Its time to take at whats coming to Netflix in the United States throughout February 2020. Weve got the big and only ongoing list on the internet of whats coming to Netflix throughout the month.

February is usually a much quieter month for new Netflix releases than others which usually comes down to just the general time of year and the fact it traditionally has fewer days of the month.

In terms of what you can expect from Netflix, as its approaching valentines day youll be able to see a few new romantic movies the service is making headlined by the likes of To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You. You can see an extended list of the Netflix Originals coming in February 2020 here.

Note: weve now received a bigger list of whats coming to Netflix in February as always more will be announced. (full list for January). Well keep this post updated throughout January and February reflecting any newly announced titles for the two months.

Update: 48 titles were added in total to Netflix on February 1st. Full list here.

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If you go back through the past five trade deadlines and peruse the moves made by Stanley Cup-winning sides, one thing stands out: the big budget, headline-making, splashy moves are the exception, not the rule.

Last season, for instance, the St. Louis Blues made one acquisition at the deadline, landing rearguard Michael Del Zotto from the Anaheim Ducks for a sixth-round selection. He played in seven games for the Blues, all in the regular season, and didnt see a second of playoff action. The year prior, the Washington Capitals big deadline transaction was picking up Michal Kempny from the Chicago Blackhawks. As it turned out, that was a stroke of genius. And the deadline acquisitions by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the two campaigns prior and the Blackhawks before them included the likes Mark Streit, Frank Corrado, Ron Hainsey, Andrew Desjardins and Kimmo Timonen. Not exactly the biggest names.

In fact, the only major waves any of those Stanley Cup winners made in the past five seasons by Stanley Cup-winning teams were the Penguins three-way swap with the Ottawa Senators and Vegas Golden Knights that sent Derick Brassard to Pittsburgh ahead of the 2018 deadline. That came three seasons after Chicagos Antoine Vermette trade with the Arizona Coyotes. But in both instances, those were secondary pieces that supplemented the already-established top stars.

So, ahead of this deadline, its worth remembering that the best additions might not be the big guns, but rather the role-players and pluggers who can cement themselves as key pieces of the bottom six. And given more than half the leagues teams have projected cap space below $1.5 million according to CapFriendly, the contending clubs looking to add those types of players will likely have to do so with the spending limit in mind. That could make these 10 skaters prime trade candidates and sneaky-good additions come deadline day:

Derek Grant, C, Anaheim Ducks $700,000 AAVGrant, 29, has skated with six clubs across his seven seasons in the NHL, which speaks to two things: a number of teams see him as a useful piece and he has enough versatility to fit into just about any lineup. Like a number of players on this list, Grant isnt going to make or break any organizations post-season run, but what he will do is provide reliability in depth minutes and solidify a fourth-line with a legitimate big-league skater. Some teams want to entrust those minutes to veteran skaters and veteran skaters only. Grant can be that guy.

Brian Boyle, C, Florida Panthers $940,000 AAVAny selling the Panthers do ahead of the trade freeze, especially of role players such as Boyle, will be contingent on their spot in the standings come deadline day. If GM Dale Tallon does decide to move out some veteran pieces, however, Boyle, 35, should be at the top of the list for any club that wants to add some size and scoring to its fourth line. Its not as though Boyle is going to be a bank-breaker in either the cap or cost-of-acquisition sense, and his penalty killing acumen, strength in the faceoff circle and mild offensive ability are attributes contending teams will covet at the deadline.

Joakim Ryan, D, Los Angeles Kings $725,000 AAVIts a bit telling about the situation in Los Angeles that Ryan, who was pegged as a third-pairing blueliner, is averaging upwards of 19 minutes per game with the Kings. Any team that acquires the 26-year-old wont be looking to utilize him in the same way, though. Much more likely is that he reverts to his prior playing time with the San Jose Sharks, which is to say around the 14-minute mark at most. What might entice teams about Ryan is that hes got experience being part of a deep post-season run. He skated in 20 playoff games with the Sharks last season as a bottom-pairing rearguard. Never hurts to have another player whos been there and seen the late rounds of the playoffs.

Brad Hunt, D, Minnesota Wild $700,000 AAVHunt is the only player on this list with a contract that does not expire at seasons end, but the cap hit is so minimal as to almost be negligible moving forward. He has a league-minimum salary and hes producing enough offensively that he should be on the short list of any club who needs a boost their power play. Hunt, 31, is a late-bloomer, but he can quarterback the second special teams unit and blast away when he tees one up. Of 51 defensemen with at least 100 minutes on the power play, Hunt ranks 21st with 4.96 points per 60 minutes. Thats better than the rates possessed by Zach Werenski, Erik Karlsson, Jacob Trouba, Kris Letang and Morgan Rielly.

Nate Thompson, C, Montreal Canadiens $1,000,000 AAVThompson is cut from the same cloth as Boyle, the difference being that the potential for the former to be available is much higher than it is for the latter. At roughly the same price in terms of assets needed to pry the players from their clubs and cap hit, any team that misses out on Boyle will probably then look to swing around to Thompson and vice-versa. Any team acquiring Thompson, 35, is going to want to stash him on the fourth line and use him in own-zone, must-win faceoff type situations. His 55.2 faceoff-winning percentage is tied for 12th-best in the NHL among players whove taken at least 600 draws.

Rocco Grimaldi, RW, Nashville Predators $1,000,000 AAVGrimaldi was an inspiring success story last season, an experienced AHL hand who finally managed to crack an NHL roster and convince the higher-ups he belonged. The 27-year-old has proven the Predators faith in him right, too, with a nine-goal, 26-point output in 52 games that is double what he posted in 53 outings last season. That has only set up for Nashville to potentially move Grimaldi along should the Predators stumble out of the race in the next week-plus, though. Teams will be intrigued by his skill and ability to chip in with limited ice time. Hes worth kicking the tires on.

Dylan DeMelo, D, Ottawa Senators $900,000 AAVIt would not be shocking in the least if the Senators were to cling to DeMelo through the deadline, as the 26-year-old defender has consistently skated top-four minutes and could be one of the key defensive cogs for the next few seasons. That said, hes got the perfect price tag for teams that need to add on a budget and he can be slotted into a top-four and flourish. Thats remarkable value given the price. The only drawback is that DeMelo might be the most expensive acquisition, in terms of assets traded away, on this list.

