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- 0:07[SPEAKER_02]: It's NFL Draft Knight and the first CIC Knight of the Spring, plus NBA and NHL playoffs continue and the Reds and Cubs are now in first and second place in the NL Central.
- 0:19[SPEAKER_02]: That ends so much more coming up on the Central Indiana Sports Reports 10-minute daily report, 10 minutes tailored specifically for Central Indiana Sports fans.
- 0:29[SPEAKER_02]: I'm your host Greg Mengel, and I love Central Indiana Sports coming up today, Thursday, April 23, 2026.
- 0:36[SPEAKER_02]: And if I'll draft his tonight, now you will claim it's first number one pick overall about a major surprise since Corby Davis in 1938.
- 0:45[SPEAKER_02]: NBA and NHL playoffs majorly baseball college softball news and notes and a look ahead to Thursday evening including the first CIC baseball softball night of the spring.
- 0:57[SPEAKER_02]: Put programming note to show is seven days a week for now it's one to three p.m. on weekdays earlier if I can.
- 1:06[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much for joining us.
- 1:07[SPEAKER_02]: Your 10 minute update begins now.
- 1:12[SPEAKER_02]: The first round of the NFL draft is tonight.
- 1:14[SPEAKER_02]: Now you quarterback for Nando.
- 1:16[SPEAKER_02]: Mendoza will be the number one pick to the Raiders.
- 1:19[SPEAKER_02]: unless the Raiders trade the pick, which seems like a very small possibility, apparently they are fielding calls.
- 1:25[SPEAKER_02]: The rest of the night is up in the air, as much as I can remember, starting with the number two pick and the New York Jets.
- 1:31[SPEAKER_02]: It'll look like it'll be one of two past wrestlers, either David Bailey of Texas Tech or Arvelle Wies, from Ohio State.
- 1:38[SPEAKER_02]: Reese will be one of five Buckeyes taken in the first round, four of them could go in the top 10.
- 1:43[SPEAKER_02]: Another storyline we'll be looking at is which team Panics in,
- 1:47[SPEAKER_02]: trades up way too high to draft high Simpson at Carson Beck.
- 1:51[SPEAKER_02]: Coming up right after the 10 minute report, my cuddle previews tonight's first round.
- 1:56[SPEAKER_02]: Former Lawrence North and I used to our wide receiver, Omar Cooper Jr. should also be drafted tonight in the first round.
- 2:03[SPEAKER_02]: The jets at 16 seems to be like the consensus for don't count out the Rams at 13 or the Ravens at 14.
- 2:09[SPEAKER_02]: The Angelo Ponds could also go in the first round, but likely we'll go early on Friday.
- 2:14[SPEAKER_02]: Elijah Serrat will likely be drafted on Friday or early Saturday.
- 2:18[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, I, you football schedule is spring game for the same time as the draft.
- 2:23[SPEAKER_02]: Needless to say, looming can will be the place to be tonight.
- 2:27[SPEAKER_02]: More on all of it coming up on Tuesday on the I, you report with Grant Shows in my cuttle.
- 2:34[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, the coach traded away their first round draft pick for SOS Gardner, their scheduled to pick
- 2:38[SPEAKER_02]: 15th on Friday in the second round.
- 2:41[SPEAKER_02]: The Colts also have the number 47 overall draft pick and they'll also pick 78th in the third round on Friday.
- 2:48[SPEAKER_02]: On Saturday they have the 156th pick in the fifth, 214th pick in the sixth, 249 and 254 in the seventh on Saturday.
- 2:57[SPEAKER_02]: And we'll talk with Will Rutherford on this show on Saturday after the Colts second in third round picks and we'll have a special Colts report on Saturday.
- 3:06[SPEAKER_02]: Raining Champion Oklahoma City handled the sons with no problem as expected 120-107 to take a.
- 3:12[SPEAKER_02]: 2-0 lead in the NBA best of 7 first round series.
- 3:16[SPEAKER_02]: But the Big News again is Andrews Jalen Williams left the game of the hand-string injury and his status as of this very moment is unknown going forward in the playoffs.
- 3:26[SPEAKER_02]: That could be trouble for them down the line, but they are so, so deep.
