The Drive

00:00 - A pair of champions were crowned over the weekend in the NBA and the NHL. 14:43 - The Giannis noise is getting REAL loud. 25:00 - The Tartan Army takes over Greater Boston. 28:44 - Rounding up the weekend's local sports action ahead of Regional Championship Tuesday on the baseball & softball diamonds.

00:00 - Roman finally speaks...and contradicts the Red Sox in doing so. 8:17 - Keagan Stiefel of NESN joins the show to talk A.J. Brown, Christian Gonzalez, Mike Vrabel, and the rest of the Pats beat. 23:33 - MLB has proposed a salary cap to the Union. Is a work stoppage looming this winter? 39:50 - Sox Props & Buzzer Beaters to close out the week on The Drive.

00:00 - Mark & Ernie open the show "rounding the bases" through various topics like the Western Conference Finals, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and local high school sports. 16:05 - A.J. Brown watch, and why there's something else brewing in-house that deserves keeping an eye on. 30:10 - Ticket TV Plays of the Day, featuring Hampden Academy baseball, Old Town softball, and Ellsworth baseball. 36:47 -...

00:00 - Aaron & Mark open the show talking Red Sox + Thunder-Spurs. 16:19 - Ben Volin of The Boston Globe joins the show after attending Mike Vrabel's press conference today in Foxborough. 34:47 - The Mendoza Line is now something to strive for in MLB. 46:33 - Mike Vrabel's session with the media today in Foxborough didn't sit too well with Aaron or Mark. 58:34 - Today's Drive Poll: "Have the J's...

00:00 - Fresh off the holiday weekend, Jim, Ernie & Mark open the week talking about a disappointing Red Sox weekend. 11:49 - Covering the local sports beat. 24:52 - The Enhanced Games. 37:26 - Take It or Leave It. 50:52 - Is anyone on this Red Sox team untouchable as we head toward summer? 1:00:36 - Sox Props and Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Mark goes solo for an unknown amount of time talking New York's improbable ECF Game 1 comeback & Red Sox while The Drive bridges the gap until Maine baseball hits the field in Vestal, NY, at the America East Tournament. 9:12 - Jim checks in from western New York, plus the Ticket TV Plays of the Day from Tuesday's action in Old Town. 23:12 - Why we should be keeping an eye on the Kansas Cit...

00:00 - Comparing the Sox to the team they tried to emulate before becoming cheap. 13:27 - Today's Drive Poll: "What's more likely? Patriots win the AFC East or miss the playoffs in 2026?" 25:25 - Maine baseball head coach Nick Derba joins the show from the team bus on the way to the America East Championships. 37:10 - Urn talk & Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark set the table for the week, talking Sox, NBA, and other headlines from the weekend. 19:04 - The Red Sox would be the best team in baseball with a mediocre offense. Not a typo; it's fact. 27:18 - Jaylen Brown vs. Stephen A. Smith isn't doing anything but making the Celtics' star look silly. 35:40 - Ticket TV Play of the Day, featuring Hermon baseball.

00:00 - The Sox scrapped together enough runs to win a game but other distractions are moving into the picture. 21:00 - UMaine legend & longtime MLB veteran Mike Bordick joins the show to talk about the current state of the game at the top level. 39:00 - The full NFL schedule releases tonight but there have been plenty of leaks to keep us tide over. 47:15 - Sox Props. 55:54 - Aaron wants Giannis i...

00:00 - Talking Sox to open the show on this fine Wednesday afternoon. 17:07 - Kyle from Waltham has been on a "Ruthian" pace since leaving town. 33:14 - Local high school baseball + softball talk. 47:25 - Getting the Drive at 5 underway with more Sox talk and additional local shoutouts. 1:00:04 - NFL releases international schedule/Buzzer Beaters to close out the show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark open the week reacting to the latest NBA news from the weekend, including Wemby's elbow and Jaylen Brown's trade market. 17:30 - Tim Healey of The Boston Globe joins the show to detail some of the dysfunction happening within the walls of Fenway Park. 32:28 - John Karalis, Celtics writer + podcaster for Sports Illustrated & The Locked On Celtics Podcast, joins the show to tell...

00:00 - Sox Props to leadoff the Drive at 5. 6:07 - Take It or Leave It, featuring a pair of Mikes - Mike in Milford and Mike in Bass Harbor. 14:05 - A Bangor Mall Cinemas Business Spotlight with Scott Warren, talking weird merch items, popcorn buckets and summer blockbusters. 26:50 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - The Red Sox may be coming off their first sweep of 2026, but the spotlight is still on Jaylen Brown's comments. 15:10 - A "prickle of porcupines, a sleuth of bears." Learning what groups of animals are called and also today's Drive Poll. 23:22 - We're joined by Bruins reporter Kevin Paul Dupont of The Boston Globe to get a sense of what the B's must do this summer. 34:40 - Conor Ryan of Bo...

