The Sports Grind

Odell Beckham Jr. hasn’t played football in more than a year, but he’s holding a workout for NFL teams as he looks to sign with a contender. Where does he fit best, and what kind of value does the superstar hold? Beckham’s former team, the Los Angeles Rams, is reportedly interested in moving on from Matthew Stafford. What does this mean for Sean McVay? Music provided by Fox Sports 1380 El Paso

The last show of the week starts again with the NCAA men’s basketball conference tournaments where jobs continue to become open. Patrick Ewing is out in Georgetown to headline the latest group. Moving to the NFL, teams are now looking to restructure players’ contracts to continue to clear cap space. This has Calvin questioning if the league could move beyond the salary cap. Music provided by Fox S...

With the tag deadline passed and free agency right around the corner in the NFL, teams continue to cut players to clear up cap space. Calvin takes a look at who the latest casualties were. Also in the league, the New York Jets are intent on adding Aaron Rodgers. As the World Baseball Classic is going on, Shohei Ohtani had a brilliant performance on Wednesday night. Calvin wants to know who is lett...

Picking up with the NBA in Hour 2, Fred VanVleet got a little personal on Thursday night when speaking with the media after the game. Frustrated, he called out an official by name, likely landing himself a fine. Does the association take further action? The Dallas Mavericks are still struggling to find success with the duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, but Calvin’s attention with squad is reall...

Taking a look around the NBA, the guys get back to Tuesday night’s action where the Golden State Warriors lost on the road to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team has been horrible on the road all season, and Calvin is coming around to the unit’s chemistry being off. Could Draymond Green be the issue? If not, he may at least be the fall guy. Sticking the NBA, Calvin listens to Shaq’s comments on th...

The conversation on the market for Lamar Jackson continues on in Hour 2. Calvin has a couple of theories on what might be holding things up. In college basketball, programs’ morals are put under the microscope as reports are linking Chris Beard to the Ole Miss job just months after he was fired by the University of Texas amidst legal drama. Music provided by Fox Sports 1380 El Paso

Thursday night in the NBA was full of plenty of storylines, but one of the more curious ones was the Los Angeles Lakers’ retirement of Pau Gasol’s #16 jersey. In the history of big men to wear the purple and gold, Calvin wonders if Gasol’s number belongs among them. With yesterday’s franchise tag deadline, the Lamar Jackson non-exclusive tag dominated the national conversation. In the first 24 hou...

Sticking with the NBA, talk about James Harden possibly working his way back to the Houston Rockets is generating buzz. Why? Things conclude in the NFL with a final look at the six players who received franchise tags from their teams, as well as who didn’t. Music provided by Fox Sports 1380 El Paso

As the deadline passes in the NFL for teams to use their franchise tags, reports come in that the New York Giants signed quarterback Daniel Jones to a new deal with enough time to get Saquon Barkley under the franchise tag as well. Moving to the NBA, LeBron James had a controversial tweet on Monday night about his son Bronny James. The prodigy then receives a boost in his prospect rating. Coincide...

The Boston Celtics shave been one of the best teams in the NBA all season, but riding a three-game losing streak, concerns are starting to settle in. Is the panic for the Celtics founded? With the NFL’s franchise tag deadline looming, the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson were reportedly still working on a deal late into the afternoon. After the two sides couldn’t find agreement, the Ravens used...

With tomorrow’s franchise tag deadline quickly approaching, some premium pass rushers are going to hit the market ahead of free agency. In college basketball, the biggest story of the day comes out of Lubbock where Texas Tech has suspended head coach Mark Adams after he made insensitive racist remarks when speaking with one of his players. Is a change of power slated for the program? Could Chris B...

The NFL Combine concluded this weekend, and all eyes were on the quarterback class as always. Anthony Richardson did a lot of work to boost his stock, but is it enough to put him ahead of Bryce Young and CJ Stroud and be the first quarterback off the board? Speaking of signal-callers in the league, Derek Carr and the New Orleans Saints have been linked together all offseason and now the two sides...

The Memphis Grizzlies have been trying to front with a tough attitude all season, but recently Ja Morant has been taking that business off the court, posing multiple times while brandishing a gun. Since the latest incident took place in another state as the Grizzlies played the Nuggets in Denver, now the NBA is involved and a massive suspension could be on the way. Music provided by Fox Sports 138...

