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The Florida Panthers’ postseason is formally on life help after they fell 5-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Sport 3 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff collection on Sunday.
Tampa Bay now leads the best-of-seven collection 3-0, and may eradicate the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Panthers with a victory in Monday’s Sport 4.
“They’ve extra will and extra need than we do,” Florida coach Andrew Brunette stated. “We’re a very good group when (our) backs are towards the wall, and it seems to be bleak. Hopefully, we are able to discover some vitality and a few ardour and a few pleasure.”
Solely 4 groups in NHL historical past have come again to win a playoff collection after trailing 3-0. If Florida cannot produce a victory, the Panthers will grow to be the primary regular-season factors chief (122) to be swept from the playoffs since, mockingly, the 2019 Lightning have been despatched packing by Columbus of their first-round collection.
Since then, Tampa Bay has received two consecutive Stanley Cups. And the Lightning have appeared each bit like champions in shutting down Florida’s once-potent offensive assault.
The Panthers have scored just one objective in every of the collection’ first three video games, an impotence in stark distinction to their regular-season dominance, once they averaged a league-high 4.11 objectives per sport. Florida was by no means shut out both, and registered only one objective solely 3 times.
In every of these outings — all losses — the Panthers additionally allowed 4 or extra objectives towards. That is been the case in two of the three losses to Tampa as properly.
“It is on us,” ahead Jonathan Huberdeau stated. “I’ve acquired to be higher. Each man can perform a little bit higher, play extra of our sport. Giving them the puck, that is what they’re ready for. They are a good group. They only await us to make errors and so they benefit of it.”
Florida was practically not on this place in any respect. The Panthers have been dealt a dagger in Sport 2 when Lightning ahead Ross Colton broke a 1-1 tie with lower than 4 seconds remaining in regulation to rob Florida of an opportunity at time beyond regulation.
The Panthers had two days off — a rarity this early within the postseason — to regroup. Nonetheless, Florida trailed Sport 3 off the bat when Corey Perry opened scoring with a first-period tip previous Sergei Bobrovsky.
Then, a beacon of hope.
Sam Reinhart responded lower than three minutes later with Florida’s lone objective that lastly broke the Panthers’ unhealthy luck on the facility play. They have been the one postseason group left to not capitalize with an additional man, getting into Sport 3 0-for-25 on the person benefit.
Whereas his marker did not spark Florida’s offense, Reinhart was hopeful the short turnaround to Sport 4 could be an asset.
“You don’t need a lot time in these conditions to consider it an excessive amount of,” he stated. “You simply need to go on the market, play and placed on a greater efficiency.”
Florida will want extra from its high gamers to realize that. Huberdeau assisted on Reinhart’s objective and has solely two helpers this collection. Aleksander Barkov has no objectives and one help. Ditto for Claude Giroux. Bobrovsky made 31 saves on Sunday and has a strong .908 SV% within the collection; it simply hasn’t been sufficient.
Huberdeau, at the very least, is attempting now to maintain the Panthers’ mountain forward in perspective.
“We will present up (Monday), win a sport, and it is a completely different collection,” he stated. “We all know we are able to do it. We’ve that sort of group.”
To do this, Florida must resolve Tampa Bay netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy. The reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner has been sensational on this collection and was once more on Sunday, turning apart 34 photographs. Huberdeau registered solely a kind of however was optimistic somebody from Florida may break Vasilevskiy down.
“He is an incredible goalie,” Huberdeau stated. “However finally he will let one in that is going to assist us.”
That is the Panthers’ solely path now to an odds-defying comeback.
“It is 3-0. Who cares?” Huberdeau stated. “We will come again.”
Florida health officials have issued a mosquito alert after two locally acquired cases of dengue fever were confirmed in the Florida Keys.
The alert comes a week after a national health advisory by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warning health care providers and the public of rising cases of dengue fever infections in the Americas.
Dengue fever is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes. The virus is thought to infect up to 400 million people every year, according to the World Health Organization, resulting in as many as 40,000 annual deaths. The disease is characterized by a high fever, often combined with aches and pains, nausea and vomiting, which can range from mild to severe (although typically only last two to seven days.)
Only about 1 in 4 people infected with dengue actually get sick and symptoms tend to develop within two weeks of getting bitten.
The disease is mostly found in tropical and subtropical climates, although local transmission has historically been reported in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California.
At the end of June, two locally acquired dengue cases were confirmed in Monroe County, bringing Florida’s total local case count to 10 since the start of 2024. So which other counties have seen confirmed local dengue cases?
This year, Miami-Dade has seen the highest number of locally acquired infections, with two in January, one in February, two in March and one in April. Hillsborough and Pasco have also seen one confirmed case each, in June and January, respectively.
While these case numbers are still very low, the Department of Health for Monroe County and Florida Keys Mosquito Control District are coordinating surveillance and prevention efforts to curb transmission in the region. These include door-to-door surveillance and mosquito-targeted insecticide spraying from trucks and the air where necessary.
The Florida Department of Health also recommend the following measures to protect yourself from mosquitoes:
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New players for FSU football in 2024 season include DJ Uiagalelei
Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei and defensive lineman Marvin Jones Jr. headline the newcomers to the Florida State Seminoles for the 2024 season.
The 2024 football season is only about a month away.
