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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid wipes his face during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Miami Heat, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76ers 5/8/2022

May. 11, 2022 02:46 AM EDT

Bettman: NHL going worldwide with revival of Global Series

By Greg Beacham Feb. 04, 2022 07:48 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NHL is ready to go worldwide again after two years of coronavirus restrictions and a missed Olympics. Commissioner Gary Bettman...

Dressel, Ledecky win athletes of year at Golden Goggles

Dec. 08, 2021 01:05 AM EST
MIAMI (AP) — Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky were honored as male and female athletes of the year at USA Swimming’s annual Golden Goggle awards on Tuesday night. ...

FILE - Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts during her match against Maria Sakkari, of Greece, in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla., on March 31, 2021. Osaka says she's been shocked to hear about a fellow player who has gone quiet since making a sexual assault allegation against a former top government official in China. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
WTA Miami, USA Women Singles

Nov. 17, 2021 03:08 AM EST

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13), center his mother Marilyn Blount and former player Alonzo Mourning, right watch as a banner is raised in honor of Adebayo for winning a gold medal at the 2021 Olympics, during half time at an NBA basketball game Charlotte Hornets, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Charlotte Hornets at Miami Heat 10/29/2021

Oct. 29, 2021 09:16 PM EDT

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13), center his mother Marilyn Blount and former player Alonzo Mourning, right watch as a banner is raised in honor of Adebayo for winning a gold medal at the 2021 Olympics, during half time at an NBA basketball game Charlotte Hornets, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
'Mission accomplished': Heat unveil Adebayo's Olympic banner

By Tim Reynolds Oct. 29, 2021 08:54 PM EDT

FILE - Miami Marlins General Manager Kim Ng talks with the media before a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Miami, in this Friday, July 30, 2021, file photo. Kim Ng, the first female general manager in baseball with the Miami Marlins, received the Billie Jean King Leadership Award at the Annual Salute to Women in Sports on Wednesday night, Oct. 13, 2021, in New York(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Yankees at Marlins 7/30/2021

Oct. 14, 2021 12:16 PM EDT

Miami Heat forward P.J. Tucker (17) and Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic (13) go after the ball during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat 10/4/2021

Oct. 12, 2021 11:16 AM EDT

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra signals to his players during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs 10/8/2021

Oct. 12, 2021 11:16 AM EDT

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry hides his face from the media as he leaves practice during NBA basketball camp, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
With Lowry, Heat hoping for run back to NBA title contention

By Tim Reynolds Oct. 12, 2021 11:14 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
Aug. 24 1904 — Holcombe Ward wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title. 1908 —...

Eddy Alzarez holds his two Olympic silver medals as he meets with the media before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Chicago Cubs, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, in Miami. Alzvarez won a silver medal in the 5,000-meter speedskating relay in the Winter Olympics in 2014, and a silver medal with Team USA baseball in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Cubs at Marlins 8/13/2021

Aug. 13, 2021 06:58 PM EDT

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Jake Reed prepares to pitch during his Major League debut in the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, in this Tuesday, July 6, 2021, file photo. Getting ready to reach softball's peak and make her Olympic debut for the United States, Janie Reed was on a training field at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, in western Japan. Across the Pacific Ocean, 7,452 miles away, another important family first was unfolding in Miami: husband Jake Reed was about to walk onto a major league mound for the first time. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Dodgers at Marlins 7/6/2021

Jul. 24, 2021 08:46 AM EDT

United States' Bam Adebayo (13) dunks the ball in front of Argentina's Marcos Delia during the first half of an exhibition basketball game in Las Vegas on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Bam's banner plan: Win Olympic gold to lift spirits in Miami

By Tim Reynolds Jul. 20, 2021 03:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 27, 2021, file photo, Johanna Konta, of Britain, returns a shot from Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, during the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla. Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Konta, the only British woman seeded in singles at Wimbledon, was dropped from the tournament Sunday, June 27, 2021, because a member of her team tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
WTA Miami, USA Women Singles

Jun. 27, 2021 06:40 PM EDT

Angelica Pulido looks at a makeshift memorial with photos of some of the missing people near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Remembering the dead and missing in Florida condo collapse

By Kelli Kennedy And Michael Tarm Jun. 27, 2021 12:50 PM EDT

Leo Soto, who created this memorial with grocery stores donating flowers and candles, pauses in front of photos of some of the missing people that he put on a fence, near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Friends, family describe missing in Florida condo collapse

By The Associated Press Jun. 26, 2021 05:56 PM EDT

Leo Soto, who created this memorial with grocery stores donating flowers and candles, pauses in front of photos of some of the missing people that he put on a fence, near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the world

By Regina Garcia Cano, Roxana Hegeman And Jocelyn Gecker Jun. 26, 2021 01:05 AM EDT

Search and rescue personnel search for survivors through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday, June 24. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
In town for COVID funeral, man vanishes in Florida collapse

By Adriana Gomez Licon Jun. 25, 2021 06:46 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: How Florida is struggling to get aid to tenants

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 25, 2021 12:09 PM EDT