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Miami v Louisville

We’ve got the lefty out of LOUISVILLE, Hailey Van Lith on the pod to discuss her impressive junior season, why ACC match-ups are anybody’s game, and the oddity of being both an underdog and the team everyone wants to beat. Tune in!

Hailey Van Lith, Haley Jones

In honor of the Dunk Contest, this week we got The Human Highlight Reel and one of the greatest — if not, the greatest — dunkers ever, Dominique Wilkins, rolls in’ through on Knuckleheads.

Darius Miles, Dominique Wilkins, Quentin Richardson

The freshman making noise on and off the court, Miss FLAU’JAE Johnson, hops on the mic to talk all things LSU, mixing her hoops and music career, NIL deals, and just how elite the landscape of women’s college basketball is right now.

Flau'jae Johnson, Haley Jones

This week we’ve got a certified BUCKET on the Sometimes I Hoop pod! Our girl, Jordan Horston … you know … the Tennessee superstar?

Haley Jones, Jordan Horston

For the first episode of Sometimes I Hoop we had to call up Miss DOUBLE-DOUBLE, reigning NCAA champ, 6'5" All-American for South Carolina … Aliyah BOSTON. On this episode, Haley and Aliyah get into the 2023 season, their longtime friendship, NIL bags, pla

Aliyah Boston, Haley Jones

NBA sharpshooter and Duke LEGEND, J.J. Redick, joins the guys on this episode of Knuckleheads.

Darius Miles, JJ Redick, Quentin Richardson

We kickin’ 2023 off in a big way, as another straight-out-of-high school dude, NBA champ and two-time DPOY Tyson Chandler, joins Knuckleheads.

Darius Miles, Quentin Richardson, Tyson Chandler

Yo, yo, yo! The Knuckleheads are back with another check-in for this NBA season as we get close to the Christmas Day games and the new year. Darius and Q discuss how the East is shaping up to be the way they expected …

Darius Miles, Quentin Richardson

It’s big baller status this week, as we are joined by our first-ever billionaire — the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, who sits down with Q and D for this episode of Knuckleheads.

Darius Miles, Mark Cuban, Quentin Richardson

BIG GAME JAMES is in the building, y’all! Knuckleheads ending the year strong with back-to-back Hall of Famers. Q and D sit down with one of the “Showtime Lakers” and a Top 50 Greatest Player ever to play in the NBA, James Worthy.

Darius Miles, James Worthy, Quentin Richardson

With two taps to the head, former NBA star Darius Miles left his stamp on the game of basketball forever. Toward the end of his career, life off the court began to take a serious toll. Listen in to Darius’s story and hear how he built the castle back up.

Corey Hirsch, Darius Miles, Dr. Diane McIntosh
Presented by Wounded Warrior

Knuckleheads is back with a Hall of Fame ep. Number 21, the dude who started the straight-out-of-high school trend, one of the greatest fours ever, The Big Ticket aka Kevin Garnett, joins Q and D.

Darius Miles, Kevin Garnett, Quentin Richardson

The Knuckleheads are back, with our first check-in for ’22–23! The guys share their opening takes on this young NBA season including how impressed they are with both the Bucks and the Cavaliers. Q and D chop it up about the rookies who are turning heads.

Darius Miles, Quentin Richardson

Deja Kelly has big plans for University of North Carolina women’s basketball team: “We’re ready to put UNC women’s hoops back on the Final Four map.”

Deja Kelly

Yuta Watanabe pens a letter to Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors fans: “I want to make the most of every day I have in the NBA so that I can continue to work hard right until the end of the season.”

Yuta Watanabe

Bennedict Mathurin is ready to suit up for the Indiana Pacers: “I’ve never been scared to go up against anybody in my life.”

Bennedict Mathurin

John Wall shares his story: “I was this close to taking my own life. That’s a hard thing to tell the world. But if you can say one thing about me, it’s that I’ve always been real, and that’s not going to change today.”

John Wall

Tim Hardaway ahead of his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame: “Basketball saved my life.  It wasn’t a passion. It wasn’t a hobby. It was my refuge, man.”

Tim Hardaway Sr.

Athletes send voicemails to Sue Bird.

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I won’t lie to you guys and say I didn’t have winning ROTY as one of my goals.  I definitely did.  It was more in the back of my mind, though. It was the kind o

Rhyne Howard

Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun are ready for the WNBA playoffs: “We know we’re built to win NOW.”

Alyssa Thomas

Go behind the scenes as Sylvia Fowles says goodbye to basketball.

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