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Miami Dolphins clinch playoff berth in dramatic fashion: CBS Miami’s Steve Goldstein on what’s next
MIAMI — It took a gutsy, hard-nosed effort, but the Dolphins got the job done, beating Dallas 22-20 to reach the NFL playoffs Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.
The game featured kicker Jason Sanders’ five field goals, the offense functioning with many depth players and a nasty defense that mostly kept the Cowboys under wraps. This Christmas Eve classic will be remembered for a very long time.
What Now?
The Dolphins are 11-4 and at worst will have the number 5 seed. The magic number to win the AFC East is one. Any combination of a Buffalo loss or Dolphins win gives Miami the crown. Buffalo plays New England and then comes to South Florida for the season finale. The Dolphins are playing for the number one seed, which comes with a bye, in Baltimore. If the Ravens and Bills both win, the division will be decided in the regular season finale in two weeks.
Offense Steps Up
After Dallas took the lead late, Tua Tagovailoa led the game winning drive. Playing with one starting offensive lineman, Terron Armstead, and without Raheem Mostert and Jaylen Waddle, the offense came through to set up the gane winning kick Jeff Wilson stepped in and gained the tough, necessary yards. Tyreek Hill made a big play on 3rd and 3 to allow the Dolphins to keep winding down the clock. And big-time work by Kendall Lamm, who played every small at right tackle for injured Austin Jackson. Lamm has been this team’s unsung hero this season.
Quality Win
After losing to Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Kansas City, the Dolphins heard it all from all over the sports world. Miami couldn’t beat a top team. That can no longer be said after the win against 10-4 Dallas.
Sanders Stars
Jason Sanders had struggled making long field goals of late. He remained confident, and the Dolphins were steadfast in their belief of him. Sanders nailed three kicks from 50 yards plus and added two more, including the game winner in the final seconds for a perfect 5 for 5 game when the team needed it most.
Chubb Keeps Churning
Bradley Chubb is having one of the best seasons by a Dolphins defensive player in decades. With another sack and a half three quarterback hits and a tackle for loss, Chubb is having an impact season. Teams The rest of the way are going to have to account for him on all plays.
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Memo sheds light on events leading to North Miami city manager’s firing
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – Following a 3-1 termination vote Tuesday night, it’s still unclear why a group of North Miami city councilmembers voted to fire City Manager Rasha Cameau. But Local 10 News has obtained a memo from the now-ousted top administrator that sheds light on her forced departure.
Residents packed Tuesday night’s special city council meeting in an attempt to save Cameau’s job. They credit her with cleaning house and turning the city around.
“You run (the city) like a banana republic,” resident Mary Brown told councilmembers.
Vice Mayor Mary Estimé-Irvin and councilmembers Pierre Frantz Charles and Kassandra Timothe were the deciding votes. Longtime Councilman Scott Galvin voted against firing Cameau.
Mayor Alix Desulme, who wasn’t present at the meeting, had previously expressed opposition to firing Cameau, calling the passage of a motion to consider her firing in April a “sad day” for the city.
Residents booed the council following the vote.
None of the councilmembers have elaborated on why they wanted Cameau out.
Residents point to Cameau declining councilmembers’ requests for unbudgeted money to spend, including for a festival, as she righted the city’s financial decline.
Local 10 News has learned that Cameau, seeing the writing on the wall, memorialized the signs in a memo, in which she described herself as “busy putting out fires.”
The memo is titled “Re: Events That Led Up to My Termination.”
She documented efforts to hold the public works director accountable for failures with a multi-million dollar water project, only to have councilmembers backdoor her to spare him, violating the city charter.
They got outsiders to intervene: one of them was a longtime city lobbyist who claimed people thought her actions were racially-motivated.
She wrote that she was told that “the word on the street is that I am firing Haitians and replacing them with ‘blans,’” the Creole term for non-Haitians.
Cameau is a Haitian-American.
Read the memo:
The council appointed Anna-Bo Emmanuel as interim city manager.
That raised even more questions. If councilmembers collaborated behind the scenes, it would violate Florida’s Sunshine Laws.
Following Tuesday night’s vote, Cameau told local media outlets, “I’ve been a public servant for over 20 years and I will be there to serve the public again.”
Cameau is expected to request a public hearing on her termination, which she is entitled to.
Residents are discussing recalls of the councilmembers, as well as lawsuits.
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Bottas hopes Miami ‘an outlier’ for Kick Sauber
Kick Sauber drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were left to rue challenging weekends at the Miami Grand Prix as their quest to score a first point of the season rumbled on.
With the Sprint format in play, Bottas and Zhou both suffered successive SQ1 and Q1 exits around the Miami International Autodrome – the Chinese racer slowest of all during qualifying for the Grand Prix.
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In the Grand Prix itself, the pair were unable to make an impression on the points-paying positions, with Bottas taking a risk by starting on softs and Zhou by finishing on them following a mid-race Safety Car.
Reflecting on setting off and finishing in 16th, Bottas said: “Of course, the starting position wasn’t the best, so I think it was good to try something different. Then, honestly, with that strategy, the timing of the Safety Car was the worst possible.
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