Dukes & Bell

Carl and Mike close out the show with reaction to Hawks' rookie Zaccharie Risacher being named to the All-Rookie 1st Team both agreeing the Hawks "got a good thing" out of their rookie. They then share more thoughts on the NBA conference finals, which begin tonight with the T-Wolves at the Thunder. Then they add final thoughts on the NFL owners approval of players trying out for the Olympic flag football team.

Carl and Mike are joined by Grant McAuley as they preview their matchup with the Nationals and Spencer Strider making his first start since initially returning from injury back in April.

Carl and Mike get into some Falcons/NFL talk and react to the owners voting to allow players to try out for the Olympic flag football team, both agreeing they would not want Falcons' players to participate to add additional wear and tear on their bodies, potentially causing an injury.

Carl and Mike get back into some Braves talk and their discussion on whether or not the Braves should trade Sean Murphy in order to insert Drake Baldwin into the lineup daily. And while they note they are not saying they have no knowledge of the Braves making such a move, they simply Murphy has enough value to make the move now to get good arms in return.

Carl and Mike come back with thoughts on reactions they are getting from people in regards to their thoughts on Braves making room for Drake Baldwin in the lineup more regardless of pitching matchup. They then get back into a conversation on the College Sports Commission CEO position that is to come out of the House vs NCAA settlement and discuss if there may be some challenges with all schools being on the same page as to what type of regulations will be put in place to even things out in regards to NIL and transfer portal.

Carl and Mike are joined by Audacy NBA Insider Nick Friedell as they preview the conference championships.

Carl and Mike come back with more thoughts on Sean Murphy and explain why they believe the veteran catcher's lack of production at the plate is their reasoning for believing the Braves should trade him to allow Drake Baldwin to be in the lineup daily.

Carl and Mike come back and share a few more thoughts on the reports of a CEO being hired to run the College Sports Commission and discuss how they believe the new system would work and what type of pushback some of the schools and conferences may have. They then get into the latest sports headlines including the return of Spencer Strider to the Braves starting rotation tonight as he'll face the Nationals and both guys agree his return is coming at a great time for the Braves as they have battled back to be in the race for the division title.

Carl and Mike briefly share some thoughts on the House vs NCAA settlement in which it has been reported a CEO will be hired to lead a College Sports Commission to oversee college sports. As they discuss, they each state how they feel about the type of person who should be considered for the position as Carl is for it being someone not from the college football world, while Mike believes the person should have experience from within the college sports world.

Carl and Mike open up the show with some Braves talk as they react to comments by Alex Anthopoulos, who spoke with the Steakhouse about several things including not being worried about the performance of Raisel Iglesias to which the guys agree that the Braves reliever is not pitching at a level to which they believe he should be and that his stuff has fallen off. They also share thoughts on AA's comments on how much Drake Baldwin will be used to which he said he trusts Brian Snitker to use him as best he can and the guys agree that the excuse  of batting against righty and lefties should not be used in limiting Baldwin's plate appearance.