3+ day, 11+ hour ago (96+ words) Wiemer had three home runs and 12 RBIs in 27 games this year for the Marlins. Wiemer, 26, will join his fourth team after playing parts of three major league seasons for Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Miami.. He plated in 132 games in his first big league season for the Brewers in 2023. and had three home runs and 12 RBIs in 27 games this year for the Marlins. San Francisco, which missed the playoffs for a fourth straight year and hired new manager Tony Vitello from the University of Tennessee, designated catcher Andrew Knizner for assignment....

6+ day, 15+ hour ago (795+ words) The remaining two undefeated teams in Broward (Dillard) and Palm Beach (Jupiter) both fell in the first round of the FHSAA state playoffs, while nationally ranked St. Thomas Aquinas (No. 12 by MaxPreps) and Chaminade-Madonna (No. 22) both rolled to victories. Things will start to get more difficult this week as we march into week 2 and move deeper into the playoffs. Six-time defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas is looking to build on its current state-record win total and has won 32 consecutive games during that span. Three-time defending state champions Chaminade-Madonna is looking to make it four straight and eight out of the past 10 championship games. I was 13-2 last week in running my overall record to 156-29 (84.3%) for the year. Miami Goleman (7-4) at Spanish River (7-4) (Friday, 6:30 p.m.): The host Sharks stunned Western 24-21 last week to make the second round of the postseason for the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (822+ words) Student-athletes from around Broward and Palm Beach counties finalized their college choices by putting pen to paper on Wednesday. In most cases, students had received a verbal offer from a school and their financial aid package wasn't finalized until the first major signing day for most NCAA Division I and Division II sports, except football. Previously, student-athletes signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI), which is an agreement between the NCAA and a recruit to guarantee athletic aid. After 60 years, the NLIs were abolished in 2024. Letters of intent have been replaced with financial aid agreements between the NCAA and student-athletes. The football early signing period for Division I, Division II and midyear two-year college transfers is Wednesday, Dec. 3, while the regular signing period for football is Feb. 4, 2026. The regular signing period for all other sports, including Division I basketball is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (589+ words) St. Thomas Aquinas, ranked No. 14 in the nation by MaxPreps, and No. 20 Chaminade-Madonna begin their quests to repeat as state champions as the FHSAA state football playoffs kick off this week. Six-time defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas is looking to build on its current state-record win total, while three-time defending champ Chaminade-Madonna is hopeful of making it four in a row and eight out of the past 10. Jupiter and Dillard aim to keep their undefeated streaks alive into the postseason. Defending Class 4A state champion American Heritage (4-5 and No. 2 seed in Region 4) may eventually have to face off against top-seeded Archbishop McCarthy (8-2), which topped the Patriots 13-10 for the first time in school history for the district championship a month ago. I was 12-3 to close out the regular season to run my record to 143-27 (84.1%). Here are some of the top regional…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (491+ words) There were boos from some spectators in the stands when Trump was shown on the videoboard late in the first half " standing in a suite with House Speaker Mike Johnson " and again when the president was introduced by the stadium announcer at halftime. The jeering continued while Trump read an oath for members of the military to recite as part of an on-field ceremony during the break in the game. "I'm a little bit late," Trump told reporters earlier when he got off Air Force One after landing at Joint Base Andrews, following a flyover of Northwest Stadium during the game. He then got in his armored car for the drive to the arena. "We're gonna have a good game. Things are going along very well. The country's doing well. The Democrats have to open it up," he said " a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (853+ words) Four high school football teams from Broward and Palm Beach counties won Florida High School Athletic Association state championships in 2024 and learned their title-defense opening opponents when the FHSAA released its playoff bracket on YouTube on Thursday afternoon. Chaminade-Madonna (1A), American Heritage (4A), St. Thomas Aquinas (5A) and West Boca Raton (6A) (in addition to Miami Northwestern in 3A) all brought home hardware in five of the seven state classes last season. St. Thomas Aquinas is looking to extend its Florida record of six state titles in a row, while Chaminade-Madonna is gunning for a fifth consecutive championship and a possible 10th straight appearance in the state championship game. The Lions" string of nine straight years of reaching the title game also is a state record. St. Thomas Aquinas (6A), Archbishop McCarthy (4A) and Chaminade-Madonna (1A) all drew No. 1 seeds with the action slated to start Friday, Nov. 14. St....

2+ week, 4+ day ago (821+ words) MIAMI " in the wake of Bam Adebayo pulling himself from Wednesday night's road loss to the Denver Nuggets, an MRI Thursday on the Miami Heat center showed a sprained left big toe. Adebayo has been ruled out of Friday night's game against the Charlotte Hornets at Kaseya Center, to be listed as day-to-day going forward. The Heat's next game after the Hornets is Saturday night back at Kaseya Center against the Portland Trail Blazers. For the Heat, the math problem with the roster was evident to almost all even before the subtraction of Adebayo in Wednesday night's first quarter. When it comes to the center position, there previously wasn't much there in the first place. After Adebayo hobbled off and into the locker room at Ball Arena, there was even less, practically a last man standing. Now the question becomes…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago (181+ words) The 23-year-old rookie mainly rotated between second and third base, where he tallied nine defensive runs saved, according to FanGraphs. He also spent some time in the outfield, posting a .988 fielding percentage across 785 innings. Miami's Javier Sanoja made history Sunday as the first Marlins player to win an NL Rawlings Gold Glove as a utility player " and the team's first Gold Glove since left fielder Marcel Ozuna's in 2017. Sanoja beat out the World Series-winning Dodger Miguel Rojas and the Pirate Jared Triolo. The 23-year-old rookie mainly rotated between second and third base, where he tallied nine defensive runs saved, according to FanGraphs. He also spent some time in the outfield, posting a .988 fielding percentage across 785 innings. Sanoja is the ninth Marlin to win a Gold Glove, joining left fielder Christian Yelich and second baseman Dee Strange-Gordon among others. He's also…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (262+ words) GAINESVILLE " Florida is without a head baseball coach again following interim coach Chuck Jeroloman's departure to Tennessee. Jeroloman had stepped in for Kevin O'Sullivan while he is on a leave of absence for personal reasons, but Tennessee has hired O'Sullivan's top assistant the past six seasons and the Gators' recruiting coordinator, a source confirmed. Jeroloman will join new Tennessee coach Josh Elander, who replaced Tony Vitello after the San Francisco Giants hired him. The Vols won the 2024 College World Series. Jeroloman's sudden departure leaves assistant coach Taylor Black and pitching coach David Kopp in charge of the Gators during a 10-inning scrimmage with Jacksonville Friday night at Vystar Ballpark in Jacksonville. Mike Rivera, the team's director of player development and former UF star, has applied for a temporary waiver to become as assistant coach. Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball first reported Jeroloman's…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (760+ words) Lamar Jackson will start for the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night against the Miami Dolphins. Coach John Harbaugh said so, Jackson said so and " here's the relevant news " the Ravens' injury report confirmed it Tuesday in listing Jackson as "Full Practice." Under normal circumstances, any Dolphins fan would give a why-us shrug and, more to the point, bettors would wager accordingly. But circumstances were not normal last week, when the Ravens' injury report and the arrest of three NBA figures on gambling charges created a sky-is-falling theme in the sports world. This was inevitable, right? A sports world that didn't just invite gambling into games but handed it a drink and sat it in the owners' suite had a scandal. But you can hold two opposing thoughts about all this: 1.This NBA gambling scandal wouldn't crack anyone's list of top…...