The Bryan Hanks Show

CSS Neuse Museum Director Matthew Young, our First Thursday guest every month, joins us to talk men's NCAA Tournament, his beloved Atlanta Braves (and their slow start to the season) and much more. Bryan opens the hour by catching you up with all the local sports results and schedules, including ECU and LCC baseball.

Sportswriter Rodd Baxley of the Fayetteville Observer and USA Today joins us live from San Antonio, the site of this weekend's NCAA men's basketball tournament. He hits all the storylines from the tourney, including his predictions on who will win. He also takes a few minutes to talk UNC and N.C. State hoops and football. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan are again joined by Kinston's Renaissance Man -- Mic...

East Carteret star pitcher Wood Parker V and his parents -- Wood Parker IV and Booth Parker -- join Michael Martin and Bryan in the first hour to talk about the Mariners' perfect season, the young Wood's recruiting and much more. Michael and Bryan catch you up on all the local sports from Tuesday night, including ECU's extra-inning victory over UNC Wilmington. They also preview tonight's action.

Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark joins us to talk NCAA men's basketball tournament, NBA regular season, the "torpedo" bat in MLB, the tush push in the NFL and much more. Bryan opens the hour by catching you up on Monday's prep action and previewing today's packed schedule of games.

Lenoir Community College Foundation's Katherine Pearson joins us to talk about some upcoming events at the school: the annual Golf Classic at Kinston Country Club (May 15), Broadway Unleashed (April 11), Lancer Big Band (April 29) and more. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan share their favorite April Fools' pranks, including when Jon made the CSS Neuse replica disappear. Birthday nods are given to Andy Thom...

Kinston's Renaissance Man (Michael Martin) joins Bryan to talk about the passing of the great Val Kilmer, the torpedo bat, the tush push, college hoops and more in our second hour. Mike also joins Jon, Jonathan and Bryan to draft our all-time favorite Bob Seger songs.

The dean of ENC sports talk hosts, Mark Panichelli of 252 Fox Sports Radio, joins Bryan to talk NCAA men's basketball tournament and much more. Bryan opens the hour with a comprehensive look at our area prep sports and college baseball, including last Friday's results and a look at today's and tomorrow's schedule (brought to you by Servpro of Lenoir, Duplin & Jones Counties!).

Our Big Interview today is Ayden-Grifton's new head football coach, Garrett Wingate; he shares his journey to Littlefield, which includes playing for his predecessor (the great Paul Cornwell) and helping spark the turnaround at A-G. Mark Panichelli continues his visit from the first hour with a little NASCAR talk. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a traditional Birthday Game, with nods to Chad Richards...

Paul Whittington makes his Friday visit to the show to talk MLB Opening Day, pitch counts, NCAA men's basketball tournament, the Carolina Hurricanes and NASCAR. Bryan opens the show by looking at Thursday's prep sports results and previewing tonight's schedule.

South Lenoir head baseball coach and athletics director Paul Novicki and head softball coach Madison Leigh Harvey join us to help preview tonight's huge North Lenoir-SL games in Deep Run. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a reverse Birthday Game hosted by Mizzle, with nods to Amy Floyd Whitfield, Randy Bledsoe, Chris Yates and Alan Ford.

Lenoir County Commissioner Keith King and local musical legend Mickey Wetherington are our guests today. Keith, our regular Fourth Thursday guest, and Bryan talk local sports and are joined by Mickey about halfway through the hour to preview Mickey's band (Boneyard), who will be playing at Roxie's on Vernon Avenue Saturday at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6 for the show!

Mickey and Keith continue their visits from the first hour with Keith giving us a Lenoir County update and Mickey telling us about his band Boneyard. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan talk about buying new cars (DON'T DO IT) and more, with birthday nods to Beverly Humphrey, Coach Andrew McLeod and Cathy Wellman.

