Author: Steven Wine
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Legendary Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula has died
MIAMI (AP) — Measuring Don Shula by wins and losses, no NFL coach had a better year. Or career. He looked the part, thanks to a jutting jaw and glare that would intimidate 150-pound sports writers and 300-pound linemen alike. Shula led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history, set a…
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Caleb Smith earns 1st career win as Marlins beat Rockies 3-0
MIAMI — Miami Marlins left-hander Caleb Smith glanced down at the newly acquired game ball and lineup card in his postgame locker and ranked them No. 1 among all his souvenirs. “For now,” he said with a grin. The way Smith is pitching lately, there may be more memorabilia ahead. He delivered his second consecutive…
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AP source: Yankees agree to deal to acquire Marlins’ Stanton
A person familiar with the negotiations says the Yankees and Marlins have agreed to a deal that would send slugger Giancarlo Stanton to New York, pending a physical. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Saturday because the teams hadn’t announced the agreement. Stanton must approve the deal. Infielder Starlin Castro…
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Broncos, Dolphins try to snap season-spoiling losing streaks
MIAMI — With the losses mounting, Denver Broncos coach Vance Joseph draws on what he learned last year from Adam Gase, hoping to beat him. The close friends and former colleagues will be reunited Sunday when the bedraggled Broncos play Gase’s downtrodden Dolphins. The coaching matchup might be the most compelling aspect of an otherwise…
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Dolphins assistant resigns, apologizes after video showing him snorting powdery substance surfaces
DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster resigned Monday and said he was seeking medical help after video surfaced on social media that appeared to show him snorting three lines of a white powdery substance at a desk. Hours after the 56-second video was posted on Facebook and Twitter, Foerster announced his…
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Stanton ties franchise mark with 42nd homer in Marlins’ win over Rockies
MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton homered for the fourth straight game, hitting his 42nd of the year to tie the Marlins’ season record, and Miami completed its first series sweep of the Colorado Rockies since 2006, winning 5-3 Sunday. Stanton homered leading off the third inning to tie Gary Sheffield’s team record set in 1996. The…
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AP source: Former Broncos QB Jay Cutler agrees to terms with Dolphins
DAVIE, Fla. — Jay Cutler has decided to postpone retirement for the chance to be Ryan Tannehill’s replacement. Cutler agreed to terms Sunday on a contract with the Miami Dolphins, a person familiar with the situation said. The person confirmed the agreement to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Dolphins weren’t expected…
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Randy Newman, 73, at top of his game on album, ‘Dark Matter’
Randy Newman’s new album has a song on American carnage, “It’s a Jungle Out There,” which he doesn’t really believe. Quite the opposite, in fact. Nearly 50 years into Newman’s recording career, he’s still beloved by the rock ‘n’ roll generation, though he never sang rock. To judge from concert crowds, his appeal stretches far…
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Cookie Gilchrist’s son deals with his own brain injury
MIAMI — For Cookie Gilchrist, brain damage accumulated during a football career that took him directly from high school to the NFL in the 1960s. For his son Scott, the damage happened all at once when he fell 40 feet from scaffolding at his house under renovation in Toronto. “I had a bad accident: bleeding…
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Music Review: Norah Jones returns to her roots
Fourteen years later, we’re still a deeply polarized nation. Those who loved Norah Jones’ breakout debut album, “Come Away With Me,” will enjoy “Day Breaks.” It’s music for the coffeehouse crowd that prefers songs sung in an indoor voice. As for those who found Jones’ early work too mellow, they’re unlikely to applaud the return…