Kaiir Elam Signing With Chiefs

     Former Palm Beach County defensive back Kaiir Elam is about to sign a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. It is expected to be a one-year contract. 

     Elam played high school football with the Benjamin Buccaneers. He later participated with the University of Florida Gators in college football. 

     He was selected 23rd overall in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills and was there for three seasons. Elam split his time last year between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Browns. 

Matt Mervis Released By Nationals

      One-time Miami Marlins first baseman Matt Mervis has been let go by the Washington Nationals. He signed a minor league deal with the Nationals during the offseason.

     Mervis was with the Marlins in 2025 after being acquired from the Chicago Cubs for Vidal Brujan. He had seven home runs, 14 runs batted in and a .175 batting average in 42 games with Miami. 

Panthers xxxxxx Bruins

     The Florida Panthers xxxx the Boston Bruins x-x at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday night. The Panthers completed a two-game homestand. 

     Florida(36-34-3)

     Boston(43-24-8)

2026 Miami Marlins Television Broadcasters

     Marlins television broadcasts in 2026 are now on Marlins TV and WFOR-TV Channel 4 in Miami. The telecasts spent the past two seasons with FanDuel Sports Network Florida. They were on the previous brand Bally Sports Florida before that. 

     Kyle Sielaff returns for his second season as the Marlins television play-by-play announcer. Tommy Hutton will work his final season as the Marlins television game analyst. 

     Craig Minervini is the primary studio host for Marlins games. Jeff Nelson will split his time as the studio analyst and game analyst on team broadcasts. 

     Kelly Sacco handles the sideline reporter position. She continues her duties as a sideline reporter for Miami Heat contests on FanDuel Sports Network Sun. Jeremy Tache will also be a Marlins sideline reporter. Gaby Sanchez will be used as a backup game analyst. 

     Rod Allen was the only broadcaster who did not return to the telecasts from last year. He was shifted from television broadcasts to radio game analyst prior to the start of the 2026 campaign. 

Miami Marlins On WFOR-TV

     The Miami Marlins have announced that some of their game broadcasts will be on WFOR-TV Channel 4 during the 2026 regular season. The first Marlins telecasts on WFOR-TV will be on Friday when Miami visits the New York Yankees. 

     The Marlins franchise has previously been on South Florida non-regional sports networks in the past. It included a run on WBFS-TV Channel 33 from 1993 to 1998, WAMI-TV Channel 69 from 1999 to 2001 and WPXM-TV from 2002 to 2005. 

Marlins Wipe Out White Sox

     Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara pitched a three-hit complete game shutout as the Miami Marlins mauled the Chicago White Sox 10-0 on Wednesday at loanDepot park. The Marlins completed their opening homestand of the 2026 regular season with a 5-1 record. 

     Alcantara chalked up his 13rd complete game and fifth shutout in his Major League Baseball career. It was his first complete game pitched since August 12, 2023 versus the New York Yankees. He is third all-time in Marlins team history with 13 complete games behind Dontrelle Willis and A.J. Burnett. 

     The Marlins will visit Yankee Stadium to face the New York Yankees in their home opener on Friday. The White Sox will have their home opener tomorrow against the American League champions the Toronto Blue Jays. 

     The Fish have won five of their first six games to start a regular season for the sixth time in franchise history. The previous time they did it was in 2020. 

     Miami(5-1) leaped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Liam Hicks singled into shallow center field and Jakob Marsee scored. Connor Norby came up next and knocked in Otto Lopez with a double to right field. Owen Caissie followed with a single through the left side to score Hicks and Norby.

     It became 6-0 for the Marlins in the second inning when Hicks blasted a two-run homer to right field on a 3-1 pitch for his third home run of the season. Xavier Edwards scored in front of him on the play. 

     The Fish extended their lead to 8-0 in the bottom of the third. Javier Sanoja drove in Heriberto Hernandez and Graham Pauley on a base hit up the middle. 

     Chicago(1-5) gave up another run in the sixth inning and trailed 9-0. Lopez scored on a single by Hicks into right field. The White Sox were down 10-0 in the bottom of the eighth when Lopez smashed a solo home run to left field on a 0-2 count. 

Gerry Sandusky Retiring

     Former Miami television sportscaster and current Baltimore Ravens radio play-by-play announcer Gerry Sandusky will be retiring from broadcasting. He will do his final sportscast at WBAL-TV in Baltimore on April 17.

     Sandusky, a Towson University grad, entered professional broadcasting as a Miami sportscaster at WSVN-TV in 1984. He moved on to Baltimore in 1988 to work at WBAL-TV as a sports reporter and sports anchor. Sandusky was elevated to sports director at that television station in 1993. He has been the radio voice of the Baltimore Ravens since 2006.