Ghizal Hasan Podcast

Variety of topics covered with Evan Barnes of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. From the NBA in the COVID-19 crisis, to Kobe Bryant's Legacy, joining the news team's coverage of the pandemic, rise of Memphis football to The Wire. Always great to sit down with the longtime LA-based (Daily Breeze, SCNG, LA Daily News) journalist.

Conversation with Sue Favor, Editor/Publisher of womenshoopsworld.com, stops by to talk about recent HBO Documentary "Women of Troy" as well as other topics, relating to the world of Women's Basketball. You can follow her on Twitter at @hoopism.

Photo courtesy Hoopism Twitter Account

Steve Wendt (Inland Empire 66ers) & Dan Besbris (Hoop-Ball.com) join me to chat about the 1993 classic, The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford & Tommy Lee Jones. How evil is Dr. Charles Nichols?

Chat with Press-Enterprise columnist, Jim Alexander. We discuss HBO's "Women of Troy" and Riverside's own Cheryl Miller, among a myriad of topics, all while honoring the state's shelter at home order. We'll also explain, why Jim wanted to start taping this episode at precisely 1:05.

TOPICS

2:00 Cancellation of 2020 Big West Tournament

6:00 Nobody Knows Anything, What's Next?

8:30 Impact of Shelter In Place Order on Prep Sports for 2020

16:30 Most Recent Column (Alicia Doyle)

19:00 On Watching Cheryl Miller Play For the First Time

23:30 HBO's "Women of Troy"

38:00 New Head Coach for UCR WBB - Nicole Powell

40:30 David Patrick & UCR Men's Basketball

42:30 UC Riverside Baseball / College Baseball

57:00 How's Jim Keeping Busy?

1:00:00 Jim Wooldridge / RCC

Photo Courtesy Riverside Press-Enterprise.

KCOY's Evening Anchor Scott Hennessee joins me to talk about Ron Shelton's ode to pick-up basketball, "White Men Can't Jump."

Photo Courtesy KCOY/KKFX, Santa Barbara/Santa Maria

Fresno's favorite son, Matt Hurst, joins us to talk about the classic baseball flick, Bull Durham. Matt covered the big leagues for the Riverside Press-Enterprise, and also worked in Media Relations for UC Santa Barbara. #TremendousGaucho

You can follow him at @matt_hurst16

Photo Courtesy Matt Hurst

A man of many talents, Kevin Strauss, checks in to talk about his long time love of the NY Jets, and the pains it's caused. We even get in a little CSUN Basketball talk.

And yes, I keep calling Robby Anderson, Richie Anderson, but you know what I mean.

With no games to call, what's left for a couple of baseball broadcasters to do? Talk about a baseball movie, of course.

Voice of the Cal League's Inland Empire 66ers, Steve Wendt, joins me to discuss the 1976 classic "The Bad News Bears."

Photo Courtesy: Inland Empire 66ers

Conversation with CSUN G Elijah Harkless, after 72-70 win over UC Irvine, at Bren Center, Irvine, CA.

Audio Courtesy CSUN Sports Network & Learfield-IMG College

Conversation with Troy Percival, ahead of NCAA Baseball game against LMU, at Page Stadium, Los Angeles, CA.

Audio Courtesy UC Riverside Highlanders' Sports Properties & Learfield/IMG College