iPhones whether or not they have Thursday Night Football. Amazon runs the largest e-commerce operation in human history whether or not they stream a game on Black Friday. Netflix became the most powerful streaming platform in the world before they had a single live sports property. These companies want the NFL. They do not need it. And the moment the economics stop working — the moment it stops being fun — they can walk away just like the Saudis walked away from LIV Golf. No existential threat. No crisis. Just a pivot. CBS cannot do that. NBC cannot do that. Fox cannot do that. ESPN cannot do that. When CBS lost the NFL package in the 1990s it nearly destroyed the network. Former CBS president Les Moonves said it plainly — one dollar with the NFL on our network is worth more than twenty dollars without it. That is not a company that wants the NFL. That is a company that needs it the way it needs oxygen. The NFL is at its absolute peak right now. But as Trey puts it — trees do not grow to the sky. And Mark Cuban said it in 2014 — pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. The expiration date on that quote has passed and the NFL has proved him wrong on the timeline. But the principle may still be right. The question is not whether the NFL can make more money chasing tech deals. It can. The question is whether it should — and whether being wanted by the biggest companies in the world is the same thing as being needed by them. It is not. LIV Golf already proved that. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    23 min
  5. Captain Jim Furyk on Why America Keeps Losing the Ryder Cup — and What He Is Going to Do About It

    18 May

    Captain Jim Furyk on Why America Keeps Losing the Ryder Cup — and What He Is Going to Do About It

    Captain Jim Furyk on Why America Keeps Losing the Ryder Cup — and What He Is Going to Do About It The United States has not won a Ryder Cup on foreign soil since 1993. That is not a talent problem. The Americans have had the best players in the world for most of that stretch. It is something else. And Jim Furyk — the newly named US Ryder Cup Captain heading into Adare Manor in 2027 — knows exactly what it is. Trey sat down with Furyk for his first major interview since taking the captaincy. This is not a press conference. It is a real conversation about what has gone wrong, what needs to change, and what the plan actually looks like to finally bring the Ryder Cup back to American hands on European soil. Furyk has been part of this event since 1997. He has played on 16 teams. He captained the US at Paris in 2018 and served as a key figure in Montreal in 2024. Nobody in American golf has more experience inside this event than Jim Furyk. And he is not sugarcoating anything. The foursomes problem is real and he names it directly. One and seven in Rome. Two and six at Bethpage. Even in the blowout win in Montreal, the US was three points down in alternate shot. Furyk breaks down exactly why that has happened — from the golf ball situation to the pairings to the communication breakdown between captains and players — and what specifically changes under his watch. The organizational overhaul goes deeper than most people realize. Furyk is not just picking 12 players and sending them out. He is building a pipeline. He named Stuart Appleby and Justin Leonard as vice captains early — not because the job needs filling now but because he wants them inside every decision from day one. The goal is continuity from Ryder Cup to Ryder Cup. A program that learns and grows rather than starting over every two years with a new captain who has never run the operation before. The 2018 Paris lessons are specific and honest. Furyk talks about arriving in France exhausted — one day after the Tour Championship ended, Tiger's emotional comeback win still fresh, everyone running on fumes. He talks about underestimating the executive nature of the captain's role. How you spend more time managing 75 to 100 people — players, caddies, spouses, coaches, staff — than you do watching golf. He will not make those same mistakes at Adare Manor. The team arrives early. They get comfortable. They know the course before they tee it up in competition. The LIV qualification question comes up directly. With Bryson DeChambeau missing the cut at two straight majors and the future of that tour uncertain, how do LIV players earn their way onto the US team? Furyk addresses the point system overhaul, the captain's picks structure, and what he is actually looking for beyond just ranking. And then there is the culture question — the one that US golf fans have been asking for years. Why do the Europeans always look like they are having more fun? Furyk pushes back on that directly. He tells the story of 2008 at Valhalla — watching the Europeans on the 18th green on Saturday night, quiet and tight and concerned — and leaning over to his wife and saying they look like us every other year. Winning is fun. The US needs to get back to winning. The Ryder Cup is the greatest event in golf. Jim Furyk has spent 30 years inside it. Here is what he is building. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    39 min
  6. Aaron Rai Won the PGA Championship by Doing the Exact Opposite of What Everyone Said You Had to Do

    18 May

    Aaron Rai Won the PGA Championship by Doing the Exact Opposite of What Everyone Said You Had to Do

