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San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda face off against Gulls in San Diego on Friday night at Pechanga

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The San Jose Barracuda’s Jacob McGrew skates against the Ontario Reign’s defenceman Markus Phillips (26). McGrew and the Barracuda will match up against the San Diego Gulls on Fri Feb 11, 2022 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego (photo by the San Jose Barracuda)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 San Jose Barracuda (14-24-1-0) in Las Vegas on Thursday night grabbed a 2-0 lead against the Henderson Silver Knights (20-12-2-1) but the Silver Knights would answer right back with six straight goals for a 6-3 win.

#2 The loss on Thursday gives the Barracuda five straight loses a streak they hope to snap.

#3 The Barracuda Jayden Halbgewachs scored in the early part of the game and now has 11 goals for the season and three goals over the last three games.

#4 Marko, the Barracuda’s Adam Raska didn’t waste anytime throwing in his third goal of the season after playing in his second game with the Barracuda after coming from the Sharks.

#5 Barracuda Las Vegas native Gage Quinney picked up his second and third goals of the season and finished with four points.

#6 The Barracuda match up against the San Diego Gulls (14-20-2-0) on Fri Feb 11th a 7:00pm face off at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. The Gulls always gives the Barracuda fits how do you see this match up?

Join Marko for the SJ Barracuda podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Cal Bears basketball podcast with Morris Phillips: Big step in fixing I880 shooting of Ransom in arresting suspect right away

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Former Cal Bears star point guard Gene Ransom was shot and killed while driving on I880 on Fri Feb 4, 2022. Ransom who played for the Golden Bears in the 70s was 65 years old (photo from the Cal Bears)

On the Cal Bears basketball podcast with Morris:

#1 Morris with the number of shooting deaths and injuries on I880 the City of Oakland and the CHP need to crack these cases of who doing these freeway killings such as the case of former Cal Bear basketball star Gene Ransom 65, who was shot and killed last Friday night in Oakland by suspect Juan Angel Garcia 25 .

#2 The circumstances was truly sad for Ransom’s girlfriend who was waiting for Ransom to pick her up and Ransom’s friend filmmaker Doug Harris previous to learning about his murder.

#3 Harris said during Ransom’s playing days said that Ransom was the greatest high school or college players that he ever witnessed. Harris had been teaching and coaching kids in high school and teaching them about gun violence and was taken away from the very thing he was teaching.

#4 Morris you said in your game recap the Cal Bears (9-15) on Saturday had a miss shot here and a failed pass there in your headline as the Bears lost by four 68-64 to the Washington State Cougars (14-7) at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.

#5 Cal gets set for their next meeting in Corvallis against the Oregon State Beavers (3-17) the Beavers were just landsided in their last game by the Colorado Buffaloes (14-9) 86-63 in Colorado. The Beavers have lost three straight games and the Bears have lost ten straight games going into Wednesday’s game.

Join Morris for the Cal Bears podcast Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: Did politics play into the low ratings at the Beijing Olympics

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Performers at the opening ceremonies at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Fri Feb 4, 2022 in Beijing (AP News photo)

On Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 If the barometer of comparing the 1988 Olympics in Calgary TV ratings which was a 20.1 million a record as the standard the 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympic ratings have come out with just a share of 16 million and is considered a low for the Olympics opening.

#2 The Beijing games are well below the 2018 Olympic games in South Korea by 43 percent. Thursday the Olympics came in with 7.7 million also comparing that with the Russian Olympics in 2014 with a 20.02 million rating.

#3 There are two factors at play that could be the reasons for low TV ratings with a large number of countries not sending diplomats to the Olympics in protest against the genocide of the Uyghurs people who are ethnic minority and who are located in the northwest part of China.

#4 The other issues are substandard living conditions for the athletes due to high Covid 19 restrictions the Chinese government is mandating Olympic athletes to stay in restricted housing only to come out when it’s time to compete.

#5 Olympic athletes have started using burner phones and lap top computers to avoid getting hacked or eve’s dropped on. TV crews have been ordered to do “closed loops” no shots of buildings, mountains, recognizable background shots.

