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The Central Indiana Sports 10-Minute Report ... Co-Host: Will Retherford (2.242.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: Renando Mendoza goes number one as expected, and I have a co-host for the first time on the 10-minute report.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host Greg Mendoza and I love Central Indiana sports.
• 0:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: Coming up today, Friday, April 24, 2026, Renando Mendoza goes number one to the Raiders and Omar Cooper is a jet.
• 0:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: and NBA and NHL playoffs with today's co-host Will Rutherford.
• 0:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Ten minutes or so tailored specifically for Central Indian sports fans.
• 0:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Quick programming, note will have a fever report with John Robertson and Michelle Garmin first thing.
• 0:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Sunday morning and a culture report, hopefully sometimes Sunday, but Monday at the latest, where we'll react to the complete cold straft.
• 0:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: In the meantime, we'll be talking about what the colds do today and tomorrow on the 10 minute report.
• 1:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I guess we're gonna have to multiple guests for that one because we're gonna be talking fever NFL draft and NBA playoffs.
• 1:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for joining us, your 10-minute update begins now.
• 1:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: Pando Mendoza was the first I U player taken first overall since the ramps to Corby Davis first in 1938.
• 1:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: And the NFL draft Thursday night in Pittsburgh by the Raiders will your thoughts on the marriage of Fernando Mendoza and the Raiders.
• 1:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I think he's probably the perfect quarterback to land in Las Vegas.
• 1:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if he'll get caught up in the Hawthorne circumstance that is, um, not about that.
• 1:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: The strip, uh, I, I, I like it.
• 1:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: I, I'm not sure that he is awesome.
• 1:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's somewhere between good and great.
• 1:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: I, I don't know that he's like better than.
• 1:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: you know like Trevor Lawrence was probably as a prospect in terms of like that I think he's probably a tier below that but I mean he's a five number one pick for a team that was very quarterback needy so I hope it works out for him I know that the state of Indiana just became huge raiders fans because it's a cult like following for him he didn't basically do no wrong when he throws 20 or 7 from his next year it'll still be the second coming of Christ in Bloomington so it's good for him it's good for the raiders hopefully he can make a work
• 2:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Raiders really have not been good at all in my lifetime, and I remember.
• 2:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, the tuck rule was I was one when that happened.
• 2:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's the last time that we're really relevant other than a couple years that Derek Carr got into the playoffs.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the league isn't in a better spot when he's there.
• 2:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: If there's a player that I think could potentially turn that franchise around, I think Middows is probably a perfect draft pick.
• 2:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: They just have to do a good job of surrounding him with talent.
• 2:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: Click who be acne to do a good job of making sure he gets the ball.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Out on time, it's going to be a transition for the Raiders to have a franchise quarterback for the first time in a while.
• 3:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think he's as good as people thought he was going to be.
• 3:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm not going to be shocked.
• 3:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's the raiders really struggle this year, but I think in four years we'll look back and Mendoza is a good starting in a full quarterback.
• 3:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: The JetStook Texas Tech Pat?
• 3:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Jets took Texas Tech Pass Restaurant David Bailey 2nd, the Cardinals noted a running back Jeremiah Love 3rd, the Titans took Ohio State wide receiver Cardinal.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tate 3 buck guys in the top 7, 4 in the top 11, the Rams move up to take Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson and the Jets traded down and eventually took IU and Lawrence Norths, Omar Cooper Jr., with the 30th pick overall.
• 3:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, and I have a weekly podcast that we'll return it next week.
• 4:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll drag versus will versus the world where we get points for our predictions and get extra points if we prove the other person and the world wrong is kind of an idea of something we debate.
• 4:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, in 20 years, which player from Thursday's draft will have had the biggest impact?
• 4:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: It calmed down.
• 4:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he was the most NFL ready player in the entire draft.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: The fact he fell to 11 was shocking.
• 4:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's going to be an absolute star in Dallas.
• 4:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Goldstraft 15th and 46th the night will.
• 4:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Jacob Rodriguez, the linebacker from Texas Tech is who I really want for the Colts.
• 4:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: Is there anybody you really like?
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Rodriguez is probably my slam dunk for the Colts of 47.
• 4:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: He, to me, seems like a place in play right now.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think his ceiling is probably a little lower, but his floor is really high.
• 5:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: And his team needs a stout middle linebacker who can make plays.
