The Beat of Sports

It was a disappointing result for the Orlando Magic in Game 2 last night in Toronto. What went so wrong last night against the Raptors? Philip Rossman-Reich from Orlando Magic Daily joins the show to talk with Tuck about last night and what the Magic need to do to bounce back on Game 3.

Did we witness the biggest upset in pro sports history last night? Mike Tuck gives his thoughts how the sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning compare historically to other great sports upsets.

Kyler Murray had make a difficult decision between continuing his baseball career or making the jump to being an NFL quarterback, but he isn't the first. Mike Tuck will tell you the story of an interesting and influential comparison.

Josh Robbins from The Athletic joins show to preview Game 2 between the Magic and Raptors. He and Marc talk about how in Game 1 Jonathan Issac played above his years and already looks comfortable with playoff basketball. Then they talk about how the Magic will need to deal with a Raptors team that doesn't want to go down 0-2.

Tiger Woods won The Masters this past weekend and it has golf fans everywhere asking the question, how many majors can he win now? Jason Sobel covers golf for The Action Network and joins the show to talk about what we saw from Tiger at Augusta. He and Marc talk about how just a few years ago no one could have predicted that we would get to this point. Jason talks about how the younger generation of golfers welcome Tiger getting into winning form because they want to compete against him.

Russell Wilson has become the new highest paid player in the NFL after signing an extension with the Seattle Seahawks. Many on Twitter are screaming that the Seahawks overpaid because Wilson isn't a top 5 quarterback in the NFL. But as Marc points out, sometimes teams need to overpay because it is better for the team to keep the star player rather than let them leave and be stuck in the abyss.

The quarterback showcase was on for the UCF football team during this weekends Spring Game. Marc talks about how they looked and what fans could expect from the offense in the upcoming season.

For the first time in seven seasons the Orlando Magic are in the playoffs, so how much of a demand are there for tickets? Jesse Lawrence from Ticket IQ joins the show to talk about where the Magic rank when it comes to the top teams in terms of demand. He and Marc talk about who else in the NBA has a hot ticket and why teams like the Celtics and Spurs don't have as much buzz around them on the secondary market.

Game 1 between the Magic and Raptors is in the book and Orlando opens the series with a one game lead. Marc talks about having the usual scorers have off nights for the Magic that Steve Clifford deserves credit for relying on many of the other players to get the victory.

Tiger Woods won the 2019 Masters for the 15th career major victory, is this the beginning of a new era for him? Steve Elling joins the show to recap this past weekend at Augusta National to talk about how we got to this point, how he has noticed a much different Tiger when it comes to interacting with the media. Marc asks Steve if some members of the golf media was conflicted with seeing Tiger win considering how he treated so many writers for so long during his dominant run.