The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game featured 16 Black players: Ozzie Smith (shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals), Vince Coleman (outfielder for the Cardinals), Eric Davis (outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds), Barry Larkin (shortstop for the Reds), Tony Gwynn (outfielder for the Sa… Read more
Fernando Tatis Jr. ’s payday from baseball’s longest contract is not quite what it appears. Read more
Parties may be part of NBA All-Star weekend next month. They just won’t include NBA All-Stars. Starters will be announced Feb.18. Read more
We are officially one month away from Selection Sunday for the 2021 March Madness NCAA College Basketball Tournament. One year ago, the 2020 tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the NCAA will require teams to register seven consecutive days of negative tests befor… Read more
Small crowds at Marlins Park will be back this season. Read more
As the saying goes, “Never bet against Tom Brady.” The Tampa Bay Buccaneers showed the world why that’s the case during Super Bowl LV this past Sunday, with a dominating performance that defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9. Brady’s play validated his “GOAT” moniker by winning his 7th Super … Read more
National Signing Day is traditionally the first day that a high school senior can sign a National Letter of Intent for a collegiate sport with a school that is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). This past week, several high school seniors in South Florida signed… Read more
Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67. Read more
It all comes down to Super Bowl LV this Sunday. Read more
Maral Javadifar thought Katie Sowers making history a year ago as the first female to coach in a Super Bowl meant that topic had been handled once and for all. Read more
The Hammer made one last trip to the spot where he hit No. 715. Read more
Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86. Read more
The Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday named Terry Fontenot the team’s first Black general manager, finding new leadership from within their division. Read more
The Tennessee football program is starting over yet again, this time after coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine others were fired Monday for cause when an internal investigation found what the university chancellor called “serious violations of NCAA rules.” Read more
Jared Porter went from rising star to unemployed – literally overnight. Read more
The Miami Dolphins is in one of the best positions in the NFL with a luxury that teams rarely get – being a near-playoff franchise with a top three draft selection and a disgruntled superstar looking to make Miami his new home. Read more
Florida college football teams got swept out of every bowl game. The University of Central Florida lost to BYU in the Boca Raton Bowl 23-49; Florida Atlantic University lost to the University of Memphis 25-10 in the Montgomery Bowl; the University of Miami lost to Oklahoma State University 3… Read more
Bianca Smith, an African American woman, has made baseball history. Read more
The NBA is adopting a tougher policy regarding masks, telling teams Monday that players on the active roster will have to wear the face coverings in the bench area until they enter games. Read more
Receivers Trevon Grimes and Kadarius Toney announced Monday they are skipping the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, to prepare for their NFL futures. Fellow receiver Jacob Copeland announced he won’t make the trip after testing positive for COVID-19. And All-American tight end Kyle Pitts opte… Read more
The National Football League is 101 years old and what has only been done twice before has now happened a third time. Read more
The holiday season is here in Miami and things will be picking up again for the beginning of 2021. The Miami Dolphins just completed their final home game of the season, posting a 5-3 record at home this year after eliminating the New England Patriots from the postseason for the first time s… Read more
South Florida sent six high school football teams to Tallahassee last week to compete for the state championship. The results from the games are as follows: Read more
Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300 and Satchel Paige may add nearly 150 victories to his total. Read more
'No one should be thinking about the vaccine going anywhere other than our first responders and the most vulnerable people right now,” said DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association. Read more
The matchups are set, and six local high school football teams will head up to Tallahassee to represent South Florida in what may be the last time Miami-area schools will participate in the state series, given the newly found success of the Tri-County Championship this year. Last year South … Read more
The road to Tallahassee can vary from South Florida – you could take I-95 North or I-75 North to I-10 West, but in the end the destination is still the same. That’s the case for several local high school teams, challenged by playing a shortened season due to COVID-19 and now looking at the c… Read more
Dick Allen hit the ball so hard, fans in Philadelphia started showing up at batting practice during his rookie season just to watch him hammer shots over the Coca-Cola sign atop the left-center field roof at Connie Mack Stadium. Read more
As we enter the start of the holiday season and bring 2020 to a close, we want to share some highlights of this most interesting year. Much has occurred, from canceled games and tournaments to the relocation of teams and even having no fans in the stands. 2020 will go down in the history boo… Read more
In every NFL season, there are losing teams who hit December and just want to get to January, get the schedule done and go home. Read more
When the high school football season began this year there were complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) even changed its football procedures to allow all teams that signed up for the state series to participate in the playoffs. F… Read more
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It’s Sunday, and nine hardcore Dolphins fans are gathered in a private room at Bokamper’s Sports Bar & Grill in Miramar to watch their team take on the Cardinals in Phoenix. Tua Tagovailoa has started his second game as the Fins’ quarterback and the tension is high. Miami drives toward t… Read more
Dustin Johnson delivered at Augusta National Golf Club to win his second major on Sunday. The 2020 Masters champion carded two rounds of 65 and a fourth-round 68 to finish with the lowest overall score in tournament history. Read more
The NFL instituted the “Rooney Rule” in 2003 as a means to advance coaching, sideline and front office opportunities for minorities, but the league’s diversity rating continues to fall short. Read more
Much like one of his lofty leaps at the wall, Kyle Lewis soared above the field. Read more
Before Sunday, you’d have to go back to 2018 for the last time Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa faced off against Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. At this past weekend’s duel in the desert, the Miami Dolphins (5-3) defeated the Arizona Cardinals (5-3) by a score of 34-31. In the back a… Read more
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The Miami Dolphins defeated the Los Angeles Rams 28 – 17 on Nov. 1. Many across the world were tuned in to see Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback #1 Tua Tagovailoa throw his first touchdown to #11 wide receiver DeVante Parker. The Dolphins only had 145 total yards in this game compared to the… Read more
After several months of delay, many Miami-Dade County high school athletic programs wondered whether there would be any sports played this year due to the growing concern of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was fitting that once things were settled and arrangements for the season were made that the… Read more
Parks provide a safe place for communities to connect, enjoy the outdoors and be active. Charles Hadley Park, one of the best recreational centers and parks in the City of Miami, features fun for the whole family with a recently remodeled aquatic complex and places to play tennis, basketball… Read more
The Miami Dolphins defeated the New York Jets 24-0 this past weekend. You would have to go back to the 2014 season for last time the Miami Dolphins had a shutout victory, where the Dolphins defeated the then San Diego Chargers (now the Los Angeles Chargers) 37-0. Read more
A World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays is a rare meeting of baseball’s best for the title, and a matchup of organizations with Andrew Friedman’s imprint. Read more
He went to Miami and became a champion. Read more
Drew Brees keeps coming through in the clutch in his 20th season, while the Los Angeles Chargers keep squandering the heady play of promising rookie quarterback Justin Herbert. Read more
Now, baseball really has a 1981 feel to it. Read more
The Miami Marlins have defied the odds. Many people said the team wasn’t supposed to make the playoffs this season. It just wasn’t supposed to happen, not after losing 98 games in 2018 and 105 games in 2019. But with the Marlins, you always have to expect the unexpected. Read more
Get ready for the NBA Finals, a title series like none other, to end a season like none other. Read more
Corey Smith, a Miami Senior High School football coach, was killed Monday morning by gunfire at his home, according to law enforcement. Read more
Many people were disappointed by the cancellation of the 2020 Orange Blossom Classic at Hard Rock Stadium this year, but we can look forward to and know that the 2021 event will be even more highly anticipated, as the Florida A&M Rattlers are set of to face the Jackson State Tigers on Se… Read more
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