Not too shabby for a couple of eight seeds who were clear underdogs going into their respective playoffs last month.
It’s an exciting time to be a sports fan — and a sports player — in South Florida and that excitement is palpable in these photos captured by Miami Herald photojournalists.
Florida Panthers completed the sweep on Wednesday
The series against the Carolina Panthers ended the way it started — with maximum drama.
The Florida Panthers walk onto the ice before the start of Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes at the FLA Live Arena on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida. The Panthers swept the Hurricanes to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1996.
Fans cheer as Florida Panthers center Nick Cousins participates in the warmup period before the start of his Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes at the FLA Live Arena on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida. A game-winning goal with 4.9 seconds left lifted the Florida Panthers past the Hurricanes in a sweep and into the Stanley Cup Final.
Florida Panthers fan Layton Thomas cheers after Panthers left wing Ryan Lomberg scored a goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in the second period of Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals series at the FLA Live Arena on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida.
Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky gives his hockey stick to a fan after defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 1 to 0 in Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Final at the FLA Live Arena on Monday, May 22, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida.
Miami Heat are just one win away
The fans and players were pumped before, during and after the game when the Heat defeated the Celtics in Game 3 at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Tuesday.
Miami Heat fans LaTrisha Smith, Nesha Smith and Brittney Smith, left to right, show their support before the start of the game against the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
Miami Heat shooting guard Tyler Herro dribbles the ball during the first half of Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals series against the Boston Celtics at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, on May 21, 2023. Herro was cleared to resume non-contact basketball work on Tuesday after breaking his right hand in the opening game of the team’s playoff run.
Miami Heat fans show their support during the game against the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Boston forced Game 5 after defeating the Heat 116-99.
Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler reacts with DJ Khaled after his team defeated the Boston Celtics 128-102 after the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals series at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, on May 21, 2023.
Toronto police have identified a man who plunged to his death from an eighth-floor balcony downtown late Wednesday in the city's latest homicide.Ryan Williams, 38, of Toronto, fell from a balcony just before midnight at a highrise in the area of Church and Shuter streets, police said in a news release on Thursday.Paramedics say they transported a man to a trauma centre. He was pronounced dead in hospital, according to police.Williams is the city's 24th homicide victim of the year.Police have sai
Michael M. Santiago/GettyDonald Trump used his break between court sessions to wish wife Melania a very happy birthday with a message focused mostly on himself. “I want to start by wishing my wife Melania a very happy birthday. It would be nice to be with her—but I’m in a courthouse for a rigged trial,” grumbled the former president, who is facing 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up an affair that could’ve hurt him in the 2016 presidential election. PRESIDENT T
A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris’ detail was removed from their assignment after displaying behavior that colleagues found “distressing,” the agency said.
Sabrina Carpenter went braless wearing the Mirror Palais Anemone Dress in butter featuring illusion tulle adorned with lace appliqués along the neckline and hem
When the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rules on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, a third of those deciding the matter will be justices he appointed to their lifetime posts. Those three - Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch - posed questions from various angles as the nation's top judicial body heard arguments on Thursday in a case that provides a vital test of the power of the presidency. A key question, Gorsuch said, is "how to segregate private from official conduct that may or may not enjoy some immunity."
The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after it swam out on its own early Friday morning.The nation said kʷiisaḥiʔis, or Brave Little Hunter, swam over the sandbar and out into open water during high tide around 2:30 a.m. PT.After a long night of feeding kʷiisaḥiʔis and watching the calf play in the lagoon, the nation said, a small group "stood as witnesses to watch her swim under the bridge
Reuters/Brendan McDermidA federal judge in New York upheld a defamation verdict against Donald Trump, keeping him on the hook for the $83 million he owes E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of sexual assault.Trump had motioned to receive a new trial, but Judge Lewis Kaplan rebuffed that effort, determining nothing was wrong with the first one that ruled against him.The decision affirms that Carroll suffered harm from Trump publicly railing against her in 2019, as she went public with her
Inside a garage in an established Edmonton neighbourhood, animals were being slaughtered and the meat was advertised for sale to consumers, a CBC News investigation has learned.Police entered the rented garage in the quiet residential Woodcroft community in February 2023. Images shared with CBC News show piles of goat carcasses, tubs of blood and the remains of a skinned baby goat on a makeshift slaughter table.Neighbour John Bos told CBC News that the sounds of bleating goats first alerted him
Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt and his wife, Tavia, marked the first day of the NFL Draft by posting photos of herself in team colors.
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