The Drive

00:00 - Cooper Flagg is back in the area and has been all the rage in central Maine the last week. 7:17 - A Sip of The Roast, featuring UMaine football coach Jordan Stevens sharing his QB decision ahead of next Thursday's season-opener for the Black Bears. 24:12 - With Bezos coming for Liverpool, FSG's crown jewel is not for sale says Henry's top puppet. 29:35 - Buzzer Beaters to round out today's show.

00:00 - After a month-plus of barely losing, the Sox have gone the last week-plus barely winning. Despite that, they haven't really lost ground in the playoff chase, so no "cause for concern?" 18:58 - Devon Witherspoon is the highest-paid CB in NFL history...how long must we wait before the Pats make it Christian Gonzalez? 35:47 - An historic Meatball of the Day, courtesy Ernie's Cardinals, plus Sox Props.

00:00 - The "4th Out Rule" and the odd scenario last night at Rogers' Centre which triggered one of the stranger and largely unknown rules that govern baseball. 11:47 - A Tuesday matinee season-opener? Celtics to tip off NBA regular season tripleheader on opening night (day). 26:57 - Sox Props. 32:41 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Cooper's coveted 1-of-1 numbered rookie debut patch autograph card got pulled in southern New England, with the piece of cardboard one touched by the 19-year-old from Newport reportedly already worth anywhere between $3-5 million. 16:27 - Justin Turpin of WEEI joins the show to talk Sox and Christian Gonzalez's notably timed first absence of training camp. 36:17 - Tuesday Trivia, featuring a familiar winner from Milford.

00:00 - Adam Vinatieri decided to turn his Hall of Fame induction speech into a "tight five" comedy routine targeting Belichick, Brady, and several other former teammates from his legendary Super Bowl winning career. 12:34 - It's Game Week in Foxborough with the Pats opening preseason Thursday night against the Colts. 27:41 - Sox Props. 31:23 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show - shoutout to Alexander, Maine after hearing from one of its roughly 520 inhabitants.

00:00 - It turns out the Red Sox can in fact still lose games, despite not really seeing them do so over the last month. 12:56 - Marty Eckman and Mia Bouchard stop by with treats for Mark & Ernie, courtesy your local family-owned McDonalds on Main St. & Union St. in Bangor, and Wilson St. in Brewer. 29:38 - Today's Drive Poll: Lou Merloni says the Red Sox are still the top dogs in Boston. Do you agree?

00:00 - O.B.C co-owner Abe Firth joins the show as Orono Brewing Company plays host to today's UMaine Athletics remote. 10:41 - Ben Barr braves the heat and sits in with Jim at O.B.C. 23:33 - Sox Props and whether we should be worried by potential Red Sox "pumpkins." 36:16 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Mark continues to revel in the magic carpet ride that is the Boston Red Sox while Jim checks in from Orono Brewing Company, the site of our latest University of Maine Athletics remote. 12:50 - Pete Abraham joins Mark on the phone to talk about the Red Sox after the latest improbable win. 28:17 - Maine men's basketball head coach Chris Markwood sits in with Jim @ OBC.

00:00 - Jaylen Brown gets introduced to the City of Philadelphia. 9:59 - Might the Celtics have a Payton Pritchard conundrum coming their direction? 21:06 - Tim Davis, owner of Tim's Plumbing, joins the show to talk about this weekend's Tim's Plumbing 100 at Ricky Craven's Speedway. 31:49 - Sox Props, in place of Buzzer Beaters, to close out today's show.

00:00 - The Sox keep rolling, plus Ricky Craven joins the show to talk about this week's 100-lap feature at Speedway. 25:47 - Franklin Arias is no longer knocking on the Sox' door, he's knocking it down. 29:32 - Today's Drive Poll: "Which Red Sox player has surprised you the most this season?"

00:00 - Where does Drake Maye stack up against the good to great quarterbacks the Patriots will face during the 2026 season? 9:05 - Today's Drive Poll: "Which team lasts the longest in the MLB Playoffs? The Rays, Yankees, or Red Sox?" 27:52 - Sox Props. 33:55 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Regarding the Red Sox, in the words of Will Fleming, "what is happening?!" 16:47 - Lauren Campbell of MassLive.com joins the show to talk about the incredible in-season turnaround that has seen the Red Sox win 24 of their last 27 games to chase down the league's best records. 36:31 - JB's streaming again on the eve of his Sixers unveiling, and as always, he's not holding back.

