Category Archives: The Opening Drive

Connor McGregor

Connor McGregor

Connor McGregor allegedly retires on Twitter. The UFC pulls him from his UFC 200 main event re-match against Nate Diaz and Jon Jones returns to the octagon this weekend. There is never a dull moment with the prominent mixed martial arts organization. McGregor was making it rain money for the UFC. He talked the talk…MORE

My Hands Are Chalky

My Hands Are Chalky

This year the college basketball rankings were only good for seeing how many top five teams lost. The thought was the NCAA tournament was going to be even wilder than we already expect it to be. However when you look at the teams involved it’s more of the same. North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan State, you…MORE

Lobo Basketball Fans

Lobo Basketball Fans

Lobo basketball fans were hit with major news on Monday morning, when it was announced that polarizing guard Cullen Neal, son of head coach Craig Neal, will transfer out of the program.  Cullen will complete his degree this summer, transfer somewhere as a graduate student and be eligible to play next year.  For Cullen, unfortunately…MORE

UFC 196

UFC 196

Holly Holm steps into the octagon Saturday night in Las Vegas at UFC 196 as the UFC women’s Bantamweight champion. She shocked the world handling and knocking out Ronda Rousey last November to win the title in just her third UFC fight. In just one year Holly Holm jumped from a good ‘boxer’ to UFC…MORE

NMSU

NMSU

Tuesday was a rough day for New Mexico State University and the future of its football program.  The Sun Belt Conference, NMSU’s temporary football conference announced its decision to not extend membership agreements to the Aggies and the University of Idaho, meaning, after the 2017 football season, the Aggies, for now, do not have conference…MORE

Tourney HQ

Join us at Hooters for all the NCAA Tournament action!  We’re there on March 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, and April 2 and 4.MORE

The Madness Is Almost Upon Us.

The Madness Is Almost Upon Us.

Every week throughout the college football and basketball season we have CBS Sports analyst Jerry Palm on The Opening Drive, 8:30 a.m., on Thursday. It’s always fun talking about potential tournament teams, whose resume is good enough to get in and whose bubble is about to pop. Palm is on point when it comes to…MORE

Lobo Basketball Fans

Lobo Basketball Fans

Lobo Basketball fans emotions bubbled over on Monday morning after the 86-69 loss at Colorado State on Tuesday night.  That loss followed a tough four-point loss on Saturday at Air Force and is the team’s fourth loss in their last six games.  I have to admit, I was a bit surprised at the calls who…MORE

College Basketball

College Basketball

Bubbles are not floating around the Mountain West. In a wide open year of college basketball, in which it feels like almost everyone has a chance to make it into the NCAA tournament, the Mountain West is looking like a one-bid league. The conference season has been competitive, upsets and favorites alike. However a subpar…MORE

Coming to 610

Coming to 610

“The Great American Race” is coming to 610 The Sports Animal!   We will broadcast NASCAR’s premiere event,  the Daytona 500 Sunday February 21st with coverage starting at 10am.   This is the first of several huge station announcements we’ll be making in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned!MORE