Miami Dolphins go into 'Bills Week' holding playoff spot
Thanks to their win over the Jets in the Meadowlands on Saturday combined with New England’s Sunday win in Denver, the Miami Dolphins head into Week 16 holding one of the NFL’s precious playoff golden tickets.Whether they continue to keep possession of it is up to them — and the rival Buffalo Bills.The Bills and embattled coach Rex Ryan, who may be in his final days coaching in Buffalo, would like nothing more than to keep their faint playoff hopes alive and smash Miami’s postseason dreams in t..>> view originalFrom LSU to Miami, offensive tackle George Brown says he's 'here ...
University of Miami offensive line coach Stacy Searels told reporters last spring to spread the word.“Tell every tackle in America,” Searels said, “if he wants to play, come to Miami. We need him. We need more tackles. We definitely need more tackles.”Not sure if 6-7, 283-pound George Brown Jr., was listening, but exactly five months later, on Aug. 31, the Hurricanes announced that Brown had transferred to Miami after spending his first season at LSU.Brown, 20, who redshirted at LSU, told repor..>> view originalOwner of Florida Panthers tapped by Donald Trump to be Secretary ...
Florida Panthers owner Vinnie Viola has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be the new Secretary of the Army. The Senate would need to confirm the pick.Viola, a 1977 graduate of West Point and a former Army Ranger, is the founder of Virtu Financial and bought the Panthers in 2013.Trump and Viola met last week at Trump Tower in New York.“I am proud to have such an incredibly accomplished and selfless individual as Vincent Viola as our Secretary of the Army,” Trump said in a statemen..>> view originalDespite threats and lawsuits, Florida electors ready to vote for ...
Florida's 29 presidential electors will convene Monday in Tallahassee, where all are expected to cast written ballots for Donald Trump to become the 45th president of the United States.Under state election law, the Florida electors must vote for the candidate chosen by their party. They were selected by Gov. Rick Scott based on a Republican Party of Florida recommendation and include GOP officeholders, party donors and grass-roots activists. Among them are Attorney General Pam Bondi; Senate Pre..>> view originalCeltics beat Heat 105-95, drop Miami back to 10 games under .500
After starting this season-long six-game homestand with two pretty good wins, the Miami Heat is right back where it was a week ago: 10 games under .500 and still trying to figure out why playing at AmericanAirlines Arena seems to lull them to sleep for a quarter.The Boston Celtics became the 10th team to beat the Heat on its home court in 14 games, jumping out to a 22-point lead in the second quarter before hanging on for 105-95 victory Sunday night.Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 23 points and f..>> view originalUber Driver Shoots and Kills Would-Be Robber: Aventura PD
Authorities say an Uber driver fatally shot a man who was allegedly attempting to rob him early Sunday morning.Aventura Police say an Uber driver in a black Toyota Corolla picked up a passenger from a condo along the William Lehman Causeway at around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday.As the Corolla headed west on the causeway, a silver Dodge Caravan occupied by two people cut off the Uber driver. The driver of the Caravan jumped out with two guns drawn and attempted to rob the Uber driver.Aventura police spok..>> view originalWhile the U.S. freezes its you-know-what off, Miami is sweating its ...
Some parts of the country were happy their Sunday temperature broke 0. In South Florida, the temperature flirted with heat records, but didn’t quite get there.The National Weather Service forecast predicted Miami and Fort Lauderdale would come close to their Dec. 18 record high of 87 degrees. “They were close, but they didn’t break the record,” meteorologist Steven Ippoliti said. In Miami, Sunday’s high was 86 degrees, and in Fort Lauderdale, temperatures topped out at 84 degrees. On Saturday, ..>> view originalHeat's Whiteside trying to fix his free throw woes
If injuries sit atop the list of things that have held the Heat back, free throw shooting isn’t far behind. The worst free-throw shooting team in the league this season at 66.7 percent entering Sunday’s game against the Celtics, the Heat has lost seven games by six points or less this season — and missed at least a third of its free throws in six of those games. The league average at the line is 76.5 percent.Hassan Whiteside, who is the league’s fifth-worst free-throw shooter at 52.5 percent (o..>> view originalShootings, fraud, tragedy. The most popular stories aren't always pretty
In a year when fake news took the spotlight, you read some very real stuff.▪ The cop who shot the caretaker of an autistic man as he was playing in the street with a toy truck.▪ The former Miami Heat player who opened an organic restaurant.▪ The NFL quarterback who defended Fidel Castro.These stories were among the best read in 2016 on MiamiHerald.com.You read about tragedy. You read the inspiring stuff, too. And you read the weird and wacky.You couldn’t get enough about election fraud in Mia..>> view originalExamining UM's recruiting class on offense
A bit more than six weeks before National Signing Day, UM has assembled an offensive recruiting class with three top-90 players orally committed, according to ESPN --- Miami Gulliver running back Robert Burns (67th), Ocala quarterback N’Kosi Perry (82nd) and Miami Central offensive tackle Navaughn Donaldson (87th) – and is making a full-court press to lure several others. UM knows it needs more elite players on offense, players comparable to the first-rounders that Mark Richt had at Georgia wit..>> view original
Thursday, March 23, 2017
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