The Beat of Sports

In the span of a few weeks the city of Los Angeles has won both the NBA Finals and the World Series but unfortunately the fans and players will have to miss out on the celebrations. David Pingalore joins the show to talk about the experience of covering a neutral site World Series, Justin Turner being on the field for the celebrations, and what covering sports will be like in the future.

Rob Huntze won $1 million in a DraftKings daily fantasy contest, that is until a stat correction took that away. David Purdum of ESPN joins the show to talk about the story about how a sack being changed to a tackle affected one winner. Plus he and Marc discuss how limited fans in stands have affected gambling lines, and the state of industry throughout the pandemic.

It a story that overshadowed the Dodgers winning their first since 1988, Justin Turner testing positive for COVID-19 and then ended up on the field during the team celebration. Marc and Scott discuss what if any penalty should be levied for the incident and Scott talks about how MLB should drop a heavy one on both Turner and the Dodgers.

On the 20th anniversary of UCF's win at Alabama, many memories come to mind. Marc welcomes former wide receiver Tyson Hinshaw and our Jerry O’Neill onto the show to look back on the game.

His season didn't end the way anyone wanted and now Jonathan Isaac faces a long road back to the court, Josh Robbins joins the show to talk about his conversation with JI. He and Marc discuss why Isaac expects to bounce back better than before, plus they talk about the latest news with when the next NBA season will begin.

Critics of the way the way the Tampa Bay Rays will say that how manager Kevin Cash handled Blake Snell is another moment when analytics go too far. But as Marc explains, this is how the Rays play baseball and is one of the reasons the team was able to make it to the World Series.

The Big Ten finally joined the other conferences in playing football and now they Gators are back on the practice field, Matt Murschel joins the show to talk about that and other college football news. Plus he and Marc discuss the COVID protocols being tested already in the Big Ten and who can challenge Clemson and Alabama for best in the country.

This has been anything but a normal NFL season but one of the biggest disappointments has been the performance of EVERY TEAM in the NFC East. Marc and Scott talk about how each team still has a chance to win the division and wonder if some might just be one move away from separating themselves from the pack.

It has been happening to sports over the last few years, just because you have a cable subscription doesn't mean you'll be able to watch your favorite team every time they play. Marc talks about the decision for sports leagues and media companies to put more and more sports behind paywalls as cord cutting is hurting the bottom line for television networks.

After a prolonged layoff for the Florida Gators they look to get back on the field against Missouri, but are they ready? Andy Staples joins the show to talk about that as well as how the College Football Playoff committee will handle this season, and can anyone keep up with Alabama and Clemson.