Florida State football will soon start fall camp to prepare for its season opener against Georgia Tech in the annual Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland, at Aviva Stadium.
The game is set for Aug. 24 at noon EST on ESPN.
It is the second time two ACC teams face off in Dublin. For FSU, it will be the first time in program history that Seminoles participate in an international game.
Georgia Tech will be the second time it has played at Aviva Stadium. The last time the Yellow Jackets played in Ireland was in 2016, when they lost to Boston College, 17-16.
The ACC opener can set the bar for either side.
FSU is coming off a 13-1 season, missing the College Football Playoff. Its only loss was to Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
This season will be a clean slate for Mike Norvell, who is entering his fifth season as head coach of the Seminoles.
So, what does Georgia Tech look like? We take an early look.
Brent Key will be entering his second season with Georgia Tech. In his first year, the Yellow Jackets went 7-6 (5-3 in the ACC).
15-11-1, FSU
FSU defeated Georgia Tech 41-16 in the last meeting on Oct. 29, 2022.
Offense:
QB Haynes King (2,842 passing yards, 27 TDs, 737 rushing yards, 10 TDs), RB Jamal Haynes (174 carries, 1,059 yards, 7 TDs), OG Joe Fusile
Defense:
DL Zeek Biggers (40 tackles, 4 TFLs, 1 sack, 1 INT), LB Kyle Efford (81 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT)
Key losses:
S Jaylon King, DL Eddie Kelly,
Key additions:
TE Ryland Goede, TE Jackson Hawes, OL Keylan Rutledge, DL Thomas Gore, DL Jordan van den Berg, DE Romello Height, DB Warren Burrell, DB Syeed Gibbs,
Of course, FSU fans certainly remember Weinke.
Weinke is in his third year as Georgia Tech’s quarterbacks coach, his second year as the Yellow Jackets’ co-offensive coordinator and his first year as Tech’s assistant head coach.
As a player, Weinke won the 2000 Heisman Trophy as a quarterback at FSU and led the Seminoles to a national championship in 1999. He went on to be selected in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft and enjoyed a seven-year career with the Carolina Panthers (2001-06) and San Francisco 49ers (2007)
Georgia Tech was young last season but with great potential.
The Yellow Jackets played in tight ballgames and can open the season with an ACC upset. For the Seminoles, it will be an opportunity to pick up where they left off and make a statement as playoff contenders.
BOLD = ACC
* = Neutral Site
Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.
July 4th is here and it’s time to be patriotic, if only for a day. It’s time to celebrate being an American, proud of our country with all of its faults.
Independence Day marks the beginning – the day in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress. It marks the beginning of freedom with all of its benefits and responsibilities, the beginning of a grand journey.
And it’s a day with important symbols, things like the Pledge of Allegiance, the American flag and the National Anthem.
Last week, I attended a meeting that started, as always, with the Pledge of Allegiance: “… to the flag … and to the republic for which it stands…” We tend to just mouth the words; it’s almost a reflex. Something at the beginning of meetings to get out of the way.
The symbol of the flag, the Star-Spangled Banner, is more substantive. It’s celebrated with statues (the flag planting on Iwo Jima) and paintings (Betsy Ross sewing the flag). Although the history is uncertain, we know that a flag design similar to the one used today was approved by the Continental Congress in 1777.
Today the flag is ubiquitous. It flies on homes, in yards, and on public and private buildings. And it’s apolitical. Both parties embrace it. Jasper Johns made a living painting different versions of it. Today the flag finds its way onto coins, stamps, tee shirts, even tattoos.
Then there’s the National Anthem. It, too, is everywhere. It’s sung before convention openings and sporting events, and it’s played whenever athletes win gold medals. I always expect to see a flyover right after “ … and the land of the free, and the home of the brave.” Unlike the flag, the anthem leaves room for interpretation. My wife always cringes when a vocalist jazzes it up.
The pledge, the flag, the anthem. They’re symbols and they’re important. But there’s more to patriotism than that.
Do woke masses on the left care less about their country than traditionalists on the right? I doubt it. Is the soccer team that disses the National Anthem less patriotic than we old-timers who revere the music? Not really. They just have a different vision of the country. Are the political lefties who want bigger government and more spending less patriotic than those on the right who want smaller government and less debt? Not at all. They just see patriotism in a different way. They pay their taxes and supply soldiers to fight just like the rest of us.
As the economists say, patriotism is fungible.
If you want the old-fashioned version, you should hearken back to the early 1900s when music made Americans proud of their heritage. George M. Cohan, the first “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” was an early practitioner. Few remember the names of his wonderful Broadway shows, but many over a certain age remember his music: “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “Over There,” “Harrigan,” “Forty-five Minutes from Broadway” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag.”
Memories fade. I don’t remember what I had for breakfast today, but I’ll never forget the first time I heard the Cohan lyrics.
“You’re a grand old flag,
“You’re a high-flying flag
“And forever in peace may you wave.
“You’re the emblem of
“The land I love,
“The home of the free and the brave.
“Ev’ry heart beats true
“’neath the red, white and blue,
“Where there’s never a boast or brag.
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
“Keep your eye on the Grand Old Flag.”
Happy Fourth of July!
Dave Trecker is a chemist and retired Pfizer executive living in Florida.
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