- 3:30[SPEAKER_02]: Game 3 is Saturday, Shake Gill, Just Alexander, one of the most consistent high-end scores in NBA history, 37 points at nine assists.
- 3:38[SPEAKER_02]: Pistons Magic Game 2 was a defensive battle except for the first six minutes of the third quarter win.
- 3:44[SPEAKER_02]: Gade Cunningham led a 23 to three Detroit run the turn day half time tie into a 20 point lead and with the Pistons defense it was over right then.
- 3:53[SPEAKER_02]: at 11 block shots for 17 turnovers in Orlando shot 33 percent for the game.
- 3:58[SPEAKER_02]: It'll be Nick's at Hock's Game 3 at 7 o'clock tonight on Prime Video.
- 4:03[SPEAKER_02]: That series is tied 1-1 should be a great one by the way all 3 games tonight on Prime Video.
- 4:09[SPEAKER_02]: I have Prime and I have no problem with it, but you should be able to really be hiding these playoff games from your fans.
- 4:15[SPEAKER_02]: Seriously?
- 4:17[SPEAKER_02]: And then Cavs and Raptors 8, we'll see if Toronto can make a series of it as the series shifts north of the border, and the best first round series of them, all the nuggets in Minnesota for a 930 tip series, this tied one to one, these two teams are a lot of fun to watch, can't wait.
- 4:33[SPEAKER_02]: And as of Thursday's spur star, Victor women Yamma is still listed as day to day leading up the game three, against the Blazers in Portland on Saturday.
- 4:42[SPEAKER_02]: after he banged his head on the floor.
- 4:45[SPEAKER_02]: During Wednesday night's win, the Philadelphia Flyer stunned the Pittsburgh Penguins again, now up three to nothing, and that's day and leg cup.
- 4:51[SPEAKER_02]: Best of seven all-pinsalvania series, the Flyer's going for the sweet Saturday night in game four.
- 5:00[SPEAKER_02]: The Dallas stars won a double overtime thriller in Minnesota on Wyatt, Johnston's game winner to take a two-
- 5:05[SPEAKER_02]: one series lead, whose fans up there used to love it when the stars won hockey games.
- 5:10[SPEAKER_02]: The ducks nodded their series with the oilers at, with a 6-4 win in Canada, and at the savers are in Boston, that series tied one-one, up drops at seven, and can be seen on TNT.
- 5:22[SPEAKER_02]: The other two series are two nothing but the team down to O, getting their first home games.
- 5:26[SPEAKER_02]: They're hurricanes, they'll try to go up three nothing in Ottawa, and Colorado will try to go up three nothing on the Kings in LA.
- 5:35[SPEAKER_02]: Meyer-Shank racing posted Wednesday they is in her day sponsorship agreement with Acura, which intends to invest more in the Indie car series going forward.
- 5:43[SPEAKER_02]: Currently, the series runs Chevy's and Honda's.
- 5:46[SPEAKER_02]: Meyer-Shank will continue to use a Honda engine, special branding from Acura.
- 5:50[SPEAKER_02]: The first time for Acura getting involved in this sport.
- 5:54[SPEAKER_02]: It is minor news, but it could lead to bigger news in the future.
- 5:57[SPEAKER_02]: No Indie car report this week, Elijah is in the middle of a big phase in his life.
- 6:02[SPEAKER_02]: We'll have a recap from the IMS test for the Indie 500 on April 28th and 29th.
- 6:08[SPEAKER_02]: Right now we're just 31 days away from the Indianapolis 500.
- 6:15[SPEAKER_02]: The Cubs will go for a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies today at 220 at Rigley.
- 6:20[SPEAKER_02]: They made it eight wins in a row on Wednesday night with a 7-2 win behind Pete
- 6:28[SPEAKER_02]: The Reds have their six game winning streak snap with a 6-1 loss in Tampa.
- 6:32[SPEAKER_02]: They have the day off and host AL central favorite Detroit for three games this weekend.
- 6:37[SPEAKER_02]: It's now the reds and cubs on the top of the NL Central 16 and 9 reds have a half game lead on the cubs with the cardinals and pirates that gave behind them.
