The Beat of Sports

Marc explains why the next couple of weeks for the Magic, with the trade deadline looming and games against the better teams in the NBA, are really important for this season and beyond.

Marc shares his thoughts as to why he thinks Jose Altuve will become one of the greatest villains in MLB history because of the cheating scandal he and the Astros are involved in.

Marc discusses the fact that Tom Brady is a free agent for the first time and explains why he thinks Brady will either take a snap next year for the Patriots or retire but won't put on another team's jersey.

Marc Daniels details the journey of running back Raheem Mostert and how he went from a high school football player at New Smyrna Beach High School, to playing college at Purdue, to now playing for the San Francisco 49ers.

Jay Jaffe the senior writer at FanGraphs joins the show and talks about the latest with the sign-stealing scandal. He and Marc discuss the continued fallout and if Alex Cora, AJ Hinch, and Carlos Beltran will get another chance at managing a baseball team.

Mike O'Donnell joins the show for his weekly Step Back Three segment and talks with with Marc about why the Tar Heels are struggling and the Seminoles are thriving this season. Plus he gives his thoughts on who should be the first pick in the NBA Draft.

Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal joins the show and talks about how NFL games there are league employees in the crowd grading the home team's execution of the game day experience.

Managers and GMs associated with the sign-stealing scandal have all lost their jobs (or parted way?) but a new wrinkle was learned on Thursday after allegations against Jose Altuve surfaced. Marc talks about how MLB is in an interesting position of more allegations against players come out and cries for penalties get louder and louder.

It has been a whirlwind week for LSU fans, on Monday they won the College Football Playoff championship game but after that they've now lost their quarterback, 11 other players, Joe Brady, and now their defensive coordinator is off to Baylor. Marc talks about how LSU fans could be facing a harsh reality next season.

Michael McCarthy covers sports media for Frnt Office Sports broke the news on the ESPN pursuit of Tony Romo and gives more details about that pursuit,