Joel Blank has been plugged into the Houston sports scene for over 2 decades. Nick Sharara is one of most experienced radio producers in Houston. Together, they make up ESPN Houston's "The Press Box." You can hear them weekday afternoons 2-4p CT on ESPN 97.2/92.5 FM or anytime on your device at http://espn975.com.
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank and Jeremy Branham! . Hunter Brown and Jose Altuve redemption or just a "good night"? .Who showed up to voluntary OTA? . Why is CJ Stroud not throwing the football during training? should we ring the alarms?
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank and Jeremy Branham! . Is McCullers "so back"? . Why isn't Yordan Alvarez ready to come back yet? . Blank and Branham react to the Astros mini series win.
Hour 3 of Killer B's with Joel Blank and Jeremy Branham! . What's the REAL story behind Yordan Alvarez not returning? . Blank and Branham speak on "soft athletes" . Can the Astros make a 5 game run?
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! The guys reacted to the Astros Game 1 win over the Mariners, and the performances from Lance McCullers Jr, and Jose Altuve; how encouraged should we be about each guy possibly turning it around?
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... A visit with Astros TV voice Todd Kalas talking about Jose Altuve, Lance McCullers Jr, Christian Walker, the frequency of pitching injuries, and more! And the guys react to the drama on the morning show between John, Lance, and caller Israel
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... SGA won the NBA MVP. That makes 7 straight foreign born MVP's. Is this more credit to Euro hoops progress or a negative as it relates to youth basketball in the US? Producer Brian tries to stump them in a game of 'Who Said It' PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank . When will Yordan Alvarez return? . A special interview with Bill Brown for his new book "Wartime Athletes"
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank . When will Yordan Alvarez return? . Move Your Needle: NHL VS NBA Conference Finals . Kunkel and Branham rating NBA flopping calls . Stars or Oilers? . Dallas VS Houston rivalry
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank . Bad Take Boulevard: Not knowing Yonder Diaz? Ryan McMahon to Astros? and more! . Texans voted to ban the "Tush Push" . The B's react to the Texans draft board
Jeremy Branham was joined by Will Kunkel from Fox 26 today! They reacted to the Astros dropping their last two games in Tampa Are the Astros Going to Be Nothing More Than a .500 Team All Year? How worried should we be about the Astros rotation now that Ronel Blanco is hurt?
Hour 2 with Jeremy Branham and Will Kunkel Joe Mixon apparently got hurt during the offseason, and now the team is interest in JK Dobbins; what's your concern level? How good can the Texans offense be this year? More on the Astros and the mistakes made Jim Crane and Dana Brown Cam Smith came up, is he more likely to win rookie of the year, or get sent down to the minors
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank Buzzkill Branham - CJ Stroud is participating in Fanatics Games, and I hate it NFL players playing flag football in the Olympics is cool and all, but no Texans allowed! What would your NFL starting 5 be for the Olympic flag football team? Kelvin Sampson gets a contract extension at UH, has he done the most impressive coaching job in the city? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... Reaction to the Astros road win at Tampa, in their rinky dink minor league ballpark Thoughts on rookie Colton Gordon's second start; did manager Joe Espada leave him in too long? Texans GM Nick Caserio got asked at a fan event about their handling of the offensive line this offseason. Did we like his answer, did the Texans do enough?
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... More from the Texans fan event, might have gone off the rails at some point lol, including Hannah McNair stepping in when it seemed like Cal was about to say too much about new uniforms Is Hannah stepping in and muting Cal too quickly and too often? Is Cal being emasculated? Would the Texans ever get someone fired? PLUS, our hottest takes of the week during 'Cash It, or Trash It'
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... So...had to discuss what happened on the morning show today, with John and Del calling out Lance for buying chips for ladies in the office at 7am; was that weird? Anniversary of the Mario Elie "Kiss of Death," where does it rank among all-time best Houston sports moments? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... The good, bad, and ugly from the Astros weekend series split with the Rangers And then the show took a left turn down "what are the whitest names in sports" lol after a texter said the Astros are the whitest team in MLB
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... More on the "whitest names in sports" Reacting to the overreaction on the Caitlin Clark foul on Angel Reese Can/will Giannis force his way to a preferred destination? Think that's the Rockets? PLUS, Mailbag Monday!
