The Beat of Sports

Ahead of his induction into the UCF Athletics Hall Of Fame on Friday, George O'Leary joins the show to reflect on his time at UCF. He and Marc talk about his decision to come to Orlando after things didn't work out at Notre Dame. They talk about his first few seasons with players like Brandon Marshall and Mike Sims-Walker making significant impact on both the offense and defense. He and Marc discuss some of the regrets on his time with the Knights, O'Leary says that he regrets not being able to get the university into a bigger conference.

The road to the Women's World Cup is on for the US Women's National Team is on! Caitlin Murray joins the how to talk about her new book talking about the USWNT team. Her and Marc talk about the fight for the team to get equal pay as the men's team. They talk about the difference of revenue for each team. Then they pivot to talk about the 1999 team as they were instrumental in helping grow the spot of women's soccer.

Chris Davis set a major league baseball record last night, unfortunately it isn't for something very good. Is is now hitless in 46 consecutive at-bats. Marc talks about how right now the least favorite place for Davis has to be the on-deck circle and isn't sure what the right thing would be to help him get his confidence level back up.

Virginia captured their first national title last night, bouncing back after losing to 16th seed UMBC last season. Twitter didn't seem to enjoy much of the game because the lack of scoring (and a late start time) but as Marc explains it didn't set the sport back 30 years. College basketball is still fun to watch and will remain that way.

News out of Duke say they will be investigating reports of Zion Williamson's mother being paid by Nike for Zion to end up with the Blue Devils. Marc takes this opportunity to talk about how there are many instances of sneaker companies using money and influence to help steer players to a certain school, specifically with how Marvin Bagley III ended up at Duke after Nike helped fund his dad's high school team. Marc also talks about why the NCAA won't be able to do much about the sneaker company money because of how much money it means for all schools with partnerships.

This weekend Nick Saban talked about how he dislikes seeing so many college football players leaving school early to enter the NFL Draft and end up being late round picks. Marc talks about how hypocritical this is because at the end of the day all Saban cares about is getting the talent and having them stay longer to help make Alabama a better team.

The college basketball season comes to a close tonight with the national championship game between Texas Tech and Virginia, but why the lack of interest? Is it because both teams are known as defensive-minded? Mike O'Donnell joins the show to preview tonights festivities and talks about why fans should want to watch this match up. He and Marc then talk about whether or not sneaker companies have too much money and influence on the college basketball.

The Magic have snapped their playoff drought! After defeating the Boston Celtics last night they have cemented their place in the post season. Marc talks about the list of names connected with the Orlando opening during the offseason and how the front office went with Steve Clifford. Clifford has been the perfect coach for this team after he was able to get them to buy into a defensive culture and got guys to change their game which has help them be more successful overall.

The greatest spectacle in all of wrestling is this Sunday night, WrestleMania 35! Brian Fritz from Between The Ropes joins the show to preview all of the action. He talks about the chances that Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey sticking around after this weekend, rumors have been abound that they might be stepping away. He and Marc discuss what the buzz is for this card with them having an all female main event.

We've reached the Final Four! So who are the favorites to be playing on Monday night? Mike O'Donnell joins the show to preview the upcoming match ups, he talks about the coaching job at Texas Tech by Chris Beard despite losing so much talent. He and Marc talk about the coaching search for UCLA after getting turned down John Calipari as he signed a lifetime contract with Kentucky. Then they discuss whether or not basketball referees should address the crowd after using replay for a call.