00:00 - We kick off the Drive at 5 with today's Drive Poll: "Are the Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball?" 12:07 - Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com joins the show to detail what exactly the Sox parted with around the trade deadline. 30:57 - Sox Props & giving away four VIP passes to this weekend's Tim's Plumbing 100 at Ricky Craven's Speedway. 36:00 - Buzzer Beaters to close out the show.

00:00 - We're back to recap a BUSY MLB Trade Deadline around the league and, (finally!), in Boston. 16:22 - WVII/ABC7 Sports Director Jack Webb joins the show to talk about a new gig he's added for the fall with the New England Patriots. 32:15 - Bob Nightengale, veteran MLB reporter for USA Today, joins the show to talk about all the moves across MLB.

00:00 - Curt Cignetti ain't afraid of no stinkin' SEC. 4:45 - Tom Giles of NBC Sports Boston joins the show to sit through Jim's critiques of he and his colleagues. 23:46 - Sox Props ahead of the series opener at the Dodgers - sorry, Sox, but we're betting on the G.O.A.T. 29:04 - Buzzer Beaters to close out the week on The Drive.

00:00 - More drama in Sacramento where the Sox go back-to-back on consecutive pitches to win the series. It's there for the taking...(at least in the American League). 14:40 - L.A. Dodgers PBP man and former Red Sox PBP voice Tim Neverett joins the show with the Red Sox stopping through La La Land. 31:10 - Jim & Mark have had enough of Jarren Duran, thank you.

00:00 - STOP THE PRESSES...did Corporate JT just author a soundbite? 15:22 - Drive On! Featuring Terry in Lee and Ian in Brewer. 22:25 - Scott Warren of Bangor Mall Cinemas joins the show to talk Blockbuster Season. 32:47 - Buzzer Beaters to wrap up today's show.

00:00 - It turns out Curtis Mead is very much not okay...so, what now? 15:23 - Conor Ryan of Boston.com and The Boston Globe joins the show to talk Sox and Jaylen Brown/LeBron to Philly. 29:31 - Paul Perillo, editor of Patriots.com, joins the show to tell us about everything happening at Pats' camp so far.

00:00 - We open the phone lines for our Sox Tix Sweepstakes, presented by Dunnett's Appliance & Mattress. 9:18 - Matt Vautour of MassLive.com joins the show to talk Patriots training camp. 24:27 - Is this a not-so-thinly veiled shot at Jaylen Brown by Jayson Tatum? Plus Drive Polls and Sox Props. 28:50 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark don't have anything against Curtis Mead, per se, but they both would've liked to see a greater return for a trade that sent Connelly Early out the door. 20:52 - LeBron's "final decision" is to team up with Jaylen Brown in Philly. WHAT?! 27:55 - Sean McAdam of MassLive.com joins the show to discuss the Mead-for-Early swap and what else we should expect before next week's MLB trade deadline.

00:00 - History matched! 15-straight wins for the Boston Red Sox. 13:16 - Teeing up the Drive at 5. 32:40 - We go game by game with the Pats and Bills to establish our expectations for the 2026 AFC East race. 48:04 - Who do you want to see the Red Sox add at the trade deadline? 55:36 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Now the 2nd-most popular Chad in the city, Chad Finn of The Boston Globe, leads off the Drive at 5. 19:26 - Tuesday Trivia...but we discover we can't field incoming phone calls at the moment...so an audible to secession talk in the SEC. 35:32 - Sox Props (for tomorrow after learning of tonight's rainout), plus Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Are we on the eve of history? Red Sox try to match their record win-streak tonight on The Ticket! 16:35 - He's leveled up since the last time we had him on...joining us on the Hero's Hotline, it's Professor Nick Coit from the Ocean State. 30:14 - "Chad Enchantment"? These Sox are giving shades of "Morgan Magic" from 38 summers ago.

00:00 - The Sox are streaking. Aaron is skeptical while Mark is just along for the ride. 8:37 - Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com joins the show to talk about the historic win-streak which has turned the tide on the 2026 season. 24:01 - Sox Props + did Cooper Flagg have a growth spurt? 29:46 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - The win-streak is up to 13-straight and the Red Sox now own one of the American League's three Wild Cards. WHAT IS HAPPENING? 18:43 - Today's Drive Poll: "Does the win-streak have you dreaming of October baseball?" 29:36 - Paul Finebaum goes in on Belichick's "embarrassing" final chapter at UNC, plus the SEC threatening to take their ball and go home?

00:00 - Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com helps us kick off the Drive at 5. 18:10 - Drive On! Featuring Rob in Hartland and Burton in Dedham. 26:37 - Today's Drive Poll: "What route do you want the Red Sox to take at the MLB trade deadline?" 35:46 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - After watching England's late collapse yesterday at the World Cup, we learn that incensed sports talk radio is not something unique to America. 10:21 - Tim Kenney, assigner for the Eastern Maine Football League, joins the show to tell you why you should consider being a local football referee this fall. 34:34 - Corporate Jayson Tatum talks the Jaylen Brown trade at the ESPYs.

