Miami, FL
Miami Dolphins star Jaylen Waddle inspires children to save and smile
MIAMI – Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Jaylen Waddle made a surprise trip to a local Boys and Girls Club in Fort Lauderdale.
Kids were in awe at seeing Waddle walk into the gym and erupted with cheers.
“It was great,” shared an excited child. “I’ve never seen him in real life.”
Waddle, the Dolphins, and Truist teamed up for a Day of Care spotlighting its “Beyond The Field” campaign, partnering with the Boys and Girls Club of Broward County.
Children of all ages could ask Waddle questions and receive a cool Dolphin backpack. But that’s not all!
The fun moved to the classroom, where Waddle partnered with Truist to teach kids the importance of saving money.
“You should save money for the future because if you need it, you have it,” shared 10-year-old Jeremy.
“Planting the seeds with some of these elementary school kids,” said Michael Lepera, Regional President- Trust. “But you know, as they grow older and you continue that, that momentum.”
“I wish I had that growing up,” shared Waddle. “We never really went over financial literacy. To introduce that to them at a young age is key, and, in my opinion, will help them in the long run.”
And so will this experience for Waddle, as we showed him our videos of the kid’s genuine joy.
CBS News Miami asked Waddle, “In your wildest dreams, did you ever imagine being able to have this type of impact on young people?”
“No, especially not playing a football game. It’s a kids’ game we get to play week in and week out. To go out and give back and spend some time with them, the kids of the community I play in, it’s great. And knowing that they had a good experience with me makes it more special,” said Waddle.
Some kids ended their day by helping Waddle paint a remarkable mural by the Northeast entrance tunnel to the stadium.
Waddle truly enjoyed his time interacting with the kids. He also said that with the season around the corner, the Dolphins are working hard to give the South Florida community a great season!
The Cleveland Browns traded for an extended right tackle, former Houston Texan Tytus Howard, at the start of free agency as they began their rebuild of the offensive line that was awful in 2025. But Howard has played every position on the offensive line except for center, so if it’s all about getting your best five on the field, which it should be, there’s a chance Howard doesn’t play at right tackle in 2026.
While doing a mock draft on Peter Schrager’s podcast, former Tennessee Titans general manager Ran Carthon had the Browns drafting Miami (FL) right tackle sixth overall. He talked about the issue with Howard, but said Mauigoa could either take over the tackle spot or be a really good guard.
Carthon said he knows that Mauigoa would be one of their best five, whether it is at guard or tackle. Some will say that a guy who may be best at guard isn’t worth the sixth overall pick, and I have to disagree. You should draft the best football players, and Francis Mauigoa is my highest-rated offensive lineman and seventh overall. It might be at guard, but I have a good feeling that Mauigoa will find a home in the NFL as a high-quality offensive lineman.
Inventory of homes and condos across the coastal Miami mainland and Miami Beach and the barrier island markets fell in the first quarter, marking the first big inventory drops since 2023.
The Corcoran Group’s first quarter reports don’t cover all of Miami-Dade County, but they offer insight into how the coastal markets, which have a higher share of luxury properties, are performing.
In Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Surfside, Miami Beach, Fisher Island and Key Biscayne, single-family home inventory dropped 15 percent annually to 398 listings, and condo inventory was down 13 percent to 3,919 listings.
On Miami’s coastal mainland markets, which include Aventura, Miami Shores, Upper East Side, Edgewater, downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove, inventory slipped 4 percent to 4,584 condo listings and 555 single-family listings, down 6 percent year-over-year.
Here’s a closer look at the market:
Miami Beach and the barrier islands
Single-family sales rose 13 percent year-over-year to 85 closings, the first time they have increased since the second quarter of 2024. Condo closings rose 15 percent to 693 closings, the first increase since the last quarter of 2024.
Pricing dropped, with the median price of single-family homes down 4 percent to $3.5 million and the median condo price down 9 percent to $640,000. The average price per square foot was nearly flat at $1,119.
Still, buyers set records with their purchases. Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg paid $170 million for the waterfront mansion at 7 Indian Creek Island Road, and Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz paid $44 million, or $7,949 per square foot, for a penthouse at the Four Seasons Residences at The Surf Club.
Coastal mainland
Sales of single-family homes on the coastal mainland rose 16 percent to 220 closings. While markets like Coral Gables experienced declines in condo and single-family home sales, Coconut Grove home sales surged — up over 100 percent for single-family homes to 47 closings and up 55 percent to 87 condo closings. Condo sales rose 13 percent to 759 closings.
The median price of single-family homes across the coastal mainland rose 11 percent to just over $2 million. The median price of condos increased slightly, up 1 percent, to $602,000.
The priciest deals in the first quarter were the $32 million trade of 12 Tahiti Beach Island Road in Coral Gables, and the $19.8 million sale of a penthouse at Vita at Grove Isle.
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