- 6:46[SPEAKER_02]: On three-time defending division champion Milwaukee is in last place, they're just two games back of the lead and still three games over 500.
- 6:54[SPEAKER_02]: Also the Met Snap their 12 game losing streak with a three-two win over the twins.
- 6:58[SPEAKER_02]: Chohaeo Tani.
- 6:59[SPEAKER_02]: reached base for the 53rd consecutive game, and also through 6 scoreless innings, and the Dodgers 3-nothing win over the Giants.
- 7:07[SPEAKER_02]: And the Braves beat the Nationals 8-6 and now has the league's best record at 17 and 8.
- 7:13[SPEAKER_02]: As I told you yesterday, all 44 Indian fever games will be on national television.
- 7:18[SPEAKER_02]: As part of that press release, it was also reported that the NBA will play nationally televised games every night of the week.
- 7:25[SPEAKER_02]: They are on the USA Network in peacock on Mondays, ESPN on Tuesdays, the USA Network on Wednesdays, prime video on Thursdays, Ion on Fridays, CBS and ESPN on Saturdays.
- 7:36[SPEAKER_02]: and ABC and NBC on Sundays, we'll talk more about that and so much more this week on the fever report with John Robertson and Michelle Garmin, that'll be on Sunday, probably late Sunday evening.
- 7:49[SPEAKER_02]: We'll also hear from John on this show, previewing and recapping the preseason opener Saturday and Brooklyn against the Liberty.
- 7:57[SPEAKER_02]: Ball State's Vince Volleyball team advanced to the MIV, a championship after beating McKindry, 25, 23, 25, 18, 25, 21, wins day at Worthon.
- 8:07[SPEAKER_02]: Cardinals will try to back up their regular season conference championship with the tournament championship Saturday at six against 2C L'Olisha Cago, back in Muncie, the winner will get the automatic bit to the NCAA tournament.
- 8:19[SPEAKER_02]: Some local news and notes Blake Smith of Recruit Zone is reporting that Purdue, Indiana, Kansas State and Miamiville, Ohio have shown interest in Blackford, sophomore, Mari, Legit.
- 8:30[SPEAKER_02]: just at the beginning of that process.
- 8:32[SPEAKER_02]: According to Sam Kaiser, Ball State Basketball landed a commitment from Jazz Henderson in play 13 games last year at Texas Tech.
- 8:39[SPEAKER_02]: I like a lazily tweeted Wednesday that the nation's top high school senior Jalen Brewster, a defensive tackle from Cedar Hill, Texas, is visiting IU this weekend.
- 8:49[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think that team's ever going to lose again.
- 8:51[SPEAKER_02]: And former self-bent Washington and Purdue Star Mila Reynolds tweeted that she will play basketball.
- 8:58[SPEAKER_02]: New Mexico next season.
- 9:00[SPEAKER_02]: And a couple of national news and notes, Alabama's signed head coach Kaylinda board a seven year 87.5 million dollar deal.
- 9:07[SPEAKER_02]: Are we sure he's that good?
- 9:09[SPEAKER_02]: The NCAA is considering five years of energy in five years for its athletes.
- 9:14[SPEAKER_02]: And that could be enacted as soon as may pending approval by the universities according to Brian Fisher of Sports Illustrator.
- 9:22[SPEAKER_02]: I spoke with Mr.
- 9:25[SPEAKER_02]: I spoke with Michelle Garmin about women's sports in Central Indiana that will run after tomorrow's 10-minute report.
- 9:31[SPEAKER_02]: She talked about McKinna, IU and Purdue women's basketball, Big Ten volleyball coming to Fisher's Event Center, the fever and CIC soccer, and IUB Valpo 14-1 in five innings, the 35 and 12 Hoosiers go to Ann Arbor for a Friday Saturday Sunday series this weekend.
- 9:49[SPEAKER_02]: In high school, Softball, Elwood, is eight and three after beating Delville for the three Wednesday.
- 9:53[SPEAKER_02]: Kelsey Arms and Avery Savage had two hits a piece for the Panthers, Arms had a double in a triple.
