The Beat of Sports

The Lakers are officially eliminated from playoff contention, Ben Simmons is MIA and Keith Smith joins the show to talk about the final days of the NBA season and the happenings in the league.

First, the invitation is not being rescinded. UCF is headed to the Big XII, the only question is when. Most industry people think the Knights, Houston, CIncinnati and BYU will kick off the 2023 football season in their new home. There is still the financial agreement with the AAC to be settled but no matter who is the commissioner of the Big XII, UCF is headed to the league.

New UCF Women's Basketball head coach Sytia Messer joins The Bridge and talks with Mike Bianchi and Marc Daniels about the decision to come to UCF, how much family matters to her and what she's learned from the coaches she's worked with.

Matt Murschel joins the show to recap what we saw in the National Championship Game and then answers a very interesting question, what if McKenzie Milton never got hurt where might he have been drafted?

It was one of the most watched practice sessions ever at Augusta National all eyes were on Tiger Woods, and now one question remains, will he play in the tournament? Jeff Babineau joins the show live from Augusta and talks if Tiger will play and who are the players to watch for this year's Masters.

Last night the Kansas Jayhawks walked away with the National Championship at the NCAA Tournament but that hasn't stopped people from screaming at Mark Emmert over the lack of penalties against the school over investigations in recruiting tactics years ago. Marc brings up that no players on the current roster were around when the investigation took place and that Emmert wasn't even in charge of the investigation itself.

This past Friday came the draw for the 2026 World Cup and soccer fans in the United States were gifted a Black Friday matchup against England! Marc and Scott talk about how big of this match will be and more.

It be a tall task to overshadow the Final Four and Duke-UNC but Mike O'Donnell joins the show and previews tonight's final between North Carolina and Kansas.

Coaches have been allowed to leave in the middle of a contract leaving players and incoming recruits behind with little thought. Players now have the ability to leave once during their college career and there is a little more balance for each side. No system is fair but you can't cap how many players can leave in a season.

The LSU situation is rare and the UCF situation is now common. But the transfer portal works both ways. Schools and coaches can benefit from it and sometimes feel the effects of it.

There has been much discussed with the Yankees over the last few days and it has nothing to do with the current team, first Brian Cashman blamed the 2017 Astros on why they haven't won a World Series since 2009. Then they had new YES Network analyst Carlos Beltran talk to the media about the scandal. Now Marc Daniels can't take it, and wants the Yankees to stop living in the past and stop bringing up the sign-stealing scandal.