Miami Professional Sports

Whatever your interest, there is a sports team for you in Miami, from NFL football stars Miami Dolphins to the popular Hurricanes women's soccer team from the University of Miami. The annual New Year's Day Orange Bowl is a special national event with two college teams facing off against each other, the Orange Bowl parade and other festivities. Watching this event on TV is a national pasttime.

Football (sept-jan, pre-season games Aug,)

Miami Dolphins Miami's NFL team. Plays usually two home games a month at Pro Player Stadium - bus service available from downtown on game days. Map with directions

Baseball (May thru Sept)

Florida Marlins - home games played at Pro Player Stadium. Map with directions

Little League: baseball teams for kids. Most large US cities offer "intramural" baseball leagues for children. These teams compete against eachother for the world Little League pennant. For tournament information and a complete list of Little League teams in South Florida, please click here.

Basketball (Nov-April) - NBA team Miami Heat and WNBA women's team Miami Sol play at the American Airlines Arena

Hockey

Florida Panthers -home games played at National Car Rental Center

Soccer - Miami Fusion - 4 year old men's soccer team

(MLS sitio en espanol: http://www.mlsnet.com/espanol/)

Auto Racing- NASCAR races at Metro Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex - five major race events per year; near the city of Homestead

Jai Alai - the very fast-paced sport can be viewed at the indoor Miami Jai Alai fronton

Tennis - Ericsson Open Championships annual 10-day tournament at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne March 20-31, 2002