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The Miami Marlins acquired right-handed pitcher Bradley Blalock from the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday in exchange for minor league right-hander Jake Brooks. Blalock was designated for assignment by the Rockies last week to open a roster spot after Colorado finalized an $8 million, one-year contract with right-hander Michael Lorenzen. The addition of Blalock adds depth to Miami's pitching staff after the Marlins traded Edward Cabrera to Chicago and dealt Ryan Weathers to the New York Yankees earlier this month.

"Myron is our energy. I don't know how to really describe Myron," Heat captain Bam said with a smile. "You just have to hang around him. He's the person that has this 'kid energy.' You know when kids that run around all day and you're always looking at them like, 'I wish I had that much energy.' He is that."

It's the number Miguel Cabrera wore for almost his entire Marlins career. So as we said at the top, obvious call. Cabrera made the switch to No. 24 after winning a World Series championship, evidently deciding the previous number was unlucky after he failed to win the NL Rookie of the Year award, and never looked back. Four years wearing it for the Marlins, four All-Star appearances, four years with MVP votes.

It looked improbable two months ago. Two years ago - impossible. But against the odds, Miami and Indiana have a date in the College Football Playoff final - a first-of-its-kind matchup on Jan. 19 in the second national title game of the expanded-playoff era. The Hoosiers (15-0), the top-seeded favorite in the 12-team tournament, stomped Oregon 56-22 on Friday night to reach the final. The Hurricanes (13-2), seeded 10th and the last at-large team to make the field, beat Mississippi 31-27 the night before.

Miami is a hotbed for avant-garde fashion, design, and art, which is why people flock to the tip of the Florida peninsula every year to navigate the crowds at Art Basel and Design Miami. History buffs can explore architecture from the 1920s at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, stroll the Deering Estate house museum, or study up on Miami's urban and environmental design at the Coral Gables Museum.

Are the Miami Marlins getting ready to move Edward Cabrera? In the immortal words of Adele, rumor has it. Or if you prefer getting your insights from a Magic 8-ball, signs point to yes. Anyway you slice it, the odds are really starting to look long that Cabrera is still a member of the Miami Marlins come Opening Day 2026.

Larsson had missed six games in a row after suffering an ankle sprain in the NBA Cup quarterfinal against the Orlando Magic. He returned to action Friday, and his play provided a huge spark that this team has been desperately searching for. He finished with a career-high 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on an efficient 9 of 13 shooting.

Miami needed to carry Henriquez on the active roster, as he's out of minor league options. It didn't take long for him to emerge as one of Clayton McCullough's most trusted arms. Henriquez reeled off 73 innings of 2.22 ERA ball over 69 appearances. He picked up seven saves and 26 holds while only blowing four leads. He punched out 32.4% of batters faced behind a massive 16.7% swinging strike percentage.

He was a rotation player each of the past two seasons and a starter for stretches in both of them. Coming into this campaign, you could've argued ( as my favorite sports scribe once did) that he meant as much to Miami's roster as anyone. That's part of what ups the frustration factor here. The Heat really needed him to come through, and that would've been true even if they hadn't given him that early extension.

MIAMI -- Heat forward Nikola Jovic walked off the court with a splint-like device over his right arm after he took a hard foul while driving to the basket late in the first quarter of a game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. The Heat later said it was an elbow injury. Jovic entered the game 12 seconds before the injury when he took a pass and was hit high by Toronto's Collin Murray-Boyles.

Plenty of Miami teams had a great weekend, but not the Miami Marlins. Inter Miami won their first MLS championship. The Miami Dolphins thoroughly dominated the New York Jets. The Florida Panthers had a big comeback. The Miami Heat? Well, no one else has traded for Giannis Antetokounmpo yet, and most South Florida fans probaly didn't even notice what they did what with all the other storylines going on.

The Miami Heat's hopes of trading Terry Rozier will ultimately be decided by the NBA, and they're not tipping their hand at all. According to a recent report, the NBA will only make a ruling on whether Rozier is trade-eligible or not until after the Heat submits a trade proposal. With the way things sound, there's a scenario in which the Heat agrees to a trade in principle with another team that includes Rozier, only to have the NBA strike it down afterward.