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The Miami Dolphins‘ finale at the New England Patriots will be a 4:25 p.m. kickoff airing on Fox next Sunday, as the NFL announced. The league unveiled the dates and times of Week 18’s slate of games after the Sunday night game between Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers. The AFC East matchup between the Dolphins and Patriots, although Miami (7-9) is eliminated from playoff contention and New England (13-3) has clinched the division title, wasn’t a 1 p.m. kickoff because the Patriots... Read More

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Hurricanes are back in Texas. Eight days after upsetting Texas A&M at Kyle Field, Miami returned to Texas in advance of Wednesday’s College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup with Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. “I’m excited for the opportunity,” safety Jakobe Thomas said. “Love the environment, but (we are) here to be 1-0. (We are) taking everything day by day and just ready to go out.” Said offensive lineman Anez Cooper: “We’re excited. …... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins saw good things from their young players in Sunday’s 20-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it should give them reason to feel reasonably good about their future. Among Sunday’s 22 starters for the Dolphins, nine, almost half, were rookies, second- and third-year players.  Rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers, a seventh-round pick, threw two touchdown passes and no interceptions in his second start. Rookie defensive tackle Zeek Biggers,... Read More

MIAMI — Even as the shots weren’t falling, Bam Adebayo refused to sit down. Eventually, pride gave way to reality. So, yes, the Heat captain was playing through pain amid the slump that preceded Adebayo finally stepping aside and sitting out the past two games with what the team has been listing as lower-back pain. “I mean for a while now, it just finally got to a point where I had to sit down and rest,” the Heat big man said in the wake of watching Saturday night’s 142-116 victory... Read More

Dumb — that’s the word to describe Gov. DeSantis’ wish to end vaccine mandates. I guess the news from South Carolina (where flu cases are rising rapidly) hasn’t reached Tallahassee yet. Please heed me, parents and anyone who has influence over parents and guardians of children. I have had the measles, and it was everywhere from my intestines to my eyelids. It could have killed me. I missed 30 days of school. The misery of 75 years ago and the feel of cracking Calamine lotion on my... Read More

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 142-116 victory over the Indiana Pacers: – So perhaps this is why. – Asked Friday in Atlanta about whether the back issue that now has had Bam Adebayo out for consecutive games could have been contributing to Adebayo’s recent slide, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said he wouldn’t feel comfortable speaking for his team captain. – Before Saturday night’s game against the Pacers, Spoelstra somewhat reversed... Read More

MIAMI — For most of Saturday night’s Miami Heat game, if you hadn’t watched much of the Indiana Pacers, you would have thought they were high percentage with their shots, relentless with their offense. Instead of entering the night last in the NBA in field-goal percentage and second-to-last in scoring. With defensive anchor Bam Adebayo sidelined for a second consecutive game with back pain, the Heat stood as less than stout on the defensive end for extended stretches before finally... Read More

The Miami Dolphins announced a series of roster moves Saturday that ends the season for three players and brings up several other players from the practice squad for Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Dolphins placed wide receiver Dee Eskridge, cornerback Isaiah Johnson and defensive tackle Benito Jones on injured reserve. In addition to being out for Sunday’s game, none of the three will return for the finale at the New England Patriots. Johnson tore an ACL in a knee in... Read More