The Beat of Sports

Yesterday was a disaster for the Houston Astros. They held a press conference to talk about the sign stealing scandal but didn't really apologize for anything which cause more anger for everyone else in baseball. Marc talks about how the best thing they could have done was voluntarily vacated their World Series title, because in American sports there is no precedent for this time of punishment.

From The Athletic, Robert Litan joins the show and discusses the sports science approach that has helped Pascal Siakam become one of the best players in the NBA.

Matt Murschel of the Orlando Sentinel joins the show and the crazy world of paying college football coaches and how they can leave whenever they want.

So the Houston Astros kicked off Spring Training today with a press conference to discuss the sign stealing scandal. Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve spoke to the media and that lasted about 90 seconds and apologized for nothing, owner Jim Crane didn't help the situation and Marc talks about how the press conference was a disaster and Major League Baseball isn't helping at all.

Bill Sutton the sports marketing leader explains if the XFL will work and if the NBA TV ratings decline is a big deal. Plus he believes that Orlando could be a lock for an XFL franchise in year 2.

Former player and MLB Network's Bill Ripken discusses his new book"State of Play" and he dives into the debate if analytics really works in baseball.

With state laws looming, NCAA President Mark Emmert asks Congress to step in and put restrictions on athlete compensation. Ben Nuckols of the Associated Press joins the show to talk about why the NCAA has turned to Congress to help them when it comes to name, image and likeness.

Josh Robbins covers the Orlando Magic for Athletic and talks with Marc about what James Ennis III can bring to team and when might the injured return. They talk about why shooting has been so hard for the Magic to find. Plus they discuss what is the best lineup for Mo Bamba to develop and what exactly the Magic need from Nik Vucevic.

The Forbes rankings for NBA franchise valuations is out and Marc talks about where the Orlando Magic rank and discusses where they could be in the next few years as Orlando moves up the television market size rankings.

Every college football offseason we see two things, players entering the transfer portal and coaches interviewing with other schools to get an extension. Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente did this when Baylor had an opening and then said that any player entering the transfer portal wouldn't be allowed back, which led Marc to talk about how hypocritical coaches are in these situations and that at the end of the day there is no loyalty.