Heat romp in first play-in test in Chicago; with win Friday in Atlanta it’s on to playoffs in Cleveland

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 17, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

CHICAGO — For the second consecutive Wednesday, the Miami Heat put everything they had into a game against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. This time, they got it right. And this time it means one more victory and it’s on to the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. Left with little more to show from the regular season than a 37-45 record and 10th-place finish in the Eastern Conference, the Heat made the most of their Wednesday night play-in opener, a 109-90 victory over the Chicago Bulls that now sends them on to a 7 p.m. Friday game at State Farm Arena against the Atlanta Hawks...

Panthers end regular season with loss to Lightning; teams will meet again in playoffs

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 16, 2025. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

By ERIK ERLENDSSON TAMPA — Brayden Point had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-1 victory against the Florida Panthers on Thursday. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assists and Yanni Gourde added two assists. Conor Geekie, Jake Guentzel and Darren Raddysh also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 shots. Brad Marchand scored for Florida, which finished its regular-season schedule. Vitek Vanecek finished with 26 saves. The teams will meet in the opening round of the playoffs starting this weekend. Tampa Bay scored three goals in the first period,...

Hawks will be Heat’s Friday opponent for playoff berth with win Wednesday over Bulls

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

CHICAGO — Even though it has yet to start, the Miami Heat’s pathway to the playoffs is now set. With the Orlando Magic defeating the visiting Atlanta Hawks 120-95 Tuesday night in the Nos. 7-8 Eastern Conference play-in game, the Hawks now will stand as the Heat’s Friday play-in opponent if the Heat win Wednesday night’s Nos. 9-10 play-in game against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. By virtue of their No. 8 play-in seed, the Hawks earned the right with their loss to have a second play-in chance that the Heat lack, with Atlanta to host the 7:30 p.m. Friday night game. Should the Heat...

Carroll hits grand slam as Diamondbacks pound Marlins

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

MIAMI — Corbin Carroll hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 10-4 on Tuesday night. Geraldo Perdomo and Josh Naylor also went deep as Arizona won for the fifth time in six games. Merrill Kelly (3-1) struck out nine in six sparkling innings. Carroll hit an RBI double and scored on Perdomo’s three-run shot in the second. It was Perdomo’s third homer of the season. Naylor added a solo drive in the third and Carroll hit his third career grand slam off George Soriano in the sixth. Carroll has three homers during an eight-game hitting...

Trocheck lifts Rangers past Panthers; Florida will open playoffs on the road

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 15, 2025. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE — Vincent Trocheck scored a short-handed goal early in the third period against his former team, and the New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday night. Trocheck, playing in his 800th game, got the go-ahead goal during a Rangers comeback like none other this season. The Rangers were 0-30-1 in games where they trailed by two or more goals, the NHL’s only winless team this season in such a scenario. But they got goals from Juuso Parssinen and J.T. Miller 1:38 apart late in the second to tie the game, erasing a 3-1 deficit. Matt Rempe and Jonny...

DeSantis signs Gulf of America name change bills

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 15, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed two bills aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump’s directive to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. One of the bills (HB 575) will change dozens of state laws to reflect the name change, while the other (HB 549) will require state agencies to update “geographic materials” to reflect the change. Also, it will require that school instructional materials adopted or purchased as of July 1 include the Gulf of America name. The Republican-controlled Senate passed the bills last week, after they had been approved by the House. The...

Hurricanes safety, former Chaminade star Zaquan Patterson will enter transfer portal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 15, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Sports.

A promising Miami Hurricanes underclassman is planning to enter the transfer portal. Zaquan Patterson, a former star at Chaminade-Madonna, is entering the portal, sharing the news on his Instagram account. He’s the second UM defender to enter the portal on Monday, joining defensive tackle Joshua Horton. Patterson played one season at Miami, playing in 11 games and starting one. Patterson notched 19 tackles with three pass breakups while playing 159 total defensive snaps. He had a 66.4 defensive rating from Pro Football Focus. Patterson was a star at Broward County powerhouse...

Messi, Inter Miami stay unbeaten with scoreless draw in front of 62,358 in Chicago

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 14, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

CHICAGO (AP) — Lionel Messi missed on four chances but Inter Miami remained unbeaten after Sunday’s scoreless draw against the Chicago Fire. Messi earned a free kick in the 62nd minute but his try struck the crossbar. Another free kick 13 minutes later went a foot above the upper corner. A free kick in the 86th minute grazed the far corner. Messi did not play because of injuries the past two times Inter Miami visited Chicago, but Sunday’s match drew 62,358 fans, many of them clad in the visiting club’s pink home tops. It’s the largest home crowd in Fire history. Chicago (3-2-3) goalkeeper...

Heat’s lottery position set at No. 11 (if in lottery); Warriors pick to Heat in flux

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 14, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — The goal for the Miami Heat remains to avoid the May 12 NBA draft lottery. But if they are to be represented in the random-but-weighted drawing, at least they now know where they stand. With the combination of their Sunday home loss to the Washington Wizards, the Chicago Bulls’ road victory over the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns’ road loss to the Sacramento Kings, the Heat are locked into the No. 11 seed in the process. The No. 11 lottery seed would leave the Heat with a 9.4% chance of moving up to one of the first four draft positions and a 2% chance of landing the top...

Matt Mervis hits three-run homer as Marlins pound Nationals 11-4

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 14, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

Matt Mervis hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 11-4 on Sunday in the rubber game of the weekend set. Miami manager Clayton McCullough sent Mervis up to hit for Jonah Bride with two outs and two on. Mervis drove a fastball from Jorge López deep to center for his fifth homer this season. Kyle Stowers hit a two-run double as the Marlins pulled away with four runs in the eighth. Stowers and Eric Wagaman each had three of Miami’s 14 hits. Ronny Henriquez (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Jacob Young had two hits and drove...

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