By JOHN WAWROW
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jordan Greenway and Tage Thompson scored 41 seconds apart in the first period, and the Buffalo Sabres ended a season-opening three-game skid with a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.
Henri Jokiharju, Mattias Samuelsson and Alex Tuch, with an empty-netter, also scored for the Sabres, who combined for three goals in their first three outings. Lindy Ruff won his first game in his second stint as Sabres coach, 4,257 days after his last victory with Buffalo — a 4-2 decision over Boston on Feb. 15, 2013.
Sam Bennett and Nate Schmidt scored for...
MIAMI GARDENS — There are a lot of interesting things I could tell you about Dolphins defensive tackle Brandon Pili.
You probably already know that he’s 6 feet 3, 319 pounds, a second-year undrafted player from USC who hails from Alaska, and he grew up in Barrow, Alaska, America’s northernmost town, a town that’s north of the Arctic Circle.
He got my attention in training camp when he talked about the joy he gets out of beating a double-team.
As an old-school football guy, I love that mindset. I love that attitude. I love hearing an interior defensive lineman talk in that fashion.
Pili, who...
As a college football fan, the initial inclination is to recoil at the very idea of our beloved sport getting into bed with a private equity firm and selling its soul for a massive influx of new cash to help fund the expensive impending revenue sharing with athletes.
The No. 1 objection you always hear is this: “If a private equity firm gets involved by loaning billions of dollars to college athletic programs across the country, then those firms will have the power to tell college athletic directors and presidents how that money would best be spent.”
Question: Is that really such a bad thing?
If...
A federal judge Friday rejected a request by a California-based company for a preliminary injunction against a new law banning the sale and manufacturing of “cultivated” meat in Florida.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, who held a hearing Monday, issued a 21-page decision denying the preliminary-injunction motion.
UPSIDE Foods, Inc., filed a lawsuit in August challenging the constitutionality of the law, which was approved this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.
The law makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture cultivated meat, often known as lab-grown meat.
The...
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration on Friday denied a license for a new Pensacola abortion clinic, rejecting a recommendation by an administrative law judge who said the application should be approved.
Agency Secretary Jason Weida signed a 49-page final order that cited a “pattern of deficient performance” at a now-closed Louisiana clinic with ties to the proposed Pensacola facility.
Administrative Law Judge Yolonda Green on Aug. 28 recommended that a license should be issued to July Medical Services, LLC, which applied in March 2023 to operate a clinic that would...
LIDO KEY — Less than 48 hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, many residents were returning to the barrier islands off of Sarasota for the first time since evacuating earlier in the week.
Late Friday morning, cars flowed freely over the John Ringling Causeway leading from Sarasota onto St. Armands Key, a few hours after Sarasota Police re-opened the roads to the barrier islands. Just over the bridge, people were assessing damage in St. Armands Circle, a central dining and shopping area on the island.
Normally a pristine, bustling part of the island, sidewalks in St. Armands...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Florida’s first loss of the season might have been costly, with captain Aleksander Barkov leaving with 1:10 remaining after crashing into the end boards and getting hurt.
Barkov was trying to prevent an empty-net goal when he got hurt, giving chase toward a loose puck that Ottawa’s Tim Stutzle tapped into the net to seal the Senators’ 3-1 win. Stutzle and Barkov got tangled up and the Florida forward — at basically full speed — crashed feet-first into the end boards, immediately grimacing in pain.
Barkov needed about a minute before he could get to his feet, then needed...
UCF‘s home football game against Cincinnati will kick off as scheduled on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., despite the devastation from Hurricane Milton.
School officials announced Thursday evening that normal campus operations, including playing the game, would resume on Saturday. Final details surrounding gameday operations and hurricane relief efforts will be announced on Friday.
Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday evening, killed 12 people and left 3.2 million people without power. The Category 5 storm is expected to cause an estimated $160-$180 billion worth of damages and lost revenue...
Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger died Thursday at the age of 37, one week after he was found in Miami with a gunshot wound to the head.
The singer, who was born José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar, died Thursday afternoon, according to a statement posted on his Instagram Story.
His family thanked the staff at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital for trying to save his life and thanked his fans for their unwavering support.
“These last few days have been incredibly difficult for those who loved him, and the support received from around the world has meant a lot,” the statement read. “While this news is...
The Gators head to Rocky Top coming off a pair of convincing victories and now seeking a signature win in 2024. The rival Vols are 15.5-point favorites, but have not won consecutive visits from Florida since 1990 and ’92. Meanwhile, coach Billy Napier has not won consecutive road games at UF. Something’s got to give. During the latest Swamp Things, Edgar and Mark discuss the matchup ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival.
‘Super Bowl of the South’ (:00)
Reason for optimism (3:42)
Reason for pessimism (7:22)
Matchup on defense (11:42)
Matchup on offense (14:05)
On the spot (17:11)
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