The Beat of Sports

Leading up to the restart of the NBA season inside of the Orlando bubble, why did the league buy 2,000 Oura rings and what do they do? Could they help keep the players and staff say, and will the players opt into wearing them?

Over the weekend Bryson DeChambeau had a testy exchange with a TV cameraman after a bogey and it led to people criticizing the golfer. But as Marc talks about we should accept when athletes show their emotions rather than be robotic with how they interact.

The big story over the weekend for the NFL was that it seems like the Washington Redskins will finally change their name. Marc talks about how it seems a little convenient that a few minority owners of the team are deciding now to voice their opinion when they've been part over the ownership group for almost 2 decades.

It is a 4th of July tradition unlike another, hot dog eating. Nick Wehry and Miki Sudo, the happy couple join the show to get set for the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Thanks to Steve Spurrier and Monte Kiffin those 2 are the key names that helped lead to the rise of assistant coaches salaries. Chris Hummer joins the show to talk about how assistant coaching salaries in college football show no sign of slowing down.

Dialogue about racial inequality has become more prevalent and on the UCF campus many football players have begun speaking out against a controversial professor. Matt Murschel joins the show to what is happening at UCF as well as what he thinks will happen with a college football season this year.

For last 2 days both Boomer Esiason and Colin Cowherd have talked about how they've spoken with athletic directors on the subject of herd immunity for their football teams, Marc takes objection to these claims and thinks they are unfounded thoughts.

The Ivy League is expected to make decision in the next week about whether or not to play a college football season this fall or move it to the spring. Marc talks about how for the Power 5 teams, the amount of money they make from fans in the stands might force their hands to move the season back a few months.

Tuesday afternoon the news that everyone expected was announced that the Minor League Baseball season has been cancelled. JJ Cooper of Baseball America joins the show to talk about if minor league baseball can survive after a cancelled season?

Last week the schedule for the restart of the NBA season came out, Josh Robbins covers the Orlando Magic and joins the show to talk the latest with the team as they prepare to enter the bubble. He discusses comments by Steve Clifford about what the playing rotation might look like and how the team will handle the playing roster.