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For the second straight season, Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov will donate $1,600 for each goal he scores to the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Davis, a second-round pick by the Miami Dolphins, started 12 games for the team. Raekwon Davis, defensive tackle and second-round pick of the Miami Dolphins, was selected to the 2020 All-Rookie team by the Pro Football Writers of America. The team drafted 11 players last year, headlined by three first-round picks, but coach Brian Flores was clearly excited when Davis was available in the second round. brian flores was stoked when the #dolphins drafted raekwon davis. pic.twitter.com/LwNaQi84be— josh houtz (@houtz) April 25,...

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The Miami Dolphins are preparing for the 2021 offseason, starting with a review of their own play in 2020, identifying needs for next season, and then designing how to address those needs through free agency and the NFL Draft. The Dolphins will have several critical needs heading into the offseason, especially when it comes to the offensive side of the ball. The team needs to surround quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with upgraded weapons if they want to see their second-year passer take a step forward. This afternoon, we are going to take a...

Credit: Miami Athletics The Hurricanes start their season on February 19 After announcing their ACC schedule last week the Miami Hurricanes announced the rest of their 2021 schedule on Tuesday afternoon. The Hurricanes will start their season on February 19 on the road in Gainesville against the No.1 Florida Gators. IT'S OFFICIAL: Canes at Gators to open the 2021 season! The Hurricanes will also take on FIU, FAU, and FGCU in mid-week series throughout the season. Miami will play those games as home-and-home series with each opponent. There are just eight mid-week...

When Manny Diaz announced last week that he is taking over the defensive play-calling for the Miami football team from defensive coordinator Blake Baker he was questioned about the ability to be the head coach and call plays. Diaz will be part of a handful of head coaches who call defensive plays. Manny Navarro of […] Manny Diaz one of a few head coaches calling defensive plays - Canes Warning - Canes Warning - A Miami Hurricanes blog

Photo by Michael Reaves/ More changes are coming to Brian Flores’ coaching staff. Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores’ staff has undergone some changes for the second offseason in a row, most notably with the resignation of offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. Gailey had come out of retirement for one season to take the reins of the offense following the departure of Chad O’Shea at the end of the 2019 season. Gailey brought with him a few compatriots to help him correct the direction of the team’s offense. One of those coaches, offensive line coach Steve...

Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman Jahfari Harvey (12) strips the ball from Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders (3) in the first half of Miami’s Cheez-It Bowl loss. | Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Miami returns a lot of veterans but that should not prevent position competition this spring Miami Hurricanes head coach Manny Diaz joined the Joe Rose Show on 560 The Joe in Miami on Monday and said that the Hurricanes will have an “open competition” at every position this spring. With the amount of veteran players Miami has returning, this could be a form...

The Miami Heat and Goran Dragic are facing the reality of NBA standings.

Brian Flores has made another change to his Miami Dolphins coaching staff. And the latest move is a promotion from within.

Can the Miami Heat center keep up his 85.1 foul-shot percentage?

@CDeNicola13/Twitter MLB.com’s Marlins beat reporter Christina De Nicola joins Ely and Alex to discuss how she got the job and what she intends to do with it in 2021 and beyond. In the midst of her first month as a regular on the Marlins beat, MLB.com’s Christina De Nicola (pronounced Dee Ni-CO-la) spends more than an hour with Ely Sussman and Alex Contreras. The Miami native takes us through her background story (2:30), opinions on MLB rule changes (15:30), the team’s postponement of FanFest and upcoming business decisions (30:30), the delicate balance between...

Photo by Jim McIsaac/ The Yankees reliever may become available via trade. Should the Marlins make a call? As the offseason drags on, the Marlins continue to look for options to improve a roster that made their first playoff appearance in 17 years last season. As other teams fill out their own rosters, options begin to present themselves as players fall down the totem pole within their organization. One such player is Adam Ottavino, a 10-year veteran reliever on the New York Yankees. ESPN’s Buster Olney speculated this weekend that as the Yankees look for more...

Photo by Kirby Lee/ Carlos Delgado heads up our 94th chapter. Through their first 28 seasons of major league membership, the Florida and Miami Marlins have employed 630 players in total for at least one plate appearance or batter faced. We’ve already covered 489 of them in our first 93 chapters, and we have 141 players to go in our next 72. This series will last through Opening Day eve. Players are first sorted into brackets set by the amount of BF and/or PA they accrued during their time with the Marlins. We’re currently nearing the top of the tier of players...

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Photo by Dylan Buell/ Four years ago, on January 19, the Marlins traded Castillo and two others to the Reds for Dan Straily. It’s true the Marlins have a good, promising rotation entering 2021, but can you imagine what the starting staff would look like with young Dominican Luis Castillo leading the group? Yes. I’m bringing that Luis Castillo into the conversation. The one who’s pitching and dominating the tough NL Central for the Cincinnati Reds. The one who just turned 28 years old. The one whose name has been entangled in trade rumors this offseason. Castillo...