Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/24 4:16A Associated Press

By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he profited from rigged poker...

Dolphins TE Darren Waller will return to practice this week

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/24 4:15A David Furones

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins tight end Darren Waller is bound for a return to practice this week as he works his way back from injured reserve. Waller will be designated for return at Wednesday’s practice, coach Mike McDaniel said Monday. That...

McArthur defeats Atlantic 17-16 in 5A regional semifinal | PHOTOS

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/24 3:56A Jim Rassol

The McArthur Mustangs defeated the Atlantic Eagles 17-16 in a dramatic finish to the Class 5A Regional Semifinal high school football game on Friday, Nov. 21, in Delray Beach, which saw McArthur secure the victory by a single point to advance in...

Erik Spoelstra mastering the finger wag? Heat coach’s challenges up this season

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/24 2:05A Ira Winderman

MIAMI — For years, Erik Spoelstra found the challenge a challenge. He preferred not to risk his timeouts, to save his coach s challenges for deciding minutes, in case needed. So vent? Sure. Stomp? At times the Heat coach might have been confused...

New coaches, transfers — changes abound in girls high school basketball

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/24 1:33A Gary Curreri

There were several coaching changes and plenty of transfers since Grandview Prep won the lone girls basketball title for either Broward or Palm Beach counties last season. It was the first time in eight years that a Broward County team did not...

ASK IRA: How will Spoelstra make healthy Heat rotation work? (Answer: It’s a good problem to have)

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/23 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: OK, Ira, so when all are healthy, the Heat starting lineup will be Bam Adebayo, Andrew Wiggins, Tyler Herro, Norman Powell and Kel el Ware. Then, assuming Erik Spoelstra goes with a nine-man rotation, who comes off the bench and who gets left...

Dave Hyde: Panthers, amid the pain, show why they’ve been so great for so long

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/23 4:21A Dave Hyde

SUNRISE — Don’t concern yourself with what happened Saturday night in the rematch of the past two Stanley Cup finals. The bottom line was the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 6-3, with the padding of two empty-net goals. But it doesn’t...

5 things learned from UCF’s 2nd-half win over Oklahoma State

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/23 4:00A Matt Murschel

UCF fell behind 14-0 in the first half against Oklahoma State but rallied in the second half, scoring 17 points. Kicker Noe Ruelas nailed a 34-yard field goal with 57 seconds left to lift the Knights to a 17-14 win over the Cowboys on Saturday...

Cooper Flagg arrives at Kaseya Center solely a visitor after lottery gut-punch for Heat

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/23 3:00A Ira Winderman

Monday night could be considered Revisionist History Night for the Miami Heat, but amid a solid start to the season, Erik Spoelstra s team is not looking back. When the Mavericks arrive at Kaseya Center for their lone visit of the season, it will...

Former UF coach Urban Meyer celebrated, to enter Gators’ Ring of Honor in 2026

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/23 1:00A Liana Handler

GAINESVILLE — Florida s first home game in more than a month was a chance to celebrate former coach Urban Meyer’s Dec. 9 induction into the College Football Hall of Fame . The school even had a...

ASK IRA: Has Pelle Larsson become the embodiment of the Heat’s relentlessness?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/22 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: The Heat have a Pelle Larsson problem, they can t sit the kid. It s going to be interesting when Tyler Herro gets back and Andrew Wiggins returns. But man, that kid is something. – Elliott. A: All he does is win, win, win no matter what. And...

Bianchi: UCF escapes, Scott Frost exhales and reality sets in

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/22 9:00P Mike Bianchi

The first season of the Scott Frost Homecoming Tour came to an end Saturday evening in UCF s  Bounce House finale. Not with fireworks. Not with the soundtrack of 2017 echoing from the rafters. Not with the frenzied energy that accompanied his...

Road woes continue for Seminoles

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/22 9:38A Bob Ferrante

TALLAHASSEE — The evaluation of coach Mike Norvell and the state of FSU football is ongoing in the eyes of administrators, but they can’t like what they’re seeing in the Seminoles’ dismal road results. FSU’s self-inflicted mistakes have been a...

Carson Beck throws four touchdowns as No. 13 Hurricanes beat Virginia Tech

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/22 8:45A Adam Lichtenstein

BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Hurricanes needed to beat Virginia Tech on the road and try to do it in convincing fashion so they could stay alive in the College Football Playoff. No. 13 Miami (9-2, 5-2 ACC) accomplished that — despite a messy fourth...

Heat’s Ware relishing relentless rebounding, ‘It took me a little while to actually figure it out’

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/22 5:28A Ira Winderman

An epiphany? Kel el Ware didn t quite go that far, but there now appears to be greater appreciation by the second-year Miami Heat center that he is playing in a man s league, with big-boy rules. So when push comes to shove, Ware said there is an...