The Beat of Sports

How three schools created a domino effect on changes across college football. Adam Rittenberg joins the show and talks about all the changes we've seen across college football, from the transfer portal, conference realignment and coaching changes.

What is the future of these pro-am games after Chet's injury? Mike O'Donnell talks about the benefit for players to participate in pro-ams during the summer and if they will go away after the big injury.

On this weeks sports law segment, Richard Hale talks about if Chet Holmgren have a legal claim about an unsafe playing court and his injury. Then he and Marc discuss the Aaron Donald helmet fight at a joint practice and the latest on sports gambling in Florida.

The calendar says Friday and that means JC Carnahan of the Orlando Sentinel joins the show and previews the opening week of high school football.

The Athletic has their college sports 40 under 40 and Chris Vannini joins the show to discuss some of the names that made the list including McKenzie Milton.

It was one year ago that the commissioners from the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC announced an alliance, and aside from a showy press conference nothing else happened. Marc talks about what we saw that day, the talking points that were put out but brings up how that was about it when it came to the alliance.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have announced that rookie Chet Holmgren will miss the entire season because of a Lisfranc injury he suffered the injury while defending LeBron James on a fast break during a pro-am game.

It has generated a lot of attention but when it comes to Tom Brady being away from the Buccaneers his teammates haven't seem to care. Leger Douzable joins the show to talk about why players are not bothered by Brady's absence, plus he discusses what the league should do about chop blocks.

Both the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant announced yesterday that their partnership will continue but is KD trade talk finally done? Keith Smith joins the show to talk about what we've learned from this summer and trade demands, plus he discusses the roster build for the Orlando Magic.

After having discussion with the front office and ownership group, Kevin Durant says that he is moving forward with Brooklyn. Marc talks about what we witnessed over the last few months with this trade demand and how in the end it was all for nothing.