2021: A Year To Remember - South Florida Sports
In just a couple of days, we'll put 2021 in the rearview mirror. So let's take a look back at some of the biggest stories in local sports.
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In just a couple of days, we'll put 2021 in the rearview mirror. So let's take a look back at some of the biggest stories in local sports.
The Miami Dolphins beat the short-handed New Orleans Saints 20-3 on Monday night, becoming the first NFL team to win seven straight games after losing seven in a row.
Perseverance has paid dividends for the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints, placing them on a collision course for a high-stakes game in late December.
Are you ready for some football? The Dolphins get their prime-time game on Monday night when they march into New Orleans to take on the Saints.
That makes it two Pro Bowl selections a row for Howard, who now has three total.
Isabella Velasquez, who is just 10 years old, rocked Hard Rock Stadium Sunday afternoon with her rendition of the national anthem.
A big shout out to 10-year-old Isabella Velasquez, who brought the house down Sunday afternoon with the national anthem to kick off the fun at Hard Rock Stadium.
Make it six in a row for the Miami Dolphins.
When Miami played the New York Jets last month, Jaylen Waddle scored the Dolphins' first touchdown and Myles Gaskin scored to put them ahead to stay, but the Dolphins might not be able to count on repeat performances this weekend.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is going on the COVID-19 reserve list, according to multiple reports.
The Miami Dolphins can do the once unthinkable with a home win against the Jets on Sunday and reach .500 on the season. After an opening win in New England, the Dolphins lost 7 in a row but stuck together and have now won five straight.
The Dolphins rookie class brought the Christmas cheer through the Miami Dolphins Adopt-A-Family program with Neighbors 4 Neighbors.
Tua Tagovailoa is on a roll as the Fins head into their bye week with five straight wins.
Bye weeks are undefeated. And, at least in some corners of the Dolphins locker room right now, they're also unwanted.
The Dolphins did to a depleted, bad football team what a good team should do.
Tua Tagovailoa can't miss right now. The Dolphins will go for their fifth consecutive when they take on the New York Giants at Hard Rock Stadium this Sunday.
Jerome Baker is enjoying new challenges on a defense that has sparked a 4-game win streak. The Dolphins inside linebacker has added playing along the defensive line to his bag of tricks, but says the team isn't asking him to do anything more than what's already required. He's just doing something different.
The Miami Dolphins winning streak can reach five this week against the Giants. It's all coming together for Brian Flores team since starting the season 1-7. The stunning turnaround is being led by a suddenly tenacious defense and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
The Miami Dolphins plays host to the New York Giants on Sunday and the ties that bind run deep.
The student athletes also got a chance to meet Dolphins mascot "T.D."
The 33-10 win now puts the Dolphins at 5-7 on the season with two more home games coming up against teams they should beat.
There's nothing that impressive about a 5-7 record. That is unless it comes after a 1-7 start.
The Miami Dolphins claimed running back Phillip Lindsay off waivers Wednesday.
Veteran running back Duke Johnson grew up practically in the shadow of Hard Rock Stadium, attending high school just a few minutes from the Miami Dolphins' field.
The Miami Dolphins alongside Feeding South Florida, and community groups helped to gift hundreds of families a Thanksgiving meal Tuesday.
Several new laws are taking effect in Florida starting Oct. 1.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was accidental.
Online personality "Clavicular," whose real name is Braden Peters, faces two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. He denies the allegations.
The ground is already saturated from recent rain, so it won't take much to lead to more flooding in South Florida.
GOP Sen. John Curtis of Utah asked a Senate panel to subpoena Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden for testimony as part of a probe into the "use of presidential family relationships" for private financial benefit.
Several new laws are taking effect in Florida starting Oct. 1.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was accidental.
Online personality "Clavicular," whose real name is Braden Peters, faces two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. He denies the allegations.
"The Defendant cannot be expected to, nor will he, comply with the order of not communicating with other inmates," wrote Israel Encinosa, Sabatino's attorney.
The ground is already saturated from recent rain, so it won't take much to lead to more flooding in South Florida.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.