Story Links ORLANDO, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference announced its weekly award winners for the week of March 23 – March 29, and two Sharks were highlighted. Jorge Degoti was named Baseball Player of the Week and Noemie Dadoun was named Women’s Tennis Player of the Week, respectively. DeGoti put together a huge four-game stretch out of the two-hole to help power Nova Southeastern to a 4-0 week. Across the wins over Barry and Palm Beach Atlantic, DeGoti finished with... Read More
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Manning Earns SSC Pitcher of the Week Honors
Story Links ORLANDO, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference announced its weekly award winners for the week of March 9 – March 15, and one Shark was highlighted. Nick Manning was named Baseball Pitcher of the Week. Manning tossed seven scoreless innings in Nova Southeastern’s 4–0 win over Florida Tech in game one, allowing one hit with nine strikeouts and two walks. He also recorded two putouts and an assist, finishing with a perfect fielding percentage. Courtesy of... Read More
Broward schools seek to recoup $17 million in Parkland payouts from insurer
The Broward School Board is trying to find a way to recover some of the $26 million it paid out to victims of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland. The district has filed a lawsuit in Broward Circuit Court, seeking $17 million for breach of contract from the underwriters of Lloyd’s of London, the district’s provider of general liability insurance. The lawsuit, filed in Broward Circuit Court in November, alleges the insurer provided bad legal advice related to the district’s liability... Read More
Three Sharks Earn Sunshine State Conference Weekly Honors
Story Links ORLANDO, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference announced its weekly award winners for the week of February 23 – March 1, and three Sharks were highlighted. Dallas Graziani, Chaz Chambers and Jamie Blazquez were named Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Week and Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Distance Athlete of the Week, respectively. Graziani led Nova Southeastern University to... Read More
Los Angeles school superintendent placed on paid leave amid federal probe
By JAIMIE DING and JULIE WATSON LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho was put on paid leave Friday while he is part of a federal investigation, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters. Authorities have not provided details of the nature of the investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school district, which serves more than 500,000 students, nor have they accused Carvalho of any... Read More
FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendent’s home
By ERIC TUCKER, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JULIE WATSON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI served search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its leader, a former Superintendent of the Year who was knighted by Spain for his work. The nature of the federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school district and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home was not immediately clear. The district said in a... Read More
Gartin Named to CRCA Hall of Fame
Story Links WILMINGTON, Del. – The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced the inductees for the 2025 Hall of Fame class. Former Nova Southeastern University head rowing coach John Gartin, who was inducted into the Sharks’ Hall of Fame in 2019, is among the inductees and the recipient of the Trailblazer Award. Per the CRCA, Gartin has made a profound impact on collegiate rowing through program building, competitive success, and national leadership. He founded... Read More
Simpson, Nap Earn SSC Defensive Player of the Week Honors
Story Links ORLANDO, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference announced its weekly award winners for the week of February 9-15, and two Sharks were highlighted. Taydra Simpson and Jaxon Nap were named Women’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Week and Men’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Week, respectively. Nap anchored the Sharks defensively and on the glass in a 2-0 week for Nova Southeastern. He opened the week with an 11-point, 11-rebound double-double, adding... Read More
Push for strict gun laws renewed eight years after Parkland mass shooting
Almost eight years to the day since his daughter was murdered trying to escape the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Fred Guttenberg sat next to U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz doing what he’s become known for — passionately arguing for gun laws that would make it more difficult for someone to commit an act of violence. “Jaime’s law,” named for Guttenberg’s daughter, is a federal bill that would extend background checks to the purchase of ammunition,... Read More
68 measles cases reported in Florida this year; count continues to rise
Measles is now spreading in Florida, with 68 cases reported in the state already this year. Florida Department of Health tracking shows that as of Feb. 7, the most recent data available, most cases in the state of the highly infectious disease are in Collier County, where, each day, more students and professors at Ave Maria University near Naples are showing symptoms. Although the state’s tracking charts show 45 cases in college-aged students in the area, the university said in a statement... Read More