Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark, our NBA and hoops expert, joins Bryan to talk Military Bowl, Annapolis, the NBA Cup, Brandon Ingram and much, much more in a fast-moving first hour today.

Bryan opens the hour by getting you caught up on all the local sports in our area, including Hometown Heroes.

We kick off the first hour of the week with our regular Monday guest, Mark Panichelli of 252 Fox Sports Radio. Mark and Bryan talk college football, the Heisman Trophy and much more.

It's South Lenoir basketball day on the show as we are joined by first-year Blue Devils' boys varsity coach Brandon Battle and second-year girls' coach Zach Pierce.

Coach Battle shares his journey to Deep Run and gives his thoughts on SL's hot start to the season.

Coach Pierce looks back at last year -- including the incredible upset of Kinston in the East Central 2A tourney -- and previews this season.

Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a traditional Birthday Game, with nods to Ayden-Grifton coach Nicole Waters (a former SL star) and Alex Brownlee.

Scott Whittington pops in for the final 90 seconds of the show to give us an ECU football update.

It's Bethel Christian Academy day on the show with basketball coaches Ashley Stroud and Chad Donoho, along with TGIF with IP, our weekly NIL visit with N.C. Central's Isaac Parson.

Coach Stroud and Coach Donoho give us season updates and previews of the Trojans' boys and girls, respectively; Coach Stroud, the academy's athletics director, also gives us the "State of the Union" of BCA sports, including a football update.

IP recaps Tuesday's loss at West Virginia and previews Saturday's game vs. the Longwood Lancers of the Big South Conference.

Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a reverse Birthday Game; you even get to hear Jonathan and Bryan sing a little Alabama.

Paul Whittington makes his weekly visit to the show to talk Military Bowl, Bill Belichick/UNC, the Carolina Hurricanes and much more.

It's Parrott Academy day on the show as we're joined by boys' head basketball coach Landry Gainey and APA Athletics Director Robert Kravitz.

Coach Gainey shares his journey to APA that wound through ENC to the University of Mount Olive to Oklahoma to Parrott. He also tells us about the 2024-25 Patriots, who are in the midst of a six-game winning streak and off to an 8-2 start to the season.

Coach Kravitz shares the details of tonight's "Pink-Out" to honor an APA athlete who is battling brain cancer. He also shares his thoughts on the hiring of Bill Belichick at UNC.

Jon, Jonathan and Bryan banter around for a bit, including talking about fantasy football and more.

We're joined in our first hour by the lovely and talented Tonya Adams and Heath Radford of Goldsboro.

Tonya, who is with us the entire hour, catches us up on everything going on in Kinston and Lenoir County, including a drive-in movie taking place at the Lenoir County Fairgrounds this weekend.

Heath tells us about "A Christmas Carol," which is taking place at the Paramount Theater in downtown Goldsboro, featuring Kinston's Jennifer Turlington and others.

It's North Lenoir basketball day on the show, with boys' coach Anthony "Copperhead" Loftin and girls' coach Howard Wooley joining us to preview the 2024-25 season.

Jon, Jonathan and Bryan draft their all-time favorite REM songs.

Kinston's Renaissance Man, Michael Martin, joins us in the first hour to talk Military Bowl, Belichick to UNC and much more.

Katherine Pearson (Lenoir Community College Foundation) and LCC Athletics Director Ryan Meadows join us to preview the First Pitch Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 16.