By TIM REYNOLDS
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — There will be no MLS Cup for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami this year. Atlanta United saw to that with a massive upset, sending the game’s most decorated player and biggest-spending team home earlier than anyone imagined.
Jamal Thiaré scored twice, Bartosz Slisz’s header in the 76th minute was the winner, and Atlanta United stunned Inter Miami 3-2 on Saturday night to win their best-of-three first round MLS Cup playoff series in three games.
Two free kicks by Messi in the final minutes hit the wall of Atlanta defenders, and time eventually ran out....
By COLBY GUY
SUNRISE — Evan Rodrigues scored the deciding goal in the fifth round of the shootout, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped five shots in overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday night for their seventh consecutive victory.
Sam Bennett, Dmitry Kulikov and Nate Schmidt had goals in regulation for Florida, while Rodrigues had a pair of assists before delivering the shootout winner. Bobrovsky got his 404th career win, breaking a tie with Grant Fuhr for 12th on the all-time list.
Anthony Richard, Joel Farabee and Garnet Hathaway scored for Philadelphia, and...
GAINESVILLE — Florida men’s basketball coach Todd Golden released a statement late Saturday afternoon acknowledging an ongoing school inquiry a day after a report of accusations he stalked and sexually harassed multiple women, including students.
The Gators’ third-year coach also said he’s considering “defamation claims” as he consults with attorney Ken Turkel of Tampa.
“For the last month, I have actively participated in and respected the confidentiality of an ongoing school inquiry,” Golden wrote on X. “I have recently engaged Ken Turkel to advise me on my ability to bring defamation claims...
South Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz said in a statement Friday that a man who was recently arrested in South Florida had his name on a “target list” and that there was a “potential plot on (his) life.”
Lt. Michael Druzbik, a Margate Police spokesperson, said he could not confirm or release any details about any alleged specific threats to the congressman. But the department responded to a request for information about Moskowitz’s post with a release about the Nov. 2 arrest of John Lapinski, 41, of Margate.
There is no specific mention of a list or of Moskowitz in the probable cause affidavit...
A little boy who unintentionally shot himself in Tamarac in late September was playing on a computer while in the care of his uncle, who kept his gun unsecured and loaded on the computer desk, according to an arrest warrant.
The boy, 6-year-old Odaine Hall, died. His uncle Carika Hall, 25, was arrested Wednesday in connection with his death, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
Hall was watching Odaine and Odaine’s 5-year-old brother on the afternoon of Sept. 30 at his apartment in Tamarac, the arrest warrant said. Hall told deputies after the shooting that he and his 5-year-old nephew were sitting...
By Bob Ferrante
Orlando Sentinel Correspondent
TALLAHASSEE — The future is on display each week now for Florida State, with freshmen and sophomores starting across the offense. But it’s becoming tougher and tougher to gauge the progress of some of the young Seminoles because of the myriad problems.
Florida State’s eighth starting offensive line combination allowed seven sacks and pressure on the majority of drop-back passes from Brock Glenn and Luke Kromenhoek in last week’s 35-11 loss to North Carolina. Glenn or Kromenhoek are the quarterbacks of the present, but coach Mike Norvell is also...
By MEG KINNARD
WASHINGTON (AP) — With her selection as President-elect Donald Trump ‘s incoming White House chief of staff, veteran Florida political strategist Susie Wiles moves from a largely behind-the-scenes role of campaign co-chair to the high-profile position of the president’s closest adviser and counsel.
She’s been in political circles for years. But who is Wiles, the operative set to be the first woman to step into the powerful role of White House chief of staff?
She has decades of experience, most of it in Florida
The daughter of NFL player and sportscaster Pat Summerall, Wiles worked...
A newly released report on Orlando’s deadly Halloween mass shooting indicates that one of the two victims was shot during a confrontation between the alleged shooter and a witness, rather than being targeted during the incident.
The Thursday release of the arrest affidavit for accused gunman Jaylen Edgar offered little indication of what led up to the mayhem that wounded seven people in addition to killing two. But it tells a chilling tale of how the carnage unfolded.
Moments after shooting 25-year-old Tyrek Hill — a tow truck driver who was his first victim — in the face around 1 a.m. Friday,...
By AYANNA ALEXANDER, ALI SWENSON and GARY FIELDS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies.
The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording.
Some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time “with your belongings,” while others didn’t...
GAINESVILLE — Injured Florida quarterback DJ Lagway is “giving it his best shot,” coach Billy Napier said, to play during the Gators’ visit to the University of Texas in the 19-year-old’s home state.
Lagway practiced in a limited capacity Wednesday, coach Billy Napier said, as the Gators’ true freshman recovers from a left hamstring injury sustained during the second quarter of a 34-20 loss to Georgia Nov. 2 in Jacksonville.
Napier did not sound overly optimistic Lagway would return from the Grade 2 strain in time to face the nation’s top-ranked defense, positioning third-string walk-on quarterback...