Dolphins fire coach Mike McDaniel after second straight losing season

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/8 3:38A David Furones

The Miami Dolphins will now be looking for a new head coach, along with searching for a permanent general manager . The Dolphins parted ways with coach Mike McDaniel on Thursday, pivoting days following the end of the season after it appeared he...

Gators’ Jayden Woods back as Jon Sumrall goes 5-of-5 with top targets

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/8 3:37A Edgar Thompson

GAINESVILLE — Florida edge rusher Jayden Woods re-signed for his sophomore season as coach Jon Sumrall checked the fifth and final player off his list of priorities among the 2025 Gators. Woods decision, who announced his decision Thursday on...

Consistency next goal with Heat’s Ware, as Spoelstra says: ‘We’re working on it’

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/8 3:00A Ira Winderman

CHICAGO — The push-pull long has been there with Erik Spoelstra, that delicate balance between development and the unceasing insistence on the Miami Heat to live in the competitive moment. So when the Heat coach was asked in the immediate wake...

Fernando Mendoza vs. Dante Moore and the debate on who should be No. 1 pick

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/8 2:59A Antwan Staley

Fans of the Raiders and Jets could be watching their future quarterbacks in Friday’s Peach Bowl. Indiana and Oregon will meet in the College Football Playoff semifinals in one of the most significant...

ASK IRA: Has Bam Adebayo become a depreciating asset for the Heat?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/7 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: To think Bam Adebayo  is the same guy some don’t think should be traded for a star, I will never forgive the people that made this kid a bigger deal than he actually is. He was never good enough to be in the forefront of a team, and it’s...

ASK IRA: Timing of Herro’s Heat return coincidental amid Trae Young trade rumors?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/6 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, awfully curious that Trae Young gets put on the trading block and the Heat decide to bring Tyler Herro back. This can t just be coincidence. – Marty. A: Or it can, since Tyler Herro had been working for weeks toward Tuesday night s return...

ASK IRA: Time for the NBA to provide ultimate salary-cap clarity to Heat in regard to Rozier?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/5 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: I hate to bring up this subject again, but when is NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ever going to make a decision on Terry Rozier? When Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors was caught doing the same thing as Rozier is alleged, he was almost...

ASK IRA: Is it time for Heat to act now on Norman Powell’s contract?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/4 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q:  What will Miami do with Norman Powell s contract next year? He has become the team s best player with all due respect to Tyler Herro, and Powell has been highly consistent, as well. – Ed. A: Agree about Norman Powell and his consistency , and...

Bruised and bumped Powell a study in resilience in first Heat season

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/4 2:33A Ira Winderman

MIAMI — If the story of Norman Powell s first season with the Miami Heat is his ability to score, more than ancillary to that equation is his resilience. Saturday night s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at Kaseya Center was the latest example...

ASK IRA: Are there built-in limits for the Heat without a shot creator on the court?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/3 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, this is why we need Tyler Herro, no matter what everyone says. You need someone who can score points in bunches, like Minnesota had with Anthony Edwards before they took over.  – Saul. Q: All the offensive systems, no matter how creative,...

Dave Hyde: Rebuilding Dolphins’ entire scouting department is a start; what will Ross decide on...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/3 6:56A Dave Hyde

Sunday brings the end of another dumpy Miami Dolphins season , but not to the problems needing solutions or the organizational mess that demands more than a offseason cleanup on Aisle 5. There s cleanup needed on aisles five, six, seven and eight...

The question for Dolphins is how much finality finale at Patriots brings

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/3 4:23A David Furones

MIAMI GARDENS — It was around this time last year when the Miami Dolphins went up north for their finale to the 2024 season. Star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, after the Dolphins lost to the New York Jets and were eliminated from their last-gasp hope...

Ira Winderman: Does Trae Young offer Heat a cautionary tale for Tyler Herro?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/3 2:24A Ira Winderman

MIAMI — It is an adage as old as the NBA, that talent finds a way. The question this season is whether talent comfortably can find a way back — especially when that talent no longer stands as a sole source of success. With the Atlanta Hawks, the...

Game time: Fast facts, odds and injury report for Dolphins at Patriots

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/2 11:30P David Furones

Dolphins (7-9) vs. Patriots (13-3) Kickoff: 4:25 p.m., Sunday, Gillette Stadium TV: FOX (Ch. 7 in Miami-Dade, Broward counties; Ch. 29 in Palm Beach); RADIO: ESPN Radio, WBGG (105.9-FM), WIOD (610-AM), WTZU (94.9-FM, Spanish); Palm Beach: ESPN...

ASK IRA: Is Heat’s Jaquez prime example of allowing young talent to play through growing pains?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 1/2 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Jaime Jaquez Jr. is Exhibit A on why you shouldn t give up on young talent and trade it for over-the-hill whales. The growth curve isn t always linear, but eventually the patience is rewarded and you have a roster coming into its prime that...