Draft Day

          Finally after much wait and thankfully the end of ESPN always flirting with the draftees, the day has arrived where from the first pick to the last pick, or Mr. Irrelevant, dreams come true of becoming a professional football player.

          The results of the local teams with the Miami Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers show some promising and some dark futures, but both filled needed positions to improve especially the poor offense for both teams

          Dolphins:

Round 1: Pick 19: Ja'Wuan James (OT, Tennessee): He is a very impressive tackle who had to deal with much adversary against the #1 pick of the draft going head to head with him at least once. Fills a very much needed gap resulting in the bullying scandal                            

Round 2: Pick 63: Jarvis Landry (WR, LSU): Landry is known for his extraordinary hands and route running ability, each of which the offense needs, but doesn't have too much upside to him. Dolphins did move down thirteen spots and received a fourth and fifth round pick though.

Grade: C+

Filled needs: B+

         Buccaneers:

1st Round, 7th Overall: Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M: He is a ridiculus athlete who is very fast and can use his 6'5'' size very nicely. Great upside and rare talent with great hands. 

2nd Round, 38th Overall: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington: At 6'6", 262 pounds he is an impressive physical man who will create serious mismatches for opposing defenses.  His impressive athleticism for his size will give linebackers fits in coverage, while smaller defensive backs will have a difficult time getting to the ball through his frame. Only concern is his past injury issues. 

Grade: A-

Filled needs: B

        

Marlins Dive to Victory

Marlins enter the month with a colossal splash, dominating the MLB with such young studs.

Entering today, the Marlins have won 8 out of there last 9 games, especially to top tier teams, including a sweep against the Atlanta Braves, one of the top teams in the NL.

This impressive streak has lead the Marlins to be 3 games over .500 and only a 1/2 game behind the top seed in their division. Most of their success has to do with their impressive young talents like Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Fernandez.

This past month Jose Fernandez was named pitcher of the month at the age of 21!  This is his first year of legal drinking.

Plus Giancarlo Stanton, the ridiculously talented right fielder has blasted the longest and fastest home runs this year, plus is leading the MLB in runners batted in aka RBI.

After starting year streaking going 5-1, the Marlins slowed their gears and began struggling till recently where wins have been clicking for them. In addition, the Marlins now have the best home record in all of baseball and have won 3 out of the last 4 with a game winning run.

Though still early in the season, the Marlins look to have a promising year as they continue to progress as one of the youngest team in the MLB. 

Donald Sterling Dilema

Considerably one of the biggest news basketball has ever seen, owner of the LA Clippers Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA... forever.

On Tuesday April 29th, at 2:00 ET, Adam Silver, NBA commissioner announced that Sterling will be banned from any NBA games... forever, will be fined 2.5 million dollars out of his swimming pool full of money, and a unanimous vote for him to sell his team, the Clippers.

This incident began when Sterlings wife, Stiviano, published a recording of a conversation between the two to TMZ radio, which quickly spiraled public. In the recording, the two couples argue over a picture on Instagram of Stiviano with Magic Johnson. Sterling insists she takes it down with every other picture of her with a black person because he's racist. He also includes that he doesn't want any black person to go to any of the games and other racial remarks, when his basketball team is almost entirely black.

Many NBA superstars like Lebron James and Kobe Bryant, hall-of-famers including Magic Johnson and Shaquile O'neal, other NBA commissioners like Miami Heat's Nicki Arison and even the most prestigious people in the world like Oprah and Donald Trump expressed their hatred opinion towards Sterling and accuse him of being a horrible person to society via Twitter.

The night before Adam Silver announced the decision, the LA Clippers had a playoff game against the Golden State Warriors where the Clippers lead 2-1 in the series. Before tipoff, the Clipper players took off their warmups, and turned inside out their shoot around shirts and placed them in the middle of the court to show that the players are for themselves, not Sterling. Other teams like the Heat participated in the same venture.

Filling the Gap

Now that the  Clippers have a void in ownership, potential offers may be made by very well known people. These people include Magic Johnson, Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Floyd Mayweather, Frankie Muniz (Star of Malcom in the Middle, great show) and Sterling's wife. New potential offers will be revealed in the near future.

Controversy? 

Obviously this is a clear case that one should get punished for, but when I really though about it, was it really fair?

First of all he didn't announce this to the public, he was arguing with his wife in a supposedly private room. Next this is a violation of his freedom of speech and right of private censorship. Also, he did admit to his faltering instead of backing down, giving me a tiny bit of respect to him. Finally, if everyone were to be recorded at home, imagine the amount of controversy that would be exposed to the world.

Owner Donald Sterling
Credit to Tommy Craigs

Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers April 11th, 2014

Welcome
This blog will be entirely on sports in Florida and the latest updates that occur

The sports that will be covered include, basketball (my favorite), football, baseball, hockey, college sports, soccer and other miscellaneous sports.

Every week i will give a brief update of most florida sports, then present the most important event during the week.

Today's blog shall be about the brawl between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat. Beginning from last year, the Pacers and Heat have been mentioned to be the battle of the Eats because of the exquisite talent and the agonizing aggression, behind Lebron James on the Heat and Paul George on the Pacers.

On Friday, April 11, The Heat and Pacers compete for the last time during the regular season where Indian leads 2-1, but surely not the last time this season (Playoff time!). One notable fact, Miami at the time was trailing the Pacers by 1/2 a game for the top  record in the east, and winner would have a promising chance to clinch the top spot with a week of regular season basketball left.

After a relentless battle, where the Heat turned up the temperature (oh so puny), the Heat came out on top 98-86 without Heat all-star Dwyane Wade (18-10 without him), but play with Ray Allen and of course the Birdman coming off injuries. Lebron James had an incredible game with 36 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assist with some help from Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem.

Some notable aspects of the game,
1. Dwyane Wade misses his 9th game in a row with a hamstring injury, or just some rest for the playoffs.
2. Pacers big 7'2'' center Roy Hibbert has been shut out of the game when Miami native Udonis Haslem plays him.
3. Getting 1st in the east is always something to look to for home-court advantage, but in this situation it might not be so true. This is because the 1st seed would have a harder playoff schedule if standings stay as it of today.
4. Udonis Haslem now passes Hall-of-Famer Alonzo Morning for all time leading offensive  rebounds in Heat history.

Lebron James looking to score against Paul George
Credit by :Issac Baldizon