Join Amaury for News and Commentary podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Warriors Get Past Scrappy Thunder 110-98

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Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, left, takes a shot over Oklahoma City Thunder guard Kenrich Williams at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Mon Feb 7, 2022 (AP News photo)

Warriors Get Past The Scrappy Thunder 110-98

By Barbara Mason

Monday night the Golden State Warriors (41-13) took on the OKC Thunder (17-36) at Paycom Center. OKC is a very young tenacious team that despite their record has had some nice wins lately beating the Trail Blazers twice, and the Mavericks. The Warriors held their own and picked up a win against the feisty Thunder 110-98 at Paycom Arena in Oklahoma City.

Reported to be out on Sunday night, Lugentz Dort did play in this game which was great news for the Thunder. The Warriors got Otto Porter Jr. and Andre Iguodala back for this game so some great news for Golden State as well.

The Thunder started the first quarter with some outstanding defense. At one point in the quarter the Warriors were shooting at 30% and committing some careless turnovers.

Down by eight points mid-way through the quarter the Warriors had pulled to within three points to end the quarter 23-20. OKC’s excellent defense in the quarter was overshadowed by poor shooting. The Warriors were really lacking from downtown going 3 of 14 in the quarter.

The Warriors took the lead to start the second quarter. After a rather sluggish start Golden State really began to pick up the intensity. Their offense was a lot more efficient in the second quarter and the three’s began to fall.

With the half winding down Golden State was beginning to wear down the Thunder, forcing turnovers and denying shots from inside and outside. At the half the Warriors led by double digits 56-46. Andrew Wiggins led the Warriors with 13 points and Jonathan Kuminga had 11 off the bench.

The Warriors did extend their lead in the third quarter 85-72. The Thunder were scoring far too many points off Warriors turnovers. The 13 point lead was not at all a comfortable lead and Golden State would have to hunker down to win this one.

This game went right down to the wire. The Thunder were down by five points with three minutes left in the game. The Warriors had three turnovers in a row in the final minutes which could have spelled disaster. Stephen and Klay Thompson scored monster three’s which put this game away 110-98.

A lot of credit to the scrappy Thunder who played a great defensive game. They just didn’t have enough fire power to take this game. Thompson had the high score with 21 points and Curry with 18. They had seven shots from downtown between them and closed this game out for Golden State. Kuminga had another great game with 16 points off the bench.

For a minute the Thunder had a glimmer of a possible win but it faded in the final minutes of this game. It was a nervous game but in the end the Warriors had won their ninth game in a row.

“We were just trying to hang on. I was glad to see Klay hit those shots. It’s great to have Klay back,” said Coach Kerr after the game. “I thought Jordan Poole played a fantastic game. JK is getting better every day,” he said. “It wasn’t a great night defensively.

Wednesday night the Warriors are off to play the Utah Jazz. Tipoff is scheduled for 7;00 PM.

Golden State Warriors podcast with Barbara Mason: Warriors visit struggling Thunder tonight on brief 2 game road trip

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Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes (40) attempts to take it to the hoop between Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole (3) and forward Jonathan Kuminga in first quarter action at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Thu Feb 3, 2022. The Warriors host the Oklahoma City Thunder Mon Feb 7, 2022 in San Francisco (AP News photo)

On the Warriors podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara, Klay Thompson had his way last Thursday night with the three pointer hitting six three pointers at the Chase Center in San Francisco getting the Golden State Warriors (40-13) on the way to a 126-114 win over the visiting Sacramento Kings (19-35)

#2 The Kings have won two of their last ten games they did win Saturday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder (17-35) 113-103 but on Thursday night the Kings just couldn’t get any traction going against the Warriors.

#3 Thompson said that he was satisfied with the kind of game he had on Thursday leading Golden State in scoring with 23 and his six three pointers were the crux of his game that night.

#4 In the second quarter against the Kings Thompson hit four straight outside shots from deep Thompson said he wants to be lights out like that every night.

