Spoelstra bends the cliche, says Heat better than what 29-27 record says

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/12 3:13A Ira Winderman

MIAMI ¯ Amid the ongoing search for consistency, the one constant that remains from coach Erik Spoelstra is that the Miami Heat are — or at least should be — better than their record. That was the message he left as his team headed into its...

Will American ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin try hardest quad of all in his last skate at the Olympics?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/12 1:03A Associated Press

By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin keeps teasing fans at the Milan Cortina Olympics by submitting program plans that have the American figure skating star...

Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics over banned helmet honoring war dead

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/12 12:51A Associated Press

By TIM REYNOLDS, Associated Press Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games , was not allowed...

ASK IRA: Is it time for Heat to fill out roster, or at least upgrade Gardner?

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

Q: Ira, I read that the Heat can add two players by Thursday. We re starting Myron Gardner for goodness sake. Why not move now? – Elliot. A: Um, you mean the Myron Gardner who closed with eight points and 10 rebounds in Wednesday night s victory...

‘HOCKEY: Faster Than Ever’: Test your skills at new Florida Panthers-inspired exhibit in South...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/10 6:32A Kari Barnett

At this point, South Florida has hockey fandom down to a science. We ve cheered on the Florida Panthers to historic back-to-back Stanley Cup championships over the last two seasons and flooded Fort...

Dave Hyde: God bless Miami Heat for not tanking (but can they win some more?)

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/10 6:03A Dave Hyde

One remaining game before the All-Star Break against awful New Orleans merely underscores this stretch’s ease and the weight-of-the-free-world challenge facing the Miami Heat. The NBA is a toxic mess of teams tanking by design or, like New...

Spoelstra speaks of ‘frustrating’ and ‘exhilarating’ and still ongoing Heat hope

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/10 3:25A Ira Winderman

NEW ORLEANS — For at least one more night, Erik Spoelstra could speak in terms of his glass being more half full, even amid these empty feelings for the Miami Heat, including Monday night s home loss to a Utah Jazz team trying to lose. With a...

Raedler and Huber of Austria win team combined at the Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin is 4th

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/10 2:01A Associated Press

By ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press Sports Writer CORTINA D AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday when  Mikaela Shiffrin  surprisingly...

‘Don’t jump in them’: Olympic athletes’ medals break during celebrations

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/10 12:44A Associated Press

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH, Associated Press Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Handle with care. That’s the message from gold medalist Breezy Johnson at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after she and other...

US figure skater Amber Glenn resolves copyright issue with a Canadian music artist at the Olympics

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/9 11:12P Associated Press

By DAVE SKRETTA MILAN (AP) U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she has smoothed out copyright concerns with the artist behind one of the pieces of her free skate music, and that the Olympic team gold medalist may have struck up a new friendship...

ASK IRA: Is Heat loss to tanking Jazz even fathomable?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/9 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Would you rather lose while trying to win, or win while trying to lose? – Aram, Raleigh, N.C. A: What an odd, weird, bizarro night it was on Monday night at Kaseya Center. The Utah Jazz simply cannot afford to win too many more games or their...

Mario Cristobal says new QB Darian Mensah is ‘the right guy’ for Hurricanes

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/9 1:45A Adam Lichtenstein

When Miami coach Mario Cristobal met quarterback Darian Mensah, the UM coach knew the former Duke quarterback would be the right fit for the Hurricanes. After meeting him — unbelievable personality, Cristobal told WQAM on Monday morning. Made of...

Chloe Kim will ride Olympic halfpipe with a shoulder brace, says she’s anxious but also confident

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/9 12:34A Associated Press

By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press National Writer LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim’s first truly meaningful ride through a halfpipe in almost 11 months will come at no place other than the Olympics....

Olympic town warms up as climate change puts Winter Games on thin ice

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/8 11:20P Associated Press

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves. Those coats were unzipped Sunday and gloves pocketed as snow...

US figure skater Amber Glenn faces backlash over politics and copyright issues after Olympic gold

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/8 11:12P Associated Press

By DAVE SKRETTA, Assocaited Press Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — On the same day Amber Glenn won Olympic gold as part of the team event , and stepped away from social media due to backlash over her...