ASK IRA: Is there another level Heat’s Jovic can reach (it wasn’t there vs. Clippers)?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/3 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, it’s starting to look like once again Pat Riley has made a mistake signing one of his players (this time Nikola Jovic) to a large extension that will impact the ability to re-sign more contributing players or free agents. Joel, Fort...

Dolphins trade Jaelan Phillips to Philadelphia Eagles

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/3 12:58A Chris Perkins

MIAMI GARDENS — The Dolphins traded outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday morning in exchange for a third-round pick, the Sun Sentinel has confirmed. ESPN was the first to report the move. Phillips, the 2021...

Hurricanes’ Mario Cristobal explains heated discussion with Shannon Dawson

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/3 12:23A Adam Lichtenstein

Miami fans were not the only ones who were frustrated during the Hurricanes loss to SMU. ESPN cameras caught offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson yelling and gesturing at head coach Mario Cristobal. On his weekly Monday morning interview on WQAM...

ASK IRA: Is Pelle Larsson playing himself into a rotation role even when Heat are whole?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/2 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, I ve got the answer to all the Heat s problems, so hear me out: transplant Pelle Larsson s heart into Kel el Ware. Pelle leaves it all out there, as he did against the Lakers. Imagine Kel el diving all over the place. – Sprain. A: For a...

How Erik Spoelstra found his scoring savant and fueled the Heat’s offensive eruption

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/2 3:00A Ira Winderman

LOS ANGELES — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has spent a career collecting people, or at least picking their brains. When Chip Kelly was reinventing college football with pace-and-space dynamic, Spoelstra visited with the Oregon coach during the 2011...

Dolphins midseason report card: Grades are terrible, same as the 2-7 start

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/2 2:30A Chris Perkins

MIAMI GARDENS — It was one year ago that the Dolphins checked in with a 2-6 record at the time of their midseason report card . Predictably, the grades weren’t good. The Dolphins have a 2-7 record for this year’s midseason report card. You can...

ASK IRA: Is it time for the Heat to again explore the Ja Morant possibility?

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

Q: Ira, it looks like Ja Morant has had enough of Memphis. No one is better at buying low than Pat Riley. What say you? – Anderson. A: What I say is that Ja Morant these days seems to be a shell of himself, not the explosive presence who...

Five things we learned about UCF’s loss at Baylor

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/1 11:00P Matt Murschel

WACO, Texas — Two weeks after playing one of their most complete games of the season in a blowout win over West Virginia , UCF couldn’t do much right in a perplexing 30-3 loss at Baylor on Saturday. It was the seventh straight road loss by the...

Garcia’s Brown, South Plantation’s Montefusco reach finals bracket at state bowling

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/1 6:21P Alex Kushel

Dr. Joaquin Garcia junior Jayden Brown and South Plantation senior Sofia Montefusco both reached the individual finals bracket at the FHSAA Bowling Finals from Tuesday through Thursday at Boardwalk Bowl Entertainment Center in Orlando. The...

Ira Winderman: A blueprint needed in Rozier-Heat-NBA conundrum? Here’s one rendering

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/1 2:01A Ira Winderman

LOS ANGELES — You start here with the reality that the Miami Heat most likely were going to carry into the season before the FBI patted itself on the back by creating the moniker Operation Nothing But Bet : Terry Rozier was not going to play for...

ASK IRA: Will Heat shot diet have to change when all are available?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 10/31 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Don t the alpha big-contract players demand a certain amount of shots every night in the NBA? So what happens when Tyler Herro returns and takes those shots away from multiple players who are now getting them. Isn t this why our offensive...

St. Thomas Aquinas rallies, holds off Chaminade-Madonna in battle of defending state champs

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 10/31 6:54P Gary Curreri

FORT LAUDERDALE — St. Thomas Aquinas senior defensive back Justice Fitzpatrick caught three passes for 50 yards and had a game-sealing interception on the final play of the game as the host Raiders...

Seminoles’ Norvell has been successful in past Novembers. Can he do it again?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 10/31 2:00A Bob Ferrante

TALLAHASSEE — Mike Norvell is 12-7 in November as Florida State’s head coach. While two were victories over FCS teams, the Seminoles have produced five rivalry wins (three vs. Miami, two against Florida) in previous Novembers in the Norvell Era....

Game time: TV info, odds, keys to Florida vs. No. 5 Georgia

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 10/31 1:30A Edgar Thompson

Florida vs. No. 5 Georgia When:  Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Where: EvenBank Stadium, Jacksonville Latest line: Georgia is favored by 7.5 points TV:  ABC Weather: 72 degrees, 0% rain chance Coaches: Kirby...

Dave Hyde: At 2-7, it’s time for Dolphins to start search for new regime

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 10/31 1:29A Dave Hyde

MIAMI GARDENS — Admittedly, I’m tired of writing everyone should be fired at the top of the Miami Dolphins flow chart. You can only type that once or twice before there’s nothing left to add but the latest, miserable score. Which was Baltimore...