The Beat of Sports

Josh Robbins from the Orlando Sentinel joins the show to give a preview of what the Orlando Magic might look to do ahead of tomorrow nights NBA Draft. He gives his thoughts on whether or not the team should look to fill a positional need or just go for the best player available. When Marc asks about the future of Aaron Gordon, Josh explains what the thinks the front office will look to do with the soon to be restricted free agent.

With the NBA Draft tomorrow, time to reflect and debate and the greatest Orlando Magic Draft pick. The criteria is that the player has to have been drafted by Magic. Therefore, Jameer Nelson would not count. Jameer was traded to the Magic on draft night in 2004. Plus Marc Daniels gives his thoughts on what the trickle down effect to roster building could happen for the team when the make a selection. Also he weighs the potential of using the 6th pick to try and offload the Bismack Biyombo contract.

On The Bridge today, Brandon and Marc discuss a few of the matches from the World Cup including the shocking scoring barrage from Russia yesterday afternoon. After they mock the NBA media for already gifting Kawhi Leonard to the Lakers (for no real reason) and they compare the Kawhi saga to what we all experienced in Orlando with the Dwight-mare. They have a debate about what the perception of the Orlando Magic is across the NBA landscape. Should they be viewed in the same category as teams like the Sacramento Kings and the Brooklyn Nets, as a dysfunctional team that can't figure out how to win.

Former US Men's National Team head coach Bruce Arena joins the show to discuss his book and more. He gives his thought on how close he came to taking the US job earlier in the qualifying cycle and what factor halted that move. He talks the difficulty he had with trying to implement changes to the team after he became the coach. When questioned by Marc about the development process for young talent, Bruce does not see a problem within the US Soccer system.

On The Bridge today Brandon and Marc try to understand what Orlando City will discuss are their press conference on Saturday night to address the head coaching situation. They try their hand at predicting what might happen with the upcoming NBA Draft and guess who might be available for when the Orlando Magic make their selection. Then they discuss the news about Mike Martin preparing to step down at FSU after the upcoming season and wonder if he is being forced about by the school.

Last week amid a 6 game losing streak the Orlando City Soccer Club decided to part ways with head coach Jason Kreis, this decision came as a surprise to some but expected for others. Marc Daniels is a bit skeptical about this move and wonders what the thought process was behind it. He asks the question of is this a situation in which the front office felt that the team was not responding to what Kreis was expecting.

On The Bridge today Brandon and Marc give a recap to the US Open tournament this past weekend. They talk about the incident with Phil Mickelson and the reaction to all of the PGA Tour media who called for him to withdraw from the tournament and labeled him a disgrace to the sport. Then they discuss the decision by Orlando City to part ways with head coach Jason Kreis and wonder if it was the right time to make such a move.

On The Bridge today Mike and Marc take a trip down memory lane to discuss the awkward press conference with Stan Van Gundy and Dwight Howard after reports come out about Dwight trying to get rid of SVG. Then they debate what should be the appointment viewing for sports fans this weekend between the US Open and the World Cup.

A few years back Nick Elam joined the show to discuss his proposal to make changes to basketball to fix the problem of intentional fouling to help extend the game and send players to the free throw line. Well now that forward think has led him to some ideas for fixing America's Pastime.

On The Bridge today Mike and Marc discuss the now 6 game losing streak for Orlando City and wonder if Jason Kreis is now on the hot seat to be fired. They also wonder why the team has struggled so much lately and if injuries are still to blamed. Then they talk about the start of the US Open and discuss who some of the favorites in the tournament might be.