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Miami, FL
MAC Football: 2024 Coaches Poll Predicts Miami RedHawks To Win League Title
This week as the Mid-American Conference held the league’s annual media day in Detroit, the results of the 2024 Coaches Poll were also released.
While coaches were not permitted to vote for themselves, 75% of the league’s head coaches indicated that the Miami RedHawks are the favorite both to finish the regular season atop the conference standings, and to win the league’s championship game.
The full results of the poll are below with first-place votes in parentheses.
2024 Conference USA Football Media Poll Released
Chuck Martin’s Miami team finished the 2023 season with an 11-3 overall record, defeating the Toledo Rockets in the MAC championship game by a final score of 23-14. They finished the final stretch of the season without starting quarterback Brett Gabbert, who suffered a season endng leg injury in the October 21 regular season matchup against Toledo. Gabbert is expected to return to the starting role this season.
Toledo, who won the 2022 conference title in addition to appearing in the 2023 title game, were the only other squad to receive any first-place votes.
The MAC season will officially kick off on August 29. The 2024 MAC Football Championship game will be held on Saturday, December 7 between the top two teams in the league standings at the end of the regular season. That bout will be broadcast on ESPN.
Miami, FL
Girl, 12, shot while sitting in parked car in northwest Miami-Dade, deputies say
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the arm after gunfire erupted in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded just before 1 a.m. to the area of Northwest 64th Street and Northwest 21st Avenue in the county’s Gladeview area, where they found three vehicles struck by gunfire, including a silver Hyundai.
“The car was parked outside of the residence. It was occupied by three juveniles, so it was the girl and her two siblings that were in the vehicle. The mom was outside of the vehicle at the time, so this could have been a very different outcome,” MDSO Detective Samantha Choon said.
Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the girl to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
A family member of the victim told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the girl is now home and doing OK.
They said neither her siblings nor their mother was injured in the shooting.
According to investigators, no arrests have been made, and detectives have not released any suspect information at this time.
Neighbor Marie Grimes said she was shaken after hearing multiple gunshots.
“I heard the booms — boom, boom, boom, boom — and I said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happening?’” she said. “Maybe five or six, ’cause look at that right there. I’m just glad the little girl is OK.”
Investigators asked neighbors to check their surveillance or Ring camera footage from around 1 a.m. and contact authorities with any information.
Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Anonymous tips are accepted.
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Miami, FL
South Florida mother arrested for leaving daughter chained to fence, police say
Miami, FL
3 hurt in fire on Lincoln Road that started underground
Three people were hurt after a building caught fire on Lincoln Road on Sunday, according to authorities.
The Miami Beach Fire Department said it was working a fire near 230 Lincoln Road.
The flames had spread from a fire in a manhole that “ignited an FPL vault of an adjacent building,” officials said.
Three people were taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries.
The building was evacuated, and FPL has shut off power to the surrounding area, the fire department said.
Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Collins Avenue between 16th and 17th streets while crews worked the scene.
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