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The Beat of Sports with the voice of UCF Sports Marc Daniels. Delivering sports the way you like it - Weekdays 9a-12p on FM 96.9 The Game
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Richard Hale discusses the latest on the world of sports and law.
It's a new world in college football where colleges are paying athletes. We are also seeing a lot of lawsuits and multi-year deals that are not being followed. Do these deals actually matter? Ben Portnoy takes us on a deep dive with these college deals.
Keith Smith talks all things NBA on his Wednesday segment including comments made by Mark Cuban regarding tanking in the NBA, his thoughts to the All-Star weekend, and what the focus is for the Magic for the rest of the season.
Mike Evans is set to hit the free agent market. He turns 33 in August and is coming off an injury-shortened season that also saw his streak of 1,000 yard receiving seasons come to an end. Does he call it quits? Go to another team? Re-sign? Greg Auman discusses the major NFL stories.
Richard Hale joins Marc Daniels live in studio to discuss the world of sports and law!
Marc shares his thoughts on how a lack of rivalries could be hurting sports like Major League Baseball and the NBA but also points out that given everything online and the amount of games played in both sports, that maybe overexposure could also play a factor in not keeping fans.
Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks just won Super Bowl LX in San Francisco. It was put out there that Darnold actually had to pay more in taxes than what he made for the game. Robert Raiola breaks it all down.
Kansas upset of No. 1 Arizona Monday night. One player who did not play was Darryn Peterson, the projected No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. Marc and CV get into a spirited debate over the amount of games Peterson has played and how he's treated while waiting to make the jump to the pros.
The Jazz had a big lead on the Magic over the weekend before pulling some players and then ultimately losing the game. Is there a fix? What can be done to prevent teams from tanking? Marc and Tuck discuss.
Richard Hale discusses the latest in sports and law with the main focus today being the lawsuits going on right now regarding eligibility.
The Seahawks and Patriots will square off in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday. What is the week leading up to the Super Bowl like? How long does it take for the nerves to calm down? We get an insight to everything from Mike Gruttadauria, a Super Bowl winning lineman with the Rams.
Florida State reported an athletics-related debt of $437 million in 2025. What exactly does it mean? How did the debt grow to be that large? How long will it take to pay off? Daniel Libit (Sportico) breaks it all down.
The NBA trade deadline is Thursday. Keith Smith shares his thoughts on the major trades that have happened throughout the NBA as well as any potential moves that the Magic could make to try and improve the team this season.
Are there rules in college football, and if so, who enforces them? Matt Baker explains who's in charge of enforcing rules as well as what the College Sports Commission is and what their role is in enforcing the rules.
Now former Duke QB Darian Mensah is transferring to Miami but it was not as easy that. Mensah had an agreement to go back to Duke, decided against it, was taken to court by Duke, before the two settled. Scott Schneider explains what Duke is getting back after the settlement.
Gary Myers is an NFL Hall of Fame voter and he explains what the voting process is like, what the Bill Belichick discussion was like, and whether Robert Kraft had any sort of influence on whether Belichick gets in or not.
All the Super Bowls and all the wins to his name, yet Bill Belichick will not be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Marc shares his thoughts as to why he was snubbed.
The ACC released their football schedule on Monday and Marc points out that both teams have multiple games that are not on Saturday. He explains how media deals and TV money are impacting the college football schedules.
Paolo Banchero is struggling this season. Desmond Bane is shooting a career worst from 3. Jamahl Mosley is under heavy criticism. The team has lost 3 in a row and are currently 8th in the East. What's wrong with the Magic? Philip Rossman-Reich explains.
The AFC and NFC Championship games were played on Sunday and now the Super Bowl is set as the Patriots will take on the Seahawks in a rematch of Super Bowl 49. How did we get here? Leger Douzable recaps Championship weekend.




