THE JIM

February 8th 2002 is a somber day. It's the day Matt Ivie passed away and I had to announce it on the radio after broadcasting a game. The Stanislaus State Warriors vs. UC San Diego Tritons The Warriors are led by Mike Terpstra and make a big comeback to get the win. This is the original broadcast with some of the commercials edited out. 

A classic radio clip from July 19th 2002.  Allen Iverson has legal problems, Oakland Raiders, Yankees vs. Red Sox, Celebrity Golf in Tahoe & more.. Jim Wells, Joe Rocha, Kitty Chavez, Big Trace & NY Giant Joe  

Matt Ivie passed away on February 8th 2002. This is how we broke the sad news on AM 970 ESPN RADIO. It was a Friday night and I was filling in for Matt as the Play-by-Play announcer for CSU Stanislaus basketball. The Warriors beat UC San Diego and then I had to break the news... I saw Matt the day he died. A group of radio people went to his house to visit with him. Matt was on his death bed after a 2 year battle with cancer. I will never forget seeing him and hugging him that day. He died 4 hours later with his wife and 4 children at his bedside.  #Cancersucks 

This is the first game in my career as a play-by-play announcer. I was filling in for Matt Ivie, who was battling cancer and was unable to travel to the Bay Area.  Sonoma State vs. CSU Stanislaus - Men's College Basketball Head Coach Mike Terpstra Key Players: Ira Taylor, Jeff Davenport, Bernard Mcintosh, Coup Taylor, Brad Watkins (Modesto), Ray Ray, Spencer Hay, Jamal O'Quinn This is the original broadcast from January 4th 2002 Matt Ivie Passed away a month later - Feb 8th 2002

Classic sports talk from Matt Ivie and Brian Wheeler.  Take a journey back to the NBA in 2000. The Kings and lakers are on the rise and the Portland Trailblazers have some turmoil with Rasheed Wallace. Scottie Pippen is injured, Can the Blazers survive? (They ended up in the West-finals)  Brian is the long-time 'Play-by-Play' voice of the Portland Trailblazers and worked for the Sacramento Kings in the mid-90's This is the "Ivie league Show" from early February 2000.  Original aired on ESPN Radio 970 - KESP - MODESTO

Here is a vintage clip from The Ivie League Show on April 30th 2000. Matt Ivie talks NBA Playoffs, the San Jose Sharks & More. Bear is the engineer on the board. I have included most of the original commercials featuring John Yazel and Fred Hunter. The Voice of ESPN Radio 970 was Dave Holmes "Mr Wonderful"  I am not included in this clip "Producer Boy" - I was working for Kat Country 103 and pulling double duty with Matt - most days of the week.  This is classic Matt Ivie 

Geico Caveman John Lehr joined me for a conversation in 2006 about being the caveman, and his new show '10 items or Less' (TBS) Geico Commercial Geico on Youtube https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499856/ What he's up to now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lehr

Vintage sports-talk segment from October 15th 2003 - Jim Wells and Demitrius Snear give their thoughts on the Steve Bartman fan interference incident from the night before.  The Steve Bartman incident was a controversial play that occurred during a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins on October 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2003 postseason. Along with other spectators seated against the wall, Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached for the ball, but he deflected it, disrupting Alou's potential catch. If Alou had caught the ball, it would have been the second out in the inning, and the Cubs would have been just four outs away from winning their first National League pennant since 1945. The Cubs ultimately allowed eight runs in the inning, and lost the game 8–3. When they were eliminated in Game 7 the next day, the incident was seen as the "first domino" to fall in affecting the series's outcome.[1]

Edison High School (Stockton) is about to play in its first section title game in 20 years. It's December 2003 - Jim and Demitrius Snear talk HS football with Coach Burke in a vintage sports-talk radio interview. #EdisonHigh #EdisonHS 

Big Trace was a frequent caller and the host of a listener hosted football show. In this clip, he joins me in-studio to talk football before the 2003 kickoff.  This is a vintage clip from September 2nd 2003 - The NFL Regular season is about to kick off.  The Raiders are entering the 2003 season after a brutal loss in the Super Bowl to Jon Gruden and the Bucs.  The Raiders finished the year 4-12 in 2003 and are still trying to get back to the Super Bowl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Oakland_Raiders_season