The Beat of Sports

Last night there was a showdown at the AAC Women's Basketball tournament between Geno Auriemma and Coach Abe from UCF as we are calling it handshake-gate. Scott Adams joins the show to discuss why these two coaches do not get along. He also gives his opinon on if Jeff Goldblum is a credible dinosaur expert.

At a Knick game over the weekend the team owner, James Dolan got heckled by a fan who told him that Dolan should sell the team. Now Dolan had 2 options, one was to walk away and act like nothing happened or the other was to confront the fan and threaten have the fan banned from MSG. He went with the more dramatic option and because of this he made the story a bigger deal. Marc then runs through how Dolan came to get so much power and wealth, the answer won't surprise you.

News broke over the weekend that Wisconsin redshirt senior QB Alex Hornibrook will be transferring to Florida State but does he have the right skill set to succeed for the Seminoles in the Kendall Briles system? How does FSU feel about James Blackmon and is he still the QB of the future for the team? And what should fans expect from the offense for this team after last year it did not look very good.

David Irving of the Dallas Cowboys who was suspended infinitely by the NFL announced last night that he will be retiring from the NFL. He went on social media to talk about the reason behind this decision is that the league hasn't gotten with the times when it comes to players smoking marijuana instead of taking painkillers. Marc talks about how if players made a concentrated effort then maybe the leagues would consider changing their rules especially after so many states changing their laws to make marijuana allowed for medical reasons.

The sneaker recruiting scandal that has been the talk of college basketball the last few days named another coach last night, Will Wade from LSU. Marc explains that there are programs all around the country that seem to ignore this kind of behavior because they don't want to disrupt winning.

Every year during spring training we hear about a young rising star that just looks the part of a major league ballplayer but won't be leaving the minors until mid-May because of service time reasons. This happened with Kris Bryant and Bryce Harper and now the Toronto Blue Jays are doing the same thing with Vlad Guerrero Jr. Will MLB ever change the system to prevent this from happening and is there anything the MLB Players Association can do to challenge the rule.

Last night LeBron James passed Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list, but it seems like hollow achievement this season considering his first on in Los Angeles hasn't gone as well as expected. Marc talks about how after what happened with him bouncing around between teams his legacy will always be complicated in the eyes of NBA fans.

Josh Robbins of The Athletic joins the show and talks about his latest story about how the Orlando Magic are looking into building a new practice facility. He and Marc discuss whether or not that is something free agents look at when deciding where to sign. They discuss the losses against the Cavaliers and 76ers. And then talk about what kind of point guard the team needs to help the development of Jonathan Issac and Mo Bamba and if Markelle Fultz can be that guy.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is on and even though Mr Palmer is no longer with us his legacy is still felt all over the course. Marci Doyle the COO of API sits down with Marc to talk about why there will always be a piece of Mr Palmer for years to come. They talk about the new things the course has added to let fans get even closer to the golfers and the action. Marci talks about why doing things for the community will be always be the focus because that is what the Palmers would have wanted.

Sports Business Journal reported this week that Major League Soccer has talked to all of their current teams and those about to enter the league and told them to not add any television rights deals past 2022 when their current national deals run out. Ian Thomas who broke the story joins the show to talk about why the league is making sure a big decision and discusses with Marc what the future of local television rights deals might look for a sport that is still growing in this country.