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Brian McDonald (filling in for Joel Blank) featured... Which $53m QB doesn't belong? How much is Stroud going to get? Would you give him $60m? Is it time for the Astros to move on from Brendan Rodgers? Is he a Tampa Bay Ray or a ____? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Reaction to the Astros come from behind win last night to win their series against the Royals Is there something to leading off that's led to this Jeremy Pena explosion? They have some fun with the Geoff Blum stepping on Todd Kalas' call, and some of the more over the top calls in baseball, including John Sterling of the Yankees And they talked about a video claiming former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow tried to trade Jose Altuve to the Royals for Eric Hosmer, WTF?
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Who is the Astros best player? Has it become Jeremy Pena? Which one of us is the most optimistic about the Texans after their schedule release?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Brian McDonald, filling in for Jeremy Branham What's the biggest storyline for each game on the Texans 2025 schedule? PLUS, our Car Wreck of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included... Joel and especially Jeremy can't understand why people try to predict the NFL schedule before it comes out, just wait. Just show us the finished product, don't get the obsession The guys react to the Astros walk-off win over the Royals, and the standout performances from Framber, Pena, and Paredes
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! The ship has sailed on a bargain Peña extension, did the Astros make a mistake in not locking him up? Would you take these trade offers if you're the Rockets, how should the go about their offseason?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Are the Texans telling us something about Stroud by how aggressively they've added WRs this offseason? Producer Brian has a problem with how Mike Greenberg of ESPN talked about the NFL as if it has a tanking problem, and its need for a draft lottery More on the Rockets offseason plans, including Reed Sheppard's place on the roster PLUS, our Car Wreck of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! How long can you put up with this performance from LMJ? Joel and Jeremy react to the awful behavior of those who sent threats towards LMJ, and his family
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Why should Adam Silver rig the lottery for the Rockets? Broke down the 'good' from the Astros weekend series win over the Reds And producer Brian kept finding random people to come in, and do his job
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Answered your questions during 'Mailbag Monday' Is Giannis really going to leave Milwaukee, and if he does, how much of a player will the Rockets be? Is he a Royals player or ____? Plus, Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Are the Astros mishandling Cam Smith's playing time? The guys react to the breaking news of Hayden Wesneski's elbow injury landing him on the IL; how worried should we be about their starting pitching depth? It's time to move Jose Altuve back to 2B...mostly Our APD Joe George called in to tell us what he's learned at the Barrett Sports Media conference, including something mandatory we must start doing
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Astros TV voice Todd Kalas joined us to discuss Yordan's return timetable, the injury to starting pitcher Hayden Wesneski, Lance McCullers comeback, his dad's famous calls, what his day to day preparation was like before games, and more Jeremy and Joel try to beat producer Brian in game of 'Who Said It' How concerned should we be for Christian Walker? Yes or no on these Rockets trade ideas
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included... Brendan Rodgers advanced consent deadline is Saturday, keep him or release him? Sarge with the reach of the century. Comparing what Golden State did to Jalen to the Pistons' “Jordan Rules” against Jordan Caller debates Cam Smith with Joel and Jeremy, later Mom and Dad fought Is his a Cincinnati Red or ___? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour the guys discussed if the Astros decision to call up Cam Smith to start the season was a mistake
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included a conversation about the job done by Astros GM Dana Brown, is he actually a good GM?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included... A pushback to the data on the Rockets being better without Jalen Green The worst takes of the week got roasted during Bad Take BLVD PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Guys talked about games 2 and 3 of the Astros series against the Brewers Framber pitched like an ace, where is their trust level with him? They tried to make sense of a puzzling sequence where the Astros bunted twice yesterday, down several runs, with a runner on 2nd; huh? Who's decision was that? Should Cam Smith get some playing time in centerfield? They discussed the similarities between the hot starts last year, and this year for Jake Meyers And we got sidetracked from a listener question, how long would you have to live in another city before you started rooting for their teams over our Houston teams?
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! We heard from Rockets GM Rafael Stone on a variety of topics including how they plan to use their stockpile of draft picks, if they want to bring Adams back, how they'll handle FVV's deadline, how he wants to attack improving the roster, and Jalen Green's value to the team Should we be wasting our time talking about the chances of the Rockets landing the top pick that would get them Cooper Flagg? Rockets exit interviews! Where do Joel and Jeremy think each key player needs to improve the most over the offseason?