Tyler Ennis, RW, Ottawa Senators $800,000 AAVAfter spending his early and prime years as a decent middle-six scorer with the Buffalo Sabres, Ennis, 30, has been a journeyman bottom-six hand across the past few campaigns. And though hes found himself a nice spot with the Senators this season, his production he has 13 goals and 30 points in 56 games, which is a 19-goal, 44-point pace paired with his price tag makes him a prime secondary scoring option for the clubs that need to add on a budget. Ennis wont be a game changer, but hes shifty and he can create. If nothing else, hes a bottom-six piece for a contending club who can chip in a point or two.

Patrick Marleau, LW, San Jose Sharks$700,000When he signed his one-year, $700,000 pact with the Sharks, the expectation was Marleau would get one last hurrah in the NHL and the chance to win a Stanley Cup in San Jose. The former held true. The latter? Not so much. With the Sharks so far out of the post-season race, the reality is Marleaus only real use in San Jose right now is as trade bait. Hes not the player he once was, but the 40-year-old has 10 goals and 20 points this season and can still skate the game. Without question, Sharks GM Doug Wilson will leave the decision to stay or go to Marleau, but if he wants to chase a championship before he calls it a career, this deadline is likely his last opportunity to play for a contender.

Radim Simek, D, San Jose Sharks $675,000 AAVUnderstanding full well how ridiculous this sounds, Simek, 27, has been something of a crucial player for the Sharks since he arrived last season, if only because his presence allowed for San Jose to optimize their defensive pairings. It turns out that hes a fairly decent depth defenseman, too. Hes not going to wow anyone, but he can contribute offensively from time to time, move the puck and play the stay-at-home role for a more fluid puck-moving partner. But really, the thing with Simek is that you cant beat the price. Hes earning less than a league-minimum deal this season and can be that final budget addition for a team looking to really round out its defense corps.

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ByMichael Hurley, CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) In the wake of sign-stealing findings and accusations about the 2017 Astros and 2018 Red Sox, some folks in Los Angeles wanted Major League Baseball to retroactively award those World Series titles to the Dodgers. Those folks wereslightlymisguided.

Now, in the wake of the Dodgers landing Mookie Betts and David Price, some folks want toproactively award the 2020 World Series title to the Dodgers. They may be equally off the mark.

To be sure, Mookie is pretty much universally known as the second-best player in the sport. There is simply no doubting his skills and abilities. Hes won four straight Gold Glove Awards, hes been a Silver Slugger winner in three of the last four years, he has an MVP Award and an MVP runner-up to his name, and hes legitimately on a Hall of Fame track as he enters his age 27 season.

Adding Mookie makes a baseball team better. Duh.

Stillllll, the immediate reaction to Tuesday nights deal may have included some people going a little overboard.

For example:

Thats strong.

The story itself was more tempered than the promotional tweet (thus making it a very successful promotional tweet for a story), but it did end with a picture of the World Series-champion Dodgers visiting the White House:

In time, the storyline may turn to whether the Dodgers plan to visit the White House depending on whos in office.

That is, of course, is a debate for another day.

For now, the Dodgers are back to being the kings of the National League, at least on paper.

See you in October.

That wasnt the only such story, of course.

From the LA Times, its already late October.

From the story:

Man, did they ever jump, leaping all the way from February to deep in October.

More important than all that, in Betts they may have finally found their missing championship piece.

It might seem as if theyve made this type of blockbuster addition before, but this time it feels different. This impact feels enormous. This hope feels real.

This is not the 2017 midseason trade for the pressure-racked Yu Darvish. Betts has a championship ring after homering against Clayton Kershaw in the clinching Game 5 of the 2018 World Series.

Mookie Betts, after all, was acquired to be more than just their new leadoff hitter and right fielder.

He has come to be their closer.

Optimistic, and rightfully so. But still slightly presumptuous.

Joel Shermans New York Post headline blares: Dodgers brilliant Mookie Betts trade puts them on Yankees collision course.

From the story:

So if you are doing winners and losers this offseason, think about Fox Sports, which might just get the first Yankees-Dodgers World Series since 1981.

That story, too, was tempered with long way to go before that happens language, but the thoughts in early February were very clearly already on late October.

And while Betts is a tremendous player, and while Price is sometimes (but not always) a tremendous pitcher, this is all understandable.

Still, it might all be a little premature.

While there will be no stories out of Boston trying to earnestly dampen excitement in L.A. after this particular blockbuster deal (I did absolutely nail that one, though), there are some matters worth mentioning.

Like, for instance, the playoff resumes of both Betts and Price.

Certainly, regular-season success has not been an issue for the Dodgers in recent years, as theyve averaged 101 wins over the past three years. Theyve made the playoffs for seven straight years, theyve reached the World Series twice, and theyve reached the NLCS twice more.

The issue has been finishing the job.

On that Betts and Price may not be the men for the job.

First, Mookie: Hes played 21 postseason games, with 99 plate appearances. He owns a .227 batting average and .654 OPS, a significant drop from his career regular-season marks of .301 and .893.

In the playoffs, Betts has struck out in over 17 percent of his plate appearances, compared to under 13 percent of his regular-season plate appearances. His OBP in the regular season? Its .374. In the playoffs, its .313.

In the 2018 ALDS, Betts ranked eighth among Red Sox regulars in OPS.

In the ALCS, he ranked seventh. In the World Series, he ranked seventh again.

In the playoffs overall, among Red Sox with at least 25 at-bats, he ranked ninth in batting average, eighth in OBP, and eighth in OPS. He had the ninth-most RBIs on the team, and his 12 strikeouts were fourth-most on the Red Sox.

In 2018, Betts best season for which he won an MVP, his numbers looked like this:

Reg. Season: .346/.438/.640Postseason: .210/.300/.323

Thats significant.

By comparison, Joc Pederson whom the Dodgers traded away on Tuesday night posted a slash line of .205/.262/.385 in that 2018 postseason for L.A.

