The Beat of Sports

The front office rebuild of the Knicks continues as they have now hired World Wide Wes to run things with Leon Rose, and Mike O'Donnell joins the show to talk about what kind of an impact this move can have on the franchise. Then they discuss players deciding to opt out of the Orlando Bubble for the NBA to resume play.

On this weeks sports legal segment, Richard Hale talks about how athletes are protected from COVID results being made public and if that is a HIPPA violation.

The former UCF coach Mike Krucez joins the show to reflect on his days as a Steeler, starting over Terry Bradshaw for a number of games, and more.

As the sports world has been shutdown due to the Coronavirus, author Ralph Carhart joins the show to talk about The Pandemic Book Club and his book "The Hall Ball" which chronicles his journey to track down every baseball Hall Of Famer.

With the NBA season resuming in just over a month, Josh Robbins joins the show to talk about when NBA teams will be arriving in the Orlando Bubble. He and Marc discuss the concerns the league has with the increasing coronavirus cases, the decision of some players to opt-out and more. Plus they talk about how media members around the league feel about Chuma Okeke and if the Magic ended up with a steal in the draft.

After months and months of negotiations we are finally getting a baseball season! Yes it might only be 60 games but at least they will play ball. Orestes Destrade joins the show to talk about the return of MLB and if and could the Rays benefit from a 60 game season.

The FBI determined that driver Bubba Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime and that a pull rope fashioned like a noose had been on a garage door since 2019, but as Marc talks about the comments made by Wallace after the report came out it sounds like he doesn't agree with what the FBI is saying.

Where and why is Penn State hiding the statue of Joe Paterno? Learn more about the search for the statue.

After months of what seemed like fruitless negotiations between MLB and the Players Association it is starting to look like a season might happen although only 60 games. Neil DeMause joins the show and talks about why there are some owners that may not even want to play a shortened season. Then he talks about the ongoing stadium issues for David Beckham as he tries to get a stadium built in Miami.

On Sunday at Talladega a noose was found in the garage of Bubba Wallace and afterwards NASCAR launched an investigation into where it came from. Marc talks about how in the current climate the country is in right now, the sport owes us an update on the investigation to help defuse any talk of it being swept away.