The Beat of Sports

Yesterday the sad news broke that legendary coach Don Shula passed away at the age of 90. Hal Habib joins the show and talks about how Shula impacted those on and off the field.

Over the last few weeks of The Last Dance, one of the narratives that has been created is that Jerry Krause and Isiah Thomas are villains for things that happened 20-30 years later. Marc brings up the history of these individuals and talks about why small moments should overshadow their body of work.

Pat Williams turns 80...and we turn the clock to reminisce.

Chris Vannini of The Athletic joins the show and talks about why Group of 5 schools need for football might be bigger than Power 5 schools.

As the NFL plans to release their upcoming schedule this weekend, they sent our a press release stating that when games begin this fall there will be fans in the stands. Marc talks about how the NFL seems a little tone deaf with how it is handing these statements.

After watching the most recent episodes of The Last Dance this past weekend it led Marc to wonder something, was Michael Jordan the first polarizing athlete?

On todays episode of The Bridge, Mike and Marc discuss:
- The NBA plans to delay the start of next season will attempting to resume this season
- The reopening of the economy
- The "Grim Reaper" man on the beach returns to explain why and what's next
- No London games for the NFL this year

The "Grim Reaper" man on the beach returns to the show explain why and what's next which will soon include a Grim Reaper Tour that will take him statewide.

"The Fat Guy" was created 30 years ago. The story of how it happened with the man himself.

The Premier League's big day and whether they can return to play and finish the season and what's at stake, hint it has to do with billions.