One of the L.A. writers cited Betts Game 5 home run in Los Angeles as evidence that Betts can help deliver a title. That home run, though, came after Betts had gone 4-for-21 with just one extra-base hit to start the World Series. He had hit .217 with a .584 OPS on just two extra-base hits (both doubles) in the ALCS, and he batted just .188 with a .566 OPS in the ALDS against the Yankees, going 3-for-16 with one double.

Suffice it to say, if the idea is that the Dodgers got Betts to get them over a postseason hump, hes going to need to clear his own playoff bugaboos to complete the job.

On Price, well, that storys been told. He did manage to put forth a tremendous performance late in the 2018 postseason, and he realistically deserved World Series MVP honors. In that World Series against the Dodgers, he allowed just three runs over 13.2 innings, going 2-0, and striking out 10 batters in 13.2 innings. Going back to the ALCS, he finished that playoff run with a 1.73 ERA and a 0.814 WHIP over 19.2 innings. He was nails.

Of course, from the 2010 postseason until the midpoint of the ALCS in 2018, Price went 1-9 in the playoffs with a 5.72 ERA and a 1.311 WHIP. It was aminor issue for a guy who won a Cy Young and had three other top-six Cy Young finishes during that time.

Its possible that something magical clicked within Price during that 2018 season, when he elevated himself to the level he belonged that whole time. But then he made just 22 starts in 2019, posting a 4.28 ERA and a 1.314 WHIP. His unique elbow led to an early IL trip, before a wrist cyst effectively ended his season in August, save for one brief appearance in early September.

After Aug. 1, Price threw a total of 4.2 innings last year. As such, even at a steep discount, his contributions for 2020 and beyond remain a major question mark. So surely, anyone spouting Buehler-Price-Kershaw as a postseason rotation at this moment in time would be jumping a gun or two.

Performing in the postseason brings with it an added weight. Performing in the postseason as a superstar carries even more. Performing in the postseason as a superstar brought in almost exclusively to be the difference-maker in October, just months before becoming a free agent and hopefully landing the richest deal ever written? Well, thats a whole lot of pressure.

None of this is meant to distract from the massive loss for the Red Sox, as teams with deep pockets typically want to keep their home-grown stars throughout the bulk of their primes. Sending Betts away for scrapsandhaving to pay half of Prices bad contract is a loss for the Red Sox no matter which way you slice it.

But isthisthe deal that finally gets the Dodgers over the proverbial hump with regard to bringing home a World Series trophy? Its a question that, despite all of Wednesday mornings optimism, is no closer to being answered than it was 24 hours earlier.

You canemail Michael Hurleyor find him on Twitter@michaelFhurley.

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KNOXVILLE With each game, there are fewer sure things for the Tennessee men's basketball team.

Aside from junior forwards John Fulkerson and Yves Pons, the Volunteers haven't had much to hang their hats on this season.

Sitting at the podium in the media room at Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday after the Vols' 77-64 loss to 15th-ranked Kentucky, that was what coach Rick Barnes basically said.

"It is hard. It's really hard not knowing from night to night," admitted Barnes, whose fifth Tennessee team has had to deal with inconsistency on both the roster and the court on its way to records of 13-10 overall and 5-5 in the Southeastern Conference with eight regular-season games remaining.

Entering the season, one would have expected the duo of senior guards Jordan Bowden and Lamonte Turner to attempt to lead the way for a roster weighted with inexperience and youth. Turner was never right, though, struggling with a shoulder injury before electing to have season-ending surgery. Bowden has struggled with his shot, a surprise for the usually prolific scorer.

Along with a sextet of freshmen who all need a lot of work before they're ready to be counted on as regular contributors, that has made the Vols, not surprisingly, inconsistent. Two of those freshmen guard Santiago Vescovi and center Uros Plavsic were midseason additions to the rotation; another, Josiah-Jordan James, has missed the past three games due to a lower-body injury.

Tennessee's offensive efficiency is ninth in the SEC this season, with its defense slightly above average by ranking in the top half of the 14-team league in every category other than offensive rebounding. The trouble there is a by-product of too many poor attempts at blocking shots, which in turn has put the Vols out of position to get the ball if the attempts fail.

Fulkerson and Pons, the two consistent options for the Vols this season, have set the best standard. Pons leads the SEC in blocked shots per game, and Fulkerson has become the team's most efficient scoring option. The emergence of two players who were largely role players last season is a plus, but others must become factors for Tennessee to succeed.

Essentially, the Vols must quickly develop skills and strategy to counter their current weaknesses, but their effort and confidence aren't lacking.

"I don't think that anyone thinks that we are an easy out," Barnes said Saturday. "I know our guys think that we can win every time we take the court. I know our guys thought that we could win this game today. We do look at the big picture, and we are like a lot of people that are bunched up right there (in the postseason picture). We will see if we can get some (quality wins) down the stretch."

The Vols, despite their struggles, aren't completely out of the running mainly because of what lies ahead.

When it comes to boosting their postseason credentials, they have the chance for as many as seven Quadrant 1 quality victories: home wins against teams that are in the top 30 of the NET rankings, neutral-site wins against top-50 teams and away wins against top-75 teams.

Tennessee has two of those right now the last-second neutral-site victory over Virginia Commonwealth University on Nov. 30 and Tuesday's win at Alabama and six losses against that level of competition. The Vols' NET ranking of 67th shows that while there aren't many good wins on the schedule four against Quads 1 and 2 teams there aren't any bad losses, as they are 9-1 against Quads 3 and 4 opponents.

Aside from Vanderbilt's visit to Knoxville on Feb. 18, every game remaining is against at least a Quad 2 opponent, so while the road ahead seems steep, it's also ripe with opportunities.

That is, if the Vols, who host Arkansas (16-7, 4-6) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, can develop some level of consistency on the court and otherwise.

"We always talk about the big picture," Barnes said. "We start talking about the big picture in November and how important those games are. Our line has always been if you don't think that those games are important, then wait until March. We also understand that this is the month where we play the remainder of the month with top-50 teams. It is a great opportunity for us to do some things down the stretch."

Contact Gene Henley at ghenley@timesfreepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @genehenley3 or at Facebook.com/VolsUpdate.

