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
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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
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
We all knew that the San Diego State Aztecs were going to have a difficult time competing in this new era of NIL. Yesterday we found out just how dire the situation could possibly be. Braden is here to discuss the article from the Athletic that shines a light on just how much money schools are spending on NIL in College Football before diving into what San Diego State is trying to pass in order to combat these findings. We will also discuss a broader view of what is currently happening in College Football, Major League Baseball as well as being joined by Yahoo Sports' Frank Schwab to talk about the playoff races in the NFL as the season comes down to the wire
Braden and Frank play the Mid-Day Sports Standoff before diving back into the San Diego State NIL story from yesterday and taking a wider look at the disparity between the upper and mid-major schools in revenue and production
Braden goes on a trip down memory lane after Frank brings up a souvenir on sale from John Cena's last match before going into the latest MLB rumors and today's Sports Thread
Braden discusses tonight's matchup for San Diego State Men's Basketball against Air Force before taking a look at the finalized coaching staff for the Padres and Yahoo Sports NFL writer Frank Schwab joins the show
Ha-Seong Kim surprised many by signing a one-year, $20M deal with the Atlanta Braves leading to the question, how active can the Padres bein this Free Agency market is going to be so expensive? Braden is here to try to answer that question and provide alternate solutions to improve the team. Braden will also take a look at some of the news coming out of San Diego State as the conditions of competing in today's NIL world are becoming clearer as well as getting to some of the topics we didn't get to during yesterday's show
Braden and Frank discuss a proposed 24-team College Football Playoff bracket that was posted on Twitter before discussing a new signing for the San Francisco Giants and this week's NFL Overreactions
Braden and Frank throw out their contestants for "Windsock of the Month" for the month of December before diving into Joel Klatt's comments on the NCAA Football and Basketball tournaments and today's Mid-Day Sports Standoff
Braden and Frank go through the latest rumors in Major League Baseball before taking a listen to what Jim Bowden said on Foul Territory yesterday and going through today's Sports Thread
Braden and Frank take a look at the contract Ha-Seong Kim received from the Atlanta Braves and discuss how Kim's contract puts Xander Bogaerts', Jake Cronenworth's and Jackson Merrill's contracts into perspective
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
