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The French Baseball Federation offers many opportunities for coaches and players to participate, get better and develop to high levels. Boris Rothermundt is Vice Director of the French Baseball Federation, a coach on the National Team and Head of Baseball Academy in France. Lachene Benhamida Director Institute Coaches Formation, head of Baseball5 and Women’s National Team Coach.

The animals are back from a small vacation and talk about the weekend in UH sports, which included the perfection of a regular season from the men's volleyball team, so Scott Robbs from Spectrum Sports talks both volleyball and baseball. The NFL Draft is also approaching, so Vinnie Iyer from talks about who could go where. And the Dolphins are a big topic in the draft because of the draft trades, so Josh Houtz from the Phinsider is here to talk about that.

UH Men's Volleyball head coach Charlie Wade joins a zoom call with Josh Pacheco and takes comments and questions as we approach the start of the Big West Conference Tournament. Presented by Pacxa.

Mel Kiper Jr's New Mock Draft comes out he has player going to different teams now, Josh gives his thoughts, Big sports filled weekend for UH but still with no fans, Josh explains on the matter, Also more news on how much the Clarence TC Ching football stadium and how much it will cost to host fans in there stands.

Cindy Boren of the Washington Post talks Washington sports, and talks about the news of Alex Smith's retirement and his effect on the NFL fanbase this year. Russell Baxter of FanSided talks the upcoming NFL Draft and the possibilities of other teams trading up into the top five via the Falcons, and maybe even the 49ers. Kristian Winfield of the NY Daily News talks the Brooklyn Nets and the issues with injuries to Kevin Durant and James Harden and what that means for their Finals chances.

Jeremy Booth, Founder/CEO of Program 15 and President Baseball Operations New Balance Future Stars Series, brings an honest discussion about how we are losing players early on because they are being incorrectly developed and evaluated in many ways. How do we correct it? Jeremy has been working on this for many years.

Josh gives his thoughts on the NFL Draft and the things surrounding Trevor Lawrence, The Big West made the announcement that there will be no fans for the Big West Volleyball tournament and Josh give his thought on the matter, Also UH is completing the campus for fans at the University for Football.

Artie Wilson continues your Aloha #HDayFriday discussion.

A day after Jackie Robinson Day, Artie's former teammate Rodney Aldridge calls in to talk story. Much is discussed about the transfer portal in college basketball, as well as the NBA winding down its regular season. Also, Artie breaks the news about where former #HawaiiMBB guard Justin Webster will now be playing as well as another #HawaiiMBB guard, former Oregon Women's Basketball Coach Mark Campbell now on the move to NorCal as the Head Coach at Sacramento State for Women's Basketball.

On today's show:

-Brian McInnis, co-host of the Rivals Waikiki Men's Basketball pregame show on ESPN Honolulu: delves deeper into the transfer portal for college basketball, talks of the recent signees for UH and also talks about the rumor around former Texas player with Hawai`i ties, Kamaka Hepa, being rumored to have been offered by UH earlier in the week.

Bobby takes you through your Aloha #HDayFriday workday with UH Baseball opening up an 8-game homestand this week and the top-ranked UH Men's Volleyball team hosting UC Irvine for senior week. Also, buy or sell returns as well as talks about Steph Curry and how you the Hawai`i fan can get in to support the construction upgrades to the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Complex.

On today's show:

-David Matlin, UH Athletics Director: discusses ways for teams and programs to adjust the ways they recruit, the transfer portal, the name/image/likeness situation, the pressures of generating revenue during a pandemic and how the UH fan can help to fund the upgrades to UH football's new home (Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Complex).

-Kevin Arnovitz, NBA writer for ESPN: shares his thoughts on the injuries to star players around the league, the chances for Denver moving forward without the services of Jamal Murray, the play-in tournament for seeds 7 and 8 of the NBA Playoffs and who he likes to win the title.

-Charlie Wade, UH Men's Volleyball Head Coach: voices his thoughts on if there's pressure to win the national championship, where some of the seniors rank in the history of the program, how the team stays ready, prepared and having no complacency despite the undefeated record and top ranking, as well as looking ahead to this weekend's series with UC Irvine and upcoming conference and national tournaments.

University of Hawaii Football head coach Todd Graham answered questions from the media following their practice on Thursday. Barring any additional disruptions, Spring Practice is scheduled to conclude on April 29th.