On a call on Tuesday afternoon, TNT analyst Steve Kerr—a member of five championship teams with Chicago and San Antonio—cast some doubt on the Heat’s prospects. Among the obstacles that could knock the Heat down are a resurgent Eastern Conference, with Indiana, Chicago and Brooklyn all bolstering their contender credentials, and the threat of serious injury to one of Miami’s trio of stars (LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh). MORE: Gallery: Heat’s Most Beloved Player | NBA’s GM pick James to win MVP...

City commissioners voted to move the time from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. between March 7 and March 21. The new rule affects all businesses that allow alcohol consumption on site south of 16th street, the Miami Herald reported. Thousands of spring breakers annually head to the area from early March to mid-April for the warm weather and world-class beaches. The increase in tourism is great for local businesses but can bring additional crime....

Seattle trounced the Arizona, 35-6, Sunday night and held Arizona to just 216 yards of offense, albeit against third-string quarterback Ryan Lindley. MORE: Good luck stopping a Seattle dynasty | Super Bowl trip booked “We’re the best defense to ever play football, so when we play the way we play, the way we’re capable of playing, whatever (Lindley) did didn’t really matter,” Bennett told reporters after Sunday’s win. The defense led Seattle to a Super Bowl title last season, and Bennett thinks it can do it again this year....

But when he started playing for the Cowboys in the late 1980s, he spent a lot of his time—crying? MORE: Cowboys begin search for No. 1 running back | Roger Staubach not a fan of Greg Hardy | Cam on Cam Irvin told DallasNews.com that after going from a winning program at Miami, coming to the downtrodden Cowboys was a culture shock. “Dog, I was crying for real,” Irvin said of his rookie season in 1988....

And the Hall of Famer extended his congratulations to the Warriors after their record victory over the Grizzlies. MORE: Putting the Warriors in perspective | MJ vs. Kobe, a visual comparison “I want to congratulate the Warriors on their amazing season,” Jordan said in a tweeted statement, via his publicist. “The game of basketball is always evolving and records are made to be broken. The Warriors have been a lot of fun to watch and I look forward to seeing what they do in the playoffs....

Scott was the voice of ESPN and was responsible for implementing a new style into each show. The anchor brought an indescribable flavor and a new demographic was born. Highlights weren’t just highlights anymore. MORE: Hannah Storm, Rich Eisen pay tribute | Scott’s ESPYs speech | Notable sports deaths Scott became close friends with some of today’s biggest stars. NBA legend Michael Jordan released a statement to express his sadness over the passing of a friend....

Forbes on Wednesday released its annual list of the “Highest-Paid Retired Athletes,” and the NBA legend topped the list by a landslide after reportedly earning $110 million in 2015, bringing his net worth to an estimated $1.1 billion. MORE: World’s richest team owners in 2016 | D’Angelo Russell needs to grow up Jordan earned $45 million more than soccer star David Beckham, who finished second after making $65 million last year....

He got both. DraftStreet: Play fantasy baseball for cash daily The Yankees' right-hander spoke quietly after being ejected in the second inning of the Red Sox' 5-1 win over New York on Wednesday night. And less than two weeks after appearing to get away with using a foreign substance in another game against Boston, he vowed never to do it again. "I'll learn from this mistake," a contrite Pineda said....

The new film unpacks the life of the German seven-time F1 world champion through a series of exclusive interviews and archival footage. What Happened to Michael Schumacher? In December 2013, less than a week before his 45th birthday, the F1 champion was severely injured in an accident while skiing during a family vacation in Méribel, France. Schumacher was proceeding at a leisurely pace one morning when his skis struck a boulder off-trail....

Thomas, who set an NFL record in 2019 with 149 receptions, has played just seven games in the last two seasons as he’s nursed an ankle injury he suffered back in 2020. Thomas had surgery for the injury in 2021, but setback after setback in rehab kept the star receiver off the field. Thomas will join a new-look receiving corps with veteran Jarvis Landry and rookie Chris Olave joining him this year....

That essentially describes my approach when I am called in to mediate or resolve a conflict. First, I share the following steps with the person who has contacted me to see if they agree to the approach. If they do, then when I arrive at the meeting with the people in conflict, I tell them that, like the statue of David inside a block of marble, I believe there is an agreement or resolution that can be found and I am there to chip away anything that prevents that from occurring....

Dockery has gone on to star in projects like Godless, Good Behavior and Non-Stop, but it’s Downton Abbey that feels like home. The film picks up in 1927 with King George V and Queen Mary visiting Downton. It teases a new love interest for Tom Branson (Allen Leech) and a quarrel between matriarch Violet Crawley (Oscar-winner Maggie Smith) and Lady Bagshaw, played by Downton newcomer and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton....

A Newsweek analysis of the fundraiser’s leaked donor information found that while the top four donor states are also the states with the largest populations, Michigan’s support for Canadian protesters was larger in proportion to population than the other top donor states (Michigan ranks 10th in the country in population size). Matt Grossmann, director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University, told Newsweek that Michigan’s fifth-place ranking on the top donor list is “not that surprising given that there’s well-established anti-lockdown, anti-masking, anti-required vaccination, and just sort of generally anti-Democratic governor [sentiment] in Michigan....

Bill Stepien, Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, released a Wednesday statement announcing the campaign’s plan to file the lawsuit as it became increasingly clear that Michigan’s votes would go for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The state was called by the Associated Press and the major networks later in the day. The lawsuit alleged that Michigan’s absentee voter counting boards have not carried out the process transparently, and have prevented—and in some cases removed—Republican challengers from observing the process....

In the Friday press conference, Whitmer responded to a reporter’s question about what conditions she thought that professional and college sports would be able to return to Michigan. “I think that we’re going to be in a new normal for quite a while,” Whitmer said. “We need a vaccine, and we need to have mask quantities available or we need to be able to test and acknowledge that we’ve got some immunity that’s built up....

Hundreds of demonstrators converged on Lansing on Thursday, with a group of protesters entering the state’s legislative building with guns and anti-lockdown banners. Some of the protesters wore or carried Confederate flags, while others held signs with Nazi symbols. Whitmer addressed these demonstrations in an interview with CNN on Sunday. “Some of the outrageousness of what happened at our capitol this [past] week, you know, depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history in this country,” Whitmer told CNN’s State of the Union....

They had already lived through their own version in last April’s storming of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing when lawmakers were barricaded inside the chamber as protesters clad with body armor and armed with rifles walked freely around the building. Then, Michiganders warned that any state capitol could be targeted next unless the temperature of America’s political hysteria cooled quickly. Months later, it would happen at the center of federal power....

The Versiti Blood Center of Michigan is asking people to keep their appointments and arrange new donations. It is struggling to keep up with the demand from hospitals, which is expected to rise as the state’s stay-at-home orders are partially relaxed. According to America’s Blood Centers and the Red Cross, more than 4,000 blood drives have been canceled in the U.S. since March 16, resulting in some 130,000 fewer blood donations....

According to a press release issued by the Michigan State Police’s Seventh District, the incident occurred on Friday, March 26, at about 6:30 a.m. local time in the city of Cadillac. While state troopers were driving on the M-55 highway in Clam Lake Township, they noticed a vehicle parked on the shoulder with its lights off. Troopers noticed a female in the driver’s seat and a male in the passenger seat....

Starting in 2014, the city of Flint’s water supply was contaminated with lead, poisoning residents. The contamination and its aftereffects caused many people to leave the city. Despite Flint Township not being related to the city, and having its own water source, many people assume the two places are connected. Kevin Stiff, owner of The Dive Shop in Flint Township, told the Associated Press the confusion has cost the township business....