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Playoff optimism starts with Jacob deGrom, winner of consecutive Cy Young Awards, and Pete Alonso, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year after leading the majors with a rookie-record 53 homers last season. Four prominent pitchers on the staff grew up in the New York metropolitan area: Porcello, Betances, Marcus Stroman and Steven Matz. Porcello, the 2016 AL Cy Young winner, replaces Wheeler in the rotation after he signed with the rival Phillies. If all the starters are healthy, Wacha or Matz could get bumped into a problematic bullpen that appears deeper this year. The 6-foot-8 Betances, a four-time All-Star with the crosstown Yankees, can make a huge difference if healthy shoulder, lat and Achilles tendon injuries limited him to one appearance last year. New York is also counting on bounce-back seasons from closer Edwin Diaz, starter Noah Syndergaard, reliever Jeurys Familia and 37-year-old second baseman Robinson Cano. J.D. Davis and All-Star Jeff McNeil are likely to get work at both third base and left field this spring. Minor leaguer Tim Tebow, the former star quarterback, returns to big league camp as the finishing touches are put on a $57 million renovation of the complex and Mets ownership looks for another buyer. Still, all eyes will be on enigmatic slugger Yoenis Cespedes as he attempts his comeback from a long injury layoff.

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In Palm Beach, the Halls and the Fishers two families distanced by decades found the need to be modern in the same 16th-century styled house in El Bravo Park, The Fishers have carried out an extensive restoration and renovation that honors the homes past while embracing their lifestyle today.

Editors note: This story originally was published in the Spring 2020 issue of Palm Beach Life magazine.

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During the summer of 1929, when Gracia and Charles Hall drove down El Bravo Way, where their new Spanish Renaissance-inspired house was being built, they might have imagined they were on the Camino Real headed for El Dorado. El Bravo Way, after all, was lined with a constellation of homes with red-tiled roofs, wrought-iron balconies and miradors designed by Addison Mizner, Marion Sims Wyeth, and Volk and Maass. The latter firm had, in fact, designed the Halls house.

More than 85 years later, Frances and Jeff Fisher were set to break ground across town on North Lake Way with plans to build a state-of-the-art tropical modern-style home "with everything we ever wanted," Frances recalls.

Having previously completed an extensive restoration of a 1920s Old World design on Clarke Avenue, the Fishers believed they were ready for fresh 21st-century living.

And then, Frances recalls, her businessman husband said something about their in-the-works house that took her aback: "Theres only one problem. Somethings missing. Its the thing you love most and thats history."

She adds: "He was right. After dinner at Ta-boo, we rode over to El Bravo Way to this classic Spanish house on the corner. Wed been there for parties and knew it might soon become available," Frances explained.

Months of patience and persistence followed before the house was theirs. And by the time the Fishers finished a comprehensive restoration led by architect Clemens Bruns Schaub, they had not only revived the homes rich architectural legacy but adapted the villa to modern living.

Windows and loggias looked onto award-winning gardens by Jorge Sanchez of SMI Landscape Architecture. The result is a historic house in a timeless setting as modern as any contemporary home they might have built.

"The Fishers wanted something historically true yet functional for their family. Also, they were concerned that all inappropriate additions and details be removed," says Schaub. "We wanted it to look like the original architects had renovated it."

Sanchez had worked with the Fishers on previous projects. "For this one, Mrs. Fisher told us one of her favorite places was the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. We translated the courtyard concept and applied it to the center garden," Sanchez explains.

Having a lifetimes regard for historys relevance, Frances who serves as the chairwoman of the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens board of trustees set out to document the house and the lives of its first owners.

"The as-built Volk and Maass-designed plans and specs from the John L. Volk Archive proved invaluable. Also, my friend Allison Haft is related to the original owner and provided me with numerous 1920s and 1930s photographs taken of the house and the family," Frances says

"As masterful and precise as Clem Schaub and Jorge Sanchez were in creating the setting we wanted, Allies family photos allowed us to more closely reinstate lost elements and those subject to untimely or insensitive alterations. The drawings and the photos became the bible for the restoration."

Past lives

From those materials, she discovered more about the couple who had commissioned the house. Gracia Andrews Leath married Charles Hall, a Midwest industrialist, following the death of her first husband Arthur Leath, founder and president of a large Midwest furniture company. A year before the newly married Halls bought their lot in the El Bravo Park subdivision, Hall, whose company manufactured automobile headlights and accessories, had been a houseguest across the street at the Frank Cragin house, also designed by Volk and Maass.

Settling into the social whirl, the newlyweds reveled for several seasons of RSVPs and golf rounds, primarily with the Detroit-and-Chicago set, before the couple split in 1936.

Gracia, with her two daughters, kept the Palm Beach house. Six years later, she sold it to Edmund L. Goodman, who opened Finchleys, a popular haberdashery with an English bar at the Hutton Building on Phipps Plaza in Midtown.

In 1953, the house was sold to Rhode Islander Robert Shepard, who installed an elevator from the family-owned department store in Providence. Shepards father was John Shepard Jr., a former mayor of Palm Beach. His equally civic-minded son and his wife opened the El Bravo Way house for several seasons to benefit The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Seas house and garden tours.

Then and now

"The architecture," observes Schaub, "reflects a Spaniard who has traveled."

Among the houses original features, an elaborate rose-veined quarry Keystone frontispiece is set apart from the faade wall, adding an uncommon rectilinear dimensional element. Windows piercing the faade on the second floor have wrought-iron balcony railings. The 46-foot-high mirador recalls hilltop 16th-century Andalusian fortresses, while the arcaded loggia serves both as an entertainment area and a passageway to link the gardens to the living areas.

"For us, the houses faade was a major attraction," Frances says. "It was important to maintain the definitive Spanish architectural integrity, connecting it to the other El Bravo Way houses, as well as perhaps 16th-century Salamanca that might have inspired the design."

Although subsequent owners made changes to the house and the patio, including removing many of the original Mizner tiles, its as-built faade and cruciform floor plan remained intact. When the town landmarked the property in 1989, historian Dr. Donald Curl described it as "a first-rate house on an important street."

