The Beat of Sports

Kalyn Kahler joins the show and explains what a snowplow sports parent is and why there is an increase of those in the world of sports.

Matt Hayes joins the show to explain just how bad things were in Tallahassee during Jimbo Fisher's final year and the moment Jimbo saw the writing on the wall before leaving for Texas A&M.

Last night the NBA handed out all their awards like Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player. Giannis Antetokounmpo walked away with the MVP and after Marc looked at the breakdown of the voting he has some questions. Antetokounmpo received 78 of the 101 possible first-place votes while James Harden came in second with the other 23 first-place votes. Marc wonders is that an indicator that likability played a big role in who got more first-place votes.

What if you just went through life believing that all sports was fixed. That everything that always happened was prearranged, like the Pelicans ending up with Zion Williamson and trading away Anthony Davis. But is it against that law if a league did this?

With news that UConn will be leaving the American Athletic Conference it has led to many fans screaming about how should fill their spot. Marc explains why it would be in the best interest of the conference to just stand pat and not add teams that won't help the league make more money.

Take a journey into the hidden world of competitive pinball! Yep this is a thing that exists.

Of course TMZ was the one to get NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to comment on the term owners for the people that own their franchises. Silver said they would be moving away from the term and use governors instead. Marc wonders why this is happening and if it is all for political correctness.

For their entire time UConn was in the American Athletic Conference they wanted out, they wanted to play basketball in the Big East. And over the weekend it was announced that they will be working on leaving the AAC and head back to the Big East. What does this mean for their future and the future of the conference.

Magic fans had to wait a bit last night but when they made their pick at 16 they went with Chuma Okeke from Auburn. Mike O'Donnell joins the show to talk about how the Magic got lottery level talent that slipped a bit because of a torn ACL. Then and Marc give there thoughts on some of the other players selected during the evening.

The Tampa Bay Rays received Major League Baseballs permission to explore becoming two-city team: Tampa Bay and Montreal. It left fans of the Rays and baseball confused as to how it will all work. Ryan Bass of WTSP in Tampa Bay joins the show to talk about how the news was received and it a scenario like this could work.