Adam Copeland is joined by Athetlic Bay Area Sharks Beat Writer Kevin Kurz to preview the upcoming season and break down what the Sharks need to improve on from last season to get back to the playoffs. Lots of things up in the air for the Sharks off the ice with Santa Clara County not allowing them to play at the Shark Tank. They will open the season playing games down in Arizona. The NHL new divisions for this season will create some interesting matchups. The biggest key for the Sharks this season is needing better goaltending. Martin Jones is back and needs to improve after a pretty subpar season. Another big key for the Sharks is getting back their great locker-room culture. Joe Pavelski leaving last season left a huge hole in that and you could see it on the ice.

You can read all of Kevin's great Sharks coverage by visiting: https://theathletic.com/author/kevin-kurz/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by KNBR Morning Show Host Brian Murphy to preview what he expects in 2021 in sports. The guys discuss if they think MLB can do a full 162 game season or will they do what the NBA did and do half the schedule, then see what happens from there. They discuss how much Covid-19 will effect the year off in minor league baseball and some college sports. A team like the Giants might have been effected a lot without being able to have full minor league seasons and have guys progress thru a season.

You can hear Murph on the KNBR Morning Show with Paulie Mac and our guy Copes every morning 6a-10a on KNBR 680 & KNBR 104.5 FM.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by KNBR Morning Show Host Brian Murphy to review the year in sports in the Bay Area. The biggest moment of getting back to somewhat normalcy was the PGA Championship at Harding Park. Lots of lows in Bay Area sports with the 49ers losing the Super Bowl, then having a bad injury prone season, to Steph and Klay getting injured and the Warriors missing the playoffs. The biggest story according to Murph of Bay Area Sports is that fans were not allowed to go to games and how much that means to people to go and enjoy a ballgame, a cold one and a hotdog and talk sports with their friends.

You can hear Murph on the KNBR Morning Show with Paulie Mac and our guy Copes every morning 6a-10a on KNBR 680 & KNBR 104.5 FM.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by Bay Area News Group Giants Writer Kerry Crowley to talk about the 2020 Giants season and what they need to do this offseason to improve the team. The Giants have a nice set up with the farm system and the major league roster, now they need to spend some money in the next 2 years to get some big names stars to go along with the team they have now. After a slow start last year, the team really turned it on with the bats, the gloves and the bullpen. They have made a few low risk/high reward signings this offseason and could look to make more moves like that instead of a big name starting pitcher like Trevor Bauer. And they talk about how the Giants pitching staff looks to be the biggest concern and hopefully they can improve it with some signings or trades.

You can follow Kerry on Twitter @KO_Crowley

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by Athletic NFL Video Analyst Ted Nguyen to preview the Raiders and 49ers games in Week 16. The Raiders will welcome the Dolphins to Vegas on Saturday and don't have a ton to play for except getting good film up for next season. The defense continues to struggle and the offense hasn't been as good lately. Hopefully the new simplified defense can help them improve over the last 2 games of the season. Darren Waller has been 1 of the big bright spots for the Raiders and has been named to the Pro Bowl. The 49ers are at their home away from home, Arizona, to take on the Cardinals on Saturday where they will be the visitor. Injuries continue to mount up and the 49ers have been eliminated from the playoffs. Should there be concern over the play of Mike McGlinchey this season and does he need to work on anything during the offseason? Ted talks about what the 49ers defense needs to do to try to slow down Kyler Murray and the Cards offense. And Ted thinks that Brandon Aiyuk has star written all over him and can't wait to see a fully healthy 49ers offense next season.

You can follow Ted on Twitter @FB_FilmAnalysis and hear him on our Raiders podcast "State of the Nation" by visiting: https://theathletic.com/podcast/23-state-of-the-nation/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by Athletic NBA Podcast Host & Analyst Dave DuFour to give a preview of the upcoming NBA season and what he thinks of the Warriors this season. A lot of big names are back and healthy this NBA season and Dave is fired up for that. He gives his thoughts on what to expect from the Warriors this season. He thinks Steph Curry looks back to his normal self and could get the W's back in the playoffs. He is interested to see if Andrew Wiggins will be able to live to his early potential with the new full Warriors squad around him. He gives his thoughts on what to expect from the Nets & Kevin Durant this season. They talk about who could be the big name dealt at the trade deadline this season. And they talk about how good Luka was in only his second NBA year.

You can follow Dave on Twitter @DaveDuFourNBA and you can hear him all over the Athletic Podcast Network.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by the radio voice of the Warriors Tim Roye to preview the upcoming season. The Warriors never wanted to lose the Splash Brothers for most of the season last year, but being able to get a high lottery pick and retool their team is very big. Obviously they didn't expect Klay Thompson to get injured right before the draft. They ended up taking James Wiseman #2 overall and are expecting big things from the big man, but his development is very important. They talk about what to expect from Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Oubre and some of the new pick ups for the W's. Tim thinks it could take a little while to actually see what this Warriors team is all about since they haven't had a ton of time to play together. And they talk about the possible return of Jeremy Lin to the Warriors/ Santa Cruz Warriors and how he thinks he still has some left in the tank.

You can hear Tim Roye on the call for every Warriors game this season on 95.7 FM The Game in the Bay Area and acorss the Warriors Radio Network. To find out where else to hear Warriors games, visit: https://www.nba.com/warriors/radio-network

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by Athletic NFL Dallas Cowboys Writer Bob Sturm to preview the Cowboys-49ers game down in Big D, Dallas on Sunday. Things have went downhill for the Cowboys when Dak Prescott got hurt early in the season. Then the impressive o-line had a few injuries and that really hurt the entire offense. Zeke Elliott seems to be declining since last season and with no Dak and a bad o-line, its been tough sledding for him. Had head coach Mike McCarthy been treated rightly by fans and media in his first season with the Cowboys? The return of former 49er Aldon Smith has been an amazing story and great to see him get his life back together. And Bob breaks down the big key match-up in Sunday's game vs the 49ers.

To read all of Bob's great Cowboys coverage, Visit: https://theathletic.com/author/bob-sturm/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by ESPN 1320 Host Kenny "KC" Caraway to preview the Kings season and talk about the new philosophy for the team. New GM Monte McNair comes in with new ideas of how to get the Kings finally back in the playoffs. He has a different approach and philosophy then old Kings GM Vlade Divac. They have a good mix of vets and young guys. De'Aaron Fox fresh off his new big extension will be leading the team. Getting back a fully healthy Marvin Bagley will be huge. KC doesn't know what to expect from Buddy Hield this season. Is he better as a starter or coming off the bench? And what does he expect to see from 1st round pick Tyrese Haliburton, aka Lil Magic.

You can hear KC on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento 12-2p daily on the "DLO and KC Show".

And you can also hear him along with Athletic Kings Writer Jason Jones on "J-Street Vibes" wherever you get your podcasts

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Copeland is joined by San Francisco Giants broadcaster Dave Flemming to talk about what to expect from the Giants this offseason. A lot of teams are feeling the money crunch this offseason in baseball, but the Giants have done a good job preparing so that haven't been hurt too much. Lots of interesting names that weren't tendered and who are free agents. Archie Bradley could be a name for Giants fans to look at. Mike Yastrzemski got the great honor of being named to the All MLB second team. Dave breaks down what he expects from Austin Slater and Donovan Solano this upcoming Giants season. He gives his thoughts on what he thought of the DH in the NL last season. And Dave tells us what he thinks the biggest need for the Giants is this offseason.

You can catch Dave on ESPN doing college football and college hoops and of course on radio & tv doing Giants baseball

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.