Ukraine skeleton racer Heraskevych gets $200,000 gift to support his career after Olympic DQ

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 7:05A Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian skeleton racer who was disqualified from the Milan Cortina Olympics was given a gift of more than $200,000 on Tuesday to help him keep competing and advocating for...

Elana Meyers Taylor nearly lost hope. Her team, her husband and the Spurs helped her to Olympic...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 7:02A Associated Press

By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — It was a couple of weeks before Christmas. Elana Meyers Taylor was in Norway, prepping for a World Cup bobsled weekend. Things were...

Russian woman carried Ukraine placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 6:54A Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if anonymous, act: Carrying the Ukraine team...

Madonna sends good luck message to American figure skater Amber Glenn at Olympics

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 6:29A Associated Press

By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — It wasn’t exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More like a wish and a dream. Just before Glenn performed her...

Chris Perkins: Dolphins, under Sullivan and Hafley, inching closer to winning formula

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 5:10A Chris Perkins

MIAMI GARDENS — So far, the start of this new Dolphins era has a different feeling. It has the feeling of doing things right. It has the feeling of trying to win games rather than trying to be fun and entertaining. The recent moves by general...

Slalom is Mikaela Shiffrin’s last shot at an Olympic medal in Italy. Good news? It’s her best event

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 4:57A Associated Press

By WILL GRAVES, AP National Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin likes to invoke the adage from tennis great Billie Jean King that “pressure is a privilege.” Even if, at times, it...

The hottest show in hockey, ‘Heated Rivalry,’ is embraced by fans and players at Winter Olympics

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 4:36A Associated Press

By FERNANDA FIGUEROA and KEN MAGUIRE MILAN (AP) — Olympic hockey knows all about big hits. That now includes Heated Rivalry a gay hockey romance TV series in which two players from opposing teams...

Tony Clark intends to resign as MLB players’ union head, AP source says, as possible cap fight...

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 3:16A Associated Press

By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) —  Tony Clark  intends to resign as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a person familiar with the union’s deliberations said Tuesday. Related Articles Ukraine skeleton racer...

Heat asking their other All-Star merely to ‘be a total nightmare to guard’

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 3:10A Ira Winderman

MIAMI — The Miami Heat s other All-Star spent most of All-Star Weekend under the radar, just as he has spent most of this season. And yet ask Erik Spoelstra about Jahmir Young, and the Heat coach doesn t hesitate to promote the potential of the...

UM’s Akheem Mesidor, a rising NFL draft prospect, credits Dolphins great Jason Taylor

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/17 2:32A David Furones

AVENTURA — Jason Taylor, the Miami Dolphins great and NFL Hall of Fame defensive end, already has a standout legacy in South Florida as a player. He’s now building a legacy as a coach, leading Miami...

ASK IRA: Can Heat maximize minimal strength of remaining schedule?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/15 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, Tankathon shows the Heat with the seventh-easiest remaining strength of schedule and third easiest in the East. So why are you so down on them getting out of the play-in? – Eddie. A: The eye test. Remember, this is a team that already has...

ASK IRA: When Heat are whole, does/should Kel’el Ware continue to start?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/14 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: If everyone is healthy, will  Kel el Ware start when the Heat get back to playing? – Steve. A: Everyone healthy? At this point, that still seems like an abstract. But, OK, I ll bite. I d likely lean toward not, simply because when the Heat...

Somerset Canyons boys soccer rallies by defending titlist American Heritage-Delray in PKs

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/13 7:52P Gary Curreri

BOYNTON BEACH — Somerset Canyons sophomore goalkeeper Jayden Rios didn’t play in Friday night’s 3A boys regional title game against defending state champion American Heritage-Delray until the final 1 minute, 45 seconds of the second overtime. It...

Jimmie Johnson seeks Daytona 500 glory as a last link to bygone era

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/13 8:08A Edgar Thompson

DAYTONA BEACH —  NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson’s contemporaries from his sport’s heyday are all but gone. Pictures in a frame. Names on a trophy. Plaques in the Hall of Fame. All remain faces of the...

With nerves out of the way, Heat’s Powell back for another shot at 3-point contest

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 2/13 7:09A Ira Winderman

When it comes to Sunday s NBA All-Star Game, it will be all new for Miami Heat guard Norman Powell. But when it comes to Saturday s 3-point contest during All-Star Weekend, Powell is confident the jitters are gone. Back in the event for a second...