Local Hour: Happy Opening Day!

This week on Because Miami, the fight against book banning in Florida continues, but with a new twist. Activist Chaz Stevens wants to ban the bible, dictionary and thesaurus from school libraries. He talks to Billy Corben about it. Tomas Kennedy, spokesperson for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, joins the show to talk about a state law loosening restrictions for companies to provide heat stress protections to agricultural and construction workers. And Tanjha Quintana is a former receptionist in Joe Carollo's office. She details the period of misery that she went through while holding that job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A scheduling mistake regarding the Panthers game this weekend has left Chris Cote in a sticky situation with his wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson are here for a trip around the NBA storylines. They discuss the end of the Warriors dynasty, Tyler Herro carrying the offensive load for the Heat, a guy named David, a sweaty mouthpiece, Jalen Brunson, the best donuts, the Celtics dominance, and a famous neighbor. Plus, the donut debate continues alongside a debate on deep dish pizza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The local Heat reporters are disputing Shams Charania's report about Jimmy Butler, Kendrick Perkins is passing judgement on Shaq and Barkley, Taylor has a new Knicks song, and Pete Fairbanks is the best sound bite in baseball. Then, is it possible to watch a game without blaming someone? And we have JuJu's Thursday Thunder! Plus, Spencer Hall is here to talk Mario Cristobal, Drake, and the Charity Bowl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew discusses Shams Charania's report on Jimmy Butler's injury before finally giving Jeremy the platform for his Top 5 Reasons the Heat Lost (with a mini Top 5 Reason to Hate the French in the middle of it). Then, Stugotz goes after Bob Kraft and Valerie issues a statement on the cupcake debacle. Plus, Adnan Virk is here to discuss Brian Cox's wild statements, the Steve Martin doc, and deliver his Top 5 Mystery Movies without David Samson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cast: Dan, Stugotz, Chris, Jeremy, Jessica, Roy, and Tony. While we should probably start the show with the Heat loss to the 76ers in last night's play-in game, there is internal turmoil at Meadowlark Media that must be handled first: Valerie's cupcake was stolen, and it led to Dan's assistant yelling at Jessica. Dan asks questions, Jessica explains her role, Stugotz avoids blame, and Tony tries to solve the case...once it's already been solved. Then, we finally get to the Heat's loss to the Sixers while ignoring everything Jeremy has to say about the result. How much blame or credit does Tyler Herro deserve for the result? Can Nicolas Batum do this every once in a while? Were injuries to both stars really the biggest factor? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the MMA Hangout - Tony is joined by The MMA Hour's Conner Burks (who was boots on the ground in Vegas) to recap the BIGGEST night in MMA history at UFC 300 including Alex Pereira's big-time knockout in the main event, Zhang Weilei's decisive victory and of course, Max Holloway delivering arguably the greatest moment in UFC history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our beloved Fancy Lad, Chris Wittyngham, was on the call for an epic Champions League tie between PSG and Barcelona and we celebrate his success in an...interesting way. Lucy was in New York for the WNBA Draft and we watch her latest Off Rohden video from it. Jessica made a very Franco/Frank O'Harris mistake with Sex and the City, Bluey made Mike Ryan cry and Don Van Natta and Seth Wickersham have a new deep dive on the Patriots. Then, the crew is split on the Heat-Sixers game in Against The Spread and Coyotes are leaving Arizona at an alarming rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Schur is back! He feels more confident about the Celtics this year but is still terrified of those pesky Miami Heat. He also has a report for us on the Sacramento Kings win over the Warriors last night. The NHL Playoffs are nearly set and are about to get underway and the Panthers are facing the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round. How scared is the group of the Lightning in World Rawr III? Our Panthers chat says not so much. Plus, Jemele Hill joins the show and discusses whether or not Scottie Scheffler would have actually left the Masters if his wife went into labor and the arrival of the WNBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Samson sticks around to discuss the growth of the WNBA and whether this is just a flash in the pan or if the momentum is real. Jeremy is really mad that Playoff Jimmy was not included in a promotion for the Playoffs even though the Heat are not technically in the Playoffs, and Chris is definitely not being irrational about it. Plus, the West is loaded and Mike Ryan is longing for the days of explicit photoshop on Heat Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices