Listen Now! Heat, Panthers, Lightning, Marlins, golf and more with columnist Tom D'Angelo
The Miami Heat made the NBA Eastern Conference Finals for the seventh time in 12 years.
The Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers met in the playoffs for the second consecutive year, as the Bolts seek their third straight Stanley Cup Trophy after eliminating the Panthers.
The Tampa Bay Rays are one of the best teams in the American League and the Miami Marlins head into June with hopes still alive for a potential playoff berth.
And that's just what is happening right now. We haven't even mentioned football.
With so much going on, we needed to get some insight from one of the state's longest tenured columnists, Tom D'Angelo of the Palm Beach Post.
Tom's been with the Post for 40 years, starting his journalism journey before the Heat, Marlins, Rays, Panthers or Lightning even existed.
Tim's previous three podcasts:
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He's the latest guest on "The *State* of Florida Sports Podcast," powered by the USA TODAY Network.
Tom recently returned from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was covering the PGA Championship.
He'll tell us what it was like watching Tiger Woods limp through the tournament before withdrawing on the third day.
We'll also get his thoughts on LIV golf, Phil Mickelson, the large sum of money turned down by Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman and more.
We also look at some of his most recent columns, including one where he tells the story of a 98-year-old tennis player who’s a Ukrainian refuge.
And he digs into a column I recently wrote where I ranked the Miami Heat as the second best overall NBA franchise since 1990.
We'll see if he agrees with my assessment of the Top 5, and why I don't have the Heat's Eastern Conference Finals opponent — the Boston Celtics, anywhere near the top five spots.
That's just the tip of the iceberg.
If you're involved in all the sports raging around the state right now, you'll want to check out this podcast.
If you haven’t given us a listen yet, what are you waiting for? Listening is as easy as pushing a button.
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If you like it, you can check out previous shows, which feature current and former professional athletes and coaches, as well as our stable of journalists who cover beats and write columns, all of whom have a tie to the Sunshine State.
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