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Team USA Women's Volleyball assistant coach and Kalani High School alumna Tama Miyashiro joined Josh Pacheco to recap their gold medal performance in Tokyo.

Cindy Boren of the Washington Post talks the Washington Football Team and the NFC East's defending champs' chances of being the first consecutive winner since the early 2000's. Rob Guerrera with SB Nation talks the San Francisco 49ers and the competition between Jimmy G and Trey Lance. David Matlin joins us to talk about the Ching Field and the upcoming challenges with the new regulations put into place by David Ige yesterday.

The animals are on this Tuesday after Governor Ige's press conference and announcement that Hawaii will be putting up some COVD-19 restrictions back in place due to the rise in cases. How does that affect sports, especially UH sports? City and County of Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi joins the show to talk about that and other things regarding the recent announcement. Fred Segal from Freezing Cold Takes brings us inside his world and delves into those tweets that just weren't correct. And Chris Vannini from The Athletic talks about the preseason coaches poll and if those that voted are spot on.

Continuing on in the work week, Josh continues your sports discussion on this Tuesday.

Counting down the days until college football is back, Josh looks at the recently released preseason Coaches Poll. Are preseason polls meaningful or meaningless? That and Josh says which poll he looks at more. Also discussed is UH football not having to face arguably the two toughest teams in conference during the regular season and with Russell Westbrook officially a Los Angeles Laker, how will he fit in?

Joining Josh today:

-Coach Tama Miyashiro, Kalani High alumna and U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Assistant Coach: recounts the month-long experience in Tokyo, the differences between competing in the 2012 London Games and coaching in the 2020 Tokyo Games, what's her biggest takeaways from being a coach, just how the team got accustomed to the protocols even prior to the Tokyo Games and what it's like to work with Coach Karch Kiraly.

In a Rainbow Warrior Football-centered show, Bobby Curran is joined by his partner in the booth John Veneri, Spectrum analyst Rich Miano, and Star Advertiser beat writer Stephen Tsai join the show to give their opinions on this year's Rainbow Warriors.

On this episode, coach A.K. has Co-Defensive Coordinator and outside linebackers coach for the University of Washington Huskys Ikaika Malloe. Malloe has 24 years of coaching experience and has been a defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator, defensive line coach and linebacker coach at the college level.

The animals are on this beginning of the week with a lot of news and the Olympics talk about the closing ceremony and some of the feel-good stories to come out of it. But the NFL preseason has kicked off with the hall of fame game, so Russell Baxter from Pro Football Guru talks about the preseason and what we can expect going forward for the reduced preseason schedule. And Dan Favale from Bleacher Report gives us his thoughts on the NBA Free Agency moves and Luka Doncic's enormous contract.

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

News out of the NBA, Josh discusses the super max extension for Luka Doncic. Josh also takes a look back at the Olympics, specifically the Men's Basketball Tournament and how we should have a newfound respect for Kevin Durant and his legend has now gone to a whole new level after his performance. Also, what kind of political forces will come into play with how UH football home games could look like this fall.

Joining Josh today:

-Jason Beede, 24/7 Sports: talks about what factors led the Hula Bowl to head to Orlando for the 2022 game and is it more than just for one season? Also discussed is the many Hawai`i connections with UCF and how it all began.

Brandon lee Gowton of SB Nation and Bleeding Green Nation to talks the Philadelphia Eagles and the idea of trading for Deshaun Watson amid his controversy. Phil Steele joins the show to talk college football, his look on the Rainbow Warriors and the Mountain West, and his most improved team this year in Penn State. David Tautofi, Kaimuki football coach, comes on to talk the OIA's decision to postpone fall sports amid COVID issues.

This episode features one of the best head college coaches in the country. He has reached the championship pinnacle winning 7 ACC championships and 2 National championships. He has coached numerous all Americans and All pro NFL players. He has a win loss record of 140 to 33. But more importantly he has served his players on and off the field and impacted their lives beyond measure - Clemson University Football head coach Dabo Swinney. (June 28, 2021)