The Beat of Sports

Sometimes life comes at you pretty fast. Just look at Jeopardy! darling James Holzhauer, as quickly as he became household name around the country he ran into one opponent that used his strategy against him and then his run was over.

When it comes to prestige television HBO is still holding the championship belt when it comes to their shows. But how would you rank the shows all time? Well a couple of writers from Vulture decided to undertake that task and the results may surprise you.

One of the things Marc has always wanted in the NFL is for a team to go winless in the division but still win all of the other games. He wants to prove that division champs shouldn't matter when it comes to how teams are seeded for the playoffs.

The boxing world was stunned Saturday night after Andy Ruiz Jr. upset Anthony Joshua with a seventh-round technical knockout, making him the first fighter of Mexican descent to claim the heavyweight title. Boxing experts are calling it the biggest upset since Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson for the heavyweight title in 1990. After the defeat of Joshua what could the ramifications be especially when it comes to the expected matchup against Deontay Wilder.

The UCF career of BJ Taylor came to an end after losing to Duke in the NCAA Tournament and he has now turned his attention to the NBA Draft. BJ joins the show to talk about his working out for various NBA teams including the Orlando Magic. He and Marc also talk about the perception that older players going through the draft process and why they are overlooked for raw 19 year olds.

Have you heard of the new sport sweeping the world, Toe Wrestling? Well toe wrestler Alan 'Nasty' Nash wins his 16th world championship. What is this new sport and could it end up joining the Olympics one day?

A young fan at Wednesday night's game between the Cubs and Astros was struck by an Albert Almora Jr. foul ball and taken to the hospital, shaking up the Chicago outfielder and it sparked up calls for adding more safety netting at major league ballparks. But does MLB have any legal right to force stadiums to add more?

Pascal Siakam helped lead the way for the Toronto Raptors winning game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors. But most people don't know the story of Siakam and how he ended up becoming a professional basketball player.

Within the past week the number of known deaths near the summit of Mt Everest has reached 11. That number while low is already more than past climbing seasons, so what is happening? Too many people on the mountain. Seasoned high altitude climber Jim Davidson joins the show to talk about why this is happening and what if anything can be done to prevent this.

One of the big talking points around the American Athletic Conference the past few weeks has been the differing scheduling philosophies of UCF and USF. But how does the rest of the teams in the AAC feel about this? Chris Vannini from The Athletic joins us from the AAC meetings and talks about scheduling, playoff expansion, and more.