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GAINESVILLE — Florida forward Thomas Haugh and point guard Boogie Fland joined forces to lead the No. 10 Gators to a come-from-behind win against Florida State. Haugh, a key to last season’s national championship run, and Fland, the top transfer in a rebuilt backcourt, came together during a dramatic 78-76 win Tuesday night in the O’Connell Center. Haugh finished with 20 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots, while Fland had 18 points, five rebounds and four... Read More

By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV stations hurt by cuts in federal funding. At the live auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles, a serene, snow vista called “Winter’s Peace” that Ross painted entirely during a 1993 episode of “The Joy of Painting” went for $318,000 to a... Read More

For the third day in a row, the Miami Hurricanes added a new player to their 2026 class. And for the second day in a row, it came at the expense of a team that fired its coach. One day after UM landed edge rusher DeAnthony Lafayette, a former LSU commit who backed off his commitment when the Tigers fired Brian Kelly, the Hurricanes flipped 2026 defensive tackle Isaac Chukwurah from Penn State, which fired James Franklin last month. Chukwurah is listed as the No. 60 defensive tackle and... Read More

For the sixth year, Men Who Dance, the all-male dance festival spotlighting 52 performers from 20 countries, returns to Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center for the Performing Arts. But it’s the first time a dance troupe from Broward County — the C.A.M. Dance Co. in Davie — will be part of the event presented by the Inter-American Choreographic Institute. “The essence and purpose of Men Who Dance is not to promote any agenda or reach conclusions,” said Rafi Maldonado-Lopez,... Read More

TALLAHASSEE — Mike Norvell passionately spoke for more than six minutes, touting his successes at Florida State and outlining the program’s failures the past two seasons. But when asked about the Seminoles’ future, he was unwavering in his expectations. “I’ve got elite expectations, and we’re going to win a championship here in the very near future,” Norvell said. FSU (4-5, 1-5 ACC) has lost five of its past six games, with each week seemingly a referendum on the program and... Read More

The hot gossip from Santa’s Workshop flies fast and heavy at Rosalia Kitchen’s in Miramar. “Candy Cane Clara only glued two gumdrops on her gingerbread house. She’s such a slacker,” squeaks one elf over a loudspeaker in the restaurant’s restroom. “And did you see Mrs. Claus lost 3 pounds?” a second elf chimes in over the clatter of toymaking sounds. “I heard she got a Peloton.” Eavesdropping on tea-spilling elves is part of the immersive vibes at Rosalia’s Holiday... Read More

The two people who died aboard the plane that crashed in a Coral Springs lake on Monday have been identified as the founder of a Christian ministry and his 22-year-old daughter. Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena, 22, were taking humanitarian aid to Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa when their plane plummeted into the lake tucked between houses in the gated community of Windsor Bay. Wurm was the founder of Ignite the Fire, an evangelical Christian ministry that conducts... Read More

By Patti Nickell, Tribune News Service Mark Van Osdal is a tree whisperer. Owner of Carolina Bound Adventures, he is leading a small group of us on the Deep Creek hike on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Bryson City. During the hike, we will see waterfalls, a picturesque bridge over Deep Creek, the last of the summer wildflowers, and one rather belligerent squirrel, angry that he dropped the black walnut he was munching on right in the middle of our... Read More

Dear Eric: I recently set boundaries with a friend who would vent to me about another friend of theirs, with whom I’m only barely acquainted. I asked them to stop processing this other friendship of theirs with me; it felt toxic. I told them I felt sad to spend the little time we have together talking about someone, when we could be talking with and supporting each other. My friend responded by cutting me off. They said that they felt not being able to process their other friendship with... Read More

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night’s 140-138 OT victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers: – This was toe to toe. – Not the Heat getting sand kicked in their faces by the Cavaliers. – As was the case in April. – Even in November, that’s meaningful. – Because already this team has shown it won’t back down. – (Unless it’s against Nikola Jokic at altitude in the final game of a week-plus on the road.) – There still is a talent deficit against... Read More