Ira Winderman: Making the grade hardly a collective Heat story over first half of season

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/17 2:28A Ira Winderman

MIAMI — With Saturday night s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder moving the Heat into their second half of the schedule, it hardly is a team making the grade, at least when it comes to the ostensible goal of avoiding a fourth consecutive trip...

Hurricanes’ title-game travel much easier than previous playoff games

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/17 12:45A Adam Lichtenstein

MIAMI BEACH — The Hurricanes playoff itinerary has taken them to Glendale, Arizona , and to Texas twice . Their last and most important trip is right in their own backyard. Miami s preparation for Monday s national title game against Indiana...

Welcome to South Florida, Hoosiers fans! Who knew we had so much in common?!

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/17 12:30A Ben Crandell

Welcome to South Florida, Indiana football fans! We’re happy you’re here — and Notre Dame isn’t. During your visit to the area for the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock...

ASK IRA: Three months into season and Heat question remains: Is there a power forward in the house?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/16 10:05P Ira Winderman

Q: The Heat s starting frontcourt, whether or not you include Kel el Ware, lacks a polished post-up player. They get to the rim but have trouble finishing. All of them are better in a transition game. That s a problem at the end of close games,...

Former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel to interview for Buccaneers OC job

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/15 6:33A Tribune News Service

By RICK STROUD, Tampa Bay Times TAMPA — It may be a pie-in-the-sky hope, but if former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel doesn’t land one of the head coaching jobs — Browns, Titans, Falcons or Ravens, so far — he’s interviewing for, he could have...

Five matchups that will decide the Miami-Indiana national title game

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/15 6:26A Adam Lichtenstein

The Hurricanes and Hoosiers face off in the national title game on Monday. Indiana is a heavy favorite, but Miami is undefeated in three games as the underdog this season. The Hoosiers feature some of the best players in the nation , including...

What you need to know about parking ($9,000+, anyone?) and transportation for CFP national title...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/15 4:46A Adam Lichtenstein

Finding a ticket to Monday s Miami-Indiana College Football Playoff National Championship  is difficult — and expensive — enough. But where can you park? And how much will that cost you? What s the best way to get to the game? Yes, all of this...

Former NCAA players and fixers charged over rigged basketball games, prosecutors say

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/15 4:19A Associated Press

By MARC LEVY and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a...

Nine seasons of stealth scoring and Heat’s Adebayo now second to one

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/15 3:32A Ira Winderman

MIAMI — The climb was stealth, because even in the best of his scoring times, Bam Adebayo rarely has been defined by point production. So as he addressed his 29-point performance in the wake of Tuesday night s victory over the Phoenix Suns , it...

Dolphins miss out on Harbaugh as he becomes Giants coach

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/15 2:15A Pat Leonard

The Giants have landed their No. 1 target: John Harbaugh is expected to be their next head coach. Harbaugh, 63, has agreed to coach the Giants , and the two parties are now working to finalize the terms of that agreement to make it official, a...

Chris Perkins: Dolphins have fresh start, but clock still ticking

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 11:55P Chris Perkins

MIAMI GARDENS — What’s your number? Two? Three? Four? As a starting point, I’m giving the Miami Dolphins’ new regime three years to win a playoff game. Settle down. This doesn’t mean major changes must be made if they don’t win a playoff game by...

ASK IRA: Is Ja merely a smokescreen for the Heat’s get-Giannis goal?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, reading all this speculation about Ja Morant, one thing has to be clear: Not a single asset can go out that otherwise could be flipped in a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade. Giannis wasn t just reacting to the boos in Milwaukee, he was...

ASK IRA: Would there be more to a Heat move for Ja Morant than simply assessing the fit?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/13 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, everything that s out there is that the Heat can get Ja Morant for practically nothing. How do they not jump? – Sid. A: OK, if you insist on playing to the speculation, fine. Let s go ahead and assume it will take nothing more than...

Here’s how to register for a chance to buy tickets to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/12 9:04A Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the 2028 Olympics Games in Los Angeles on the horizon, fans will get their first opportunity to get in line for tickets on Wednesday. Registration will open Jan. 14 to be entered into the ticket draw for a randomly...

Boogie Fland, No. 19 Gators head to Oklahoma seeking to build on rout of Tennessee

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/12 8:56A Edgar Thompson

GAINESVILLE — Boogie Wonderland blared at UF s O Connell Center to celebrate the final minutes of a slump-busting performance by embattled point guard Boogie Fland during this past Saturday s rout of Tennessee. Fland will now try to take the show...