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Dressel, Ledecky win athletes of year at Golden Goggles

Dec. 08, 2021 01:05 AM EST
MIAMI (AP) — Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky were honored as male and female athletes of the year at USA Swimming’s annual Golden Goggle awards on Tuesday night. ...

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13), center his mother Marilyn Blount and former player Alonzo Mourning, right watch as a banner is raised in honor of Adebayo for winning a gold medal at the 2021 Olympics, during half time at an NBA basketball game Charlotte Hornets, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Charlotte Hornets at Miami Heat 10/29/2021

Oct. 29, 2021 09:20 PM EDT

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) gestures after scoring during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
'Mission accomplished': Heat unveil Adebayo's Olympic banner

By Tim Reynolds Oct. 29, 2021 08:54 PM EDT

FILE - Miami Marlins General Manager Kim Ng talks with the media before a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Miami, in this Friday, July 30, 2021, file photo. Kim Ng, the first female general manager in baseball with the Miami Marlins, received the Billie Jean King Leadership Award at the Annual Salute to Women in Sports on Wednesday night, Oct. 13, 2021, in New York(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Yankees at Marlins 7/30/2021

Oct. 14, 2021 12:17 PM EDT

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra signals to his players during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs 10/8/2021

Oct. 12, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) gestures after scoring during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat 10/4/2021

Oct. 12, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra signals to his players during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
With Lowry, Heat hoping for run back to NBA title contention

By Tim Reynolds Oct. 12, 2021 11:14 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
Aug. 24 1904 — Holcombe Ward wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title. 1908 —...

Eddy Alzarez holds his two Olympic silver medals as he meets with the media before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Chicago Cubs, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, in Miami. Alzvarez won a silver medal in the 5,000-meter speedskating relay in the Winter Olympics in 2014, and a silver medal with Team USA baseball in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Cubs at Marlins 8/13/2021

Aug. 13, 2021 06:59 PM EDT

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Jake Reed prepares to pitch during his Major League debut in the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, in this Tuesday, July 6, 2021, file photo. Getting ready to reach softball's peak and make her Olympic debut for the United States, Janie Reed was on a training field at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, in western Japan. Across the Pacific Ocean, 7,452 miles away, another important family first was unfolding in Miami: husband Jake Reed was about to walk onto a major league mound for the first time. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Dodgers at Marlins 7/6/2021

Jul. 24, 2021 08:53 AM EDT

Bam Adebayo prepares to shoot during training for USA Basketball, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Bam's banner plan: Win Olympic gold to lift spirits in Miami

By Tim Reynolds Jul. 20, 2021 03:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 27, 2021, file photo, Johanna Konta of Britain, returns to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, during the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, USA. Johanna Konta won't compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, she said Tuesday July 13, 2021, two weeks after missing Wimbledon because a member of her team had contracted the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
WTA Miami, USA Women Singles

Jul. 13, 2021 05:21 PM EDT

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra gestures during the second half of Game 3 of the team's NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Spoelstra to help coach USA Basketball select team in Vegas

By Tim Reynolds Jun. 23, 2021 07:10 PM EDT

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) shoots as Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez (11) and forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) defend during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat 5/27/2021

Jun. 21, 2021 03:21 PM EDT

FILE - Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts during her match against Maria Sakkari, of Greece, in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla., in this Wednesday, March 31, 2021, file photo. Sakkari won 6-0, 6-4. Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday, May 31, 2021, and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and revealed she has “suffered long bouts of depression.”(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
WTA Miami, USA Women Singles

Jun. 17, 2021 02:51 PM EDT

FILE - Venezuela's Hernan Perez, right, is safe at first base as United States' Eddy Alvarez (2) misses the catch in the first inning during an Americas qualifying tournament baseball game in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in this Saturday, June 5, 2021, file photo. Alvarez, having won a silver in speed skating at Sochi in 2014, helped the U.S. reach the Olympic baseball tournament and could become only the third American to win medals at the summer and winter Games.(Crystal Vander Weit/TCPalm.com via AP, File)
Eddy Alvarez tries to add baseball medal to speedskating

By Ronald Blum Jun. 09, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

FILE - The Olympic rings are seen on the knob of Miami Marlins' Eddy Alvarez's bat as he swings at a pitch from the Baltimore Orioles during the seventh inning in the first game of a baseball doubleheader in Baltimore, in this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, file photo. Alvarez, having won a silver in speed skating at Sochi in 2014, helped the U.S. reach the Olympic baseball tournament and could become only the third American to win medals at the summer and winter Games. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Orioles at Marlins 8/5/2020

Jun. 09, 2021 08:53 AM EDT

Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic, center, and forward Jimmy Butler (22) watch during the closing minutes of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks, Saturday, May 29, 2021, in Miami. The Bucks won 120-103. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat 5/29/2021

May. 30, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic, center, and forward Jimmy Butler (22) watch during the closing minutes of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks, Saturday, May 29, 2021, in Miami. The Bucks won 120-103. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
East champs no more, the Heat start to look to what's next

By Tim Reynolds May. 30, 2021 11:37 AM EDT

Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce talks to his players on the court in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
As Tokyo nears, the plans for USA Basketball continue

By Tim Reynolds Mar. 01, 2021 02:12 AM EST