The Fishers house was one of the last Spanish-style boom-time mansions to be built before the Great Depression ushered in the smaller houses of the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the earlier eras Italian and Spanish houses had been damaged and rebuilt following the brutal hurricane of 1928, losing some of their initial luster in the process. Like its neighbors, the houses structural soundness and design integrity helped set El Bravo Park apart from the towns other subdivisions.

Engineer Frank Clements planned El Bravo Park to accommodate "high-class" houses that were "just short of a Spanish palace with some Italian facets" a far cry from the bungalows and cottages dotting the Sea Streets or the existing Floral Park and Royal Park subdivisions.

El Bravo Parks roots date to March 1920, when Clements bought the ocean-to-lake parcel to the south of the Everglades Club golf course. Clements a retired railroad engineer who supervised the Amazon Valley Railway and the Niagara Falls tunnel system promised first-class utilities, streetlamps, a 700-foot oceanfront seawall and a lakeside Venetian yacht basin.

Swiss-born gardener Louis de Gottreau designed the landscapes, and Wyeth and Mizner were retained to design the first houses in the ocean block of El Bravo Way. The subdivision also included El Brillo Way, one street south.

But two years later, Clements died. His wife, Anna Clements, sold the undeveloped portion of El Bravo Park to Philadelphian Earle P. Charlton, co-founder of Woolworths and company vice president, who followed Clements development guidelines, as did other Estate Section builders.

By 1930, the Volk and Maass firm with principals John L. Volk and Gustav Maass, the senior architect completed two other Spanish Renaissance-inspired houses, in addition to the Cragin and Hall homes. The others included the firms largest Spanish house of that era along the lakefront on El Bravo Way. For that house, Volk and Maass designed one of the towns most distinctive arched entranceways, modeled on the Alfabia, the home and gardens of a Moorish viceroy on Majorca.

Rebuilding history

After a century of additions, renovations and alterations, some 1920s-era houses in Palm Beach are historic in name only. But previous modifications to the Fishers house had not undermined its fundamental architectural or structural quality, making a true restoration possible. Floors, bearing walls, leaded-glass windows and ceiling beams were all intact.

Yet, the house still required a considerable effort to bring it back to its formidable grandeur and make it practical and functioning for day-to-day living.

The Fishers transformed the outdated kitchen, service and storage area in the far southwest corner into an open, ultra-modern kitchen and family room. The second floor also was reworked into more functional living space overlooking the terrace and gardens. This aspect of the project called for enclosing the breezeway and creating office space, an exercise area and more room for guests.

Yet the updates, Schaub notes, were always planned to complement the homes historical character.

"The Fishers always took the right road," he says.

That road led to a house that today is as brilliant and dynamic as it must have seemed to the Halls when they built it. The brillo and the bravo have returned.

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The first Wednesday in February was once a recruiting madhouse. Those days are over. The early signing date in Decemberhas dramatically altered the recruiting landscape to where the wide majority of Bowl Subdivision programs add just a handful of prospects, if any, during the traditional signing period.

"The second recruiting cycle, there's not much going on, typically," said SMU coach Sonny Dykes.

We should change the nomenclature. The early signing day should be known as signing day, period. The February date should be called the "late signing day," both as a result of the small number of uncommitted prospects and how coaches increasingly use the evaluation period in January to identify underclassmen recruits to get ahead on future signing classes.

Evan Anderson, left, and Avarius Sparrow, sign their commitment papers during a national signing day ceremony at Jones High School, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in Orlando.(Photo: Joe Burbank, AP)

Still, several programs made the most of Wednesday to put the finishing touches on the 2020 recruiting cycle with some talented prospects that could have an impact as soon as this fall.Here's a roundup from the second signing day:

The best get better

The nation's top classes, according to 247Sports.com, belonged to Georgia, Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Ohio State. The group combined to pull in 19 of the cycle's 30 five-star recruits, including nine of the top 11 recruits regardless of position. As next-tier teams angle for a path into the College Football Playoff, these five programs took another step toward securing their place at the front of the line. In recruiting, the top crust of the FBS continues to separate from the pack.

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Georgia

While Clemson seemed to have a strong hold on the nation's top-ranked class coming out of December, Georgia's strong close pushed the Bulldogs to the top of the list. (The Tigers still signed the nation's top recruit, defensive lineman Bryce Breese, and five-star quarterback DJ Uiagalelei.) One of the Bulldogs' longtime verbal commitment, five-star offensive tackleBroderick Jones, signed after taking official visits to Arkansas, Auburn and Illinois. Georgia added cornerbackDaran Branch, offensive lineman Cameron Kinnie and running backDaijun Edwards after December's signing period.

Southern California

The Trojans made only slight gains after Clay Helton's unsettled job status resolved for now, and to surely be revisited at a later date led to a paltry haul of signings in December. One nice addition was tight end Jack Yary, who circled back on an earlier verbal commitment to pick the Trojans over Washington. And that USC didn't sign a quarterback isn't a huge deal, given the team's young options under center. Still, this was a disconcerting sight for anyone familiar with the program's recruiting pedigree and local talent: USC's class was outside the top 50 nationally on Wednesday afternoon.

Missouri

New coach Eli Drinkwitz made the most of the second signing day and picked up ground on Missouri's rivals in the SEC East. Wide receiverKris Abrams-Draine bolsters a position group in need of an overhaul. Lexington, Missouri, defensive tackleMontra Edwards could contribute earlier along the interior, though freshmen rarely make waves on the defensive front as freshman. And the coup was cornerbackEnnis Rakestraw, who chose Missouri over fellow finalists Texas and Alabama.

Boise State

The Broncos brought in five new additions to secure the best class in the Mountain West. Two recruits held offers from USC: quarterbackCade Fennegan, who received a late scholarship from the Trojans, and offensive lineman Kyle Juergens, who was a verbal commitment to USC as a defensive lineman but will join an offensive front set for an offseason rebuild. The Broncos also added a solid graduate transfer from North Carolina State in linebackerBrock Miller.