00:00 - Aaron goes from "enthralled by" to "annoyed at" the World Cup in the span of 10 minutes. 13:40 - Today's Drive Poll - "Would you trade any of the Sox youngsters for a premium bat at the MLB Trade Deadline?" 32:00 - Aaron rants against Daylight Savings Time. 38:05 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark shoot the s*** on one of the slower sports days of the year. Is the Boston media inventing an issue in the Red Sox clubhouse? 15:34 - Our expectations for Drake Maye & the Patriots in 2026 as we're 10 days out from training camp opening. 27:21 - Diving inside the mind of crazy Joe Mazzulla as he offers a peek behind the curtain at the methods to his madness.

00:00 - The Red Sox have a knack for heading into the break on fire, but the post-break trend has recently been to fizzle. 14:12 - Bringing back Tuesday Trivia on this Mid-Summer Classic day, featuring Fred in Milford. 17:48 - Trying to create a trade block of available bats for the Red Sox to target. The problem? There aren't too many teams to target. 30:45 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

0:00 - MLB HR Derby, All-Star Game talk, a little World Cup hit, and back to the idea of having a World Baseball Classic takeover at this point of the calendar. 21:52 - Today's Drive Poll: "What's your favorite Fenway Park moment?" 32:10 - Isaac Bushway, head coach of Dunkin Comrades Bangor Legion baseball team, joins the show to talk Legion Ball around the Pine Tree State.

00:00 - Our HR Derby Contest, featuring Bill from Bar Harbor, Nathan from Bangor, John from Belfast, Fred in Milford, Paul from Corinth, Chris in Pittsfield, Burt on Moosehead, and Jim from Cherryfield. 13:10 - What, if anything, will it take to get you believing in this Red Sox team again? 23:46 - The CBA dismantled the world champion Celtics, but now that Wemby has to leave $50M on the table, the NBPA is ready to fight back! 28:54 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - 9-straight W's and 3-straight sweeps for the Sox entering the All-Star break. Have they turned the season around? 19:46 - Examining Celtics Summer League - who to keep an eye on and what their potential is for the 2026-27 season. 24:25 - 14-year MLB vet and former All-Star Mike Bordick joins the show to talk all things Major League Baseball. 40:05 - Is there a world where the Red Sox could trade Sonny Gray in the next few weeks for an impact bat? Would it even make sense?

0:00 - Jaylen Brown says there's no loyalty in basketball after the Celtics "packed him up and shipped him out." 12:13 - Amy Vachon returns in the Drive at 5 and this time she's brought along one of her players from right here in the Pine Tree State, Maddie Fitzpatrick. 19:20 - Ben Barr returns for a second appearance of the day and also brings a friend, it's UMaine Director of Admissions, Chris Richards.

00:00 - It's a UMaine Event at Freshies on outer Broadway in Bangor, where Jim opens the show alongside a crew of Black Bears. 14:02 - UMaine women's basketball coach Amy Vachon chats with Jim. 26:10 - Bill Koch of the Providence Journal joins Mark back in the studio to talk Sox. 37:43 - UMaine men's hockey coach Ben Barr sits in with Jim.

0:00 - Aaron and Mark hit the air after another Red Sox win. What would it take to get you back on this team's wagon? 16:52 - Roman Anthony has been sent to Florida...what's going on there? 27:53 - Paying Payton Pritchard & the most judged names in 2026.

00:00 - Hearing from the Jays on the deal that split them up. 8:27 - Drive On! Featuring Bruce in Brewer. 15:06 - Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe joins the show and has no patience for the Celtics "getting worse to get better." 28:38 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - The Red Sox are out of the basement! Finally, something other than Jaylen Brown talk to open a show with! 17:20 - Today's Drive Poll: "Jaylen Brown is a top _ Celtics player all-time." 25:11 - Leo Messi and Argentina did their best 28-3 impression in the home of the Falcons yesterday at the World Cup. 38:20 - Sox Props.