    Aaron Rai Won the PGA Championship by Doing the Exact Opposite of What Everyone Said You Had to Do Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Aaron Rai just won the Wanamaker Trophy at Aronimink. And he did it in a way that nobody saw coming — not because of who he is, but because of how he did it. Before the first round was played, the consensus was clear. Rory McIlroy said it himself. Strategy off the tee at Aronimink is basically non-existent. Bomb it down there and figure it out. The longest hitters on tour had a significant advantage. Grip it and rip it. Aldrick Potgieter. Jon Rahm. Chris Gotterup. The bombers were going to have their week. Aaron Rai had a different idea. Over the last three seasons on the PGA Tour, Rai has never finished lower than fifth in driving accuracy. While everyone else was bombing it into the rough and hacking it out, Rai was finding fairways. Seven of his last eight fairways down the stretch on Sunday. Bogey free over his last 10 holes. Six under par coming home. His average approach shot over four days at Aronimink was 170.3 yards — seven yards longer than the field average and ranked 67th among players who made the cut. He was not the longest. He was the most precise. The numbers tell the whole story. His score got lower every single round of the championship — the first player to do that in a major since Mark O'Meara won the Masters in 1998. He holed 182 feet of putts on Sunday alone — the most in a single round of his PGA Tour career. Including a 68-footer on the par three 17th — the second longest made putt by any player all week — that effectively ended the championship. And he did all of this with the entire field chasing him. Jon Rahm. Rory McIlroy. Xander Schauffele. Patrick Reed. Justin Rose. Scottie Scheffler. Brooks Koepka. Every name on that leaderboard had a longer major resume than Aaron Rai. He had one PGA Tour win — the 2024 Wyndham Championship. He had never been in this position before. And he held every single one of them off. The historic context makes it even more remarkable. Aaron Rai became the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in September of 1919 — before the Black Sox scandal, before most of American sports history as we know it. He ended a streak of 10 consecutive PGA Championships won by American players. And with Rory winning the Masters and Rai winning the PGA, it is the first time two European men have won the first two majors of a season since the Masters began in 1934. Trey also breaks down Justin Thomas — who shot a final round 65 and led the clubhouse for a long stretch before Rai's closing birdie run made it irrelevant. JT is rounding into form. His comeback from back surgery is real. And with the US Open at Shinnecock and the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale still to come, he is going to be in the conversation. And then there is the bigger picture. We are 32 days from the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Two majors down. Two to go. And the 2026 major season has already made history in ways nobody predicted heading into Augusta back in April. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    32 min
  7. Why This PGA Championship Sunday Might Be the Greatest We Have Ever Seen

    17 May

    Why This PGA Championship Sunday Might Be the Greatest We Have Ever Seen

    Why This PGA Championship Sunday Might Be the Greatest We Have Ever Seen  Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Before we even get started — nobody knows what is going to happen on Sunday at Aronimink. And that is exactly the point. After 54 holes at the PGA Championship, we have something that has never happened before in the history of this championship. 22 players enter the final round within four shots of the lead. Twenty-two. The most in PGA Championship history. One of the most chaotic, wide open, impossible to predict major championship Sundays any of us have ever seen is set up and ready to go outside Philadelphia. Alex Smalley leads by two at six under par. A player with no PGA Tour wins, three previous PGA Championship appearances, and a best finish of T23. A Duke environmental science graduate whose parents have caddied for him throughout his career. If Alex Smalley walks out of Aronimink on Sunday evening with the Wanamaker Trophy it will go down as one of the greatest upsets in the history of professional golf. History says a two-shot leader wins about 40% of the time. That means 60% of the time — someone else does. And look at who that someone else could be. Jon Rahm is at four under par — two back. This is the first time Rahm has genuinely contended in a major since he left for LIV. The man Justin Ray once called John Rahm Destroyer of Worlds — the player who won the 2021 US Open and the 2023 Masters, who was as dominant as anyone on the PGA Tour before he left — is right back there. His competitive fire is burning again at exactly the moment his tour's future is most uncertain. Rory McIlroy is three back. He opened with a 74. He followed it with a 67 and a 66. If he wins on Sunday it will be his seventh major. That puts him in extraordinarily exclusive company. He already has 30 PGA Tour wins and six majors. A seventh major at a course where he has played beautifully all week would be something to talk about for a long time. Xander Schauffele is three back. He won the PGA Championship two years ago at Valhalla. He won the Open Championship the same year. He knows how to close. Patrick Reed is three back — 68-72-67, steady as the entire week, earning his way back the hard way after LIV. Maverick McNealy is three back — his putter is his best weapon and the greens at Aronimink have rewarded good putting all week. Then there is Justin Rose. Made the cut on the number. Shot a 65 in round three. He is four back. He has a win and a second place finish in previous PGA Tour events at Aronimink. His only major was the 2013 US Open — played at Merion, just a few miles down the road from where they are playing this week. If Justin Rose wins the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday he becomes the king of Philadelphia. Chris Gotterup — one of Trey's picks heading into the week — is at two under, four back. A Jersey kid completely comfortable in these conditions. Hideki Matsuyama is there. Ludvig Åberg is there. Cameron Smith — who has barely been heard from in a major since winning the Open Championship at St. Andrews in 2022 — is right there at two under. Scottie Scheffler, the number one player in the world, is at one under par. Five back. Trying to win back to back PGA Championships. Brooks Koepka has won three of these things. He is one under as well. The weather is going to be brutal. Temperatures approaching 90 degrees outside Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon. Those greens that played firm and fast all week are going to get crispier as the day goes on. The PGA Championship has historically been a birdie fest. Aronimink played like a US Open for the first two days. Sunday could be both — birdies early, survival late. One of these 22 players walks out with the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday evening. We have absolutely no idea which one. And that is exactly why you cannot miss a single shot. Clear your Sunday. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    24 min
  8. Scottie Scheffler Is Two Back at the PGA Championship. That Should Terrify Everyone.

