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He guided the Dolphins to an 11-5 mark and a first-place finish in the AFC East in 2008 becoming the first coach in NFL history to lead a team to the postseason after a one-win season Sparano posted a 29-32 record in his nearly four seasons with the Dolphins He served as the Oakland Raiders' interim head coach in 2014 after the team fired Dennis Allen "I am at a loss for words with Tony's sudden passing," Vikings general manager Rick Spielman said in a statement "Tony loved the game of football and his players he was a strong man of faith who treasured his family As an organization we will support them in whatever ways we can." The Hennepin (Minn.) County Medical Examiner announced Monday that the cause of death was "arteriosclerotic heart disease." Zimmer offered his condolences over the loss of Sparano a grinder of a worker and had a toughness and fighting spirit that showed in our linemen father and grandfather and a great friend to me This is just sinking in for us but Tony will be sorely missed by all." Sparano was born in West Haven, Connecticut, on Oct. 7, 1961. He was a starting center for the University of New Haven, where he played from 1978-81 and helped the NCAA Division II team achieve its first undefeated season in 1979. He is a member of the New Haven Football Hall of Fame After breaking into the collegiate coaching ranks with his alma mater as an offensive line coach from 1984-87, Sparano spent six seasons at Boston University, where he served as an O-line coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator. He then returned to New Haven in 1994 as the team's head coach, posting a 41-14 record over five seasons before joining the Browns' coaching staff sources informed of the situation told NFL Network's Tom Pelissero Sparano is survived by his wife Jeanette; his sons Tony and Andrew; his daughter The San Francisco 49ers overhauled the roster this offseason at least there seems to be less drama this offseason Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh arose one morning with a clear goal of getting quarterback Justin Herbert into Canton There is a lot of work to be done to realize that dream Former New York Jets and Cleveland Browns receiver Elijah Moore has played with a trove of quarterbacks in his four-year career The Las Vegas Raiders drafted Montana State's Tommy Mellott in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft The plan is to use the rookie in a variety of ways The Baltimore Ravens on Monday released veteran kicker Justin Tucker who currently is the subject of an NFL investigation into allegations of improper conduct during massage therapy sessions Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams finalized terms on a pact that pays the Super Bowl-winning quarterback $44 million for the 2025 season NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Monday NFL.com keeps you up to date with all of the latest league news from around the NFL Visit NFL.com's transaction hub for a daily breakdown Julian Edelman's place in Patriots history will be officially immortalized in 2025 The longtime New England receiver has been voted into the Patriots' Hall of Fame by fans as its 37th inductee Cleveland Browns linebacker Devin Bush was arrested Sunday on simple assault and harassment charges in Pennsylvania The 26-year old was arrested in Bell Acres in Allegheny County Seattle Seahawks third-round quarterback Jalen Milroe entered the NFL with an enticing athletic profile but lingering questions about his accuracy as a passer It's something the rookie is already out to correct The Baltimore Ravens drafted kicker Tyler Loop in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft Longtime kicker Justin Tucker is under investigation for potential improper conduct The Los Angeles Rams remain one of the potential landing spots for star corner Jalen Ramsey Rams head coach Sean McVay didn't downplay the club's interest in a reunion Nina Sparano is a senior reporter on NBC26 Nina has more than 10 years of experience behind the anchor desk and most recently as a reporter in Denver Nina grew up in the Cleveland suburb of Solon Ohio and graduated with a degree in Broadcast Communications from the University of Toledo Her first job was as a morning anchor and at KPAX-TV in Missoula then on to anchoring weekends at KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs where she was quickly promoted to anchoring weekday evening newscasts Nina was the technology reporter and fill-in anchor at KDVR and later as a reporter for the greater Denver area as well as northern Colorado for KCNC-TV in Denver Throughout her years in the business Nina has covered some of the nation’s most gripping stories from school and church shootings to wildfires and the one-thousand year flood that devastated much of northern Along the way Nina has taken home multiple awards for spot news In 2014 Nina took a step back from news to raise her two young children and along the way moved her family to Northern Colorado Nina says she feels honored to be welcomed back into television news community and has finally found her home here at NBC26 and northeastern Wisconsin spend time with her husband and two young girls hanging out with friends and squeezing in a boot-camp class at the YMCA whenever possible says his election for the League shows far right party has no problem with ‘legal migration’ Italy’s first black senator has said his election for the League has proved that the far-right party whose anti-immigrant rhetoric helped it to its best ever result on Sunday Campaigning under the party slogan “stop the invasion” a 62-year-old businessman originally from Nigeria a small town in the Lombardy province of Bergamo as the party took almost 18% of the vote nationwide “It’s an incredible honour for me to be Italy’s first black senator,” he told the Guardian He shared success in the region with his party colleague Attilio Fontana who at the start of the election campaign said Italy’s migrant influx threatened to wipe out “our white race” came to Italy in the late 1970s to study in Perugia where he said he found the two loves of his life: his Italian wife and the League He became a councillor for the party in 1995 argues that people should travel to Italy legally My party is fighting to restore legal immigration.” The League was the strongest force within a three-party rightwing coalition that won most of the votes in the elections but fell short of the 40% majority required to govern Horse-trading between parties is now under way to come up with a coalition government Iwobi has played an instrumental role in driving the League’s success having helped to create some of the party’s key policies since being appointed by its leader as head of its immigration and security committee in 2015 Party goals include making it easier to deport migrants deemed to be in the country illegally refusing to accept those without documents arriving on charity rescue ships and developing EU-wide economic aid projects with countries of origin to stop people coming “Salvini appointing me as the head of immigration shows that he knows exactly what he is doing,” he said Matteo Salvini has called for a ‘mass cleaning’ to rid Italy of people in the country illegally Photograph: Simona Chioccia/IPA/Rex/ShutterstockLike Salvini who has called for a “mass cleaning” to rid Italy of people in the country illegally Iwobi takes aim at the 600,000 people who have landed on its southern shores within the last four years The highest number of asylum requests in Italy come from Nigerians “Anybody running away from a country because of conflict and war has to be hosted,” said Iwobi “But anybody leaving their country for the wrong reason and travelling to others in the wrong way has to be stopped Immigration shouldn’t cost thousands of lives at sea and neither should it cost a cent to the host country,” he said “I want to stress that the League isn’t against immigration as such – nobody in this world can stop people moving Iwobi’s views contradict those of Cécile Kyenge who became Italy’s first black minister in the chamber of deputies in 2013 and later served as integration minister in Enrico Letta’s government Kyenge suffered high-profile racist attacks during the brief tenure including having bananas thrown at her and being likened to an orangutan by a League senator Iwobi criticised her policies on migrant reception saying at the time that “we should help them at home” He also opposed a law drafted by Kyenge that would have granted an earlier path to citizenship for children born in Italy to foreign parents But he insisted the party was not racist and urged foreigners worried about the recent spate of racist attacks to “stay calm” “Our policies are intended to bring peace and order to the nation,” he said.