Thursday's Drive Time Sports featured Billy Ripken, who joined the show this past summer to talk about his latest book, analytics and the changing landscape of the game. Also, son of basketball legend Jerry Tarkanian, Danny Tarkanian talks about the book he penned about his father's legacy.
Teams of 13-year-olds from Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah will descend upon Carbon County in late July for the opportunity to represent the Pacific Southwest Region at the World Series held in New York in mid-August. One local team, the Battle 13U squad, will be coached by Darek Martinez, Rob Smith, Justin Powell, and Timmy Urbanik and represent Carbon County.
Ahead of the upcoming tournament, three members of the Battle team joined KOAL's Drive Time Sports. Jace Bosone, Nate Tatton, and Jason Cowley all talked about a recent tournament, this year's team, and the upcoming Pacific Southwest Regional.
NBA analyst James Holas joined Jordan Buscarini on KOAL's Drive Time Sports Friday afternoon. The conversation was geared towards Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which the Knicks forced after a dominating performance in Game 5. The two also discussed Sam Presti's brilliance, the Thunder's potential future dominance, and Anthony Edwards's recent criticism.
On Monday's show Jordan Buscarini is joined by Carbon High School track and field coach Jimmy Jewkes, who recapped the first meet of the season from this past Saturday. Drive Time Sports NBA analyst James Holas also joins the show to talk about the Western Conference play-in race, the recent struggles of the Clippers and surges from the Cavs and Magic.
