Inter Miami CF Mangle New York Red Bulls

     Inter Miami CF canned the New York Red Bulls 4-1 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night. The Herons snapped a three-game losing streak involving all competitions was their longest since Lionel Messi joined the franchise in July 2023. 

     In the first half, Inter Miami CF(6-1-3) came out with a blitz and took a 3-0 lead during the first half. The Herons got goals from Fafa Picault in the ninth minute, Marcelo Weigandt in the 30th minute and Luis Suarez in the 39th minute. 

     New York(4-4-3) cut the deficit to 3-1 before the end of the first half. Mohammed Sofo put in a tally during the 43rd minute of play as he volleyed the ball in from one yard away. 

      Inter Miami CF increased their lead to 4-1 in the second half over the Red Bulls. Messi was able to put in a goal on a half-volley shot with his left foot from nine yards out during the 67th minute. 

Marlins Slam By Athletics

     The Miami Marlins walked off the Athletics 9-6 on Saturday at loanDepot park. The Marlins ended up snapping a six-game losing streak. 

     The Athletics(18-16) held a 6-4 heading into the ninth inning. Miami(13-19) placed five runs in the bottom of ninth to surpass the A's and win the game. Kyle Stowers capped the frame with a walk-off, grand-slam homer to left-center field on the first pitch against Mason Miller. It was his second home run of the contest and sixth homer of the season. 

Barkov & Reinhart Selke Trophy Finalists

      The National Hockey League announced two Florida Panthers players as finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy. It is given annually to the best defensive forward in the NHL. 

     Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart from the Cats were named as two of the three finalists. The other finalist is Anthony Cirelli from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Barkov is a two-time winner of the award in 2020-21 and 2023-24. 

Stugotz Cutting Back From Meadowlark Media

     Jon Weiner, a.k.a Stugotz, is scaling back from working at Meadowlark Media. He will be cutting back and making less appearances on the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz program. Weiner has worked together with Le Batard since they did an afternoon show in Miami at Sports Talk 790 The Ticket WAXY-AM in August 2004. 

     Weiner launched his new YouTube channel in late April. He started several podcasts that were recently with Meadowlark Media. 

John Skipper Exiting Meadowlark Media

     John Skipper will be leaving his management positions at Meadowlark Media. He will no longer be the chief executive officer with the organization, however he will continue to co-host The Sporting Class podcast with former Florida/Miami Marlins president David Samson and Pablo Torre. Skipper co-founded Meadowlark Media with Dan Le Batard in January 2021. 

     Skipper was once the president of ESPN. He later became the executive chairman at DAZN prior to joining Meadowlark Media. 

Kaiir Elam No Fifth-Year Option

     The Dallas Cowboys have declined the fifth-year option to cornerback Kaiir Elam. He was acquired in a trade by the Cowboys from the Buffalo Bills back in March. He was expected to receive $12.68 million for the 2026 season. 

     Elam played high school football with the Benjamin Buccaneers and college football with the University of Florida Gators. He was selected 23rd overall during the 2022 NFL Draft by the Bills and had two interceptions in 29 contests. 

Athletics Move By Marlins

     The Miami Marlins lost to the Athletics 6-1 at loanDepot park on Friday night. The Fish came off a six-game west coast road trip in which they went 1-5.

     The Athletics played the Marlins for the first time since they moved from Oakland. The A's called Oakland as their home for 57 seasons from 1968 to 2024. 

     Athletics starting pitcher Gunnar Hoglund made his Major League Baseball debut and picked up the winning decision. He gave up one run on six hits and had seven strikeouts in six innings pitched.

     The A's have won 12 of the last 16 contests. The Marlins have fallen in 12 of their past 16 games and extended their losing streak to six games. 

     The Athletics(18-15) sprung out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second. Nick Kurtz knocked in former Marlins J.J. Bleday with a base hit into right field. Two batters later, Jacob Wilson walked with the bases loaded to score Luis Urias. 

      Miami(12-19) was down 3-0 in the third inning. Bleday blasted a solo home run down the right-field line on a 0-1 pitch for his third homer this year. 

      The A's added three more runs in the top of the fifth for a six-run margin 6-0. Shea Langeliers hit a sacrifice fly to center field and Tyler Soderstrom crossed the plate. Bleday followed and drove in Seth Brown on a single into right field. Brown would later score on and fielding error during a Urias at-bat. 

      The Marlins got to Hoglund in the bottom of the sixth. Dane Myers smacked a solo homer to right-center field on a 1-2 count for his third home run of the season.