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Former University of Hawaii Men's Basketball forward Mike Thomas answered questions from the media after it was announced that he'd be joining Eran Ganot's staff as an assistant coach.

Ryan Ballengee of Golf News Now talks The Open and the winner, Collin Morikawa, and his opinion of him as analysts compare him to the likes of (young) Jordan Spieth and even Tiger Woods. Rich Miano of Spectrum talks the move of the Hula Bowl this year due to coronavirus issues, as well as players to look forward to for the 2021 UH Football season.

The animals are on this aloha Friday with a lot of news surrounding sports, including what is happening with Team USA right before the Olympics. Dan Greenberg from Barstool Sports talks about that and the NBA Finals with Game 5 coming up. Then, The Open Championship has a new record setter for lowest score in 36 holes, but who will win the Claret Jug? Jerry Foltz from the Golf Channel gives you his answer to that. And the MLB is in its second half of the season, so Emma Span from The Athletic joins the show to talk who could make a run for the playoffs.

Artie Wilson continues your Aloha #HDayFriday discussion.

With today's open phone show, Artie looks into basketball related topics. From what bugs him about NBA players to a look ahead at Saturday's pivotal Game 5 of the NBA Finals, updates on who's on and off the USA Men's Basketball roster and UH Men's Basketball facing Vanderbilt in the opening round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, all levels of basketball are discusses.

Plus, Artie includes his thoughts on the on-going construction and retrofitting of the T.C. Ching Complex and its future, as well as a look into the Richard Sherman situation. Could Hawai`i and not Las Vegas been the destination for USA Men's Basketball to hold their training camp ahead of the Tokyo Games?

This week Tiff catches up with former Rainbow Warrior outside hitter Kupono Fey. Fey, an outside hitter for the Rainbow Warriors from 2014 to 2017, was an All-MPSF Honorable Mention selection as a senior. He was also the recipient of UH’s Jack Bonham Award, which is given to the university’s top male senior student-athlete. The Punahou alum notched a career-high 23 kills against USC in 2016.

With Bobby on vacation, Josh Pacheco fills in and takes you through your Aloha #HDayFriday workday as he looks at Covid-19 protocols cancelling Thursday's Red Sox/Yankees game and Friday's USA Men's Basketball exhibition against Australia, Hawai`i football starting quarterback signing an endorsement deal with Central Pacific Bank and the lessons in business that student-athletes will learn, is Damian Lillard remaining in Portland, what to look for in Saturday's pivotal game 5 of the NBA Finals and UH Baseball's Scotty Scott announcing he's out of the portal and back with UH. Buy or sell also returns.

On today's show:

-Vince Baldemor, UH Associate Athletics Director of External Affairs: provides an update on the Clarence T.C. Ching complex ahead of the September 4th home opener for UH football against Portland State, the continued excitement within the Athletics Department, what an on-campus experience for football may feel like as well as what's both in place and still in the works, where things stand with crowd capacity and the differences UH faces with an on-campus venue as opposed to one that's off-campus.

-Scotty Scott, Hawai`i Baseball Outfielder: fresh out of the transfer portal and back at UH, Scotty discusses the entire process and what led him to come back to UH for another season. What led him wanting to want to stay to who first found out that he was coming back as well as what got him into coaching and when he truly felt at home here in Hawai`i is all discussed.

Josh Pacheco chats with Rainbow Warrior outfielder Scotty Scott about his decision to continue his career at the University of Hawaii.

Maui native and veteran MLB catcher Kurt Suzuki joins the show to share what it's like to be the primary catcher for Angels teammate Shohei Ohtani as well as his thoughts on how the game has changed over his 15 years in the Bigs. Plus, Kanoa and Jordan discuss such obligatory sports topics as "the Giannis Finals block vs the Lebron Finals block" and "is Conor McGregor still must-see TV". They also talk about their favorite MLB Draft storyline and close the show, as always, with their "Best and Worst".

The guys are back on the air and there are a lot of headlines, but we start off we recapping game 4 of the NBA Finals where Milwaukee tied up the series and Chris Paul didn't look too good. Then, the Yankees were postponed due to COVID-19 positive tests, so Kristie Ackert from the NY Daily News talks about the team and how long it took for them to make the decision. And speaking of baseball, how how can the San Francisco Giants be in the second half of the season. Larry Krueger from KNBR talks about the team and what they need to do to play in October. Also, the Open is underway, but Bryson DeChambeu is under hot water, and not under par. What did he say about his game today that's got him in the spotlight?

Long time friend of host Pete Caliendo, Dave Barnett joins the show and discusses how he stayed in the college game so long at the same school. So many great coaching, playing, and parent advice nuggets. Along with humor and the development of the game.