The Morning Drive with Dan

Approaching July now, the legal tampering period in Major League Baseball is set to expire early at the beginning of August on the 3rd. Taking into account depth/injuries and gauging the direction to take before the deadline's expiration, the Astros waste no time declaring themselves 'buyers' when the deadline nears, with hopes of shaping up their roster for a run back to the postseason. Columnist...

Approaching July, the Astros are still alive in the AL West division race as they continue to battle adversity, grinding out wins with minimal support at times due to the team's ongoing depth issue in some areas. Moving on now from their homestand against the Tigers and the Guardians, the Astros go on to pull 2 of the 3 games from both Detroit and Cleveland, now looking to roll up to Canada to tak...

Who is the biggest threat to the Houston Texans in 2026? What's the one game that must be circled on the calender for the AFC South contenders this fall? And how quickly can the offensive line come together? Rookie offensive lineman Keylan Rutledge joins The Morning Drive to break down all of that and MORE as part of his new partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of America!

Moving on from their series against the Tigers to facing the Guardians coming to Daikin Park next, the Astros cruise by the Tigers, taking 2 of the 3 games from Detroit following Peter Lambert's phenomenal performance yesterday afternoon, carrying Houston over to a 4-2 win. With 7 innings pitched, 2 hits allowed, 5 strikeouts made, and allowing only 1 run to score, Peter's masterclass outing furth...

Moving on from their series against the Royals in Kansas City, Houston returns home to Daikin for their 6-game homestand, hosting the Detroit Tigers followed by the Cleveland Guardians. Taking the series win in KC and looking ahead to this afternoon's rubber match following Hunter Brown's return to the rotation yesterday, the Astros continue to show flashes of how liable they can be to make a run...

Switching gears and turning to college for a brief moment, quite some controversy has arisen this offseason surrounding Texas Tech's QB, Brendan Sorsby, receiving an injunction to further his tenure at the University’s football program. Given another chance to still play at the collegiate level, having ignored the rules/laws of college sports and gambling has caused quite a dispute for both the Re...

Concluding their 6-game trip on the road, the Astros split 3-3, dropping 2 of the 3 games to the Angels and taking 2 of the 3 from the Royals. 4th in the AL West and still roughly 7 games from .500, the Astros now look to take on the Detroit Tigers minus the ace of their pitching staff, having won back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards from '24 to '25 in Tarik Skubal. Now halfway through June and revisit...

After Wednesday's historic 29-point comeback by the New York Knicks, the Spurs are now down 1-3 and on the verge of elimination ahead of tomorrow night's Game 5 tipoff. Back at Frost Bank Center again with hopes of keeping their season alive, talk show host for ESPN's 94.1 FM in San Antonio, Jason Minnix, joins Dan and Chris regarding tomorrow night's tipoff and what essentially the Spurs must do...

Following Wednesday night's epic Game 4 in Madison Square Garden, the Finals now swing back and forth from New York and Texas as we all anticipate the NBA's 2025-26 Finals Champions. Leading the series 3-1 with hopes of closing things out Saturday night at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, studio host and play-by-play announcer for the New York Knicks, Pat O' Keefe, weighs in ahead of tomorrow...

Moving on from their trip to Anaheim, the Astros now travel to Kauffman Stadium to take on the Kansas City Royals for their final 3-game series on the road before returning home to Daikin for their 6-game homestand. Rolling into Kansas City now with hopes of shaking off their loss to the Angels, MLB Network's studio host and sports journalist Robert Flores joins Dan and Chris ahead of the evening'...

Splitting the first two games 1-1 with hopes of taking the series win in last night's rubber match, the Astros again take the Angels into extra innings as they did for Game 1, although this time not as successfully as Monday's outing following Angels' outfielder Jose Siri's walk-off single, pushing Anaheim over to a 3-2 series victory. 8 games from .500 now and traveling to Kansas City to take on...

Stopping in Anaheim to take on the Angels for part of their 6-game road trip, the Astros look to be staying afloat here early in June, showing some flashes of turning the corner for a run in the AL West, but constantly backsliding in production with depth as the team's biggest issue. Eyeing tonight's rubber match and hoping to pull the series win, Astros GM Dana Brown joins Dan and Chris to revisi...

Teeing off their 3-game series in Anaheim against the Angels last night, the Astros shook off their shutout loss by the Athletics the day before by rallying back late in the 9th over into a 10th inning victory, sealing Game 1 for Houston with the final score of 5-4. With the division still in pursuit and hopes of climbing the rankings back to the top of the AL West still alive, Dan and Cole revisi...

With OTAs and minicamps ramping up ahead of the start of football season, lots of controversy has arisen in the NCAA recently, centered on college football, with the latest news involving Texas Tech's QB, Brendan Sorsby. Cresting into a new era of college sports never seen before with NIL, the transfer portal, and gambling at its highest peak, college football writer for CBS Sports, Shehan Jeyaraj...