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Vikings looking to put the squeeze on Bears QBs
The lasting image from the Bears' trip to San Francisco was 49ers defensive end Aldon Smith running amok. And now Chicago's battered offensive line ...
LeBron James calling 138-point scorer 'Sir Jack'
Attention, Grinnell College basketball office: LeBron James wants the tape from Jack Taylor's record-setting scoring spree. Or as "King James" is now ...
Boy charged in fatal shooting on Florida bus
A South Florida teen was charged with fatally shooting a girl in front of her younger sister and several other students while riding the bus to school ...
Marlins salary dump to Toronto finalized
The Miami Marlins' latest payroll purge received final approval Monday from the commissioner's office, and as the team's top baseball executive began ...
Miami self-imposes 2nd straight bowl ban
Calling the move prudent and unprecedented, Miami is self-imposing a second straight postseason ban on its football program because of an NCAA ...
Selig reviewing pending Marlins-Blue Jays deal
Bud Selig was on hand when the Miami Marlins played their first regular-season game in their swanky new ballpark in April. The commissioner provided ...
Marlins' latest payroll purge prompts fan backlash
The attendance-challenged Miami Marlins have antagonized fans yet again by deciding a low-budget team is good enough for their new ballpark.
Column: Marlins fans must feel like fools now
People in Miami had begun to wise up about the time their new baseball stadium was being completed and Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria wanted them to ...
AP source: Marlins trade 3 stars to Blue Jays
Reacting to the Miami Marlins' latest payroll purge on Twitter, slugger Giancarlo Stanton gave it three exclamation marks. He wasn't exaggerating.
Wade, James lift Heat past Nets, 103-73
In 25 seasons of Miami Heat basketball, the club had never won its first four home games of any season. That is, until now. And the Heat are making ...
Judge orders 1 Fla. county to extend early voting
A judge extended early voting hours in one Florida county Sunday after Democrats sued to allow more time in a presidential battleground state where ...
Mike Redmond hired as Marlins manager
The Miami Marlins' celebrity manager was a bust, so they're calling one up from the minors. Mike Redmond, who spent the past two years managing Class ...
Romney's Fla. ads tie Obama to Chavez, Castro
Mitt Romney's campaign is running a Spanish-language ad in Florida that claims Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro's niece would support ...
Justices: Do drug-sniffing dogs pass smell test?
Can you trust what a dog's nose knows? Police do, but the Supreme Court considered Wednesday curbing the use of drug-sniffing dogs in investigations ...
Rings, a banner, a win: Heat top Celtics 120-107
LeBron James limped off with leg cramps two times in the second half. He wasn't worried about the outcome. By now, he knows the depth of the Miami ...
Heat get rings, then win over Celtics, 120-107
LeBron James got cramps, Ray Allen was snubbed and Dwyane Wade was steaming. None of that spoiled the Miami Heat mood on ring night. Wade scored 29 ...
Heat get their rings in glitzy ceremony
LeBron James held his index finger aloft, then turned and took a walk nine years in the making. A few moments later, a championship ring — finally — ...
Heat to raise banner, then host Celtics in opener
The last time the Boston Celtics played a game that truly counted, they had to endure a Miami Heat celebration. New season, same deal. Only this time, ...
Megastorm could wreak havoc across 800 miles of US
Tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S. in the path of the unprecedented freak storm had hours Sunday to prepare for the first ...
Rubio's daughter in fair condition after accident
The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was in fair condition Saturday evening at Miami Children's Hospital after she was airlifted there ...
Storm already having effect on sports world
The megastorm expected to create massive problems along the Eastern Seaboard over the coming days is already affecting sports. Weather concerns ...
Heat star James says ankle sore _ but he's fine
LeBron James' twisted right ankle remained sore Saturday, though not enough for the reigning NBA MVP to be concerned about his status for Miami's ...
Florida ethics panel confirms Rivera accusations
The Florida Ethics Commission on Wednesday found probable cause that Rep. David Rivera, who is in a tight re-election race, committed 11 violations ...
US Supreme Court upholds stay of execution in Fla.
Following a slew of conflicting court rulings, a federal appeals court Tuesday night blocked the scheduled execution of a mass killer convicted of ...
Guillen fired as manager of last-place Marlins
The lingering backlash caused by Ozzie Guillen's praise of Fidel Castro contributed to another Miami Marlins managerial shakeup Tuesday. Guillen was ...