Florida Panthers rat-throwing tradition: ‘Didn’t you ever want to be the first to do something?’

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 6/2 5:16A Ben Crandell

Florida Panthers goalie Jose Theodore and Tomas Kopecky celebrate beating the New Jersey Devils 3-1, Saturday, April 21, 2012. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Jim Rassol. Sun Sentinel A...

Every NHL team’s worst value contract in 2022-23

Panthers – The Athletic 6/2 4:44A Harman Dayal

A look at NHL players who didn't quite live up to their contracts this past season and how much longer those deals will be on the books for.

Denver Nuggets Blow Out Miami Heat To Start NBA Finals

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/2 3:22A www.hotnewhiphop.com

The biggest event of the NBA season has finally arrived. The Denver Nuggets are appearing in their first NBA Finals and enter as heavy favorites behind their team depth and the power duo of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. Meanwhile, the Miami Heat...

Ira Winderman: For Heat, NBA Finals reality is it has to be back to Butler bombast . . . or bust

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 6/2 3:19A Ira Winderman

DENVER — Plenty can be said about winning in the margins, and for the Miami Heat that certainly has been a considerable element in this unexpected run to the NBA Finals. But what mostly has been doing the talking has been the play of Jimmy...

Ira Winderman: For Heat, NBA Finals reality is it has to be back to Butler bombast . . . or bust

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/2 3:19A South Florida Sun Sentinel

DENVER — Plenty can be said about winning in the margins, and for the Miami Heat that certainly has been a considerable element in this unexpected run to the NBA Finals. But what mostly has been doing the talking has been the play of Jimmy...

Why didn't Kevin Love play in Game 1? Reason behind Heat veteran's benching vs. Nuggets in NBA...

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/2 3:02A Sporting News

Kevin Love arrived in Miami midseason with the hopes of getting increased playing time from the diminished role he had seen with the Cavaliers. After starting just three of 41 total appearances in Cleveland, Love made 17 starts in 21 appearances...

The Heat's Worst-Case Scenario Played Out in Game 1

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/2 2:30A The Ringer

Almost everything about Game 1 was a nightmare for the Miami Heat: tactical mishaps, terrible outside shooting, a demonstrative size disadvantage, zero free throw attempts by players not named Haywood Highsmith, too many offensive possessions...

What the Dallas Mavericks can learn from the NBA Finals matchup

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/2 2:00A Mavs Moneyball

The 2023 NBA Finals matchup is set as the first-seeded Denver Nuggets face the eighth-seeded Miami Heat. As the Dallas Mavericks continue to watch the postseason from afar, let s talk about important takeaways from these two teams that the...

Miami Heat couldn't solve riddle of Nuggets' offense in Game 1 of NBA Finals: “Yeah, we're...

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/2 1:45A Denver Post

The Denver Nuggets offense was a riddle that the Miami Heat couldn t solve. In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the Heat had a hard time matching up with Denver s physicality. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic effortlessly put up 27 points, 10 rebounds and 14...

Inside Brandon Montour’s NHL playoff breakout: 2 bad trades, 65 miles skated and 1 ‘huge tank’

Panthers – The Athletic 6/2 1:00A Michael Russo

The fitness freak defenseman has become the breakout star of the playoffs in helping the Panthers reach the Stanley Cup Final.

NHL Power Rankings: A split at No. 1, plus Stanley Cup predictions for the rest

Panthers – The Athletic 6/2 12:53A Sean Gentille and Dom Luszczyszy

In the final Power Rankings of the season, we have a split at the top, plus a shot at when the other 30 teams win their next (or first) Cup.

ASK IRA: Has Haywood Highsmith shut the Heat door on Kevin Love?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 6/2 12:05A Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, play Kevin Love in Game 2. It can t get any worse. – Elliott. A: Are you sure? The Nuggets are adept at picking at opponents weaknesses, as Aaron Gordon did at the outset Thursday against Max Strus. But that doesn t mean that Erik...

ASK IRA: Has Haywood Highsmith shut the Heat door on Kevin Love?

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/2 12:05A South Florida Sun Sentinel

Q: Ira, play Kevin Love in Game 2. It can’t get any worse. – Elliott. A: Are you sure? The Nuggets are adept at picking at opponents’ weaknesses, as Aaron Gordon did at the outset Thursday against Max Strus. But that doesn’t mean that Erik...

NBA Finals: Nikola Jokic powers Denver Nuggets to opening win against Miami Heat

Miami Heat on Yahoo! Sports 6/1 11:09P modernghana.com

Denver Nuggets eased to a 104-93 victory over a disappointing Miami Heat in the first game of the 2023 NBA Finals. Nikola Jokic was the standout player as the Nuggets centre picked up a triple-double - double figures in points, assists and...

The Panthers prove the playoffs are broken. Or they don’t. A debate with myself

Panthers – The Athletic 6/1 11:00P Sean McIndoe

What can we learn from the Florida Panthers' Stanley Cup Final run, if anything at all? Sean McIndoe asks himself.