MIAMI (AP) — As an official scorer for Major League Baseball, Ron Jernick has worked at the World Series, the All-Star Game and the World Baseball Classic.This season he’ll work at home. Baseball is back, but because of the coronavirus, official scorers will rule remotely on hits and errors and other plays.Perhaps none will be…
MIAMI — For Jorge Jaen, the wait time for lab results to confirm he was infected with COVID-19 was only three days. He attributes it to knowing the owner of the private lab company he went to.“I deteriorated very quickly. It was day and night. I went from breathing normal to having shortness of breath…
MIAMI (AP) — Florida is moving ahead with plans to dramatically expand its network of electric vehicle charging stations along major interstates and highways.State spending is driving the expansion — even during the pandemic — thanks in part to tens of millions of dollars in criminal and civil penalties from automaker Volkswagen caught cheating on…
0 of 32David Dermer/Associated PressWe’re inching closer to the 2020 NFL campaign.This offseason has been like no other in the league’s history. Just as it has with every other facet of American life, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the NFL. Rookie minicamps and OTAs were wiped out. The league’s latest proposal to the…
NEW YORK (AP) — A match promoter’s lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation for failing to sanction a proposed Spanish league match between Barcelona and Girona in Miami Gardens, Florida, has been stopped by a federal judge.U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan dismissed an antitrust claim by Relevent Sports on Monday in a decision…
Michael Baiamonte was not at Walt Disney World on Wednesday. The public address announcer for the Miami Heat wasn’t in the building for the team’s season-restart scrimmage debut.His voice was.The sound of him bellowing one of his signature phrases – “stand up and make some noise” – bounced through the arena Wednesday night during a…
Gregory Payan/Associated PressThe end of the 2019 offseason saw two noteworthy trades. The Miami Dolphins dealt left tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Houston Texans, while Houston traded Jadeveon Clowney to the Seattle Seahawks. Though not as close to the regular season, Seattle made a similar late-offseason deal Sunday.The Seahawks acquired safety Jamal Adams from the…
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez at a briefing about the coronavirus outbreak on July 23 2020.YouTube/CBS MiamiMiami’s mayor told people that wearing face masks at home could reduce the coronavirus spread among families.Francis Suarez said homes and families had become the largest sources of coronavirus infections, and that people should adjust their behavior as a result.He…
LeBron James is getting involved in helping ex-felons register to vote in Florida.More Than A Vote, the group that James helped establish this year, on Friday announced it would donate $100,000 toward paying fees and fines of people in Florida with past felony convictions so they can register to vote, Politico reports. The group is…
New York mayor Bill de Blasio quoted Karl Marx when outlining the relationship he wanted his office to have with the city’s business community, in an appearance on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC.Host Brian Lehrer asked de Blasio how the mayor was approaching businesses for help with recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Lehrer said that…
