Stern's Spotlight

Diving into Aaron Rodgers made the right decision staying in Green Bay, Calvin Ridley was unfairly suspended for gambling on games.

The Bengals will shock the world and win their first Super Bowl, while the Philadelphia 76ers need to make a move of some sort at the NBA's trade deadline.

Matthew Stafford is the player with the most on the line in next week's Super Bowl, Stafford and McVay were a match-made in heaven, and Roger Goodell is responsible for the NFL's nonstop string of scandals. 

In this episode, I discussed why the Broncos decision to hire Nathaniel Hackett could backfire, and took a deep dive into the Knicks massive regression this season. 

The grass was greener at USC and LSU for Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly (2:45), USC made a home run hire (5:30), Riley made a smart decision to bolt when he did (10:20), and Kelly is better equipped to handle the SEC (14:00). Major League Baseball free agency kicked off with a bang (16:40), Steve Cohen isn't playing around (18:20), but the Mets current core isn't well equpped to compete (20:05), and there's deeper concerns with the team (24:30). 

Bad beat during Colorado State-Utah State (3:15), it's the beginning of the end for James Franklin (5:25), Mike Tomlin would be wise to leave the Steelers after this season (11:15), the Bengals are becoming one of the best teams in the AFC (17:40). 

It's time for the Georgia Bulldogs to win a national championship (3:15), the Los Angeles Chargers needed a wake-up call (9:30), and the Atlanta Braves run is extremely impressive (15:40).

The Dodgers-Giants series ended on a horrible note (1:50), it's time for Robo Umps (5:11), the Red Sox will win the World Series (7:45), can the Cowboys finally breakthrough? (15:50)

Coaches off-field actions shouldn't be a distraction to their teams (2:16), Jon Gruden was the principal's pet teacher with the Las Vegas Raiders organization (5:45), bottom tier NFL teams shouldn't plan on drafting a quarterback (9:05), the Cardinals are quietly the best team in the NFL (14:30), and Kyrie's Irving absence could derail the Nets championship aspirations (19:10).

The Jets and Giants have become an embarrassment to New York sports (1:45), which team is worse? (3:00), where do they go from here? (10:15), it's been a rough start for three of the five rookie quarterbacks (12:55), nobody should be worried about the Chiefs 1-2 start (19:30).