UCF athletics hits new highs, challenges in first fiscal year in Big 12

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 11:00P Matt Murschel

UCF athletics experienced financial impacts from joining the Big 12 , its first venture into a Power 4 conference, leading to increased revenue and expenses. The reports are part of the NCAA s Agreed Upon Procedures records, where universities...

ASK IRA: If Jimmy Butler doesn’t think Heat teammates are good enough, then what next?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 10:22P Ira Winderman

Q: Jimmy Butler and the fans wanted another star on the Heat. Is Tyler Herro close enough to count as that third star? Now we have the arrival of Herro and Jimmy is almost out the door. Looking at Herro s numbers they are close to Damian Lillard....

Keyshawn Hall sets career high with 40, Darius Johnson slams door down the stretch as UCF tops...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 7:12P Associated Press

TEMPE, Ariz. — Keyshawn Hall made 10 of 10 from the free-throw line and scored a career-high 40 points on Tuesday night to help UCF beat Arizona State 95-89. Hall was 13-for-18 shooting, hit 4 of 6 from 3-point range, grabbed 7 rebounds and had 6...

Ex-Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson finds next landing spot

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 10:19A David Furones

The NFL career of former Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson will continue in Pittsburgh. Thompson was signed to a futures contract with the Steelers, the team and his agency announced Tuesday. After finishing last season on the Dolphins...

Dave Hyde: Time for Miami Heat to take acceptable loss and trade Jimmy Butler

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 8:53A Dave Hyde

TRADE JIMMY BUTLER NOW. TAKE THE LOSS, PAT RILEY. PARDON ME FOR … being so loud, but I’m typing this column with overcaffeinated fingers thanks to a latte at Jimmy Butler’s newly opened BigFace coffee shop i n the Miami design district. Butler...

Free agency of Dolphins’ Jevon Holland will be one to watch this offseason

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 7:45A David Furones

MIAMI GARDENS — Will the Miami Dolphins keep safety Jevon Holland for the coming years or will he be the latest in homegrown talent that escapes the team after his rookie contract? Holland has maybe the most intriguing free agency among Dolphins...

Meeting with Arison the expected next step for Butler as Heat suspension draws to close

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 7:15A Ira Winderman

With the Miami Heat s seven-game unpaid suspension of forward Jimmy Butler scheduled to be completed with Wednesday night s game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.Com Arena, it is what follows the next day that could determine what comes...

Quiet DeLand freshman RB Taihj Moore is the next big thing | Football Insider

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 5:38A Chris Hays

Taihj Moore is not flamboyant. He s not a self-promoter. He never would tell you is that he is the next big thing in Central Florida high school football. But he is. The quiet, unassuming freshman...

How Cam Ward’s success opened the door for Carson Beck to join Hurricanes

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 4:29A Adam Lichtenstein

Cam Ward s success is already paying off for the Hurricanes. About two weeks after he played his final game in a Miami uniform, his successor, Carson Beck — a fellow one-year transfer who had success at another program — was on campus in Coral...

Growth curve has Herro, Heat angling to see more from 7-foot rookie Kel’el Ware

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 3:43A Ira Winderman

When it comes to seals of approval with the Miami Heat, few carry as much weight these days as one from emerging leading man Tyler Herro. That, alone, has rookie center Kel el Ware working ahead of the curve during this initial season, with...

With the NBA trade deadline approaching, here are 3 deals worth making

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 1/14 3:40A Yahoo Sports

Let s take a different approach and look at three trades — one involving Jimmy Butler — that make sense in the modern NBA landscape.

Ex-Hurricanes, Ravens star Ed Reed accepts high school offensive coordinator job

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/14 2:53A Sam Cohn

Former Hurricanes and Ravens legend Ed Reed has a new job on the other side of the ball from where he built a Hall of Fame career: offensive coordinator at Chamblee High School near Atlanta. Chamblee will be Reed’s latest coaching chapter — a...

ASK IRA: Would Jimmy Butler be playing for himself or for the Heat in a return?

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

Q: Ira, one of my concerns with Jimmy Butler coming back isn’t that he won’t try, but rather that he’ll get his stats to the detriment of winning, like when you have a star player on a bad team. I m thinking of his last 35-point outing in a loss....

Clippers, back after fire-induced layoff, run past Heat

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 1/13 6:23P Reuters

Norman Powell scored 29 points while James Harden and Ivica Zubac chalked up double-doubles as the Los Angeles Clippers overturned an early 13-point deficit to beat the Miami Heat 109-98 on Monday in Inglewood, Calif. Harden had 26 points with 11...

UCF basketball looks to bounce back against Arizona State

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/13 7:44A Matt Murschel

UCF basketball aimed to kick off its 5-day, 2-game trip through Arizona on a high note but suffered a frustrating loss. The Knights, facing Arizona, fell 88-80 on late Saturday night, struggling again to find their rhythm on offense. UCF (11-4,...