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Marc Buoniconti, center, answers questions during a news conference Saturday, July 16, 1988 in Miami, the first since losing a lawsuit against the Citadelís team physician Dr. E. K. Wallace Jr. Buoniconti said he is disappointed with the juries decision absolving the doctor of any negligence stemming from a 1985 football injury that left him a quadriplegic. He had been seeking $22.5 million in damages. Surrounding Marc is Dr. Barth Green; Marcís neurosurgeon, left, his mother Teresa, and his father Nick. (AP Photo/Chris OíMeara)

Three more ’72 Dolphins suffered from severe brain disease linked to head trauma, studies reveal

February 13, 2022 at 6:30 a.m.

Jake Scott plotted to leave life as he lived it and asked friends around his world to help. Hawaii. Colorado. Georgia. They checked daily on the former Miami Dolphins great,...

Coach Mario Cristobal runs his players through drills before an Oregon game on Oct. 15 in Eugene, Ore.

Mario Cristobal becomes Miami Hurricanes coach after ‘disappointed’ Manny Diaz is fired

December 6, 2021 at 10:47 p.m.

Mario Cristobal was named the Miami Hurricanes' football coach Monday, ending a weeklong, long-distance courtship that brought the Miami native back to his football and family roots. A few hours...

Florida football coach Dan Mullen wants 90,000 fans to attend Florida's home game against LSU on Saturday.

Hyde: Dan Mullen’s lack of perspective on full display for Gators, with calls for capacity crowd | Commentary

October 13, 2020 at 5:05 p.m.

Stop the contest. We have our Florida Man of the Year. Tell the Florida Man in Marion County arrested for drunk-driving a lawn mower down Highway 316 and the Florida...

Dolphins owner Steve Ross said he expects the NFL season to be played this year — with fans in stadiums.

Steve Ross says NFL will ‘definitely’ play this season, ‘planning to have fans in the stadium’

May 27, 2020 at 7:24 p.m.

The NFL will play this season, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross said Tuesday morning, and fans being in stadiums are part of those plans for now. "I think definitely there...

With games gone due to the coronavirus pandemic, so is gambling temptation for some addicts.

Hyde: With games gone, so is gambling’s temptation for these addicts | Commentary

April 14, 2020 at 4:05 p.m.

His name is Douglas, he's an addicted gambler and he values this world without games. "It's like being an alcoholic and there's no alcohol anywhere," he said. His name is...

Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Christian Wilkins is working to play as well and save as much as he can his rookie season.

NFL millions won’t keep Dolphins’ Christian Wilkins from pinching pennies — who needs lights or AC?

October 18, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

Here's a friendly tip for anyone visiting Christian Wilkins' apartment: Don't turn on the lights. "I never turn on the lights,'' the Miami Dolphins rookie says. He uses flashlights. "Or...

Did the Dolphins downturn begin on this day -- Jan. 15, 2000 -- Jimmy Johnson, Dan Marino and the Dolphins had no answers against Tom Coughlin and the Jaguars. The worst playoff loss in franchise history would also mark the end of the Johnson era with the Dolphins and Marino's illustrious career. Johnson, who won titles with the Miami Hurricanes and Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys, could not capture the same magic with the Dolphins. Just hours after this game ended, he was gone.

Top 25 Dolphins disasters since 2000

September 9, 2019 at 1:12 p.m.

For 30 years, mostly under the stern watch of head coach Don Shula, the Miami Dolphins were among the most successful franchises in the National Football League. Only two losing...

Former Miami Dolphins great Nick Buoniconti dies at 78

August 1, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

Nick Buoniconti, who anchored the Miami Dolphins' No-Name Defense of the 1970s Super Bowl teams and co-founded The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, has died at age 78, the family...

Hyde: If Florida Panthers can’t win with Quenneville, they never will | Commentary

May 20, 2019 at 10:48 p.m.

This marks their chance. This move. This hire. This big-money, bigger-statement decision that started last week when Dale Tallon read Joel Quenneville wanted to coach again and called Florida Panthers...

Irad Ortiz Jr., throws flowers after winning the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Horse Race aboard Bricks and Mortar, Saturday Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Hyde: Follow the stacked money to see why Pegasus is a winner | Commentary

January 27, 2019 at 3:15 a.m.

Saturday’s winner tried to talk the way we talk in sports. Club Liv groaned and shrieked to one side. Popped champagne corks echoed from the $1,250-a-seat Flamingo Room. Howls of...

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