Bobby Knight returns to XM Satellite Radio this week for part two of the interview conducted by fellow Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski on his show “Basketball and Beyond with Coach K” on XM Sports Nation (ch 144).

The always-quotable Bobby Knight had this to say during one of their exchanges:

Coach K: You’ve put over forty years into our game. How do you view the game right now? What things would you change on the court, for the game?

Bobby Knight: Officials should not be allowed in college to work more than three games a week.  Your kids are tired, and mine are too, if they play three games in a week, and officials work six nights a week, and I think that’s really an abortion to the game of basketball. It hurts the officials, and when the officials are tired, they hurt the game. I think it could be changed easily. You’re either going to work three games a week, or you can go to the NBA, or the NJCAA, or the NAAIA, or you can work Kroger’s against the A&P in the city league.

"Basketball and Beyond with Coach K” airs on XM Sports Nation - Wednesdays at 2pm ET, with replays airing that evening, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Duke University headcoach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach "K") and his mentor, Texas Tech’s Bobby Knight, will sit down for an in-depth discussion on XM Sports Nation (ch 144) this Wednesday, January 24th.
 
The two Basketball Hall of Famers, who both hold six NCAA college basketball championships between the two of them, will talk about the game and the lessons passed from teacher to student on Krzyzewski’s XM show "Basketball and Beyond with Coach K."
 
Knight coached Krzyzewski at West Point, and Knight hired Krzyzewski as an assistant at Indiana.
 
The first part of Coach K’s show airs this Wednesday on XMSN at 2pm ET, and the second segment will air next Wednesday, January 31st (also at 2pm ET). Encores will play at 7pm and 11pm ET, with additional times on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

(The old-school picture of the two of them here is when Knight was K’s coach at West Point. Photo Credit: U.S. Military Academy Sports Information Office.)  

Major League Baseball field reporter and columnist Ken Rosenthal will become a weekly contributor to XM’s baseball talk channel MLB Home Plate (ch 175) as XM’s new "MLB Insider."

Starting today, Rosenthal will appear on XM’s “Baseball This Morning” with hosts Mark Patrick, Buck Martinez and Orestes Destrade. He will also make appearances on “Baseball Beat” with Charley Steiner, and will appear on the MLB Home Plate channel when major news breaks on or off the field.

Ken Rosenthal is the lead field reporter for Fox TV’s MLB coverage, as well as the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com. Previously, he covered baseball for The Sporting News and served as baseball reporter and general sports columnist at The Baltimore Sun. Among his other claims to fame: His laptop computer once got smashed by a foul ball hit by fellow XM on-air host Cal Ripken.

XM Satellite Radio will be the title-sponsor of the IndyCar Series season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway: the XM Satellite Radio Indy 300.

Held on Saturday, March 24th, the XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 is scheduled to start at 8pm ET. The race will of course be broadcast live on XM’s IndyCar Series channel (ch 145).

While this is the sixth consecutive year that Homestead-Miami Speedway has kicked off the IndyCar Series, this will be the first time in the history of open wheel racing that a season opening race will be held at night and the winner crowned under the lights.

And yes, I'll jump at the chance to post any photo of Danica Patrick that I can... just because.

[The Charlotte Observer]