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Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross is again in talks to sell a minority stake in the team and other assets.
Ross is in discussions with private equity firms and individuals to sell as much as a 15 percent stake in the Dolphins, Hard Rock Stadium and F1 Miami, according to a New York Times report Friday evening.
A team spokesperson did not immediately return request for comment.
Ross, last November, courted talks with fellow billionaire Ken Griffin, but those discussions fell through in April.
The Dolphins are valuated at more than $7.5 billion. Ross’ combination of the stadium and F1 grand...
Actors and fans celebrate the ‘Miami Vice’ television series’ 40th anniversary in Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH — Miami Beach residents and visitors can feel it coming in the air tonight — and the rest of the weekend — as “Miami Vice” cast and crew gather to celebrate the iconic television series’ 40th anniversary.
The show premiered on NBC on Sept. 16, 1984, and ran for five seasons. The “cocaine cowboy”-era crime drama, featuring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as undercover cops, was revolutionary in its use of pop culture, style and music and spawned a film reboot in 2006. And by filming the show primarily in South Florida, the series helped transform the image of Miami and...
Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa exits game vs. Bills with concussion
MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa exited the Thursday night game against the Buffalo Bills with a concussion.
Tagovailoa was scrambling for a first down on fourth-and-4 deep into the third quarter at Hard Rock Stadium. As he charged forward, he collided head-first with Bills safety Damar Hamlin. Tagovailoa dipped his helmet into Hamlin’s shoulder.
Tagovailoa was down for minutes and went into a fencing posture with his right hand up and fingers curly with the left grabbing at his head while he lied on the turf. Teammates gestured immediately for assistance from the...
Marlins take advantage of Nationals errors in 6-3 series-opening win
By PATRICK STEVENS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jake Burger had three hits, Jonah Bride and Connor Norby had two RBIs apiece and the Miami Marlins scored three unearned runs off three errors in a 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.
Bride had a game-tying single in the eighth inning and Otto Lopez put the Marlins ahead when his fielder’s choice grounder was mishandled two batters later as Miami snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 2-9 against the Nationals this season.
“There’s value to putting the ball in play,” Miami manager...
Live updates: Buffalo Bills 31, Miami Dolphins 10 (4th Q)
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Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86.
His death Wednesday in the capital, Lima, was announced by his daughter Keiko Fujimori in a post on X.
He had been pardoned in December from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people. His daughter said in July that he was planning to run for Peru’s presidency for the fourth time in 2026....
BurgerFi files for bankruptcy protection, plans to keep all locations open
Fort Lauderdale-based BurgerFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection but plans to keep all of its stores open while it figures out how to climb out of its debt.
The company, known for high-quality burgers, hot dogs and craft beer and wine, acquired Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Wings in 2021 but has been signaling possible financial trouble for months as it coped with rising food prices and declining sales.
In May it announced it was undergoing a “strategic review process” and offered no assurance that the process would result in an outcome “favorable to the Company or its...
Union feud escalates to a Broward schools investigation
Broward Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn has agreed to conduct a “thorough investigation” into how an internal spat within the Broward Teachers Union nearly resulted in a school employee getting suspended.
The dispute between Jimmy Witherspoon, a steward for the Broward Teachers Union, and union President Anna Fusco made its way up the School Board and superintendent’s office, resulting in a lengthy discussion during Tuesday’s School Board meeting.
Witherspoon, a college and career adviser at Dillard 6-12 in Fort Lauderdale, told the School Board on Tuesday that Broward sheriff’s...
Andrew McCutchen reaches 20-homer plateau for 10th time as Pirates beat Marlins
By WILL GRAVES
PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run blast to reach the 20-homer plateau for the 10th time in his career and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 6-4 on Tuesday night.
The 37-year-old designated hitter turned on a fastball from Miami’s Adam Oller (1-3) with two on and two out in the fifth inning and sent it into the first row of bleachers in left field to give Pittsburgh a five-run lead.
McCutchen has had eight of his 20-homer seasons with Pittsburgh, the second-most in franchise history behind Hall of Famer Willie Stargell.
Still, McCutchen can’t help but...
Rookie Paul Skenes strikes out nine as Pirates edge Marlins
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes struck out nine over six solid innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Monday night.
The 22-year-old Skenes (10-2) allowed one run on six hits, lowering his ERA to 2.10. Skenes also boosted his season strikeout total to 151, a Pirates rookie record, while winning his fourth straight decision.
The 6-foot-6 right-hander’s fastball hit 100 mph six times while becoming just the fourth rookie ever to reach 150 strikeouts in 20 starts or less, joining Kerry Wood, Dwight Gooden and Mark Prior.
“I think that just goes to the quality of his stuff,”...