Former Ayden-Grifton head football coach and new Pitt County Athletics Director Paul Cornwell joins Kinston's Renaissance Man (Michael Martin) and Bryan in the first hour of today's show. Coach Cornwell tells us the reasons behind his decision to leave A-G football, a program he has rebuilt over the past couple of years into an Eastern Plains 2A champion. Michael and Bryan take a look at Tuesday's...

Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation Director Scott Alston and Charlie Casey join Michael Martin and Bryan to exclusively reveal the Class of 2025 Kinston-Lenoir County Sports Hall of Fame. The class includes: • Tony Dawson • Eddie Gwaltney • Tracy Hart • Dee Dee Jarman • Norman Joyner • Cam McRae • Cliff Whitfield • 1967 Grainger High School baseball team Jon, Jonathan and Bryan are later j...

Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark makes his Tuesday visit to the show to talk Goldsboro's Coby White, Jayson Tatum, Jimmy Butler, the season-ending injury to Juju Watkins and much, much more. Bryan opens the hour by catching you up with all the local sports, including Monday's results and today's schedule.

With a shade over six weeks to go to Opening Day, Down East Bird Dawgs General Manager Shari Massengill joins us to catch us up on everything going on at Historic Grainger Stadium. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan talk about "Zero" soft drinks, Dizzle tries a Coke Zero on the air and they preview Wednesday's Elvis song draft, with birthday nods to Keely Koonce and Eric Cargain.

252 Fox Sports Radio's Mark Panichelli joins us in the first hour of the week to talk NCAA men's basketball tournament, NASCAR and much more. Bryan opens the show by getting you caught up on all the local spring sports in our area, including LCC and ECU baseball. He also gives you the schedules for all our local teams.

Chris Edwards, the PXP man for Duke women's basketball and baseball, joins us to catch us up on all things Blue Devils. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a traditional Birthday Game, with nods to Andrew McClung and Devon Lowery.

Paul Whittington makes his Friday visit to talk about the NCAA Tournament, the red-hot Carolina Hurricanes, Josh Berry's big win in Vegas and to preview Sunday's NASCAR Cup race in Miami. Bryan opens the hour by looking back at Thursday's prep sports action and previewing tonight's and this weekend's games.

The great Brian North of NewsChannel 12 and Fox Eastern Carolina joins us to talk NCAA Tournament, the hiring of the new N.C. State men's basketball coach and more. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a reverse Birthday Game hosted by Mizzle, with nods to Landon DeBruhl, Galen Treble, Dr. Bruce Reece, Parker Eason, John Guy Barwick and Jon Hughes.

Kinston's Uncle Rick -- Rick Vernon -- makes his Third Thursday visit to talk about a Down East Today interview he had with the great John Travolta and much more. Bryan catches you up on Wednesday's prep sports action and gives you today's schedule.

Lenoir County Board of Commissioners Chair Linda Rouse Sutton visits us to talk property tax reevaluation and other big issues facing county leadership. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan wish Bryan's brother Darrell a happy birthday; they're joined by Darrell and his awesome wife Leslie on the Spence Automotive Guest Line. The guys also give Charlie Casey (and his thigh tattoo!), Bethel Christian Academy ba...

Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark, our resident NBA and hoops expert, shares his excitement about his favorite two days of the year (the NCAA men's tournament's first two days this week), UNC's inclusion in the tournament (that he predicted!), 14 SEC teams, Devin Booker and more. Bryan opens the hour by giving you tonight's full schedule of prep sports -- baseball, softball and...

With the passing of the venerable John Feinstein last week, we revisit an incredible interview with the best-selling author from 2016, when John came to Kinston to speak at the Freedom Classic banquet (thank you, Bill Ellis!). John talks about his relationships with Jim Valvano, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Bobby Knight and much more in this wide-ranging interview. Jon breaks news about TD#1's new...

Kinston's Renaissance Man, Michael Martin, makes his 100th appearance on TBHS to talk NCAA Tournament, ECU baseball and more. Bryan catches you up on all of Tuesday's local spring prep sports and today's schedule of games, including LCC, ECU and UMO baseball.