FORT LAUDERDALE — Luis Suárez scored his fifth goal of the season for Inter Miami and Alonso Martínez scored the first of his career for New York City FC as the clubs played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.
Suárez staked Inter Miami to a 1-0 lead just 15 minutes into the match, scoring on a header with an assist from Julian Gressel off a set piece. Suárez has also assisted on three goals as he continues to carry the scoring load with superstar teammate Lionel Messi out for the past three weeks with a muscle injury. Suárez is tied with the Los Angeles Galaxy’s Dejan Joveljic and one behind Lewis...
By ALANIS THAMES (AP Sports Writer)
MIAMI — Ke’Bryan Hayes had a single and an RBI double, and the Pittsburgh Pirates used another solid pitching outing to beat the Marlins 7-2 on Friday night.
Michael A. Taylor and Connor Joe also doubled for the Pirates, who beat the Marlins in front of 13,636 people at loanDepot park — a sharp decline in attendance from the crowd of 32,564 on opening day. Marlins games have typically been among the fewest-attended in MLB for years, but Thursday’s opening-day home crowd was Miami’s largest since 2016.
Starter Martín Pérez held the Marlins to one run through...
MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 152-82 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers:
– This wing thing is getting interesting.
– For reasons beyond the question of what happens when Tyler Herro returns.
– Because Haywood Highsmith is on the rise.
– As Jamie Jaquez Jr. levels off.
– And as Caleb Martin remains somewhat uneven amid a variety of ailments.
– The suggestion of Highsmith over Jaquez in the playoff rotation would have seemed folly earlier this season.
– But Highsmith continues to change that calculus.
– Yes, he’s more limited than Jaquez.
– More of a...
MIAMI — The Portland Trail Blazers spent the 2023 offseason acting as if the Miami Heat didn’t exist, at least when it came to soliciting trade offers for since-dealt guard Damian Lillard.
Friday night at Kaseya Center, the Blazers could not deny the reality of the Heat very much taking care of business, with Erik Spoelstra’s team pounding Portland 142-82 — the most lopsided victory in the Heat’s 36 seasons.
“There was a professionalism from our part and an energy and an intentionality,” Spoelstra said. “And that’s what we’re aiming for right now.
“Hopefully that becomes more who you are.”
Pushing...
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The best of Broward County high school sports: Winter 2024 All-County honorees
The best of Palm Beach County high school sports: Winter 2024 All-County honorees
The winter 2024 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Palm Beach County in basketball, soccer, wrestling, girls weightlifting and cheerleading. The section will be published in the newspaper on Sunday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Palm Beach 7A-6A boys basketball player of the year: Hedrens Bartelus, Lake Worth senior
Palm Beach 7A-6A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year
Palm Beach 5A-1A boys basketball player of the year: Ian Smikle, Suncoast senior
Palm Beach 5A-1A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the...
Here are the winter 2024 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Broward County in basketball, soccer, wrestling, girls weightlifting and cheerleading. The section will be published in the newspaper on Sunday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Broward 7A-6A boys basketball player of the year: Jeremy Elyzee, Pembroke Pines Charter senior
Broward 7A-6A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year
Broward 5A-1A boys basketball co-players of the year: Alexander Lloyd, Westminster Academy junior, and Alex Constanza, Westminster Academy sophomore
Broward 5A-1A...
By TIM REYNOLDS (AP Basketball Writer)
Florida Atlantic is hiring Baylor associate head coach John Jakus as its coach, a move that comes four days after Dusty May capped his six-year run with the Owls and took over at Michigan.
Jakus and the school have agreed on a five-year contract. Financial terms were not immediately released and the school was planning to hold an introductory news conference on Friday.
“This program has been in such great hands, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for what Dusty May, his staff, and the players have accomplished,” Jakus said. “FAU has been one of the...
MIAMI GARDENS — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of 2024 to reach the Miami Open semifinals for the third time in the past four years with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tomas Machac on Wednesday.
Sinner, seeded second, will take on either No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev or No. 22 seed Nicolas Jarry, who play later.
Sinner reached his fourth final four of the season and moved to 20-1 overall. He reached the finals of this event in 2021 and 2023, losing both times.
“It was a really tough match, but I was happy about the performance,” Sinner said.
Sinner, 22, said Machac served well...