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NBC Sports Philadelphia hockey correspondent Taryn Hatcher, a former Hawaii News Now sports reporter, talks life since she made the move from the islands to her backyard market in 2018. Covering the NHL's Flyers is challenging, but nothing compared to when she arrived in the islands and had the teleprompter crash while reading Polynesian names on her first high school football weekend. Plus, the UH basketball season finally gets underway -- minus a key player.

University of Hawai'i Men's Basketball head coach Eran Ganot talks about his and the team's excitement level ahead of Friday's season opener against HPU, how the program will move forward with Samuta Avea opting out and with variables changing constantly, what's the best way to move forward.

Hawaii Pacific University men's basketball head coach Darren Vorderbruegge stresses his priority to recruit local, how he and his team embraces the challenge and opportunity in playing a Division I school, how he manages to keep a positive outlook when things are changing by the day it seems and what goals are in place ahead of Friday's opener with Hawai`i.

Bobby Curran and University of Hawai'i Football head coach Todd Graham preview the Rainbow Warriors' season finale vs. UNLV and coach answers lots of questions from fans.

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Today Josh Talks about the backlash from Coach K's comments from there lost too Illinois and Alabama's Head Coach Nate Oates comments back to it, Bowl Games are getting announced but Boston College has opted out Josh explains also Why The Tampa Bay Ray's Owner is bad at jokes.

Working from home, Bobby takes you through your Thursday morning.

UC Irvine men's basketball radio play-by-play voice and pre/post host of Angels baseball on KLAA Trent Rush reflects on the Big West Conference cancelling the tournament this past March, what it's been like for him to be on site during the pandemic this season, the testing protocols for the conference and just the nightmare of trying to schedule games.

Hawaii Pacific men's basketball head coach Darren Vorderbruegge stresses his priority to recruit local, how he and his team embraces the challenge and opportunity in playing a Division I school, how he manages to keep a positive outlook when things are changing by the day it seems and what goals are in place ahead of Friday's opener with Hawai`i.

Eran Ganot, UH men's basketball head coach talks about his and the team's excitement level ahead of Friday's season opener against HPU, how the program will move forward with Samuta Avea opting out and with variables changing constantly, what's the best way to move forward.

Plus: Buy/Sell returns, cancellations by the day among college football and basketball and a lot of hardwood talk ahead of Friday's season opener for the Rainbow Warrior basketball team against HPU.

Gary comes on this mid-week edition and talks about the news of the Big Ten conference allowing Ohio State to be in the Big Ten conference championship, despite having played only five of the six required games needed to qualify. Also,the Rivals Fantasy show helps you with your playoff run, and Jeff Erickson from Rotowire Fantasy Sports answers your questions. The MWC is getting down to the championship game, so Jeremy Mauss is on the show to talk about the conference. And in the NFL, the Giant are on a winning streak and recently beat the Seahawks, so Jordan Raanan from ESPN NFL Nation talks about how the Giants are improving.

Josh talks about College Basketball Games starting but Great programs like Kentucky and Duke haven't been playing the greatest, Joe Arrigo from Franchise Sports Media joins to talk about College Football and how Ohio State is still in the Big Ten Conference Championship running.

Cindy Boren from the Washington Post comes on to talk Washington Football Team news and the race between her WFT and Bobby's New York Giants for the NFC East. Nate Kreckman from Altitude Sports Radio comes on to talk Mountain West football and the upcoming Mountain West Championship game, and who the two teams that will be facing off are. Roxy Bernstein of ESPN and the PAC 12 Network talks college football and the discussion of whether or not the game should be played during this time.

Former Lahainaluna basketball standout Cameron Fernandez discusses how an on-court collision in her freshman year of college changed her life and led to a severe battle with depression and suicidal thoughts. After a harrowing recovery, Cameron now hopes to inspire others suffering from mental health challenges to to seek the necessary help. Plus, Kanoa and Jordan talk big picture about the Hawaii football team's 3-4 record; the anticipated tip-off of the UH basketball season without senior leader Samuta Avea, who opted out; the World Surf League kicking off the 2021 men's and women's tours in Hawaii; and as always, their "Best and Worst".