SUNRISE — The Panthers came out of the Olympic break firing on all cylinders.
After scoring three first-period goals, Florida picked up a much-needed 5-1 win over Toronto at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday night. With the victory, the Panthers move into a tie with the Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference standings.
Brad Marchand, one of the three Panthers who won a silver medal for Team Canada, got Florida on the board early. After deflecting a puck in front of the net, he corralled the loose puck and shot it past Joseph Woll for the Panthers’ first goal of the night.
Florida did not have...
Observations and other notes of interest from Thursday night’s 124-117 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers:
– This was the lesson the Heat will not heed.
– Dealing with injuries, the 76ers took a gap year last season.
– After winning at least 47 games the previous four seasons, they stepped back to 24-58.
– As in 13th in the East.
– As in positioned well enough to land the No. 3 pick in the lottery.
– As in able to land VJ Edgecombe.
– As in the No. 3 rookie scorer.
– As in the NBA rookie leader in steals.
– Yes, Tyrese Maxey is the engine and Joel Embiid is the size.
– But Edgecombe has...
The victories over the New Orleans Pelicans, Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies that gave the Heat the three-game winning streak going into the week were window dressing against going-nowhere teams.
The last two games, including Thursday night’s 124-117 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena, were the reality check for Erik Spoelstra’s team.
In a game with significant impact in the playoff and play-in races, the Heat stormed back from a 16-point halftime deficit to a third-period lead, only to come up short in the fourth quarter for the second consecutive game, after losing...
By MARK ROSNER
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Alex Condon scored 23 points, Boogie Fland had 22 and No. 7 Florida beat Texas 84-71 Wednesday night for its eighth consecutive victory.
Florida (22-6, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) has won seven straight SEC road games. The Gators have outscored their last eight opponents by an average of 20.5 points, rounding into form as they seek to defend their national title.
The 6-foot-11 Condon converted 10 of 12 shots from the field. He had five points and an assist during a 14-1 run gave the Gators a 75-65 lead with 4:16 remaining. Fland hit 7 of 10 shots and...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The no-parking zone around the home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother where journalists and social media streamers have stationed themselves over the past three weeks since her disappearance is being widened in response to bitter complaints from neighbors about congested roads, trespassing and trash left alongside roadways.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities have charged a New Hampshire resident in connection with a shooting that occurred at the state’s border with Canada, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Blu Zeke Daly, 26, who also goes by Cullan Zeke Daly, of Manchester, was charged with one count of attempted murder of a federal officer and one count of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said. Daly was shot near the border early Sunday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was returning fire from Daly, investigators said...
An unnamed couple has agreed to undergo genetic testing to determine whether they are the parents of a baby girl born to a Brevard County couple as the result of an embryo mix-up at their fertility clinic, attorneys said Tuesday.
The unnamed couple have told attorneys that they used the same clinic and gave birth to a boy the same month as Tiffany Score delivered a baby girl. Score’s daughter is neither her nor her partner’s biological child, the result of an error during the in vitro fertilization process.
Score and partner Steven Mills are now suing the clinic and its doctor because the...
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Federal workplace safety regulators penalized three businesses Tuesday over their failure to protect six Colorado dairy workers who were killed by exposure to highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas after a manure pipe disconnected in an enclosed space.
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The next Broadway season in Fort Lauderdale will spotlight some of the The Great White Way’s hottest new musicals, plus the return of some fan favorites.
Shows taking center stage at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts include new national tours of “Death Becomes Her,” “The Outsiders” and “Buena Vista Social Club.”
Encore runs will include “Hamilton,” “Mamma Mia,” “Disney’s Beauty and The Beast,” “Six” and “The Notebook” (which will play West Palm Beach and Miami this spring).
Season tickets for the 2026-2027 six-show package are now on sale and range in price from $330 to $1,215. It...