00:00 - There were some fireworks last night at Comerica Park in Detroit. Was it enough to light a spark under the Red Sox? 13:48 - Matt Vautour of MassLive.com, our man to turn to when things are going poorly, joins the show to talk about a long summer coming the way of the Boston teams. 27:06 - Brad Stevens speaks for the first time after the Celtics crashed out of the NBA Playoffs in Round 1. 4...

Full show: Celtics end, Sox talk, Kaufman's take, 5-5-26.

00:00 - For the first time in franchise history, the Boston Celtics have blown a 3-1 lead. How'd it happen + what happens next? 16:28 - Today's Celtics-themed Drive Polls as well as more reaction to the somewhat shocking end of the season. 24:51 - Justin Turpin of WEEI joins the show to talk Celtics and a little Red Sox as they descend deeper into dysfunction. 39:21 - Buzzer Beaters to close out t...

00:00 - Random thoughts to begin the Drive at 5. 5:03 - We debut our new monthly feature - Red Sox Home Run Derby. 18:39 - Keagan Stiefel of NESN joins the show to talk Celtics and Patriots. 37:16 - Buzzer Beaters to close out the show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark are officially sweating the Celtics with the Sixers forcing a Game 7 back in Boston tomorrow night. 15:13 - Today's Drive Poll: "If the Celtics blow a 3-1 lead, would it even make the shortlist of the city's worst 'choke jobs?'" 26:56 - Sox Props. 33:42 - The segment we dust off once a year - Kentucky Derby Racehorse or 80's Grunge Band?

00:00 - Bob Nightengale of USA Today joins the show to leadoff the Drive at 5, talking Alex Cora's dismissal and what's next for both he and his former team. 15:13 - March Madness is expanding - and that's not a good thing. 25:38 - Ticket TV Play of the Day, featuring Bangor baseball, and a Patriots Hall of Famers rabbit hole. 32:36 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - With no show on Wednesday, it's the first chance Aaron & Mark have had to talk Bruins & Celtics Game 5's, plus the Red Sox continued descent into dysfunction. 18:01 - The Patriots are telling us Mike Vrabel isn't a distraction in the building. You believe 'em? 27:11 - Tara Sullivan of The Boston Globe joins the show to cover the Boston Beat on her way to Philly for Celtics-Sixers Game 6.

00:00 - It took Cora no time to be offered (and reject) his next gig. 9:22 - Cooper Flagg caps an historic rookie season with the ultimate accolade for a first-year player. 22:42 - Chad Finn of The Boston Globe joins the show to talk Cora/what comes next for the Sox + thoughts on how the Mike Vrabel situation will continue to evolve in Foxborough. 40:18 - Sox Props and Buzzer Beaters to close out...

00:00 - The dust is still far from settled in the aftermath of Alex Cora's firing by the Red Sox. 13:27 - Lauren Campbell of MassLive.com joins the show to talk Bruins-Sabres Game 5 tonight in Buffalo, plus her read on the Sox having been around the team recently. 33:02 - Celtics look to take care of Philly while the rest of the East's contenders struggle through their first round matchups.

00:00 - We open this hour the same way we did the first - trying to make sense of Cora's firing and the Red Sox weekend of change. 9:16 - Sean McAdam of MassLive.com joins the show for the Sox Beat perspective of how things went down in Baltimore and what comes next within the walls of Fenway Park. 27:27 - The Bruins are on the brink. 39:59 - Sox Props + Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark begin the week by reacting to the news that shocked New England over the weekend with Alex Cora's departure. 22:24 - Today's Drive Poll: Agree or Disagree..."The Red Sox made the wrong move firing Alex Cora." 27:08 - Paul Perillo, Editor of Patriots.com, recaps the NFL Draft, Mike Vrabel's absence on Saturday, and what comes next this off-season for the organization and its he...

00:00 - The Vrabel story is no longer just a "personal" one with the Patriots HC set to be absent as the team makes a majority of its draft selections this weekend. 12:14 - Patriots Beat Writer Chris Price of the Boston Globe joins the show to talk about the latest with Vrabel, tonight's Round 1 of the NFL Draft, and the inevitability of A.J. Brown to Foxborough. 28:16 - Sox Props ahead of the ser...