What to watch on Day 1 of the Milan Cortina Olympics: Men’s downhill medal race, Ilia Malinin...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 8:41A Associated Press

MILAN (AP) — Men’s downhill in Alpine skiing starts as the first medal event of the Milan Cortina Olympics and will take place Saturday, which is officially Day 1 of the Games. Also in the spotlight will be U.S. figure skating star Ilia Malinin...

Running back Alexander Mattison plans to return from scary neck injury with Dolphins

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 8:35A David Furones

MIAMI GARDENS — Ahead of the 2025 season, running back Alexander Mattison was simply trying to carve out a role on the Miami Dolphins’ roster. He was doing a pretty good job of it, standing out in training camp as a big, power tailback who could...

Photos from the Milan Cortina Olympics opening ceremony

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 8:28A Associated Press

By The Associated Press This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Olympics. Performers take part in the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan,...

In wake of silent deadline, Spoelstra seeking Heat ‘great opportunities still ahead’

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 6:40A Ira Winderman

BOSTON — There was no need to look back Friday for Heat coach Erik Spoelstra a day after the NBA trade deadline. What was in place for Thursday s practice at Kaseya Center remained the same as he guided his roster through Friday morning s...

Dolphins sign former Jets tight end to futures contract

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 6:35A David Furones

The Miami Dolphins signed tight end Zack Kuntz to a futures contract, the team announced Friday. Kuntz, 26, was a seventh-round draft pick of the New York Jets in 2023. He has appeared in two career regular-season games, one each in 2023 and 2024....

Super Bowl security ramps up as ICE fears shadow the festivities

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 6:25A Robert Salonga, Caelyn Pender

SANTA CLARA — When the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots kick off Super Bowl LX on Sunday, tens of thousands of spectators at Levi’s Stadium, and hundreds of millions more around the world, will be watching intently. So will a network...

UCF athletics continues to show steady growth in Big 12

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 5:19A Matt Murschel

UCF athletics continued to highlight the financial complexities that come with a department still navigating the transition to a Power Five conference, such as the Big 12 . Those challenges were documented in the agreed-upon procedures records,...

Minions will get their Olympic moment as Spanish figure skater gets final approval for his music

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 5:11A Associated Press

By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Those mischievous Minions will have their Olympic moment after all. Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate obtained the final approval he needed for his music on Friday, allowing the Spanish figure skater to...

Milan Cortina is going for Olympic fashion gold. Take a look at some eye-popping outfits

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 4:57A Associated Press

By STEFANIE DAZIO and COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Mittens versus gloves? Hats against headbands? Merino wool over Mongolian cashmere? Fashion is its own competitor in any Olympics,...

Super Bowl predictions: Will Patriots cap improbable year with win over Seahawks?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 4:23A Keven Lerner

Seattle (16-3) vs. New England (17-3), Sunday, 6:30 p.m., NBC Latest line: Seahawks are favored by 4 1/2 points Dave Hyde, Sports Columnist: Seahawks 31, Patriots 20 Seattle has come through the NFL s toughest division, and tougher conference, in...

Chock and Bates rock as reigning champ US leads team figure skating event at Milan Cortina Olympics

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/6 3:01A Associated Press

By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Madison Chock and Evan Bates set the tone for the powerful U.S. Figure Skating team at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday with a rocking,...

Israel’s first Olympic bobsled team heads to Italy in bid they have dubbed ‘Shul Runnings’

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/5 3:03A Associated Press

By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press TEL AVIV (AP) — Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme. Get on up, Israel, it’s bobsled time! FILE- Adam Edelman and Regnars Kirejevs, of Israel, compete in their second...

After questions and concerns, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are ready to go as a new era...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/5 2:42A Associated Press

By ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Will there be an Olympic spirit or will it seem like a bunch of individual world championships? Will a complicated...

Bad Bunny to discuss Super Bowl halftime performance fresh off big Grammy win

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/5 12:39A Associated Press

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., Associated Press Entertainment Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — What can viewers expect from Bad Bunny’s highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance? So far, all we know is that he’s expected to perform solely in...

Vance, in Milan, says the Olympics are ‘one of the few things’ that unite Americans

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/5 12:18A Associated Press

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Vice President  JD Vance  arrived in Milan with his family Thursday, telling U.S. athletes competing in the  Milan Cortina Winter Games  that the...