The Beat of Sports

Miki Sudo the world's #1 female competitive eater discusses the upcoming Quarantined Eating Challenge. She discusses what goes into the challenge and how it helps charity. Then she talks about how she got into the sport and addresses whether or not a pizza roll is a snack or a meal.

Orestes Destrade the Rays analyst looks at what MLB might look at when it returns and why Japan may show the path to do it. He talks about playing baseball in Japan and reminisces about the Florida Marlins opening day. Plus he gives his thoughts on MLB moving all the games to Arizona if that is what is needed to get a season started.

Orlando Magic head coach Steve Clifford joins The Bridge and talks with Mike and Marc about how has spent the quarantine time, the postponement of the NBA, and what the sport might look like if it is able to return.

Why scientists think the return of sports is much more challenging than many think.

Could the Magic make a big deal at draft time to shake up their roster, Josh Robbins joins the show and talks about that and more.

As so much of the sports world is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, questions have been raised about the upcoming college football season. While experts have said that sports can return sooner if stadiums are empty and the players have been quarantined, the financials for universities would not be good if there are no fans in the stadium. Marc brings up for this upcoming season it could take place in the spring so that we could get a full season with fans in the stands.

Paul Kennedy joins the show and takes a look back at when Bear Bryant retired and Ray Perkins took over at Alabama.

To many the Cannonball Run is a classic movie, but did you know that there is a real Cannonball Run that happens? John Branch of the New York Times talks how the "Cannonball Run" record falls amid controversy over the NY-LA ride.

Another year and another spring football league falls as the XFL announced bankruptcy. While reasoning behind it is a little different than the AAF, it still caught many by surprise. Eben Novy-Williams joins the show to talk about why the decision was made and why it might have ties to money issues within the WWE.

Adam Stern covers NASCAR and motorsports for Sports Business Journal and joins The Bridge to talk about how NASCAR handles the suspension of Kyle Larson. He discusses why he thinks Larson will be fired sooner rather than later and why the sport will have to try and deal with the ramifications from a sponsor exodus. Plus he discusses what the NASCAR plan to return to racing could be.