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The Miami Heat are ready for Opening Night.

Kenbrell Thompkins, originally from Liberty City, pleaded guilty Monday in Miami federal court to unauthorized access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to court records.

Florida also got goals from defenseman Brandon Montour, rookie Anton Lundell and Anthony Duclair.

Pat Riley is looking forward to the start of the season.

A conversation on driver code and on-track etiquette is raging in NASCAR, and with it comes debate about the expectations of non-playoff drivers.

Mikaela Shiffrin has won the season-opening women’s World Cup giant slalom by beating world champion Lara Gut-Behrami in a close fight for her 70th career victory.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship after a 2-under 68 which included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting for Sunday's final round.

Chris Paul scored his 20,000th career point on the way to 23 points and 14 assists, and Devin Booker added 22 points in the Phoenix Suns’ 115-105 victory over the winless Los Angeles Lakers.

Two years after winning an AL Rookie of the Year Award, Yordan Alvarez has an AL Championship Series MVP to add to his trophy case.

Boston's bats went quiet for the third straight game and the Red Sox bowed out of the AL Championship Series with a punchless 5-0 loss to the Houston Astros in Game 6.

Rookie Luis García showed the poise of an October ace, MVP Yordan Alvarez stayed hot at the plate and the Houston Astros earned yet another trip to the World Series, beating the Boston Red Sox 5-0 in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers say Max Scherzer will not start Game 6 of the NL Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.

The Miami Marlins’ 2021 season was about as disappointing as you could get. There’s no way to sugarcoat it.

For the Marlins, it was their 11th losing season in the last 12 years.

The Marlins took two games out of three from Washington this week.

One night after being no-hit for 6 2/3 innings, the Nationals scored early and pounded out 14 hits in winning for the second time in three games.

Alcantara was perfect through five innings but Keibert Ruiz reached on second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s error to open the sixth.

The comeback victory was the Braves’ 35th this season and their second in two nights.

Miami has kept clean sheets in four consecutive matches for the first time in club history.

Inter Miami CF has its first All-Star.

Robbie Robinson also scored for Miami in the 3-1 win over Toronto FC.

Miami won its third straight home game, while Chicago had its road winless streak extended to 18 matches — with 12 losses.

Major League Soccer has fined Inter Miami $2 million and imposed other sanctions following the league’s investigation into the 2020 signing of French international Blaise Matuidi.

The Adidas Primeblue jersey was made with Parley Ocean Plastic, the team says, and it will be worn for the first time May 29 at home against D.C. United.