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By ALANIS THAMES
MIAMI (AP) — Agustín Ramírez hit a three-run home run, Janson Junk pitched five effective innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Friday night.
Ramírez made it 4-1 in the third with a drive off Braves starter Didier Fuentes (0-1) that went 436 feet to left, giving the rookie catcher a team-leading 11 home runs on the season.
Junk (2-0) allowed five hits, one run and struck out five in his first Marlins start. Junk, who has made five relief appearances, did not issue a walk.
Eric Wagaman boosted Miami’s lead with a pinch-hit, ground-rule double in the...
Daily Horoscope for June 21, 2025
General Daily Insight for June 21, 2025
We can push our way forward without breaking our backs today. The Moon is in reliable Taurus, where it will first trine Mars in Virgo, inspiring us to act, before going on to square Pluto in Aquarius, stirring up our desire for change. Mars will then go on to make a rare, beautiful sextile to enthusiastic Jupiter in Cancer at 11:49 pm EDT, offering almost everyone a burst of energy late in the day. This probably won’t be a quiet evening.
Aries
March 21 – April 19
You can make your home into anything you want it to be, Aries. Your sign’s traditional...
Retired Florida firefighter with Parkinson’s loses disabilities fight at US Supreme Court
TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled against a firefighter who retired early because of Parkinson’s disease and alleged the city of Sanford violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by limiting a health-insurance subsidy.
Justices upheld a decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the lawsuit filed by Karyn Stanley, a fire-department lieutenant who retired in 2018 at age 47 because of the effects of the disease.
The dispute stemmed from Stanley losing a health-insurance subsidy two years after she retired and involved questions about whether the city violated...
The best of Palm Beach County high school sports: Spring 2025 All-County honorees
Here are the spring 2025 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Palm Beach County in track and field, baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, flag football, water polo, boys volleyball and beach volleyball. The section will be published in the newspaper on Sunday.
TRACK AND FIELD
Palm Beach 4A-3A boys’ track athlete of the year: Presten Augustin, Dwyer senior
Palm Beach 4A-3A boys track and field first team, second team, honorable mention and coach of the year
Palm Beach 2A-1A boys’ track athlete of the year: Zamarii Sanders, Cardinal Newman junior
Palm Beach 2A-1A...
The best of Broward County high school sports: Spring 2025 All-County honorees
Here are the spring 2025 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Broward County in track and field, baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, flag football, water polo, boys volleyball and beach volleyball. The section will be published in the newspaper on Sunday.
TRACK AND FIELD
Broward 4A-3A boys’ track athlete of the year: Braylen Bennett, American Heritage junior
Broward 4A-3A boys track and field first team, second team, honorable mention and coach of the year
Broward 2A-1A boys’ track athlete of the year: Jimmy Bernatek, South Florida HEAT senior
Broward 2A-1A boys...
Broward 4A-3A boys’ track athlete of the year: Braylen Bennett, American Heritage junior
Braylen Bennett lit up the track scene this year for American Heritage.
The Patriots junior, who was instrumental in the school winning the 4A state football championship in the fall, closed out his junior campaign with three more state championship medals in track.
“I think the season was good,” said Bennett, who came back from a hip injury in his freshman year that plagued him through last year as well, forcing him to continue with physical therapy. “As this season went on, my times kept dropping. I felt I was getting better, stronger, and faster by the end.”
Bennett said he grew up...
3 Reasons To Buy a Home This Summer
Are you thinking about buying a home, but not sure if now’s the right time? A lot of people are waiting and wondering what the market’s going to do next. But here’s something only the savviest buyers realize:This summer might actually be the best time to buy in years. Here are three big reasons why.1. You Have More Negotiating Power After several years of sellers having all the leverage, things are starting to shift. Check out the graph below. It uses data from Redfin to show that right now, there are more sellers active in the market than buyers:Take a look at what happened back in 2021...
Florida’s Board of Governors approves rule to help schools like UCF, UF with revenue sharing
A new amendment approved by the Florida Board of Governors has paved the way for institutions such as UCF, UF and FSU to allocate significant financial resources for revenue sharing with student-athletes, amounting to more than $22 million annually.
This significant change, initially reported by Warchant.com, permits public universities to temporarily utilize up to $22.5 million in non-athletics auxiliary funding to cover payments to athletes following the House settlement.
The funding necessary for this initiative will be sourced from various revenue streams generated by the...
National champion UF to welcome back Kentucky and former Gator Denzel Aberdeen
GAINESVILLE — Former Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen will return to his ol’ stomping grounds with a new team when SEC rival Kentucky visits the O’Connell Center next season.
The Gators and the Wildcats will face each other home and away in 2025-26, highlighting the conference schedule released Wednesday.
Besides Kentucky, UF will host Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Tennessee. The Gators will visit Georgia, Ole Miss, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
Dates, times and television assignments are yet to be...
Stott hits three-run homer to help Phillies beat Marlins
By ALANIS THAMES
MIAMI — Bryson Stott hit a three-run homer, Ranger Suárez pitched seven effective innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 4-2 on Wednesday night.
Suárez (6-1) permitted one run and four hits in another solid performance since his return from an early-season back injury. He struck out eight and walked two.
The veteran left-hander has only allowed eight runs since giving up seven in his first start of the season on May 4.
Stott capped Philadelphia’s four-run fourth inning against Adam Mazur (0-1) with his fifth homer of the season. J.T. Realmuto hit an...