Dolphins move game to today

MIAMI – The game between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs was rescheduled to today to beat Hurricane Wilma’s arrival in Florida.

The game will begin at 4 p.m. today instead of Sunday afternoon, which is about when Wilma is expected to hit southwestern Florida. There will be no national telecast.

It’s the third time since the start of the 2004 season the Dolphins have rescheduled a home game because of a looming hurricane.

The schedule gives the Chiefs a tough itinerary: They’ll fly to South Florida this morning, have a pre-game meal and chapel services, then play the game in the evening.

“We’ve got to go down there and be the best football team they could send down there,” Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil said Thursday.

Meanwhile, the NHL’s Florida Panthers planned to make a call today on their game against Ottawa scheduled for Saturday night.

Wilma’s pending arrival has affected nearly every athletic event scheduled for the Sunshine State this weekend.

The Nationwide Tour’s Miccosukee Championship golf tournament in Miami was canceled. The Georgia Tech-Miami and West Virginia-South Florida football games were postponed from Saturday, the Yellow Jackets and Hurricanes will play Nov. 19, the Mountaineers and Bulls on Dec. 3. Central Florida will host Tulane – a team whose school was ravaged by Katrina earlier this year – tonight, one day ahead of schedule.