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It's hard not to be skeptical of the NCAA or some of the larger conferences, aka the Power 5 schools, when it comes to things like, well, paying student-athletes above and beyond their tuition, room and board and more recently, a "cost of attendance" stipend. Yes, they are institutes of higher learning but over the years even some of the most prestigious universities in the United States, such as Notre Dame, Stanford, Duke and even Harvard have been marred by athletic scandals. Then add in the football and basketball powerhouses that occupy your tv screen every week and the list of improprieties would make your head spin.

Wow. If you ever want to start an argument these days, ask someone to define “patriotic.” However, if you get a group of sports fans together and you ask about cool, patriotic stadium rock songs, you definitely get a fun conversation. No matter what, every Top 5 has some personal bias.

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The first place Islanders are red hot. They are the only NHL team that has not lost at home this season. We’ll talk more about Islanders, Rangers, Devils and Sabres hockey on the Levack show this week, each day at 5:30pm, only right here on 104.5 FM, The Team and the FREE 1045theteam app.

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Will Major League Baseball accept this proposal? If not, how long until the next proposal?

In the midst of the national outcry to end racism NASCAR's Bubba Wallace has been thrust into the spotlight as "the only black NASCAR driver." The fact that a man of color has made it to the sports highest level is definitely noteworthy and the fact that Wallace is willing to use success to help spread the message of growth and change is admirable. Recently Wallace was asked what the next step NASCAR should take and he suggested "getting rid of Confederate Flags."

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Syracuse's head coach joined Big Board Sports on Friday morning to react to the news of the NCAA canceling the basketball tournaments.

Jameelah Johnson from atlhawksfans.com reacts to being at the Knicks-Hawks game when the NBA announced the season was suspended.

Can the Knicks be saved? What are Kevin Huerter's biggest signs of growth? Associated Press NBA reporter Tim Reynolds joined Big Board Sports.