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Winderman’s view: Heat humiliation spoke volumes, what will voices in charge say next?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 29, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night’s 138-83 NBA playoff loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers: – Eventually there will be more context to this moment and this season. – Eventually there will be more context to Erik Spoelstra referring to all his team had to endure during the regular season, references that clearly went beyond losses. – Eventually there will be candor about, even at 37-45, a roster maxing out what was available with those two play-in wins. – And eventually most should come to appreciate how missing the lottery actually was beneficial, since it means...

Heat flail to the finish, swept out of playoffs in record 138-83 romp by Cavaliers

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 29, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – In the end, cold, hard realities caught up to the Miami Heat, their season ending with Monday night’s 138-83 thrashing at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers at Kaseya Center. The reality of a 37-45 team attempting to win a playoff series against a team that finished 27 games ahead of the standings. The reality of postseason life in the void of Jimmy Butler, who, despite his Heat shenanigans, finds himself in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race with the Golden State Warriors. The reality that a team led by Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo can only go so far with a marginal...

Heat’s Kevin Love announces the passing of his father, former NBA player Stan Love

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 28, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Away from the team for the playoffs and several weeks prior, Miami Heat center Kevin Love on Sunday night posted on Instagram the passing of his father, former NBA player Stan Love. The Heat for weeks have been listing Love as being away from the team due to personal reasons, declining further details. Stan Love, 76, played in the NBA and ABA from 1971 to 1975 with the Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs. The brother of Beach Boys singer Mike Love, Stan Love was an All-Pac-8 player at Oregon, selected No. 9 in the 1971 NBA draft by the Bullets. In a heartfelt...

Inter Miami, without Messi, loses 1st MLS game of season as FC Dallas rallies for a 4-3 victory

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 28, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami lost its first MLS game of the season Sunday with Lionel Messi watching from a private box as FC Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the second half for a 4-3 victory. Inter Miami squandered a two-goal advantage and slipped to 5-1-3, with 18 points. Inter Miami lost at Vancouver in the first leg of its CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal round on Thursday. Messi played all 90 minutes of Miami’s 2-0 loss. With the teams playing the second leg in Miami on Wednesday, the 37-year-old Messi playing Sunday seemed unlikely. Pedrinho scored the go-ahead...

Marlins get two more homers from rookie Ramirez, but rally falls short in Seattle

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 28, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh tied for the major league lead with his 10th home run, Logan Evans won his MLB debut and the Seattle Mariners beat the Miami Marlins 7-6 on Sunday. Connor Norby’s three-run homer in the eighth cut Seattle’s lead before Andrés Muñoz pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save, tying San Diego’s Robert Suarez atop the majors. The Mariners have won six straight series and 12 of their last 16 games. Raleigh’s homer tied Arizona’s Eugenio Suárez. J.P. Crawford also homered. Jorge Polanco had three hits, including two doubles, and two RBIs. Julio Rodriguez hit a two-run...

UF QB Graham Mertz the biggest surprise among 7 Gators drafted

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 27, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

GAINESVILLE — Quarterback Graham Mertz was one of the nation’s top quarterback recruits when he signed with Wisconsin, but a longshot to get drafted by the time he left Florida. The Houston Texans decided to give the 24-year-old an opportunity to prove himself, selecting him during the sixth round of the NFL draft with the No. 197 overall pick. After UF failed to produce a draft pick during the first three rounds for the first time since 2012 and just the third instance since 1990 (’92, ’93), Mertz was among seven Gators to have their name called during the draft’s third day (Rounds 4-7)....

Chris Perkins: A glance at Miami Dolphins’ 2025 draft class and how they fit

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 27, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Sports.

MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins had eight selections in this year’s NFL draft and they used five of them on defense, and three of those on nose tackles beginning with Michigan nose tackle/defensive tackle Kenneth Grant. There’s reason to question why the Dolphins didn’t draft a cornerback in the first three rounds but they did get defensive help early. Here’s a look at the Dolphins’ 2025 draft class: DT/NT Kenneth Grant, Michigan, first round (No. 13) Grant (6 foot 4, 331 pounds) is a physical run-stopper who fills a need and will be expected to be a Day One starter. He’ll line up on...

Dolphins add slew of wide receivers among undrafted free agent pickups after draft

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 27, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Sports.

Immediately as the NFL draft concluded Saturday evening, the Miami Dolphins got to work on agreements with undrafted rookies to add to the 90-man roster for the offseason. The Dolphins, after beefing up in the trenches during the draft, dipped heavily into the wide receiver class among 13 undrafted free agents they’re signing, according to a league source. They agreed to terms with Missouri’s Theo Wease Jr., Arkansas’ Andrew Armstrong, Baylor’s Monaray Baldwin and Northwestern’s AJ Henning. At other positions, according to a league source, the Dolphins added Missouri running back Nate...

Lightning’s Hagel suspended for Game 3 for his late hit that injured Panthers’ Barkov

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 26, 2025. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Hagel will miss Game 3 of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s first-round playoff series after getting suspended for his late hit that knocked Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov out of Game 2. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety suspended Hagel for a game for interference after a disciplinary hearing with him earlier Friday. Game 3 is Saturday at 1 p.m. at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. Florida coach Paul Maurice said Barkov had not been ruled out but also had not been cleared to play, adding he has multiple lineup options if one of the best all-around forwards in...

Chris Perkins: Dolphins rookie Kenneth Grant under tremendous pressure months before his first game

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 26, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Sports.

MIAMI GARDENS — Kenneth Grant, the former Michigan run-stuffing nose tackle/defensive tackle who the Miami Dolphins made their first-round pick on Thursday, is tasked with a pressure-filled demand before his NFL career sees its first snap. Grant, to bluntly put things in perspective, is required to be a rock star on a veteran-laden team. Grant, an imposing figure at 6 foot 4, 331 pounds, must anchor the most important draft class in the three-year era of Dolphins general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel. In fact, it’s not a stretch to think that Grant, depending on his rookie...