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Dolphins adding safety depth with veteran Marcus Maye

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 11, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Sports.

The Miami Dolphins were thought to need depth at safety, and they addressed that hole Monday night after last week’s conclusion of the offseason workout program. The Dolphins are signing veteran safety Marcus Maye, according to a league source. Maye, 31, has 77 NFL starts over seven seasons — the first five with the New York Jets and the past two with the New Orleans Saints. He has 409 career tackles, eight interceptions and 28 pass deflections, having played both free and strong safety. Maye’s 2023 season with the Saints was cut short, on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury. He also...

Shark attack victims are recovering from life-altering injuries in Florida panhandle

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 11, 2024. Posted in Environment, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — Days after a shark attack in the Florida panhandle cost teenager Lulu Gribbin her left hand and right leg, her mother said the first words she uttered after surgery were “I made it.” Gribbin was one of three people injured in shark attacks Friday over the course of about 90 minutes in Walton County. In a post on Caringbridge.org, Lulu Gribbin’s mother, Ann Blair Gribbin, said the attack happened during her first mother-daughter beach trip with Lulu. She recounted the scene as “something out of a movie” and said her daughter was on a sand bar in waist-high water...

Gators reach College World Series during 13-inning- 5-hour marathon win at Clemson

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 10, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

Written off weeks ago, the Florida baseball team did the improbable behind an unlikely hero to earn a shot at the sport’s ultimate prize. UF No. 9 hitter Michael Robertson’s 2-run hit into the left center-field gap propelled the unseeded Gators (34-28) to an 11-10 win Sunday night at No. 6 Clemson (44-16) to end a 5-hour, 5-minute marathon in the bottom of the 13th inning and sweep the Tigers in the best-of-three NCAA Super Regional. The unseeded Gators are headed for the College World Series for the 14th time in school history and ninth time under coach Kevin O’Sullivan. But it is the only...

Michael Robertson’s two-run double in 13th inning lifts Florida over Clemson and into CWS

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 10, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Michael Robertson’s two-run double in the bottom of the 13th inning on Sunday night sent Florida to an 11-10 victory over Clemson and with it the Gators earned a berth in the College World Series. After Clemson took a 10-9 lead in the top of the 13th, Florida’s Luke Heyman and Tyler Shelnut reached on singles in the bottom of the inning. After a sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third, Clemson intentionally walked Brody Donay to load the bases. Robertson ripped a double to left-center, scoring Jaylen Guy, who was a pinch-runner for Heyman, and Shelnut...

Runner killed in west Delray Beach when car drives up on sidewalk

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 10, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News.

A woman going on a run was killed Sunday in west Delray Beach when a man drove his car onto the sidewalk and hit her, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Caryn Lynn Chomsky, 44, of Boynton Beach, was running eastbound on the north sidewalk of Atlantic Avenue just west of Florida’s Turnpike. Myles Denard Scott, 19, also of Boynton Beach, was heading in the opposite direction when he drove his Honda Civic onto the sidewalk, the sheriff’s office said. The car’s front corner hit her, pitching her onto the hood and windshield, before she fell off on the shoulder of the road. She...

Panthers take Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final as Sergei Bobrovsky shuts out Oilers

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 9, 2024. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers offered plenty of good reason to believe this year’s Stanley Cup Final won’t go like last. Behind goals from Carter Verhaeghe and Evan Rodrigues and with goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopping everything that came his way, the Panthers won Game 1 over the Edmonton Oilers, 3-0, Saturday night at Amerant Bank Arena. In their return to the Stanley Cup Final, it’s a sharp contrast from the 5-2 loss suffered in Las Vegas to start the 2023 installment, leading the Panthers’ to their demise in five games. Instead, it was a celebratory atmosphere from the moment Miami...

Surging Gators stun Clemson to open NCAA Super Regionals

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 9, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

After just slipping into the postseason, the Florida baseball team is an odds-on favorite to reach the College World Series. The Gators’ 10-7 win at Clemson to open the best-of-3 NCAA Super Regionals gives coach Kevin O’Sullivan’s surging squad an inside track the eight-team CWS. Game 1 winners have advanced since 1999’s introduction of Super Regionals. Game 2 is at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Florida (33-28) overcame a 3-0 deficit Saturday after two innings and seized control with a seven-run fifth inning highlighted by a three-run home run from star slugger Jac Caglianone. “It wasn’t quite the...

Ashton Wilson emerges as X-factor for resurgent Gators at Super Regional

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 7, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

GAINESVILLE — Florida outfielder Ashton Wilson entered the Gators’ final weekend to salvage their season having done little to suggest what was to come. But Wilson ended the NCAA Stillwater Regional as its MVP, an X-factor for a resurgent team and folk hero for a frustrated fan base. Wilson’s performance at Oklahoma State came out of nowhere, but just in the nick of time. With consecutive wins while facing elimination against the host, the unseeded Gators (32-28) advanced to this weekend’s Super Regional at No. 6 Clemson (44-14) with the fewest wins of the 16 remaining teams and a realistic...

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 7, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, World News.

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, setting the stage for what is expected to be a contentious speech at a crucial moment for the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Congressional leaders confirmed the date of the address late Thursday after formally inviting Netanyahu to come speak before lawmakers last week. It is the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel’s military assault on Hamas...

Paredes doubles twice, drives in three runs to lead Rays to 5-3 win over Marlins

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 6, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

MIAMI (AP) — Isaac Paredes doubled twice and drove in three runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Wednesday night to sweep their two-game series. Brandon Lowe had two hits and an RBI for the Rays, who have won 23 of 26 against Miami since the start of 2019. Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena walked twice and singled in his first three plate appearances, extending his on-base streak to eight after reaching five times Tuesday. The string ended when Arozarena popped out to second to end the seventh. “Randy’s at bats over the last three or four games have been really...