Sadly, FSU coach Leonard Hamilton’s method of building teams, graduating players has become passé |...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 8:00A Mike Bianchi

It was time for Leonard Hamilton to step aside. He’s 76 years old and his Florida State basketball program has gotten stale. Still — even though Hamilton has had a great career — it s another sad day...

Heat’s Kel’el Ware named NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 7:43A Ira Winderman

CHICAGO — A week after falling short in the balloting for a spot in the Rising Stars competition during All-Star Weekend, Miami Heat center Kel el Ware on Tuesday was named NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for January. Ware becomes the...

Dave Hyde: Phony Jimmy could have forced trade in a smarter way

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 7:11A Dave Hyde

All the way through this stinking process, Jimmy Butler’s non-stop antics have sealed it: Give me the angry sports star who says he’s angry rather than one with the phony half-smile and calculated words that come with the smell of stinking algae....

UCF regroups, hopes to respond after latest crushing defeat

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 7:00A Matt Murschel

A hard-fought game and a heartbreaking loss. It’s become a recurring theme as UCF came up short 81-75 to BYU on Saturday. The short-handed Knights fought with the Cougars but couldn’t pull out the victory. It was the fourth loss in the last five...

Where the Heat-Jimmy Butler situation stands: From butting heads to loggerheads

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 6:36A Ira Winderman

CHICAGO — For a month now, the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler have butted heads. The result has been suspension, suspension, suspension. Now, with Thursday s 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline approaching , the two sides remain at loggerheads: Butler solely...

Coco Gauff donates $100,000 to UNCF for a scholarship program at historically Black schools

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 6:02A Associated Press

WASHINGTON  — Tennis star Coco Gauff donated $100,000 to UNCF to provide scholarships for students playing competitive tennis at historically Black colleges and universities. UNCF will administer the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program, which was...

Tiger Woods says his mother has died. He called Kultida Woods a ‘force of nature’

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 5:42A Associated Press

By DOUG FERGUSON Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power color, died Tuesday. Woods announced the death of his 78-year-old mother in a...

UCF will open Big 12 play on road under Scott Frost

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 4:05A Matt Murschel

A lot has changed since the last time Scott Frost opened a season as coach at UCF . In the eight seasons since his departure at the end of 2017, the Knights have won 56 games, played in multiple conference championship games, undergone two head...

Michael Jordan’s son Marcus arrested on drug charge near Orlando

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 3:34A Cristóbal Reyes

Marcus Jordan, a former University of Central Florida basketball player and son of NBA legend Michael Jordan, was arrested in Maitland Tuesday for cocaine possession, according to court records. He...

NBA Insider Says Jimmy Butler Is Focused on Only One Franchise in Potential Trade

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 2/4 2:53A WTNH.com

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is focused on only one destination in a potential trade. | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images It s Phoenix or bust for Butler s camp. by: Michael McDaniel Posted: Feb 4, 2025 / 09:53 AM EST Updated: Feb 4, 2025 / 09:53 AM EST...

Heat’s Kevin Love turning those Jimmy Butler frowns upside down with social-media whimsy

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/4 2:25A Ira Winderman

CHICAGO — Through all the uncertainty, vitriol, conscientiousness and suspensions, one almost gets the sense that Kevin Love will miss this whole Jimmy Butler-Miami Heat mess when it is over. Not that the veteran Heat big man is taking sides. It...

Heat’s Kevin Love turning those Jimmy Butler frowns upside down with social-media whimsy

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 2/4 2:25A South Florida Sun Sentinel

CHICAGO — Through all the uncertainty, vitriol, conscientiousness and suspensions, one almost gets the sense that Kevin Love will miss this whole Jimmy Butler-Miami Heat mess when it is over. Not that the veteran Heat big man is taking sides....

Report: Warriors Still 'Firmly' in the Mix for Jimmy Butler

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 2/3 11:30P Inside The Heat

If the Golden State Warriors really want Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler, they woke up Tuesday morning apparently still in the race. The Athletic reported Monday the Warriors are pursuing star players, including the 35-year-old Butler. Golden State...

Heat vs. Bulls: Start time, where to watch, what's the latest

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 2/3 8:31P Hoops Hype

The Miami Heat play against the Chicago Bulls at United Center The Miami Heat are spending $

Heat’s Jimmy Butler on Phoenix-or-bust trade path with Warriors out of mix

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/3 3:27A Ira Winderman

CHICAGO — From an initial stance of anywhere-but-Miami, Jimmy Butler s stance on a trade from the Heat seemingly has moved back to what was perceived as his initial posture — Phoenix Suns, or bust. At the moment, that could have the Heat going...