Together, they laughed, entertained, argued, and brought on the biggest names in the South Dakota sports scene for seven collective years and two stints on KWSN Sports Radio's afternoon drive-time show "Sports Talk with Craig & John."

Then, one day, all of a sudden, one day, out of the blue, after the show, 20-year KWSN station manager Craig Mattick and co-host/producer John Gaskins were canceled... Well, technically, postponed. But, for good. It's a long story. It was the pandemic, and they were casualties — told, as listeners were, to wait-and-see if the station would bring the show back that next autumn. 

It didn't happen. Craig retired from daily radio, but stayed with SDPB-TV to call state championships in every sport, a role he has had for over 25 years. John came back KWSN to continue calling football and basketball games, but moved on to TV news reporting and Sioux Falls Canaries entertaining. They both started their own podcasts — Craig for SDPB ("In Play with Craig Mattick) and John's "Nobody's Listening Anyway" with Matt Zimmer, which is still part of "Happy Hour with John Gaskins."

Now, Craig joins John for the first time in five years. Well, sharing a mic, anyway. They do occasionally go out to lunch or share a few beers after state tournaments.

For an hour, they catch up on their lives and careers in the present and go down memory lane of shows and Sioux Falls sports events — and lively and trouble-making moments.