David Kelly and J.W. Madden talk local, regional and national sports every Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. with Kricket on traffic and weather every 20 minutes on the 5s.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (5-8-24): UA's new athletics director is set to make her first coaching hire as she looks to try and turn around the Wildcats once proud swimming program.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (5-8-24): The Wildcats hit three homers early to even their season series with the rival Sun Devils
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (5-8-24): The demise of the Wildcats in the pool has not been exaggerated, UA needs a new leader to get them back to the prominence they once held nationally. Who is that person going to be.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (5-7-24): Arizona heads to the Valley with an eye on beating the rival Sun Devils after ASU came to Tucson earlier this season and took two-of-three from the Wildcats.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (5-7-24): Elijah Reeves and the Pima Aztecs head into their series with South Mountain with the firepower to defend their NJCAA Division I Region I championship.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (5-7-24): Arizona product has gone from a player who wasn't expected to get many minutes this season to integral part of the Pacers' rotation as they try and upset the New York Knicks.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (5-6-24): The Arizona Bowl continues to be a cutting-edge innovator on the college bowl front as they move on from Barstool Sports and cut a deal with legendary rapper Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre for a Gin and Juice New Year's affair.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (5-6-24): Tuesday's final regular season meeting for the Wildcats against Arizona State holds serious implications towards this year's rivalry series.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (5-6-24): Kevin Green Jr. (pictured) and Jordan Washington are moving on to join Jedd Fisch at Washington and David Kelly gives you his assessment of what that means for the Wildcats.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (5-3-24): No. 21 Arizona Baseball looks to get back on track against the Cardinal after losing 2-of-3 on the road to Washington.
It's going to be hot this weekend when Arizona Men's Tennis host their second NCAA Regional in a row but David Kelly says that's exactly what you want if you're a tennis player.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (5-3-24): Up on the Farm, every head coach position has a fancy endowment associated with the title and head football coach Troy Taylor has a number of long-winded titles attached to his name.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (5-2-24): Todd Pletcher's Fierceness is the 5-2 favorite to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (5-2-24): The Boston Celtics proved in Round 1 of the NBA Playoffs that they are the team to beat in the Eastern Conference.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (5-2-24): In her first interview of the WNBA season Diana Taurasi had to answer to her comments about what Caitlin Clark would have to face in her first season in the WNBA.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (5-1-24): Arizona Baseball got blasted in a run-rule loss to the visiting Antelopes while Wildcats Softball squeaked out a win over Grand Canyon to end the regular season.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (5-1-24): Nick Arias is following in his dad George's footsteps on the baseball field. After excelling as a Tucson Badger, he's now ripping up the baseball for the Pima Aztecs.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (5-1-24): Matt Hilton, the beekeeper swept in to sweep out a swarm of bees so that the Snakes could even their three-game tilt with first place Los Angeles.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-30-24): it's the rubber game of a split up three-game non-conference series between Arizona and Grand Canyon as the Wildcats look to get back on the winning trend.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-30-24): For the second straight Western Conference series, a young NBA player helped to end the season of one of the players he grew up watching.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-30-24): On his 1st official day on the job as athletics director, Ken Jacome reflects on the road that led to him landing the top seat running Tucson's junior college athletics program.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-29-24): The Suns have set in the West and in the process we may have seen the death of the Big 3 Era in the NBA.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-29-24): For the first time in 10 years the Wildcats will play in the NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament, joining the UA fellas who will host a regional this coming weekend.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-29-24): The Tucson Roadrunners react to losing back-to-back home games to Calgary in the first round of the AHL's Calder Cup Playoffs.
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D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-25-24): The Tucson Roadrunners in the AHL and the Phoenix Suns in the NBA are both on the brink of elimination early in the 2024 post-season (Photo courtesy: Tucson Roadrunners).
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-25-24): The weather is perfect for the NFL Draft where the Arizona Cardinals are 4th on the clock and are expected to select wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-24-24): No one knows what the long-term future holds right now for the Tucson Roadrunners but for now their focus is on the post-season and they 1st round series against the Calgary Wranglers.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-24-24): Arizona players are dropping like flies and the Snakes can't seem to get on a role in the winning direction.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-24-24): Desiree Reed-Francois can't wait to watch Brent Brennan's 1st team compete this weekend in their final Spring Practice.
D.K on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-23-24): The Phoenix Suns do not want to be in a 2-0 hole coming back to the desert this weekend.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-23-24): Jim Monaco sits down with David Kelly for a one-hour chat and fulfills his lifetime goal of interviewing D.K. (Photo courtesy: Arizona Daily Star).
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-23-24): After opening games of blowouts in the NBA Playoffs, buzzer-beaters was the order of the 1st night of Game 2s.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-22-24): Phoenix got dominated 52-28 on the glass by Minnesota in a 25-point playoff opening loss. Now what?
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-22-24): Arizona Baseball and Arizona Softball combined to sweep both Washington State and Arizona State and in the process did so with four walk-off wins in six games.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-22-24): The Wildcats have not lost a baseball game in the Pac-12 in a month and they also have not had a single player honored by the Pac-12 during their impressive run.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-19-24): Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo did not win the press conference today in trying explain with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman why hockey is bolting the desert for Salt Lake City.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-19-24): Josh Doan, Dylan Guenther and Michael Kesselring are head back to the Old Pueblo for Tucson run in the Calder Cup Playoffs (Photo courtesy: Tucson Roadrunners).
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-19-24): No. 21 Arizona has shown a propensity to come from behind with four walk-off wins this season but their head coach would love to see more of that offensive fight at the beginning of the games (Photo courtesy: Arizona Athletics).
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-18-24): The NHL makes it official with the announcement that the Arizona Coyotes will relocate to Salt Lake City.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-18-24): Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo retained control of his AHL franchise in the transfer of the NHL club to Salt Lake City and says he plans to relocate the team from Tucson to Tempe to keep hockey energy flowing in the Valley (Photo courtesy: Tucson Roadrunners).
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-18-24): it will not be easy as it appears for Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo to move the Roadrunners out of Tucson and drop them to replace the NHL at the Mullett Arena in Tempe (Photo courtesy: Tucson Roadrunners).
The Yotes' final game of the season appears to make the conclusion of the NHL in the desert for the foreseeable future.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-17-24): Who of the Coyotes young call ups will return to Tucson for the Calder Cup post season and what will be the new owners say in all of that?
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-17-24): Klay Thompson's contract is up in Golden State and after an 0-for-10 performance with six missed three in the Warriors play-in elimination loss to Sacramento let the speculation begin on where the champion sharp-shooter will play next year.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 3 p.m. hour (4-16-24): Arizona Women's Basketball stars Esmery Martinez and Helena Pueyo will get their shot in the WNBA.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 4 p.m. hour (4-16-24): The Phoenix Suns get a week off ahead of their playoff series that begins Saturday in Minneapolis.
D.K. on the Sports Tip 5 p.m. hour (4-16-24): Oumar Ballo is trading in his Arizona red for Indiana red so is he still a Wildcat 4 Life?