- 9:59[SPEAKER_02]: Franklin scored nine times in the first two innings and beat Anderson 13 and nothing, Zoey Copis and Cassidy Ward, both went three for three with three runs and three RBIs.
- 10:08[SPEAKER_02]: Copis had a triple and a home run for first up the year.
- 10:12[SPEAKER_02]: Blackford lost eight to seven action and do it.
- 10:16[SPEAKER_02]: hit the radar scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh after Blackford Arresting.
- 10:20[SPEAKER_02]: Five run deficit.
- 10:22[SPEAKER_02]: For Blackford, Kinsey clammy, three for four, a double, two runs in two RBIs.
- 10:27[SPEAKER_02]: And in high school baseball, Alexandria broke a two-two tie against class A number four nightstown.
- 10:32[SPEAKER_02]: with five runs in the fifth.
- 10:34[SPEAKER_02]: Brady Gas was two for three and drove in a pair of runs for the 10 and three Tigers.
- 10:38[SPEAKER_02]: You take on three and three Madison Grant at six today and perhaps the most interesting of today's CIC openers.
- 10:45[SPEAKER_02]: For CIC baseball games, for CIC softball games, all Thursday afternoon, same teams playing each other in the same location.
- 10:53[SPEAKER_02]: The other CIC openers are East Brookett, Blackford, Mrs. Sinawatt, Elwood, and Alexandria.
- 11:00[SPEAKER_02]: All four baseball games should be very competitive.
- 11:03[SPEAKER_02]: I'm sure there will be eight aces ready to go.
- 11:05[SPEAKER_02]: A couple of really good ones on the softball field.
- 11:08[SPEAKER_02]: CIC, co-favorite, and unbeaten, Mrs. Sinnellot is at eight and one L would.
- 11:12[SPEAKER_02]: And 64 Franklin is at unbeaten O'Kill.
- 11:15[SPEAKER_02]: Also on Thursday, the indie ignites women's professional volleyball team is in Orlando to face the Valkyries.
- 11:22[SPEAKER_02]: Results from that, and everything else on tomorrow's show probably a little earlier than today.
- 11:31[SPEAKER_02]: Please stay tuned for my Cutsal and his preview of the NFL Draft.
- 11:38[SPEAKER_02]: And by my cuddle, one of our IU guys, and I guess this is kind of an IU themed NFL draft, but here to talk about the NFL draft in general, and like you ever think you'd see a day, IU'd have a number one pick overall, now, man.
- 11:52[SPEAKER_00]: It's just a real, it's like I talked about in the IU report, it's kind of just the final moment of events that I never thought I'd see happen, and now I'm going to see them all happen within about a five-month stretch.
- 12:07[SPEAKER_00]: a high-spin win, the Rose Bowl, the Atlanta Peach Bowl, winning the national title.
- 12:15[SPEAKER_00]: And now the number one pick in the NFL draft for Nandal Mendoza, it's just a, it's been a surreal run for this program.
- 12:23[SPEAKER_00]: And this is kind of the culmination of it on Thursday.
- 12:28[SPEAKER_02]: And we talked all about all the IU prospects on the IU report this week.
- 12:34[SPEAKER_02]: Please everybody go check that out
- 12:37[SPEAKER_02]: was a really good podcast.
- 12:39[SPEAKER_02]: When you look at the NFL draft outside of the IU guys and Mendoza, who are the potential franchise players that you're seeing here in the top part of the draft?
- 12:50[SPEAKER_00]: Well, as much as I hate to say this, the first round of this draft is it's Ohio State tonight.
- 12:58[SPEAKER_00]: uh... they they will just absolutely dominate the third day portion of the straf and probably starting at number two they'll have our velvety school into the jets and then from there a kaleb downs sunny styles Lorenzo styles carnal tate kind of wild that one school is going to put all this talent in the NFL they're going to take it's going to continue that wide receiver run that they've been on and to me
- 13:26[SPEAKER_00]: sunny styles might be the best player in this draft inside linebacker so positional value is it necessarily probably going to be a guy taking but man he is just a game record and if you can get him you know the giants
- 13:43[SPEAKER_00]: with one of those two top 10 picks, if you can get him and then stack him with Caleb downs or something, if you're the giants, I mean, you've completely redone your defense in one night.
