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Did You Know? A rock legend recently explained how he was inspired to write one of the biggest 80's rock songs after he was caught speeding in Upstate NY while on his way from Albany Airport to Lake Placid for a show. Thinking that the speed limit back in the 1980s was 65 MPH, this lead-footed rocker gassed it up to 62 MPH, only to get pulled over.  Here's the rest of the story: The Lyrics "I

What a game! What a Season!  Congrats to the entire Schalmont Community on the Lady Sabres winning a Class B State Title! The Lady Sabres won the Class B State Title on Sunday, and on Monday morning Brian and Chrissy talked to the emotional Coach V after the win.  Ch...

At Least 3 Capital Region Schools Close Over Possible Tik Tok Scare School administrators throughout the Capital Region have spent the last few days sorting through details and evidence in regards to the national Tik Tok threat of school gun violence posted on the social media platform this week...

Closed in 2011, the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility in Warwick, NY sits vacated, unless a few brave souls dare take a tour and walk through its supposedly very haunted hallways. Located about two hours south of Albany, it was originally used as a reform school for troubled boys and became an actual adult prison in 1979...

Music and sports go hand and hand. You always see athletes wearing their headphones, listening to their favorite music to get psyched up for their games. How about musicians? Do they get pumped up when they are watching sports? Well, the guys on The Drive know that one guy does.

It is a long time coming for Yankee fans. Finally "The Captain" Derek Jeter will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown today. For me, Derek Jeter will always be the best Yankee that ever played the game. I was fortunate six years ago to meet Derek Jeter and ask him a couple of questions. I even made "The Captain" laugh.

Garth Brooks is excited and you can hear it in his voice, or at least we thought so when he surprisingly called into the WGNA morning show on Friday morning.    When he makes his way to the northeast and performs live at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, October 9th it will be his first show in the Boston-area for the first time in 6 years. T...

It's impossible to list all my favorite interviews I've done over the last seven years here but as I sit here preparing to do my last few full-time shows there are a few that come to mind. There's obviously every time Buster Olney has been on the show but I actually consider him part of the show and more than just a guest. Obviously, the Super Bowl trips are the base for a lot of the ones I'm most proud of. Let me know if any interviews I've been lucky enough to do are your favorites, please. Here are a few top interviews in no particular order.

The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox haven't even played each other yet and the Yanks have already played 42 games. With the Red Sox currently on top of the American League East is one of the bigger surprises of this young season the 19 games between them and the Yankees loom large in deciding the outcome of the division. ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney cautions fans of the two teams to not get tunnel vision because there's no shortage of competition in the AL East.

In ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney's weekly call with Levack and Bahl he made it very clear that New York Yankees' Gary Sanchez is not only catching on thin ice, but that ice may also have already broken. Buster also shared his thoughts on if the Yankees have turned the corner, Is Fransisco Lindor in real trouble with the Mets, and were the Angels wrong to DFA Albert Pujols.

The Albany Empire have hired the man that will replace Rob Keefe as head coach, Thomas Menas will be the man looking to lead the Empire to another championship. Menas, leaves the New Jersey Flight where he was the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Line Coach and will now face his former team with the Empire.

The days of saying "the Albany NLL team" are rapidly coming to an end. Tomorrow at the Times Union Center we find out the official name of the Lacrosse team that will call the arena on South Pearl Street home. Today I introduce you to another member of that team, Colton Watkinson.