{"podcast":{"title":"The Morning Kick-Off w/Mike Hardball Hardge & Mark Henry","slug":"the-morning-kick-off-w-mike-hardball-hardge-mark-henry-6692604","podcast_index_feed_id":6692604,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6009644/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://iheart.com/podcast/128170448","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/615247186f1e3086df9690bbf1591c53.jpg","author":"AM 1300 THE ZONE (KVET-AM)","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Welcome to “The Morning Kick-Off Show” with Mike “Hardball” Hardge and Olympian & WWE Legend, “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:17:05.513105+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-morning-kick-off-w-mike-hardball-hardge-mark-henry-6692604"},"episode":{"title":"Turn the Page Tuesday: Texas Tech Gambling Scandal, Mike Tomlin Explains It All, Thunder Sweep Suns & NBA ROTY Award","slug":"turn-the-page-tuesday-texas-tech-gambling-scandal-mike-tomlin-explains-it-all-thunder-sweep-suns-nba-roty-award","published_at":"2026-04-28T14:36:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-morning-kick-off-w-mike-hardball-hardge-mark-henry-6692604/turn-the-page-tuesday-texas-tech-gambling-scandal-mike-tomlin-explains-it-all-thunder-sweep-suns-nba-roty-award","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-morning-kick-off-w-mike-hardball-hardge-mark-henry-6692604","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/turn-the-page-tuesday-texas-tech-gambling-scandal-mike-tomlin-explains-it-all-thunder-sweep-suns-nba-roty-award--71707405","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71707405/1_morning_kickoff_show_04_28_2026.mp3","summary":"Today is \"Turn the Page Tuesday,\" and college football has a major scandal with Texas Tech Quarterback Brendan Sorsby entering gambling treatment. How will the NCAA react, and what does this mean for Sorsby's future? The Los Angeles Rams drafting Ty Simpson is causing some controversy. The Texas Longhorns baseball team gets ready to host the Sam Houston St Bearcats with Freshman Michael Winter taking the mound. Chris Simms is out at \"Football Night in America\" on NBC. Mike Tomlin joined NBC and explained why he stepped down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Pistons, Nuggets, and Thunder played their NBA Playoff games last night, with the Thunder sweeping the Suns and advancing to the next round. One NBA team governor is showing his cheap side. Cooper Flagg won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Stephon Castle reveals his basketball superstitions. \"The World's Strongest Take!\" Plus, we have Joe Cook of Inside Texas on the show to talk about the Texas Tech scandal and Texas football. You can hear it all here on \"The Morning Kickoff Show!\"","meta_description":"Today is \"Turn the Page Tuesday,\" and college football has a major scandal with Texas Tech Quarterback Brendan Sorsby entering gambling treatment. How wil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4773,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-morning-kick-off-w-mike-hardball-hardge-mark-henry-6692604/episodes/turn-the-page-tuesday-texas-tech-gambling-scandal-mike-tomlin-explains-it-all-thunder-sweep-suns-nba-roty-award/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-morning-kick-off-w-mike-hardball-hardge-mark-henry-6692604/turn-the-page-tuesday-texas-tech-gambling-scandal-mike-tomlin-explains-it-all-thunder-sweep-suns-nba-roty-award.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}