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How do I make new friends in Miami? Share your best tips on connecting with the community

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Miami, as full of life a metropolis as it’s, generally is a lonely place.
Even earlier than the pandemic, many people have struggled to make in-person connections, that are crucial for our sense of belonging — and even for our psychological well being. In any respect phases of life, there are occasions when we have to escape of our consolation zone and meet new folks. Whether or not it’s beginning over in a brand new job, getting over a break-up or dropping a cherished one, group is vital — and within the age on social media, person-to-person connections might be tough to navigate.
Upfront of 10 Days of Connection — created in 2017 to assist foster acts of kindness, empathy-building workouts and different group constructing occasions — the Miami Herald Editorial Board is making a crowd-sourced useful resource information to assist residents make connections to at least one one other in Miami. We’re calling on readers to share their finest tips about the right way to meet new folks. It’s a seemingly easy process, however many people wrestle to take step one. The purpose of the useful resource information is to assist us escape of our silos and meet others who aren’t like us.
Contributing is straightforward. Fill out the shape beneath and be sure you give us a approach to join with you. We’ll publish a few of our favourite suggestions in a useful resource information, which can be showcased and distributed at a wellness occasion in partnership with the YWCA. You may register for that occasion right here.

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NASCAR qualifying results: Starting lineup set for Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami

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The guys introduce Josh Berry after his Vegas win, look at the standings and preview the Homestead-Miami race. Plus, a Richard Petty show-and-tell?
Twice in the last five years, the Homestead pole sitter has won on Sunday.
Five years ago, Denny Hamlin won the pole by draw and then won the race, but a year ago, Tyler Reddick won it on the track and then pulled off a great last lap charge to blow by Ryan Blaney and win the race.
So, sometimes starting up is a big deal. Other times, not so much.
This time, Alex Bowman will attempt to win it after starting first.
Here is the full lineup for Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400.
NASCAR qualifying is over, lineup set for Sunday
- Alex Bowman, No. 48
- Josh Berry, No. 21
- Noah Gragson, No. 4
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19
- William Byron, No. 24
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12
- John-Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
- Austin Cindric, No. 2
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
- Chris Buescher, No. 17
- Joey Logano, No. 22
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54
- Kyle Larson, No. 5
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77
- Christopher Bell, No. 20
- Zane Smith, No. 38
- Chase Elliott, No. 9
- Riley Herbst, No. 35
- Justin Haley, No. 7
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45
- Kyle Busch, No. 8
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11
- Cole Custer, No. 41
- Ross Chastain, No. 1
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
- Michael McDowell, No. 71
- Erik Jones, No. 43
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34
- Austin Dillon, No. 3
- Ryan Preece, No. 6
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99
- Ty Dillon, No. 10
- Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88
- Cody Ware, No. 51
- JJ Yeley, No. 44
How to watch Xfinity, Cup races from Homestead-Miami
Saturday, 4 p.m.: Xfinity Series, Hard Rock Bet 300 (CW).
Sunday, 3 p.m.: Cup Series, Straight Talk Wireless 400 (FS1).
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NASCAR Saturday schedule at Homestead-Miami Speedway
NASCAR’s Xfinity and Cup Series will be on track for most of Saturday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Xfinity practice will begin at 10:35 a.m. and be immediately followed by qualifying for the 200-lap race at 4 p.m. Austin Hill is the defending winner of the most recent Xfinity race at Homestead last Oct. 26.
Greyson Anthony Bonsignore was born in a McDonald’s parking lot on Feb. 28.
Cup practice will begin at 1:10 p.m. ET and lead into qualifying at 2:10 p.m. to set the field for Sunday’s 400-lap race.
Homestead-Miami Speedway schedule
(All Times Eastern)
Saturday, March 22
Garage open
- 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. — Cup Series
- 9 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series
Track activity
- 10:35 – 11:30 a.m. — Xfinity practice (CW app)
- 11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW app)
- 1:05 p.m. – 2 p.m. — Cup practice (Prime, MRN)
- 2:10 p.m. – 3 p.m. — Cup qualifying (Prime, MRN)
- 4 p.m. — Xfinity race (200 laps, 300 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 90; CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Weather
Saturday: Sunny with a high of 81 degrees and light winds. It’s expected to be 79 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.
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Miami Open 2025 results: Novak Djokovic into third round with straight-set win

However, in his first match in Miami since 2019, the 37-year-old showed no signs of being distracted as Hijikata was swiftly swatted aside.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion broke in the second game of the match and never looked back, winning the first set to love in 28 minutes.
It was more of a contest in the second, but Djokovic dominated in the tie-break to move a step closer to a seventh Miami Open title.
“I was playing really well, I mean on a very high level from the beginning, I knew exactly what I wanted to do tactically,” he said.
“Obviously it’s just the first match but the way I felt on the court and the way I played is really encouraging.”
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