The Beat of Sports

When the new collective bargaining agreement is finalized it is expected to change the NFL's playoff structure as well as expand the regular season. Marc talks about how after all the discussion about players safety and the refusal for a 17-game schedule it looks like the players are caving after finding out how much more money it would mean for them.

Josh Robbins covers the Orlando Magic for The Athletic and joins the show to talk give his thoughts on Aaron Gordon at the Dunk Contest. He and Marc discuss why it is so vital for the Magic to finish 7th in the east if they want to have any chance of advancing in postseason. Plus he talks about his interview with Darrell Armstrong as Darrell prepares to enter the Magic Hall of Fame.

The official start of the NFL offseason begins next week with the Scouting Combine and this year the event is going primetime and has been altered to be more appealing for the television audience. Kalyn Kahler the SI Football writer joins the show to talk about the changes being made to the combine and what the future of the event might be.

What does the Drew Brees return to the Saints mean? Well, several things, including the inevitable domino effect it will have on the 2020 QB derby.

The college football season is still a few months away but now we have the UCF football schedule! Marc joins the show from Cincinnati to talk about the schedule and some of the marquee matchups for fans that could be appealing rankings.

One of the most radical changes to the NBA All-Star Game was the implementation of the Elam Ending, and this move was well received by fans but Mike Tuck talks about the reasons why he doesn't think this is something the league should look at bringing to regular season games.

The 2020 NB All-Star weekend was entertaining, different, and perhaps historical. Mike Tuck talks with Steve Kyler about how what we saw may influence the NBA moving forward.

Why all the signs are there to see the NFL Draft growing a debate for #1 overall. Mike Tuck talks about how there could be a chance that Joe Burrow pulls an Eli Manning and refuses to play for the Cincinnati Bengals and would that open up the door for Tua to go first overall?

The sign stealing scandal for the Houston Astros still hasn't quieted down and more and more players are talking about punishment that needs to be leveled against Astros players, but is there anything the team can do to save their image?

There have been no shortage of Major League players that have been outspoken critics of what the Houston Astros and their players did to baseball over the last few seasons. Marc talks how this is a stain that all Astros players will have to live with and unfortunately will have to deal with the ramifications from their actions.