Entries by Ethan Skolnick

Fitzpatrick, Parker, Gesicki tank-proof as Dolphins stun Eagles

This seemed like the Dolphins’ ideal afternoon until the 2019 season mercifully ends. Play hard. Play smart. Play close. Lose, while others among the NFL’s lowliest win — in this case, the Bengals and the Redskins. Except for one thing. Ryan Fitzpatrick, DeVante Parker, Mike Gesicki and Brian Flores didn’t oblige. All four were outstanding […]

Full boat for Miami Heat: Blessing or problem?

The untold national story of the Miami Heat’s 13-5 start is how much they’ve done with less. When training camp started, it was assumed by many that Justise Winslow, James Johnson, Dion Waiters and even Derrick Jones Jr. would be integral parts of the rotation. After all, those are two of the team’s highest paid […]

Dolphins back to losing ways, fall to Bills

The fear was real. After Dolphins wins against the Jets and Colts, and a near-disastrous near-victory against the Redskins, there was concern among many fans that Brian Flores’ team was improving too fast — and might further fall in the draft order. This remained a concern even with the traumatic injury suffered by the Dolphins’ […]

Bam, Heat hold off Pistons in matchup of undermanned

At least through three quarters, the Miami Heat did what you should do to weary, groggy teams. And the Detroit Pistons, in the state they arrived Tuesday, were that. Without Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose, their star and resurgent sixth man. Groggy after a flight that arrived at 5:30am. While the 117-108 victory, which was […]

Tank That! Dolphins Beat Adam Gase’s Jets for 1st Win

MIAMI GARDENS — You could see this coming. Really, you could. You didn’t even Adam Gase’s fancy, darting eyes. The Dolphins will win tomorrow. — Five Reasons Sports Network (@5ReasonsSports) November 2, 2019 The reasoning was simple. On one side you had a team that was clearly improving under its first-year coach, Brian Flores, even […]

Surging Panthers ride Huberdeau, Barkov to easy win

Something’s happening here. After Saturday’s dominant, no-doubt 4-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings, the Florida Panthers have now won six of their past nine games. And this seems, well, real. They’ve survived the start of the season, which typically buries them, and they’ve done it with star Sasha Barkov struggling to score and hyped […]

Breaking it Down: Nekias Duncan on Heat-Hawks II

Heat run an accelerated version of HORNS Flare and … Goran dots the "I" here. Have been quite impressed with his passing since preseason. pic.twitter.com/scQN3e9OdX — Jasmine Thomas Fan Acct. (@NekiasNBA) November 1, 2019 How is this happening? How are the Miami Heat off to a 4-1 start with Jimmy Butler missing three games and […]