Here’s hoping this grand experiment of Mike McDaniel works, and not just to show there’s another way of leading a football team besides the drill-sergeant dinosaur from an antiquated time before players painted fingernails and got pedicures. It’s also because football sounds fun with the new Miami Dolphins coach. That’s a word you rarely hear…
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If you didn’t know better, you would think Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra already has the answer. But as the Heat have learned over these past two seasons, assumptions are a tangled web with Victor Oladipo. As the team headed into its offseason, Spoelstra noted, “You’re going to see a totally different Vic next year…
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As much hype as there is around Tua Tagovailoa and whether the Miami Dolphins quarterback’s arm strength has improved this offseason, what may be of greater importance for this offense is if new coach Mike McDaniel will transform the team’s run game. The Dolphins have been among the bottom four teams in rushing yards per…
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The Chicago Bears were forced to cancel their organized team activities practice for Tuesday at Halas Hall after violating the offseason rules of the collective bargaining agreement, according to a league source. The Bears, according to the source, had live contact during practices in May, which is prohibited during this phase of the offseason program.…
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Voters today are choosing the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles who will grapple with a homeless crisis, a series of corruption scandals and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The race is widely viewed as dominated by U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass and wealthy developer Rick Caruso. The nine candidates facing off on Tuesericday, June 7…
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Remember the old saw about leading a horse to water but unable to make it drink? The horse, it’s assumed, just wasn’t interested and that’s an apt description of the nearly 22 million Californians who have been given ballots for today’s primary election. Through Monday, data guru Paul Mitchell reports that just 14% of those…
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After 10 years with the Orlando Magic, vice president of basketball operations Matt Lloyd is on his way out. A league source confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel ESPN’s Friday report that Lloyd is finalizing a deal to become the Minnesota Timberwolves’ senior vice president of basketball operations. Lloyd was promoted to Orlando’s vice president of…
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Q: Ira, I’m disappointed. Pat Riley had every opportunity Monday to send a message to Donovan Mitchell, just like he did to LeBron James, and didn’t. He didn’t have to use his name, he could have just said, “We could use a 6-1 guard from the Western Conference who Dwyane Wade has worked with.” –…
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This upcoming week could’ve been a banner one for the Orioles’ rebuild, with the possibility of right-hander Grayson Rodriguez pitching to catcher Adley Rutschman — a pairing of the game’s top pitching and hitting prospects — at Camden Yards lined up to be a reality as soon as Tuesday. Instead, what might have been Rodriguez’s…
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EDMONTON, Alberta — Artturi Lehkonen is sending a team to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight season. Lehkonen scored 1:19 into overtime, and Colorado rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers, 6-5, on Monday night, completing a four-game sweep in the Western Conference final and propelling the Avalanche into the Stanley Cup Final for…
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