Mississippi State

New coach Mike Leach's transition class added a few traditional commitments on signing day, including a three-star linebacker in Jamari Stewart who held offers from several teams in the SEC. The biggest addition came via the transfer portal: Stanford quarterback K.J. Costello gives Leach a high-level prospect who stands as a far better fit for Leach's offensive scheme than the Bulldogs' returning options.

Texas

It wasn't a perfect day for the Longhorns: Rakestraw chose Missouri and defensive endPrincely Umanmielen went with Florida. Yesterday, however, Texas reeled in four-star athleteKelvontay Dixon, who seems set to at least begin his career at wide receiver. And in major win against rival Oklahoma, the Longhorns wereable to nab four-star defensive end Alfred Collins, a local talent and top-100 prospect who becomes one of the highest-rated recruits in theirclass.

Tennessee

Tennessee pulled off one of the day's biggest flips in drawing four-star wide receiver Malachi Wideman away from Florida State. Adding Wideman and three-star athlete Damarcus Beckwith moved the Volunteers firmly into the crowded group of SEC teams hovering just behind the established top five, alongside or just a hair behind Texas A&M, Florida and Auburn.

Oregon

The Ducks were already locked into the best class in the Pac-12 after a fruitful December, which included three five-star prospects and adds more immediate-impact talent to a program poised to take another step forward after a recent Rose Bowl win. Wednesday brought another weapon in four-star defensive tackle Jayson Jones, a former Alabama verbal commitment with ample ability to produce as a freshman.

South Carolina

Will Muschamp and the Gamecocks flipped defensive endGilber Edmond away from South Florida and pulled in-state wide receiverGer-Cari Caldwell away from Tennessee. South Carolina also officially added a pair of graduate transfers from Colorado State in quarterback Collin Hill and fullback Adam Prentice; both played for former Colorado State coach Mike Bobo, the Gamecocks' new offensive coordinator. The biggest addition came in the early afternoon: five-star defensive end Jordan Burch confirmed his verbal commitment in December and taking a visit to LSU earlier this month

SMU

SMU came into signing day with three open spots and filled two, adding junior college defensive lineman Junior Aho and in-state cornerback Brian Massey. Aho, who is originally from France, pencils into an immediate role along the Mustangs' front. Massey flew under the radar but has top-level speed he's a contender for the state title in the 200 meters. SMU coaches are comfortable leaving scholarships open for transfers, with the expectation to add another five or more bodies to the roster before fall camp.

Cincinnati

Luke Fickell and Cincinnati sealed the top recruiting class among the Group of Five good for the top 45 nationally, per 247Sports, and ahead of dozens of Power Five programs by adding another six recruits, three at wide receiver. One, four-star Jadon Thompson, was verbally committed to Illinois but didn't sign in December, opening a door for the Bearcats to ink its third four-star prospect. According to 247Sports' rankings, Cincinnati was the only Group of Five team to sign one four-star recruit, let alone three.

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The Memphis Grizzlies made a big move near the trade deadline to trade away a big name player who was once considered a championship piece, and in return brought in a couple of interesting pieces with the aim of retooling a roster still that was still missing a piece or two.

That was the basic story behind last years trade deadline, when the Grizzlies traded big-man Marc Gasol for CJ Miles, Delon Wright, and Jonas Valanciunas, along with a 2024 pick.

This year, Memphis fans must have felt a form of deja vu, as the Grizzlies once again traded away a big name player from their team, albeit this time that player wasnt playing.

Now, the Grizzlies have gotten rid of that player, and in return got a nice package of James Johnson, Justise Winslow, and Dion Waiters, who they eventually waived. Then, Memphis turned James Johnson into Minnesota Timberwolves Gorgui Dieng, a trade that at this point seems to be best for both teams.

Once healthy, this Grizzlies squad is going to look incredibly dangerous, and could have the potential to be a perennial playoff team in the Western Conference.

At their peak, the Memphis starting lineup seems to be as follows:

PG- Ja Morant

SG- Dillon Brooks

SF- Justise Winslow

PF- Jaren Jackson Jr

C- Jonas Valanciunas.

Thats a pretty solid lineup for a young team, and Zach Kleiman made the necessary trades to bolster that second-string rotation behind them.

The introduction of Winslow into this lineup is an interesting one. A player whos struggled with injuries through most of this season, Winslow has shown himself to be a reliable catch and shoot 3 player, shooting 41.2 percent in the category last season. This could make him a valuable part of a young Grizzlies core, either as an outlet during a fastbreak, or as a third option during a Morant/Valanciunas pick-and-roll. Winslow also averaged 5.4 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game during that season, making him a key aspect in starting a fast break.

Memphis also went a ways toward increasing their depth, both in the four and five roll and in the second-string unit coming off the bench.

With the additions of Jordan Bell and Gorgui Dieng, the Grizzlies have taken the pressure off of Brandon Clarke, and are going to stretch the floor more, which will aid to Tyus Jones game and allow him to play as a more pure point guard, creating more ball movement and a tougher offense.

The Grizzlies moves last week were calculated. The idea was to get rid of anybody that was slowing them down, and move forward into a new, young, and fast system. Truly, theyre going to be exciting to watch over their remaining 30 games.

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College basketball lost its mind on Saturday.

Auburn-LSU gave us the Game of the Year and then it wasnt even the Game of the Day. Seton Hall basically won the Big East regular season title and no one seemed to notice. Isaiah Livers returned and we forgot about it already.

Heres everything you need to know to get caught back up.

In what might be the game of the season to date, No. 7 Duke erased a 13 point deficit in the final 4:31 to force overtime (off of a missed Tre Jones free throw!) at the buzzer only to erased a five-point deficit in the final 21 seconds to win the game (off another missed Tre Jones free throw!!) at the buzzer again.

It was bonkers.

Read all about it right here.

At this point, the game has been completely overshadowed, but No. 11 Auburn pulled into a tie for first in the SEC with a thrilling, come-from-behind, overtime win against No. 18 LSU. This game ended on a JVon McCormick floater that bounced off the rim, the backboard and the rim again before going in.

It wasnt quite as bonkers as Duke-UNC, but it was still pretty bonkers.

Read all about that game right here.

After a wild Saturday, it feels like this game was played three weeks ago, but it doesnt change the importance of what happened.

