The Beat of Sports

The San Francisco Giants said Monday that they won't invite Aubrey Huff to a reunion of the 2010 World Series-winning team this summer because of comments Huff has made on social media. Marc talks about this situation from both sides while he can understand why the Giants decided to make this move he sees why Huff also has the grounds to be upset.

What was a thrilling finish to the Daytona 500 turned scary as the sports world waiting to hear the status of driver Ryan Newman after he was in a terrifying crash on the final lap. Marc talks about how at the end of the day this is what NASCAR is, the driver and the fans understand that and the sport will evaluate from this and work to make the sport as safe as possible.

Adam Silver explained that the NBA stands to lose $400 million in revenue due to a fractured relationship with China. Marc talks about how Silver is trying to repair the relationship with China and how money affects why it is happening.

Tom Brady is a free agent this year and could end up leaving the Patriots. Marc talks about how Brady would want to control the narrative of the story, just like the Patriots would want to do the same and that is looking like the good guys in the separation.

Marc talks about comments made by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and Astros shortstop Carlos Correa and how they are doing more harm than good for the Astros and Major League Baseball.

There was a major controversy over all-star weekend in the slam dunk contest when Derrick Jones Jr. was named the winner over Aaron Gordon. Marc explains the real reason why fans should be upset over the dunk contest scoring.

Jeff Schultz the longtime Atlanta based columnist on whether it's time for the Atlanta Braves to end the chomp.

Mark Wise the ESPN College Basketball analyst joins the show to discuss Billy Donovan's legacy at Florida as he is about to be honored at the school and getting the court named after him.

The fallout from the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal continues as we now have a former MLB pitcher suing because he believes getting shelled by the Astros ruined his career. Richard Hale joins the show for our weekly sports legal segment to talk about if he has a case. Plus he and Marc discuss Myles Garrett continuing to say he was a provoked by a racial comment Mason Rudolph said to him and if Rudolph has any legal recourse.

You want prop bets for the NFL Combine? You got them! Marc and Scott run through the prop bets for the NFL Combine as well as bets for NBA All-Star Weekend including the All-Star Celebrity Game.