Season 5 Episode 32- Adrian Dater, Kenny Albert

On the thirty-second episode of the fifth season of The Sports-Casters, hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Adrian Dater (Bleacher Report), and Kenny Albert (Fox Sports, New York Rangers). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don discuss the start of the NHL season, the baseball playoffs, and a slew of college football news. The book club is back with this year's edition of The Best American Sports Writing Series and a mid week podcast update. The show ends with Steve and Don making their predictions for the 2015-2016 NHL season. -Adrian Dater is making his second appearance (00:16:15) on the podcast. Adrian talks about transitioning from a team beat writer for a local newspaper to a national writer for Bleacher Report. Dater recalls his favorite moments covering the Avalanche for twenty years, dishes on the stories he is following at the start of the new NHL season, and makes a Stanley Cup prediction. -Kenny Albert is making his fourteenth appearance (01:06:45) on the podcast. Kenny joins us to give a first hand description of the wild events during game five of the ALDS between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers. Albert explains the top of the seventh inning, understanding the rule, and communicating with Major League Baseball. He also talks about the atmosphere inside the Skydome, working with Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci, and of course the bat flip to end all bat flips.