- 13:54[SPEAKER_00]: And so it's gonna be a big buck I night, as much as I hate to say that, God, I really hate to say that, but they're gonna be the talk of this draft coming out of Thursday.
- 14:12[SPEAKER_00]: it's it's it's gonna be up there depends on the how you feel about carnival tape and where you slot him among the receivers if he's the number one receiver taken yeah you could have five of the top 10 coming out of Columbus and same and they lost their last two games of last year and I know you and I had a bit of an argument about this last year during the draft win.
- 14:38[SPEAKER_01]: the raiders took a running back with the top five pick and I know Jeremiah love is good, but do you really get the value you need in the top 10 with a running back?
- 14:52[SPEAKER_00]: No, unless you, okay, if this is a situation like say it was like, and I'm going to go to a different league, if you're like the Pacers and you've got a ready made roster, you just had a really bad year.
- 15:06[SPEAKER_00]: and say you have a great offensive line in place and you just for some reason land in the top five.
- 15:13[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, take him.
- 15:15[SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
- 15:15[SPEAKER_00]: But if Arizona sitting there at three with everything that they have on the table, if they take that guy, they're burning his best value.
- 15:26[SPEAKER_00]: It's like what happened
- 15:35[SPEAKER_00]: but the best years that they got out of him, they were terrible on the field because they didn't have enough around him.
- 15:42[SPEAKER_00]: And I've seen him go, now, okay, perfect spot for him.
- 15:47[SPEAKER_00]: Cains a city at nine, because that fits exactly what we talked about.
- 15:53[SPEAKER_00]: You know, that's a team that's worth, that's Cains a city.
- 15:56[SPEAKER_00]: They've, you know, super bowl and top super bowl.
- 15:58[SPEAKER_00]: They had a bad year last year.
- 16:00[SPEAKER_00]: They you throw him on that roster.
- 16:02[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, you're back.
- 16:03[SPEAKER_00]: Probably contending for the freaking Lamberti trophy.
- 16:06[SPEAKER_00]: He goes to Tennessee at four.
- 16:08[SPEAKER_00]: It's a waste.
- 16:11[SPEAKER_00]: And that's probably his most likely destination is Tennessee at four.
- 16:17[SPEAKER_01]: Well, they got a tradition of running backs there with the Titans that they got to keep up.
- 16:21[SPEAKER_00]: So I suppose, but if you don't have a line to go with it, that's right.
- 16:25[SPEAKER_00]: And I mean,
- 16:28[SPEAKER_00]: a lot of stock in your quarterback.
- 16:29[SPEAKER_00]: You put a lot of draft stock in him last year.
- 16:31[SPEAKER_00]: You've got to keep him up right.
- 16:33[SPEAKER_00]: That's why I like the Miami tackle for them.
- 16:38[SPEAKER_00]: But if they don't go that route, if they decide, hey, we're going to add another weapon and the weapon just happens to be a running back.
- 16:45[SPEAKER_00]: He might average 3.1 yards per carry for you next year, but telewise you might be the best player in this thing.
- 16:51[SPEAKER_00]: Let's be real.
- 16:58[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I 100% agree with you.
- 17:02[SPEAKER_00]: And some of the things you hear about him are, okay, he doesn't have long arms.
- 17:09[SPEAKER_00]: I watch that kid dominate every game I watched last year.
- 17:12[SPEAKER_00]: He can be a T-Rex, but he's a damn good T-Rex.
- 17:19[SPEAKER_00]: Kansas City gets him at nine.
- 17:21[SPEAKER_00]: They're feeling pretty damn good about themselves.
- 17:23[SPEAKER_00]: Kansas City's most dangerous team in this draft because they're good.
- 17:29[SPEAKER_00]: If they get an impact guy at nine, they're going to be right back at the top of the AFC.
- 17:35[SPEAKER_01]: Was your question.
- 17:39[SPEAKER_01]: Last question Mike, uh, your eneagles fan, what do your expectations from the Eagles and will AJ Brown still be eneagle at the end of the night?
