Sorry Lana Del Rey, Trew to the Game is here with some summertime gladness. Chris and the Big Cat, Cyrus Cooper, hop in the way back machine to travel to the distant year of 2002. Chris and Cyrus arrive in 2002 to find a strange land, everyone talks on motorola razors, Incubus blasts from every radio, and the Hornets are playing their first season in New Orleans. Chris and Cyrus take you through this exciting time in New Orleans sports history, and also look at what was going on outside of sports. We also talk rebrands, other teams that almost came instead of the Hornets, and Cyrus stepped on a butterfly. But I m sure that won t affect anything in the present...

Chris sits back down with comedian and friend of the show, Joe Cardosi. For today s summertime episode, Chris and Joe pose a very interesting scenario "What if Tulane was still in the SEC, and what if they were good " We examine how this would change the sports landscape in Louisiana as a whole. Imagine an in state rivalry between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, both dividing the state but also bringing everyone closer together, wouldn t that be awesome That question was rhetorical, of course it would So listen now.

Chris brings you second part in our "What If" summer series of podcasts, and welcomes Sports and comedy expert Joe Cardosi. Joe s a Bama fan, which could cause some friction, but Chris and Joe are total pros and they use their differing loyalties to to give a unique perspective on their topic today, the best SEC travel destinations. Chris and Joe take you on a road trip in your mind, hitting the best SEC travel destinations and letting you know which ones you can skip. So join us on our audio road trip and, if you want to chip in for gas, write us a review on iTunes.

WWNO s Director of Digital Services, Jason Saul, is in studio today. But he s not here to direct our services digitally, he s here to talk about the College Baseball World Series. The playoff s are about to begin and everyone s happy to hear that LSU squeaked in and grabbed a spot in the regional bracket. What you may not know is that Lafayette is also in the playoffs and why New Orleanians need to support their team. Sure you can cheer for LSU, but she s like the head cheerleader, everyone wants to go to prom with her. Lafayette is like the nerdy girl who writes poetry, but once she takes off her glasses is revealed as a total babe. Jason and Chris talk about how Lafayette s baseball team has had an amazing season and why New Orleans has more in common with Lafayette than you think, and why, with a little support, Louisiana could become a baseball state.

Today on Trew 2 the Game, Chris welcomes Jeremy Smith to talk about the court. "A basketball court " You ask. No you fool, Jeremy is here to talk about the Royal Court, the official fan club for minor league soccer team The New Orleans Jesters. Jeremy talks about how the Jesters players and staff have been super cool and accessible through social media take note Voodoo . Jeremy and friends started the Royal Court as fans, and the Jesters got in touch with them immeditaley to talk about how they could help each other out. Join Jeremy and Chris at Jester games in the future, and at pre and post game hangouts. Who knows maybe one of the players will stop by.

Mavericks fan and writer for Grantland, Jason Gallagher, joins Chris via Skype this Friday s Trew 2 the Game. Chris and Jason give their predictions for the remaining playoff games, and discuss how the Pelicans will soon be playoff contenders. Jason also tells Pelican s fans to enjoy these underdog days while they last, because it s the most fun you ll have as a basketball fan. And finally Jason talks about the origins of why he calls Russell Westbrook Godzilla.

Draft day is fast approaching, and Chris has brought in the big guns. Tami Nelson and Chris Carrington haven t spoken for 15 years not really but they ve put it aside to join Chris in the studio, for their mock draft, which spoiler alert ends with New Orleans getting a hurricane proof bubble. Is this trio of twisted minds just going to give you a run of the mill mock draft Absolutely not, their bringing you their patented City Draft. The T2TG crew go through each NFL city and give their opinions on what each city needs, not only for football but in all aspects, it s like The Wire but funny. Are the rules of the City Draft confusing and ill defined Yes. Does everyone in studio base their opinions on there own subjective opinions Absolutley. Is it a ton of fun I think you know the answer.

Chris sits down with T2TG BFF Crappington for Friday s Pelicans show to talk about the select a seat event. If you re some peasant who isn t familiar with select a seat, it s an event where season ticket holders are brought to the Smoothie King Center, in an effort to get everyone to upgrade their seats. Chris is a veteran of Select A Seat events, and asks Crappington about his expectations for the upcoming event. Chris gives advice to Crappington and all you Select A Seat virgins, and then they give their thoughts on how the Select A Seat events could be improved. What if the person who has the seat next to you stinks. or got their tickets of some seedy ticket dealer like Stub Hub. And if you live in New Orleans see Chris Carrington perform Adventures in Wonderland at NOMA, click for details.

Gee guys, Chris sure is sorry for this episode being a day late. But he knows how to make it up to you, and turn your frown upside down by welcoming our favorite semi former cohost Tami Nelson Chris and Tami go over the newly released Saint s game schedule for 2014. The schedule kicks off with a game against those vile Atlanta Falcons. Learn which games to look forward to and activites for the Saints bye week. Finally to close out the show, Tami gives her classic "cool stamp" to not only this episode, but also to everyone who s listening, yes that means you