00:00 - Today's Drive Poll: "Which Boston organization do you trust most to put the pursuit of winning a championship above money and everything else?" 10:57 - Sox Props off another weekend sweep. 14:36 - John Karalis of Sports Illustrated and the Locked on Celtics Podcast joins the show to help us make sense of the JB-Sixers trade. 32:00 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - We've been off since last Thursday so you best believe we're champing at the bit to talk about reaction to the Celtics' press conference yesterday with Brad Stevens and Bill Chisholm trying to explain why Jaylen Brown was traded to the Sixers. Plus, the guys react to an embarrassing loss by Team USA after all the noise going into the match. 20:40 - Was $ the motivating factor behind trading Jaylen Brown? "We're getting shades of John Henry..." 24:04 - Justin Turpin of WEEI joins the show to join in on the Jaylen Brown trade fallout. 37:44 - Be on the lookout for our faces, coming soon...

00:00 - We're onto the Drive at 5 but all the focus is still on Jaylen Brown. 10:47 - Drive On! is back for a summer run, featuring Mike in Milford. 18:50 - Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe joins the show to talk about the Bruins getting busy as well. 29:10 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - There's only one topic to open today's show with...Jaylen Brown is a 76er. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?! 20:12 - More Jaylen Brown reaction with today's Drive Polls. 29:02 - Mark blames Private Equity for the trade. 30:39 - Noa Dalzell of CLNS Media and Celtics Blog joins the show to help us make sense of the JB-for-PG deal and what comes next.

00:00 - Maine hockey lands a BIG recruit. 8:06 - NBA Insider Sean Deveney talks Kawhi trade & Jaylen Brown's future. 22:58 - Keagan Stiefel of NESN joins the show to talk the suddenly resurgent Red Sox as well as offer his thoughts on JB. 38:06 - Sox Props to round out today's show.

00:00 - Kawhi is coming back East - while we've been so distracted by all the Jaylen Brown drama, a second blockbuster has now shaken up the power structure of the Eastern Conference as the Raptors reunite with the man who helped them cut down the nets in 2019. 19:15 - Sox Talk...WE'RE STREAKING. 29:40 - A Business Spotlight featuring Uno's GM Mike Dineen and a Team USA deal for the World Cup you won't want to miss! 41:44 - Today's Drive Polls: Penalty kicks and the Third Wild Card.

00:00 - Ja Morant is on his way to Portland. How could that change the potential package the Trailblazers could offer for Jaylen Brown? 9:16 - Today's Drive Polls - If you're not on social media, you probably aren't quite as annoyed with Jaylen Brown + reasons to believe in the Sox? 22:36 - Bob Nightengale of USA Today joins the show to talk about Boston's sweep of the Yankees are what it means for how the team will approach the trade deadline in a depressed American League. 34:21 - Sox Props + Buzzer Beaters to wrap today's show.

00:00 - Reacting to the Red Sox 4-game sweep of the Yankees which brings the team from 2nd-worst in the AL to 4th-worst in the AL... 15:53 - NBA free agency begins tomorrow night and the rumors are already swirling, like LeBron taking his talents to...Golden State? 22:17 - Adam Kaufman of ESPN Radio joins the show to talk about where he sees the Jaylen Brown situation going after another noisy weekend from pundits and JB himself.

00:00 - What movie messed you up after watching it as a kid? 10:27 - Today's Drive Poll: predicting Craig Breslow's future...does he make it to season's end? 20:53 - If Jaylen Brown is going to be traded, let's try to find the best possible package out there. 29:23 - Sox Props. 31:01 - Buzzer Beaters to wrap the show.

00:00 - Jaylen Brown's shot at Stephen A. was really a shot at his teammates + Dave in Levant calls in after Jim read his email on air earlier in the week. 22:43 - Lauren Campbell of MassLive.com joins the show to try and help us make sense of the Craig Breslow-led Red Sox. 39:35 - Maine hockey unveils its 2026-27 schedule which includes a balanced home slate.

00:00 - Mark cedes lead hosting duties to Jack Webb, Sports Director at WVII ABC 7/Fox 22, for the Drive at 5. 3:34 - One of our favorites, Mike Reiss of ESPN, joins the show to talk Patriots and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. 19:36 - Apart from a couple moments off the top, we avoided them to this point in the show...but now it's time for Sox Talk. 27:55 - Sox Props ahead of Sox-Yankees at Fenway Park. 30:27 - Buzzer Beaters to wrap up today's show.

00:00 - Jack Webb takes over the guest host chair as Mark & Jack talk the latest in the Jaylen Brown saga, the beauty of the World Cup, and even get a surprise call from Patches on Long Island (yes, the one in New York). 14:09 - Is the Jaylen Brown situation Brad Stevens' first misstep as leader of the Celtics organization? Or is that just the latest hot take concocted by the Boston sports media? 25:02 - Chad Finn of the Boston Globe joins the show to talk Celtics, rumors, and thankfully answer no Red Sox questions. 40:35 - Jack's been in the lab all afternoon for today's Stat of the Day.