The Beat of Sports

The longtime basketball coach and analyst Richie Adubato joins the show to discuss his new book as well as tell some great stories like how he got into coaching, almost playing baseball, and why Shaq left Orlando.

The home winning streak came to an end last weekend for the UCF Knights as they fell to Tulsa. Gary Parris joins the show to talk about what went wrong for the Knights, why some things don't require knee-jerk changes, and what the Knights can look to improve.

Gregg Marshall is the head basketball coach at Wichita State but now there has been bombshell allegations coming out about Marshall punched a player, choked an assistant coach and directing slurs at players. Mike O'Donnell talks about this story as well as looking ahead to Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

In an interesting and unique 2020 season for college football we've seen some great quarterback performances. Cam Mellor joins the show to talk about the growth of Kyle Trask, if D'Eriq King can stay at QB in the NFL, and how high Trey Lance can go in the NFL Draft.

What happens when an athletics department cuts sports that are basically self-sustaining? We may find out at William & Mary where an AD has resigned and donors want answers.

Something could happen this week that Orlando Magic fans have long feared, what if Dwight Howard wins a NBA Championship. Brian Schmitz who covered the Magic through all of Dwights tenure with the Magic joins the show to give his thoughts on if Dwight wins a title, how it went wrong with the Magic, and more.

Through the baseball playoffs this year we've seen some great pitching performances but with that has come some disappointing calls by home plate umpires. In a very self-serving segment Marc talks with UCF Baseball coach Greg Lovelady about how the sport should proceed when it comes to calling balls and strikes.

We've seen many Group of 5 coaches and ADs call for the College Football Playoff to be expanded but for this to happen there would need to some Power 5 coaches to join the conversation. As Marc discusses this is the kind of dialogue that could lead to changing the system.

It wasn't easy but we've seen sports leagues get players playing this summer amidst the coronavirus pandemic, but for those players that tested positive was is the lasted effect on their body? Amesh Adalja joins the show to discuss how COVID-19 has affected the sports world.

Jimbo Fisher signed a massive contract when he left FSU to take the job at Texas A&M, $75 million massive but the wins just haven't been there. Andrew Monaco joins the show to talk about what the mood of the program has been and what Jimbo can do to fix the situation, plus if this weekend is must win for the Aggies.