Sports: 9/6/17

WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Published September 6, 2017 at 1:45 PM EDT

Mark McGuire of The Daily Gazette and Keith Strudler of Montclair State University join Vox Pop to discuss sports including the NFL, MLB and more. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

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