WKXL - New Hampshire Talk Radio

Wednesday is National Golf Day and we were joined in studio by one of New Hampshire's top golfers and State Amateur Champion Jim Cilley. We did talk golf but we also discussed what's happening in the real estate world as Jim is a realtor at EXP Realty at 6 Loudon Road in Concord. Jim is also an assistant boys basketball coach at Pembroke Academy and the former head boys basketball coach at Belmont High School.

The Celtics and Bruins both play tonight. Who are you watching? It is time to move into the playoff spirit for both teams as the regular seasons wind down this week in the NBA and NHL. College basketball is over. UConn wins it all for the men. Maybe that is a good vibe that can carry over to all New England sports moving forward! The Sports Machine with Slim is waiting patiently for the games that really count. It won't be long now!

Northeast Delta Dental President and CEO Tom Raffio joined the program Tuesday to talk baseball. Opening Day at Fenway Park for the Red Sox honoring their 2004 World Series Champions and Opening Night for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats who will be opening their 20th Anniversary season this evening at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester.

The Sports Machine with Slim was rooting like crazy for the Iowa Hawkeyes to win it all. Unfortunately, they came up just short in a very exciting championship game. So where do the Iowa Hawkeyes go from here? Caitlin Clark is going to play in the WNBA and will make millions on the advertising circuit. But what about the rest of her teammates? Will there be a pot of gold at the end of their rainbows? I don't think so........unless...... On behalf of my teammates from the men's over 40 basketball league in Hampstead, NH - I challenge the Iowa Hawkeyes to a game of basketball! Men vs Women. Old vs Young. Let's see how the women's team from Iowa does against some basketball lifers from New Hampshire. The PAY PER VIEW bank from something like this will be huge! And I propose that the Iowa team gets 90% of the total gate. Use the platform that Iowa has right now to capitalize and make everyone some money! Unless you are afraid....

Monday we celebrated the Total Solar Eclipse, NCAA Hockey and Baseball. Amanda Leith, the Education Coordinator of the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord discussed the rarity of today's eclipse and the event being held at the Discovery Center starting at noon. Hockey East Guru John Leahy previewed the Men's NCAA's Frozen Four later this week in Minnesota featuring two Hockey East teams, Boston College and Boston University. We were also joined by New York Times best selling author Keith O'Brien who talked about his new book, "Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose and the Last Glory Days of Baseball."

This Bruins team just continues to get the job done as they gear up for the playoffs. Carolina had been 11-2-1 in their last 14 games, but the Bruins go up 3-0 in the first period and cruise to a 4-1 win. Jeremy Swayman gives up only one goal - and that was while Carolina was on a 5 vs 3 power play! Our goalie tandem is electric right now! The NCAA tournaments get back into action tonight as the women's side of Final 4 action kicks off. The world is waiting to see how far Caitlin Clark can take the Iowa squad. The men's side gets back at it tomorrow night, and The Sports Machine with Slim is here to yell loudly: "NC State can win this game vs Purdue!"

Karielle Silk called into WKXL and spoke with NH Unscripted about a project she and some friends are working on. It’s a music album. What’s it like to create a music album? What if it’s not just a music album, but, a Christian music album? Do the songs have to have a meaning and/or a purpose greater than just be entertaining? If so, why and what would that be? What’s the process to create the songs? Who’s involved in producing and marketing it? Also, the group is going to take it on tour in NH at a minimum. And did she say they’re going to give the album away for free?

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick." And, we are joined by Scott McKenzie to discuss Scot's Charitable Society, the oldest charitable organization in the western hemisphere.

Something special is happening with NC State hoops. The men's team and the women's teams both are in the Final Four. If both teams happen to win their tournaments, it would make me want to immediately transfer to NC State if I was a college aged person. There has got to be something in the water at that school. Guess what? The NC State Men's team most certainly can win this tournament. On today's show, The Sports Machine with Slim breaks down the matchup with Purdue. "We can definitely beat Purdue," Slim confidently predicts. There are matchups in NC State's favor, and the Ramadan story of Mo Diarra is just an incredibly nice story to tell on the radio. That's what we talk about today on New Hampshire's next generation sports talk radio show. And PS - We also mix in a little Bruins while we are at it. (This team is so good).

On today's Artful Living, Jane and friends discuss the "Concord Reads" program with Kate Fox Ransmeier, Liza Poinier, and author of novel "Unlikely Animals", Annie Hartnett. Join our conversation!