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Walter Villa (Miami Herald) and Manny Navarro (The Athletic) wrap up the 2020 football season with coach Bill Rychel, running back Robert Armes and quarterback Tyler Thomas. The Bobcats ended the season with three consecutive victories. Armes is the first 1,000 yard rusher in STU program history and was named the Mid-South Conference Sun Division Player of the Week for the second time in his career. Thomas took over at quarterback at mid-season for STU and combined for 11 touchdowns in five starts. Thomas averaged 129.3 yards-per-game, 10 passing touchdowns and had a rating of 116.1, while throwing for 776-yards. 28 minutes.

Walter Villa (The Miami Herald) and Manny Navarro (The Athletic) talk to football coach Bill Rychel about his team's come-from-behind 27-20 overtime victory over Warner University including a standout performance by freshman Sydney Porter, the National Defensive Player of the Week. Then they turn the focus to baseball and outfielder Gus Guerra, who shares his story about rescuing his dog Chance. Coach Jorge Perez discusses the state of the baseball program, which is ranked No. 4 nationally. 34 minutes.

Walter Villa, Andre Fernandez and Santos Perez talk about the NBA Draft with Miami Heat beat writer Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. Plus, an Olympic gold medalist Lyndsay Shoop joins the program to discuss weight loss. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. 

We catch up with football coach Bill Rychel before St. Thomas' second annual homecoming game Saturday against Warner University at 2 p.m. He gives us his grade for his 2-3 team to this point and discusses the challenges in recruiting during the pandemic. We then chat with volleyball coach Whitney Battoe, who in her first season as coach has led STU to its first winning season since 2017. St. Thomas begins the Sun Conference Tournament with a quarterfinals matchup on Friday against Warner University. We also speak with sophomore Kyleigh Beecham, who currently leads the Sun Conference in assists (482) and ranks 19th nationally. 29 minutes.

Bobcats head football coach and athletic director Bill Rychel joined us to recap last Saturday's 24-13 win Ave Maria and swimming and diving coach Keith Coghlan joined us to discuss the latest with his program. 30 minutes. Recorded Nov. 4, 2020. 

Walter Villa and Andre C. Fernandez talk to Saturday Down South columnist Connor O'Gara about former Alabama and current Miami Dolphins starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, breakdown the World Series and then talk to Manny Navarro (The Athletic) and David Furones (Sun-Sentinel) about the Miami Hurricanes at the midseason point. 58 minutes. Oct. 27, 2020

We catch up with current LSU and former St. Thomas University baseball coach Paul Mainieri and current Bobcats baseball coach Jorge Perez to talk about their trip to Cuba with Team USA, Paul's history at St. Thomas University and growing up in Miami and how they've tried to manage their respective teams through COVID-19 pandemic. 38 minutes. 

Tua Tagovailoa has been named the Dolphins new starting quarterback. The guys talk about that and Andre's accurate World Series prediction of the Dodgers-Rays. Walter Villa and Andre Fernandez do their first show without the great Manny Navarro -- and yet still call Manny in the second segment to talk Canes. 60 minutes. Oct. 20, 2020

We chat with wrestling coach Jake Patacsil, a former All-American at Purdue and St. Thomas Aquinas High school grad in Fort Lauderdale, about getting the school's new program off the ground. Jesus Perez, the team's first signee who wrestles in the 197-pound weight class, talks to us about his path from Hialeah Gardens to minus-30 degree temperatures for college wrestling and then his trip back home to help start STU's new program. Plus, media relations coordinator Jonathan Leatherman stops by to share his insights on the other programs at STU and how they are doing during this football bye week. 36 minutes. Oct. 14, 2020.