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Dave Hyde: Bernie Kosar’s liver-transplant story — ‘It’s all unbelievable, isn’t it?’

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 24, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Sports.

Bernie Kosar doesn’t start with, “Hello,’’ on the other end of the phone. He starts “It’s almost not believable — it’s Disney-type stuff.” He’s on the ninth floor of University Hospital in Cleveland, and tells how he was being discharged last Sunday when told they finally had a liver for him. A 21-year-old Cleveland Browns fan, Ryan Dunlap, who was following Kosar’s wait for a liver transplant, had died in a medical emergency. His family agreed to donate Ryan’s liver to Kosar. “The odds of his liver matching me is like you or me hitting the Lotto,’’ says Kosar, the former Browns, University...

FAU, after rallying to lead after trailing 24-3, gets edged by UConn

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 23, 2025. Posted in College Sports, FAU Owls, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

BOCA RATON — Joe Fagnano threw three touchdown passes and Cam Edwards scored two rushing touchdowns, including a game-winning score in the final minute to lead UConn to a 48-45 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Edwards had 101 yards on the ground, and scored twice from a yard out in the second half. His final score came with 26 seconds left, retaking the lead for UConn in a game that had five lead changes. Caden Veltkamp found Jayshon Platt for 27 yards and Easton Messer for 29 yards in the span of 15 seconds to set up a 36-yard field goal to tie it, but Garrison Smith missed the field...

UCF needs second-half heroics to push past Oklahoma State in home finale

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 23, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports, UCF Knights.

It all began when a few fans climbed to the top of the north side of Acrisure Bounce House Stadium during the second quarter of UCF’s home finale against Oklahoma State. More fans soon joined them, taking off their shirts and waving them defiantly. What started as a small group quickly turned into a wave of shirtless supporters. The trend had taken hold in Orlando and was in full swing on Saturday afternoon. Whatever the cause, this display ignited a spark in a struggling UCF team as the Knights rallied to secure a 17-14 win over the Cowboys on Senior Day. Kicker Noe Ruelas connected on a...

UF’s 7-9 Olivier Rioux scores long-awaited first point for Gators

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 22, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

GAINESVILLE — Florida’s 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux stepped to the foul line during a Gators’ blowout win but with plenty at stake for the tallest player in college basketball history. After missing his first attempt off the front rim, Rioux tried for the rebound, thinking it was a lost one-and-one opportunity. Instead, a review by officials determined the 19-year-old — and world’s tallest teen — had been fouled in the act of shooting. Rioux calmly sank his second attempt as a sellout crowd erupted Friday night at the O’Connell Center to celebrate his first points as a Gator and cap the No. 10...

Broward man pleads guilty to decades-long $94 million investment Ponzi scheme

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 21, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social.

A Broward County man who portrayed himself as an international financial advisor for decades pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud and money laundering after amassing more than $94 million by misappropriating investor funds and orchestrating a Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors said. Andrew Hamilton Jacobus, 64, of Fort Lauderdale, founded two companies, Finser International Corporation and Kronus Financial Corporation, that he purported to use to invest funds to “various lucrative investments,” including Certificates of Deposit and shares of companies, for well above market averages,...

Hurricanes poised to get key players back for Virginia Tech game

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 21, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Sports.

The No. 13 Hurricanes have been hit hard by the injury bug in recent weeks, but some players may get back on the field when UM travels to play Virginia Tech this weekend. Running back Mark Fletcher Jr. was not on Thursday’s injury report, cornerback OJ Frederique Jr. is probable and defensive tackle David Blay Jr. is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game. However, linebacker Kellen Wiley Jr. was listed as out. Fletcher has missed UM’s previous two games, and Frederique has missed the previous three games. Blay suffered an injury against Syracuse and did not play last week....

Winderman’s view: NBA owes more to fans than Warriors Lite in lone Miami visit

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 20, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 110-96 victory over the Golden State Warriors: – Yes, what was left of the Warriors fought the good fight for longer than could have been expected. – Far longer. – So, yes, there was an NBA level of competition on Wednesday night at Kaseya Center. – But in the personality-driven NBA, fans come for more. – They come for Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green. – They got none of that. – Yes, rest matters. – Yes, three games in four nights for an older roster is challenging. – But the NBA knew Curry was unable to play...

Adebayo returns as Heat win 110-96 on Warriors’ day of rest

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 20, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – A week ago, the Cleveland Cavaliers returned to Kaseya Center risking that they could win while giving Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley the night off. They did, the Heat losing by 14. Wednesday night, the Golden State Warriors took the notion of opposing rest to a higher level, going without Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and others on the second night of their back-to-back set. The expectations of victory might not have been there, but the fight was, arguably more than expected. Until the Heat said enough was enough. Trailing at the start of the final period after...

UCF offensive tackle Paul Rubelt set to wind down career with Senior Day

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 20, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports, UCF Knights.

Paul Rubelt stood staring at the blank whiteboard, pen in hand, and immediately knew he was in trouble. As a freshman offensive lineman, Rubelt was asked by his UCF coaches to diagram the differences between an even and odd front. For someone born and raised in Germany, who didn’t grow up playing American football until his teens, it was all new to him. “I was standing there thinking: I’m not going to last a year. I don’t know the simplest thing about football,” Rubelt said recently to the Sentinel. Nearly six seasons later, Rubelt is one of 25 seniors to be honored as part of UCF’s Senior...

Hurricanes move up in College Football Playoff rankings

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 19, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Sports.

The Miami Hurricanes had one of their best performances of the season in their win over N.C. State on Saturday, and it helped them further inch up the College Football Playoff rankings. Miami moved up from No. 15 last week to No. 13 on Tuesday, moving UM closer to its first-ever berth in the College Football Playoff after a week of lobbying from the ACC. Similar to the previous rankings, the Hurricanes are the top-ranked ACC team, which means the projected bracket puts Miami in the playoff. But that projection assumes the Hurricanes will be the ACC champion, and Miami is unlikely to reach...