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It’s April – and that means it’s time for the NFL draft. 2021 will see the 86th annual draft to select newly eligible players for the 2021 NFL season. It’s scheduled to be held in Cleveland from April 29 to May 1. Read more

The Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins were scheduled to begin their series a day late. But in the raw aftermath of another killing of a Black man by police in Minnesota, there was no place for pro sports in the Twin Cities on Monday. Read more

The Miami Marlins will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day at loanDepot Park this Friday, when they’ll face the San Francisco Giants at 7:10 p.m. All Marlins and Giants players will wear jerseys emblazoned Robinson’s No. 42. Read more

There was another team out there that was marching through the season undefeated, that looked unstoppable at times, that had all arrows pointing toward a national title. Read more

Major League Baseball plans to relocate the All-Star Game to Coors Field in Denver. ESPN was first to break the news after MLB pulled this year’s Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objections to sweeping changes to Georgia’s voting laws. Read more

With the Final Four just days away for the men’s and women’s NCAA Division I Tournament, this year has been nothing but memorable. Several brackets have been busted with upsets in both tournaments. Read more

Dawn Staley and Joni Taylor embraced before and after the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship, savoring a historic moment in women’s basketball. Read more

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) are in the national spotlight and gaining greater recognition from major entities. Read more

Elgin Baylor changed the very direction of basketball when he joined the NBA and brought his vertical feats of athletic brilliance to a largely horizontal game. Read more

The song “One Shining Moment” – with renditions performed by Luther Vandross, Jennifer Hudson and Ne-Yo – is the tune associated with the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament during this time of the year, aka March Madness. The song is traditionally played at the end of the tournament… Read more

“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, a southpaw who ruled the middleweight boxing division in the 1980s, died suddenly at age 66 as confirmed by Hagler's wife on his Facebook fan club page this past Saturday.  Read more

Race-norming is a “clear example of racism,” according to Dr. Daniel Kantor, a past president of the Florida Society of Neurology now with Florida Atlantic University, who assessed former NFL players for the concussion settlement program from 2017 to 2019. “The NFL is on the wrong side of th… Read more

When you say the word “athlete,” most people will still conjure up an image of their favorite male sports player, but there are hundreds of amazing women in the athletics world as well. Read more

This year’s NBA All-Star week is approaching, and it will be different than in years past. The defending Eastern Conference Champions Miami Heat will have zero NBA All-Stars representing the team at the 70th annual NBA All-Star game this year. Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, the two players th… Read more

The affection engulfs Clint Hurdle’s voice as he appraises the list of those recently gone – childhood idols who became teammates and opponents, teammates and opponents who became acquaintances, acquaintances who became dear friends. Read more

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 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