• 5:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's probably not a prototype middle linebacker, but he is productive and he is without doubt going to be an impact player in the NFL.
• 5:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, you got Grant Shouse was at the IU Spring Game Thursday evening, and he will have a recap of that early next week on the IU Report with he and my cuddle.
• 5:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, these NBA playoffs have been fantastic.
• 5:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thursday's Hawks Nick's game was probably the best one yet.
• 5:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: CJ McCall, I'm taking down the next for the second straight game, both one point wins by Atlanta.
• 5:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: I tried to tell you well that these Hawks were pretty darn good.
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I completely agree.
• 5:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not shocked that they've been successful.
• 5:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Nixon's been up and down the entire year.
• 5:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: And right now, they're struggling to fill the ball up.
• 5:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: I do think it's probably going to come back that the Nixon's are going to win this in seven.
• 6:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think, but I'm not shocked at all that the Hawks have played well.
• 6:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just, I didn't see them being able to handle the physicality of the Nixon's.
• 6:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: But they've just been so game.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's been a really good basketball that whole series and the Hawks are really fun to watch.
• 6:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Raptors are back in their series against Cleveland.
• 6:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: They won 126-104 beyond 33 points of piece from RJ Barrett and Scotty Barnes.
• 6:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well at some point we're going to have to talk about that draft with RJ Barrett because that is the most insane draft of all time.
• 6:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: And the team rules have to beat up Nuggets on the ropes after a 1396 game three win.
• 6:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not shocked.
• 6:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: We we kind of baited a little bit.
• 6:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought that the timber wolves nuggets and spurs were kind of like a love triangle of who's going to be who to get where.
• 6:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's right.
• 6:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Timberls have just flat out had the Nuggets number the last two years, and that's kind of why I thought going into this series, we were going to see the Nuggets in the Oak, it could kind of fill your mouth a little bit, because I just thought he was too live a player for the Wolves to really have teed up that well, but the supporting cast just hasn't played up the par, and I think Anthony Edwards is the perfect type of player for playoff basketball in terms of a guy that can go get you a bucket at any moment.
• 7:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Wolves are dangerous.
• 7:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, tonight's seven o'clock Celtic 76ers, eight o'clock lakers, rockets, 1030 spurs, blazers, all on prime video.
• 7:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: What are you looking for?
• 7:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm really looking for the spurs ability to deal with women not in not being at 100% because I think it completely hinges on his ability to play good basketball in terms of their ability to win finals.
• 7:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think if he's not right, they're good, they're not, he's such a special player.
• 7:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: If he's not 100%, I just don't think they can win enough games, especially shootouts, he's presence defensively around the bucket.
• 8:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: And just if he's not at his capacity,
• 8:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: In the Stanley Cup playoff's will, the Sabers went up two games to one on the Bruins with the 3-1 win, and the Hurricanes would be auto-autitude at one, and the Avalanche beat the Kings 4-2 to go up 3-0 in those series.
• 8:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Three game threes tonight, all three series tied 1-1 will.
• 8:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tampa Bay, Montreal 7, that series has been fantastic so far, what else is set out to you in the playoffs.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it's funny because you, you've not mentioned the one series that I think spend the most interesting.
• 8:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: And that's, in I'm, and Edmonton, I think the duck's ability to slow down McDavid has been honestly kind of baffling in a way.
• 8:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't expect him to come in.
• 8:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's only had 25 playoff games, his entire career that he's not scored any points in.
• 8:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: you know, I, I think it's cute right now with a doctor doing, but there's no way that you're going to keep the best player in the world down for that long.
• 9:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: I, I just kind of think Edmonton's just waiting to heat up a little bit and getting with David with a hot stick and get a couple of power play goals hopefully get Leon going as well.
• 9:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's very able to do that.
• 9:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think they have any concern in this series, but, you know, it's, it's really interesting when a team is young as Anna, I'm just been able to kind of keep McDabe
• 9:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Cubs won again eight to seven over the fillies on Thursday afternoon on Dan's B. Sponsons RBI single in the 10th, nine in a row for the Cubs.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Reds and Cubs are now tied for first at 16 and nine with Will's Cardinals just a game and a half back.
• 9:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Been a crazy start of the National Accidental as in a will.
• 9:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: I never really imagined that we were going to be in this type of situation where all five teams are really good.
• 9:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the pirates are starting to come back down to a little bit.