#5 The Warriors will have a turn at the Thunder on Monday night a 7:00p tip the Thunder have lost eight of their last 11 games including a loss to the Kings on Saturday night in Sacramento 113-103. Barbara tell us how you see these two teams matching up.

Join Barbara for complete coverage on Warrior podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

AFC hangs on to win Pro Bowl 41-35

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AFC quarterback Justin Herbert (10) of the Los Angeles Chargers and AFC defensive end Maxx Crosby (98), of the Las Vegas Raiders were named the offensive and defensive MVPs Sun Feb 6, 2022 Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Sunday, February 6, 2022

In a game plagued by sloppy play, the AFC hung on for a 41-35 win over the NFC in the annual Pro Bowl, played in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

The all-star teams from both conferences combined for eight turnovers, seven of them on interceptions. Six of the miscues occurred in the first half.

Justin Herbert was voted most outstanding player of the game. The Los Angeles Chargers’ signalcaller completed 7 of 11 passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns.

The AFC pulled away in the second half by scoring 13 straight points, opening a 20-point lead. An interception thrown by Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers provided the NFC with a chance to cut its deficit to six.

But on the AFC’s next drive, Mac Jones of New England completed a fourth-down pass to Najee Harris of Pittsburgh to maintain a game-ending drive.

Neither team was successful running the ball. The NFC ran eight times for one net yard, while the AFC gained 52 rushing yards on 21 attempts.

The AFC and NFC threw a combined 92 passes. The only player to throw a pass that wasn’t intercepted was Stefon Diggs of Buffalo, who also ran for a touchdown.

There were two pick-6’s – one by Darius Leonard of Indianapolis and the other by Antoine Winfield Jr. of Tampa Bay. Leonard intercepted Kyler Murray of Arizona for his TD, while Winfield picked off Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City to get his score.

Murray was 18 of 27 for 160 yards and three touchdowns. Jones finished 16 of 32 for 112 yards, one touchdown and one interception. No field goals were attempted.

The winning share for the AFC players is $80,000 per player, while the NFC players each received $40,000.

Super Bowl LVI podcast with Bruce Magowan: Bengals Burrow has come a long way; Rams Stafford has waited 16 years for this

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (left) and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matt Stafford (right) will be battling it out for the Vince Lombardi Trophy Sun Feb 13, 2022 in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (image by Fox News)

On the Super Bowl LVI podcast with Bruce:

#1 Bruce, the Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matt Stafford had himself a season after spending 16 consecutive seasons with the Detroit Lions that never even sniffed the Super Bowl Stafford goes to Los Angeles and leads them under center and into the Super Bowl in his first year in LA.

#2 The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow who guided the Bengals into the post season on a cliffhanger ending the regular and playoffs games winning the last six of seven games. Now Burrow guides the Bengals into the Super Bowl he’s been quite a story.

#3 So Bruce next Sunday is the big day just wanted to get your prediction as the Cincinnati Bengals who have not been in the big game in decades since 1988 and the Los Angeles Rams who were there in 2019.

Join Bruce every other Sunday for Headline Sports podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Kings pick up second win in eight games; Defeat Thunder 113-103

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Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes (40) guards Oklahoma City Thunder forward Darius Bazley (7) at the Golden One Center in Sacramento on Sat Feb 5, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

SACRAMENTO–The Sacramento Kings (20-35) were back in action on Saturday after a day off on Friday. The Kings last played on Friday when they took on the Golden State Warriors. The Kings lost that game by the final of 126-114 as they struggled to contain the Warriors.

On Saturday, the Kings welcomed to Sacramento the Oklahoma City Thunder (17-35). Tip-off was set for 7 PM PST at Golden One Center. The Kings defeated the Thunder 113-103 at home.

In the first quarter, the Kings offense came out shooting. On the other hand, the defense didn’t look great. The Kings allowed the Thunder to score 30 points in the first quarter.

The Kings offense did enough work on the other hand though to take a first-quarter lead. The Kings outscored the Thunder 36-30 in the first to take the early lead. The Kings would look to build on that in the second quarter.

