The Beat of Sports

Former Jeopardy contestant David Greisman breaks down the Greatest Of All Time Tournament. He and Marc discuss if this type of tournament had more difficult questions, why Brad had a bad showing, and if we will see more of these contestants.

Kevin Armstrong the Executive Producer of the new Aaron Hernandez documentary on Netflix. He and Marc discuss the amount of access he had when it comes to the Hernandez case and more.

AJ Hinch, Jeff Luhnow, and Alex Cora have all been fired for their involvement in the sign-stealing scandal and Carlos Beltran could be next. Marc talks about how this type of cheating in MLB in every dugout but just doesn't require as much technology and because of that the fanbases don't care.

Earlier this week former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, former NFL Films president Steve Sabol and two players from the league's most iconic defenses were among those selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Centennial Class. Marc talks about how when the Hall of Fame does stuff like this and adds more and more people to the class all it does is water down what the Hall of Fame represents.

With the college football season in the rear view mirror who is the favorite to win it all next year? Matt Murschel of the Orlando Sentinel joins the show to talk about why Clemson should be the favorite considering the amount of talent they are bringing back, especially quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

How much is Derrick Henry worth as a free agent after this season? What number would you put on it? If you ran the Titans who would you prioritize, Henry or Ryan Tannehill? Mike Tuck brings up that people like to push QB as the must-have, and in a vacuum that is true, but when push comes to shove, what player is more important to the Titans next year.

What does Luke Kuechley's retirement at 28 mean for his Hall of Fame candidacy? And others that retire young? How does it change how teams evaluate players? Mike Tuck gives his thoughts on that and more.

The next domino in the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal was knocked over when the Boston Red Sox "parted ways" with manager Alex Cora. Mike Tuck talks about the continued fall out from this and asks the question if Carlos Beltran who will be the next one to use his job after he played a role on the scheme.

How does this LSU team stack up versus recent Alabama teams? What is Joe Burrow's place in history? What's next for LSU and Clemson? Brent Beaird and Mike discuss all of that and more.

During the LSU-Clemson game we saw another instance of the targeting penalty in the spotlight again which led to sports Twitter saying the rule needs to be changed or even eliminated. Mike Tuck presents a reasonable solution to college football's ongoing targeting penalty issue.