Dolphins Let Go Taybor Pepper

     The Miami Dolphins have released long snapper Taybor Pepper. He just returned to the club for a second stint in March. 

     Pepper played 16 games with the Dolphins during the 2019 campaign. He spent five seasons with the San Francisco 49ers from 2020 to 2024. 

John Sterling Passes Away

     John Sterling passed away on Monday at the age of 87. He was the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Yankees from 1989 to 2024. 

     Sterling was in the broadcast booth at Fort Lauderdale Stadium in Fort Lauderdale from 1989 to 1995 when the Yankees had spring training home games at that facility. The team moved their spring training site to Tampa in 1996 and have been there for the past 30 years. 

     He did appear as a guest at several Miami Heat home games at Miami Arena in 1994. Sterling had a friendship with one-time Miami Heat head coach Kevin Loughery. Both worked together with the New York Nets and the New Jersey Nets from 1975 to 1980. Sterling was the radio voice of the team while Loughery was the Nets head coach. 

     Sterling was heard on South Florida radio for over a decade. The New York Yankees Radio Network aired on 640 WMEN-AM from 2008 to 2021 with Sterling as the radio play-by-play announcer and Susyn Waldman as the radio game analyst. 

Lucas Wallmark Moves To Sweden

     Former Florida Panthers center Lucas Wallmark has signed a six-year contract with IF Bjorkloven of the Swedish Hockey League. He was with Fribourg-Gotteron in the Swish National League for the past three seasons. 

     Wallmark was acquired twice via trade by the Panthers late in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. He had one goal and one assist for two points in 11 games during his two combined stints. 

Phillies Shut Out Marlins

     The Philadelphia Phillies blanked the Miami Marlins 1-0 at loanDepot park on Monday night. Miami(16-19) catcher Joe Mack made his Major League Baseball debut tonight. 

     The Phillies and the Fish finished off a four-game wraparound weekend series. The Marlins continue their 10-game homestand tomorrow against the Baltimore Orioles. 

     Philadelphia(15-20) moved out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the third. Bryce Harper walloped a solo home run to right field on a 1-1 pitch for his seventh homer of the season. He tied Gil Hodges and Freddie Freeman with his 370th home run of his MLB career. 

No Florida Teams In Stanley Cup Final

     There will be no Florida-based hockey teams in the Stanley Cup Final this year. The Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on Sunday night. 

     The Florida Panthers or the Tampa Bay Lightning have appeared in the Stanley Cup Final in the past six seasons. The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 2021 followed by losing in 2022 during the final round. 

     The Panthers reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2023 and fell to the Vegas Golden Knights. Florida defeated the Edmonton Oilers for the Stanley Cup in 2024 and 2025. 

     The state of Florida had the longest streak of Stanley Cup Final appearances with six among United States-based clubs. The state of New York had the New York Islanders show up in the Stanley Cup Final five consecutive times from 1980 to 1985. 

     In Canada, the province of Quebec had the NHL modern-day record with 10 consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances. The Montreal Canadiens got to the Stanley Cup Final from 1951 to 1960. The province of Alberta had either the Edmonton Oilers or the Calgary Flames reach the Stanley Cup Final seven straight times from 1983 until 1990. 

Cameron Young Captures Cadillac Championship

     Cameron Young won the 2026 Cadillac Championship playing on the Blue Monster golf course at Doral on Sunday. He went wire-to-wire with the lead since the start of the tournament. Young ended up with a -19 which was six strokes ahead of Scottie Scheffler. 

     It was the largest margin of victory in a PGA event in Doral since 1976. Hubert Green finished six strokes in front of Jack Nicklaus and Mark Hayes. 

     The PGA Tour held a tournament event in Miami and Dade County for the first time in 10 years. The last time there was a PGA Tour tournament at Doral was the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2016. It did host the PGA Tour men's golf competitor for the LIV Golf Miami tournament from 2012 to 2015. 

Kimi Antonelli Wins Miami Grand Prix

       Kimi Antonelli captured the 2026 Miami Grand Prix on Sunday outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The race was moved up three hours to early afternoon due to the possibility of rain.