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LONDON -- Every athlete should have a fan as devoted as #OlympicNan.The grandmother of British swimmer Adam Peaty has become a champion tweeter as she gushes about his achievements. With a Twitter biography that describes herself as Proud Nan to a World Champion Breaststroker, Mavis Williams, 74, is gaining followers who use the word adorable to describe her passion for Peaty.What race oooo Im so proud hes a gladiator well done, she tweeted with such glee that she dispensed with punctuation after he broke the world record in the 100-meter breaststroke in Saturdays heats. She stamped it with the British flag, shamrocks and clapping hands.She was back on Twitter after Peaty broke that record again and took home gold Sunday night in the same event. My Grandson has done it, she tweeted.Williams, who is from Uttoxeter, a town of 14,000 about 120 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of London, said she was introduced to Twitter by her daughter, Caroline, Adams mother. Her only goal was to get more followers than Caroline.You dont go out as much as you do when you were younger, now do you? she told The Associated Press on Sunday. Its given me a new interest and kept my brain working.Williams has, with a few hundred tweets and retweets, managed to capture attention with a simple chronicle of Peatys Olympic journey from her perspective.Theres the buildup to Rio. Theres a picture of her at this years aquatics championships at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park next to some sort of mascot creature named Ray. Theres a picture of her beloved Adam in his Olympic uniform.Doesnt my grandson look great in his Great Britain KIT, tweeted Williams, whose Twitter handle is Mavise42Mavis.Theres even a thank you to the person who helped decorate her home in preparation for the games.Im ready for Rio now thanks to my kind window cleaner who put my bunting up, she tweeted.Mostly, shes so proud shes bursting. She thinks her tweets help Adam and the team -- just to let them know their fans are pulling for them from far away.But her chronicle is also a reminder that those behind the athletes are sometimes on as much of a journey as the competitors themselves. And no matter how many followers she gets, when her friendly competition with Caroline is over, she plans to send out a thank-you tweet to all the people who decided to follow her. Theyve taught her a lot, after all.I think its nice to thank someone -- even if it is just a tweet, she said. Discount Shoes Sale Online . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. Cheap Discount Shoes Online . 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The 1984 team gave up 455 yards in the AFC championship game and 537 in the Super Bowl, a collapse even Dan Marino couldnt overcome as Miami lost the title game.The Dolphins defense hasnt retreated so furiously since -- until now. Coordinator Vance Josephs unit has allowed season-high yardage totals (475 and 496) each of the past two games, the latter a 38-6 loss at Baltimore.The last two weeks we havent played well, Joseph said Thursday. Its Week 13. What weve done well for the last month and a half is on tape. Everyone is making adjustments, so we have to make an adjustment now and help our guys more.A dramatic turnaround will be necessary Sunday if Miami (7-5) is to beat the explosive Arizona Cardinals (5-6-1).The defense appeared upgraded during a six-game winning streak in October and November, but the Dolphins rankings have been in freefall the past two weeks. Theyre now 25th in yards allowed and 30th against the run.Pass defense has been the biggest problem lately. San Franciscos Colin Kaepernick threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns against Miami in Week 12, and Joe Flacco threw for 381 yards and four scores last week.Flacco and the Ravens did most of their damage in the middle of the field, exposing weaknesses in pass coverage by an injury-depleted linebacker corps.We were trying to play tight coverage, and it wasnt happening, Joseph said. We were soft across the middle. Joe got hot, and we couldnt stop it. We couldnt cover them. We couldnt chase them. We played zone; it was too soft. We played man; we couldnt chase them. It wasnt good.Carson Palmer is sure to test the Dolphins the same way with throws too Larry Fitzgerald and David Johnson, who leads all running backs in receptions (64) and receiving yards (704), and leads the NFL in scrimmage yards.dddddddddddd.Our defense has to make sure we dont let Johnson take complete control of this game, Miami coach Adam Gase said. If we let him get going, thats a recipe for disaster for us.Another worry is the 6-foot-3, 218-pound Fitzgerald in the slot. Cameron Wake, the Dolphins 263-pound defensive end, happened to walk past as Joseph was discussing the challenge of covering Fitzgerald over the middle.I can play nickel, Wake said.Hes your size, so maybe, Joseph responded.With Kiko Alonso nursing hamstring and thumb injuries, the Dolphins might be forced to start backups at all three linebacker spots. Theyve also been without two starters in the secondary, making the season -- especially the Ravens game -- an education for young replacements.We can learn a lot from that, and I think we will, veteran cornerback Byron Maxwell said. Weve got a lot of smart guys on this team, and they want to get better. Its going to be better next time.Joseph has been known to shake up the lineup, but said hes not planning any changes this week. Effort hasnt been an issue, he said, and his main complaint has involved self-inflicted damage.As one example, he noted a third-and-15 play where the Ravens took advantage of a mental mistake.Lets be more detailed, he said. Lets get back to doing it right, and then we can see how we fare. But the last two weeks, it has been too much error.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL.---Follow Steven Wine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Steve-Wine. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/steven-wine ' ' '