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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

MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins will be looking into a mirror as well as a crystal ball when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their home finale.  Here’s what they’ll see: There’s a good chance many of their key players on Sunday — quarterback Quinn Ewers, running back De’Von Achane, wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, center Aaron Brewer, left tackle Patrick Paul, left guard Jonah Savaiinaea, defensive tackles Zach Sieler, Jordan Phillips and Kenneth Grant, linebacker... Read More

MIAMI — Losing provides no rewards, but reality can. That makes this a December the Miami Heat should remember. Because sometimes objects aren’t closer than they appear, such as the early-season notion of Erik Spoelstra’s team being in the thick of the Eastern Conference race. That clearly stands as the province of the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks. Then there are the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, who refuse to go away, injury absences be damned. And assuredly to rise... Read More

Though we lost countless dining institutions in 2025, South Florida restaurants, like hope, spring eternal. Yes, the 36-year-old Fort Lauderdale icon Tom Jenkins’ Bar-B-Q is gone, but in short order we’ll have a smoked-meat smorgasbord in Drinking Pig BBQ in Delray Beach and the West Palm Cowboy Club, two places we’re eagerly anticipating. We said goodbye to Char-Hut Pembroke Pines, another stone-cold classic, but it’s hard to sulk knowing that Charm City Burger Co., coming this... Read More