The Beat of Sports

Yes the Major League Baseball season hasn't started as the sports world is halted due to the coronavirus, but could they also have a lockout looming? Marc talks about how there is a feud brewing between players and owners as the owners want the players to give up more salary if there are no fans in the stands when play resumes.

When you are thinking about checking out a new restaurant you might look through Yelp views, and although most of them are glowing a few negative reviews stick with you and lead you away from that establishment. Marc talks about how despite overwhelming evidence of a quarterbacks on the field talent, a low Wonderlic score somehow destroys opinions even though there isn't really a correlation between a score and talent.

After the 1998 NBA season the league went through a lockout where the salary cap became a bigger deal and restricted free agency became the norm.

Night 1 of the highly anticipated Chicago Bulls documentary "The Last Dance" aired last night and our master of basketball knowledge Brendan Suhr joins the show to take us further into what we saw.

The NFL Draft is finally upon us! And Although this years festivities won't have an audience and players walking on water to greet Roger Goodell the show will still go on. Marc talks about how like every year the quarterbacks are the biggest talking point, even though for the most part drafting a quarterback is a crapshoot.

The story of Babe Ruth and his 1918 Red Sox team in the middle of a pandemic might be a sign of where we are today.

Mike O'Donnell joins the show to talk about the move of the top high school recruit to skip college for a G League opportunity. Then he and Marc discuss the legacy that Michael Jordan had on a generation of basketball fans plus he gives us his starting five of cartoon characters.

On our weekly sports legal segment we take a closer look at the XFL bankruptcy, and why it could lead to some troubles for Vince McMahon. Then what legal hurdles Dana White might have to jump through to get his next fight night off the ground. And what fans will need to do if they want refunds for concerts or events cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As the NBA looks at all options to resume the season halted by the Coronavirus, Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports joins The Bridge to talk about his idea of having the ESPN Wide World Of Sports at Disney to host the action.

Howard Balzer the longtime NFL analyst joins the show to talk about the first NFL Draft televised in 1980, how Mel Kiper came onto the scene, and the origin story of the famed Big Board.