Livers is Michigans leading scorer. He is their best three-point shooter by a country mile. Hes the pice on the roster that allows Juwan Howard a measure of lineup versatility, and, in turn, he may actually be the most valuable defensive piece on the Wolverines. With Livers healthy for an entire game, Michigan is now 9-3 with wins over Creighton, Iowa, North Carolina, Michigan State and Gonzaga by 18 points in the only game the Zags have lost this season. Their worst lost was in overtime at home against Oregon.

Without Livers, Michigan is 5-6.

On Saturday, Livers scored 14 points, made a couple threes, blocked a couple shots and, most importantly, played 31 minutes as a starter.

The Wolverines are going to be a serious threat in March.

No. 12 Seton Hall did something they havent done since 1994 win at No. 10 Villanova and, as a result, they are now in a position do to something they havent done since 1993 win the Big East regular season title.

Myles Powell scored 19 points, Sandro Mamukelashvili went for 17 and the Pirates, who now own a three-game lead over the rest of the field in the Big East standings with just seven games left of the regular season.

Perhaps the most impressive and important part of this win was the play of Mamukelashvili. The 6-foot-11 native of Tbilisi, Georgia, has been maligned this season. He was knocked out the lineup with a broken hand back in December, right before the Pirates went on the run that changed the course of their season, and it wasnt hard to connect those dots. Playing without Mamu forced Kevin Willard to go small, playing four perimeter weapons around Romaro Gill, and his team has not looked back since.

This game proved just how valuable Mamu is to this team. When Villanova took away Gill, it forced Mamu into action.

And he shined.

The General made his triumphant return to Assembly Hall after two decades away from the program that fired him.

He was greeted with a rumbling ovation, hugs from his former players and tears from the fans that were in the stands. Knight has become something of a controversial figure over the course of the last decade, in no small part due to his affiliation with Donald Trumps election campaign, but that building is his home and it was a pretty cool moment seeing the Hoosier faithful welcome him back.

Perhaps the biggest upset of the day came in Norman, Okla., as the Sooners picked of No. 13 West Virginia, 69-59. They led by as many as 18 points in the second half.

The star of the show was Kristian Doolittle, who scored 27 points while helping to showcase just what teams need to be able to do to take down this Mountaineer team: Space the floor. When you have bigs that can operate in pick-and-pops and pull West Virginias bigger and slower frontcourt pieces away from the rim, you can beat them.

Thats precisely what Doolittle and Brady Manek were able to do.

The win is massive for Oklahomas NCAA tournament chances. The Sooners were an 11 seed in our most recent bracket projection. West Virginia is a top 15 team in the NET. This is the kind of win that will get Oklahoma a little bit of breathing room on the bubble.

No. 1 Baylor had a bit of a sweat, but they were able to pull out a 78-70 win over Oklahoma State at home. No. 2 Gonzaga put up a 30 burger on Saint Marys in Moraga, which is not something that should be overlooked. No. 3 Kansas picked off TCU in Fort Worth as Bill Self became the second-youngest coach to get to 700 wins in his career. No. 4 San Diego State remains undefeated after winning at Air Force. Easy peezy lemon squeezy.

The Cavaliers entered Saturday ranked a ridiculous 276th in KenPoms adjusted offensive efficiency metric despite having the nations best defense. The biggest reason for that? They are one of the ten-worst three-point shooting teams in all of college basketball.

Well, they went into the Yum! Center and shot 11-for-22 from beyond the arc and still lost! That has a lot to do with how good Louisville (and David Johnson) is.

But we knew that already.

Whats more interesting to me is what happens if this kind of shooting becomes a trend for the Wahoos. Now, Im not saying that they are going to start making 50 percent of their threes the rest of the season, or that Tomas Woldetensae is going to be hitting seven per game the rest of the way. But part of the issue that Virginia has been dealing with this year is confidence, and one way to start building confidence in your shooting is to actually see the ball go through the basket.

Im not betting on it.

Sometimes teams just get hot, even teams that are full of really bad three-point shooters.

But it will be something to keep an eye on next week.

Entering Saturday, there was, essentially, a three-way tie for first place in the Pac-12: No. 24 Colorado and No. 14 Oregon were sitting at 7-3 with No. 23 Arizona sitting at 6-3, a half-game back in the win column.

Arizona went out and got their tails kicked at home by UCLA thanks to a 25 percent shooting performance. Josh Green and Nico Mannion combined to shoot 20 percent from the floor. Oregon lost to in-state rival Oregon State in Corvallis. Colorado? They were trailing Stanford by 11 points early in the second half when Stanfords best player was knocked out of the game after his head was driven into the floor by Evan Battey. Colorado would come back and win by seven.

On Thursday, the Buffaloes will head to Eugene to take on the Ducks in a game that could end up giving them a two-game lead for first.

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TUSCALOOSA It may not have been Alabamas best signing class ever, especially given it failed to top the national recruiting rankings for the second time in the last three years, but that doesnt mean the Crimson Tides 2020 recruiting class is lacking in immediate impact players.

Although Alabama may not have finished with the nations No. 1 class like it has eight other times in the last decade, the countrys No. 2-ranked class did lead the nation in another category: highest average player grade according to the 247Sports.com national composite rankings.

I know today yall talk a lot about rankings and ratings and who did what in recruiting, head coach Nick Saban said Wednesday after the Crimson Tide signed three previously committed players on National Signing Day. (But) I think the key thing for us is we think we got a lot of good players character, quality people who want to get an education who are good football players. I think if you look at the average rating of the guys that we got, its pretty high regardless of where they rank us.

Alabama NCAA college football coach Nick Saban introduces and thanks Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa before he announces his intentions to declare for the 2020 NFL football draft, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)(Photo: The Associated Press)

Led by four five-star additions and six ranked in the top 50 nationally Alabamas 25-member signing class received an average player rating of 93.56, per the 247 composite, eclipsing the average player score of Clemson (93.45) and Georgia (92.96), the latter of which took home the countrys No. 1 team ranking for the second time in the last three years.

Ratings aside, the sheer talent level top-to-bottom of this years signing class is unmistakable, but talent isnt always the greatest indicator of early success. Even future record-setting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sat much of his true freshman season before splashing onto the scene in the 2018 national championship game.

