Season 6 Episode 10- Ryan Aber, Matt Crossman

On the tenth episode of the sixth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Ryan Aber (The Oklahoman) and Matt Crossman (NASCAR.com, Southwest Magazine). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the Final Four in basketball and the Frozen Four in hockey, players from the women's soccer team making a wage complaint, and the hockey writers in Buffalo deciding to nominate Ryan O'Reilly for the Masterson trophy. The book club features "Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution" by Jonathan Abrams and introduces a long awaited book by Jeff Passan. The show ends with Steve talking about the Mike and the Mad Dog reunion. -Ryan Aber is making his second appearance (00:20:45) on the podcast. Ryan covers the Oklahoma Sooners football and basketball team for the Oklahoman and Newsok.com. Aber talks about the Sooners run to the Final Four and how the buzz in Oklahoma compares to the football team's run to the college football playoffs. Aber also talks about Buddy Heild's place on the list of all-time great Sooner basketball players, the matchup against Villanova, and a potential game for the National Championship against Roy Williams and North Carolina. -Matt Crossman is making his sixth appearance (0:46:46) on the podcast. Matt joins us to talk about two articles he has fresh off the presses. Matt first talks about a piece he wrote for NASCAR.com about two paralyzed racers and their families uniting in the face of tragedy. Next, Matt talks about a piece he wrote for the magazine on Southwest Airlines about kids who have lost their fathers to military service and a camping trip they take with other veterans. Also, Matt talks about his business as a freelance writer and he ranks the best Rush songs and the best non-Christmas holidays.