Chris Mannix says NBA players won’t be paid for being in Olympics

Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix joined the show to talk about Dwyane Wade’s comments that NBA players should be rewarded for playing in the Olympics. Mannix talked to USA Basketball director Jerry Colangelo last night and said players won’t be played. Mannix said this is Colangelo’s reasoning: “Players won’t be played for the simple reason there…

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Shawn Arnell says Arkansas fans defended Petrino until details emerged

Arkansas radio host Shawn Arnell (KARN Radio, Sports Animal 920) joined the show to talk about Bobby Petrino being fired. “Fans like that he had a motorcycle accident and showed up at practices,” Petrino said. “Fans liked that persona.” Arnell said that at first they were getting phone calls to their station defending Petrino. But…

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Costas: Selig photo with Castro does not make MLB hypocritical

MLB Network host Bob Costas joined the show to talk about Ozzie Guillen’s suspension and more. Costas is in Philly to call the Marlins-Phillies game and said he was going to sit down with Guillen for an hour, but now that won’t happen. Costas said the Marlins feel they’ve addressed the issues and don’t need…

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Peter King says Saints will fill interim role internally

SI.com’s Peter King joined the show to talk about the latest news on the Saints and their next coach. King said it appears the Saints will find their interim coach in-house. King said Bill Parcells will likely not be the interim coach and other candidates like Tony Dungy — who King said had been discussed…

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Paul Finebaum says Petrino still Arkansas’ coach because he wins

Paul Finebaum, host of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network, joined the show to talk about the fallout of Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino’s motorcycle accident and his connection to a woman in the Arkansas athletic department. Finebaum said that Petrino should be OK as long as more scandals don’t come up. Finebaum weighed in on what Petrino…

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