The Beat of Sports

Yesterday Roger Goodell spoke to the media ahead of this weekends Super Bowl. He talked about many things including the controversial pass interference no-call, but the answer that he gave to the situation wasn't good enough for NFL fans. Marc asks, what did they want him to say?

If you are Marc's age then you grew up in a time before video games so many sports relating games were board games. One of them, in particular, was NFL Electric Football.

If you think all the off the field issues are going to cause NFL owners to replace Roger Goodell then you're wrong. For all the heat he's taken the last few years when you look at all the money he's helping made for the league. He believes that eventually the league will make $25 billion a year and that prediction isn't far off.

With the NBA trade deadline a week away have the Orlando Magic made a decision on what to do with impending free agent Nik Vucevic? Josh Robbins from The Athletic joins the show to discuss what the Magic might do at the deadline as well as the loss to the Thunder and Aaron Gordon's shot selection.

Every year over 53% of the money wagered on the Super Bowl are for prop bets but where did the first prop bet come from? The origin goes back to the 1986 Super Bowl and involved William "The Refrigerator" Perry and his touchdown scoring ability.

Whether he wins or losses on Sunday you can still marvel that at this age he's playing at this level and playing as good if not better than anyone else in the NFL. When he tells you that he wants to play until 45 you should believe him, he isn't embarrassing himself like Brett Favre and Peyton Manning at the end of their careers.

Just because Anthony Davis has asked for a trade and one of the likely landing spots is the Los Angeles Lakes doesn't mean it will be a simple 2 team trade. As the Dwight Howard deal proves you may need a few teams to make this big of deal happen. Marc explains that the Magic might get involved if they see an opportunity to fix the point guard situation.

Ever since Anthony Davis made it clear that he wants to be traded from the Pelicans to a title contender many are blaming LeBron James for causing this. But if you have a problem with James having too much power then that is on you. Marc explains that LeBron earned this power but playing in an unfair system and utilizing all the resources available to him.

Reports out of New Orleans is that Anthony Davis has asked the Pelicans to trade him to a team that will give him the opportunity to win a championship. Marc explains that they have no urgency to make a move because Davis is under contract through next season. He also talks about how one of the teams that will have to wait some time to make an offer is the Boston Celtics because of the Kyrie Irving trade. And Marc explains how the Lakers have to make a move because the clock for peak LeBron James is ticking.

If you're going to measure the areas passion of sports based on attendance of football game that took place during a monsoon with the players treating it like an exhibition game then you aren't giving Orlando credit. Events like the Pro Bowl come here for many other things the city can offer, proximity to theme parks, access to hotels and more.