By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — All-Pro cornerback Xavien Howard defused some drama from the start of the Miami Dolphins' training camp by showing up for work. Howard joined the rest of the Dolphins reporting Tuesday after he sat out mandatory minicamp because ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida men, one of them the brother of an NFL player, have been arrested on murder charges in the 2016 shooting death of a college student. Donterio Rashad Fowler, 25, and Keondre Quamar Fields, 23, were being held without bail Tuesday following their ...
MIAMI (AP) — Miami has dismissed second-year freshman safety Avantae Williams from the football program after his arrest on battery charges. The school issued a statement Thursday on Williams' dismissal. That came hours after announcing he was suspended from all team activities. Williams ...
FORT MYERS – Three Mighty Mussels pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout Thursday, taking the lead in the series with a 5-0 win over the Daytona Tortugas at Hammond Stadium. Thursday’s shutout was Fort Myers’ (38-31) league-high seventh of the season, but the Mussels' first in ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Hall of Fame college football coach Bobby Bowden announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with a terminal medical condition. "I've always tried to serve God's purpose for my life, on and off the field, and I am prepared for what is to come,î Bowden said in a ...
FORT MYERS – Sawyer Gipson-Long matched a career high with 11 strikeouts over six quality innings Wednesday, but the Daytona Tortugas defeated the Mighty Mussels 7-1 at Hammond Stadium. Gipson-Long (4-4) threw a season-high 95 pitches, fanning nine of the first 17 batters he faced. He ...
FORT MYERS – The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels rallied for six runs on just one hit in the eighth inning Tuesday, shocking the Daytona Tortugas with an 8-7 comeback win at Hammond Stadium. The Tortugas’ (31-36) bullpen walked six batters in the fateful inning, coughing up 12 free passes for ...
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A 30-foot slide in the Miami Dolphins' new training complex will quickly take players from the second floor to their enormous first-floor weight room. Anything to expedite the process of building a champion. The Dolphins held a ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — There was history — and her story, too — in the broadcast booth at Tropicana Field on Tuesday night. For the first time in Major League Baseball history, an all-female announcing crew called a game as the Tampa Bay Rays played the Baltimore Orioles. The ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Running back Travis Etienne, cornerback Tyson Campbell and left tackle Walker Little signed four-year rookie deals with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday. The Jaguars now have their entire 2021 draft class, including quarterback and No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence, ...