The Beat of Sports

The world was saddened yesterday with the news of the passing of Alex Trebek after his long battle with cancer. Former Jeopardy David Greisman joins the show to talk Alex Trebek's legacy and his impact as a cultural icon — someone millions of us warmly welcomed into our living rooms day after day, year after year.

It was a week of gridiron greats joining The Beat Of Sports and for this weeks edition of the Weekend Pod Marc speaks with two larger than life personalities, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson and Jack Youngblood.

It was a total victory for the Knights when went to Houston and defeated the Cougars, and the UCF defense was a key factor. Gary Parris joins the show to talk about the performance that unit brought and talks about how the team can use that for the rest of the season.

It was a season to forget for the Golden State Warriors last year, they were without Klay Thompson and then lost Draymond Green and Steph Curry for long stretches. But as Mike O'Donnell discusses have they become underrated after what we saw the Lakers do in their run to an NBA Championship? Plus he and Marc discuss some names to watch for when it comes to the NBA Draft.

The regular season for high school is almost over and now we've got some marquee rivalry games across Central Florida, including Scotts alma mater the Edgewater Eagles. JC Carnahan joins the show to preview tonights game and talk about the upcoming playoffs.

This week the Josh Heupel made the announcement that several players of the football team will be removed following an on-campus incident over the weekend. This led to many fans screaming that the players deserve a second chance, but as Marc points out that fans will always demand another chance for players when they help their team win and sometimes there is more to the story when it comes to the decision than everyone knows.

Behind Tom Brady the Buccaneers have been one of the best team in the NFL this season but last week they decided to add some more weapons to their offense with Antonio Brown, but was this a necessary move? Ira Kaufman joins the show to talk about the decide to bring in AB and why his skill set is one that they team lacked.

Despite the fact that Trevor Lawrence won't be under center for Clemson when they take on Notre Dame this weekend it is still the marquee game in college football. Wes Durham joins the show to talk about the upcoming game, the decision for the ACC to add Notre Dame for 2020, and the rebuilding process at Florida State for Mike Norvell.

Tonight at Exploria Stadium two of the Eastern Conferences best square off with a top 4 spot in the MLS playoffs on the line when the Lions take on the Columbus Crew. Miguel Gallardo joins the show to talk about that matchup, how high the ceiling is for Daryl Dike, and the coaching ability of Oscar Pareja.

We've already got a few openings in the NFL right now and some more that could be made available when the season ends, but which current college coaches could make the jump? Especially with the prospects of drafting Trevor Lawrence. Would Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney make the move?