    16 May

    Scottie Scheffler Is Two Back at the PGA Championship. That Should Terrify Everyone.

    Scottie Scheffler Is Two Back at the PGA Championship. That Should Terrify Everyone. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored After 36 holes at Aronimink, the PGA Championship has given us everything we could have asked for heading into the weekend. Surprise leaders. Former champions lurking. A grand slam chase still alive. Historic numbers. And a Sunday forecast that could change everything. Here is where things stand — and why the next two rounds at Aronimink are going to be must-watch golf. Alex Smalley and Maverick McNealy are tied for the lead at four under par. Two names nobody had circled heading into this week. Two players who have never been in this position at a major championship. McNealy said it himself after his round — his putter is his best weapon. And at a golf course where the greens have been the great equalizer all week, that matters enormously. Getting to the lead is one thing. Holding it over 36 holes on a major championship weekend with the best players in the world breathing down your neck is something else entirely. And nobody is breathing down their neck quite like Scottie Scheffler. Scottie is two back. He has four majors. He is trying to win back-to-back PGA Championships — something only Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods have done in the modern era. He was the first player in his career to share the 36-hole lead at a major after round one on Thursday. He battled difficult morning conditions on Friday and still came back. He is right where he wants to be. Anyone who has watched Scottie Scheffler play golf over the last three years knows exactly what two back with 36 holes to play means. Chris Gotterup is one back. One of Trey’s picks heading into the week. A Jersey kid completely comfortable slugging it out in Philadelphia conditions. Cam Young is two back. Justin Thomas — a two-time PGA Championship winner — is two back. Hideki Matsuyama is right there. And Rory McIlroy, who fell apart in round one with five bogeys in his last six holes, bounced back with a 67 on Friday. That 67 was his 43rd round of 67 or better at a major championship. The only player in history with more is Tiger Woods with 48. Rory is back in it. Then there is the number that puts all of this in context. Per Justin Ray — 45 of the last 50 men’s major champions were within four shots of the lead after 36 holes. That means the field is effectively down to 28 players. And within those 28 players are some of the most compelling storylines in golf right now. Jordan Spieth is at plus one — just outside that window but not out of it. This is his 10th attempt to complete the career grand slam. Rory took 10 attempts before he finally won the Masters. The door is not closed. The weather sealed it. Whatever difficult conditions were coming — the howling 30-mile-an-hour winds, the freezing morning temperatures that turned Friday’s early wave into a survival test — that is behind us now. The weekend is supposed to be warm. Temperatures could hit 90 degrees on Sunday afternoon outside Philadelphia. Those greens that were slightly receptive on Friday afternoon are going to get firm and fast. The PGA Championship played like a US Open through the first two rounds. The weekend could be a completely different test. The stage is set. The storylines are loaded. And Scottie Scheffler is two back. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Wingo Network is the podcast network led by Trey Wingo, built for fans who want substance over noise. This is the home for smart, adult sports conversation across multiple shows, anchored by credibility, access, and experience. From long-form analysis and reporting to thoughtful interviews and on-course storytelling, every show respects the audience and the game. Shows include Straight Facts, Homie and Trey Wingo Golf, with more to come. Each show is united by one standard: real insight, no hot takes.

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  • Creator
    Trey Wingo
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    151
  • Rating
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    © Trey Wingo
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