The Beat of Sports

Josh Robbins from The Athletic joins the show for his weekly visit to talk about the recent losing for the Orlando Magic. He and Marc talk about how the team can't succeed if they are rely so much on Nik Vucevic and Terrance Ross on offense and if that is causing problems for the defense. They are discuss the development status of Mo Bamba and Jonathan Issac. Plus Josh weighs in on whether the Magic will be buyers or sellers with the trade deadline approaching.

The legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty joins the show to talk about his car collection being involved in the upcoming Mecum Auction. He and Marc discuss how much the sport of NASCAR has changed over the years. And he talks about the first race that he won but his dad called him out for violating the rules.

The chief tv critic for Rolling Stone and the co-author of The Sopranos Sessions Alan Sepinwall joins the show to talk about the legacy of the show 20 years after it first debuted. He and Marc discuss how the show grew to be so popular and why even though being a villain Tony Soprano is so beloved. They also talk about the upcoming prequel that creator David Chase is working on.

Yesterday Jalen Hurts announced that he will be entering the transfer portal for college football and now begins the task of coaches across the country to recruit him to join their program. Marc talks about how the rise of graduate transfers will open the door to wide-spread free agency in college athletics.

During this time of paying players, billion dollar contracts and all the money college football make coaches never mentioned it at their conference. Instead they toyed around with the idea of doing away with Friday night football games, until the television networks show up with games on Friday's. Marc talks about how at the end of the day the coaches are just spineless.

Last night Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray made the decision to enter the upcoming NFL Draft. Marc talks about how even though he will have to forgo the money given to him by the Oakland Athletic's this is the smart decision. Most first round draft picks in baseball never even make it to the majors while a player like Murray will get a shot in the NFL.

James Harden for the past few weeks has been on a historic offensive run, is it sustainable and where does it stack up with other scorers in NBA history. Plus how high is the ceiling for rookies like Luka Doncic and DeAndre Ayton.

Even though legalized sports betting didn't pass in Florida there has been a sizable shift for sports franchises to embrace gambling. The Washington Wizards are working to implement gambling-centric broadcasts of their games, are you intrigued by this or is it going too far?

Lars Anderson who co-authored The Quarterback Whisperer with Bruce Arians joins the show to discuss the Buccaneers decision to hire Arians. He and Marc discuss what makes him the right candidate to take over the team and why he should be the right coach to getting the best out of Jameis Winston.

The start of the latest west coast road trip for the Magic hasn't started well and Marc points out that there are starting to be a few bad trends showing for the team. The lack of a go-to scorer and the slow development of Jonathan Issac is starting to become a problem.