- 17:48[SPEAKER_00]: He will be at the end of the night.
- 17:50[SPEAKER_00]: He will not go anywhere before June one.
- 17:53[SPEAKER_00]: The cap hit, the cap rate, cap ramifications are just to.
- 17:57[SPEAKER_00]: If you do it before June 1st, it's too much to throw on this year's cap.
- 18:02[SPEAKER_00]: So he'll be there, expectations for the night.
- 18:06[SPEAKER_00]: I think you're going to see line heavy, which is kind of how he roseman's ammo.
- 18:12[SPEAKER_00]: He loves to draft the lines.
- 18:15[SPEAKER_00]: And let's face it.
- 18:15[SPEAKER_00]: They're offensive line wasn't that good last year and it's getting older.
- 18:19[SPEAKER_00]: So I expect them probably go offensive line with their first pick and maybe even with their second pick.
- 18:25[SPEAKER_00]: They did that a couple of years ago at corner back when they were getting old and bad at corner, and I think you can see them go that route this year I've seen at least one projection That has Omar Cooper going to the Eagles, which I would absolutely love as an Eagles fan, but
- 18:45[SPEAKER_00]: Realistically, it's never fun when your team's taken off at the line, you know, but you also know if you have a bad offensive line, it's not fun to watch your team play.
- 18:57[SPEAKER_00]: So, spot 23 though, it's perfect for an offensive line, it is, it is.
- 19:03[SPEAKER_00]: And I've been spoiled by the Eagles over the last few years, just they've been so good on the line for most of my adult life.
- 19:12[SPEAKER_00]: Stoutland, Jeff Stoutland being the end.
- 19:14[SPEAKER_00]: He's gone now, but he was such a good offensive line coach.
- 19:19[SPEAKER_00]: I haven't watched a team with a bad offensive line in the NFL for so long that I kind of forget how much it sucks in most of watching another team play that has a bad offensive line, like Kansas City and that Super Bowl where the Eagles killed them.
- 19:35[SPEAKER_00]: they just dominated their offensive ones.
- 19:37[SPEAKER_00]: So if the Eagles decide to go that route, they stock up on the line.
- 19:41[SPEAKER_00]: It's going to be boring.
- 19:42[SPEAKER_00]: I'm not going to have much to talk about, but hopefully as a fan, it works out for them because it's a good formula and it's worked for them for years.
- 19:52[SPEAKER_01]: Mike, you know, I'm a Purdue fan.
- 19:54[SPEAKER_01]: I am not an IU fan, but if the
- 20:03[SPEAKER_00]: The sentiment of a lot of teams, if you get any of these I, you guys that are projected to be out there, I think you're going to be pretty happy with what you get.
- 20:13[SPEAKER_00]: You're going to get guys that are disciplined.
- 20:16[SPEAKER_00]: They were obviously well coached in college.
- 20:21[SPEAKER_00]: And they just seem like guys who are going to come in and make plays for you, and you could get good value.
- 20:27[SPEAKER_00]: If you're sitting in the six round and you need an ad dresser, and the cow come on us sitting there, you're going to walk away pretty diagonally happy if that's the picture you make.
- 20:37[SPEAKER_00]: I have a feeling, and that applies to a fisher, it applies to rolling him, be it applies to Pat Cougan, just any position.
- 20:44[SPEAKER_00]: If the Eagles get Pat Cougan to be a center,
- 20:50[SPEAKER_00]: I'm buying a jerseys.
- 20:54[SPEAKER_01]: I'm coogin' and fit, I would love any of those guys, man.
- 20:57[SPEAKER_01]: They are the epitome of football players.
- 21:00[SPEAKER_01]: Every one of those guys that I knew last year, I'd love to have any of that on the court.
- 21:09[SPEAKER_02]: Alright, Mike, thanks so much for your time, I appreciate it as always.
- 21:12[SPEAKER_00]: No problem, man.
- 21:13[SPEAKER_00]: Go birds.
- 21:34[SPEAKER_02]: I'm so glad you're in the support report as I follow tonight in the media.
- 21:39[SPEAKER_02]: I love Susie.