NLA: Zim on "coaches portal always open" (Dusty May), Summit hoops TV-streaming deal, Jacks new 3-star CB commit, CWS & college baseball, Twins vs Ohtani, Wolves trading Randle, Linda Cohn, "Cheers" creator dying episode artwork

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NLA: Zim on "coaches portal always open" (Dusty May), Summit hoops TV-streaming deal, Jacks new 3-star CB commit, CWS & college baseball, Twins vs Ohtani, Wolves trading Randle, Linda Cohn, "Cheers" creator dying

from Happy Hour with John Gaskins · host John Gaskins

  Don't come driving down the lane on Matt Zimmer with your "coaches portal is always open" snark, Jay Bilas.   The Sioux Falls Live sports editor will be ready to stuff, dead in its tracks, the notion (and Bilas' Monday tweet) that Dusty May leaving national champion Michigan after just two years for the NBA symbolizes the hypocrisy of college basketball purists who oppose players transferring whenever they want.   That's just one of many topics—several involving the modern college sports conversation around eligibility, scholarships, NIL, and transferring—covered in this week's "Nobody's Listening Anyway" podcast with Zim and the Happy Hour host at Gateway Lounge in Sioux Falls.   On the other side of the precarious nature of coaching college hoops is USD's Eric Peterson, who is entering the final year of a contract his athletic director Jon Schemmel was unwilling to extend.   With his job conceivably on the line and with almost every player who contributed last season having transferred, Peterson rebuilt his roster, and Zim explains why he is impressed by the project.   Then, there's the changing landscape of college baseball, which just exited its largest stage at the College World Series last night in Omaha. What about that sport has improved dramatically, and why will it likely never become a "summer sport" that ends in August instead of June?   Also on the table this week:   * Why Zimmer was captivated by his friend and former boss Stu Whitney's recently-released book "The Great Burns" about legendary local football coach Bob Burns   * Shohei Ohtani showed out in his first at-bat against the Twins at Target Field, which leads to another Zim rant about the buffoonery of the Twins' ownership and front office management   * The Timberwolves traded Julius Randle in what is widely considered a salary dump, which cleared room to sign guard Ayo Dosunmu to a five-year, $112 million deal. Good moves? What's next, or what should be?   * What should we make of the Jackrabbits landing a rare 3-star football commit— Larenzz Pratt?   * 34-year ESPN Sportscenter Linda Cohn is retiring after hosting the most episodes (5,500+) in the history of the iconic show   * The return of the "Dead Guy of the Week" 

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