One-third into our 32nd season of NFL picks in the Miami Herald, I can rarely remember a tougher one. Staying above the Mendoza line (.500) straight-up is even a challenge some weeks, and getting there against the spread is even harder. Not ready to re…
Carter Verhaeghe, Rudolfs Balcers come up big as Panthers beat Flyers in home opener
Rudolfs Balcers was left all alone in front of the net as he received the feed from Sam Bennett. The Florida Panthers winger made his way to the crease, gliding in front of Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Felix Sandstrom before backhanding the puck into…
Federal agent teaching class killed in shooting at gun range in Miami-Dade County
MIAMI — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, teaching a gun instruction class at a West Miami-Dade County gun range, was shot Wednesday morning and was pronounced dead at the hospital where doctors were unable to revive him. Details of the shoot…
Back from concussion, Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa talks injury, Steelers prep and more
For a Dolphins team that has seen its quarterback room upended by injuries the past three weeks, Wednesday marked a return to normalcy. As the team practiced underneath dreary skies at the Baptist Health Training Complex, they did so knowing that Tua T…
Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad placed on long-term injured reserve
The Florida Panthers will be without their top defenseman for the foreseeable future. Aaron Ekblad has been placed on long-term injured reserve after sustaining a groin injury on Monday against the Boston Bruins. He will be out a minimum of 10 games or…
Greg Cote’s Thursday night NFL pick
NFL WEEK 7 GREG COTE’S THURSDAY PICK SAINTS (2-4) at CARDINALS (2-4) Line: ARI by 2. Cote’s pick: ARI, 27-20. TV: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Prime Video. Saints vs. Cardinals. Papal Bowl? Should the referee don a Pope hat? We digress. The Super Bowl will be p…
‘Baby I’m sorry’: 911 call, police video released in case of Miami model charged in murder
MIAMI — The 911 call is painful to hear: Miami Only Fans model Courtney Clenney, over the sound of a barking dog, frantically summons help as her boyfriend lays mortally wounded, a stab wound to his torso. “I can’t feel my arm. I can’t my feel my arm,”…
In unprecedented move, USAID to provide $2 million to aid victims of Hurricane Ian in Cuba
The U.S. Agency for International Development, the government branch that mobilizes humanitarian aid around the world but which Cuban authorities have accused of being a surrogate for the CIA, is taking the unprecedented step of providing $2 million to…
‘He’s constantly going to live in fear.’ Spared execution, Cruz faces hellish life in prison
MIAMI — Had Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz been sent to Florida’s Death Row, his daily life while awaiting execution would not have been easy. But he would have enjoyed certain comforts: his own cell, meals delivered three times a day, clean clot…
Florida International University names interim President Jessell to post
MIAMI — Florida International University Board of Trustees Monday selected Kenneth Jessell, the interim president, as the university’s next president with a compensation package of nearly $1 million. “I’m very emotional,” said Jessell, 67, right after …