Happy Hour with John Gaskins

Thursday's Happy Hour with John Gaskins (AKA Patrick Lalley) took place at Orion Pub in downtown Sioux Falls. Patrick sat down with his former co-worker from "The Mothership" Mick Garry. Garry has been a sportwriter for decades and the conversation centered around SDSU and USD and how things have changed over the years. The two also swapped stories about their biking experiences an

Wednesday's Happy Hour included Sioux Falls Live Editor Patrick Lalley sitting down with Trent Singer. Discussions centered around the Augustana Hockey team follow their playoff birth, specifically a new commit. Cole Birch is a redshirt junior and he's expected to have a large impact on the program. Trent also talked about the success as a whole the program has had in the transfer

It's been just over a week since Matt Wilber was announced as the new head coach of the Northern State University Wolves. Wilber previously had long-tenured success as Dakota Wesleyan University, before taking on an assistant role in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury. He also has run basketball camps across the state of South Dakota for decades. Tuesday he sat down with Matt

Sioux Falls Live Editor Patrick Lalley was at Sunny's Pizzeria for the first show of the week. Sportswriter Rich Jensen was Monday's guest to talk about the lawsuit filed against the NCAA by the state of South Dakota. It was recently decided that the case will stay in state court, and Rich walked us through the logistics of the case.

It's been nearly a week since Bryan Peterson was announced as the new head coach at SDSU, and Friday he was available to chat with Matt Zimmer on Happy Hour. He has big shoes to fill as Hendo moves onto Drake, but those around him believe he is up to the task. We sit down with coach, Matt Moores, and athletic director Justin Sell to take a look at what's to come for the Jackrabbits

John Gaskins is officially on vacation, so editor of Sioux Falls Live, Patrick Lalley, filled in. He and Trent Singer went player by player for the girls basketball players announced as part of the Metro Super 6. They also talked about Griffin Goodbary, who recently announced his decommitment to SDSU to explore other options. This comes after Eric Henderson took the job at Drake, w

Are Jackrabbits fans spoiled? They are treated to national championship football teams and every-other-year NCAA Tournament berths for men's basketball. Yet, there's still frustration among some about the football and basketball coaches leaving after 2-6 years. How do we make sense of it, and of Eric Henderson leaving for Drake, a job that seems "barely" a notch above the SDSU job

None of this was a surprise. All of it feels like a grand slam — for Drake and for South Dakota State. Both Porsches of their mid-major basketball leagues have the best possible drivers to keep things running fast and smooth and away from crashes. In a 24-hour span, South Dakota State lost men's basketball coach Eric Henderson to Drake and replaced him with his assistant of six y

What will those within the SDSU athletic department miss most about Eric Henderson, and why was Associate Athletics Director Tyler Merriam not particularly suprised Hendo moved on to Drake? Merriam has been the radio Voice of the Jackrabbits for 15 years and has plenty of behind-the-ropes insight into how the men's basketball program before and during Hendo's six years at the helm

As of the 2 p.m. Friday publishing of this show, Sioux Falls Live has not reported on what extent SDSU coach Eric Henderson has talked with Drake University in Des Moines about its head coach opening. But if there is mutual interest, we found a sneaky yet high-level reason why Drake would be a big step up from coaching at SDSU, a step that goes beyond potential significant salary i