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not shocked with the cubs.
• 9:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Greg, this is exactly what I expected them to be a gritty team.
• 9:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: The fillies are struggling.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: The cubs are just taking advantage of opportunities to skip them to win games.
• 10:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a trait that you love to see come October, which is where I think the cubs are probably going to end up.
• 10:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: So they expect to win these games, don't they?
• 10:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: They do, they even when they're down, they expect to win these games in the 10th inning, like they're there, they expect for somebody to step up and deliver, and it's not like Dan's B. Swanson has been some star in Chicago.
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's been really average at best, probably below average, for the money they're paying them, but they just have this mentality where they keep the line moving, and they expect to go into the box to produce.
• 10:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I hate to say it, I think the Cubs are as good as I probably thought they were going to be.
• 10:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: The red toast, the Tigers for three, starting at 6.40 tonight, the Cardinals host the struggling Mariners starting at 8.15.
• 10:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: And will the Cubs now go out west for three against the Dodgers and three against the Padres?
• 10:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: Greg, I think this is the litmus test early in the year for the Cubs.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Are they legit?
• 11:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: Is this nine game winning streak kind of a fluke?
• 11:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: Did they get hot at the right time?
• 11:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Because the Dodgers and Padre's are going to perform.
• 11:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think we have just come to expect that at this point.
• 11:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: And the podgers are doing it in a different way.
• 11:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Talk to you, isn't playing great.
• 11:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Crimin were spin abysmal.
• 11:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're just for Mont Bluriano's been okay at best.
• 11:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: Like they're just.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're the podgers are going to get done with great pitching.
• 11:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Dodgers are obviously the best team in the entire league.
• 11:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: the Cardinals every series I'm saying is this the one, is this the one where we we come back down the reality, but the mayor is offences.
• 11:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Really struggle.
• 11:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's no coincidence that Brendan Tonovans have been injured and they've not performed really well with him not in the line up.
• 11:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's definitely been a table shuttered the lead off spot when he's played against right handed pitching.
• 11:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just read tired your series.
• 11:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: just feels like something.
• 11:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.
• 11:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the Tigers have under performed a little bit, and I think they're trying to get back to where they're supposed to be, and this red team's been playing great.
• 12:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: And see I see softball Thursday, the openers for all ACIC baseball and softball teams Thursday night.
• 12:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: We spread scored five times in the eighth to beat Blackford 7 to 2 in extra
• 12:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Franklin handed Oak Hill.
• 12:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's first loss of the season with an 11, and nothing victory.
• 12:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: Avali Stanley went four for four with a double a home run.
• 12:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: She scored three times and drove in five runs for the five and four Eagles.
• 12:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: Ali Smith had two of Alexander's five home runs and a 16 to one win over Madison Grant.
• 12:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Jarah T. Garden was four for five with a couple of home runs and drove in four in Mississippi, while 13 to five win over Elwood.
• 12:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Sandy Jordan hit her for some run up here for the Panthers.
• 12:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: And baseball East Brook held off Blackford for a three to two win, Alexander beat Madison Grant 7-3, Mrs. Sinwall talked L-Wid 9-3 and O-Kill blanked Frankton 3 to nothing.
• 13:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: Will Rowling went two for four with a double and two RBI's for 11-3 Alexandria, Kaling Quaterer and Caden Rids.
• 13:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Both drove in three runs for four and five misses in a while, and Aiden Pierce and Ethan Nahl combined on the shut out for eight and one Oak Hill.
• 13:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, thank you so much for joining us.
• 13:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: Appreciate it.
• 13:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll be back tomorrow.
• 13:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
• 13:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate it.
• 13:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much to Will just to let you know we are going through a bit of a transition here starting to point toward our third season and what we're going to do differently.
• 13:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: with IU and Purdue football and basketball over, the pace or season done.
• 13:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: No cold season going on right now.
• 13:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're just gonna do podcasts as they come up.
• 13:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're not gonna have any particular days of the week.
• 13:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll probably do that until August, and then we'll have a daily schedule again.
• 13:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: But you can listen to this show every day.
• 14:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: We, afternoons, week end mornings,
• 14:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: First thing in the morning, every day, the 10-minute report, thanks so much for listening.
• 14:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: Again, we'll be back tomorrow.
• 14:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: The central Indian Esports report is a product of ITG media, and I love Susie.