T'was the night before the last show before Christmas and all through San Diego. Not a creature was stirring, except for AJ Preller and the Padres front office who delivered a MASSIVE gift for Padre fans all over San Diego! Braden is here to discuss the Padres resigning of Michael King and how the conversation surrounding King went from nothing to a small link to resigned in seemingly 24 hours. We will also take a look at how the signing of Tristion McKenzie changes the Padres starting rotation going into 2026 all while being joined by West Coast Conference Commissioner Stu Jackson, the NFL Whip Around, the latest additions to the Would Baseball Classic rosters and much more as we put a bow on the calendar year 2025

Braden and Frank discuss some of the highlights from the Michael King reintroductory press conference before playing a festive round of the Mid-Day Sports Standoff and sending off into 2026

Hear Michael King's reintroductory press conference in full including one-on-one interviews from Sam Levitt with Michel King, AJ Preller and Jason Adam

Braden and Frank take a look at what the most recent signings have doe for the team as a whole and how the signing of Michael King might suggest something about the Padres budget

Braden and Frank celebrate the last 16 hours for the Padres with the signings of Tristion McKenzie, KBO Infielder Sung-Mun Song and of course, Michael King

Conference play in College Basketball has begun for San Diego State and it was a successful opening night for the Aztecs at the expense of the Air Force Falcons. Braden is here to talk about last night's win for the Aztecs before getting into the expansion of gambling in college athletics, the latest news on the MLB Hot Stove, the NFL Playoff picture, College Football picks with Queen of College Football and visits from the Union Tribune's Eddie Brown and Fox Sports NFL writer Eric D. Williams as the calendar year of 2025 winds down

Braden and Frank are joined by the Queen of College Football for the final time this year before Eddie Brown give his final Fantasy Football report of the year and some very sad news coming from the NASCAR world

Braden grills Frank on his ideal, all expenses paid dinner date before diving deeper into the firing of Ohio's Head Football Coach Brian Smith and today's Mid-Day Sports Standoff

Braden is joined by Fox Sports NFL writer Eric D. Williams previews the Rams-Seahawks game tonight before diving into the Sports Thread and we take a quick look at this weekend's Parade of Lights in San Diego Bay

Braden discusses San Diego State's win over Air Force to open Mountain West Conference play last night before diving into an interesting article by Jeff Passan about the Free Agent market and specifically the Starting Pitching market