Alex Kennedy, CCO of Basketball News and basketball journalist extraordinaire, joins Sky High Sports and Entertainment to share his expertise and insights into the league while chopping it up about some of the best sports shows and movies of the year. We delve into James Harden's trade request, the investigation into his comments about Daryl Morrey, the 2023 Hall of Fame class, how Dame's trade request will affect the NBA and who will win the 2024 NBA championship and MVP. Alex also shares his experiences during his career, which include interviewing Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. We also talk about the movie Air and why it was such an incredible film as well as reflecting on the sports show of the century: Ted Lasso.

Lachelle Smith, Editor at the Player's Tribune and Sports Journalist Extroardinaire featured on ESPN joins Sky High Sports and Entertainment for a wide-ranging discussion about her fascinating career journey and experiences including covering the first-ever UnInterrupted Sports Film Festival, her favorite piece she's worked on for the Player's Tribune and how it came together, Kobe Bryant's influence on the Player's Tribune as a co-founder and having published his eventually-Oscar-winning poem Dear Basketball, while providing her expert opinion and takes on topics such as Damian Lillard's trade request, the state of the WNBA, WNBA and NBA championship predictions and more. She even talks about how her TikTok review of the show Swagger, executive produced by Kevin Durant, was acknowledged by the cast members and her thoughts on the show as well as how she grew her TikTok following and a powerful answer to the most important lesson she's learned in her life.

Relive the best moments of the ESPYs with full analysis and context including Lil' Wayne's live performance of his classic song A Mili featuring modern day sports references, the banana boat tribute to Carmelo Anthony's retirement featuring LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade, Patrick Mahomes taking home the big awards, women's basketball shining and more. Stay tuned for some analysis of Victor Wembanyama's summer league performance and how it could translate into the NBA before I give my Emmy predictions in the second half of the show after the recent nomination announcements.

Tune in for the best takes, analysis and in-depth updates on the latest in sports and entertainment with the first half of the episode featuring the top 3 NBA free agency stories including where Damian Lillard and James Harden will end up after their trade requests, and how Chris Paul will fit in with the Golden State Warriors. The entertainment portion of the show features reviews of the new DC movie The Flash as well as the new Marvel show Secret Invasion and updates on the future of Marvel and DC's cinematic universes.

Former NBA player Craig "Rhino" Smith joins the 20th episode of Sky High Sports and Entertainment for a wide-ranging interview about his incredible life journey. Rhino discusses how he ended up writing a children's book, being a teammate of a prime Kevin Garnett on the Minnesota Timberwolves and playing against Kobe Bryant, his time playing for his hometown Los Angeles Clippers, playing in Ice Cube's Big 3 league, his experience graduating from the NBPA Broadcasting University at my Alma Mater USC, his most important life lessons and more.

Come take a ride across the sports and entertainment-verse as this week's episode covers a little bit of basketball, football, hockey, soccer and how they all relate to South Florida, as well as why Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse is one of the best superhero movies ever and the top 3 movies coming out in the rest of a cinematically packed June. There will be a deep dive into the NBA Finals including how the Miami Heat won Game 2, how the Denver Nuggets won 3 and how the Heat can bounce back in Game 4. Next, we'll look at another eighth-seeded Florida team has their series tied at 2-1 as the Florida Panthers look to win the Stanley Cup against the heavily-favored Las Vegas Golden Knights. We will of course discuss Soccer's GOAT, Lionel Messi, choosing to play for Inter Miami FC before discussing where DeAndre Hopkins should play his next NFL season and why Dalvin Cook, recently released by the Vikings, will likely be signed by the Miami Dolphins. For the show's second half, we'll delve into how Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse lived up to the hype as a love letter to Spider-Man with the greatest animation in cinematic history before closing things off with the top 3 movies coming out in an action-packed June. There will also be a quick dive into how Metro Boomin created an amazing soundtrack for Across the Spiderverse and the 15th anniversary of Lil Wayne's The Carter 3

The NBA Finals are underway and I'm here to break down how Denver won with their newly minted superstar duo of Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic and what Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat can and likely will do differently to make this a series and preserve their chances of winning with the return of Tyler Herro on the horizon. In the show's entertainment portion, I do a full breakdown of how Ted Lasso pulled off an amazing series finale for the show and how Succession had arguably the greatest series finale of all time pulling off an epic twist and one of the greatest scenes in TV history.

It's one of the biggest weeks ever in both sports and entertainment as in sports Carmelo Anthony, an all-time great retires, The Denver Nuggets sweep the Los Angeles Lakers to make the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat are up 3-2 on the Boston Celtics after being up 3-0 looking to make their 2nd NBA Finals appearance with Jimmy Butler, while in entertainment Yellowjackets aired its season finale, Succession has its series finale coming up and Ted Lasso has its season (and potential series finale) coming up next week after airing an all-time great episode this past week. Come listen in for the Top 5 Carmelo Anthony moments, why Denver, Jokic and Jamal Murray are more fun to watch than people give them credit for, why Jimmy Butler and the Heat will beat the Celtics, a recap of Yellowjacket's biggest moments and my prediction for the Succession finale.