In the second quarter, the Kings played a solid quarter. They weren’t able to expand the lead much but they didn’t lose it either. The Kings outscored the Thunder 29-27 in the second quarter as the lead going into half expanded by one point.

The Kings went into the locker room up 64-57. Moe Harkless scored 16 points in the first half as did Harrison Barnes. Josh Giddey led the way for the Thunder scoring 11 points. The Kings would look to seal the deal in the second half.

In the third quarter, the Kings continued to be just a little bit better than the opposition. The Kings outscored the Thunder 25-22 in the third quarter. The Kings hadn’t really pulled away in the game but you could sense they were right on the brink of pulling away. Could the Kings pull away in the fourth quarter and seal the win? They led heading to the final 12 minutes 89-79.

In the final quarter, the Kings and Thunder played a very even quarter. The Kings and Thunder both scored 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Kings took advantage in the early minutes as the Thunder battled back in the later minutes. Ultimately the Kings would win the game 113-103. It was the Kings second win in a row at home.

The Kings were led by Harrison Barnes who scored 24 points. Josh Giddey for the Thunder scored 24 points in defeat as they fell to 17-35 on the season. The Kings record improved to 20-35 as they continue to push for a playoff spot.

Up Next: The Kings welcome in the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday at 7 PM PST.

NHL All-Star Game podcast with Matt Harrington: Pavelski wins card shooting competition; Kyrou is NHL’s fastest skater; plus more

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The St Louis Blues Jordan Kyrou shows his wares as the NHL’s fastest skater with a 13.550 beating out former fastest skater the Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid at the NHL All Star skills contest at T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (photo from nhl.com)

NHL All-Star Game podcast with Matt Harrington:

#1 Matt, I have to open the show by asking you about Austin Matthews Toronto Blue Leafs, Joe Pavelski Dallas Stars, Nazem Kadri Colorado Avalanche, Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lightning, and Brady Tkachuk Ottawa Senators all took shots at the cards in front of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas they were dealing with Pavelski the winner what was your impression of the contest.

#2 Matt, the Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid got knocked out of the fast skating competition finishing fourth the St Louis Blues Jordan Kyrou won as fastest skater with a 13.550 snapping McDavid’s three year win steak as All Star fastest skills skater.

#3 Due to Covid 19 restrictions the 2022 NHL Draft. Attendance limits will move the draft out of Montreal in July as the league is worried about how the limits will impact revenue. As of right now anyone traveling to Canada needs a 24 hour negative test plus being boosted.

#4 Matt, here’s something special for you the NHL has announced that they will have the next Winter Classic will be held at Fenway Park in Boston. The league or the Bruins have not announced who will be the opponent in the 2023 Classic.

#5 The Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jack Campbell and Andrei Vasilevskiy goaltender of the Tampa Bay Lightning both stopped the Metropolitan shooters during the skills contest talk about the contest for both Campbell and Vasilevskiy and the kind goaltenders that they are.

Join Matt Harrington for the NHL podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Meier earned every bit of his All Star selection in Vegas

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San Jose Sharks right wing Timo Meier (28) waves to the SAP Center crowd in San Jose against the Los Angeles Kings on Mon Jan 17, 2022 when Meier scored five goals in one game (AP News file photo)

On the SJ Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro:

#1 Len we’ve been remote from the T Mobile Center in Las Vegas for the NHL All Star game and representing the San Jose Sharks is Timo Meier.

#2 Former Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer who coached Meier said of Meier that when you draft somebody as high as Meier DeBoer said he was everything you expected him to be.

#3 Meier has 21 goals and 26 assists in the first half of the season and has been a huge part of the Sharks offense and one of the big reasons for some of those key Sharks wins.

#4 Meier also has had a number hat tricks and there was the one game when Meier scored not only a hat trick but topped it with five goals against the Los Angeles Kings on Martin Luther King Day on Jan 17th at SAP Center in San Jose.

#5 Len, DeBoer who is the current head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights says that he’s proud of the work that Meier has done says he’s worked at his game and is coachable and DeBoer added he really enjoyed coaching him.

Join Len Shapiro does the San Jose Sharks podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com