South Florida Falls To 14 Sports Radio Stations

     The number of sports talk format radio stations in the South Florida region has gone from an all-time high of 18 and is now at 14. ESPN Southwest 770 WBCN-AM along with FM translators 98.1 W251AL and 104.3 W282BY in Fort Myers flipped from a sports format on March 1. Audacy decided to combine the WQAM stream on 96.5 WPOW-FM-HD2 with 104.3 Sports WQAM-FM as one station back in January. 

     Miami currently has five sports stations with 104.3 Sports WQAM-FM, 560 WQAM-AM, Fox Sports 940 WINZ-AM. 94.9 WZTU-FM-HD2 and 98.3 WRTO-FM-HD2. West Palm Beach consists of four with ESPN West Palm 106.3 WESP-FM, Deportes Radio 760 WEFL-AM, Fox Sports 640 South Florida WMEN-AM and Sports Radio 1230 The Gambler WBZT-AM. 

     Key West has one sports radio station with The Zone 97.7 Sports Radio WAVK-FM. The Southwest Florida area now has just Fox Sports FM on FM translators such as 94.1 W231DC in Fort Myers, 103.3 W277AP in Cape Coral, 105.9 W290DB in Naples and 92.5 WFSX-FM-HD2 in Estero. 

Dolphins Tender Ethan Bonner

     The Miami Dolphins have tendered an offer to defensive back Ethan Bonner. The Fins have the exclusive rights to Bonner who is currently a free agent. 

     Bonner has been with the Dolphins for the past three seasons. He was able to participate in 14 games last season and had one interception. 

Jupiter Links GC Wins Season Finale

     Jupiter Links GC won their TGL regular season finale against The Bay Golf Club 9-6 at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens on Tuesday night. They advanced to the postseason for the first time in the two-year history of TGL. Jupiter Links GC was coached by Tiger Woods, who did not play. 

     Jupiter Links GC clinched fourth place in the regular season and will face #1 Boston Common Golf in the SoFi Cup semifinals on March 17. The other semifinal will have #2 Los Angeles Golf Club challenging the defending champions #3 Atlanta Drive GC on the same day. 

     The Bay Golf Club(2-3-0) jumped out to a 1-0 lead with the first hole and make it 2-0 on the fourth hole. Jupiter Links GC(2-2-1) answered back winning the sixth hole and seventh hole to tie it up 2-2.

     In the middle of the match, The Bay Golf Club moved ahead 3-2 on the eighth hole and increased their lead to 4-2 on the ninth hole. Jupiter Links GC closed the deficit on the 10th hole to make it 4-3. The Bay won consecutive holes on the 11th and 12th holes for a three-point lead 6-3. 

     Jupiter Links GC dropped the hammer on the 13th hole. They collected two points on a nine-foot putt by Max Homa and trailed 6-5. Jupiter threw down the hammer again on the 14th hole and took their first lead of the contest 7-6 as Tom Kim shot a hole-in-one from 138 yards away. It was just the second hole-in-one in TGL history. 

     The Bay Golf Club threw the hammer for the 15th and final hole of the game. Jupiter Links GC won the match and clinched a playoff spot when Kevin Kisner putted in a 13-foot shot. 

Devils Run Down Panthers

     The New Jersey Devils burned the Florida Panthers 5-1 at Prudential Center on Tuesday night. The Cats continued their four-game road swing. Both clubs have two of the three worst records in the Eastern Conference. 

     New Jersey(30-29-2) had a 1-0 lead with 7:50 remaining in the first period. Connor Brown stole the puck from Uvis Balinskis at the red lint and poked it ahead. Arseny Gritsyuk carried the puck in the Panthers zone and snapped a shot from the inner left circle past Sergei Bobrovsky for his 10th career NHL goal. 

     Florida(30-28-3) evened it up 1-1 with 5:23 to go in the first. Balinskis pushed the puck from the blue line and Evan Rodrigues took a turnaround shot from the right point. Anton Lundell then backhanded a shot from the top of the crease by Jacob Markstrom for his 17th goal this season. 

     In the second period, the Devils regained the lead 2-1 at the 1:35 mark during a 4-on-4 situation. Jesper Bratt centered the puck from the right wing and Jack Hughes fired a shot from the high slot that went off the end wall. Dougie Hamilton put in a wrist shot from the low right circle for his ninth goal in 2025-26. 

     New Jersey expanded their lead to 3-1 at 8:13 of the second. Hamilton angled a pass from the top of the zone. Lenni Hameenaho released a shot from the right point and Cody Glass redirected the puck from the crease area for 14th goal of the year. 

     The Panthers pulled their goalie for an extra skater several times late in the third period. The Devils were able to score twice to make it 5-1. Dawson Mercer shot the puck into an empty net for his 14th goal of the season with 3:37 remaining in the third. Simon Nemec added an empty-net goal from the slot area with 39.3 seconds left in the period. 

Heat Dispose Nets

     The Miami Heat dropped the Brooklyn Nets 124-98 at Barclays Center on Tuesday night. The Heat will host the Nets again on Thursday night to complete their three-game homestand. 

     Miami(33-39) was ahead 34-28 by the conclusion of the opening quarter. The Heat were still in front 69-54 at halftime. 

     Brooklyn(15-46) was unable to make up any ground and trailed 91-75 at the end of the third quarter. The Heat had a comfortable lead during the fourth quarter. 

     Bam Adebayo led Miami with 23 points along with nine rebounds. Tyler Herro drained in 22 points while Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 20 points. Kel'el Ware ended up with a double-double of 11 points and 13 rebounds. 

     Noah Clowney finished with a team-high 17 points for the Nets. Ziaire Williams came off the bench and poured in 16 points. 

Nico Echavarria Wins Cognizant Classic

     Nico Echavarria was victorious in the 2026 Cognizant Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens on Sunday. It turned out to be a stunning comeback by Echavarria. 

     Shaun Lowry entered the final day tied for the lead and held a three-stroke lead after the 16th hole. Echavarria was able to tie it in the 17th hole and pulled ahead on the 18th hole. 

WBCN-AM Flips From Sports Format

     ESPN Southwest 770 WBCN-AM in Fort Myers has flipped from a sports format along with their FM translators 98.1 W281AL and 104.3 W282BY. All these signals were sold be Beasley Broadcast Group to Fort Myers Broadcasting Company back in August. WBCN changed to a sports format in May 2021. 

     It also means several on-air talent had their programs eliminated. That included afternoon host Craig Shemon along with syndicated morning co-hosts David Moulton and Mark Miller. 

     Shemon co-hosted the afternoon show with Pete Sheppard on WBCN-AM from May 2021 until October 2023. Shemon then was alone as the afternoon host from October 2023 to February 2026. 

     Moulton and Miller became syndicated morning co-hosts on WBCN-AM in October 2021 and stayed there until February 2026. They started as afternoon co-hosts in 2006 when the 770 AM signal was known as WWCN-AM.