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It was a busy Sunday for UCF football, which secured a pair of verbal commitments for its 2026 recruiting class from Somerset Academy Charter running back Kaj Baker and Wekiva High defensive lineman Isaiah McNish. The duo pledged to the Knights after taking official visits to the school this weekend. The 5-foot-7 Baker is a 3-star athlete from Pembroke Pines who amassed 1,653 yards of total all-purpose yards for the Panthers last season, including 520 rushing yards, 756 receiving yards and... Read More

It was a busy Sunday for UCF football, which secured a pair of verbal commitments for its 2026 recruiting class from Somerset Academy Charter running back Kaj Baker and Wekiva High defensive lineman Isaiah McNish. The duo pledged to the Knights after taking official visits to the school this weekend. The 5-foot-7 Baker is a 3-star athlete from Pembroke Pines who amassed 1,653 yards of total all-purpose yards for the Panthers last season, including 520 rushing yards, 756 receiving yards and... Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE — Nate Schmidt arrived in Florida uneasy about starting his tenure with the Panthers. Florida, coming off the franchise’s first Stanley Cup title, needed to replace a pair of defensemen it lost in the offseason, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Brandon Montour. Schmidt, who had played under coach Paul Maurice briefly in Winnipeg, was here to fill that void. “I thought I had it pretty difficult the first couple weeks,” Schmidt said, “being like, ‘How do you find your way... Read More

MIAMI – The NBA Finals not only feature elements of the Miami Heat’s past in Thomas Bryant and James Johnson standing in Indiana Pacers colors, but another element of Miami pro basketball lore also is in play. A Miami Sol element. As in South Florida’s short-lived WNBA franchise. As in a Pacers assistant coach who traces her lineage back to the side of former Heat coach and current Heat television analyst Ron Rothstein. Seen now on the national stage of the championship series against... Read More

Q: Ira, saw your note about Michael Beasley’s one-on-one win. It makes me think that’s what we’re missing, a bucker-getter. – Stephon. A: Isn’t that who Tyler Herro is? Actually, that’s not a question. That very much is who Tyler Herro is. The real question is, who else? With Tyler’s move from the bench to starter, it has left the Heat without someone in the mode of a bench scorer. Jaime Jaquez Jr. briefly was that. Terry Rozier was given the chance to be that. Nikola Jovic... Read More

By REBECCA BOONE President Donald Trump says he’s deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. It’s not the first time Trump has activated the National Guard to quell protests. In 2020, he asked governors of several states to send troops to Washington, D.C. to respond to demonstrations that arose after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers. Many of the governors he... Read More

TAMPA — Jesús Sánchez had a three-run homer and a two-run double, and Heriberto Hernandez singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the Miami Marlins outlasted Christopher Morel and the Tampa Bay Rays 11-10 on Saturday to snap a five-game losing streak. Morel went 3 for 3 with two home runs, a double and four RBIs for the Rays, who had a four-game win streak halted. Morel hit a three-run homer off Ryan Weathers, and Danny Jansen and Taylor Walls followed with back-to-back doubles... Read More

A 33-year-old man was arrested Friday in the shooting of two teens at a Lauderhill apartment complex. Kurt Cranston is now charged with two counts of attempted murder, Lauderhill Police said in a news release Saturday. Kurt Cranston is charged with two counts of attempted murder, Lauderhill Police said in a news release Saturday. Police had responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex at 2041 Northwest 43rd Terrace a little after 4 p.m. Wednesday after they were notified that 12... Read More

Three Broward Sheriff’s detention deputies are facing felony charges after prosecutors say they dragged an inmate off camera, then punched, kicked and Tased her in 2022. But records released by the Sheriff’s Office Friday offer a different perspective. The inmate, Samantha Caputo, 38, was outraged about her arrest on a DUI charge in the early hours of that October morning, according to an Sheriff’s Office internal affairs report, repeatedly maintaining that she was wrongfully jailed... Read More

By JEROME PUGMIRE and SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writers PARIS — Coco Gauff won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in Saturday’s final for her second Grand Slam title. The second-ranked Gauff, a Delray Beach resident, made fewer mistakes in a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to get the better of Sabalenka for the second time in a Grand Slam final. She also came from a set down to beat the Belarusian in the... Read More