Q: It’s going to be interesting to watch Erik Spoelstra coach a team of mostly superstars in the Olympics and see what that looks like. I think Spo, like Pat Riley, like Phil Jackson, like Gregg Popovich, given the right players can do great things with them. But when given a mediocre team he can resemble a mediocre coach. – Douglas. A: Although you could make an argument that Erik Spoelstra has actually been given something less than mediocre talent at times. This season,... Read More
UCF quarterback Cam Fancher listed as out for West Virginia game
UCF quarterback Cam Fancher has been ruled out for this Saturday’s game against West Virginia, according to the Knights’ player availability report posted late Wednesday night. Fancher is coming off his second start of the season last week at Cincinnati, where he finished with 333 total yards of offense in a 20-11 loss to the Bearcats. He previously started the season opener against Jacksonville State on Aug. 28 but left the game in the second quarter after suffering an apparent back... Read More
TNT Sports brings its college football coverage to UCF
As UCF coach Scott Frost took to the podium for his weekly news conference on Monday, he did so under the watchful gaze of a national television camera crew. This week’s game against West Virginia (1 p.m. Saturday) will air on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max. It’s all part of a new agreement between the Big 12 and TNT Sports. “We were obviously just excited for a partnership,” Drew Watkins, senior vice president and creative director at TNT Sports, recently told the Sentinel. “It’s a great... Read More
Chris Perkins: This Dolphins era is descending from mediocrity to failure
MIAMI GARDENS — Here’s what’s happening with the Miami Dolphins right now — we’re watching the general manager Chris Grier/coach Mike McDaniel/quarterback Tua Tagovailoa era descend from mediocrity to failure. It’s an alarming slide. I’ve written that this season was going to be mediocre and that a full-blown rebuild was coming in 2026. There’s no guarantee on either of those happening. I spoke to six players Wednesday in the locker room, some on the record and some off the... Read More
Appeals court tosses crucial social media records in YNW Melly murder case
Prosecutors will not be allowed to use crucial information gathered from the early stages of the murder case against rapper Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons, according to a ruling issued Wednesday by the Fourth District Court of Appeal. It wasn’t immediately clear which pieces of evidence would be excluded, but the appeals court upheld a ruling issued in 2023 by Broward Circuit Judge John J. Murphy, who presided over the first trial that ended in a hung jury. In that ruling, Murphy decided... Read More
CVS polishes off deal to buy former Rite Aid stores, prescription files
By TOM MURPHY, AP Health Writer CVS has finished buying customer prescription files from hundreds of closed Rite Aid drugstores and is now running 63 of the defunct chain’s locations. The company said Wednesday that it is operating former Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. It also has transferred customer prescription files from 626 pharmacies in 15 states to nearby CVS locations. CVS Health did not say how much it spent on the stores and... Read More
‘Last man standing’: Fort Lauderdale not giving up fight to keep pride street art
One by one, rainbow crosswalks in cities across the Sunshine State are turning black. But Fort Lauderdale has not given up its legal fight to save pride street art and colorful crosswalks amid a statewide crackdown that’s made headlines nationwide. “We are the last man standing,” Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Steve Glassman told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “This is an issue where you have to stand up for yourself. If we don’t stand up now, when do we stand up?” The crackdown... Read More
Weekend things to do: III Points, Jacob Collier, Los Caligaris, Blood Orange Crème Brûlée
I prefer weekends like this, when we’re not going gaga over a big concert (no offense to the Swifties or the Billieies or the Stapletonies) or a conversation-tilting event (the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and Art Basel are just around the corner). It allows us to appreciate the diverse spectrum of life out in South Florida as it is. For instance, Miami City Ballet opens its season this weekend with visuals from Shepard Fairey; a Kravis Center audience will be among the first to... Read More
Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOEY CAPPELLETTI, JESSE BEDAYN and SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration’s promised layoffs. Little progress has been made to end the shutdown as it enters its third week, with Republicans and Democrats digging in and... Read More
Free South Florida service gives a break to dementia caregivers
A new, no-cost Medicare pilot program is available in South Florida for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. The Medicare GUIDE program acknowledges the significant toll of caring for someone with dementia and offers free support to their caregivers. Sidney Chugani, president of Right at Home Dania Beach, assists local families in enrolling in the GUIDE program. Once enrolled, an unpaid caregiver such as a family member can request relief on a part-time basis, ask for... Read More