The State of Florida Sports Podcast presented by the USA TODAY NETWORK Podcast

Garry Smits of the Florida Times-Union joins the podcast to talk about the 2024 Players Championship on its 50th anniversary.

2005 Players Championship winner Fred Funk joins the podcast to talk about his win, the course, the 50th anniversary and what he's up to these days.

Tom D'Angelo of the Palm Beach Post talks about the Cognizant Classic, formerly the Honda Classic, on the podcast. He also shares his thoughts on what happened last week when Charlie Woods tried qualifying for the event.

Hall of Famer Andre Dawson joins the podcast to talk about the Andre Dawson Classic, a six-team HBCU college baseball tournament held in Vero Beach from Feb. 23-25. He also talks about his playing career, updates us on former teammate Ryne Sandberg, who's battling cancer, and more.

Art Shamsky, an integral part of the 1969 World Series champion New York Mets, joins "The *State* of Florida Sports Podcast" to discuss spring training, the Mriacle Mets, his minor league roommate Pete Rose, the "Everybody Loves Raymond" bulldog named after him, more.

Ken Willis and Pyan Pritt of the Daytona Beach News-Journal join the podcast to talk everything Daytona 500. The weather looks bad, the field is young and the stakes are higher than ever. Plus, Ken and Ryan give their go at another bout of trivia.

NASCAR driver Ross Chastain joins the podcast to talk about the 2024 Daytona 500, the Netflix Series "Full Speed," his recent dustup with Tyler Reddick, his family watermelon legacy and more,

Rick Gosselin covered 37 Super Bowls during his illustrious career, mostly spent with the Dallas Morning News. He joins the podcast to talk about Super Bowl 58, as well as the Super Bowls he covered, starting with Super Bowl X in 1976.

Vince Bohbot, the executive director of the Highland Mint in Melbourne, Florida, discusses how his company came to mint the Super Bowl flip coin more than three decades ago; plus, Frank Ruggeri returns to the podcast to further make his argument for Super Bowl Saturday and how his change.org petition has garnered nearly 150,000 signatures.

Ken Willis and Ryan Pritt of the Daytona Beach News-Journal join the podcast to break down the 2024 Rolex 24, what happened after last year's race that has a big effect on this year's race, thoughts on the late Cale Yarborough and more.

Gainesville Sun columnist David Whitley talks about the Bucs preparing for the Lions, bigtime coaching changes with Bill Belichick, Nick Saban and Pete Carroll, how the Gators will fare in the new SEC, if cheaters do prosper and more.

Joe Schad of the Palm Beach Post and Ira Kaufman of joebucsfan.com join the podcast to break down the Dolphins at Chiefs and Eagles at Bucs matchups. Ira also talks about going to Atlanta next week, where he may help decide if retired Jaguars RB Fred Taylor can get into the Hall of Fame.

Professional wrestler Adam Copeland, aka Edge, joins the podcast to talk about his part in the Disney Plus Series, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," as well as his time in AEW and what he sees for himself in the future.

AEW star Swerve Strickland joins the podcast to talk about AEW's first show at its home base of Jacksonville since Oct. 2022, plus what he hopes to accomplish in 2024.

Ed Killer of tcpalm.com and the Treasure Coast Newspapers discusses the top sports stories in Florida in 2023. He gives his top 5 outdoors-related stories while host Tim Walters shares what he believes to be the top overall sports stories of the year.

Ehsan Kassim of the Tallahassee Democrat tells us what took place Friday at a Board Trustees meeting where FSU filed a lawsuit against the ACC. Plus, Ehsan and of Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald look at the 2023 Orange Bowl between the Seminoles and Bulldogs.

Demetrius Harvey of the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville breaks down the Jaguars' first showing on Sunday Night Football since 2008 when they face the AFC top-seed Baltimore Ravens. He also discusses their playoff hopes and injury status.

USA Today State of Florida recruiting reporter Jon Santucci joins the podcasst to break down all 9 high school football state title games, and also tells us about potential playoff changes coming in 2024.

Alexis Cubit of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Ehsan Kassim of the Tallahassee Democrat join the podcast to break down the ACC championship game between Louisville and Florida State.

Seminoles beat writer Ehsan Kassim of the Tallahassee Democrat and Gators beat writer Kevin Brockway of the Gainesville Sun join the podcast to discuss what this year's game may look like with two inexperienced backup quarterbacks starting.