Continuing with the NBA in Hour 3, Kendrick Perkins weighed in this week on Nikola Jokic’s MVP candidacy as the Serbian makes his bid for a third title. Perk, however, thinks that Jokic is getting more love than he should and that the fact he’s white has a big part to do with it. Back to the NFL, the Players Association released the results of their players' survey and there are some serious red f...

Derek Carr is one of the top available quarterbacks this offseason, and the New Orleans Saints are reportedly open to doing what it takes to land the former Raiders signal caller. Meanwhile, the New York Giants have an interesting situation as they want to keep Daniel Jones, but there’s uncertainty around how much they should pay him. The guys think they have an answer. In the NBA, the Los Angeles...

The NFL Combine is in full swing, and yesterday got started with the defensive linemen. A number of guys were burning up the 40, setting a new standard for the league. Other news out of Indianapolis could be concerning the top overall pick. Anthony Richardson is generating a lot of buzz. The way things are sounding, teams might like him more than CJ Stroud or even Bryce Young. Music provided by Fo...

The Dallas Cowboys had one of the best offenses in the NFL under Kellen Moore in recent years. With Moore now in Los Angeles with the Chargers, head coach Mike McCarthy is taking over the play-calling and he threw some interesting shade at more. In the NBA, Ja Morant appears to be taking the Memphis Grizzlies’ “tough attitude” a little too far off the court. Head coach Taylor Jenkins AND perhaps M...

Alabama is all over the news today as there are now concerns today as to whether or not Bryce Young has enough mass to be successful in the NFL. In Baltimore, the Ravens’ GM David DeCastro is getting flack from his players over comments he made this week regarding wide receiver depth. Was he right to call out his personnel like that? Music provided by Fox Sports 1380 El Paso

College basketball in March is always dramatic, and that was the case for Alabama on Monday night as they survived against Auburn. They should be a one-seed in the tournament, maybe the top overall. Jalen Carter’s arrest warrant dominated the news cycle yesterday and last night, the defensive lineman posted bail and returned to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Music provided by Fox Sports 1380 El...

After handling Texas Tech on Tuesday night, the Kansas Jayhawks have secured themselves at least a share of the Big 12 MBB regular season title. Back to the NFL to close the show, the Seattle Seahawks are exploring all their options at quarterback this coming season, while the Cleveland Browns are looking to restructure the deal they have with theirs. Music provided by Fox Sports 1380 El Paso

Beyond testing the next crop of NFL talent, the Combine is always abuzz with team news and league reports as personnel speak with the media. The league is looking at two potential rule changes this year, proposed by a pair of teams. First, the “Tush Push” fourth-down play that helped the Philadelphia Eagles reach the Super Bowl. Second, “Roughing the Passer” could become reviewable. Naturally, a d...

Stemming from the conversation at the end of Hour 2 with players resting, Adam Silver is looking at changing the NBA overtime rules to help with load management. Would the decision even fix the problem? Ending in the NFL, the grievances against Dan Snyder continue to mount as he is now being investigated for fraud and misusing funds in relation to a $55 million loan he took out in 2020. Music prov...

This season, Calvin has noted that Jayson Tatum doesn’t perform well against good defensive units. Facing the New York Knicks on Monday night, it was evident once again as the MVP candidate was ejected late in the fourth quarter with just 14 points to his name. Sticking with the NBA, Charles Barkley went off when speaking on player salaries and the lack of time the best players are actually seeing...

LeBron James recognized the importance of playing the rest of the season’s schedule, but the foot injury from Monday night will have him out for at least two weeks. Is Father Time starting to gain on The King? In college football, comments made by Deion Sanders during the Super Bowl are making the rounds after he said he prefers his quarterbacks to come from “dual parent” homes. Music provided by...

There’s been a cloud of distraction around college basketball recently, with Alabama’s Brandon Miller at the center of it. Playing back in Tuscaloosa for the first time since his alleged involvement in the Jamea Harris murder the star was tone-deaf with his pregame intro behavior, and he took some heat for it. In the NFL, the Los Angeles Rams are reported to be trading away Jalen Ramsey this offse...