The Beat of Sports

The longtime television producer of Orlando Magic basketball Tye Eastham joins the show to talk about producing an NBA game while not at the game site. Then talks about the new technology they are utilizing and why it'll look the same but different for the viewer.

The waiting game is now on for what the new Washington NFL team will be named, the author John Feinstein joins the show to talk about how Dan Snyder can do the right thing in this situation. Then he and Marc talk about the decision by the Ivy and Patriot league to not play football in the fall. Plus they discuss what golf majors will be like without fans.

Just about now we'd be getting reports about college football training camp, but now all the news is about conference only schedules or some leagues moving football to the spring. Marc talks about how with no unified voice or plan it makes the prospects of a fall season looking less and less likely.

Former UCF player Tristan Spurlock joins the show to talk about playing within The Basketball Tournament bubble, his experiences of playing abroad, and more.

Getting a new name for the NFL team in Washington is not as simple as it sounds. Josh Gerben joins the show to talk about the difficulties the team is facing, plus the things standing in their way along with people trying to trademark names the team has earmarked.

34 years ago the Tampa Bay Buccaneers attempted to sign Bo Jackson after drafting him but after a plane trip that committed an NCAA violation. Marc talks about that incident and what it meant for the Bucs and where Bo ended up playing in the NFL.

As uncertainty is growing about what will happen with college football this fall the financial ramifications could be massive. Steve Berkowitz joins the show to talk about what is at stake for college football, and what a delayed season could mean for universities.

After a few conferences announced last week that they will be going to a conference only football schedule, and others announced that fall sports would be postponed back into 2021. Now all eyes are on what the SEC decides to do with college football, when will a decision be made as to when they kickoff the season.

It is slowly starting to look inevitable that college football will not be played in the fall, and today could be the day that the SEC decides to postpone fall football until the spring. Marc talks about how the decision will be made out of an abundance of caution and not one done hastily.

Over the last few days it has begun to look less and less likely that a college football season will happen on time. Mike O'Donnell joins the show to talk about how relying on the honesty of student athletes will make it difficult for universities to plan on playing sports in the fall.