Sports

Al begins his week discussing homosexuality in sports with Co-Founder of the Rainbow Bowling League Don Hubbard. Al also runs through the latest in sports including Tigers baseball, the U.S. Open and NBA Finals. And the Current Sports team plays Pick'em Monday through this week's slate of games.

Al sits down with Author Jeffery Beers to discuss his new book The Lost Season. Jeffery discusses the culture of sports and if we as society takes sports to seriously. Al also breaks down the latest in sports and the gang has another segment of Reflection Friday.

Al dives right into what's going on in the sports world with Matt, Alex and Mike, including discussing Maurice Cheeks being hired as the new Detroit Pistons head coach, the Tigers closer struggles and the hiring of Jason Kidd as the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. And MSU track and field team member Leah O'Connor joins Current Sports to talk about her performance this season.

Mark Uyl, The Assistant Director for the Michigan High School Athletic Association, drops by the studio to discuss his personal views as a referee and what role the MHSAA plays in refereeing.  It's Wednesday, which means another round of Barber Shop Wednesday!

We continue our discussion about referees, their role in sports and how their treated on the job. Carlos Folino is the State Referee Administrator for the state of Michigan and shares his thoughts and stories throughout the years. We also discuss the the top worst blown sports calls of all time!

We kick off our discussion of violence to referees by welcoming Daniel Jimenez, who has coached in high school and college sports for 40 years and former Lansing Eastern High School basketball head coach. Al runs through the latest in sports including the NBA Finals, the Pistons head coaching search and Spartan baseball players drafted in the MLB First-Year Player Draft. And Al and the team give their take on who will win some games on Pick'em Monday.

Al discusses crossfit training with Kelsey Miller, who's competing in a crossfit regional competition this week, and her husband Joshua, owner of Crossfit Shift in Lansing. Also, Al runs through the latest in sports including the NBA Finals, French Open and flopping in the NBA. And Al and the team reflect on the biggest sports stories of the week on Reflection Friday!

Al chats with Lansing Eastern athletic director Dave Panici to talk about the recent decision to cut all athletic directors in Lansing School District, and runs through the latest in sports including the Diamond Classic final, Tigers baseball and NHL Playoffs. And the voice of the Lansing Lugnuts, Jesse Goldberg-Strassller, joins Al in the studio to wrap up our discussion on the lack of African Americans in baseball

We continue our discussion of the lack of African Americans in baseball with Lansing Everett High School baseball head coach Tim Walker. Al runs down through the latest sports headlines including the Diamond Classic, Tigers baseball and the Biogenesis investigation. And it's Barbershop Wednesday and Al and the team  talked about steroids in sports.

We continue our discussion of the decline of African Americans in baseball with sports columnist and radio personality Terry Foster. Terry chimes in with his thoughts on the topic and also discusses his book 100 Things Tigers Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. Al, Alex and Matt also give their top 5 baseball movies of all time.