We have a responsibility and an obligation to give every player an opportunity to play and weve had a lot of freshmen contribute to our team here, but we also have a responsibility and an obligation to not play players before they are ready to play, because they are not going to create value for themselves if they have to do that, Saban said. (Now) I dont know which of these guys will turn out to be the guys that develop quickly and can contribute to our team next year, but were certainly going to give everyone an opportunity and help these guys develop the best we can.

And while Saban might not be able to answer it, there are undoubtedly several 2020 signees that will contribute next season in some capacity.

The most obvious is the highest rated player in the class five-star dual-threat quarterback Bryce Young.

Alabama freshman quarterback Bryce Young(Photo: Alabama athletics)

As the nations No. 1 dual-threat player and the second-highest rated player overall in the 2020 class, the immensely talented Young is already impressing folks in Tuscaloosa after just a couple of weeks on campus and he hasnt even practiced yet.

In a somewhat uncharacteristic move, Saban effusively praised the dual-threat passer even before he arrived, gushing over his leadership qualities and ability to positively affect those around him.

I just absolutely love the guy, his character. Hes got a great family. Hes got all the right stuff and I think thats really important in the quarterback position, Saban said Dec. 18 after the first day of the early signing period. Youve heard me say this many times before, if you play quarterback, its hard to play the position if the people around you dont play well so having great leadership qualities can contribute to that. I think Bryce certainly possesses those qualities.

Youngs 0.9994 rating according to the 247Sports.com national composite tied him for the highest ever rating achieved by an Alabama signee, equaling the scores of former offensive linemen Andre Smith in 2006 and Cyrus Kouandjio in 2011. Clemson defensive line signee Bryan Bresee was the nations top-ranked player in the 2020 class with a rating of 0.9995, per the 247 composite.

Team Pressure wide receiver Thaiu Jones-Bell, committed to Alabama, (7) warms up before the Under Armor All-America Game in Orlando, Fla., on Thursday January 2, 2020.(Photo: Mickey Welsh)

Another early enrollee that could work himself into the mix next season is four-star receiver Thaiu Jones-Bell, the latest in a string of South Florida pass catchers to land in Tuscaloosa. At 5-foot-11 and 187 pounds, Jones-Bell has a similar frame and athleticism to outgoing NFL-bound receiver Henry Ruggs III and returning playmaker Jaylen Waddle, Alabamas most explosive player at 5-10 and 182 pounds. That said, with both rising senior DeVonta Smith and Waddle returning, Jones-Bell will likely start out in a backup role to begin his career.

We feel good about Smitty (DeVonta Smith) and Jaylen Waddle coming back. We feel like we have a couple young guys that will develop into guys that will play, but we also feel really good about the two guys we got, Saban of the three receiver signees. Weve had other guys play at that position as freshmen. If those guys can develop quick enough maybe they can contribute next year as well.

Just based on sheer numbers, and what the Tide lost with the departures of starting outside linebackers Anfernee Jennings and Terrell Lewis to the NFL, expect at least one of the trio of five-star early enrollee linebackers in Will Anderson, Chris Braswell and Drew Sanders to work himself into a position to contribute immediately, either as a starter or vital role player on pass rushing situations.

Alabama freshman outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr.(Photo: Alabama athletics)

Anderson, the nations No. 1 weakside end per the 247 composite, is considered by many to be the most talented pass rusher in the 2020 class and will get plenty of opportunities to step in and immediately contribute. Braswell and Sanders also present elite athleticism and could find roles within the mix as well as key reserves next season.

I think the biggest thing was we got a significant number of guys in the front seven Im talking about outside backer types, defensive line types, guys that are athletic who can rush, inside backer types, Saban said Wednesday. That was probably, really, something that we needed to address. Because I think the lack of depth at that position last year was a factor for us.

Among the summer enrollees, look for four-star defensive tackle Timothy Smith of Sebastian, Florida, to get an opportunity to work himself into the rotational mix with returning sophomore starter D.J. Dale. At 6-foot-4 and 320, Smith is the largest of Alabamas three interior linemen signees and a top-60 player overall, according to 247sports.coms national composite. He could provide the Tide quality depth and insurance along the defensive line should it find itself ravaged by injuries like it did last season when Alabama lost a pair of starters in junior end LaBryan Ray (foot) and Dale (knee) for multiple games.

Sebastian River High School defensive lineman Timothy Smith (50) wraps up Astronaut High School's Abreon Torres on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, during a game in Sebastian. The Sharks would go on to win their homecoming game 16-14.(Photo: PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM)

During Wednesdays news confidence, Saban said replenishing the teams defensive line depth has been of vital importance the past few years.

I think we had five guys that were freshmen last year, three of those guys played a significant amount, and we feel like the other guys have an opportunity to develop into being players, Saban said. I thought the three players we got at that position this year are certainly good players that will contribute to that as well. I feel like in the last two years weve added good, young talent at that position.

Lastly, as Saban has repeatedly madeclear, Alabama doesnt sign junior college players unless they're going to play immediately, which is why four-star JUCO cornerback Ronald Williams Jr. of Hutchinson Community College is the mostly likely of the Tides 2020 signees to not only see the field early but also start at one of the two cornerback spots.

The 6-2 Williams already has an SEC-level frame and has played against SEC-caliber players throughout his time at one of the countrys most premier junior colleges. And with returning junior starter Patrick Surtain II expected to see some time at Star during spring practices, look for Williams to get every opportunity to lock down a starting corner spot before the team breaks for summer.

Alabama junior cornerback Ronald Williams Jr.(Photo: Alabama athletics)

We have not typically recruited a whole lot of junior college guys, but the junior college guys that we have have fulfilled a need and been able to contribute and play early on here and play well for us, Saban said. Were hopeful that will be the case. Hes got really good size. Hes played Star, safety and corner so he has versatility as a player. So, were excited about the opportunity to have a guy like that to add to the group so were not too awful young, get a little maturity as well.

Alex Byington isthe Montgomery Advertiser's Alabama beat reporter. He can be reached by email at abyington@montgome.gannett.com or on Twitter at @_AlexByington.

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