The Beat of Sports

The Philadelphia 76ers fell last night in a blowout game to the Toronto Raptors and as always the excuses were flying. But as Mike Tuck explains when things are going well for the Sixers and others, they start playing hero ball and when that happens a team cannot succeed. The Warriors play as a team and that is one of the reasons they have been so successful.

Are we watching the final days of the baseball career for Tim Tebow? Since has has arrived in Triple-A this season things haven't gone very well and reports are surfacing that he might not be long for America's pastime.

17 years ago on Sunday was one of the most infamous moments of Allen Iverson's career, the practice rant. Marc wonders aloud how this incident would've been covered today in this media landscape.

When you look around the SEC it appears as though many teams have scheduled home and home games with high-level Power 5 teams. Alabama historically has opened the season on a neutral site against powerhouse teams. Georgia has also gotten involved with doing that. But one school hasn't really joined the club, the Florida Gators.

Today the XFL announced their broadcast partners for their upcoming inaugural season. Marc wonders aloud that maybe because the television package is better than the AFC's that maybe the XFL got the blessing of the NFL.

Over the weekend the New York Giants unveiled a hype video showcasing the skills of recent draft pick Daniel Jones at rookie camp. Now most of the video is just like recruiting ones, all great passes and nothing going wrong. Marc talks about how doing stuff like this isn't doing Jones any favors and should just let him develop at a normal pace.

When the Rockets lost game one what was the story? The referees blew the game! When the Rockets lost game two what was the story? That James Harden got hurt! When the Sixers have lost to the Raptors what has the story been? That Joel Embiid is sick! Marc talks about how the Nuggets-Trailblazers series has been the best because it has only been about basketball. No one making excuses about why they lost.

The president of the Jacksonville Jaguars recently said that the stadium is a prime candidate for renovations, to which the mayor of Jacksonville responded "whatever the organization thinks is going to be best for that district — for fans and best for taxpayers" but is that the right decision? Neil deMause from Field of Schemes joins us to talk about why cities need to stop giving teams money for entertainment districts that never come to fruition. Then he and Marc talk about why the bidding process for the Olympics and World Cup need to be based counties instead of relying solely on cities.

For the last 25 seasons the NFL Sunday Ticket on DirecTV has been the one place that NFL fans can watch every single game every Sunday, but could that be changing? Roger Goodell has recently talked about the NFL wanting to find a new way to deliver their product to the masses. So what does that mean for NFL fans? Jacob Feldman from Sports Illustrated joins the show to talk about the future of the NFL Sunday Ticket and more.

The Beat of Sports basketball expert Mike O'Donnell joins the show to talk about what the Knights are getting with incoming transfer Matt Milon. Mike talks about how he brings the 3 point shooting the team had when Matt Williams was at UCF. Then he and Marc talk about the latest with the FBI investigation into college basketball. When they turn their attention to the NBA Playoffs they talk about why the Rockets need to stop complaining about the calls and just play the games.