WSCR-FM Adds Jarrett Payton

     One-time University of Miami running back Jarrett Payton has joined WSCR-FM in Chicago as a morning co-host. He will start his new position on August 31. 

     Payton, son of Chicago Bears legendary running back Walter Payton, entered professional broadcasting with WGWG-AM as an afternoon co-host. He worked for WGN-AM as a weekend afternoon co-host. Payton then landed in television at CLTV as an evening co-host. 

     He would have his longest reign of employment in broadcasting with WGN-TV as a sports anchor. Payton, a University of Miami 2003 grad and member of the 2001 national champions, was there from May 2015 to July 2026. 

Dan Le Batard Show On NBC Sports NOW

     The Dan Le Batard Show has aired at noon on NBC Sports NOW since the middle of June. They reached their 47th episode with that platform on Monday. 

     It is not certain that the program will be shifted to another time slot. NBC Sports NOW announced that Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst will take over the 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. spot beginning on August 31. 

     Le Batard, a University of Miami 1990 grad, has owned Meadowlark Media since January 2021. He hosts the Dan Le Batard Show along with South Beach Sessions podcast. 

     He began as a sports columnist with the Miami Herald. Le Batard appeared on ESPN television programs and hosted a weekend show on ESPN Radio in the early 2000s. 

     Le Batard started hosting an afternoon show with Jon Weiner, a.k.a. Stugotz, when Sports Talk 790 The Ticket WAXY-AM launched in August 2004. The program would eventually be nationally syndicated during afternoons on ESPN Radio beginning in September 2013. The show was moved to the midday shift in September 2015 and it lasted on that network until January 2021. 

     The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz also moved on 790 The Ticket in Miami from afternoon drive to middays in September 2015. The program was placed on sister-station 560 WQAM-AM in August 2019. It became a late morning show on WQAM in August 2020 and stayed there thru January 2021. 

Good Karma Brands Rebrands To Good Karma Sports

     Good Karma Brands has been rebranded to Good Karma Sports. It was the second time that chief executive officer Craig Karmazin and president Steve Politziner has changed the name of the company. They were known as Good Karma Broadcasting from 1997 until January 2014.

     Good Karma Sports owns ESPN West Palm 106.3 WESP-FM and Deportes Radio 760 WEFL-AM in West Palm Beach. The organization entered the South Florida media market launching WEFL in March 2003. 

     They also own other radio stations in major markets that carry some local sports shows and nationally syndicated ESPN Radio. It includes WEPN-AM in New York City, KSPN-AM in Los Angeles, WMVP-AM in Chicago, WKNR-AM in Cleveland, WTMJ-AM in Milwaukee and WTLX-FM in Madison. Good Karma Brands does manage WHSQ-AM in New York City, which is owned by Audacy. 

Fort Pierce Westwood Sacks Palm Beach Gardens

     The Palm Beach Gardens Gators fell to the Fort Pierce Westwood Panthers 21-7 at Lawnwood Stadium in St. Lucie County on Monday night. The contest was postponed three days ago due to inclement weather. It was the only high school football game played in South Florida tonight. 

     Palm Beach Gardens(0-1) will visit the Jupiter Warriors later on this week. Fort Pierce Westwood(1-0) will host the Centennial Eagles on Friday. 

Red Sox Outduel Marlins

     The Boston Red Sox defeated the Miami Marlins 4-2 at loanDepot park on Monday night. Both clubs entered the contest with three-game winning streaks. The Red Sox visited Miami for the first time since the 2024 regular season. 

     Former third baseman Mike Lowell was in attendance for the game. He captured a World Series with the Marlins in 2003 and the Red Sox in 2007. 

     Miami(67-65) pushed out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Otto Lopez drove in Jakob Marsee with a sacrifice fly to center field. 

     Boston(72-59) tied it 1-1 in the top of the fifth. Mickey Gasper doubled off the center-field wall for Jarren Duran to score. 

     The Marlins leaped to a 2-1 advantage in the seventh inning. Xavier Edwards singled through the right side with the bases loaded and Lopez crossed the plate. 

     The Red Sox evened it up 2-2 during the eighth inning. Wilyer Abreu was able to reach home on a wild pitch. 

     In the top of the ninth, the BoSox picked up their first lead of the game 4-2 as they added two more runs. Anthony Seigler knocked in Eli White on a triple down the right-field line. Nick Sogard followed with a base hit through the right side and Seigler scored. 

Marlins Sweep Nationals

     The Miami Marlins topped the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Sunday at loanDepot park. The Marlins held a pregame ceremony for television game analyst Tommy Hutton. He is retiring from the broadcast booth at the end of the 2026 season. 

     The Marlins, who pulled off a three-game sweep of the Nats, reached the midway point of their six-game homestand. The Fish will host the Boston Red Sox tomorrow. 

     Miami(67-64) struck first in the opening frame to go up 1-0. Heriberto Hernandez doubled into the left-field corner and Agustin Ramirez scored.

     Washington(61-71) evened it up 1-1 in the top of the fourth. Dylan Crews doubled to deep center field which brought in Daylen Lile.

     The Marlins moved in front 3-1 in the fifth ining. Xavier Edwards singled into left field to score Otto Lopez and Ramirez.

     The Nationals closed it to 3-2 in the top of the sixth. Jorbit Vivas doubled off the right-field wall and Keibert Ruiz reached home.

     It became 5-2 for the Fish during the bottom of the sixth. Joe Mack sliced a double down the left-field line and Jakob Marsee crossed the plate. Lopez came up next and hit a sacrifice fly to right field and Griffin Conine touched home.

     The Nationals gave up another run in the eighth inning and were down 6-2. Marsee scored on a force out to second by Mack. 

Inter Miami CF Loses To Toronto FC

     Toronto FC upended Inter Miami CF 2-1 at Nu Stadium on Saturday night. The Herons, who began a three-game homestand over the next two weeks, are winless in their past four Major League Soccer games with a 0-2-2 record. 

     Neither scored in the first half of play. Toronto FC(5-7-9) had a 1-0 lead in the 59th minute when Josh Sargent powered in a left-footed shot from 18 yards away into the low left corner of the cage. 

     They scored again several minutes later in the 62nd minute. Derrick Etienne Jr. one-timed a rebound shot with his right foot from eight yards to make it 2-0. 

     Inter Miami CF(11-3-6) broke the shutout during the 82nd minute and cut the deficit to 2-1. Rodrigo De Paul connected a lead pass from near the midfield circle. Lionel Messi tapped in a left-footed shot from 15 yards out.