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Sean Highkin from Bleacher Report talks the NBA, his views on rookies and their Summer League play, and the team he's looking forward to watching next season. Rich Miano from Spectrum Sports talks UH Football as we approach the 28th and the 'Bows trip to the Rose Bowl. Jamey Eisenberg of CBS Sports talks NFL news and the collection of rookie quarterbacks and their performances this weekend.

The animals are on this beginning of the work week trying to shuffle thorough what happened over the weekend with the first pre-season games in the NFL. Mitchell Renz from NFL Daily talks about the Las Vegas Raiders and Marcus Mariota; will he get a chance to play more? And UH Football is less than 12 days away, so Kanoa Leahy from Spectrum Sports talks UH, and Thuc Nhi Nguyen from the LA Times talks Hawaii's first opponent in UCLA.

Back from the weekend, Josh continues your sports discussion on this Monday.

Josh takes a look back from the weekend's opening slate of preseason games. Who looked good, specifically at Quarterback? He also reveals his three main storylines that are must follows during the preseason. On the surface, Miami has committed to Tua in his second year. Also, the AP Top 25 Preseason College Football poll is out. What does Josh takeaway from that?

Joining Josh today:

-Kalani Takase, ScoringLive.com: talks about the recently released High School Football Preseason Power Rankings and reveals the new partnership between ScoringLive.com and ESPN Honolulu/CBS 1500.

Nick Olsen, writer for Viking Territory, talks the Minnesota Vikings and the NFC North, who's looking great out of the division, and the COVID situation with the Vikings. Stephen Tsai of the Star Advertiser talks UH Football and the expectations of some players not named Calvin Turner or Chevan Cordeiro. Kurt Helin of NBC Sports talks the NBA, the young guns in the Summer League, and the big trade for Russell Westbrook for the Lakers.

The animals are on this Friday the 13th with some scary (or big news, depending on how you look at it) that there may be moves with the power conferences in an alliance. And news from the HHSAA comes out about the sports season, what's happened to fall sports? Then, the MLB race for the playoffs is inching closer to the finish, so Kristie Ackert from the NY Daily News talks the Yankees, and Larry Beil from KGO talks San Francisco sports, both football and baseball. Also, Howard Balzer from SI.com talks the Cardinals and some Hawaii players that are on there that could come to play.

NFL veteran and former Hawaii player and coach, Rich Miano, now the analyst for Spectrum Sports per-per-view telecasts, joins the podcast to talk about the upcoming Rainbow Warrior football season. Plus, the guys reflect on the Field of Dreams Game in MLB, the continuing tradition of Hawaii teams reaching the Little League World Series in Williamsport. Kanoa and Jordan also introduce a new segment: "Unpopular Opinion". And, as always, they end the show with their "Best and Worst".

We've reached Aloha #HDayFriday and Josh continues your sports discussion to get you ready for the weekend.

Josh takes a look back at last night's Field of Dreams MLB game between the Yankees and White Sox. Novel games and ideas, but does too much of it water down the overall product? So many storylines from the game, when does the nostalgia wear off?

Also discussed is the Week 1 slate of NFL Preseason games and the takeaways from Friday morning's press conference from Governor Ige and what it could mean for UH and fans at events moving forward.

Joining Josh today:

-Matthew Postins, Sports Illustrated's All Cowboys: just how healthy is Dak Prescott? Which Dallas coach on staff is feeling the most pressure? Where the biggest battles are at within position groups for the Cowboys? And where will covering college football take Matthew this season? All of this and more are discussed.

Bobby takes you through your Aloha #HDayFriday workday as he shares his excitement about the Honolulu Little League team clinching their spot in Saturday's West Regional final and in next week's Little League World Series, which rookie quarterbacks he has his eye on in Week 1 of the NFL Preseason, the takeaways from Thursday's Field of Dreams game for Major League Baseball and from Thursday's Call the Coach with Coach Graham as we near the season opener for UH Football against UCLA.

On today's show:

-Marco Martinez, 49ers RedZone Podcast host: shares his thoughts from 49ers camp and it includes what he's seen from Trey Lance, that it's a closer battle than most think it is for that QB 1 spot and with good rosters and quarterbacks in the tough NFC West, where do the 49ers fit in.

-Eli Gold, Alabama Football radio play-by-play voice: recalls his first ever meeting with Bobby, discusses the NIL deals for Bryce Young and other Alabama players, what the new recruits look like during Fall Camp, Coach Saban's reaction to the team being picked No. 1 in the preseason Coaches Poll and what the most important part of broadcasting to him is and why.

-Matt Snyder, MLB writer for CBS Sports: express his excitement from Thursday's Field of Dreams game in Iowa between the Yankees and White Sox, who could play the Cubs in next year's game, who's been the surprise team in MLB this season, what are the chances for the Mets to win the NL East, thoughts on Kolten Wong in Milwaukee this season, the potential for some great storylines in this year's postseason and the possible future of Shohei Ohtani with the Los Angeles Angels after his initial contract expires.

University of Hawai'i Football lineman Gene Pryor and TE/LB Hekili Keli'iliki also joined the show.