“He’s one of the dudes in the G.O.A.T conversation — one of the best players that ever lived,” said Verse, who has 4 ½ sacks.

The X Games are saying “later dude” to Southern California after years of gnarly action and heading north to Sacramento for the next three years.

I just had Mikey improvise a little bit, just basically chewing out the dudes, the two Armenian henchmen.

“This guy is winking at me. At least you’re confident,” she laughed as she clambered over the railing to sing directly to the dude, who said his name was Toby.

“The ball is going to No. 1. How did you not know it was going to No. 1? Rally around that dude.”